I'm not that picky on condition with older 45s because they're MONO. Surface noise is a bigger issue across the stereo field imo. Obviously, one thing that comes up with 45s is they were in a jukebox and they have heavy groove wear (from lots of play and heavy tone arms). There was one record I bought a year or two ago that was just unplayable, but it hasn't happened that much.
― timellison, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
i'm making mixes in preparation for Heemannfest in june. that's what got me thinking about 45s. i want tapes i can play all day long in between live music. that way i don't have to worry about what's playing or worry about changing records or CDs. here's the 45 mix tape i made yesterday. Maxell XLII High Bias 90 minute cassette:
side a
the reverend kelsey - i'm a royal child
c & the shells - good morning starshine
deejay and the runaways - peter rabbit
betty johnson - the little blue man
love childs afro cuban blues band - life and death in g&a
los payos - un tipo caro
bobby moore & the rhythm aces - hey mr. d.j.
jo ann campbell - sloppy joe
jimmy charles & the reveletts - hopscotch hop
ernie freeman - puddin'
rita cadillac - nonce n'est pas dangereux
the sherrys - let's stomp again
billy & lillie - lucky ladybug
hot butter - at the movies
bobby williams & the mystics - runnin' and hidin'
the little dippers - two by four
the dolphins - hey-da-da-dow
mike brassard and the ravens - baby, please don't leave me
side b
leon smith - little forty ford
rita pavone - just once more
van dorn sisters - baby roo
joe barry - for you, sunshine
stel stevens - he refused to cha cha cha
laurencia - ce n'est qu'un play boy
france gall - l'orage
jordan brothers - polly plays her kettle drum
windopane - baby i'm beholdin'
shuky & aviva - on s'en va
los brincos - borracho
bill wendry & the boss tweeds - fire
five by five - fire
the jordan brothers - gimme some lovin'
jesse furlough - insect gladiator
the stratfords - never leave me
kimm charney - explosive generation
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
jacob, those early king country 78s are not particularly collectible--a lot of 78 collectors are pretty snobby about what they like and the $$$$ stuff is largely pre-war, though obviously stuff on Sun or w/e can get pricey.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-lot-of-11-Records-78s-Country-Bluegrass-Columbia-King-Mercury-Etc-/300713734764?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4603ef726c#ht_512wt_1040
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
I don't have that many 45s either (at least not compared to LPs) and a lot of them are indie rock from the '90s
off the top of my head this is my favorite one I own:
http://images.45cat.com/fugi-mary-dont-take-me-on-no-bad-trip-cadet.jpg
funky psych/soul
― dmr, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Also thishttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7256528442_756edc8047.jpghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z1-kYS2cSA
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
probablyhttp://images.45cat.com/count-five-psychotic-reaction-double-shot.jpgorhttp://78.46.76.238/pix/20100424/270568063790.jpgnot that it's that great, but it's local and I saw the reformed band play a parents without partners dance party at a VFW.Fun times!
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
woah, sorry for that huge fucking image
totally honestly?
http://img.deadformat.net/p/l/8175_175545771639.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:25 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fantastic song!
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
i love the morning dew record on roulette--same band?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
man if i could i would honestly buy nothing but 45s but i have the same problem as jacob
It's rare that I come across a stash of 45s that were released before 1975.
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 00:03 (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://a1.typepad.com/6a0133f3c49ce9970b013486e6b6c1970c-500pi
― flopson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ian - It is a misprint, or maybe the band changed their name. The band is actually called Plato and the Philosophers.They were a garage band from Moberly, MO. Fairyland was a mid-Missouri label.Plato had a song ("CM I love you") that was a regional hit in Michigan, I think?
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't there a Back from the Grave-style compilation of Missouri garage rock that came out in the '90s? I remember playing it at KCOU but can't remember the name of the comp.
― dmr, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
it wouldn't surprise me. there are tons and tons of regional comps of that nature--was it a volume of "high in the mid-60s" or something?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highs_in_the_Mid-Sixties_series
doesn't look like there's a missouri volume :(
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_garage_rock_and_psychedelic_rock_compilation_albums
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
hey I found it. amazing what google can do :)
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Drink-Beer-Yell-Dance/release/1870905
Legit reissue of Missouri garage bands, subtitled: "Midwest Teen Band Frat And Garage Stompers 1961-1966!!". Includes an 8 page booklet loaded with info on the bands.
