Natchez was the next stop on our road trip but there were no digging opportunities there. Then it was time to head east to New Orleans. In my dreams any digging I managed to do in the Crescent City would unearth some New Orleans gems, on small local labels such as White Cliffs, Trumpet, Gold Cup, Scram, Hot Line, and Power-Pac. If you look up these labels and see the prices the really desirable ones go for you will quickly realise that these dreams would remain exactly that - just dreams.
Here are two examples I was happy to find Mr. Finewine included on his New Orleans CD that he "gave" away as a Downtown Soulville DJ Premium as part of WFMU's pledge drive a year or so ago. Amazingly, a copy of the Guitar Ray 45 came up for sale in the UK on ebay fairly recently, and I was on course to pay the most I had ever paid for a record but, unsurprisingly, bidding ran away from me in the end.
I find some records in New Orleans though, and was happy with my haul of cheapies, and these will be revealed in the coming days on this years Advent-ure.
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