Two Weekend's Worth of 45 Shoppin'

[gremashlo]

The past two weekends I've been able to check out a variety of Goodwills and antique stores in Omaha and Sioux City, and came across the following...

Venus, Two Fools, Tuxedo Junction--Frankie Avalon
Sweet Little Sixteen--Chuck Berry
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love--Solomon Burke
Humdinger--Freddy Cannon
Ticket to Ride--Carpenters (this is their most collectible A&M release)
My Love is Strong--Jimmy Clanton
That'll Be the Day--Crickets
Two Bit Manchild--Neil Diamond (with sleeve, which is worth $50)
Hound Dog Man--Fabian
The In Crowd--Dobie Gray
Don't Knock the Rock--Bill Haley and his Comets
Alley-Oop--Hollywood Argyles (I have this one, but couldn't let it rot in a Goodwill bin)
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show--Honey Cone
Hey Hey Hey--Ernie K-Doe
The Jerk--Larks
Sugarland USA--Buddy Meredith
Be-Bop Baby EP--Ricky Nelson
That Old Black Magic--Louis Prima and Keely Smith
Endless Sleep--Jody Reynolds
You Are My Sunshine--Johnny and the Hurricanes
Do It Again a Little bit Slower--Jon & Robin
You Didn't Have to Be So Nice--Lovin Spoonful
My Lover's Prayer--Otis Redding
Lady, Play Your Symphony--Kenny Rogers/First Edition (on their Jolly Rogers label)
Stay With Me--The Rugbys
Between These Arms--Percy Sledge
Love Child--Diana Ross and Supremes
Hold What You've Got--Joe Tex
St. Therese of the Roses--Billy Ward and the Dominoes (Jackie Wilson's first hit)

Many of these are from a Omaha antique store that features 20 45's bound together and sold as a unit for $5...apparently he got tired of selling them individually.

[kathyb]

Wow! Sounds like you really hit the jackpot! The Goodwill stores around here almost never have any 45's for sale, and when they do, they're usually scratched badly, and sometimes even cracked or broken. Some people obviously didn't take care of their collections very well.

[Ken]

Whoa!!
You did very well!

The antique stores around here, never really have that much to choose from, back in the 80's it was different, but now, if they do have anything, the majority of records are in terrible shape.