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Hi. Yesterday on my radio show I interviewed Michael Sharkey, member of the north side group the Fugitives. The Fugitives cut two records on the local Sandman label and one record as the Fabulous Fugitives on the Memphis J'Ace label. Michael had some interesting stories. You can listen to the interview at: https://www.sittinginthepark.com/interviews/fugitives-11-28-2011.mp3? or on the bottom of my interviews page: https://www.sittingin...interviews.html thanks again for your interest, Bob

At any subway stop in chicago people are singing better than this dude.

when i bought from him recently he sent a message through ebay saying i couldn't use paypal because they take too much money, I was like "no".

you schooled me... but the label is Expo'69. I think I actually have that press, I definitely am missing at least one though.

A few years ago one went on ebay for like $11. I missed it and didn't see it until searching a DJ's bids later. I was so p*ss*d.

yeah, crajon is the 3rd label (not expo). All are "original" presses.

Edith Brown was on ebay a few years ago. It went super cheap, like $25. I wanted to bid as it was a Chicago record but the stupid prick seller had me blocked (for no reason related to ebay -- he was mad that I went to some of the same people to get records when he was in Chicago).

I had an original sealed first press of this record. People here were talking about it a lot. I had my friend put it on ebay. It went for the minimum of $20.

thanks, I had not seen the earlier thread. Either way, I didn't think it was a total fluke at $500 but rather that it's a very specialized market item and two bidders who need a copy have to see it at the same time to get any money for it. That's less likely to happen than for an in-demand item.

so apparently it probably was a fluke since i just won a copy for $10. Although I have won some very expensive records for $10 so who knows.

also, it's weird that it says it's a DJ copy, as that makes it not look like it was made for jukeboxes

yes, this is what I was asking about. I guess my main questions are: 1. Was it intentional and if so, why? 2. Was it accidental and if so, what is the process that the records get "dinked" and why did certain records not have their centers removed.

youtube does have some rules about external links but I think you're allowed to put up links that directly relate to the item for sale. if you care you can get more details from the youtube help.

https://waxidermy.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37937&start=0&hilit=count+store

yeah, it is a puerto rican thing if you look at the address. I've seen it cheap on ebay a few times. It is fairly rare in my experience.

is this that thing where it's a puerto rican group? if so it's sort of rare but never goes for much.

so you're saying that it was an error where the whole punching didn't occur? Does this mean there's a whole batch of them like this? I have a sick photo of this group wearing the white wigs. Didn't they evolve into the hesitations?

I think I remember James Trouble arguing with people on here about how there were two original presses? Either way, I thought it was original, but my $800 bid wasn't gonna cut it...

it would be weird if it was an intended, functional thing just because it's so rare and random as to which titles get it

So the other day in a thread there was a mack iv record that came with both a small hole (like an LP) and a large hole (regular 45 side). Why would it be pressed both ways? Why would it be pressed with the small hole at all? Is it just a manufacturing mistake? That was the only record I had seen like this, but i just saw this: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320797250961#ht_1078wt_881 I have this record with a regular large hole. Can anyone explain what is happening with the small hole 45s? thanks in advance.

I found an OOTP press of the funky sisters in a thrift store once

the ebay one was from a georgia seller who i doubt has ties to the northern scene or who would buy northern records to resell

man, I had this too, a M- copy. Will dig out that individuals today.

for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of "what is crossover" threads if you search on here

it's totally different, it's uptempo. i've never seen a stock copy of this.