THIS IS AN AUTHENTICALLY AUTOGRAPHED LP BY ALOHE, JAMES, CLARENCE, AND DENNIS......... THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS(STEREO WINDY C WCS 6000). FRONT PHOTO COVER IS SIGNED BY ALOHE, JAMES, CLARENCE, AND DENNIS. TRACKS:DANGER SHES A STRANGER,GIRL I LOVE,COME BACK,TOUCH OF YOU,YOU WAITED TOO LONG,PLAYGIRLS LOVE,WORLD OF FANTASY,OOH BABY BABY,DONT WASTE YOUR TIME,YOU DONT LOVE ME,BEHIND CURTAINS...CONDITION OF THE VINYL IS VG MINUS, COVER AND AUTOGRAPH IS VG..................................I acquired this vintage item from the estate of Steve Gibson (of The Red Caps).Mr.Gibson , who was married to Damita Jo , passed away a number of years ago and therefore, I cannot be specific as to how he obtained possession of this extremely rare piece. Mr. Gibson (1914-1995) began collecting in 1933 when he obtained the autograph of Cab Calloway . From there, he built a collection of more than 8,000 autographs ......... ...................... .Since it is impossible for me to obtain a Certificate of Authenticity from Mr.Gibson,I am displaying a photo of an automobile title from the Pennsylvania Division of Motor Vehicles .The title is not for sale as part of this auction.I took the photo to add to the credibility of this item..I have 10 more documents from his estate . If you wish to see more scans, let me know............=========================== ...........If you're worried about forged autographs, that's good, because you should be. With all of the legitimate possibilities available for dealers, I find it saddening and greatly disappointing that many organizations are short changing the public and insulting the industry with fraudulent paraphernalia and blatant forgeries. Such practices harm the entire autograph industry by undermining the trust of collectors. The dishonest business practices of these organizations allow them to offer bargain-basement prices to the inexperienced and unwary collector................ I suggest that you NEVER buy anything from anyone whom sells an item by listing the sale with the "PRIVATE FEEDBACK" option. This is a tactic that some sellers are using to sell fraudulent items where they try and make you believe that they are only doing so to help protect the potential buyers' ebay ID and identity. The true reason that they use the "PRIVATE FEEDBACK" is to hide. Would you bid on anything in a public auction if you could not see whom you were bidding against? 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The Five Stairsteps (Autographed by ALOHE, JAMES, CLARENCE, AND DENNIS).
Certificate of authenticity.
Please note I painfully pride myself in good ebaying, beware of sloppy ebay shit.
Dr Alan Ridwell always had multi page ads in Goldmine. I made the mistake of buying somethings from him once. NM graded items were VG- to P. He galdly refunded my money. Come to find out he is notorious. Makes his living on the stuff people don't bother to return.
He is imfamous among long time collectors.
So who here would pay .01c more for an autographed 5 Stairsteps? I think it just means WOC.
Dan