{"title":"The Drifters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Drifters served to link Fifties rhythm \u0026amp; blues with Sixties soul music. They epitomized the vocal group sound of New York City. Theirs was the sweet but streetwise sound of R\u0026amp;B suffused with gospel influences. The material the Drifters recorded came from a variety of sources, including the songwriting teams of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, and Gerry Goffin and Carole King. All were New York-based songwriters who wrote evocatively of romance and everyday life in the big city, and the Drifters made an ideal vehicle for the convincing delivery of such scenarios. The records they cut with Leiber and Stoller (who doubled as producers) introduced the sound of strings and Latin-tinged rhythms into the vocabulary of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ill-take-you-where-the-musics-playing-far-from-the-maddening-crowd","title":"I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing\/ Far From the Maddening Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeach-music dancing bliss! Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Atlantic Records factory sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48513259995369,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters2.gif?v=1752162568"},{"product_id":"up-on-the-roof","title":"Up On The Roof \/ Please Stay","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Atlantic 2162. 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The audio is also Near Mint, with almost no surface noise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48513442808041,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters43.jpg?v=1752167701"},{"product_id":"bip-bam-someday-youll-want-me-to-want-you","title":"Bip Bam\/ Someday You'll Want Me To Want You","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is part of the Atlantic Oldies series, released with the original yellow Atlantic label.  Credited to The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48513633517801,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/Classic45s-Generic-Record_625bcbb3-4dc3-40cc-9349-1b3015d9a061.webp?v=1752171234"},{"product_id":"lonely-winds-hey-senorita","title":"Lonely Winds\/ Hey Senorita","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first pressing without the 'fan' in the label design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48513786544361,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/Classic45s-Generic-Record_7c0a8169-03a7-4274-b73f-0dc98c6d3d99.webp?v=1752173791"},{"product_id":"nylon-stockings-we-gotta-sing","title":"Nylon Stockings\/ We Gotta Sing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original Atlantic factory sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48514142011625,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters7.gif?v=1752180875"},{"product_id":"baby-what-i-mean-aretha","title":"Baby What I Mean\/ Aretha","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo powerful uptempo soul tracks show a group moving with the sound of the times... yet perhaps not fast enough, since this was their last single to hit the pop charts in the U.S.  Be sure to check out the excellent ode to \"Aretha\" on the flip side, released just about the time Aretha Franklin was signed to Atlantic (was this a clue?).  Both copies I've had of this record have EXish audio, and this is no exception, but it is a strong EX.  (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)  NOTE:  The copy for sale has a drillhole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48514146271465,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters9.gif?v=1752180944"},{"product_id":"there-goes-my-baby-1","title":"There Goes My Baby \/ Drip Drop","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Atlantic 2025. Dave Marsh places this great tune all the way up at #30 (out of 1,001!) because of its importance to the history of soul music... As he puts it,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\"There Goes My Baby\" deserves to be enshrined, for the moment when those strings enter[], rhythm and blues took an irrevocable step toward soul music.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt really was a brand new sound this little 45 made, and the experiment Leiber and Stoller took with the Drifters in that session went on to become the pattern of countless soul records in the coming years. Rolling Stone magazine, by the way, puts this single at #196 in its Top 500 list. This is a like-new copy with Mint audio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48514398388457,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters54.jpg?v=1755798853"},{"product_id":"this-magic-moment-4","title":"This Magic Moment \/ Some Kind of Wonderful","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Atlantic 2050. 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Note: This beautiful, Near Mint copy comes in a vintage Atlantic Records factory sleeve.","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48514948006121,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters28.jpg?v=1752193216"},{"product_id":"on-broadway-1","title":"On Broadway \/ I've Got Sand In My Shoes","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Atlantic 2182. 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This great single from the very end of their career at Atlantic Records has two great sides showcasing different sides to their trademark Soul sound. Though the A side actually charted, don't neglect the terrific flip! Note: This beautiful copy has a Mint B side label, but the Label grade is Near Mint to reflect a tiny bit of storage wear on the \"Plug Side.\" The vinyl would grade pristine, but it has a slight, no-impact warp, lowering the grade to Near Mint. The audio, I'm pleased to say, is pristine Mint on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48516147740905,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters34.jpg?v=1752215459"},{"product_id":"aint-it-the-truth-up-jumped-the-devil-1","title":"Ain't It The Truth\/ Up Jumped The Devil","description":"This is a new, unplayed promo copy from the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.classic45s.com\/textpage.php?page=neal\" target=\"_new\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.classic45s.com\/images\/louiseneal_box_sm.png\" title=\"From the Louise Neal Collection\" alt=\"Louise Neal\" style=\"height:15px;width:15px;margin-bottom:-4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e collection, in its original Atlantic Records factory sleeve. This great single from the very end of their career at Atlantic Records has two great sides showcasing different sides to their trademark Soul sound. Though the A side actually charted, don't neglect the terrific flip! Note: This beautiful copy has no notable flaws, grading Mint across the board (Labels, Vinyl, Audio).","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48516167794921,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters38.jpg?v=1752216247"},{"product_id":"room-full-of-tears-somebody-new-dancin-with-you","title":"Room Full Of Tears\/ Somebody New Dancin' With You","description":"This is a new, unplayed promo copy from the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.classic45s.com\/textpage.php?page=neal\" target=\"_new\"\u003eLouise Neal 45 Collection\u003c\/a\u003e, in its original Atlantic Records factory sleeve. 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This particular pressing always comes with that 50's traditional underlying surface noise, and this is no exception.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48555500634345,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/drifters63.jpg?v=1752249151"},{"product_id":"honey-love-warm-your-heart-4","title":"Honey Love\/ Warm Your Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a like-new copy of Atlantic's 1960s pressing on the red\/black label, with the same catalog number.... \"Honey Love\" has always been one of my personal favorites from the Clyde McPhatter days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48562088050921,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/Classic45s-Generic-Record_44b18b4f-2de5-41d7-bf4d-77480154338c.webp?v=1752251797"},{"product_id":"mexican-divorce-another-night-with-the-boys","title":"Mexican Divorce\/ Another Night With The Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003eNote that both sides of this 45 are vintage Goffin-King tunes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Drifters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48567839326441,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/Classic45s-Generic-Record_63c4c228-c9af-47d6-9d19-989692c425f2.webp?v=1752256090"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/collections\/drifters.jpg?v=1745709855","url":"https:\/\/www.classic45s.com\/collections\/the-drifters\/over-100.oembed","provider":"Classic 45's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}