With the threat of rain looming hard, I decided to bypass my local digging spot and head up to a record sale in North Jersey with the one and only Devil Dick. He said he had bought a record from a guy on E Bay, who sent him an e mail about a record sale, and that he had in the neighborhood of 30,000 45s. Yeah that’s right, 30,000. He didn’t reveal that number until we got there. It’s funny because a friend e mailed me with a Craig’s List ad that coincidentally was the same sale. So at the butt crack of dawn, DD picked me up and we trucked our old asses up the Parkway to what turned out to be a really great sale. The sky looked like it would open up any time, and the guy running the sale in his back yard was ready with some tarps. At that point, when he said: “The 45s are ready”, it could have rained cats and dogs, because I found a dry spot to sit and listen near the garage. What happened next, was basically a dream day digging. There were a few people going through the 45s, but really we had the run of the boxes. I don’t know if the chance of rain really held people back, but whatever the case, it was to our advantage. We dug for well over two hours, and both came back with hand fulls of sweet Soul and gritty Funk 45s. I was so excited I didn’t take any crate pics, but I’ve enclosed a few pics of the booty I pulled home. There were a few weird record guys (besides us), most notably a guy we’ll call “The Gospel Slob”. This guy made it well known he was looking for Gospel records, on Savoy if we saw them. I threw in some non-Savoy Gospel and he had a hissy fit. He then let out a large belch in front of a few women without blinking an eye, hence the slob moniker. Then, the portable set up by the seller broke, and the Gospel Slob was trying to get his hands on mine, which wasn’t happening. Actually, a lot of people kept picking my portable up, and were a bit scared when I told them it wasn’t for sale. I mean I am in no way, shape, or form intimidating, but I do have a few tattoos (and so does DD), so maybe that put them off. It’s a 70’s child phonograph made of plastic, not a Sherman tank and these people were tossing it around like they didn’t care. At any rate, a good diggin’ experience, and I’m looking forward to getting some more of this guy’s stash of records. Below is a list of what I got for those who are interested.
Sat Digs:
Clarence Reid - Nobody But You Babe/ Alston
Syl Johnson - Someone But You/ Hi
Moody Scott - (We Gotta) Bust Out of the Ghetto/ Sound Stage 7
Soul Sisters - I Can’t Stand It
Betty everett - I Got To Tell Somebody/ Fantasy
The Crusdaer - Greasy Spoon/ Chisa
Bad Bascomb - Bo Diddly/ Paramount
Jimmy McGriff - The Bird/ Capitol
David T. Walker - Can I Change My Mind/ Revue
Jimmy “Bo” Horne - Let Me Be Your Lover/ Sunshine Sound
Dave “Baby” Cortez - Funky Robot/ All Platinum
Lou Donaldson - Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky/ Blue Note
Bobby Byrd - Keep On Doin’ What Your Doin’/ Brownstone
Masters of Soul - I Hate You (in the Daytime and Love You at Night)/ Duke
Little Milton - Friend of Mine/ Glades
Linda Perry & Soul Express Eddie Billups - I Need Someone/ Mainstream
Lou Johnson - A Time to Love, A Time to Cry/ Big Top
Bobby Powell - Do Something For Yourself/ Whit
Syl Johnson - Same Kind of Thing/ Twinight
General Crook - Do It For Me/ Down to Earth Records
LLoyd Price - They Get Down/ GSF
Creative Funk - Funk Power/ Creative Funk
Lou Toby and His Heavies - Heavy Steppin’/ Peach-Mint
One G Plus Three - Summertime/ Paramount
Rasputin’s Stash - Your Love Is Certified/ Cotillion
Barbara & the Uniques - What’s the Use/ Arden
Carlton Moore - Soul Jamaica/ Tobin
Dorothy Norwood - Get Aboard the Soul Train/ GRC
Lou Rawls - You Made Me So Very Happy/ Capitol
Gloria Taylor - You Got to Pay The Price/ Silver Fox
Eddie Harris - Instant Death/ Atlantic
King Curtis & the Kingpins - Whole Lotta Love/ Atco
Lee Eldred - Shackin’ Baby/ Mercury
