Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY

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