Vinyl Record Talk Live Today, Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8pm ET / 5pm PT On Radio Dentata

Our guests today will be two artists from Seattle known as The Scrap Blasters. They create speaker and audio components our of found parts and house them in things like vacuum cleaner casings.

We also have more Rock God teeth in the news. Now instead of John Lennon, it's Elvis having his dental work auctioned.

Plus we'll have the usual mix of music and the Top 5. Catch VRT live on Radio Dentata and Blog TV.

Jane's New Gig

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The Scrap Blasters At Work - These Guys Will Be Our Guests On Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday Feb 21st 8pm ET / 5pm PT

Seatlle artists John Brink and Brian Wescott are the Scrap Blasters. They create functioning stereo and speaker systems, and other art, out of found objects. They also use their studio as a laboratory for recycling materials they don't use and selling those materials back to industry.

Goodbye eBay Store - We Swept Up And Set A Bottle Of Febreze By The Cash Register Before We Left

Five years is a long time to do anything the same way on the Internet. Things start to smell like dead fish left in the tank, and you can too easily get used to the odor.

Last week we said goodbye to our eBay store. Simply stated, we got nailed to a sled and pushed down that slippery slope to the land of financial holds that has been the beginning of the typical eBay trope of demise. But we refuse to be typical, or anyone's metaphor. We managed to find a way to ship world-wide with no cost to the customer, but it was done using a slow-boat and holiday delays caused a customer panic. Appealing the the eBay monster's better instincts brought a moment of pause, but then her algorithms grabbed hold we were targeted. No humans could aid us.

We knew the risks all along, had managed to run things our way for five years, and we understand the behemoth must stomp on her massive terra the way she sees fit. Doesn't mean we will choose to smell her feet as they fall to crush us.

And it all happened in serendipity with the evolution of our show. Seemed the right time to flee.

So, thank you all for five years of support. Still, we are going nowhere. A new store will open soon on Etsy - with a hell of a lot more to it than we could ever do on eBay, and we have started a private mailing list. Right now we have around 2500 45s left. Email us at vinylrecordtalk@gmail.com and we'll send you the list. We'll still be going through tens of thousands of 45's a year and will wholesale the bulk of it through our mailing list. Join us . . .

Scrap Blaster's Will Be Our Guests On Vinyl Record Talk, Next Tuesday Feb 24th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Radio Dentata

Scrap Blaster's Website: http://www.scrapblasters.com

Some Scrap Blaster Creations:

Vinyl Record Talk Live Today, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8pm ET / 5pm PT On Radio Dentata

It's Norm's birthday today, and Jane will give him his present live on the air. Plus we have new news on John Lennon's tooth. We'll be playing lots of vinyl, some rare stuff and a few favorites.

Plus, as always, we review the Top 5 auction sales.

Full audio will be live on Radio Dentata.

Video and chat will be on Blog TV.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/11/2012

A pretty poor week price-wise, but some interesting records show up nonetheless. The #1 45 is the first 45 from the artist known a few years later as David Bowie. Two Northerns show up on the list, and the Wings picture disc is the promo only copy that was distributed in the UK.

1. 45 - Davie Jones & King Bees "Liza Jane"/ "Louie, Louie Go Home" Vocalion Pop UK Pressing - $2,835.36

2. 45 - Tommy Dent "Soul Thing" / "Miss Woman" Cobble Stone 706 - $2,716.00

3. LP - Donald Byrd Sextet "Jazz 5" Transition - $2,370.67

4. 45 - Vondells "Hey Girl You've Changed" / "Soldier Boy" Airtown 456 - $2,125.00

5. LP - Paul McCartney and Wings "Back To The Egg" Promotional Picture Disc UK Pressing - $1,943.10

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