Darwin & The Cupids 45 Goodnight My Love NM 1960 Vancouver Washington Apex 76734

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-Artist /Group: Darwin & The Cupids

-Mini Bio: Teen pop-rock vocal harmony group formed in 1959 in Vancouver, Washington, United States. Group consisted of: Darwin Lamm (lead vocals/songwriter), Bobbi Brown and Janet Peters and was produced by Jerden record company owner, Bonnie guitar.

-Darwin & The Cupids sang in a style similar to Bonnie guitar's other more famous group, The Fleetwoods. The group released just two singles, both from 1960 which were How Long on Jerden 1 (The first record released by Jerden, produced by Bonnie guitar) and Goodnight My Love (written by Darwin Lamm, produced by Bonnie guitar) released on Jerden 9 in the United States and on Apex 9-76734 in Canada. 

-Darwin Lamm also recorded as Darwin for Dore records between 1963-69.

-Titles: Goodnight My Love / Won't You Give Me A Chance

-Goodnight My Love written by Darwin Lamm and Jerden recording artist Don Robertson is a melodic mid-tempo teen pop-rock vocal harmony with lead vocals sung beautifully by Darwin Lamm with very nice harmonizing between Darwin Lamm, Bobbi Brown and Janet Peters with beautiful musical accompaniment including trumpet, percolating bass and light percussion. Hard to understand why this recording didn't fare as well as well as Bonnie Guitars' other group, The Fleetwoods who sang in a similar fashion but with less instrumental accompaniment.

-Won't You Give A Chance is a slow-tempo teen love ballad vocal harmony with beautiful lead vocals from Darwin Lamm who sings in perfect harmony with Bobbi Brown and Janet Peters with light drums, strummed guitar and bass and is arguably the better of the two sides. 

-Nice addition for those that collect early Pacific Northwest rock & roll recordings and also those interested in obscure, first class teen vocal harmony groups.   

-Label:  Apex 9-76734 

-USA label: Jerden 9.

-Apex Records was the Canadian shadow label that pressed under license the American Jerden Record Catalog in Canada. For every ten Jerden 45's pressed in the U.S.A., there was only one Apex 45 pressed in Canada. The Canadian Apex Record Label is very collectible today.

-Year released: 1960

-Billboard number: None charted

-Pressed in: Canada

-Visual grade: Near mint, appears unplayed

-Labels:  Near mint

-History of this 45 rpm single: We have several thousand singles from the 1950's, 60's 70's, 80's and 90's for which we know the source (record store) and the exact date of purchase. This record is one of them: Goodnight My Love was purchased as NOS (New, old store stock) from Alco Music Store on East Hastings Street in Burnaby B.C. Canada on Feb. 28, 1973 . All of the records from Alco Music Store were brand new and since date of purchase have had very little play, were always housed in a sleeve in a non-smoking environment, and played on a good quality turntable. Collectors' will not be disappointed in this extraordinary group of 45's as we begin to list them over the months to come.

-We stock a constantly changing inventory of 45's, 78's and LP's in every genre of music. The release dates range from the early 1900's through to the 2000's. Hundreds of titles are unplayed, new old stock. Buy with confidence, we grade records accurately and have been selling records through Ebay since 2000.

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Canada- $4.00 for the first two 45's plus .50 for each additional 45 up to seven 45's

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Record grading:

(M) Mint: A mint record should appear to have just left the manufacturers without any handling; that is, it should appear perfect! No light scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains on labels or writing, tears or splits; nothing. Perfect. And age has nothing to do with it; the same standards for Mint apply to a rare rockabilly single from 1955 as they do to a Top 40 record from 1988! There are no sliding values for Mint. A Mint record cover should appear to have never had a record in it; no ring-wear, dog-eared corners, writing, seam-splits; nothing! Perfect! Even a new, unplayed old stock record can have factory flaws. Mint should be used sparingly and will usually attract a premium value to serious collectors. Mint means perfect and nothing else!

(SS) Still sealed: Still sealed in the factory shrink wrap.

(M-) Mint minus: A nearly perfect record. The record will show no obvious signs of wear, very light surface scuffs from normal handling are permitted but no light scratches. Original finish intact. Picture sleeves should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

(VG+) Very good plus: The record will show some signs that it was played or otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or light scratches. Picture sleeves may have some slight ring wear, lightly turned up corners, or a small seam split.

(VG) Very good: Many of the defects found in a VG+ record or sleeve will be more pronounced in a VG record or picture sleeve. Groove wear may be noticeable, the record may have light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound, but the foreign noises will be less prominent than the music. Picture sleeves may have quite prominent ring wear. Creases, folds, seam splits and tears will be more obvious and may appear on all three sides, and there may be writing as well.

(VG-) Very good minus: Foreign noises may be about as prominent as the music. The record still plays through without skipping. The picture sleeve will have more significant seam splits, perhaps to the point where they were taped closed, and highly obvious ring wear and heavier writing. Can serve as a filler until a better one comes along.

(G) Good: We seldom offer a good record for sale unless it is particularly rare for the following reasons: Foreign noises are louder than the recorded music and listening can be distracted by the noise. May or may not play through without skipping, but should be so noted. Picture sleeves are so badly seam split that they may not be able to contain the record within.Tears, folds, writing and ring wear may be overwhelming.