incredible story. A+
― ian, Thursday, 8 April 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I really want this. I don't want to pay $100+ for this (which it most likely will end up being), so I'm not even going to waste my time bidding on it. But damn. http://cgi.ebay.com/KEVIN-AYERS-Shooting-Moon-UK-1st-no-EMI-LP-EX-/230469075501?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Records&hash=item35a907022d
― van smack, Thursday, 6 May 2010 03:44 (fourteen years ago) link
good album
― 69, Thursday, 6 May 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a Harvest twofer with that and Joy Of A Toy that might be a bit cheaper if you find it.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Thursday, 6 May 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
right but I assume van smack wants that because it's the first pressing? like you could get an early single lp edition on Harvest that *does* have the EMI logo for a lot less than that listing is going for..
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 7 May 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Van, Popsike has one going for around £33 recently, admittedly slightly less pristine than this one, so you never know...
― Mark G, Friday, 7 May 2010 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up folks. I guess I could only dream that one day I could find a pristine copy of my favorite ayers album. Funds are tight right now.
― van smack, Friday, 7 May 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
One day I will find it somewhere at my local shops...
― van smack, Friday, 7 May 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
IAN, do you have this/have you heard this? curious...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370382208871&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
― scott seward, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i love the cover, the picture seems so out of place
― poutrock (electricsound), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
no, i've never seen that before! it looks cool though!
― ian, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit dudes
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390211783086&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_928wt_934
― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 27 June 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i was watching the francis bebey 10" shown in the very top of that item-pic
― 69, Monday, 28 June 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I am super happy right now because somehow Ebay Gods were on my side this week and I just got the Users - Sick Of You 7" on Raw Records (RAW 1!) as featured on Killed By Death #1 for £9.99 (the opening bid) - was totally expecting to get sniped in the last few seconds but no-one else bid on it! It's in totally great condition! WTF! Woo.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, jaxon, you see this? they're just giving them away on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/BEN-SIDRAN-FEEL-YOUR-GROOVE-OG-CAPITOL-LP-FUNK-BREAKS-/270597570179?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f00df3e83
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck!@ just a week ago there were only $50-100 copies.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
its always the summer of love on ebay. um, in the summer. all the kollege kids go surfing. there are people who won't sell stuff at all during the summer.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
it's always funny when i sort of gamely big $50 or something on a record, thinking i'm going to splurge, and then the winning bid is like $500.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
biD $50, i mean
I had that the other day - really unexpectedly - bid on this Swedish indiepop 7" expecting to win it with a bid of like $30 - actually expecting to win it at like $10 - the fucker only went for $150.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
what was it?
― you're the fucking treasurer (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
It was Youth Will Understand EP by Free Loan Investments. It was probably a good few months ago now, thinking about it. No idea it was that sought after. Some joker's been trying to sell that and the Pretentious Girl EP for £300 each, strangely no-one's biting.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i had an opportunity to buy that FLI 45 back in the day, but i thought they sucked :( oh well
― king solomon and the surrealists (electricsound), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I bought their other 2 releases, course they're not worth anything. Both still in print AFAIK
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think anybody knows that this auction site even exists.
http://www.mynotera.com/UNCOMMON--VINYL,category,1873,parent_id,categories
i went thru their listings and i saw, like, two records with bids. what if you gave an auction and nobody came?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
That's how I got that Blur singles collection (the zip bag, all the CD singles, you know) for £30
An auction site that never actually took off.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck snipers. that's all
― jaxon, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
aww cmon dogg u dont mean that
― 69, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck them
― jaxon, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean it
i mean i sympathize w you on the negativity of LOSS but like you may as well hate fastrak
― 69, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
my first ever contact with hstencil in any capacity was about 12 years ago when I sniped him on a pair of Art Ensemble of Chicago lps on the America label ... good times!
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
he sent me an angry email afterwards
ah for the days when eBay exposed your email address...
i miss his mercurial presence
― 69, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
my first ever contact with hstencil in any capacity was when he cooked spaghetti for me in chicago and showed me his Superbowl Shuffle record. then when i joined ILX he emailed me. ah for the days when ILX exposed your email address..
― jaxon, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
well, thank you, thankyouverymuch...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ELVIS-PRESLEY-Rock-n-Roll-No-2-LP-1956-HMV-1st-Press-/260634014988?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Records&hash=item3caeff750c
― scott seward, Thursday, 15 July 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
that cover is unreal.
I have one of those, but the condition is well off mint.
Playable but verray scratchy.
― Mark G, Friday, 16 July 2010 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
a guy just called me at the store to tell me that he is sending me a mailer in the mail to put his record in! that's a first. guess he's had a lot of bad experiences with the post office. can't wait to see it. must be fancy.
― scott seward, Saturday, 17 July 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
that's insane.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Saturday, 17 July 2010 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean i just sent a 200 dollar record to some dude in france and it got there fine and this guy lives in brooklyn. eh, whatever. i started selling records on ebay in 1999 and only once in all that time did someone get a damaged record.
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 July 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
he lives in brooklyn, eh? dare i ask what his name is? i might know him!
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 18 July 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
a guy just called me at the store to tell me that he is sending me a mailer in the mail to put his record in! that's a first. guess he's had a lot of bad experiences with the post office. can't wait to see it. must be fancy.― scott seward, Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― scott seward, Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yeah, I've had this happen a couple of times. Dude bought five or six albums, "whoa" prices, and sent one back as being 'less than mint' (churlish to argue)...
― Mark G, Monday, 19 July 2010 07:09 (thirteen years ago) link
this guy has some cool stuff up--
http://cgi.ebay.com/Happy-Artie-Traum-Double-Back-/400137918315?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a14176b
^^ a favorite
http://cgi.ebay.com/Homegas-Self-Titled-1970-Hippie-Blues-Folk-Psych-/400137923230?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a142a9e
^^ this one too
http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Chapman-Fully-Qualified-Survivor-/400138685591?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a1fcc97
http://cgi.ebay.com/Merrell-Fankhauser-HMS-Bounty-Things-Psych-Orig-Label-/400138683333?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d2a1fc3c5
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 25 July 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
TONS of 'regular' rock records, but also cool psych & folk and some private pressings and stuff.
i know that vinylty guy, i've bought from him a buncha times. problem is, he has "fans" and watchers, so stuff that should sell for a lot cheaper ends up going for stupid prices, because idiots that watch his auctions get in bidding wars
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 25 July 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm willing to bet i'm one of a small handful of ppl interested in his grayson & whitter LP, so i'm hoping i get that one cheap. i put in a comedy bid on the people's victory orchestra & chorus LP but i really don't expect i'll get that.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
its sad when i see records that i sell for a buck or two in the store - and that sit there in the store for months - selling for 10 or 20 bucks on ebay. it's kinda why people pack in the store idea and just sell online. but whatever. but seriously, if you can get money for brian cadd or beans records more power to you. looking at the stuff that guy sells is like looking into my brain. i cringe at the idea of starting stuff at 99 cents. i really do. the thought of sending a dollar record to hong kong...yeesh, i would have to have an employee. you know? but it does work. that guy sells 98% of his stuff. and he averages like ten bucks. if i started all that stuff at five bucks i would only sell half of it.
and its funny cuz i don't know the seller - i rarely remember ebay handles - but i was watching one of his records for the last five days.
― scott seward, Monday, 26 July 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
some pretty sweet stuff:
http://shop.ebay.com/chriscarnahan2/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
i probably shouldn't have posted that, now we'll be fighting over LPs.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link