Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

i'd think of something. there is always room. 5000 records isn't THAT much.

5000 might be lowballing it. Took me five of the U-Haul record boxes (1.5 cu ft) to pack up the As and Bs of one section.

so who are you selling them to?

No clue yet, I just have to move the records somewhere so I can start fixing up my grandmother's house so she can sell it.

I'm trying to find out what's in there and if it can be sold in sections or if we need to find a bulk buyer.

Listen to every record, then eat it, then blog about it.

Some of the '70s bluegrass vinyl is awesome - paisley shirts & bellbottoms, invasion of the evangelical hippies.

Milo, if you see any records on the County label, I collect 'em. It was a label that reissued 78s in the sixties/seventies/eighties; tons of great stringbands, banjo pickers, hillbilly blues. a quick google search they're still going today, doing CDs, but it's the old LPs. Don't know if yer wantin to break up the collection at all, of course, but I for one am mighty curious as to what's in there. Where are you located, again? For some reason I feel sure it's not close to New York, which is a shame.

This ain't bluegrass:

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-MISFITS-PLAN-9-1009-HORROR-BUSINESS-ULTRA-RARE_W0QQitemZ190191145132QQihZ009QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Good gravy.

Juno soundtrack in full effect
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Moldy-Peaches-LP-2001-Rough-Trade_W0QQitemZ200192270224QQihZ010QQcategoryZ58623QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

holy crap @ the moldy peaches. i think i linked to the horror business single on the rolling vinyl thread--the one before that sold for around 8 grand if i remember correctly. huge jump.

autographed Elvis album

at least, that's what I think this means:

I Doug Murray are selling are selling elvis record the record is live in person in Las vegas 2 record set for salke 5 millon dollars or best off . It is a one shape record elvis sigh my record inperson in 1968. You can contact me on email elvis2✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧✧ or call me at (x) if you are intrested email me or call me.

From Doug Murray

dude has -2 feedback!

lol, hadn't even noticed that!

that's the first thing to check! where is your brain?

i kinda wanna fake bid on it but i'm afraid that nobody else will follow me and i will be fucked.

cuz i totally bid that VU acetate up a few thou before they escrowed it out of reach

I called Doug Murray, no response. Homeboy better holla back.

Holy shit, that number is Long Beach … could this Doug Murray be the same as the Swedish one who plays for the Sharks? He actually owns the company Ubertap as well (http://www.uberdispensing.com/).

He also keeps good company:

http://www.uberdispensing.com/images/ubergirls/3.jpg

It's the Ramones V2.00

Hey ho's, let's go

http://cgi.ebay.com/13H-FLOOR-ELEVATORS-EASTER-EVERYWHERE-RAREST-MONO-LP_W0QQitemZ160206624790QQihZ006QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just, you know, reading a listing of Bob's is kind of mindblowing, esp in this batch, the Velvets/Mono/Promo listing. But not as mindblowing as the cash he gets for these things.

If, in fact, there is another work of art comparable to this album (and this is a BIG “if”), it surely would not be a Rock album -- for there are NO known cultural antecedents and predecessors in the world of popular music, and no points of reference either. The only comparable thing that comes to mind would be Picasso’s Girls of Avignon, or Stravinsky’s Rites of Spring (both from 1913). In the world of contemporary music, the only session that comes reasonably close to the level of the chutzpah and artistic courage of the Velvets’ first album would be John Coltrane’s Ascension (recorded barely a year prior to Velvet Underground and Nico, and quite possibly exerting a strong influence on both Reed and Cale; compare, for example, the maddening cacophonics of the Velvets’ European son with the gushing, unrestrained eruptions of Coltrane’s pure, protean expression, to see what we mean)

^^ lollerskates

What else can be said of this album that hasn’t already been said? The album that defi(n)ed the era; the music that shattered conventions, the production that influenced everyone over the next four decades, the lyrics that sound fresher today than they did in 1967 and the Andy Warhol artwork that still captures the imagination. This is a sexy, moody, brilliant and occasionally violent work that would be impossible to reproduce today, in the age of political correctness gone amok. Most importantly, THE MUSIC!!!. This is the only album that will make you a honorary resident of New York City, without you ever having to set foot in it. From the opening track ("Sunday Morning"), to the last one ("European son"), Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico and the rest of the crew take you through the kaleidoscope of emotions, settings, ambients, situations, moods and rhythms, not all of which are for the faint of heart. The album includes some of the most beautiful, poetic imagery ever committed to a disc (I’ll be your mirror; Famme Fatale; Venus in Furs). Whether you are into singers-songwriters, pre-punk, beatnik poetry, or ‘60’s rock, this is a must-have.

