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comparing a collection of 50,000 45s to a collection of several mummies is silly. The mummies themselves are interesting to see and physically of historical importance. the records are important in that they had interesting music and labels that revealed local history. their value is not in their physical existence. maybe even seeing examples of a few of them would be interesting. 50,000 of them together on shelves is not interesting to anyone except obsessive losers like me.

independent of the subject of this thread (which I've expressed my opinion on previously -- again, you just need to look to what happened to doowop), in the digital age what is the value in preserving a collection intact? You can digitize every record and scan each one and make them publicly available. If you did that with your collection, what would the value be in the fact that all the physical records are together? It's only of value to another collector / vinyl fetishist, what would having a trust to keep them preserved in a dusty room somewhere accomplish? It doesn't have social value anymore at that point.

the LP is on Pip, it has their names on the back of it, I was asking the audience in Chicago if anyone knew the members. The fresh 45 is much earlier and probably unrelated (and it doesn't look Chicago). That quintessents record was always very hard to find, I always wondered why it booked relatively low. I always assumed it was one of those things that was imported to the UK that you guys see for sale but I don't, I guess not. Thanks.

because even if you bid what you'll willing to pay, you'll end up losing more items (from people rebidding) and paying way more for items you do win? you approach might make sense if you rarely bid but I think is unmaintainable for people who bid on many items as the losses add up. Unless you're a millionaire. Also, I think you said in another post that you are annoyed if you lose by $10 or $20? If that's true, I think that you didn't put in your true max which you say is the most you're willing to pay. Your true max has to be a little more than you are willing to pay so that if you lose it at that price you just say "screw it" because you didn't really want to pay that much anyways.

the 45 I played is off the LP. It's a Chicago group, I was just looking for people who knew them potentially (but I have not tried hard to find them). Thanks.

Hi. Today on my radio show I interviewed a musician / singer named Denton Adams, singer and musician in the 70s group Spirits Touch. Denton grew up in the Cabrini Green area on the North Side of Chicago and went to high school with Jerry Butler and Major Lance. He sang in local doowop groups in high school in the 50s but never recorded. It wasn't until the 70s that Denton got involved with music again. In 1972 Denton was living on the west side; he decided to learn guitar and bought a guitar from a pawn shop. He met with a bass player and guitar player who convinced Denton to take lessons from a music shop called "Windy City Music" at 63rd and Pulaski. The other bass and guitar player also took lessons at the same shop and the trio soon got other members to join their band. The band initially performed rock music, but, influenced by Earth, Wind, and Fire, switched to only playing R&B and named themselves "Spirit's Touch." The group performed at local clubs and banquet and VA halls. A producer initially recorded the band in the mid-70s but the tracks were never released. It wasn't until the late-70s that the group recorded again. Denton produced and recorded four tracks on the band; he released one single, "Boogie Child" / "Expressions of my love", on his own ATI label in 1979. Boogie Child was the intended A-side as it had a boogie / funk type of sound that was popular at the time while Expressions of my Love was a nice sweet harmony ballad. The group was unable to get play on the record in Chicago. Denton was contacted by a representative from Capitol records and even flew to LA to deal with the label but was unable to get in the door when he arrived. After they were unable to gain success with their record the group soon broke up. You can check out my interview or any of my other interviews on my website at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews.html I also did a music show. You can listen at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/1-25-2009.mp3 Playlist follows. You can also listen to any of my other music shows I've put online at https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm. Thanks again. Dynamic Tints - Rosemarie - Twinight Quintessents - The image of a man - Vibra Mixed Sugar - It's a bad feeling - NGS Volumes - Ain't gonna give you up - Karen Doris and Kelly - You don't have to worry - Brunswick Natural Four - I thought you were mine - ABC Three Prophets - I think I really love you - Together Mike James Kirkland - Give it to me - Bryan Tunnie Smith - Finders aren't always keepers - Fame Morris Jefferson - It's the last time around for me - Good Luck Millionaires - Ain't no acheivement - Specialty New Jersey Turnpike - Baby it's so hard - Viterec Past Present and Future - If I could live for eternity - Rouser Wilmer and the Dukes - I do love you - Aphrodisiac Individuals - Together (we can make something happen) - Pip Originals - You got a crush on me - Soul Niteflyte - If you want it - Ariola Softones - How did I lose? - Avco thanks, Bob

I just checked and I don't have any "errors" for the last year and i bid on a large number of items, I'm surprised I have not encountered this "no snipes" seller thing if it exists

It's pretty stupid of them to not make that fact public if they don't. I would just set my sniped to bid earlier (if that's a setting, i think it's not in bidnapper, which I currently use, but it was in auctionsniper, which I used before). I haven't noticed that happening, I look at my failed snipes every once in a while and have gotten a few "error"s but very rarely, more often it's a seller that has blocked me without me realizing it...

how can a seller not accept snipes? the whole reason ebay can't stop sniping is because it's equivalent to bidding manually at the last second and they can't tell the difference. the only way they could somehow not accept snipes is to block bids within a window of time of the ending. is there a setting on ebay selling to do this? anyone manually bidding would be hit with the same issue too.

i like high on your love a lot, also like now we're gone

i doubt this was bootlegged, this used to be ultra-common, like you would be able to get stock of this record for like a $1. great record though. i don't usually see it on white label.

my vinyl copy does not have that sticker but all styrene copies i've had have had that sticker for some reason, just coincidence i guess. i can check out the deadwax and see if it's different or something but i only have a vinyl copy now and not a styrene copy so i can't compare.

there's "flo-feel", don't know "flo-man"

that's not a 45rpm adapter, it's a weight that you put on the lps after putting the lps down (it's bigger than a 45 adapter). people who buy these things don't play 45s usually. for higher end turntables to play 45s, if you can even play 45s, you have to lift up the plate and move the belt.

there are two presses of the siberians and they are different mixes. there is an orangey-yellow label with a smaller font and the rarer, more crude looking orange label with a larger font. the darker label is a better more upfront mix.

i have a vinyl copy of this. i've mainly seen it on styrene though.

no way would I ever have guessed that they were related to little willie john, crazy. Thanks for the info.

I'm pretty sure it's an original press from the 70s if that's what you're asking. It's very common on the white label and harder to find on the red one.

thanks a lot for the feedback, sorry about the broken link, I think it was a copy/paste problem. Do you know anything about the john brothers (besides that they were probably from philly due to Bunny Sigler's involvement)? Thanks.

escrow is a UK bootleg label that attempted to make their stuff look legit, they also bootlegged the timeless legend LP and put some BS credits thanking the band members that were listed on the original LP. it should not be worth anything. I guess "escrow" is even a reference to the fact that they might have put money in escrow absent real licensing. the original US press is on the Sincere label, it came out on yellow, red, green, and blue labels. The blue is the rarest and I've been told it's an alternate mix (I have the other three versions which aren't).

those are the only times i've seen this for sale also, those two on ebay, so i guess just take a little off those prices and you'll have a price.

I am not 100 sure but I think the krystal generation recorded it first, it was a hit for them. There was some sort of st louis connection as the hypnotics were based there and the krystal generation at least recorded there at some point (the CMC studio). I don't know any other version besides the voices of east harlem. Also, as I'm sure you know the hypnotics version is titled differently.

2011 is Jackie Harris - Roll your wheels / ? I don't know the flip but an older Chicago collector has this record.