Classic 45's Jukebox

Classic 45's Jukebox

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  • 2000 Miles by Pretenders
    Label: Sire 29444
    Year: 1983
    Condition: M-
    Price: $16.00

    This is a like-new stock copy, in its original picture sleeve. It's interesting to note that both sides of this single show up in Dave Marsh's list of the 1,001 greatest 45s... "2000 Miles" (the greatest new Christmas song of the 1980s, according to Marsh) is at #630, while "Middle of the Road" weighs in at #805! Note: The labels and audio are pristine, and the picture sleeve has only light ringwear not visible in scan and age appropriate top edge wear.
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  • Return To Sender by Elvis Presley
    Label: RCA 8100
    Year: 1962
    Condition: M-
    Last Price: $75.00. Not currently available for sale.

    Here's a beautiful original pressing of this classic, must-have Elvis Presley single, which is blessed with simply awesome audio. Have a listen to the mp3 snippet to hear for yourself. Note: This copy comes in a Near Mint original picture sleeve. It has gorgeous, close to Mint labels and vinyl to go with the great, pristine sound.
    2 min
  • Attack by Toys
    Label: Dynovoice 214
    Year: 1965
    Condition: M
    Price: $22.00

    Great Motown-style girl group number, with a fine uptemo B side as well. This copy has the multicolored DynoVoice label. It does not include the Dynovoice factory sleeve shown in the scan. Note: This 45 has a couple of light scuffs on the vinyl, but the labels and audio are pristine Mint!
    2 min
  • I Just Can't Help Believing by B.J. Thomas
    Label: Scepter 12283
    Year: 1970
    Condition: M-
    Price: $18.00

    Great song, great voice! I'm delighted to be able to add such a nice original 45 of this early "Soft Rock" (or perhaps "Country Rock") classic to the store. Have a listen to the jukebox snippet, which is a representative mp3 from our archives. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Scepter Records factory sleeve. It has pristine Mint sound. (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)
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  • Everybody's Next One by Steppenwolf
    Label: Dunhill/ABC 4138
    Year: 1968
    Condition: M-
    Last Price: $25.00. Not currently available for sale.

    Besides the classic A side, this single is doubly wonderful because of the great garage-rock nugget hiding on the B side. The A side is a specially edited version of a 3:28 album track. Collector Nerd Alert: Most pressings of this release are on Dunhill/ABC; however, at the beginning of the single's run a few copies were released on Dunhill... those command slightly higher prices. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Dunhill/ABC Records factory sleeve. It has Near Mint labels, and the vinyl looks almost untouched. The astounding audio from this 45 shines through pristine Mint... a real treat! (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)
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  • Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel
    Label: Columbia 45133
    Year: 1970
    Condition: M-
    Last Price: $12.00. Not currently available for sale.

    Found one! This is a beautiful, Near Mint copy of the duo's second big hit from their best and, sadly, final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. What the heck is that rhythm section doing, by the way? Anybody ever figure it out (without looking at the session notes)? By the way, it's not your imagination -- the 45 rpm version of "Cecilia" is speeded up from the LP version, which probably explains why the track is only 2:40 on the 45 but 2:55 on the LP. (!) I actually measured it by recording a snippet of the 45 (have a listen!). That segment is 2 seconds shorter from the 45 (1:43:66) than from the LP (1:45:713). Another reason why collecting 45s is so rewarding. Maybe you wondered if the LP version of "Cecilia" sounded slow all these years, but couldn't figure out why. Now you know... and you weren't imagining it!

    The B side, also from the album, is sublime itself in so many ways, and it's a privilege to hear it in pristine Mint audio on the original 45 record; don't forget, this song is so quiet it makes "Bridge" sound loud (!), so finding this styrene pressing with sound like this is cause for celebration!

    It's also worth noting that "Cecilia" was really the first recording that showed how much in love with complex rhythms Paul Simon had become. (And what a master producer as well!) Many of his solo releases demonstrate that passion, starting with his first single, "Mother And Child Reunion," which was one of the first hits with a reggae/ska rhythm by someone not from Jamaica. But in particular I think of his great single Late In The Evening (from the failed album/movie, One Trick Pony), and his entire Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints albums.

    ?Note: This copy comes in a vintage Columbia Records factory sleeve. The audio sounds pristine Mint. The labels and vinyl (styrene) both grade Near Mint with faint storage wear and signs of possible light use.
    2 min
  • Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
    Label: Mercury 76189
    Year: 1983
    Condition: M-
    Price: $10.00

    If you own but one tune by these guys, this is definitely it! Irrepressibly joyful and infectiously tuneful, this one deserves its own place in the classic 45s "jukebox" ... so I'm adding a snippet. Now I can hear it more often! By the way, this U.S. single version is shorter than the 4:48 album track. It also differs from the U.K. version in both timing and, I believe, instrumentation. (I haven't heard the U.K. version.) Note: This beautiful 45 record grades Near Mint across the board (Labels, Vinyl, Audio), with Audio very close to Mint.
    2 min
  • Bitch by Rolling Stones
    Label: Rolling Stones 19100
    Year: 1971
    Condition: M-
    Last Price: $20.00. Not currently available for sale.

    This is one of the greatest of the Stones two-sided monster hits. Well, the B side didn't actually chart, but it's so great it really should have. Presumably, radio just wasn't ready to play a song called "Bitch" yet... though they were prepared by 1975 when Elton John hit the Top 10 with "The Bitch Is Back."

    OK, trivia time again... "Brown Sugar" was one of eight #1 U.S. singles by the Stones. The group also had eight chart-toppers in their native England, though over there they garnered all of those hits during the 1960s.

    Here is the list of the Stones' #1 U.S. singles:

    • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
    • Get Off My Cloud (1965)
    • Paint It, Black (1966)
    • Ruby Tuesday (1967)
    • Honky Tonk Women (1969)
    • Brown Sugar (1971)
    • Angie (1973), and
    • Miss You (1978)
      • For comparison's sake, here are their #1 U.K. hits. You'll notice that the group gained monster popularity about a year earlier than they did in the U.S., same as the Beatles.
      • It's All Over Now (1964)
      • Little Red Rooster (1964)
      • The Last Time (1964)
      • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
      • Get Off My Cloud (1965)
      • Paint It, Black (1966)
      • Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
      • Honky Tonk Women (1969)

        • Note: This beautiful copy grades very close to Mint in appearance and has pristine Mint sound.

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      • The Joker by The Steve Miller Band
        Label: Capitol 3732
        Year: 1973
        Condition: M
        Last Price: $12.00. Not currently available for sale.

        Here's a beautiful copy of Steve Miller's first big pop hit, which I just don't hear often enough... so I've made an mp3 "snippet" for our online "jukebox"... Enjoy! This single has a specially edited version of the 4:26 album cut. Note: This 45 record comes in a vintage Capitol Records factory sleeve. The vinyl looks almost untouched. The audio sounds pristine Mint... both sides! (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)
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      • Like The Seasons by Turtles
        Label: White Whale 244
        Year: 1967
        Condition: M-
        Last Price: $20.00. Not currently available for sale.

        Besides having one of this group's best-loved hits on the A side, I also treasure this single for the lovely, tender, and unexpected folk number on the flip, which by the way is an early songwriting credit for a young Warren Zevon, who had recorded the song in 1966 under the pseudonym "Lyme" as part of "Lyme & Cybelle." This is the rare first pressing of the group's first -- and only -- #1 hit single, which has the dark blue White Whale label. This copy has pristine mint audio and comes in its original White Whale factory sleeve.
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