There’s a lot less of it around these days, to be sure.

Case in point: Well-known record dealer John Tefteller has three copies of Meet the Supremes (Motown 606) in his September auction, all three mint, all three still sealed. The minimum bid he’ll take on the mono version is $250; on the stereo, $200.

Both of those have the 1965 reissue cover, which you can see here. The original “stool” cover from late 1962, which shows the girls perched on barstools, used for mono copies only — there was no stereo mix until ‘65 — pushes the price up to $1000.

(Incidentally, I used to follow Tefteller’s auctions in Discoveries, which is being folded into Goldmine starting next month; Tefteller says he’ll stick to the Web from here on out.)

(Update: My Goldmine subscription has started, in lieu of Discoveries, and Tefteller is back into the fold.)

Wendex.net went live on the 3rd of September 2005, so we’ve been up for one year. During those twelve months we’ve posted seventy-six CD compilations, about three years’ work. (Does this mean there will be 25 or so in the next twelve months? I have no idea.)

Not a lot of people visit this site, and not many of them understand why it’s here. Sometimes I’m not so sure myself. But what the heck. As far as Web space goes, it’s use it or lose it, and I’ve got lots of it to use.

The hits, as they used to say on the radio, just keep on comin’. I can’t place this picture too accurately, but it does seem to look the part, and sometimes that’s all I need.

Track listing for 111126-2:

1. The Gants: Road Runner
2. Marvin Gaye: Ain’t That Peculiar
3. The Mamas and the Papas: Creeque Alley
4. The Edwin Hawkins Singers: Oh Happy Day
5. The Turtles: She’d Rather Be with Me
6. Sonny and Cher: The Beat Goes On
7. The Critters: Mr. Dieingly Sad
8. The Electric Prunes: Get Me to the World On Time
9. The Supremes: Back in My Arms Again
10. The Beatles: Get Back
11. Tommy Roe: Sweet Pea
12. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Proud Mary
13. San Remo Golden Strings: Hungry for Love
14. The Byrds: Eight Miles High
15. The Doors: Touch Me
16. ? and the Mysterians: I Need Somebody
17. Gary Lewis and the Playboys: Count Me In
18. The Guess Who: Shakin’ All Over
19. The Dells: There Is
20. The American Breed: Bend Me, Shape Me
21. Lee Dorsey: Ride Your Pony
22. The Fireballs: Bottle of Wine
23. Billy Stewart: I Do Love You
24. The Kingsmen: The Jolly Green Giant
25. The Four Tops: It’s the Same Old Song
26. Herman’s Hermits: Wonderful World
27. Raymond Lefevre: Soul Coaxing (Âme Caline)
28. I Know a Place: Petula Clark