Live 365 Station Update

A handful of medium rare records up on eBay and on the station this week - soul and ska from Tony Tribe, Dave and Ansil Collins, The Unluv'd and a Brenton Wood written song from Tabasco, plus UK 45 's from David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Mungo Jerry, and EP's from Ray Charles and Sam & Dave. Also, look at the rare soul release from Ohio soul band Rumple-Stilts-Skin.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 11/29/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - The Beatles "White Album" - $5,049.99 Start: $19.00 Bids: 46

2. LP - Captain Marryat self titled Private Press - $4,450.92 Start: $500.00 Bids: 10

3. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set - $3,990.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 21

4. LP - Dexter Gordon "Blows Hot And Cool" Dootone Red Vinyl - $2,280.55 Start: $19.99 Bids: $2,280.55

5. LP - The Southern University Jazz Ensemble "Goes To Africa With Love" - $2,133.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 21

Selling on Thanksgiving Day and topping the $5k mark, a Beatles "White Album" takes the #1 spot. This US copy is numbered and sealed, as are all ones on the graph (yes, one lucky buyer did win one for $300 last year).

Next, a private press Prog LP out of Scotland bids up close to $4.5k . Captain Marryat appears to be a new discovery in Psych/Prog circles. Read the sellers story of how he has managed to contact one of the band members.

The rare and sought after Johnanna Martzy Bach Sonata set goes for a good price at almost $4k and gets the #3 spot.

In the #4 spot, Dexter Gordon's Dootone released "Blows Hot And Cool", pressed on red vinyl, sells for over $2.2k. And last, a '73 release from the Southern University Jazz Ensemble bids up over $2.1k.

Audio For Counter Clock Records' Auction Report For Week Ending 11/22/2008

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Audio Feature And News Reports For Week Of November 23rd 2008

Audio for this week's feature about John Lennon and the Devil, plus reports on Hank Williams, Paul McCartney, and the forthcoming Record Store Day.







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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 11/22/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Don Drummond "Bellvue Special" / "No More" Caribou - $3,000.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 13

2. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Stereo - $2,963.20 Start: $148.00 Bids: 18

3. 12" - Led Zeppelin "Road Box" - $2,296.48 Start: $74.00 Bids: 31

4. LP - Joki Freund Sextett " Yogi Jazz" CBS Germany - $2,080.55 - Start: $1,000.00 Bids: 6

5. 45 - Innersouls "Just Take Your Time" / "Thoughts" Plemmons - $2.075.00 Start: $29.00 Bids: 19

A Ska 45 out of Jamacia tops the list this week. Ska originator Don Drummond's rarest 45 sells for exactly $3k. In the #2 spot, The Beatles appear again this week, and again its with an original Please Please Me LP. This one, a stereo edition, sells for over $2.9k.

And here's another recent visitor to the Top 5. A Led Zeppelin "Road Box" bids up past $2.2k.

Jazz saxophonist Joki Freund's "Yogi Jazz" LP goes to almost $2.1k for the #4 spot.

Last, a 70's funk 45 from Innersouls sells for over $2k.

Just Imagine (or how your great-grandpartents were entertained during the Great Depression)

This movie has elluded me for more than a decade. The Flickering Window has posted the first 16 minutes of Just Imagine, the first Science Fiction blockbuster, and just about the only Science Fiction Musical.

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The second one is here: Just Imagine clip 2

Audio For Counter Clock Records' Auction Report For Week Ending 11/15/2008

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More Audio For News Reports For Week Of 11/16/2008

Two reports added on Mosaic New Releases and eil.com (all of this weeks reports are in the Box below):

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Audio For Mitch Mitchell Feature Report For Week Of 11/16/2008

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 11/15/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Benny Cliff "Crazy Mama" / "Born Lived And Died" Horseshoe - $3,601.75 Start: $9.99 Bids: 15

2. 45 - Tommy & The Derby's "Don't Play The Role" / "Handy Andy" Swing - $3,116.00 Start: $350.00 Bids: 19

