Thrift Store Treasures

Paul,

I would freaking love to get to Atlanta stopping at every thrift store on the way but I work a dead end job, which is why my ebaying has stopped and a budding baby clone to indoctrinate in decent music to support, so that would be in the air. But I'm not saying no - talk to the Boss - t but.... (Records are not her favourite things... lol.... she did recently say I spend $40 dollars in gas to come home with 3 records, I refrained from saying Honey those records are worth x dollars on the open market because... well... I never put them on the market.... well not yet.

The soul stuff is easier to come by than garage even in Pillbilly Country... some is killer for sure I keep meaning to do a podcast or two or a comp thing, completely mixed genres of obscurities and favourite finds.... "Too High on the Hog" by Dennis Booker on Marbone label outta WV- Ska beat country thing that is hilariously brilliant definitely needs an audience.

Keep hunting and the prey will eventually cross your path. Paul, sorry lived too long in thee wylds here i'm using hunting analogies. I have many times I turn up with zero, you have got to be persistent because the day you don't take aim is the day you miss the good meat.

love ya paul...

gavin
 
It is very difficult for any oversea's collector to get lucky in a big city. Try rural smaller towns around the big cities. I know Nico from Bear Family found a vg copy of Billy Adams on Quincy in a San Diego record store, about 6 months ago, and sold it - payed for his entire trip!
 
Thanks Westex... I will do as you stated... I kinda knew what you're telling me anyhow.... it's wishful thinking on my part, the truth is, I will get too hot and will just quit looking through rows of 45s.

I know I'll be visiting the suburbs of Atlanta and will be heading up to a few small towns in TN to visit friends.... so hopefully I will yield something of coolness... even if it is something like a beaver in taxidermy.

Paul
 
JGTiger said:
Esquires (Charleston) very hard to find, in fact I only saw one in a collection, and wound up trading @ a record show to get my copy.
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are you talking about the Charleston Esquires 45 "Groovin is easy"? I have that and had assumed it was the WVA Charleston.
 
MopTopMike said:
There may have been some religious sides. When quantity of all 45s were obtained from the label owner in the early - mid 1980s, these were passed over. The guy(s) who contacted the owner to purchase at least four 25 count boxes each of the Outcasts, King James, and Satisfied Minds did not bother with the soul or religious 45s.
I was informed years later that the leftover Plato label stock was thrown out.
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A lot of Plato 45s ended up here in the NW. We believe it was the Wasp/Rafta label connection. I still find unplayed Outcasts 45 occasionally. Even the Kicking Mustangs has been junked out here (not be me).
 
are you talking about the Charleston Esquires 45 "Groovin is easy"? I have that and had assumed it was the WVA Charleston.
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Yes, they actually issued SEVERAL 45's in the mid-60's on 45. The Charleston Esquires on Mamoth, with "Groovin' Is Easy" b/w Can't Be So Bad" is a all white group, doing Soul. They also had more of a garagy sounding 45, on Albun#6667, as The Esquires, with, "Just Loafin' b/w I Can't Get Along Without You Baby." And, I have seen 1 other local pressing, a Rite, that was called, The 7 Esquires" on a generic "Esquires" label. They apparently, were pretty popular, as the surviving members still get together and play at local venues. In the 80's they issued an LP.
 
Albun ...that label ...I have recently found a 45 by THE TOWNSMEN ummm here, townsmen 001.jpg

Good garage mid-paced beat ballad about being left on the beach by his girl.... right up Mr. mESSIS'S STreet. The flip Friends is mid paced so-so garage pretty lofi production.

Are these guys a WV combo too? It seems unlisted on the net ? Again in a junk store in Charleston.
 
I've written a song with the same theme... called 'down on the beach' (down being used in the manner that I was feeling down), same song topic exactly.

I'm intrigued to hear The Townsmen.
 
paul I will MP3 this one, been meaning too but Milo hates having the deck unplugged from the speakers and becomes a pain saying "No, wecords broken" and squealing.

He stole the little battery driven RCA ac/dc portable record player I found for $3 last week to play "his" scratched up Sun wecords on, the needle got mysteriously snapped on day 2 of his joy. My record hunting equipment now gone till I can find a needle for it.
 
paul messis said:
I've written a song with the same theme... called 'down on the beach' (down being used in the manner that I was feeling down), same song topic exactly.

I'm intrigued to hear The Townsmen.
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here, hear away.... Milo took a nap.

The Townsmen - You Left Me Crying - http://soundcloud.com/agentugly/townsmen

I expected a folk band before I played it but was very happy to hear it was not. OK it ain't top shelf garage but it has a certain fuck you charm. Such a shame the lead fades out at the end.
 
After listening it would probably rate in TeenBeatMayhem! as a "3" out of 10. A few guys might rate a 4 (I'd give it a 4) or even a 5 and a bunch would rate it a 2 or 3.
The 1st oddball 45 that missed the TBM deadline, therefore, info will be logged in the follow-up book.
Thanks for posting!
The 45 is a QCA pressing, from May, 1967
 
So it is an "unknown" 45, jiggy jiggy, so happy about that. ...And the first oddball 45 that missed your deadline. I don't quite get the judging system for the -o-meter but I too would have given it a 3 or 4 on my ugly-o-meter just for the music. The flip is pretty much the same, style-wise, but not so enjoyable.

...and thanks for the date info mike.

MopTopMike said:
After listening it would probably rate in TeenBeatMayhem! as a "3" out of 10. A few guys might rate a 4 (I'd give it a 4) or even a 5 and a bunch would rate it a 2 or 3.
The 1st oddball 45 that missed the TBM deadline, therefore, info will be logged in the follow-up book.
Thanks for posting!
The 45 is a QCA pressing, from May, 1967
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MopTopMike said:
After listening it would probably rate in TeenBeatMayhem! as a "3" out of 10. A few guys might rate a 4 (I'd give it a 4) or even a 5 and a bunch would rate it a 2 or 3.
The 1st oddball 45 that missed the TBM deadline, therefore, info will be logged in the follow-up book.
Thanks for posting!
The 45 is a QCA pressing, from May, 1967
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It's amazing to me with all the legwork you've done - between collecting for 30 odd years and networking with nuermous other collectors -- that there are unknown records still turning up. I know there are assuredly hundreds (if not thousands) more, so hopefully there are some true gems hidden. I, too, would rate the Townsmen side a '4'.
 
You gotta remember there were tens of thousands of record pressed per year in the '60s. We'll never get every single one documented.

Those major labels and independent operations that registered their company with Billboard Magazine would report their number of releases annually.
Here are a few examples of the number of records pressed per year as logged by Billboard:

1960 = 5,797
1961 = 6,036
1962 = 6,700
1963 = 6,543
1964= 6,503
1965 = 7,116
1966 = 7,086
1967 = 7,231
1968 = 6,540

I don't have figures for 1969 or later. I would multiply these documented figures x3 or even x4 to get an rough estimate for an overall figure

The vast majority (say, 98%) of still to be found / unknown 45s would yield a mean / average / rate as a 5 or lower via the TBM voting bunch. I know you guys on my team like the back o' me hand!
 
Here is a Johnny-come-lately bunch that recorded at the Stage 4 studios in Charleston, WV. Label says 1974, sounds like 1965 or so. Most likely is another undiscovered 45, from this area, but I am not sure. and I found this in the Kanawha City Goodwill store, it is pretty
beat up, a low Good condition copy.
Mike may know this one.
The Vocalmasters

http://youtu.be/FbE1WCBNoDs
 
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