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I had another 45-spinning session this weekend... Radio promo label: Schweppes promo sleeve, Portugal. (I found this at a flea market in Lisbon.): More Bar-Kays! From the caves of old Cape Cod:

I had a good session spinning 45s the other night. Here's a small sample... Early Lennon & McCartney: California sunshine pop from Gary Paxton: Not a big hit, but still a top-shelf platter... Stax-Volt could do no wrong in those days. This moody garage rock instro was a pretty big hit...

Late 1967 mono pressing. (The inner sleeve advertises the first Pink Floyd album and Sgt. Pepper.) =AZW90EL5pz3lBCc_16_TxCT2XcuCu4ExZATzhBaI1WPLTWucZF1UNFPvolhbeEw3R2mdQd6_uFt77vQXF6s7cd-ZVTdbQyTHYp8AeSNg1OSz8sxOMHXf3vjnIw8xAZN38eMzzrhDdKtqJhC611S_ZJ55zrnncutHNPl6uNBq-yYuMg&__tn__=*bH-R']...

"The mood, the music & the beat of the big town": I love the cover illustration, it reminds me of South Boston. =AZX1bhm_IoqObi7Y-X7bc7zhOjT-go5hjK1aGFZC0WVyiObC4GupaeVJ_Q4cL_24IZC2J0hhfGvRO5gJ8JHQwExe07vPAber0j8Io9f7GiVFFr_57oNaFdgwBq-tRqUI2Iw&__tn__=*bH-R']...

The Jam never made as much of an impact here in the USA as they did in the UK and Europe, but my friends and I loved them. That's me in the center in 1983, aged 19. We tried to adapt the British mods' use of the Union Jack to the Stars & Stripes, but it doesn't quite translate, LOL.

c.1968 pressing, VAN GELDER stampers

Le rock’n’roll du France! 1962 Canadian pressing that I found in a thrift store/charity shop here in Massachusetts. (I'm located about 5 hours from the Quebec border, so this kind of stuff turns up once in a while.)...

This is divine...

What time is it? =AZWeckviJzzhD5Z1zf5KDCggV-IG0T0KOz5ImIvgMB72dE6eTWhjNarLH31ph3scoLoFzw22mLAhoZA69dfq4818d4Aaln4AMdcqTDgp4GuKM2O0Kg6bIo82ZR36pFtezDVNkvsIg_ivmCCj9ZuX8_UMbiXGAt80bin8WDTNl0k72A&__tn__=*bH-R']...

I'm actually listening to that RIGHT NOW. :D

One can never have too many bongos, I say. =AZWZdUJKjfuSDv5jw3P_A-dPVXIxuHEfAHibz7TYyBZ20ZVcPqb79pSWyABO344rkG1ky62z6hOqcIgbILiBB0mOcHCZedLrrEMohnmuhezlMb4sJWZ9-vLqaH2RjrsLToazn9bMTToHVn3dc4MVIcuGLLS582VkoH_htOBL_Alrcw&__tn__=*bH-R']...

1962 UK pressing, mastered by Harry Fisher at Decca.

"Die Beatles" ("The Beatles" in German) is generally regarded as the very best-sounding version of the "Please Please Me" album in stereo. Apparently EMI London screwed up and in 1973 sent Odeon Germany a copy of the pre-mastered tape, lacking the compression and EQ that was on every other...