St. Louis Record Show singles finds and a Cosmic discovery! Vinyl Community

[@achillestyler]

🤘 thanks man! So awesome to actually meet you! Not everyday I get to meet somebody famous. 🤘 love the videos man, I've learned a ton of information from watching you, and usually you have a better opinion than most, keep up the great work! Hope to see you at the next show! 🤙

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! I appreciate the comments. It was great to meet you, I will probably be a the next one, too. lol

[@NateBouchard]

I have that Cherry People album. I bought as a blind buy and thought it was heavy psych. I was quite disappointed when I heard how sunshiny pop it was. Awesome to see you meet up with Brian.

[@RobertFithen]

Yeah, I don't think I'll be picking up the album if I ever see it. It was great to see Brian.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Sir, thanks for going through classic soul 45s.

[@michiganrecordclub4484]

I love record shows. Cosmic Brian! What a cool dude. Great 45s but that's a whole different rabbit hole I don't want to fall down. Great show.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! Yeah, I get into 45's every once in awhile and it usually lasts a couple of weeks or so. It was great meeting Brian! He is actually the first person who makes videos in the vinyl community, that I've met in person.

[@mikesgotthespins5894]

Another fun video and running into Cosmic Brian, Wow! You guy's should do some kind of St.Louis special, take care and Peace!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! Yeah, we plan on doing some kind of video.

[@MissEwe]

Oh my gosh! You got to meet Cosmic Brian🤯 Miss Ewe watched this 👀 ps: you found Jolene in ❤️🎶

[@RobertFithen]

lol thanks!

[@MissEwe]

@@RobertFithen 😉

[@djtrishm]

Lots of very cool 45s! Thumbs way up! Trish

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks Trish! I picked some good ones just by luck.

[@michaelslowack903]

Great finds! So happy for you! Enjoy!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@ImNotHere222]

I'm so glad your buddy's in this video 🤤

[@Guynhistruck]

Definitely a featured character in the vid. 😋

[@RobertFithen]

It was great to finally meet someone in the vinyl community. I think there's only a few of us in this area.

[@cosmicvinyl2937]

After some thought about how I ran into at the show, I realized that I didn’t recognize you and I just figured out why You had glasses on! You were in disguise!

[@rexterjettster]

I was there too! Wish I could've met you there. There were some really good sellers and selections there. It was so interesting seeing the one KISS and the one Zappa seller lol.

[@RobertFithen]

Yeah, nice to see a dedicated table to Kiss. It was mostly autographed or highly collectible stuff, too! Maybe we can meet up at the next one!

[@agomodern]

I am a record collector, and that includes 45s, 78's, and whatever else that catches my eye. I would have been stoked to find that Yazoo one.

[@RobertFithen]

Yeah, Yazoo really stood out in that find.

[@big_burly_bro]

Ronettes are like the epitome of 45 music in my mind. I can just imagine the vintage jukeboxes I shoved quarters into as a kid.

[@big_burly_bro]

Heck, I'm just old enough to remember some nickel and dime jukeboxes.

[@RobertFithen]

I used to always run to the jukebox on the rare times when my family went out to eat. I don't think I remember dime ones. 2 plays for a quarter, 5 for 50 cents.

[@big_burly_bro]

There was a campground in Wisconsin when I was a boy that hadn't updated their jukebox 45s or the prices in years.

[@Jay87539]

Great video. I feel the same way about Hendrix 45's, and dang it, get the correct label sleeve on those beauties!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! The one I have that I always thought was really odd is "Up From The Skies / One Rainy Wish". It's a US Reprise just like any other, but I've never seen these songs on a compilation and I'm not even really sure which is the A side.

[@Jay87539]

@@RobertFithen Hmm, interesting. I have a book on Jimi releases I will check.

[@cosmicvinyl2937]

Damn I would’ve loved to have found that Cat Mother! I’ve been looking for that forever! Man you did find some killer 45’s I recently was gifted the Crazy Elephant album and you know me I love my bubblegum stuff! The Foundations are like Bubblegum Soul in my book! Hard to believe that Punky Meadows went from Cherry People to the hard rocking Angel! Man I now wish I’d have taken a dive into that 45 bin! Man great finds Mr Fithen! Hope to fire up my Record Show vid soon! It was fantastic meeting ya Man! And we will def do a collab vid for sho! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️

[@RobertFithen]

Absolutely! There was one guy there in the middle and all he had were 45's. You had to dig through some poor condition ones, but there were some gems like that mint condition Foundations and 1910 Fruitgum Co. That's also where a lot of the funk and soul came from. It was mostly all just the one guy!

[@cosmicvinyl2937]

@@RobertFithen Damn! I’m sure I’ll remember that guy for next time! Freaking Cat Mother too! What a great album ! Great find Man!

[@ricksendeavors]

Some killer 45s! I Gotcha is fire 🔥

[@EddiePerezIII1967]

Sweet haul of 45's, congrats.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@shaunspins]

That first CatMother I search forever for. Found it in a small shop around 2002 for a quarter. Shop owner asked why I was so excited to find it I told him because of Hendrix. Next week went into store owner was pricing everything with a price guide. He Wasnt too happy with my find.

[@RobertFithen]

LOL Years ago, I found an excellent first pressing of "Dark Side of the Moon" for $5. A guy let his young son price the albums.

