We all know where Steve Davis is this week – well, snooker fans do, at least). The World Snooker Championship is in play in Sheffield and that’s where Steve will be, commentating and providing analysis. I know where Steve was on the first Saturday of this month - at my local record fair, and I went to it quietly confident he would be because he seems to be making a concerted effort to trim down his record collection and is frequenting the fairs quite a bit lately. That chimes well with me because he is continuing to offload a lot of soul 45s (the background to this I expanded upon a bit in my February post).
So I went a bit mad again and bought another 32 singles! Most of them came from the cheap (£2.50) boxes, but I indulged in a few higher priced gems too. I tell myself I am not likely to find this many of my go to type of record – i.e. 60s/70s soul with a big hole in the middle – in one place in the wild(ish) anywhere else in the UK so I better take the opportunity and “fill me boots”!
I did apply some quality control this time as the stack I originally pulled was probably twice as high as the one you see in the picture, but I religiously gave each one I didn’t know a needle drop on my Soundburger look-alike. This contraption got a few appreciative comments this time, strangely the first time I can remember that happening when I have been using it at a fair.
So, to use a snooker analogy, a think I amassed a nice break – plenty of reds (the cheap ones) but a few colours too (the relatively expensive ones).
A red:
Muscle Shoals was very much moving with the 1970s times with this one which has a distinctively funky feel.
The Dealers - We Want To Get Through To You 1978
A colour:
A classic Memphis sound, Barbara Brown either billed alone or with The Browns never made a bad record.
Barbara & The Browns - If I Can't Run To You I'll Crawl 1971
Really feeling like we need to get back to the Deep South soon.
