Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 10/25/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - J D Bryant "I Won't Be Coming Back" / "Walk On It" Shrine 108 - $10,230.00 Start: $0.01 Bids: 15

2. LP - Michael Jackson "Thriller" LP White Label Ecuador - $3,000.00 Start: $3,000.00 Bids: BIN

3. LP - Michael Jackson "Thriller" LP White Label Ecuador - $2,500.00 Start: $2,500.00 Bids: BIN

4. LP - Michel Legrand "La Piscine" Soundtrack Japanese Pressing White Label - $2,351.00 Start: $225.00 Bids: 21

5. 10" - Amos Milburn "Rockin The Boogie" Alladin - $1,900.99 Start: $99.99 Bids 18

One of the rarest Northern Soul 45's tops the list this week, J D Bryant's Shrine 45 "I Won't Be Coming Back" appears on the Top 5 for the first time, getting a healthy price at over $10.2k. This sale demonstrates that its not just rarity of the music that gets the big bids but rarity of the item. The songs on this 45 are available on Shrine compilation CD's and reissues, but in its original issue this is a rarest of rare record.

Identical records occupy the next two spots. Ecuadorian pressings on white vinyl of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" LP sell on Buy-It-Now's for $3k and $2.5k respectively. Issued from many 70's & 80's hit albums, these colored pressings from South America (there have been Columbian pressings as well) got on the Top 5 numerous weeks last year, but these are the first ones to show up in many months.

In the #4 spot, a Japanese pressing of a Michel Legrand soundtrack bids past $2.3k. A 10" record takes the #5 spot, an Amos Milburn piano boogie record selling for almost a dollar over $1.9k.

Live 365 Station Update

Major update to the playlist today. New music added, stuff from The Animals, Leaves, The Boenzee Cryque, The Kingsmen, plus rock 45's from sixties bands The Rush and The Knack (different bands from their famous namesakes). There's R&B from The Blenders, The Amazors, Seventh Wonder, King Curtis and King Floyd. Plus rarities from Sandi Sheldon, Ruby Winters, The Four Jets and Bob Seger & The Last Herd (second single from the famous Bob Seger). That's just a small part of the update, over five hours of music has been added.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 10/18/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Velvet Underground & Nico Verve Mono Promo - $4,050.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 19

2. 10" - Bob Dylan studio acetate "Gospel Plow" - $3,500.00 Start: $3,500.00 Bids: BIN

3. LP - Richard Marrero & The Group "A Taste" TSG - $3,449.00 Start: $24.99 Bids: 26

4. 45 - Flowers "For Real (Vocal)" / "For Real (Instrumental)" - $2,750.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 21

5. LP - Johnny Burnette "Rock 'N Roll Trio" Coral Canadian Pressing - $2,500.00 Start: $2,500.00 Bids: BIN

A promo copy of the original Velvel Underground & Nico LP with Warhol banana peel tops the list this week at over $4k. This sale closes at $100 less than a similar copy sold for in 2005. A one-of-a-kind takes the #2 spot, John Hammond's own acetate from Dylan's first album recording sessions, selling at its asking price of $3.5k on a Buy-It-Now.

Next, a rare Jazz-Funk LP from the seventies bids up past $3.4k, and in the #4 spot a modern soul 45 from Flowers sells for more than $2.7k.

Last, another Johnny Burnette "Rock 'N Roll Trio" LP, a list topper from two weeks ago, gets it asking price at $2.5k, this one a Canadian pressing.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 10/11/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Junior McCants "Try Me For Your New Love" / "She Wrote It - I Read It" King 6106 WLP - $15,099.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 25

2. 45 - The Primers "How Does It Grab You" / "Roll Around Heaven" Hale 101 - $5,310.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 27

3. LP - Jackie McLean "New Tradition" Ad Lib - $2,501.00 Start: $20.00 Bids: 12

4. LP - The Chantels "We Are The Cantels" End - $2,326.99 Start: $750.00 Bids: 11

5. 45 - Elvis Presley "Good Rockin Tonight" / "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" Sun 210 - $2,150.00 Start: $2,150.00 Bids: BIN

Wall Street sucks, The City strains, but we got soul! The highest selling record of the year closes a dollar below $15.1k the week that the worlds economy chokes on its own vomit. As my grandmother used to say, "There'll always be somebody with money."

