Hi Ian,
Some great stories here-FYI-I lived in NY for a while and about 12 years ago,a record shop I worked in bought frankie crockers collection ,but only 12" and LP's-the 45's went somewhere else. There were 10's of thousands.Got some great 12's btw,everything had his 'stamp' on 'em and most were unplayed. Also FYI-Biggie Smalls was from brooklyn NOT the bronx,he wouldve been shot much earlier had he been selling drugs there!! Working in a second hand shop in NY in the nineties turned up lots of 'digging' stories-not a lot of northern soul as not many people were looking over there then.It was only James Brown and meters LP's that were over $100 !!! What a difference a couple of years made..!
