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this makes me bummed out. such a sad thing...

gonna spin this next time out...

...when a local dive bar names a drink after you! I was at Virgil's in the Outer Mission in SF and I noticed the "local heroes" cocktail list has a "Dick Vivian" (owns Rooky Ricardo's Records on Lower Haight)... and he comes in only two spots behind Sugar Pie DeSanto...

"I got to space" was also done by the Classetts on Ultraclass records...but it has different writing credits...

Hi, I just won this on eBay. The copy I won just says "Joe Simon" as artist, but I've seen some that also say "with Eugene Blacknells Band" (see these two images I got off the interwebs). Also each has different writer credits... Just wondering what the difference was.

Its a pretty easy hack for US (big hole) 45s: - Put the 45 on the platter (with the adapter in) - Remove the 45 adapter - Turn on the turntable and watch the 45 spin. You should be able to see the hole spinning as a circle and the grooves spinning around "off center" (as an ellipse). - Take your finger and keep "tapping" the edge of the 45 as the widest part of the ellipse spins past your hand. - When the grooves look like they are now a circle (and the hole will now look like an ellipse)... just drop the needle and check how it sounds... and then play! I can do this in about 10-20 seconds, so I can play off-center 45s in my DJ sets!

Just DJ-ed in NYC on Saturday and dug this out to spin. Went over well!

whatever the status.... this is one of my top "living room dancers". I love this track!

I agree 99%! The only person who I would make a case for having been better (P4P) was Henry Armstrong... and one reason was (Mods - trying not to not get too off topic) because of his phenomenal footwork! If you are interested, watch this amazing video and imagine what kind of dancer this fighter could have been!

Yup. Sugar Ray Robinson always said "if you can dance you can box, if you can box you can dance". When I was doing heavy amateur boxing, I got a lot more confident in my dancing...

Cool - thanks guys!

If anyone wants to learn American dances from the 1960s - stop into Rooky Ricardo's in San Francisco. The owner (Dick Vivian) is not just a soul expert, but was in the scene in the US in the 60s and 70s and was (and still is) a wicked dancer. He can teach you the mash-potato, the cool jerk, the boogaloo, shingaling, etc.

exactly. two color is with an annoying organ track and three color (better in my opinion) does not have it.

I was curious about Sue label variation - namely the difference between two color (orange/black) and three color (orange/white/black). This website suggests that it changed over time (3 color, and then 2 color), but was there also regional variation? (like east coast versus west coast?) I have two copies of "if you go" by Derek Martin and they are different (one is 2 color and one is 3 color). Thanks! https://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides/sue.php

sorry. you are correct. an acetate.

Received the carver and it sounds great!

check out this venue called "The Makeout Room"... if you look at the January event calendar, there are about 15 DJ nights in that month alone that span soul/R&B/funk/reggae/disco ... https://www.makeoutroom.com/calendar.html

One of my favorite spins on the home turntable:

Thank you!

Can someone tell me the song playing at 18:00? (real belting female vocal) Thx!

cool!

Emailing Sami worked, and now am sorted. Thanks for everyone's replies/help!

I know I could play the LP (which I do at home), but hate dragging around one single LP along with my 45 case when I am getting around to DJ spots. I was interested in Timmion because people said it was really high quality.

Cool - thx for info! Will try these other email accounts.

Hi, I saw some recommendations on here to use these guys. I have a great gospel LP with some great LP-only tracks on it and I wanted a high quality 7" made. I contacted Timmion. A guy named "Jukka" emailed me back and gave me instructions on how to transfer the WAV files and gave me a PayPal address to send the money. I did both as instructed and have not heard back from him for a couple of weeks. Does anyone know these guys? I just want to know if they are working on it, or missed the emails or whatever. I think the money is sitting in their PayPal (but not claimed?). Thanks - Leo