Ike And Tina And The Ikettes - So Fine - So Blue Over You

Pickins have been slim around here for a while. i did get that twilights 45 a bit back but not much else of late. But i got this little 45 yesterday for 50 cents. Not a rare thing really but i nice addition to the Ike & Tina collection. This is from 1968 but sounds like 1964 to me.

Ike And Tina And The Ikettes - So Fine

Ike And Tina And The Ikettes - So Blue Over You

The Chevelles - The Gallop

Another well played flea market find. The Chevelles doing The Gallop on the Flaming Arrow record label from 1968. It's a funky little intrumental with a grooving bass line and funky horns. Not bad for 25 cents...

The Chevelles - The Gallop

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

Another little flea market find. The Dynamic Dial Tiones w/ Boss. A little surf rock ditty from 196?.... Info is scarce..... It's going good with hot black coffee to help cure my hangover...

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

Marty Gino - Cry Baby, Sigh Ba-A-By

Today's flea market find. I knew nothing about this before i bought it and still don't, but it was cheap and looked interesting. It's a mild type teen rocker, maybe a bit like a more poppy rockabilly tune....?

Marty Gino - Cry Baby, Sigh Ba-A-By

Billy Farrell - Slippin' And Slidin'

Hit the flea market late today and managed to score this little rocker from 1956 for a buck... just thought i'd share. Cheers!

Billy Farrell - Slippin' And Slidin'

The Virginia's Employment Commission (Hire Through) - John Fuzz

First post in a few weeks due to life being crazy and Hurricane Sandy.... Any way just gonna jump right into the music w/ this little funky R&B 45. This here sounds a bit like a little more funky version of "The Coasters" I could not find much about this 45 except from what i lifted below from the great "FUNKY VIRGINA" blog.

Enjoy.

"John Fuzz" is rockin' R'n'B that could be straight outta the early 60's. Opening with the theme from "Dragnet", "John Fuzz" lays out the misadventures of a sad sack cop who gets hit in the head with a mustard jar while trying to break up a domestic dispute, slips on a banana peel while walking his beat, and ends up in the hospital with a busted jaw after trying to recover a stolen car. Then in the final verse there's a slight change of heart as the cop's tormentors sort of take pity on the poor underpaid officer, a nice enough guy who never complains, even when he saved that kid stuck in a pipe. "He's alright!", they declare. Gee, thanks!

"John Fuzz" is more in line with the "novelty" tag applied to many of Guida's records. Apparently, Frank must have believed in this odd ball ditty on some level, because he waited another two years to re-release it (not an uncharacteristic move) as the debut of his New Faces '69 label. This time around "Fuzz" was preposterously credited to The Virginia's Employment Commission with the parenthetical tag "Hire Through". Is there any way the actual state agency known as the Virginia Employment Commission signed off on this? Seems unfathomable, but Mr. Guida could be very persuasive, and it was the late 60's.

The Virginia's Employment Commission (Hire Through)- John Fuzz

The Group Called (Us) - Promise Me - American Girl And Liverpool Boy

Another flea market find. I actually found 2 copies, one on an orange label and another on a yellow label... The group called (us) - Looks like this is semi rare "Northern" soul & mod rocker, as a few copies i've seen on the web are selling out of the UK for around 40 to 60 pounds.... not bad for a buck i'd say. Yeah mine aint mint and you can hear a few pops and crackles but it's all in the hunt....

As for the group called "us" this is from 1964 and i would guess that the liverpool thing was a direct stab at the whole beatles / britsih invasion thing but still sounds very 60's doo wop. Jimmy Ienner arrtanged & produced it who produced the Raspberries, Three Dog Night & Grand Funk in the 70's.... Other than that, you got me....

The Group Called (Us) - Promise Me

The Group Called (Us) -American Girl And Liverpool Boy

The Fugitives - Freeway - Fugitive

I just picked this 45 up recently at the flea market. 2 instrumental cuts from 1960 by The Fugitives on the Arvee label. I couldn't find much about this group on the web but i did find that another blog had posted this up and when they did they got an email from the man who wrote the song. Head on over to Dad's 45's to check it out.

The Fugitives - Freeway

The Fugitives - Fugitive

The Harp-Tones - Sunday Kind Of Love & The G-Cleffs - Ka-Ding Dong & A small story: (Does anyone really care obout this stuff anymore?)

