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Maybe, but as both a stockbroker and a record collector, I'd say that records are a lot more fun than stocks! Edit: Just used some software to determine the value of $ 2,500. placed in the American Funds Growth Fund of America in January '78. The annualized return is 14.59%, and it would today be worth just a hair above 200k, and 158k if taxes had been taken out along the way (American-style capital gain taxes, at any rate). So, yes, I concur with the above estimate!

I don't know about "lock-ups" (isn't that a "jail"?), but I think there's plenty of records still hidden away in garages. I love these stories I'm reading about crate-digging in the U.S. The United States can sound like a dangerous place to read some of these posts. You've got to be careful, and watch where you go! This is why native New Yorkers, for instance, will always glance at Europeans on the city streets and think "poor blighter, he'll be mugged by sunset". Except that Americans don't use "blighter" in speech or thoughts, of course! One post talked about imagining trouble getting out of town after stopping into an upstate New York diner; there's no town in upstate New York where tourists are going to get terrorized in any way (that sounds more like Alabama)! I live about an hour and half west of Philly, an hour north of Baltimore; Amish country is nearby but I wouldn't want to search there. I love the yard sale season (and it's coming soon!), I put about 200 miles on my car on any given Saturday in the spring and summer. The pay-off is very rarely from those who've advertised or actually put records out for sale; what I've been successful with is older people in older houses, and well outside town (in the woods, preferably), who've set up a few things. Older woman, bless their souls, sometimes have deceased husbands who seemed to collect a lot of really good music. If a church (in the suburbs, again, not in the city!) has set up a sale, often the houses in the neighborhood of the church will stage their own little sales. Then you ask if they've got records, somewhere back in the house or down in the basement, and wonderful things can happen. Not so much a Northern Soul story, but last year an 85-year old woman, who'd set up a strange array of clock/radios, egg timers, and toasters in her carport, went back into her house at my request and came out with an old metal rack of 45s. I saw an Elvis picture sleeve and got the lot from her for 10 dollars, figuring there might be something good. Turned out there were 79 records; one was a stock copy (warning:not Northern Soul!) of a pre-Velvet Underground effort by 16-year-old Lou Reed on Time records, which is worth about 500 dollars, another was a rockabilly single by Turner Moore, on Mel-o-tone records, that I sold for 700 dollars on ebay. There was lots of surf and sixties, but also some soul, too - my Bobby Garrett came from that lot. Happy hunting!

I can't argue with that. I'd heard about all that Borstal-type unpleasantness....

That is an amazing story, one of the best "miracle finds" I've heard of! But this... ...this might be even more rare. I've lived in the States for nearly half a century, and have never seen a "dual carriageway". What is it? A place where two "carriages" (like, for a horse and buggy combo?) could sit side by side? It sounds like you had positively stepped back in time!

Now that this slipped off the first page (though it did get quite a few views), I'd thought I'd bump it up so I can watch it slowly sink in the West again. I got a couple of private messages, for which I'm appreciative but, obviously, no responses here. I wonder if that's because I indicated that I'm not currently selling, or because I'm a record collector and not a clubber, or maybe there was a password I was supposed to use if I wanted a response (Swordfish!). Anyway, those are just rhetorical questions, I'm just speculating aloud (I don't want to make it sound like I'd hope for answers, I'm wiser the second time around). Cheers!

I've gotten a PM or two, and should clarify that I'm not really looking to sell right now (even though I'm hearing from more than one source that Northern is now priced higher than it ever will be again in the future - tell me that it ain't true!), but I appreciate comments about if you think I've got a good "starter set", or hints about what doesn't belong in the list I posted above, etc. Thanks.

Sorry about that killed-by-reflection Duke in the middle of the last shot. Edit - Oh, yeah, that "Consideration" by Gail in the upper left-hand corner of the first photo is part of a stack that I forgot to put into the database.

Figured it would be a nuisance to include such a long list - let me know if the file doesn't work for you though. Wanted to add that this is just some of what I could find over the last two days, and I still have a lot more to go through. Additionally, I was ignoring many artists that I now know I should be taking into account. This will give me a start on getting this area of my record collection together (I figured it would be smaller than some of the other areas, but there's a bit more than I supposed).

For the purposes of getting this done and out, I didn't list 45s by Annette Snell, Lavern Baker, The Preparations, The Fantastic Johnny C, The Isley Brothers, Moments, Cliff Nobles, William Bell, Joe Tex, Al Wilson, Bobby Bland, and others. As far as what I did include, please remember what a novice I am - so if you see records that are strictly doo-wop or strictly disco (or even strictly country!), please just laugh and maybe let me know about it. I'd be happy to send pics and clips, of course. I'm going to actually take some photos in a minute or two and upload them (must check in on the little ol' football game, of course). Thanks for looking, and for any comments, suggestions, etc. - Jerry

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...A2F9AB7300639A6

Less than 90 minutes away (must be late over there!) - I'm typing furiously.

I don't mind just typing them out for here, if long lists of stuff is allowed. I think it's a pretty good list!

I'm just about ready...how do I list? Should I attach an xls file or just shoot 'em out here (there's a couple hundred)? Thanks!

Not to be sorry, I appreciate your feedback. I'm just about done sorting (or, at least, sorting through the ones I'm going to tackle now), and I'll type up a list straight away - I'll just post the list and some pics in this thread, probably in a day or so. Thanks, everybody.

Hi, all, I'm trying to establish a "Northern Soul" category among my 45s, and was wondering if this fits in (it's a nice song, listen to the whole thing via my needle-dropped link): https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...4E44EA92498EE4B Also, I'd be very interested in seeing comments about what's "in my box", as it were: I'm just a boring, non-dancing, and perpetually clueless Pennsylvanian record collector who's picked up a lot of records at yard sales and via eBay lots, and I'm trying to sort through them. It looks like I've got some really nice ones in the Northern Soul category, and also some I'm confused about. If you'd be up for seeing a list and some pictures, let me know. Thanks! -Jerry

Here's mine:

Here's my copy. Greetings, Northern Soul people. Jerry Harrisburg, PA