One copy · original 1976 US pressing

Wayne Davis Wayne Davis

Name: Wayne Davis – Wayne Davis
Brand: Wayne Davis
SKU: MLD-3632151
Price: 120.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$120.00 CAD · graded VG / VG+

Super rare and scarce OG — 2 copies for sale starting at $350CAD. Original and super warm. Produced by K. LeRoy. "Strive On & Be Strong" an absolute staple in underground soul circles. Must have!

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The record

Artist: Wayne Davis
Record: Wayne Davis
Label: Black Fire
Released: 1976
Genre: Funk / Soul, Gospel, Soul
Pressings: One of 3 (this is an original)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Grail ✦High Demand OG

Small scuff marks especially on side one, some noticeable but never in the way that takes you away from the music. Priced accordingly.

Year: 1976
Country: US
Catalog #: BF 19752
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

Record VG 7/10

Sleeve VG+ 8/10

Demand575% 748 want · 130 have

Rarity2 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Discogs suggests (VG)CA$108a mint copy goes for CA$228

My price$120.00+11% vs Discogs

Tracklist

A

A1 Strive On & Be Strong
A2 Morning
A3 Love Is
A4 The Garden (There Is A Garden, Far Away)

B

B1 Look At The People
B2 Dawn Of A New Day
B3 Things Seem Just Right, Now!
B4 Intermezzo / Bahjia Habiba
B5 "... One Last Thing!"

More listening

How I priced it

CA$107.90 CA$120.00

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG): CA$107.90
A mint copy goes for: CA$227.79
My price: $120.00(+11% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Feb 26, 2026G+/VG+ $138.99
Sold Dec 12, 2025P/VG+ $6.94
Sold Sep 9, 2025VG+/VG+ $138.99
Sold May 17, 2025VG+/VG $90.35
Sold Mar 19, 2025M/NM $208.50
Sold Mar 5, 2025NM/NM $202.47
Sold Nov 15, 2024VG+/VG+ $153.28
Sold Nov 13, 2024VG+/VG+ $139.00
Sold Jul 26, 2024VG+/VG $139.00
Sold Jun 8, 2024VG+/VG+ $242.44

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (VG/VG+). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Aug 15, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.

The fine print

Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.

Shipping & pickup

Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.

Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.

Returns

If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.

Otherwise sales are final.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

Matrix-matched

The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.

Graded Goldmine

Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.

Washed

Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.

Fresh outer

Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.

Packed apart

Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.