Classic 45's Jukebox

Label: Uni 55060
Year: 1968
Condition: M
Last Price: $25.00. Not currently available for sale.

Both sides of this great Psych Rock single are specially edited from longer album versions of 3:58 and 3:45, respectively. Check out the mp3 "snippet" of my favorite segment from the song, highlighting the incredible fuzz guitar bits. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Uni Records factory sleeve. It has no notable flaws, grading Mint across the board (Labels, Vinyl, Audio). (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)

Label: Dunhill 4029
Year: 1967
Condition: M-
Price: $25.00

This is a beautiful copy of the Grass Roots' first hit single, which you'll note we award 2 stars ? our highest recommendation. That means we think that a collection of this genre of music (in this case, "Sunshine Pop" or even "Folk Rock") is incomplete without this single... it's essential! Note: This 45 record comes in a vintage Dunhill Records factory sleeve. It has Mint labels and Near Mint vinyl. The audio sounds pristine Mint! (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)

Label: Bang 578
Year: 1970
Condition: M-
Last Price: $12.00. Not currently available for sale.

Does it strike you how often a singer's debut single turns out in retrospect to have been their greatest song, or at least one of their greatest? "Solitary Man" is not just a great song, it's a masterpiece in which Diamond writes of a personal pain in a way that makes it universal. Originally released as Diamond's first 45 on Bang 519, "Solitary Man" tanked on the National Billboard charts (reached only #55p) in 1966. This 1970 re-release did better, reaching #21 on the Billboard chart. Note: This beautiful copy has a Mint A-side label and Near Mint vinyl and audio.

Label: Columbia 45467
Year: 1971
Condition: M-
Last Price: $11.00. Not currently available for sale.

These two great Chicago tunes have an interesting history as singles. "Questions" was the group's first single, released in 1969 on Columbia 44909, and it had a much longer version of the song than on later releases. That first single only climbed as high as #71 on the pop chart. The song was re-released in an edited version (one verse missing) on this single, backed by the group's dynamite cover of "I'm A Man", and finally made it to the Top 40 1971. This is that release, and a powerful two-sided hit it was (and remains)! By the way, "I'm A Man" is also a dramatically edited version of the 7-plus-minutes LP cut. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Columbia Records factory sleeve. The labels and vinyl grade very close to Mint in appearance, and the B side audio is pristine.

Label: RCA 0195
Year: 1969
Condition: M-
Price: $25.00

Another great two-sided classic from this underrated group, showing what a truly serendipitous partnership Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman had formed. When he avoided going over the top on vocals (as he occasionally did), Cummings was a classic Rock vocalist with a gift for melodic pop hooks behind most of their big hits. Somewhat in the background, guitarist Randy Bachman could also write lyrics and tunes with the best of them, and he understood the importance of rhythm, rock's rougher edges, and how to seamlessly meld them with Cumming's pop instincts. Of course, he later proved he could form a different kind of rock band ?? one with that harder edge but with the catchy, Top-40 side of great Power Pop ? when he teamed up with vocalist Fred Turner in Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

Here, the A side was the Top 10 hit, and the B side is nearly as famous. "Undun" features both lyrics and music by Bachman, and shows him waxing philosophic in his tale of a "fallen" woman. The arrangement is reminiscent of what Todd Argent had been doing with the Zombies, and in particular echoes their Spring 1969 hit, "Time of the Season."

This is the second pressing, with only one publisher (Dunbar Music Inc.) listed on the labels. Both tracks are specially edited versions of their respective album cuts (3:05 and 4:17). Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage RCA Records factory sleeve. The labels and vinyl look pristine Mint, and the powerful audio grades close to Mint, with almost no surface noise.

Label: WB 7698
Year: 1973
Condition: M
Last Price: $12.50. Not currently available for sale.

Here's a beautiful copy of one of my personal favorite Doobie tracks. (By the way, the jukebox snippet is in Mono to save download time, but the 45 is actually in Stereo.) Note: This 45 record comes in a vintage Warner/Reprise Records factory sleeve. It has Mint labels, and the audio sounds pristine!

Label: SCM 1000
Year: 1973
Condition: M-
Price: $40.00

Amazing, creative arrangement putting down a great groove, with an over-the-top female vocal lead. Whew! This is a copy of the first pressing of the single... It was later picked up and pressed by Paramount. This was a non-album single (the group made no albums). Note: This beautiful copy has very nearly Mint labels and pristine audio.

Label: Decca 32896 dj
Year: 1971
Condition: M
Price: $14.00

Here's a beautiful promo copy of this amazing single by Who bassist John Entwistle. If you haven't heard the amazing hard-rocker on the A side, you're definitely missing out on one of the best rarities in classic rock! Have a listen to the mp3 snippet in our jukebox to hear what I'm talking about. The flip is a more typical Who-sounding outing. Note: This copy comes in a vintage Decca Records factory sleeve. It has pristine Mint vinyl and audio, and the labels grade very close to Mint. (Note: This scan is a representative image from our archives.)

Label: WB 19392
Year: 1991
Condition: M
Price: $15.00

From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy... pristine Mint! Having been a big R.E.M. fan since their 1983 debut ("Radio Free Europe"), and then watching their career unfold... not always in a direction I was thrilled about... I remember being totally astounded to hear this one. Not only was it a magnificent return to their roots musically, but it's a simply superior pop song. Nothing simple about it, but it sounds so simple! And consider this: "Losing My Religion" has no chorus. How do you make a pop song a hit that has no hummable chorus? And yet on the strength of its music and lyrics — totally legible, it's so right-on as a tale of fragile, vulnerable love — "Religion" went on to become the biggest chart hit of the group's career. Deservedly so, and it anchored an album of similarly worthy note. As with most R.E.M. singles, the B side is a previously unreleased, non-LP cut. Dave Marsh included this single in his 1999 addendum to the original list of 1001 greatest singles, originally published in 1989. Note: This beautiful copy is pristine Mint across the board (Labels, Vinyl, Audio).

Label: Mercury 814881
Year: 1983
Condition: M
Price: $9.00

From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy. This beautiful 1983 Country Chart-topper is one of my personal favorite Statler Brothers recordings. Check out the mp3 "snippet" I've added ot our "jukebox." On this 45, the song is backed by the original recording one of the group's most enduring hits, originally released in 1972 on Mercury 73315. Note: This beautiful copy has pristine Mint sound.