How to identify rare 45rpm vinyl records!

A general guide and some tips and tricks to get started with finding and identifying rare records.

[Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

This is literally the best video I’ve ever watched on YouTube. I’ve been obsessively digging for 45s the last 4 years after watching this.

[vintagemostwanted]

Thanks Mack lots of good info here. I would love to see a part two and three for this video. Not too many channels giving tips on what to look for.
Thanks again

[bobsoldrecords]

Rarities have a certain mojo to them, if you're tuned to the right frequency. When you've been collecting for over 50 years, you just know. I keep my eye out for Soul & Funk records mostly. I have to admit to shouting "Hey, get that one for me!" at the screen whenever I see Mac flip past anything on the Stang label, which happens a lot. They aren't all that rare, but Stang had records by The Moments, Whatnauts & Linda Jones. Just great records and they're great in a Northern or Modern Soul set. Loma is another label like that, although some of their releases go for stupid money these days. Anything with a Detroit address automatically goes in my bag. Houston labels that aren't Country, same deal. When I'm not crate digging, I'm dreaming about crate digging. That's how it is with this happy obsession

[BacktotheMedia]

Thanks Mack! Love your channel! My wife and I run a record shop in Virginia and have passed on 45s and 78s for years as it's almost taboo figuring those things out! All our customers request 33s, but you make it look easy. We have started taking a second look and have found some neat ones! Appreciate all the information. We watch weekly and subscribed!

[lindaarnold]

I had a lot of 45 record from my high school years. A friend of my husband gave us a juke box so I could put my record in the juke box, listening to the oldies.

[pekaydub]

As a record collector just stumbled upon your posts and Im hooked. Love your enthusiasm and knowledge.

[pannoni]

They heyday of 45s was a little before my time (my parents' generation), but growing up when I saw jukeboxes in any retro-themed established always fascinated me. Shortly after my first full-time job, I purchased a jukebox, and from then on, the 45 became my preference for collecting vinyl. Although 33s are more popular from my generation for collecting, it was the 45 that really help prop rock 'n roll along with R&B/funk to what today's (albeit more vapid) music industry has become.

[davehunt]

Ahh Mack I love this when the time comes when you’re out record hunting again can you please do more videos like this at home in between those trips that would be awesome

[omegajackson]

Any advice on buying northern soul or rare local funk/soul? I appreciate it

[SonBrimmer]

Thanks for the tips. I’m a 78 collector but I want to learn more about 45’s because I see so many while out looking for 78’s. It would be nice to be able to pick up good stuff I could sell and trade to my vinyl collecting friends, so I can put that money into shellac hunting.

[will]

These videos have really been helping me get my vicarious digging kick in the covid times, thank you. I (Englander) hit a bunch of places doing a US tour a few years ago, but it was mostly the bigger cities in each state before soundcheck, and the odd town we stopped for lunch in, so really enjoying seeing the smaller towns!

[christinegreenberg]

stumbled across this post entertaining! makes me want to find my 45 adapter and start going through my boxes of 45's :)

[santos]

Man, you got a lot of records and a lot of knowledge! Two of the best things in life to have!

[paulflores]

I’ve been collecting and needed this video. You sir are a godsend. Thank you 🙏

[LivePastHealthy]

Awesome video, thanks for the tips. My dad left me with 1000's of LPs and hundreds and hundreds of 45 and 78 that I have to go thru.

[MichaelWysocki-ksxt]

I collected a lot of 45s in the 80s and 90s from Salvation Army stores we used to regularly go to. Mostly junkers really beat up but I could get them for a dime. Plus my wife would find big boxes of them at yard sales for like 2 bucks, then we would have fun looking to see if there was anything special. On top of that around that time a lot of friends and family were getting rid of their old 45 collections and just giving them to me.
Next thing I know a have about 700 45s, but we would have fun firing up my old late 60s stereo with power booster built in for more horsepower and entertaining my young children. Lot of pretty good kid records from the 50s ( I was at work one day and guy there even older than me was singing the ‘ Smokey the Bear ‘ song, I said “ hey, I know that tune, I got the record “ )
Being in Detroit I used watch for old ‘ soul ‘ records and especially
James Brown with his picture on the label.
My favorites are James Brown - I Cant Stand It When You Touch Me,
James Brown - Sex Machine,
and Soul Brothers Six - ( original ) Some Kind Of Wonderful
My daughters used to like the flip side of Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss. A song called Summer Job, about getting a job as lifeguard and being able to watch his girlfriend all day at the beach.

[cassiegose]

I have all my great grandma's when she owned a bar from the jukebox. 40s-60s

[nutmeg]

great vid. any advice on labels to generally avoid? (for us new generations). sometimes i'll see something like parrot or hat wax and think its rare just because its not rca, capitol, ect.. only to find out it wasn't that rare at all

[nicholascoakley]

Great video. One of my favorite 45s in Oh Lonesome me by Don Gibson

[axelhobson]

Just found your channel and subscribed. "Says a lot about the Nashville school system, now don't it, " and I spit out my coffee. Great vid!