Last weekend one of our local Nashville record stores had a warehouse sale where everything was priced 50 cents each. Upon arrival, I walked back to the rear of the record store and entered through a door that led to a huge room filled with stacks of comics, books, records, CDs and, my favorite, boxes of 45s. Everything was 50 cents each!
I spent three hours flipping through boxes of 45s where I hoped to find some gems for my collection. I left the store that day with a box full of 269 45s including music of all genres, from reggae to R&B to country.
One of the 45s I took a “gamble” on (pun intended, sorry) was a 45 by the Intruders called Pray For Me released in 1970 on Gamble Records. It first caught my eye because it was a white label DJ promo copy with the same song on both sides, one version in mono, the other side in stereo.
But the song title, Pray For Me, also intrigued me. I love collecting gospel soul records from the 1960s – 70s and I was curious if this might fit within that genre. I had found a few other gospel soul 45s at the sale that day so I added this one to the stacks and hoped for the best.
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