[@shaunspins]

@@RobertFithen We found similar thing at a comic shop once. My father always says I ruined that one record shop for everyone, the prices went way up after my CatMother find.

[@ConcertBuddie]

45’s are serious digging, congrats on the finds! Either I left too early or your glasses must have given you some Clark Kent vibes, otherwise I would have totally said hello to you there, haha!

[@RobertFithen]

That would have been cool. I was there until about 11:30

[@BillyHurst]

I saw him walking around when you were filming your video. As a matter of fact, he walked right in front of the camera. LOL

[@ConcertBuddie]

@@BillyHurst I know! When I was putting the video together he popped right up. I’m telling you, the glasses threw me off, Clark Kent style, haha. The Peaches shirt should have stood out 😂😂

[@greenalishi222]

Really cool haul

[@VagueRANT100]

Great bunch of 45s Robert!!! Timmy Thomas did have a hit down here in Oz though not the song you mentioned

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! This one is very jazz-disco from 1978.

[@VagueRANT100]

@@RobertFithen Why cant we all live together is the worldwide hit song 1972...a bit like whats going on by Marvin Gaye ...sort of😘

[@bert0522]

I've got cat Mothers 1st album. I saw them open for Jimi in Nov. 1968. He was their producer at that time. Jim

[@RobertFithen]

I've heard that first album, but never owned it.

[@Guynhistruck]

I'd say there's a pretty good amount going on. 😉 Great finds! I always try to pick up some singles and two-fers at a vinyl event or trade show just to bolster the collection, and it's the one type of record purchase I've never had buyer's remorse over.

[@RobertFithen]

I've bought some over the years based on title or the label artwork. Rarely disappointed.

[@icollectstuff-vinylcommuni7294]

GREAT Finds Robert :)

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@B.B.Amsterdam]

Wauw! You even got the best single that ever came out, Jolene by Dolly. 👍

[@RobertFithen]

I've actually never had that 45 before.

[@justplayingrecords4664]

I love 45's! Great finds! Some of those Buddah 45 (Super k productions) have backward songs on the flip side. You should do 45 flipsides sometime, lots of interesting stuff there! - Jose'

[@RobertFithen]

As a really young child, I had "Goody Goody Gumdrops" with the backwards "Candy Kisses" and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" with "Zig Zag". I didn't understand anything at age 4 about backwards tape and I just thought they sounded strange. I remember thinking the backwards drums were people marching.

[@vinylrichie007]

Crosstown Traffic was the song played on the radio.

[@RobertFithen]

Catchy and 2 1/2 minutes. I assume the other single "Up From The Skies" went unnoticed by radio.

[@vinylrichie007]

@@RobertFithen The two songs that got radio airplay were Crosstown Traffic and All Along The Watchtower.

[@RekkidTalk]

I'm not enough of a 45s nerd yet to get the RCA sleeve multiple choice question right.

[@RobertFithen]

It gets really fun when one factory uses leftover stock sleeves with new records. RCA did that a lot so there's actually another style of sleeve that I didn't show that could go with "Jolene".

[@PrankZabba]

I love 45s. Not sure how many i got yet, but guessing theres gonna be over 600 by the time i finally sort and count them. Just gonna cut down a bunch of cardboard and go at it now that i finally get sorted after many years of collecting. Whats the best 45 i ever heard? Im gonna vote for the Canadian Motown version of ABC by Jackson 5. Probably the loudest record ever. Like you should hear it just coming off the needle. Same with the A&M promo 45 of Banapple Gas by Cat Stevens. Not sure if the stock copy is like that, but holy shyte its loud. Which brings to mind. Those older "For Airplay Use" or those "For DJ's Only" 45s that i swear are cut way hotter then normal 45s to overide the compression that the radio station puts on the single before it goes out on the air. Thats why those albums sound louder then those 80s Promos that WEA, Atlantic and ? Where it says promo in the small hole area. That way, they can just drill it out, as its still a stock copy with a big hole.

[@RobertFithen]

I've also noticed some promo 45's that are way hot. I always assumed it was because they thought it would be played again and again and wanted to make sure it didn't sound worn out. Some have said it was to make the song louder and catch people's attention when played on the radio, but radio compressors and limiters would take care of that.

[@harrysmusicroom]

45s need to be in the original factory sleeves

[@RobertFithen]

Yes! I'm about to get a bunch off of random sleeves from eBay just so I can have some on hand. lol

[@harrysmusicroom]

@@RobertFithen send me your address by email, I'll send you a bunch for free. check your instagram messages

[@agomodern]

Any sleeve is better than no sleeve at all. When thrifting it's probably about 90% that have no sleeve.

[@markhdubs5243]

Damn bro!

[@WyomingDave]

rip off by laura lee was a Top 10 Billboard R&B hit and made the billboard hot 100,i only looked the song up a few years ago,catchy song.

[@alanburridge6947]

We can’t see the labels, Robert.

[@chopayrussell9660]

That was fun, may turn my perspective on 45s ...but then again, not

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! I get a thing for 45's every once in awhile. It comes and goes. I've been listening to them all day today. There really wasn't too much there t the record show for me with albums this time.

[@babygirl9397]

if you slow down a 45 of dolly Parton's 9 to 5 she sounds like a guy