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The Paragons - "All I Can Do" b/w “Gone Away” (Hunger 15045/6). '65 WV rarity in nice VG+ condition is looking for a good home. As heard on the second volume of Crypt’s "Ho-Dad Hootenanny." Ideally, I’d like to trade for this one, but cash will also be considered. If purchased, (actual)...

Seller finally responded: "It came in a couple weeks ago from an older couple, they had lots of 45s, white label promos, major label and independent. Nothing remotely as valuable as this, but all from the same era. We didn't get any info as to where they got them, but they'd obviously had them...

Thanks! Good eye—I believe it is styrene. No hiss, thankfully. I’ve always thought it was weird that the other Tri-M single has a one-sided (clearly marked) promo. Maybe the pressing plant they used did furnish them with advanced copies while they waited? Would explain how they had time to...

Thanks for the confirmation, re: the deadwax, bosshoss. My heart sank when I opened up the mailer and saw that yellow label—I immediately imagined an inferior mix and a (previously unknown) rejected first press. Much happier that it’s just a cosmetic oddity. I was hoping the seller—a record...

Sounds about right, but I think the orange/yellow label copy is more like a promo or even a testpressing, as bosshoss suggested.

Quick update: Reached out to Arizona record-wizard John Dixon and he confirmed that my copy’s deadwax matched his "standard" copy. The Grodes issued a one-sided promo of their first Tri-M 45—curious if this copy was for radio stations and they toned down the suggestive title for potential airplay…

Hello, Recently picked up a copy of the second Grodes 45 on Tri-M (after a thirty year search) and—as these things tend to go—I’m left with more questions than answers. The A-side is the typical orange label; however, the b-side label is yellow (like the first Tri-M 45) and the song title is...