3. 12" - OXO "Keep On Living" - $2,725.00 Start: $999.99 Bids: 16

4. LP - Beatles "Please Please Me" UK Mono Parlophone - $2,714.92 Start: $7.46 Bids: 36

5. 45 - The Galaxys "Lover's Prayer" / "Jelly Bean" Carthay - $2,560.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 19

A rare Rockabilly 45 from Benny Cliff sells for a little over $3.6k this week for the #1 spot. Making the Top 5 for the second time since September is the Tommy & The Derby's "Don't Play That Role" Northern Soul 45. This makes the #2 spot, selling for more then $3.1k, over $1k less than it sold the week of September 6th.

Next, a rare Italian disco 12" sells for over $2.7k.

The Beatles get the #4 spot with a UK first pressing of "Please Please Me". This one sells for more than $2.7k.

In the #5 spot, a rare Doo-Wop 45, from the same seller as this week's #1 record, The Galaxy's "Lover's Prayer" bids up past $2.5k.

Audio For Counter Clock Records' Auction Report For Week Ending 11/08/2008

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Audio News Reports For Week Of 11/09/2008

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 11/08/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Lester Tipton "This Won't Change" / "Go On " La Beat 17867 - $5,999.99 Start: 5,999.99 Bids: 1

2. LP - Leaf Hound "Growers Of Mushrooms" Decca UK - $3,420.00 Start: $1,500.00 Bids: 11

3. 12" - Led Zeppelin "Road Box" SEALED - $2,918.86 Start: $1.00 Bids: 35

4. 45 - Tamala Lewis "You Won't Say Nothing" / "If You Can Stand Me" - $2,810.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 25

5. 45 - Al Williams "I Am Nothing" / "Brand New Love" Palmer 5011 - $2,800.00 Start: $999.00 Bids: 2

For the second time in less than two months Lester Tipton's La Beat 45 comes in at #1, and from the same seller too - one more rare record found in the bottom of a box (they always are) that the seller didn't realize was there (we never do). This one sells for several hundred dollars less than it twin, at just a penny below $6k.

Next, one of the better Psych treasures, Leaf Hound's Growers Of Mushrooms bids up past $3.4k for the #2 spot. At #3 is a unique collection of Led Zeppelin's complete catalog, all on audiophile 12" 45 RPM records. "The Road Box" as its called sells for more than $2.9k.

Two more Northern Soul 45's take the #4 and #5 spots. First, a Tamala Lewis 45 bids up $10 past $2.8k, and next, the better known and previous #1, Al Williams "I Am Nothing" on Palmer sells for exactly $2.8k.

If you wanna hear both sides of this week's #1, the blog Bilderberg has quality cuts of both sides for play here.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 11/01/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Georges Enesco Bach Sonatas Continental - $3,378.49 Start: $0.99 Bids: 28

2. 45 - Celebrities "I Choose You Baby" / "I Choose You Baby (instr)" - $3,200.00 Start: $3,200.00 Bids: BIN

3. LP - The Beatles "Mono Collection" Parlophone UK - $3,150.00 Start: $0.99 Bids: 27

4. LP - The Beatles "Hard Days Night" Odean Japan Red Vinyl - $2,499.00 Start: $2,499.00 Bids: 3

5. 45 - Jimmy Delphs "Dancing A Hole In The World" / "Dancing A Whole In The World (instr)" - $2,415.00 Start: $25.99 Start: 22

One of the most sought after classical box sets, Continental's Georges Enesco plays Bach Sonatas, takes the #1 spot this week bidding up over $3.3k. Next, A Northern Soul 45 from Celebrities on the Boss label out of Detroit sells on a Buy-It-Now for $3.2k.

The #3 spot goes to another box set, this one a collection of the Mono mixes of 11 Beatle records. This set sells for halfway past $3.1k. And at #4 is another Beatles LP, a Japanese red vinyl pressing of "A Hard Days Night" fetches a dollar under $2.5k.

And last, another Northern Soul record, this one from Jimmy Delphs, sells for a little bit over $2.4k.