Hey kids! Collect The Whole Set!

Jim Anast went to Senn High School which is in the north side of Chicago. I'm thinking we might have another Chicago garage single here.
 
James D Anast 2 years ago

Silly Whim was one of two songs produced in Chicago in 1966 by "The DayTones" which was created by Tom Day, additional band members were Jeanie, Jim, and Bill. The 45 record was released and played largely in Tucson in the late 60'
 
There are plenty more sets to collect, especially from Texas. Perhaps not as exciting as those already presented, but I'm of the opinion that too much is never enough.

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Mark... you need to make a museum for your 45s when you're an old guy, they seriously need to be saved for future generations to marvel at and also future prosperity, your life's passion is pictured right here in this forum, its not just images of killer 45s, it also shows the absolute commitment and love for the genre which you've spent a good part of your life involved it, its more than just the records, its the man too.

It would be such a shame in my opinion for these 45s to end up in the hands of people who really don't deserve them in the future, folks who haven't "lived" it just cos they have the moolah, I'd personally rather see all these 45s go to a museum or at least sold only to "known" individuals who are garage freaks to the core of their soul.

In which case, I call dibs on The Tremors : )

Either the museum option will be great OR please promise me you'll have these cremated with you when you go.... so they literally go back to the grave so to speak.
 
A lot of people say about famous record collections, "This should go in a museum when you're gone," but as far as I know, that has never happened. There is no "Museum of Record Collecting" of course, but even music museums don't typically want records, and they certainly would not have the funds to pay what private collectors would for the records of "museum quality" caliber.

Plus people tend to overrate the permanence and security of museums. I did once buy a 78 rpm test press that had come out of a collection somebody donated in good faith to a small museum, thinking that it would be permanent, but the museum went under and they sold the donations. A lot of museums have been recently liquidating pieces that were donated by people who are dead now. Plus, you have both natural and man-made disasters to deal with. The Institute l'Egypt was a kind of museum, but during the Arab Spring somebody torched the place.

So I hope Mark doesn't donate his collection to a museum. The records have a much better rate of survival and appreciation being sold to private collectors -- the same with most things.
 
Don Julio said:
So I hope Mark doesn't donate his collection to a museum. The records have a much better rate of survival and appreciation being sold to private collectors -- the same with most things.
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Mark is going to outlast all of us so no need to wait in the wings for his demise. But I'm with you, whoever digs these cool rekkids and has the moolah to buy them deserves them.
 
It's a nice thought to imagine that a collection of obscure 45rpm rock records from the '60s could be made available as a permanent facility on public display. However...

If the records went to a museum, they wouldn't last long. They would be filed in a back room and never see the light of day. Gradually they would be pilfered by curators and staff, and after 20 years all that would be left would be the Columbia label.

If on the other hand, the collection was broken up and sold to serious '60s garage collectors such as G45central members, they would bring excitement, joy and satisfaction to people who really care about them, share them and deserve them.
 
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