The top spot this week goes to 100 club member Junior McCants with his legendary "Try Me For Your New Love" King 45. The story, and those outside Northern Soul circles likely don't know it, is that Junior McCants died suddenly of a brian tumor, causing King to pull this record before it was ever released, it some years later becoming a club rarity.

Next, another Northern Soul 45 from The Primers gets a good price at over $5.3k. A jazz LP from Jakie McLean places in the #3 spot closing a dollar over $2.5k.

The Chantels "We Are The Chantels" LP bids up over $2.3k for the number 4 spot. On a Buy-It-Now, an Elvis Sun 45 sells for halfway over $2.1k and gets the number 5 spot.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 10/04/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Johnny Burnette "Rock 'N Roll Trio" LP Coral US Pressing - $2,830.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 26

2. 45 - Devotions "Do Do De Dop" / "Can You Explain It" National - $2,225.00 Start: $999.00 Bids: 7

3. LP - The Beatles self titled 'White Album' UK Parlaphone (for export) - $2,025.00 Start: $999.00 Bids: 8

4. 45 - David Bowie "Changes" / "Andy Warhol" Japanese Picture Sleeve - $1,850.00 Start: $1,850.00 Bids: BIN

5. 45 - Wayne Williams "Red Hot Mama" / "Tell Me What To Do" Sure - $1,580.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 18

A popular LP collectible tops the list this week, Johnny Burnette's "Rock 'N Roll Trio" in near mint condition sells for over $2.8k. This record is not all that rare, as the graph shows, however manufacturing practices at Coral in the fifties make a near mint version like this one (and others on the top peaks of the graph) a rare and valuable find. By comparison, UK versions in near mint condition tend to sell at about two-thirds their US counterparts, as UK jackets used glossy material and wide tabs to hold the jacket together.

In the #2 spot a Northern Soul 45 from Devotions closes past $2.2k.

The #3 spot goes to a Beatles' White Album, this one a UK pressing on Parlophone. The Parlophones of Apple days are pressings that got exported to Commonwealth countries. This one sells for a little over $2k. Just to note, the rarest of these Parlophone pressings is Yellow Submarine, which typically fetches $10k.

A David Bowie Japanese 45 gets the #4 spot, selling on a Buy-It-Now for over $1.8k and the #5 goes to another Northern Soul 45. This one from Wayne Williams, and it sells for over $1.5k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/27/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Lester Tipton "This Won't Change" / "Go On" La Beat - $6,546.00 Start: $99.99 Bids: 32

2. LP - Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin'" Blue Note Mono - $3,750.00 Start: $5.00 Bids: 12

3. 45 - Eric Mercury and the Soul Searchers "Lonely Girl, Part 1" / "Lonely Girl, Part 2" SAC - $3,100.00 Start: $4,500.00 Bids: Best Offer

4. 12" - U2 "Three" #902 - $2,758.00 Start: $500.00 Bids: 27

5. 45 - T-Rex "Ride A White Swan" / "Summer Time Blues" Blue Thumb Japan Pic Sleeve - $1,799.99 Start: $1,799.99 Bids: 1

A Northern Soul 45 breaks past $5k this week, a Lester Tipton record on La Beat hitting past $6.5k. La Beat was a label out of Los Angeles that has a huge following in Northern Soul circles and many dozens of records on the label sell in the $30 - $300 range. At least from a glance, it seems La Beat, more than any other small label, has the largest number of high dollar collectible records.

As far as labels go, Blue Note likely has the highest number of high dollar LP's. And the #2 spot goes to Sonny Clarks' "Cool Struttin" on Blue Note. This record sells for over $3.7k. Next, another Northern Soul 45 from Eric Mercury sells on a Best Offer for $3.1k down from an asking price of $4.5k.

