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I think it's the same singer, judging by the way he pronounces certain words. But he sounds more self-assured and therefore I think it's a later recording than the Nomads version.

But I could be wrong on both assumptions.
 
I love that song...really cool that another version has surfaced. Would love to hear this get "the full treatment".
 
Continuing through January:

1. A VG+ copy of Kenny & the Kasuals - Don't Let Your Baby Go/The Best Thing Around on Mark sold for $810 (as pointed out by Mr. Splendid, this seems to be the same copy previously reported as sold in December).
2. A VG copy of The Syndicate - The Egyptian Thing/She Haunts You on Dot sold for $526.
3. A VG+ copy of The Chevelle V - Come Back Bird/I'm Sorry Girl on UMI sold for $402.
 
In late January, a collection from New Mexico discussed elsewhere on this forum was sold on eBay. Here are the highlights:

1. An EX copy of The Spellbinders - Casting My Spell/To Take A Heart on Miramar sold for $312.
2. An EX copy of Grains of Sand - Goin' Away, Baby/Golden Apples on Genesis sold for $681.
3. An EX copy of The Minority - Where Was My Mind/High Flyer on Hyperbolic sold for $305.
4. An EX copy of The Wailers - Out of Our Tree/I Got Me on Etiquette sold for $341.
5. A M- copy of Velvet Illusions - Velvet Illusions/Born To Be A Rolling Stone on Metro Media sold for $350.
6. A M- copy of The Electras - Soul Searchin'/This Week's Children on Scotty sold for $357.
7. An EX copy of The Huns - Destination Lonely/Winning Ticket on Rock N' Jazz sold for $1,009.
8. An EX copy of Pete Morticelli - Lost/If You See Me on Nu-Sound sold for $312.
9. An EX copy of The Bit' A Sweet - Out of Sight, Out of Mind/Is It On - Is It Off on MGM sold for $611.
10. An EX copy of The Romancers - She Took My Oldsmobile/That's Why I Love You on Linda sold for $330.
 
Just a few more, and I'll be through January. Alright, just let me get a beer, and I'll push on through:

1. A VG+ copy of The Dagenites - I'm Gone Slide/Now That Summer's Gone on Heigh-Ho sold for $338.
2. A M- copy of The Fabs - That's the Bag I'm In/Dinah Wants Religion on Cotton Ball sold for $738.
3. A VG+ copy of Atilla & the Huns - Mojo Cools/My Name's Big Daddy on Beaux-Art Sound sold for $461.
 
9. An EX copy of The Bit' A Sweet - Out of Sight, Out of Mind/Is It On - Is It Off on MGM sold for $611.

Please explain......:screwy:
 
Has anyone actually seen these mod dj´s? Do they exist? Where are they on the occasions when I´m Selling my stuff? I´t would be very interesting entering their annual mod meeting... Psychotic or not.
Måns - you´re a mod and also a Dj, and sometimes a bit psychotic. But I can´t see you paying these crazy amounts. Ah, wait, right - you´re the intelligent kind. See, I know all about trait personality:)
 
Well Peter... I'm not really "a mod" as you of course know... and I'm way too old in this game to believe that ''desirable at the moment just because it's been played at the Mousetrap or whatever, and people liked to dance to it'' is the same thing as ''super rare''... and so on. ;)
 
Most of the 'mod' DJs are in the UK and Europe. A few in the US. The mod 'theme' has died down a bit but there is a hybrid thing going on that includes more 'rockers' and R&B. There was a funny (to me) discussion on one FB page between a few of them where they were bitchin' about how overplayed "Abba" by the Paragons had become and how the best DJs have moved away from it.....
 
I think the "mod DJ" thing is something akin to "The Man" on here now. I really doubt that younger collectors, usually in high unemployment affected areas are to blame for these insane prices. In my experience it's usually the older crowd usually unburdened by the responsibilities of earlier life who are finally able to fulfill their dreams of want lists past. Maybe it's an Old Mod DJ problem...
 
The European Mod DJ who quadruples any given market value, I don't buy that. The winner of the $611 Bit'a Sweet 45 was a 1400++ member as feedback regards. It sold for $202 or something a few weeks later. Consider it a glitch. I live in one of the most expensive countries on the planet, even here, no way you would get paid enough to overpay that much for a 45 probably very few guests would ever appreciate. As the economy is pretty much really stressed in the major part of Europe, which country offers such Goldmine opportunities for dj's offering garage/mod/beat tunes? Maybe the very few and well known dj's or scenesters, but they already own 45s like these.
 
Older collectors nabbed the Bit A Sweet 45 for the $25-30 it was going for in the old days. The 45s now selling for ridiculous prices, based upon ease of availability in the past and present, are already in experienced collector's archives.
 
The 'mod DJ' scene peaked a few years ago and is showing signs of fatigue, but it's still there. For years there was an event called Mod Chicago, I got the lowdown from people who attended that were not really part of the DJ scene but many of the top DJs were from overseas and they played the records that are (derided as) 'mod floorfillers' and a sizeable crowd of people were seriously into it. There's a few factors at play here. One is the 'hot box' factor - people keeping a relatively small collection ot records and frequently turning over records that they have had for a while because of overexposure or desire to change. Another is the 'hot genre' (my own term) where people who were into, say, 1960s Northern Soul oldies decide they want something different, 'sell up' (as they say in the UK) their collection and immediately go on a spending spree for 'mod' or 'rockers' or 'R&B' - and since they are by nature compulsive people they don't bother to wait out deals, they jump. Also, the well established rockabilly/rocker crowd has been slowly creeping into the 1960s and garage type sounds (classic example - "Let's Dance" by the Excels or anything by Floyd Dakil).
I would never say people are making a living as a 1960s DJ and getting enough income from that to buy $600 records frequently. I would say that there are plenty of people with enough money to buy expensive records all over the world. I've often joked to younger people that they should go to China and start a original record collector/DJ scene in order to keep the value of their records high in the future...
 
A VG minus copy of the Fabs on Cottonball just sold for over $500.

I recently sold a mint minus / flawless copy for $600, and a few guys who were interested felt that $600 was too much.
The VG minus buyer, therefore, must be in the camp George notes in the post above.
 
MopTopMike said:
A VG minus copy of the Fabs on Cottonball just sold for over $500.

I recently sold a mint minus / flawless copy for $600, and a few guys who were interested felt that $600 was too much.
The VG minus buyer, therefore, must be in the camp George notes in the post above.
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That's the difference that crowd brings to collecting , it seems they only grade records as playable or unplayable . So vg- with a soundfile that proves it's still playable will get nearly the same price as m- . Maybe the buyer thinks he made a bargain , because he's got it for less than $ 600 :rolleyes:
 
So, to sum things up - if you´re into logic, get away from the World of record collecting. Quick.....
I remember, as Mike claims, back in the old Days you could buy the aforementioned record for a bargain. I did, and sold it cheap as well.
 
HA! non-taken, I really was hoping that it wouldn't go that far!! but it did. Now, Texas Flashback vol 1 is one of the first comps I heard before getting into buying garage 45's, so every time one pops up I do my best to get it :).
God knows if I'll ever get my hands on The Headstones, Finnicum or Reasons Why......seems every single disc on this comp (if I'm not mistaken) is rare to super rare, with the exception probably of the Sweetarts.

But I do have to agree, not happy with the result...this one is going on the NEED to upgrade box, along side Playboys of Edinburg.
 
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