I’m getting huge enjoyment out of my
little haul of scruffy but playable 45s from the booter last weekend. Here’s
another from the pile, and I plan to share more in the coming days. It’s a good
job I found these because I’m finding it’s generally a vinyl desert out there
in the wild currently. I’m empty handed today after my usual Friday pm trawl of
the chazzas – again.
Here are two great sides of early Sixties
Detroit from Lee Rogers. This record climbed to 17 in the Billboard R&B
charts in early 1965 and was Lee’s only real hit.
To think, this 45 is just about 50 years
old! It started life in a pressing plant somewhere in the US. Was it bought
from a little corner record shop – possibly in a then vibrant Detroit – way back
then, it’s sale contributing to the #17 chart position? Or did it languish
unsold, and unloved for years in a warehouse somewhere? Certainly, JA, whoever he or she may be, acquired
it at some point and coveted it so much they marked their initials on it. When, I wonder, did it make its way across the
pond to the UK? And how long had it been hiding in the dealer’s box I pulled it
out of in a field just outside Bath? Things like this always go through my mind
when I find an old 45, especially an old Soul 45.
Whatever its history it has obviously
been around the block a bit, and graced a few turntables I would think. Nevertheless the recording is a loud one and the sound of early Detroit still cuts
through the general wear and tear, and the years.
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