hmmmmmm.... not things exactly like this, but people very often have an overinflated of what their beat up beatles records are worth.
― ian, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 3:11 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha, this was an observation from a friend who worked in a record store. people incredulous that a beatles record in good condition isn't that rare a thing, feeling like they're being bullshitted
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:28 (five years ago) link
I've got a CD by Mary Margaret O'Hara entitled 'Miss Amercia' [sic]. Makeuthink.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
this is a weird ass phenomenon. if i ran a record store i'd be tempted to have a conversation like this:
me: would you say the beatles were popular, sir?
guy trying to pawn off beatles records: yeah, definitely.
me: would you say that they sold millions of records?
GTTPOBR: of course! they're the beatles.
me: so why would you think that one of those many millions of records is a rarity?
GTTPOBR: (sobs)
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
ah because 800k of them were treated in a haphazard manner, discarded or abused!so there are still a couple hundred thousand copies in decent condition?
― mh, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
I once had in my possession a copy of The Fountainhead (yeah, I decided to hate read it) and there was a 50 page segment in the middle that was just the previous 50 pages repeated.Serious question — how could you tell?
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 04:16 (five years ago) link
GTTPOBR: (sobs) BECAUSE THERE'S AN ABNORMAL INSCRIPTION IN THE MATRICES, AND DO YOU SEE THE SHRINK AND HYPE STICKER? GIVE ME MONEY
Proceeds to storm home and plop it on ebay as Buy It Now with the word "WOW" in the listing title; it sits there for 5 years
― Evan, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
Would you like to capitalize your auction title for an addition $1.75?
GTTPOBR: oh goody goody
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 06:29 (five years ago) link
xxp very good question
― mh, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
I think people get the idea that misprinted records, books, etc are valuable comes from stamp collecting, where I think that’s a “thing.”
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:00 (five years ago) link
Stamps and coins, because those are government productions that need strict quality control.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:14 (five years ago) link
Serious question — how could you tell?
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:16 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 March 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
I think people get the idea that misprinted records, books, etc are valuable comes from stamp collecting, where I think that’s a “thing.”― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
people also like, like, weirdly shaped rocks and stuff.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 7 March 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
I’d pay good money for a copy of Rubber Soul where a pressing error made it shaped like a cock and balls
― moose; squirrel (silby), Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:10 (five years ago) link
pretty sure I remember seeing a rubber c&b for sale in a shop somewhere, will let you know if I recall where
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 7 March 2019 06:56 (five years ago) link
Does it play "Baby you can drive my car"?
― Mark G, Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:50 (five years ago) link
I once encountered a CDr in a sealed pack that contained some kind of compilation of Police & Sting songs, which literally made it worth less than the 60p or whatever that it cost.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Thursday, 7 March 2019 08:11 (five years ago) link
Mint or NM condition original pressings of Beatles records are certainly worth money, because so manh of them have been overplayed and wound up just trashed. But they have also remained in print since they were released in various masterings so it's not like it's difficult to find excellent condition versions of those albums from some era. The more scarce ones are strange pressings from South America etc, particularly if they were variants with different covers or even album names.
― akm, Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165716435083?epid=11046044472
― omar little, Monday, 30 January 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
Seller information
deepdiscount (366697)
― omar little, Monday, 30 January 2023 21:47 (one year ago) link
Weirdly specific price + generic info leads me to believe an automatic listing/adjustment program went haywire? IDK
― Evan, Monday, 30 January 2023 22:09 (one year ago) link
yeah deepdiscount are a big retailer, that seems like a mistake.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 30 January 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
.. unless someone buys one...
― Mark G, Monday, 30 January 2023 22:49 (one year ago) link
No doubt an algorithm error. Weird one though.
― omar little, Monday, 30 January 2023 23:03 (one year ago) link
What was it priced at? it's at $28.76 now
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:05 (one year ago) link
it was over $800 lol
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
wowza
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
not vinyl but
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324938955762
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 21:03 (eleven months ago) link
lmaoooo
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 21:20 (eleven months ago) link
I’ll give him like $20 for that
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:01 (eleven months ago) link
It would be great if we could all message him variations of "I have one exactly like that, it's not that rare."
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:02 (eleven months ago) link
his spiel is so laughably lazy. wtf is "multiple music collecting sources"
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:06 (eleven months ago) link
There is no printing on the disc. It plays Van Halen.
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 23:32 (eleven months ago) link
it's gotta be a gag. you've all been had, he def just burned vh1 onto an unmarked cdr
― carthage marine park (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 29 June 2023 01:04 (eleven months ago) link
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
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 13:22 (ten months ago) link
And it’s all Herb Alpert and Firestone Christmas records
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:39 (ten months ago) link
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
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:01 (ten months ago) link
love the timecube style formatting, eBay still has vestiges of web 1.0 style
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 19:34 (ten months ago) link
oh ebay's design and UX is fucking awful. it's almost admirable.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 20:16 (ten months ago) link
I wonder whose collection it was. Sounds like the seller is still living.
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 20:29 (ten months ago) link
my eyes
― Scene report: Rochester MN (Matt #2), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
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.”
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 21:08 (ten months ago) link
i mean, the record was in my ebay alerts for a reason!
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 21:47 (ten months ago) link
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.
― Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 23:04 (ten months ago) link
TSF you ever hit up Infinity Records in Massapequa? Not a record collector but I love that one.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 23:43 (ten months ago) link
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.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 3 August 2023 00:11 (ten months ago) link
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!
― ian, Thursday, 3 August 2023 01:16 (ten months ago) link
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 :)
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 02:43 (ten months ago) link
no one met his reserve on that one.
― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 7 August 2023 09:57 (ten months ago) link
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.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 7 August 2023 12:38 (ten months ago) link
And just like that, I found a beautiful, though not sealed copy, for way less.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 14 August 2023 00:11 (ten months ago) link