i can NEVER find his self titled record (i need a condition upgrade badly).....for what seems to be a moderately popular artist in his day, why are his damn records so hard to find?
why do curtis mayfield's records aviod me?
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checkitout, man...
I've bought that record twice. First time was a trashed copy at a thrift, just so I could listen... next time (years later) I found one at a local shop, minty for $10, excitedly purchased... brought home and slapped it on the table and cotdamn if it wasn't one of the live records...
So let me tell you as a dude who has been looking at and buying records for years and years that this one has eluded me as well... its not rare or $$$, but around here everyone who owns it is not giving it up and if one pops up its just trashed from getting TOO MUCH LOVE
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I'll keep an eye out - so many common soul records are hard to find around here, but that one pops up semi-frequently, never more than $5...
I'll keep an eye out - so many common soul records are hard to find around here, but that one pops up semi-frequently, never more than $5...
Thanks!
Out here he didn't seem to sell the numbers he did back east and in Chicago. I think clean copies of all his pre disco stuff is hard to come by for the 5-10 bucks most strutters claim it is worth.
You can go to ebay or gemm and buy them any time for 20-30 I think they are worth.
I'll keep an eye out - so many common soul records are hard to find around here, but that one pops up semi-frequently, never more than $5...
Thanks!
Above average copies can be copped here for around $1, and probably top out at $5. They turn up from time to time.
I live in Chitown, and scored Curtis' first album for a dollar. In 1987. And even back then, it was sorta rare. Even though Curtis and his label were based here, his pre-'76 albums aren't hard to get, but don't turn up with the same frequency as the later records.
And good luck finding a copy of ROOTS with the lyrics and the 1972 calendar intact(I've always seen this with the lyric sheet/calendar tore right off the perforated line - I guess some used record dealers never knew it was supposed to be there in the first place).
I'll keep an eye out - so many common soul records are hard to find around here, but that one pops up semi-frequently, never more than $5...
Thanks!
Out here he didn't seem to sell the numbers he did back east and in Chicago. I think clean copies of all his pre disco stuff is hard to come by for the 5-10 bucks most strutters claim it is worth.
You can go to ebay or gemm and buy them any time for 20-30 I think they are worth.
People on soul strut think everything that isn't obscure is worth $5-10. That's why many people on here have shitty collections full of holes from "common" records that they just haven't been able to find "out in the field yo".
Curtis records in nice shape are real tough. The S/T and Live records routinely get $30 out here if clean. Probably the best $30 you could spend on a record though...
nah
but down here in TX Al Green (yes even clean Al Green) is everywhere, Marvin Gaye is everywhere and Clean Still Bills are Carol King-caliber raer. But Curtis is a bit more elusive. Well, no... I take that back - skated curtis and impressions are around and even more common are sleeveless curtoms. So, pretty much my, entire Curt collection needs minting. Another "$5 - $15" record I never see is Jimmy Castor "It's Just Begun."
word! I had a trashed copy once, and then I paid 20 for a sealed one that turned out to be warped.
I just passed up a pretty nice curtom press of the Curtis S/T for 15. Probably shoulda bought it, but I already have a minty one. I finally have clean copies of the Curtis/Impressions I want, but it's taken years. Well, still don't have a copy of Roots with the calender.
That's weird, in Sweden you find It's just begun ALL THE TIME. But Curtis is damn near impossible to find cheap, and Al Green isn't all over the place either. I guess too few people were into soul over here in the 70s, and those who were are hanging on the classic albums. As far as regular stores/flea markets go, I think I've seen Hot Buttered Soul once, for example. But Tough guys is everywhere.
word! I had a trashed copy once, and then I paid 20 for a sealed one that turned out to be warped.
I just passed up a pretty nice curtom press of the Curtis S/T for 15. Probably shoulda bought it, but I already have a minty one. I finally have clean copies of the Curtis/Impressions I want, but it's taken years. Well, still don't have a copy of Roots with the calender.
Roots has a calendar? Mine doesn't even have the back flap of the gatefold let alone that shit.
As for Castor, I gots a clean one but I found it at a house that did not mirror "the real word" or "the field." Dude's house also vended Honky Tonk Popcorn LPs & Tim McNealy 45s in the $5 - $15 range.
Castor continued... Anyone know the value of the Castor LP on Smash with Ham Hocks Espanol on it?
http://www.dustygroove.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dga/search.cgi?usersrch=curtis+mayfield&issearch=yes
Peep dustygroove they have the Deluxe CD if your looking for just the music it has 9 extra tracks.....
Peep dustygroove they have the Deluxe CD if your looking for just the music it has 9 extra tracks.....
