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On a  New York City subway train, I saw some ads posted for Motown's 50th anniversary. Each ad featured an artist and some lyrics. "I've got some records by those artists", I thought.  I was inspired to search through my many milk crates of records and perhaps strike while the Motown iron was hot.  In an e-mail to most of my previous buyers, I promised to search my inventory for Motown records.

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Early Sunday afternoon, I started crate digging, looking for anything released on the Motown label or its divisions Tamla or Gordy.  After about twenty minutes I got a bright idea:  In honor of Motown's 50th anniversary, list 50 records for 50 cents each!  Unfortunately, after searching for about an hour, I was only able to scrounge up 30 records.

Now you may be thinking, “Steve is trying to use Motown's 50th anniversary to get rid of some scratchy old records.” If that's what you're thinking, then you don't know me that well. First of all, when I started looking, I had no idea what I'd find.  I have thousands of records that I've never listed on eBay and every time I look through the crates, I am surprised at what I find.  For example, I came across an Elton John bootleg record I didn't know I had, "Elderberry Wine - Recorded Live At Hammersmith Odeon In London".  And second of all, as it turned out, the quality of the vinyl of the Motown/Tamla/Gordy records I found range from VG+ (very good+) to NM (near mint).  In fact, most of them are NM!

I have to admit, it sure would be nice to get rid of these extra Lionel Richie records -- whenever I list them, they sit unsold for months.

My hope is that hundreds of eBayers will outbid each other like crazy. After all, there's only about 30 of these gems.  No doubt the low starting price will attract many Motown fans. I just can't lose!!!

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Highlights:

• Diana Ross with back-to-back Beatles covers opening side 2 of the “Everything Is Everything” album.
• Edwin Star's “War & Peace” featuring “War” (what is it good for – absolutely nothin').
• The Temptation singing Smokey Robinson songs on “The Temptations Sing Smokey”. Better than Smokey? You decide.
• 2 LP sets – still just 50 cents!
• 3 LP set (“Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Anthology”) with three brand new replacement sleeves (to replace torn sleeves) -- 50 freakin' cents!!!
• Listing for “Gladys Knight and the Pips Anthology” has all 23 songs listed.  Most other eBay listings I looked at didn't have them or had only a few of them.
  
• Many songs performed by more than one artist or group. Compare alternate versions. "Wish It Would Rain" is a good example.  Who sings it better, the Temptations or Gladys Knight?
• Lionel Richie posing with the Commodores and thinking, “I don't need these guys.”
• Bill Cosby “Himself” -- comedy on Motown.
• Is it me or do the Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight anthologies have the same cover?
• Spanish pressing of Stevie Wonder “Talking Book” on Motown label (not Tamla) in shrink wrap with vinyl in NM condition.