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I mentioned the atlantic 45 that was a hit in Chicago. I agree with you about "the last girl", it actually sounds way ahead of his time, almost like a 70s philly record. I'm not on the "northern scene" but I don't think they have that many records that are played as northern records compared to, say, the impressions. Maybe you meant the most prolific soul artists in general?

new sweet soul collectors are crazy. I still need this as a stock copy (or either of the UA Bingham titles for that matter) if someone has one to trade. I think Bingham was lead singer in the group five flights up.

I think it's pretty much abandoned, and the creator was looking for someone to take it over but didn't find anyone.

on ebay there was a promo of 020 recently with the unique side only but i was the second bidder

yes, the 020 title is what I'm missing. what do you think the value is on the 015? I don't think there's any northern demand for it, and I would have thought it would have been "discovered" by now if it was northern. If you have a trade we can maybe worth something out over that sterphonics on cha-tok I have a double of. I have a double of the 019 number also. It's not in discographies for some reason but 018 came out with two flipsides and there is a skye-distributed released of "hip squeeze" with a totally different number (4519 -- if you search ebay the only copies are this release).

I don't know what advantage of your stereo-mono converter box is, it doesn't do anything that mixing stereo to mono in cooledit won't do. If anything, it's one more stage of recording that could lessen the fidelity. A real mono cartridge / stylus will make a real difference. You should have a stereo one and a mono one on hand so you can switch easily. Use the mono one in general and test with a stereo one on recordings that don't sound good (esp styrene burned records). I haven't bought a stylus / cartridge online in a while, I used to use garage-a-records.com . They will mount the cartridge into the headshell and wire it up for you which is like an impossible task for me (I don't understand how anyone manages to do it actually). You can email them and ask for advice as to what you should get in your price range, etc. There is also needledoctor.com which I think is a popular site but I don't think I've used them. Mixing stereo to mono for both stereo and mono recordings will generally reduce crackle / pops as crackles and pops are generally louder in one of the two channels, so you're cutting the gain on the crackle. I don't know how it would fix distortion though.

I meant first class international, US to outside the US, sorry I was not clear. That is pretty much the cheapest price you can get sending a 45 in a mailer to the UK. Anyone still charging $6 is losing money and are still on the old rates.

US postage went up, a regularly packed single 45 now costs $6.90 for first class and more packaging / records make the price even higher.

you should definitely record them with a mono cart / stylus, which rides in a totally different part of the groove (much higher) than a stereo stylus. Records that are styrene burnt from stereo carts will often play great with a mono cart because it doesn't touch the damaged parts of the groove. If you have a record that plays styrene burnt in mono you should try a stereo cart to see if it sounds better.

I think there was a bidding war on ebay when it came up with a sound clip, and that's not a real, sustained value. But in the last few months a few copies went for over $100, a mint one went for $200 recently, which I think is crazy. I'm not sure all the people bidding know this is a stylistics cover...

thanks for looking I appreciate it. Anyone else? Anyone have any comment on if this is rare / valuable? I never really paid attention to all their singles before for some reason until last night I was looking what I was missing.

I checked and I don't have it. I think either Ady Pierce or Dave Thorley got it, you might want to try them. I might have a beat up copy somewhere else, I will check tomorrow.

Hi. I'm looking for Magic City 015 - mad dog and the pups - Look into my eyes. It's the last mad dog and the pups 45 I need and one of two magic city 45s I still need. Cash or trade, if you want to trade send some wants and tell me what styles you like. Also, I have no idea on the value of this 45. Thanks.

I don't know if it was northern or sweet people (sweet side is killer) but the sweet soul dudes seem to bid crazy when there's something they want.

I've had a few copies. I think I traded one to Ady Pierce recently, although I might still have it, I can check. I also think Ady Pierce has the Allen record you're looking for. That guy was one of the knight brothers.

you should check out dj melismo's podcasts in the audio/video subforum. I'm impressed with his knowledge of soul music 1980 and onwards.

you have good taste, thanks for sharing

ebay email support is also all form letters. to get anywhere with ebay (or most services) you have to call and talk to a real person.

it seems like an item that you wanted, I don't see the point of fighting over a few dollars. I would have paid it and then asked for a refund in line with the description. If I got no response I would open up a paypal claim for overcharging on shipping (at least that used to be an option). I'd imagine the seller would do an immediate refund of the extra shipping and if not paypal will get it back anyways. Then, if you care enough, you can negative him.

you know there's like at least two dozen covers of the song? many of them are from hispanic groups from san antonio.

or maybe max and the flaps? now i'm confused

It means "Max". Translated the group name is "Max and the Flips". Here is an interesting history: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-izzle

I'm pretty sure this is semi-known by funk collectors. This was on ebay a month ago, from that guy selling some deceased milwaukee collector's records, didn't even crack $150. Last year it was on ebay also, but it was from that shady Japanese seller that kept listing (clearly overgraded) records, shill bidding them, and relisting them. So I don't know if it sold. It generally doesn't come up for sale that much though.

yeah, and the other side is a vietnam song. the "mizax" is actually the snoop dogg speak, it predates snoop dogg. That's what the lost generation "talking the teenage language" is about. max kidd is that crazy seller on ebay "nebraskablack" that for some reason sells (or at least lists) mostly steeltown stock.