Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

do you think graeme revell is trying to buy back his past?

Not crazy, but it is kinnel.

There are loads of punk singles that go for hundreds of pounds -

Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
Crime - Frustration
a lot of singles featured on Killed By Death/Bloodstains comps (not all of them are that rare though)

I'm quite happy with my bootleg reissue of Pay To Cum, no need to splash out $1000 on an original copy...

anybody want to buy a bridge? (actually I've got that too)

cuz by then everyone wanted stereo and they didn't make as many. try and find a mono copy of pipers at the gates of dawn. go ahead, i dare you.

-- StanM (Stan10...), March 3rd, 2006 7:12 AM. (later)

From that auction's questions:

Q: Hi - will you guarantee anonymity for the winner of the auction?
Feb-25-06

A: Yes, I can GUARANTEE that the winner's name and their contact details will remain totally private. This information will not be disclosed to any third party unless I have the winner's consent.

"I don't want anyone to know what a fucking idiot I am for spending over twelve thousand pounds on a fucking Sex Pistols 7""

There HAD to have been some shill bidding going on with this one!! According to the average completed auction thingy the average price of an LP of Revolver was about $20. So not only does this person sell his for $460, but they also have two people asking them questions, one BEGGING them not to end the auction early. It's not even in mint condition!

1) daft sticker on the front
2) shrinkwrap on it

his spiel is so laughably lazy. wtf is "multiple music collecting sources"

There is no printing on the disc. It plays Van Halen.

it's gotta be a gag. you've all been had, he def just burned vh1 onto an unmarked cdr

not crazy priced exactly, but i was amused by this seller's description:

ON SEEING THIS AMAZING COLLECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS SELLER'S FIRST REACTION WAS INTENSE, ALMOST VISCERAL, DISBELIEF. IT TOOK YOURS TRULY ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF PINCHING, HEAD-SCRATCHING AND CONTINUOUS GASPING TO REGAIN HIS BREATH AND GRASP THE SHEER MAGNITUDE AND HISTORICAL DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THIS COLLECTION. ALMOST 70% OF THESE ITEMS THIS SELLER SEES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAD SPENT MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY COLLECTING RECORDS.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354953649680

And it’s all Herb Alpert and Firestone Christmas records

breathless write up is OTT, but then again it is 16k records with tons of private pressings in there; stuff I'm not into, but I can see someone being blown away by this

love the timecube style formatting, eBay still has vestiges of web 1.0 style

oh ebay's design and UX is fucking awful. it's almost admirable.

I wonder whose collection it was. Sounds like the seller is still living.

my eyes

this sounds pretty dope tbh

“Earl "Goggles" Freeman was an outcat's outcat: musician, poet, visual artist, and all-around interesting fellow. Born in Oakland in 1937, Mr. Freeman was a noteworthy but somewhat enigmatic musician who was most active recording-wise when he was an expat on the '60s Paris free jazz scene. His discography includes dates by Archie Shepp, Sunny Murray, Kenneth Terroade, Noah Howard, Selwyn Lissack, Mike Osborne, and even Gong's first record. A Korean War veteran, he often wore an aviator's cap and goggles, hence his nickname. (He is also rumored to have worn a parachute onstage on at least one occasion.) In 1972, French state investigators hauled Freeman in for questioning and subsequently declared that he possessed a "Dangerous Political Image". Under threat of imprisonment, he hightailed it to Amsterdam. He hung t for a while until some folks smashed his bass, signaling that it might be time for another move.

Freeman was living in New York City by the mid-'70s, w he would occasionally perform with The Music Ensemble. He also directed the Universal Jazz Symphonette, as heard on the elusive Soundcraft '75 album. While its fidelity leaves quite a bit to be desired, the LP is highly sought after because it features some of the earliest recorded work from William Parker, Daniel Carter, Raphe Malik, Billy Bang, and many other young players on the scene during that period, including Henry P. Warner and Philip Spigner, a.k.a. Adeyeme (incorrectly credited as Abe Yeme on the LP sleeve), who would later collaborate with Freeman in The Freestyle Band.”

i mean, the record was in my ebay alerts for a reason!

i've seen that seller shopping in nyc and long island record stores. when he left the l.i. store the owner said "yep, that's the guy everyone want to be." his records generally sell for absurd amounts. this collection does seem to be outside his usual wheelhouse, which is sealed classic rock records.

TSF you ever hit up Infinity Records in Massapequa? Not a record collector but I love that one.

that is my favorite LI store -- in fact it is the site of my bobdjukic sighting. haven't been there in a while though. joe the owner is good people.

I love Bob; he has always been super kind to me and generally a pleasure to talk to. I haven’t seen him much the last few years though. A lot of record people are much worse.

Earl Freeman is an incredible character! Poet anbd artist as well as musician. My friend Adam had been working on an archive of his work - https://www.50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/500-earl-freeman.html

Also I like infinity records too!

Yeah it's my favorite store, love the staff there, fun to hang out and chat and browse, cool audio gear, record fair prices, nostalgic af.

city folks can do a day trip, it's right by the LIRR and you can walk over to Krisch's afterwards for the best ice cream on the planet :)

no one met his reserve on that one.

Infinity is a quality store. I am kicking myself for not splurging on the sealed ZZ Top Rio Grande Mud I say there last year. One that got away.

And just like that, I found a beautiful, though not sealed copy, for way less.

i'm happy to hear that! let the nerds buy the sealed records