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Hi. Sunday on my radio show I did an all music show, ending with a focus on the Radiants. I have some cool interviews planned for the next few weeks. You can check out today's music show at the bottom of my shows page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm Playlist follows. Thanks for your interest. Staccatos - Who's to say - Rocket James McCleese - A million tears - Marco Bennie Turner and the Armourettes - Morning teardrops - Skymac Tony Outten - Do the jack-ask - Moneytown Sylvia Hill - Make me know it - Capitol Betty Turner - I believe in you - Infinity Chauntes - Love that guy - Tonix Demures - Raining teardrops - Brunswick Dynels - Call on me - Atco Mixed Sugar - Fifteen ain't young no more - FGS Scientists of soul - Be's that way sometimes - Kashe Seven souls - I still love you - Okeh Charles Lamont and the Extremes - Doing Mickey's Jerk - Challenge Perfections - Am I gonna lose you - SVR Prominents - Just a little - Lummtone Wilson Brothers - I'll always love you - RCA Lee Williams and the Cymbals - Please say it isn't so - Carnival Peter Ortiz - Loser - R'cade Falcons - In time for the blues - Big Wheel Miracle Walkers - Stranger to love - Scamm Sound Vanguards - It's too late for love - Lamp Opus 1 - Smiles - Drean Daytons - A broken heart - Dayton Four Perfections - Hold on - Party Time Radiants - Heartbreak society - Chess Radiants - Ain't no big thing - Chess Radiants - One day I'll show you - Chess Radiants - Don't it make you feel kind of bad - Chess thanks, Bob

i was probably thinking of the gifer, if no one comes forward saying that there is no other label besides the PM/UA/MT/Tchula, then that's probably it, thanks.

Exchange rate 2 months ago woulda gotten you it

PM and UA are the same. I think Tchula and MT are different, and they are definitely different than PM and UA, and I think there's one more label that I'm not thinking of also but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

the one that was on ebay that was the alternate version had a yellow but totally destroyed and unreadable label

that website is misleading because the whole point of goldmine grading is that there's no "EX" yet they call it goldmine grading and then they add an "EX". They do say that goldmine doesn't have an "EX" but it's totally misleading to say that it's goldmine and have an EX, when I see a seller describe a record as VG++ and then say it's goldmine, it should be almost mint. I even see some sellers on ebay say VG++ to M- and then in some of their other listings say "EX", what's up with that???

I like the "he was so excited to get a call" quote. I also like the idea about how my collection is the exact opposite of that guy's collection, I have a lot of records and they're almost all esoteric junk that aren't good records!

related to the new world thread, I am trying to make a recording for the guy who was in the new world on polydor / valiants on destination. Indiana45s.com lists another record they have on steeltown with a 3rd side not on the destination 45. The guy in the group doesn't remember the record but it's not unlikely that it exists given that he remembers gordon keith helped him get the destination deal. Anyways, Jason said he got the info on the record from someone on here. Can anyone a) confirm its existence (ideally posting a scan) and even better make me a recording of the missing side that's not on the destination record to give to the group member? thanks in advance.

i have a stack of old discoveries, I will see if I can dig any old ones up

by "little time" are you referring to how he would constantly insult soul music collectors in his discoveries columns and refer to people who bid on ebay as "bottom feeders" all the time? I heard that stuff that's on ebay now is from a huge buy of 30,000 45s he made IN CHICAGO from a deceased DJ at 48th and dorchester, like a few blocks where I used to live and go to school. You never know, that stuff can be right under your nose.

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the difference is that there's a finite amount of blues 78s as they all came out on major labels, they're just impossible to find. all the blues 78s are at least "known" from the catalogs if not known to actually exist. there's a virtually infinite amount of rare soul 45s due to any small entrepeneur recording someone in his basement and pressing up a few hundred copies, with new ones being discovered all the time. you can "finish" collecting 78s but you can never "finish" collecting soul 45s. in the end I think soul 45 collectors are more obsessive with labels, geography, artists. etc.

you also still left off the spencer jackson family on little lynns, which is the 'national' distribution of their scarab 45

here is the triplett twins. I think there is a pumpkin label you're missing too, I have to think about it.

"In the morning" was probably their biggest hit on Black radio, bigger than "I do", it still gets played on the radio every week here in Chicago. In Chicago when you see that record you pass over it.

sack was a chicago label though right? did she just come over with don gardner somehow?

I can't speak for the other polydor records described above but I could see why curtom (via polydor) would not want to release a curtis mayfield copy record as the a-side of another group's record as curtis was their main artist.

yes but it's like a white pop / soul version

Rich Tufo just told me that at the time Curtom was trying to work with as many larger labels as possible to get as much bigger distribution as possible which is how the Polydor thing came about -- there was nothing special about it.

i used to spend hours trying to get deals on gemm or people's online lists and always failed, couldn't ever find anything and that was like even maybe 5-7 years ago. i would hear stories hear of people finding stuff, i guess people are luckier than me i guess. i get good stuff on ebay though. this month i got a west coast distributors, was graded like G with no pic, was $150, came and it was like a strong VG+.

i will post a scan of the triplett twins for you tonight

i still think that if you're in the same country and even city it's easier to just call before you resort to threatening messages in email, etc.

Hi. Today I didn't have an interview so I did an all music show. I played all 70s and even some nice early 80s tracks. You can listen at the bottom of my music page at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm Playlist follows. Thanks for your interest. New Younger Brothers - Keep it together - YBP Linda Jones and the Whatnauts - I'm so glad I found you - Stang Alvin Green and Green Fire - The sun (shines every time you say you're mine) - Green Fire Silver Lining - My song - Dusic Fifth Avenue featuring Carol Townes - Love has found my heart - Buddah Clarence and the Speed of Sound - So bad - De Jac Infatuation - Since I met you - Pro-Indie Tyrone Mac - Maybe We - Express Jimmy Nunya - My sweet baby - Salsa Picante Anthony Watson - Solid Love Affair - SRO Watch Tower - Together Forever - Tower High Fabulous Waller Family - How long will I be a fool - Dynamic Artists Rinlew Allstars - Didn't want a lot did ya - AVI Raw Soul Express - Dedicate all my love - Cat MVP - I don't want to stop loving you - MVP FLB - Passing time - Fantasy / WMOT Tavares - That's the sound that lonely makes - Capitol Congenial Four - You played the part of a loser - Capitol Compliments - Borrow till morning - Midas O'Jays - I'm so glad I found you - Bell thanks, Bob

i find that making phone calls often settles things much quicker than drawing things out over emails, etc. especially when they're close. just the ebay information request to get their phone number shows that you're serious.

that gene marshall record is on prince james, did it also come out on markeda?