Friday 45 – J.P. Robinson – Love Is Not A Stranger

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.

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Friday 45 – The Originals – God Bless Whoever Sent You

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.

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