Whole mess of soul 45s

[ejp626]

My father-in-law was a DJ in various clubs in Chicago since the 1970s I guess. Anyway, he is starting to pare down his stuff and is getting rid of his 45s. These are things you would have seen in bar jukeboxes in the 1960s and 70s -- a lot of Motown, some Atlantic, some Stax, some Brunswick, etc.

For the moment, I am keeping about 1/3 of them until I have a chance to listen to them and maybe digitize the best of them, but am giving away the rest, the vast majority of which are soul and R & B. I'd say there are still 100-200 45s I would be giving away right now.

The catch is I am not shipping them anywhere, so it probably only makes sense if you are in Chicagoland and want to try to arrange a pick-up. I would prefer to get rid of them by the end of May, but could do early June. I'd rather anyone interested just take the whole box rather than pick through them. Finally, I make no guarantees about the condition of the records. A lot of them are kind of roughed up, as you might expect from a lounge DJ and they are just in stacks (no paper sleeves). I'd say the nostalgia is a big part of the appeal for me, as 80-90% of this is on CD. So let me know if interested.

Eric

[Jim Alfredson]

One of my (stupid) dreams is to eventually get an old Seeburg 45 jukebox from the 50s (mono & tube of course) and restore it and put it in my living room. There's a friend of ours that owns a second-hand vinyl & CD store in E. Lansing that has one and it is fucking awesome.

Anyway... I'm tempted, but it's just more shit I probably don't have room for nor will ever get to. Cool offer, though.

[ejp626]

Yeah, it's a stack about 2 feet high. I sort of think, you really ought to listen to all of them at least once. Then I remind myself that 1) I don't really listen to that much r & b, 2) I've got almost all the core Motown and Atlantic singles on CD already, 3) I'm a little worried about setting up the record player again while my son is still at the stage where he would pull it over and 4) most look like they have a bit of wear and tear. Anyway, I am keeping the best, including a bunch of James Brown and the Famous Flames 45s, some Sly and Family Stone (and even this is stupid since I just got the remastered box) and anything that was remotely jazz (including a Jack McDuff Blue Note 45). But I hope someone will take the rest. Otherwise it will be Goodwill in June.

[Noj]

Lucky!