Vinyl Purchases 29 January 2006 !

By way of introduction, I buy many records locally at a wonderful place called LADSON. There is a large flea market in this town to the north of Charleston, SC, easily reachable by Interstate 26.

There is a large record booth in the C wing (C ? or B? can't remember) with many thousands of LPs and singles, the latter of which I have been going through one by one for weeks now.

As I saving money for the moment, I only made 3 small purchases:

1. (Diana Ross &) The Supremes - Love Child b/w Will This Be The Day. Motown M-1135, 1968. A Solid VG and it plays VG+. Never heard or owned this one before. It's kind of funky and reflects that sea change that was going on post-'67 at Motown, when they were trying to update the Motown Sound. Produced by "THE CLAN". This sounds rather ominous! The A-Side was co-written by Northern Soul legend RD Taylor... This was also during the time of the fast rise of Ms. Ross's ego (hence the namecheck) ... Soon she would be on her own... (bad move!) Very DJable!

2. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly b/w Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! Specialty 624, 1958. VG-/G+. It plays OK and it was pretty cheap. Who can resist original classics like this?! His real name was Penniman and he gets writing credit on the b-side. DJable? check.

3. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley b/w I'm a Man. Checker 814, 1955. G. One of the best singles of 1955, or of any year! It's not in great shape but I'm a Man is playable. The noise works with this very bluesy tune. I can't turn down original Chess stuff like this if it's cheap. Even if it is rough!