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this is the absolute best quality version of this video I've seen, on youtube there had only been blurry nth generation youtube rips. This is even better than the quality I have on some bootleg DVD

next time someone wants to put it out and just pay a random person, license it from me

The color tighten up video has to be one of the most amazing soul videos ever. They're all kids and it's just Archie at the front with the rest of the group dancing. It's so raw. The nerdy kid with coke bottle glasses on the drums is Frank Donaldson from Chicago, later of Rasputin's Stash. The white kids wearing the psychedelic outfits were his band from Chicago who were backing archie on tour, I think they were called the Boston Tea Party.

that's the lowest i've seen the pj city at also

I used to really be into this record and it took me over an hour to think of it, just looked back at the thread and found it was updated 22 minutes ago! I haven't played this record in 10 years, just pulled out my copy and bought an upgrade...

If I'm selling an expensive item I'll often eat the cost of shipping as it's a small percentage of the record. I don't sell on ebay but as a buyer on ebay I'd imagine that makes the seller look more professional (as well as having a professional looking listing), and you can state it in the auction.

actually if you get the original printed billboard magazine it is also a copy...

But that depends on whether the users of the magazine need or want a physical copy. I've even bought an ad from cashbox that some seller tore out and sold separately. But most people who bought billboard before bought it for the information, not the physical item. It's not the same situation as 45s. Obviously some people still might want to collect individual issues (e.g. if there is something important in them) but overall the demand is significantly lower.

you waited too long, the value was in its exclusivity, now that it's online most of the potential buyers won't want them. ebony and jet are also on google btw. cashbox is still not there. i think record world also isn't there.

John Smith (not sure if he's a well known person or not, but he doesn't post here) who is into ohio soul went through billboard and posted tons of stuff about that. The other day an artist asked me to post all the pics of references to his group in billboard onto his facebook. it took me hours because, if you want it to be at the minimum readable zoom, it takes 3 different screenshots to get one billboard page captured, then you have to cut out the article from each of the screenshots and piece them all together. very annoying.

ebay actually takes a percentage of the shipping costs now too btw. this is a good point, often you will bid the same and shipping is an afterthought (versus bidding so that the total + shipping is what you want to pay). so the seller will lose money. however, I actually bid much higher on seller's auctions that have very cheap shipping because I feel that they're being honest in not wanting to gouge the buyer. I am not saying that upping shipping to the actual cost is gouging the buyer, I am just saying that it's a psychological thing about how high I bid. i think ebay is trying to encourage people to do free shipping which is why they have this limit.

Make sure the 45 is packed between cardboard and rigid and put the bubble wrap around that, not around the 45 directly. I got a broken record recently from someone who bubble wrapped the 45 and put cardboard around that. They were super nice and just figuring out how to mail 45s. It doesn't make sense to put bubble wrap around something that isn't rigid.

also those king bio labels are on a lot of promotional king releases of that era

jimmy soul is not expensive

still not an expensive record though.

the halleluiah chorus 45 is pretty excellent in my opinion. the instrumental is not relevant though.

here one of the photos... I honestly would give more info if I could but I only know vague bits and pieces of the story, Bill Dahl did research and wrote excellent liner notes... Richard Pegue told me that they auditioned people for the chorus at the high chaparral.

I know Pete S will disapprove of me saying this, but the full story is in the numero group CD... Basically, it was an attempt to make a secular church-style chorus, similar to the voices of east harlem. I think I have some photos of the group, looking now.

Especially in Chicago, which is very segregated, there is a lot of Black-White racial tension in poor areas. The terrible Trayvon Martin incident that just happened isn't helping either. re: out of the past, I actually haven't been there that many times just because I didn't want to deal with it. Funk collector Dante worked there I think when he first moved to Chicago, I heard he was paid in records but I've never asked him about it because it was a while ago. OOTP has two things to look through. One is the upstairs which has tons of 45s, mostly crap. They do get new stuff in from people bringing in 45s, but I've heard that they put literally everything out, like Marie will throw away a box of beat up Collectables label 45s and her husband will get them and put them back with the stuff. The other is the downstairs, which is a whole different experience. It's filled with store stock, most notably the lamarr / down to earth stock. There is heavy mold there (I got a headache within 5 minutes of being down there one time). They can give you a face mask if you ask for one. It has flooded more than once, making it even nastier. They have rats, which is why they also have cats, but you can easily encounter cat or rat feces or a rat carcass there. Anyways, despite thinking he cleaned it out, lots of people have pulled cool stuff from there since Dante worked there. At this point, though, if you're coming into town (especially from the UK), I would only go down there for the "I got my hands dirty digging in a nasty basement" experience without any expectation of finding anything great. It is pretty funny that there might be a form of tourism which involves going into dirty, rat filled, moldy basements for hours, flipping through soggy stuck-together records. Like any record store, they do also get good rare records in but (also like most records stores) certain people sort of have that stuff locked down...

al benson owned the label, not bob lee. then after it went out of business, al and bob lee sort of reopened crash and mica, which is what led to the weird later numbers.

no, but I might if you asked for the lineup and other relationships between four groups and someone had spent time researching, writing, and documenting it in a CD. Either way, not worth arguing about, I'm glad Regional is able to get some exposure for his excellent productions, really some of my favorite detroit tracks.

isn't this record by keith leblanc? i think i still have the tommy boy 12"

yeah, but I asked for a lot of information, not just one simple question, and if someone did a bunch of original research to write up the liner notes I have no problem getting the info from there. I was going to buy the CD anyways. Thanks.

Not trying to pile on the hating, but maybe some due diligence on claiming a record is unknown would include a google and popsike search. If nothing turns up, it's still doesn't prove it's unknown, but if it's good it's at best only known by a small circle of people who aren't giving up the info so it is close to unknown.

plus it's a bargain at 505 pounds