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man, just checked and i don't own 101 or the detroit jr. apparently i've been outbid on both of them at different times though.

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a real question: why did the gene chandler go so high? is the demand for the instrumental version of that track really high? like people want to DJ with the instrumental? honest question, not looking for a "people are idiots" type of answer. thanks in advance.

are you sure it wasn't jukebox stock? lots of those look and are sold as brand new records.

I think it was a hit in detroit, so copies got played and found in people's basement collections. Records that are clean are generally unplayed stock that was imported or at least records people didn't play much.

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also (this is me rambling now), he has a way of photographing even originals that make them look like bootlegs somehow!

I agree, the typeface doesn't look very early '70s. I'd guess a new press, but like we said, has an established value already. I think most cases where he pressed unissued stuff it was from acetates, not master tapes.

sure, i'd be skeptical. but what is the specific point are you making? do you think he bootlegged originals that are really out there or that he pressed these and they are the original presses? If they are the originals, it really doesn't matter if he pressed them or not, they have an established value already and are gone. Also, he's not an expert at making convincing old labels either. like those "jo-val" things... edit: also, what are the convincing counterfeits? he's not very good with graphics.

he might be a known bootlegger but he's also one of the original people to source material from label owners and has had tons of quantity of originals

also in the loop, they're almost totally gone, but if you walk down wabash (n/s street on the east end of the loop) the old diamond store district is there. old school vibes. not much left though, even compared to a year ago.

you really should take the brown line around the loop, takes about 15 minutes, you see a lot

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that's my copy of the naturals in popsike ... don't own the willie gauff

coincidentally just today the news broke that the congress hotel strike gave up after 10 years (apparently it started in 2003, not the late 90s). I was on the architectural cruise a week before it was covered in dave matthews' poop. another thing to definitely do downtown -- take the el (in chicago you're supposed to write the "L" according to the transit authority but nobody I know does) around the loop. Take the brown line on the start and it should go all the way around. you will get a really cool view of a lot of downtown. my favorite building downtown is the Thompson Center. It's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Thompson_Center I really like the building because it totally embodies public space to me, it's a huge open space, basically a massive skylight. It subverts the functionality of all of the packed office buildings and truly functions as a public space as all sorts of people go there (to the lame food court) for lunch, ... there's homeless people, businessmen, etc. You can get onto most of the CTA trains there. There's even birds inside the building, there's some open space near the top that pigeons get into and inside the food court there's this weird green area in the food court where the birds go to. The inside is cool to walk through to look up, but the food court is a lame food court. A block away is the Daley Center, in front of it is the famous Picasso sculpture. There are frequent festivals / markets in front of there, don't know if there will be one when you are there. Do all the walk through the loop stuff in one afternoon around lunchtime. There are some other interesting buildings like the board of trade building, go there and see all the asshole traders, they're wearing vests and act like total dicks and will bump into you and be rude to you. EDIT: also go to the sears tower observation deck. EDIT: also, the congress hotel is actually downtown. the hotel formerly known as the ambassador east isn't really downtown, it's north, near the gold coast / magnificent mile. the congress hotel will have more character and give you access to millenium park.

I've been on the architecture boat tour a couple of times. it's worth going. As long as the dave matthews band doesn't drop their poop on you: https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-0503100266mar10,0,5749199.story

if you tell me which of the above things sound more interesting I can come up with more things along those lines.

more stuff: go to the logan hardware record store, in the back they have a whole arcade / museum with free 80s arcade games and pinball. everyone suggested this already, but you should check out millenium park downtown. walk through the loop downtown during lunch hour on a weekday to see the city in action. EDIT: go to the Point in hyde park on the south side, but I wouldn't go there as a tourist at night. the back cover of the windy city LP is shot there. walk around kenwood (just north of hyde park) to see large old houses and obama's neighborhood. Walk down the midway at the university of chicago. drive down south lake shore drive, maybe go to the south shore cultural center. you can also see the beachhouse where the cover of Phil Cohran "on the beach" was shot. Also, Phil Cohran actually performs frequently on the north side at the Ethiopian Diamond restaurant, which is a good Ethiopian restaurant. go to the museum of contemporary art.

one thing i tell everyone is that if they are in Chi on Sunday morning to early afternoon to go to the "maxwell street market" ... it's a shadow of what it used to be and is now in a gentrified neighborhood but it's still fun, crowded, and you can get all sorts of mexican and other latin american food. the largest ethnic population in chicago now is hispanic, you can't get better mexican food anywhere. i'm vegetarian but if you want to go to one of the real old school type steakhouses where there are all male waiters and it's an old boy's club type setting, go to morton's. if you want to go to a place with a really nice view of the river, go to smith and wollensky, it's right by the house of blues and trump towers, etc. I've been there a lot (they have a lot of side dishes). one night go to the signature room on the 95th / 96th floor of the john handcock building to get gouged on cocktails and have an amazing view. another night check out the pump room, old school fancy chicago bar where all the celebrities have passed through. if you want me to take you around one day i probably could do it, just hit me up. i would suggest a bunch of places on the south side to check out but almost everything's been gentrified so they're less interesting. if you're vegetarian or just interested you should go to soul vegetarian on 75th street (run by Black Hebrews) to have a different, interesting experience. Chicago is also all about Brunch for some reason, lots of places to go on Sunday, with long waits though. Chicago is also known for Italian Beef, Polish Sausages ("maxwell street style"), hot dogs, deep dish pizza (i would say lou malnati's first, then giordanos), etc. If you want to kill yourself, you can get a cheesy combo on garlic bread, which is a polish sausage covered in italian beef covered with cheese whiz served on garlic bread. More upscale, Chicago is also the center of "molecular gastronomy" although that's not really hip as it was 5 years ago. if you want more specific recommendations on specific things, just ask. I actually think food is sort of bad in chicago, like the ethnic food is good, and probably hamburger / hotdog type places are good, but midrange places suck compared to when i was in memphis or new orleans. I would avoid wrigleyville unless you want to deal with drunk fratboys partying, etc. It is the bar district though if that's your thing (not that there aren't bar areas elsewhere). If you want more hipsterish type experiences, my neighborhood (logan square) and wicker park are closer to what you might want. You can get super fancy cocktails in my neighborhood. You should check out the garfield park observatory: https://www.garfield-conservatory.org/ I would avoid the lincoln park zoo, i went there a month ago and it was depressing. This is all stream of consciousness, can probably think of more things if you want.

how did this happen? a cop told you s/he would arrest you if you got onto the subway? Business travelers even take the train to go to the airport.

I can help but can you give some more details about what sort of things you like to do? The congress hotel has been under picket since the late 90s, it's insane. I doubt any of the union workers picketing now have worked there longer than the non-union workers.

oh. that was stupid. and stupider that i didn't figure it out.

there are a bunch of releases on fuller and sister label C&F. pat and the blenders already have two records on fast eddie, i think there is a record by butterball (the philly DJ) on it and at least one other thing

all I know is that i knew the song somehow from before hearing the masqueraders version. and i don't know anything about rock. was there a bigger r&b cover i'm forgetting?