Surfing round some Belgian popcorn sites listening to tracks, my jaw hit the ground when I heard this one. An absolutely awesome, haunting mid-tempo tune.
Gay Jamison - Stay Another Day - Turntable 714
Obviously I’d never heard it before and in my ignorance knew nothing about it. Knowing my unfailing ability to go for expensive records I reluctantly reached foe JM’s guide to see what the damage would be. Oh dear! He books it at £200 and also has it in his “Rarest of the Rare” section of his web site. I had a quick search on eBay with no results and without much expectation I saved the search.
Less than a week later one came up, I set up a snipe on it, crossed my fingers and waited. A week later it was mine! and for the princely sum of only $49! I would grade it about VG+ as although very shiny it does have a couple of marks that cause clicks every so often, the label is a bit marked too. But at $49 – who cares? I think my snipe was about 3 times that.
Anyway you are probably wanting to hear this stunning piece of music so here it is:
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From the very little information I could find it is possible that Gay Jamison is actually the Gladys that recorded on the O-Gee Records Label. The writing credits for that tune (Love) have the same name as one of those on this tune – O. D. Jamison – so there may be some truth in this.
It seems a really tough one to pick up and if you want a mint one I reckon its going to cost you £150 to £200. They don’t seem to come up too often though and if the big dealers get their hands on one they also slap a hefty price on it. So if you see one in a sales box- don’t hesitate!
Gay Jamison on eBay:
GAY JAMISON: Stay Another Day (rare soul vinyl 45)
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US $275.00 End Date: Tuesday Feb-07-2012 8:03:55 PST Buy It Now for only: US $275.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
Gay Jamison Balmy Breezes / Friendly Hand 45 Spark 901 vg+ 196? Popcorn
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US $9.99 End Date: Friday Mar-02-2012 11:15:40 PST Buy It Now for only: US $9.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list |