THE FIVE DAPPS/Do Whop A Do b/w You're So Unfaithful/45

$

355

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ARTIST:  The Five Dapps.

SONG TITLES:

      A-Side:  “Do Whop A Do.”/B-Side:  “You’re So Unfaithful.”

RECORD LABEL & NUMBER:  Brax, no record number (marked as “hb-207” on 1st side & “hb-208” on 2nd side).

YEAR:  1950s(?).

FORMAT:  vinyl record single (mono?).

SPEED: 45 rpm.

DIAMETER: 7”.

GENRE: Northern Soul/Rhythm & Blues/R&B/Doo Wop/Early Rock & Roll/Pop.

CONDITION:

Vinyl – Excellent-minus.

Labels – Mint-minus (price sticker on 1st side).

Sleeve – Mint (generic brown paper).

NOTES: The Five Dapps includes Johnnie Mae Matthews, along with James Bennett and (most likely) George Wooden, Emery Franklin & Albert Williams. ***This is the 2nd (and last) copy of this record I’m selling.  When I sold the first copy a couple weeks ago, I had a few people ask me the same question about this record, wondering if it is an original pressing and not a reproduction or reissue. If anybody out there is able to enlighten me as to how to determine whether this is an original pressing or not, please feel free to drop me an e-mail, I'd appreciate it. In the meantime, I hope the following information is of some help. I'm not an expert, but I can pass on what information I have. Looking on the internet, this appears to be a short-lived, fairly obscure label out of Detroit that was in operation from about the mid-1950s to maybe the early 1960s. The information stamped (not etched) into the dead wax on the A-side reads "45-HB-207-N1" and on the B-side, "45-HB-208-N1". The only other thing stamped into the dead wax is a short of house-shaped symbol on both sides, by itself. As to where I got the record, I purchased it as part of a group of about 140 old soul 45s at a thrift store, the lot included many of the 45s I recently had on auction, like the Sparkels, Tom Clay & The Ray-Ber Voices, Judy Murdock, Timothy Wilson, etc. There were also a couple of other Brax 45s and some Fox 45s in the same batch (Fox was another label started up by George Braxton, a real estate guy who founded the Brax label). I hope this information helps.***

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Hello -- Thank you all for your interest in this item.  I have received confirmation from two different fellow Ebayers that this is an original pressing.  One of them has placed a bid on this auction and the other was the winner of the auction for my previous copy of this same record (who has now had time to inspect it to his satisfaction).  So, I hope that is of some reassurance.  Let me know if you have any questions, and Good Luck!!!