The famous U2 12" known as "Three" gets the #4 spot selling for over $2.6k. And last, a Japanese T-Rex 45 closes for a penny less than $1.8k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/20/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set - $4859.99 Start: $9.99 Bids: 19

2. LP - Beatles "Let It Be" Apple Canada - $3,000.00 Start: $19.99 Bids: 3

3. 45 - Johnny Rodgers "Make A Change" / "Soul Food" Amon 4619 - $2,900.00 Start: $2,000.00 Bids: 14

4. LP - Cressida self titled Vertigo - $2,200.00 Start: $350.00 Bids: 10

5. LP - Leonid Kogan "Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 61" Columbia Sax 2386 UK Pressing - $2,051.00 Start: $18.00 Bids: 19

A rare classical set of Bach sonatas performed by Johanna Martzy takes the top spot but does not break the $5k mark, the boxed set closing over $4.8k. Still, this sale is close to double what the set sold for over 2 years ago. Next, a Canadian "Let It Be" in its original box set sells for exactly $3k. The Canadian version box edtion is the rarest of them all, having had a very low press run.

In the #3 spot, a Northern Soul 45 from Johnny Rodgers on Amon closes at $2.9k. Next, the rare Psych LP on Vertigo from Cressida goes for $2.2k.

In the last spot another classical record on Columbia, Beethoven's Violin Concerto performed by Leonid Kogan sells for a little over $2k.

Live 365 Station Update

Lots of interesting soul 45's up, including something completely unknown from Darlene Darcel, as well as medium rare records from The Showmen Inc and Don Hart & James Shorter. Also got some very clean Psych vinyl spinning from The Collectors, The Seeds, The Golden Bough, Crazy Elephant and blues from Lightnin' Slim.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/13/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Elvis Presley RCA EPB-1254 with alternate picture sleeve - $2,483.00 Start: $49.95 Bids: 32

2. 45 - The Idols "Check Her Out" / "Why Am I So Blue" USA - $2,125.00 Start: $0.99 Bids: 24

3. LP - Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus" Prestige 446 - $2,025.00 Start: $9.95 Bids: 16

4. 45 - Bobby Kline "Taking Care Of Business" / "Something Nice To Say" MB - @1,727.00
Start: $9.99 Bids: 27

5. LP - The Brigade "Last Laugh" Band 'n Vocal - $1,725.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 16


This week we go back down in the middle ground between zilch and $5k, with the highest selling record being 1/2 of an Elvis EP. This is a radio station copy of one record of the EPB-1524 EP set on RCA with an alternate sleeve, the commercial sleeve sporting the famous pink and green typeface and commonly selling for around fifty dollars. This alternate sleeve shoots the price up to a few dollars below $2.5k.

Next, a Northern Soul 45 from the Idols sells for over over $2.1k. A Prestige jazz LP from Sonny Rollins takes the #3 spot bidding up past $2k.

Another Northen Soul 45 gets the #4 spot, this one by Bobby Kline and selling for more than $1.7k. And last, a Psych LP of a 100 copy run from The Brigade closes $2 under its fourth place companion.

Live 365 Station Update

New stuff up on eBay and added to the station -- R&B from The Packers and Robert Parker. A rare Italian rock 45 with its picture sleeve from Delirium, Girl Pop form The Marshmellow, and a rare country promo on Columiba from Johnny and Jonie Mosby.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/06/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Margaret Little "Love Finds A Way" / "I Need Some Loving" Genbro - $7,400.00 Start: $199.99 Bids: 26

2. 45 - Lester Tipton "This Won't Change" / "Go On" La Beat - $7,200.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 30

3. 45 - Tommy & The Derby's "Don't Play The Role" / "Handy Andy" Swing - $4,161.00 Start: $49.99 Bids: 34

4. 45 - Al Williams "I Am Nothing" / "Brand New Love" La Beat - $3,220.00 Start: $9.99 Bids: 26

5. LP - Soul Expedition self titled Private Press - $2,939.29 Start: $9.99 Bids: 19

Soul dominates this week taking all 5 spots, with Northen Soul treasures in the top 4. Not only is the $5k barrier broken but its broken twice and both times its over the $7k mark. First, bidding up to its highest closing price, and on eBay for the first time since '05, Margaret Little's 45 gets $7.4k. And in the #2 spot, Lester Tipton's "This Won't Change" closes at $7.2k. These are the highest closes for any record since 08/02 when Tool's Aenima test pressing sold for $7.5k, and this is only the third week with a closing bid above $7k this year.

Next, Tommy and the Derby's 45 record bids up past $4.5k, and Al Williams "I Am Nothing" goes past $3.2k. The #5 spot goes to the private press Soul Expedition LP for more than $2.9k.