Allentown Record Show - lowdown on motel scene?

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It was "Lao-Tse" for finding decent
garage 45s. Rockabilly was slightly
better...but not by much.
 
Finally having a chance to make it down for a day at the hotel and the show, I wasn't disappointed (and nice to meet you, Dave; also BW).
I bought a fair amount of singles of various genres, including a couple of great oddities (like Speed Turkey "Gimme Some Lovin'). Of board interest, I grabbed a new copy of Shy Guys "Black Lightening Light" at below "cost" for the recent (?) find, as well as a cheap copy of All Night Workers "Eggs".A friend got a copy of the Tree Stumps with the picture sleeve at a nice price.

And finally, a cardboard disc of Richard Burton "singing" a selection from the Baker Street musical that the Dick Watson Five "borrowed" (for lack of a better word).
 
Out of curiosity, are any of you familiar with a Don Parker from the Allentown shows?

His shop was the last local one I had left to visit until recently. Sounded like he had a lot of stuff to go around...
 
3+ years after I started this thread I finally made it to the motel yesterday. I get the sense that when the motel became a Red Roof Inn it got a facelift? The rooms didn't seem as dumpy nor bed buggy as I was lead to believe. Since I don't collect soul, and I've gotten pretty good at acquiring those records anyway, I did pretty well in just a few hours selling out of the back of my car in the parking lot. And in my few hours visiting the rooms with my proceeds, I did really well buying. As previously noted, I'm decades behind some of you in collecting garage, so I'm more than happy to buy things that might otherwise sit because most folks already have them (obvious sub-$300 BFTG records, etc). And I found that people were more than happy to deal. Sure some things were marked high, but when you ask someone for their best price on 2-3 records and they come back with 30 or 40% off, who can complain about that? Maybe it also helped I was there on a Thursday and all the "serious" buying was already over, ha. I'm definitely going to return every time, maybe do 2 days depending on how good my sale stock is any given show. I feel like maybe focusing more on selling on Tues and more on buying on Thurs could be a good strategy.
 
Would you mind relaying some memorable sides that changed ownership? Most everybody says A-town's not what it used to be, but that applies to pretty much everything (writer included). Still curious to hear what's been on offer garage wise.
 
I'm sure someone else on the board attended more days and is more tied into that scene to be able to answer this. I saw a number of $500-$1,000+ discs, but none of my personal garage grails.
 
Notable high end records included Park Avenue Playground, Unusuals on Panorama, and an Organization on Pamela Rose. I’m sure there were some others.
 
I arrived late on Friday afternoon, so I wasn't able to look around pre-show.
I didn't come across much during the show, the usual over-priced for low grade and not rare 45s that are all over the room.
I did see some hi-end 45s: Cave Dwellers (Jim-Ko); the Game (both UK 45s), Young Monkey Men, all at or into the four figure price range.
A Plague on Crusader very reasonably priced sold.
Best bargain buy during the show that I know of : Zone V "I Cannot Lie" VG+ looked very clean, $175.
Some of the long-time regulars were absent, but there's really been nothing to report since the Bill N. collection sale-off a few years ago
 
I left my house at 2:40 AM Saturday and drove to the show, and returned home that evening, totally exhausted.

I saw a Village Outcast for sale, a Swamp Rats "Louie Louie" was snapped up for not much. I bought only a whipped Sonics "Cinderella", and a nice Polystyrene Jass Band. I saw a Weeds on Teenbeat in G condition sell for $300.

Most people agreed attendance at the show was sparse, but for me, sales were OK.
 
'Skullett' is a new term to me. I'd also never heard of the 'neck beard' until recently. The skullett looks good in comparison
 
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