George G
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The only Camel Walk that matters More Dromedary dorkiness....
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Yeah, 'bargain finds' that go back 20, or 47, years are not exactly awe inspiring - fun for the buyer to remember and retell to his/her drinking pals, OK. If you couldn't find rare soul, or for that matter garage 45s and psych/private LPs for pennies, you weren't trying, as they were pretty much underfoot everywhere in the US (and Canada) until 10-12 years ago.
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QCA 90880 = August 1969. Case closed.
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QCA press (Cincinnati) from 1969. I have no idea on the aritist origin, though. There were a fair amount of records from NY State pressed at QCA at the time. I don't think this was a real label, more like a one-off custom. If so, there are a lot more copies of this around than the usual 500 custom pressing records. If I can find my copy I can look in the dead wax for more clues.
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Nothing else on the Goldspot label. There are recordings by other artists of Kenny's songs and published by Goldspot publishing - see the comment I made above where Goldspot was originally Kenny's BMI publshing name.
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Goldspot was originally the name of Kenny's BMI music publishing. Slambeat was Jim Mills' BMI publishing. Mills started the GAR label in 1965, based out of Missouri, I think he was a college student at U of M. Later he moved to Illinois, and then Cincinnati. There were three incarnations of the GAR label, with the Cincy one being the last.
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This is correct, regarding Goldspot. The Goldspot label 45 I have is from 1971, it's a QCA pressing and has all the proper markings from that operation. This is confirmed by other people who were there at the time and had the Goldspot 45. There may have been a second pressing on the Goldspot label but I've never seen it, as I am in the US and have no personal connection to the UK Northern soul scene.
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Likely a Theremin (the Moog kits were available at the time and a lot more accessible than a rudimentary analog synthesizer, which were large and expensive and only available in a few studios) - also could be a simple tone generator (oscillator) which is rapidly increased in pitch.
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To be a hardass - err 'hardarse' - about it, the name reads Fred and the Turbins (no e). In a couple weeks I will consider if I want to sell mine (would take more than the offered price though).
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That's my copy of Mystery Man. Tried to sell here it but no takers. It is a good record but not a good dance record.
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I know the original post refered to "Chicago dusties" but the word dusties (without geographical reference) has been a generic term since the 1980s. I remember a show on a Boston non commercial radio station c. 1990 that advertised playing dusties. The show below is broadcast 7 miles from my house, I listen to it occasionally, from the bio he has been using the name since 1994. https://www.kser.org/content/dusties
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Pittsburgh DJ "Mad Mike" Metrovich came up with this term, nice for the aliteration with his name. It's more commonly known as "Pittsburgh sound" which includes a wide variety of doowop, R&B, instrumentals, garage, a lot of which were only 'hits' in Pittsburgh. The best commercial radio in the US. https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/radio/mad-mike
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In general terms, dusties are old soul and R&B hits - the African-American cultural equivalent to "oldies" which was originally used for pre Beatles/ British Invasion rock and roll. I think the term may have originated in Chicago (similar to someone from LA coining the use of oldies) but like oldies its now just a generic term for hits from the mid 50s until the mid-late 70s.
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Dunno if this has been mentioned before....When I hear G.O. I think of this bass line - I think the JSYW(aN) writers may have had this way back in their minds.....
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The Bill Bush pic seems looks like it's about 5 years later than the record which is from '67/'68. They do look pretty much as I would have expected though! As someone posted, this record has gone down in prices and sold for $800-ish a few times now. I got one off ebay for $300 and change and it's even centered properly - this was 3? years ago. The first couple times I played it here in Seattle I got more people asking about it than any other record I can think of. Right now I would take Eddie Parker - I'm Gone. Runner up would probably be a tie between Gwen Owens - Wanted and Needed and CODs - She's Fire
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The Limelights - Don't Leave Me Baby - / Uncle
George G replied to Mal C's topic in Look At Your Box
I've tried to sell this (M-) for $3000 with no takers. I can understand better now, for 1200 pounds I'll keep it, although living in the US and not being part of Northern Soul culture I am at a disadvantage in selling records like this. I would glady trade it for a Magnetics "Count the days"! -
Thanks for the Peter Jay info, I had assumed it was never released after all this time, I've spent a lot of time trying to find US releases of non-US 'beat era' artists and had never seen this (along with other similar phantoms on other labels)
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Scepter had a lot more odd garage and rock records than Wand. I don't know how they set up their business. Maybe Wand was supposed to be a soul label but the legacy of the Kingsmen (who predated the garage / rock explosion) kept them in that scene a bit. There is a fairly rare 45 on Scepter by the Dickens, it's not as rare as some people think "50 copies distributed" but it is documented to have a limited release. Also the good Six Feet Under 45 on Scepter is fairly high demand/cost. I thought Stemmons Express was a genuine Northern Soul record. No interest to the garage or pop-psych crowd.
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RE: rock records, no rare ones, except maybe the Peter Jay 45 which I don't recall seeing. The Moving Sidewalks 45s are probably in the most demand. Mickey and the Clean Cuts is a popular in some circles but all of these can be had without too much pain. There seems to be Moving Sidewalks 45s on ebay all the time as they were hits in some places. There's a few oddball 60s records that are the 'dependent on taste' whether people into 60s garage or pop would want them (such as the Next Five, Stone Cantalope, Bobby Bond). Sad to say I collect Wand records but only up to 1971 or so.
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The worst intro I've heard on a 'good' record is Stay Together by Soul Excitement. There are several other records on which I skip over the first 20-40 seconds when I play them out - Foreign Blue Renaisance, Manny Corchado, Incomparable Seven "Funky Grandpaw" to name a few.
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Ebay (in the US, dunno about elsewhere) started a free or cheap listing sale this past Sunday - they do so every couple months or so. Usually that means people list crap that would be a hard sell at $1.00. The number of auction 45s on US ebay has increased by 15,000 since Sunday. I notice one day listings that keep getting rolled over onto the next day. I don't know if that's what you're talking about but it sure is nauseating for me to browse through. On the good side, there is a nice copy of the Professionals on Groove City listed this week, someone will be a very happy winner I'm sure.
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Looking for the Yum Yums - Gonna Be a Big Thing - must be a 1965 original US ABC. Not interested in any later pressings. Demo / promo - in VG or better shape - "good enough to DJ with" with decent (not torn/written/water damaged to be unreadable) labels. Sold one 10 years ago and miss it more than any other record I've sold (including Lester Tipton and Nomads on Mo Groov)!!! PM or email buckeyebeat@hotmail.com paypal ready
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Jimmy Gilford - Nobody Loves Me Like My Baby... Value?
George G replied to a topic in Look At Your Box
This record was a hit in the Chicago - Detroit - Cleveland corridor, it's pretty easy to find used copies there. JG was from that area. He has relative(s) in the Cleveland area, a friend of mine there said they had met a relative, although I don't think JG was from Cleveland, Indiana maybe? -
Nope....quantity record with little demand, not garagey enough or soul enough for either camp.
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I'll bump this and add that I am offering 1500 pounds for a M- copy or 1350 for a solid Ex condition