Dear Kurt,
thanks a lot for your great comment. These Gala-Klubben 8-song EPs are indeed 7″s and run on 33rpm. I have prepared to post a few more Gala EPs in the coming days. It´s all budget material and I´m happy that you do care. Most people don´t get what´s so special about some second rate cover versions. And there is nothing really special about them. I only like it that they´re so obscure. They´ve been discarded and they´re like these little orphaned objects. And then sometimes there is also that ONE song I haven´t heard before…
Glad you emphasized the “not available elsewhere” thing. That really is the most important one. And also the most difficult. For example I bought another 8-song Gala 7″ in Stockholm by the Sophomores, a 1950s vocal group from Boston. Great R&B/Pop stuff but I will not post it, because the songs have been reissued on CD in the 90s.
To be honest the information about people collecting and selling MP3s was new to me. I don´t even know what to say about that… other than shaking my head…
And thanks for pointing me to Andeverythingelsetoo. It´s a great blog and a great source! I´ll check it out tonight!
Greetings from Berlin
Andreas