We are pleased to present the rarest and hardest-to-find Thirteenth Floor Elevators album in existence: the monstrously rare STOCK – NOT WHITE LABEL PROMO -- MONO pressing of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators legendary, second album. This album is a proverbial Loch Ness monster of record collecting: everybody knows that it exists – or has heard that it exist, or knows someone who has one, or has heard of someone who found one, but no one has ever seen, let alone snapped a photo of it. We have a distinct privilege of presenting a GORGEOUS specimen of one such rare species here. We estimate that these STOCK MONO pressings are outnumbered by their more common STEREO cousins by a ratio of close to 1000:1. And, no, we are NOT exaggerating.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SARAH-VAUGHAN-w-CLIFFORD-BROWN-MINT-ORIG-1954-EMARCY-LP_W0QQitemZ350023924447QQihZ022QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

In the entire history of eBay, still sealed original STEREO pressing of this album – we were told, and our own research bears this out – has never been offered before; not even once, in the entire 10-year history of the company. If this assertion is correct, this would mean that a still sealed ORIGINAL STEREO copy of this album is offered on collectors’ market about once every ten years or so – less often, mind you, than an undiscovered Brancusi sculpture or Da Vinci drawing. Unless you are willing to wait another 10 years to see another copy, our message is very simple: BID NOW. DON’T WAIT. THIS MAY BE THE LAST COPY YOU WILL EVER SEE.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MILES-DAVIS-KIND-OF-BLUE-SEALED-ORIG-STEREO-LP-SIX-EYE_W0QQitemZ160206891741QQihZ006QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Like he needs free advertising. He is a rip though.

Someone tell me how this guy got copies of so much valuable shit. And how does anyone know he didn't just reseal half of them himself?

just buy the fucking reissue

When the moldy peaches signed to rough trade, rt didn't get their record out fast enough so they, the moldy peaches, made CD-r copies of it and sold it at Other Music.

Someone tell me how this guy got copies of so much valuable shit. And how does anyone know he didn't just reseal half of them himself?

he scours shows and stores for sealed anything salable. his ridiculous sales prices are due to:

1) savvy marketing (i.e., maintaining a huge list of past customers and doing email blasts to them after posting lists)
2) being in the eBay game for a long time, and cultivating a reputation
3) having record collector customers, but also high-end audiophile customers. the latter wouldn't even think twice about dropping $500 on some sealed MFSL turd.

who's the guy with the internet business who sells like insanely priced first press eagles records and shit like that for 300 dollars a pop? i always forget the name. he calls them, like, "hot" masters or something. just bonkers stuff. really common records for the most part. lots of sealed stuff. he has a whole long manifesto about first presses and certain pressings and why he can get away with selling 150 dollar pablo cruise records.

shuga?

ah.. better records. hot stamper!

http://www.discogs.com/groups/topic/155312

"ah.. better records. hot stamper!"

bingo!

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/4458/stamperdh3.gif

ESoJ... that might be the best image i've seen so far in '08.
A+.

Hot stamper guy is even crazier than Bob D when it comes to the "getting way more than is socially acceptable (for an LP)" scene. On that note, I don't dislike Bob D. I would never think he had any shady business practices (resealing, etc) though I wouldn't be surprised if there are a fair number of unsatisfied/underwhelmed customers behind the scenes.

Knowing Bob makes his listing hyperbole EVEN MORE HILARIOUS, to imagine it in his voice and with his phrasing.

(props, btw, to sanskrit for first tipping me to the existence of hot stamper dude.)

I didn't know this Michael Hurley record existed until I saw this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270212212581

http://www.waxidermy.com/bbs/images/smiles/folkways.gif

i'm bidding on this but i have zero hope of being able to afford what it will surely go for

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220202394122&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=012

the one track i've heard from it is one of the most affecting pieces of music i've yet come across

shit ... I got 250 for my "First Songs" a couple of years ago. and it was a fucking EXCELLENT copy. pained me to part

how about this madness:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicago-Transit-Authority-1969-360-Sound-STONE-MINT_W0QQitemZ220200291353QQihZ012QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

$138 for a fucking CTA album ???

this one is sorta nuts too but i can at least TRY to understand it

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alice-Cooper-1971-WLP-PROMO-Love-It-To-Death-MINT_W0QQitemZ320216292399QQihZ011QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

My favorite Alice Cooper fan got a bargain on his Love It To Death WLP.. a mere hundred bucks.

Several xposts to Sang Freud: There's been a CD reissue of that Hurley, which I'd be happy to burn if you're interested. Did you catch Hurley when he played at the shop?

Didn't know he played there! I did see him maybe a year ago at that place near your shop with all the couches surrounding the performer & big video screens and stuff. Sensory overload -- it was hard to focus on his songs. Thanks much for the cd offer, but now that I know it's out there I think I'll track it down on my own. Thrill of the hunt and all.

it's on Locust and OOP or close, I would get it sooner rather than later.

$168 for Sublime Frequencies Tuareg LP:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200199364315&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010

yeah, I saw that. I was thinking about bidding for that guy's 'Elektronika Demonika' but I decided it doesn't hurt my feelings too much to just own the CD/DVD when it comes out. but that copy went for a lot less than the last one. I think G3rard C0sl0y might have been the winner?

as far as the Group Doueh thing .. man, I just fundamentally do not get people. For that price, you could score the first three (20 year old) Sun City Girls records and probably still have money to spare. Or you could, you know, pay $168 for a record that's what, a year old?