"Peanut Butter" by Friar Tuck & His Merrymen was my jam
― dmr, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
wish I would have bought that. I think I just taped the radio station's copy.
― dmr, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
I remember that record, yeah.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
Probably the one I finally found for dirt cheap on Ebay : Sylvian/Sakamoto "Bamboo Music/Bamboo Houses"
― Pacific Rinko (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
usually give up when ever there are big boxes of 45's
a lot of times I just make 'em an offer on the whole damn box
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
Wish I could find this 45 by Beaver and the Trappers, it is my Holy Grail,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2wEg91WhA
― *tera, Sunday, 27 May 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
I've got three small boxes of them, maybe 150-200 in total. A few that are probably a little rare: the Cramps' "Drug Train," the Germs' "Forming," Sid Vicious's "C'mon Everybody," Husker Du's "Statues," Half Japanese's "Calling All Girls" (nine songs!), some early Black Flag and Angry Samoans. If I had to save one from a fire, I'd probably grab "Drug Train."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/SMb87C88iAI/AAAAAAAALjg/K396EdUG4L4/s400/cramps.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 May 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
When I was a kid I would buy cutout 45s, five in a plastic bag so you could only see the outer two. I ended up with everything from Buddah records bubblegum to jazz (I had Ella Fitzgerald doing “Mack The Knife” live in Berlin.)
I loved the crap out of this one. It had a Part A and Part B to fit the whole 7+ minutes on one 45. Me being "progressive" when I was about 11.
http://images.45cat.com/harvey-mandel-wade-in-the-water-part-i-philips.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irVQEVMpz38
― Mafia-owned bar for transvestites (Dan Peterson), Friday, 6 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
after DJing last week with a friend who has a lot of cool 45s, I now want to get more 45s
― dmr, Friday, 6 July 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
i should have posted this on here:
Ry Cooper aka Rusty Evans - "1983" (futuristic garage folk rock from 1965 with killer snarl/guitar and theremin!)
that was dumb of me. nobody cares about cool music on ilm. and amateurist is insane.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 July 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
that's great, i want a copy!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 6 July 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'm selling some 45s for a guy i know and that was one of them. i definitely want it. i was just gonna put everything of his online but then i play stuff and fall in love...
he had all these wlp 60's 45s and i was just gonna make up a price off of the top of my head and buy them but i had no idea what some of them were worth. so, since i like the guy, i told him i would put them up on ebay and we're gonna split the proceeds. fun stuff to go through. cool soul and garage 45s. teen pop. stuff i never see.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 July 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
man, that sounds like a lot of fun!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 6 July 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
it's the kind of work i like doing! and we will both benefit. it will be fun to see europe and asia duke it out for some of these.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 July 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
hahah
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 6 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
seriously most of the 'nice' records i sell on ebay go overseas.
i sure as heck can't sell them in my store. a little bit at record shows.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 July 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/97eb617a2a0c3a9e9dedf087de888b04/1030088.jpg
VS.
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/a/asia/album-asia.jpg
SMACKDOWN
― dmr, Friday, 6 July 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2hcjl8o.jpg
― los blue jeans, Monday, 30 July 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
I think I have that on 78?
― bamcquern, Thursday, 2 August 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
sweet. I have one of the answer records on 78.
― los blue jeans, Thursday, 2 August 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
Great question, fun answers. I have been collecting 45s since I was a tot and my granddad had a jukebox. Have to go through my stash, we always had a habit of grabbing the "weird" ones in my family.
I liked creepy oldies the best:
http://www.reallyoldrecords.com/media/0b/a2079161356a0c24601e7c_m.JPG
From Really Old Records
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 20 August 2012 05:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/beverly-bremers-dont-say-you-dont-remember-scepter.jpg Mesmerizing Scepter.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
might not be my all time fave but i bought this today and it is great
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-150-2027956-1278709794.jpeg
― flopson, Monday, 20 August 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link