Tom,
There hasn't been a store like that in Albuquerque,for nearly ten years.Another reason I stick to eBay.I got five Lps in the mail today.They are:
Cliff Richard (A guilty pleasure)"Two A Penny" World Wide Pictures Radio Promo Lp of music and radio spots $8.50
And a rarer Capitol of Canada Lp from 1966.
The Beatles live in Melbourne,and Washington,DC 1975 Wizardo boot, $9.99
A 1971 Japanese Liberty "Best of" by the legendary Japanese psych band The Mops - $37.50
I have many rare original 60s psych/garage/surf Lps from South America,and Australia,that I bought 2-5 years ago on eBay,at about $9.99 each.
The Roman Totenberg mentioned in another post. $19.99
Among those I have coming:
Lord Invader "There's A Brown Boy In The Ring" Folkways 10" Lp $10.50
Lord Kitchner "Kitch 69" UK RCA International $9.99
Jerry Butler "Folk Songs" 1963 Vee Jay $9.99
Johnny Hallyday 1961 Canadian-only Philips "Viens Danser Le Twist" 10" Lp. $9.99
And some very choice 60s ska 45s,including a Marley,in this price range.
Some times I buy more classical,sometimes I buy more rock/R&B/Caribbean,it goes in cycles,of like 2-3 months,but I always do better than I would in a store in this day and age,and as I buy exclusively from Paypal funds I get from selling other records,it is not that much different from trading at a store.I rarely spend any outside money.
Roger
Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: My favorite vinyl guys sell the reissue stuff a few bucks cheaper than the
online guys and have 90+% of what's in their store for a handful of dollars.
The "good stuff" is generally kept in a couple of cardboard boxes behind the
counter and you have to ask for it. They'll have a good turntable and
non-toxic/filthy headphones and you can take a listen and see if it's in the
shape it looks. Then, you'll pay what it's worth. And, the really good
places have huge dollar bins where once in a while you get super-lucky and
the rest of the time you drop a Washington to get a real-deal album sleeve
to look at while you listen to your CD.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- From: "phillip holmes"
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Collection for sale
People like that get what they deserve. They think some '80s reissue of Sgt Peppers is worth $100, which is insanely stupid. If they want to sell records and do a decent job of it, then they need to get educated. Nobody forced them into the business. Besides, all those records were cheap as dirt at some point.
Malcolm Rockwell wrote:Great story, Roger! What? Did he expect for you to tell him what was rare so he could charge you "accordingly"? I've been there, too. Hard to keep the eyebrows from raising with glee when one spots inexpensive rare records among the overpriced dross, though. Good thing most of these sellers can't read collectors! Thanks! Mal
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Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:Clearly someone who knows "Them old records are collect-eye-bull",but has no clue beyond an obvious few artists,like Elvis,Beatles,and Stones,what are.The guy probably wouldn't know a four-figure garage 45,mono violin Lp,or early R&B 45,if he tripped over it.I have been to a number of record stores run by people like this,in my time.People with common Elvis and Beatles that are insanely overpriced,and put ridiculously rare soul,and R&B records out for under $5.00 a pop.Eventually,though,they all fund out what they were doing,and got angry with me for buying the stuff,and threw me out of the store.
Another reason why I largely stick to eBay.
Roger
phillip holmes wrote: Do you think he has Barbara Streisand and Pablo Cruise? He guarantees "100% known artists". That usually means I've already heard it a thousand times on the radio. Oh, it's also a "virtual record shop", which means it doesn't have everything you'd want to find in a "real" record shop. Guess I'll pass.
David Lennick wrote:
And he doesn't have The Five Sharps' "Stormy Weather".
If that collection is too rich, try this..which he'll ship for $100:
200201499411 (the link itself is about a mile long)
dl
Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
We can all cite stuff we have that he doesn't.I doubt he has "How Many Times" by The Rogues on Lou-Sal,or The Underground Railroad,on Discovery Club (I was spinning this last night.),many recods by Lord Kitchener (Whom no collection should be without.)or a lot of vanity pressing country 45s,from the 50s,and 60s.
Roger
"Steven C. Barr(x)" wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross"
1) Nope!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501 Anybody know anything about this guy or the collection?
2) He can only own "Every Record Ever Made" IF he has a copy of a Radiex demo 78 I own, made to announce the availabilty of ELECTRICAL records on the label! Matrix numbers are NOT in any known GG sequences, and it would seem to be early by a few months...beyond that I know SFA!!
3) This reminds me of somebody's (forget whom?!) recorded comedy routine... "Every Record Ever Recorded! Lithuanian Language Records!"...and so on... IIRC, back in the sixties or early seventies sometime...?
4) Lemme figger a bit here...?! 300,000 records would septuble my current half-vast archive of a mere 50 kilodiscs (+/-)...but, that takes up two rooms of my 7-room abode...so I'd need twelve more rooms (and a WHOLE BUNCH of empty milk boxes...?!)...
Looks like I'll have to pass (and not merely because I'm short about $2,999,998.43 of the opening bid...?!)
Steven C. Barr
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