During the pandemic, I became interested in collecting 78 RPM records. I blame this on my second reading of the wonderful book, Do Not Sell At Any Price by Amanda Petrusich.
When I first read Amanda’s book, I kept telling myself that it was dangerous to be reading about another format in music collecting. I already collect vinyl records, cassettes, CDs and more. Adding shellac 78s to the collection might get out of hand quickly.
The second reading of the book led me to purchasing 78s at antique stores and online auctions with the hopes of finding something interesting to begin a collection with. There was just one problem…I didn’t know how to actually play 78s on my stereo system at home.
Last week I was visiting a friend who called and said he had some records to sell me. He had a box of LPs that he wanted to get rid of and sold to me for a great price.
While chatting, I told him I was always on the lookout for odd 45s and he said he had some I could go through. I flipped through a small batch and brought a handful home.
Whenever I’m flipping through 45s, I always look for plain labels featuring artists I’ve never heard of. I quickly snatched up this 45 with that plain green label and simple black font by a band called the Dave Scott Trio.
I couldn’t find any information online about the Dave Scott Trio nor could I find any other releases by Cay-Scott on Discogs. My guess is that this was self released since Scott is included in both the label and artist name.
Side 1 finds the band covering Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine. Nothing special jumped out to me about the performance but you can stream it below to judge for yourself.
Side 2 was more enjoyable with a track called Dave’s Boogie. This finds the band loosening up a bit with more electric guitar, some organ and a boogie woogie style piano throughout. Listen to a recording from the 45 below…
Judging by the amount of piano featured on each recording, I’m going to guess that Dave Scott is on piano. But I’d also love to know who is playing guitar on Dave’s Boogie!
An added bonus on this 45 is that Dave autographed the label on Side 2 with an inscription that seems to read “Red, Best Wishes, Dave Scott”.
What a fun discovery last Friday and I’m excited to post about it here on Forever Analog!
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Last weekend, my wife and I drove outside of Nashville and visited a flea market in Woodbury, TN, about 45 minutes from our house. It was a beautiful sunny day and I wasn’t sure we would find anything at the flea market, but Woodbury is packed full of antique stores so there was always a chance I would find some records to look through.
After finding a few items at the flea market, we left for lunch on the square while waiting for the antique stores to open. The first store we visited was packed full of vendors and most of the records for sale were overpriced.
While sifting through a pile of records, I found an interesting looking 45 wedged in between two LPs. It had a black label with a gold 70s type font and looked interesting enough for me to research further. I found a few copies had recently sold on eBay between $35 and $50 while the lowest copy for sale on Discogs was $75. I saw the $1 price tag on the beaten up 45 sleeve and smiled.
Last weekend I stopped by my local record store and started digging through 45s. I was looking for obscure (or least obscure to me) releases that I could add to my collection.
I stumbled on the bright yellow Loma 45 above and didn’t recognize the name, Linda Jones. To me it sounded like a country singer (living in Nashville I find a ton of random country stuff) but I did a quick scan online and realized it was soul related and I quickly added it to my stack.
At the beginning of 2019, I purchased around 1,000 45s from a lady who was moving. She had a jukebox for years and even though she had since sold it, she kept moving the boxes of 45s with her to each new location. Now she was ready to let them go.
One of the first 45s that jumped out to me had a green label with Alston written across the top and the song title Funky Nassau by The Beginning of the End. That quickly became a favorite in my 45 collection and now I keep my eye open for Alston 45s whenever I’m out shopping.
As I mentioned last week, I bought over 200 hundred 45s at a local record store for .50 cents each. There were boxes and boxes of 45s and at some point I simply set any aside with familiar labels to gamble on.
The above 45 by J.P. Robinson on Alston was one of those gambles.
As I mentioned last Friday, I recently purchased almost 300 45s at a 50 cent warehouse sale that took place at one of my favorite local Nashville record stores.
I’m always drawn to white label promo 45s and the above label jumped out quickly while digging through boxes of 45s. I think the bold capitalized SOUL is what grabbed my attention at first.
I wasn’t familiar with The Originals and wasn’t sure if the song title would be a love song or maybe more gospel soul related. For 50 cents I easily added it to my large stack of purchases to bring home.
