1. Otis Redding Live at the Monterey Pop Festival (Reprise
I bought a copy of this (which is actually the b-side of the Jimi Hendrix Experience set from Monterey) when I was 15. I didn't even listen to the Otis side for months. When I did it blew my mind.



2. Eddie Bo - Hook & Sling (Scram)
The record that got me interested in New Orleans funk, but especially Eddie Bo. Bo is one of the great under appreciated geniuses of 1960's soul and funk and this is one of his best records.



3. Toussaint McCall - Shimmy (Ronn)
First heard it on Finewine's 'Vital Organs' comp. Absolutely brutal from start to finish. The disc that got me started tracking down Hammond 45s. Still hard to believe that it's the flip of a deep soul classic.



4. Beatles - Introducing the Beatles (VeeJay)
The first record I bought with my own money. Imagine years later when I finally discovered who Arthur Alexander was.



5. Mickey & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg (Maxwell)
Back when the Sound of Funk comps first came out, this is the first tune that really rattled my cage. Along with 'Hector' by the Village Callers, one of the tunes that put me on to obscure funk. Finally scored my own copy last year at a bargain price.



6. Volcanos - Storm Warning (Arctic)
Hardly their rarest record, but their best, and one of the great Northern sides out of Philadelphia ( a town with more great Northern discs that anywhere except Detroit). The time is long past due for proper comp of their stuff for Arctic, Harthon and Virtue.



7. Chuck Edwards - Downtown Soulville (Punch)
Another one of those records that I can listen to over and over again. His 45's for Rene, Punch and Roulette are all excellent.



8. Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Blue Note)
One of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. This was the record that drew me deeply into jazz for many years.



9. John Lee Hooker - The Legendary Modern Recordings (CD)
It doesn't get any deeper than this.



10. Diamond Joe - Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
My other favorite New Orleans 45. I think it's one of the 10 greatest soul vocals of the 60's. Ought to be MUCH better known. Brilliant.

city you live in?
Brick, NJ USA

how long you have been collecting?
Soul since 1984, funk (seriously) since 1999

most heart stopping find on a digging session?
Mary Jane Hooper's 'I've Got Reasons' in a pile of $2.00 records

top spots for record hunting?
Record shows, out of the way stores full of 45s

ebay. good or evil?
Good when I'm winning, evil when I'm not.

motown or stax?
Sansu

sneakers or shoes?
Sneakers

creole or gumbo?
creole

favourite tipple?
Newcastle Brown

where can people see/hear you play?
Wherever I get a chance to spin and/or my basement