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I will pay $100 for an upgrade to a mint one if you have one. What is the story of the "leaky garage"? I got the dee o's pressing of the 7th house recently, it's earlier than the debroussard press. They left the group name off the label. It's the same recording but a different mix, much rawer, the debroussard version is more professional sounding. Do you have the 4th generation 45?

One of my favorite Salem records is Jackie Bee "It's a possibility" (backed by Richard Pegue's group the Norvells...).

I like Ujima's cover of "She's gone" although it does sound pretty close to the original. And the hall and oates song probably got played on R&B radio.

because it doesn't sell for more than $20 and popsike only indexes those auctions. "just loving you" is the killer spring 45 he did imo. it wasn't his hit though.

not worth it imo. I know a flattening in an oven expert and send him some expensive records with mixed results. Some became more playable, some because totally unplayable.

The two label designs are exactly the same except one of them has a piano added to it (e.g. fonts and layout are the same). The one without the piano is rarer.

I also have that Robert and the Rockin Robins but don't know anything about them. I can pull it out to look for clues.

I have all these records btw. I drove Stamz around the south side one time. It was crazy since he had been in Chicago since there had been the stockyards there. At every place he pointed out what used to be there. The he started to tell some story about partying with some guy and he couldn't remember his name, he was like "the guy who could run really fast." I said "Jesse Owens?" and he said yes. I can't believe I got told a story from someone about partying with Jesse Owens.

Mary Johnson had 45s on Queen, Federal, and Foxy. The Ideals on Paso are the same group as on Cortland, the original 5 member group. Obviously Harold Burrage had records on Foxy and Paso. All Chicago groups. One other group Stamz produced was Ze Majestics, they had two 45s. One on Fox (a really nice doowop called "Bobbi Ann", although that was the b-side) and an R&B cut that originally came out on the Sign label and that was picked up by ABC. Ze Majestics are pretty much exactly the same group that became the Trends (there was also a female member who I think was also on at least one of the Smash side but she left the group).

Not "VERY VERY" but it is rare. The 5 wagers have two other records that are much harder to find.

You can put 45s in the same machine probably, it just isn't as effective

Always turns up beat up (but plays okay). I would think $150-$200 for a mint copy. The label is spelled DeBroussard

It took me a very long time to get a copy. I think I've only seen it 2-3 times at most.

no, except there are also two singles, one billed as Charles McNair. They share a side I think, I would have to pull them out.

there are two francis burr 45s on salem

there was a member of the creations with the last name williams but i doubt he had any relation to Andre. I forgot how good that charters was.

The creations on mel-o-dy are definitely from Toledo. I can give you the lineup, etc. I'm pretty sure the info came directly from the one surviving member Charles Holman, who was later in the Unique Blend on Eastbound.

garethx above posted an earlier (I think) track by James Stokes. Although maybe it was later with just an earlier sound, as it has the london type label design.

The safest way (e.g. not using people's homemade methods) is to use a dewarping machine (I think there are a few different kinds). In the US there are some record stores that have them that will dewarp a record for a fee. I don't know if there are UK stores that do this. If the record is heat damaged though you can't fix the actual heat damage.

I'm not sure how to respond to your post (especially stuff about cussing). Do you not like the ernie hines track? Here it is to remind you. If you don't like it, what specifically don't you like? It has all the ingredients of a good soul track to me, an excellent groove (the guitar riff and drums) that's hard not to move to, socially conscious lyrics, a soulful southern sounding vocal, etc. He can't hit some of the high notes but it doesn't take much away from the song. Expensive or not it does seem relevant and appealing to a large group of people, who don't even like soul. you said you like all kinds of soul. Do you like Ernie Hines' hit record, which is backed by the Temprees? It's a killer midtempo sweet soul ballad:

thanks for the explanation. I agree with what you say. the "bollocks" thing was a joke referring to earlier posts in the thread.

Is he not a soul artist? that was what my question was about. he got played on R&B radio. I don't understand your comment about it being a stax record, can you clarify? Also, it would be funnier if you just called my post "bollocks".

There is a very specific sound that appeals to many collectors my age and younger, There is some overlap with some northern records but the sound is informed by hiphop ... people like dark and psychedelic sounding tracks, people like tracks with hard drums that are not the same beat as the traditional motown beat, etc. I can see why a lot of people who like traditional northern dislike "funky northern" but it's a sound that probably is pulling in a lot of new people into the scene. The Ernie Hines cut has exactly the right sound and it is very rare on a 45. Also, Ernie is a super nice, soft-spoken guy. He's one of the writers on the first Lovelites 45 on Bandera. Also, he randomly wrote me a recommendation on LinkedIn which was really weird...

The creations on mel-o-dy are from toledo. Are you saying the charters are also from there? Maybe this is what you mean by "a few years" but it has been known since like the 80s. Bob Miner was a big motown collector and he owned a copy at one point, he found it at a record show. He had it since the 80s or at the early 90s at the latest. I'll ask him this sunday.

Isn't the original of "ain't no sunshine" a soul song? Either way, I posted this in another thread recently but this is the best cover ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNKXCRGmQcE