WHAX 45 Aset 17464 E+ Condition You Got A Job Now/Can I Take You Home

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35

Greetings everyone! Thanks for stopping by another of my record auctions! I appreciate that you made the time in your busy schedule to check out the goods! I’ve been doing this on ebay for the past 8 years of so, and it’s always fun to have folks show up and see what’s available…though it’s more fun to get what I have sold, and into your hands! Your business is always appreciated, and that’s not just lip service! So let’s see what I’ve got for you folks this time! 

This time up, I have a 1988 7” 45rpm release on the Aset record label, label #NR 17464, by WHAX. This is the single of “You Got A Job Now” b/w “Can I Take You Home” When I came across this single as I was doing my picking for the week, I had a sticky note on the sleeve that looks like I may have listed this before, but if I did, it had to have been a good 6-7 years ago. I don’t recall ever playing it before, so the note may have come off another 45 in the box. I do know that it took quite awhile to find any information about this, and some of it I’m not sure if it was accurate or not. I saw someone say this was an artist/group from Ghana, and someone stated it was perhaps Bahamian in nature. But if you look at the label, you can see that it’s actually from the Washington, D.C. area of all places. True, some of the names on this label, the writing and production credits do have African sounding names. So I just had to give this a spin to see what it was all about. About the last thing I expected was to hear a lot of synthesizer-based music, some percussion that I believe were actual instruments, but on “Can I Take You Home”, it’s clearly a drum machine. The music isn’t really fast at all, but a nice, pleasant speed, and the vocalist has a very light sounding tone, almost like he’s going sing-speak. “You Got A Job Now”, is actually rather amusing, as this guy sings about his girl who he’d been seeing for awhile, and early on, life was difficult together, so they broke up, and now that she’s got a job, it’s time to get back together, and he wants to be the man of the house, or at least loverman, and let her be the breadwinner. Well, she gets her two cents worth in later in the song, so I won’t spoil the ending. “Can I Take You Home” is such an innocuous tune, it’s basically the same vocalist who’s met a girl, and wants to take her home, and he does sound quite innocent in intentions, whether or not that’s what would happen eventually, we don’t find out, but it’s nice, simple, and very well done. Heck, had this been made 30 years or so earlier, this could have been a nice doo-wop tune, though with the lightness of his vocals, he would have had to been mixed up a bit higher in the volume. The playing surface shows a few very light needle marks, but these proved to be harmless as both sides did play through without any interference for the needle, and outside of the lead-in track, I heard just about no background noise. This sounded good enough to easily earn my E+ grading. That’s my grading though, and my grading is considered non-standard. If you are considering placing a bid, please read the paragraph that follows this one, as it will show you the gradings and their respective descriptions. It won’t take long to read, please do. The labels are in nice shape as well, only a trace of any storage wear, and the text is still clear and very easy to read. If you need more pictures or description, I can and will be happy to provide. If you have any comments or questions, please send them to me, and I will reply as soon as possible. 

My Grading is as follows: M (Mint)-ONLY for Still Factory Sealed Records ONLY! No 45 nor 78 will ever get this grading. E+, minimal wear, perhaps only needs cleaning. E, a few light marks, maybe some minor background crackle and/or hiss. E-, light marks, crackling (nothing major), scuffs, etc.. Not great, but still quite playable. V+, More marks, scuffs, needle marks, scratches-but nothing that would make the needle skip. Will have background noise that even with a cleaning will still be around. V. Worn. Scuffs, scratches, can be noisy, but still (probably) won’t cause the needle to skip nor get stuck. V-, Noisy? You bet! Worn? Oh yeah. Playable? Sure, but don’t expect it to sound all peachy keen. P. Bleah! Playable perhaps, but do so at your own risk. Don’t trash a new needle on it. Only used on records considered rare enough for “fill in” purposes to a collector-or to those who do digital restoration. 

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