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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