The Joy of 45 Collecting: Lost 45 Tunes Not Available from iTunes, Spotify, or Similar Services
Jukebox "Snippet" 45s: Chronological List of Site Additions
As I add 45s to our inventory, I pick select 45s to highlight with mp3 "snippets" so you can hear the music yourself. I only record "snippets" of tunes I particularly like, ones I think have been under-played and under-appreciated, or ones that are so rare and wonderful I'll never hear them otherwise. For myself, I keep an iTunes playlist of these "snippets," and that playlist is one I listen to most often. These pages chronicle the mp3 "snippets" I've added to our online "jukebox" in reverse chronological order. You can browse the pages to see what was added and when. Click on the blue "Play" button to play the snippet, or click on a song's title to load the page. Many of these 45 records are still for sale, though just as many have been sold. I hope you enjoy perusing these pages as much as I have enjoyed putting them together!
Both sides of this single are terrific, uptempo Philly-style soul, but I particularly like the A side. Not noted on the label, this is a major edit to the 5:07 LP version, an edit, by the way, which you won't find in iTunes. All you can find there is the LP version, which for some reason iTunes says clocks at 5:50 and another version that clocks at 3:59, both much longer than this 2:53 version.
Now, if you were a hard rock band who wanted to leave behind a rock'n'roll anthem that would be remembered 20 years later, you couldn't do much better than "Rock of Ages." There are many rock anthems out there by now, but here's one that's not going to be forgotten. This was the group's second U.S. chart single and is still very fresh material.
Now playing:
Bad To The Bone
Radio Song/ Love Is All Around by R.E.M.
These virtual "boxes" are for you folks who only like new, unplayed or pristine Mint 45s.