Most record guys are dicks: This is NOT one of them....


I just picked these 2 records up yesterday @ the local flea market. I bought them off of a guy i have been buying records off of for a few years now. Nothing major, but i always buy a few cheap 45's off him. These were only a few bucks each as most of his records are. He is a nice guy. A little older and is always jamming oldies out of a boom box in the back of his van. We always talk a little bit about this and that and of course records & music, but yesterday was a bit different. He was talking about how he was thankful the weather is getting nicer and he was thinking of moving his operation. (he sells at different markets around town) And we got the talking about "The Spot". Now the spot is a place i have been buying records at for a lot longer than most and i used to go every weekend without fail for years and years. But the spot isn't the same since "Old Man Mike" died. I talked about Old Man Mike a way back and how i have been buying records off him since the 80's. Well since his passing there has been a whole lot of crazy shit that has gone on with his record collection and his family and people getting at his records and what not but that is a different story... SO ANYWAY... I knew that he knew old man Mike but did not know if they were friends or not. You see there is A LOT of competition in the world of record collecting and selling. Most of these old cats that sell out at the markets make their living off of doing this shit so its a dog eat dog world in the land of flea market record buying and selling. And most of the guys would stab their own Mother in the back to get at a box of records FIRST! But this guys isn't like that at all, he is mellow and i have always liked him, after all we both have the same first name, but once we got talking about Mike and i found out he had nothing but nice things to say about the old man and he was telling stories about how Mike helped him out of a few tight spots my affection for the guy grew even more. So after an hour or so of telling some stories about the record folks we like and dislike i paid my small few for a few moldy old records and went home thinking about Mike and all the other record freaks and all unscrupulous shit that goes on out there amongst these assholes and thought what a waste of time. I collect records for the fun of it and because i love music. I don't make money doing this, i SPEND money. And then i thought to myself, man, you sure do have a lot of records. And who gives a shit. I mean does anyone really care about two 45's from 1956 in this day and age? and why all the hub bub? People treat these records like objects and lose sight of the real reason that they even exist, to be listened too! I guess for some people this is business and i know i am a small fish in a big pond when it comes to records but i have a fairly large collection but i am a bottom feeder. I don't have deep pockets. But i have some decent stuff most of which i have come across by hours and hours of digging and hitting thrift stores & markets at 6 AM. i just hope that when i croak my family can make a few bucks off my vinyl and keep the asshole record collectors away from my shit!

So anyway, here are 2 records you may or may not give a rats ass about. In the big scheme of things this shit matters not, but enjoy anyway... ( or not)

oh, and if you see "Tommy" above, buy something off him and tell him the devil sent ya....


The Harp-Tones - Sunday Kind Of Love

The G-Cleffs - Ka-Ding Dong

The Devils Music - Devil Dick Flea Market Funk Yo Holmes Mix Vol. 10

A way while back @ the last 45 sessions DJ Prestige asked me to put together a mix for him. Well, i've been a little side tracked and DJ Prestige has been busy as well. (revamping his blog and i hear talk of Marriage!?!?) Well i finally got something put together for him and here is what i came up with. A nice little hunk of funky goodness. I just threw together some of the funky 45's that have hit my plate as of late! So with out further ado i present:

The Devils Music - Devil Dick, Flea Market Funk Yo Holmes Mix! AKA Metal As F*ck and Funkier Than Thou!

1- Willie & the Magnificents – Concerto In F Pt.1 – All Platinum
2- The Olympics – Baby Do The Philly Dog - Mirwood
3- Executive Suite – You Got It – Babylon
4- General Crook – Reality – Wand
5- Clarence Reid – Nobody But You Babe – Alston
6- Harvey Clark & the Dawn Monet Singers - Do Your Thing – Kapp
7- Pan Earth – Mandingo – Family Spirit
8- Freddy Scott & the Four Steps – Same Ole Beat – Marlin
9- The Triumphs – Burnt Biscuits – Volt
10-Dynamic Corvettes – Key to My Happiness – Abet
11-Nu-Sound Express Ltd. – Aint It Good Enough – Silver Dollar

if you want the tunes you gotta visit my man over @ Flea Market Funk!!!

(just follow the link yo!)

The Devils Music - Devil Dick Flea Market Funk Yo Holmes! Mix Vol. 10