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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/21/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Mr. Lucky "Born To Love You" / "Taking A Chance On Love" Stardom - $3,677.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 23

2. LP - Misfits "Legacy Of Brutality" Plan 9 Pink Vinyl - $3,650.00 - Start: $1,919.00 - Bids: 4

3. LP - Nirvana "Bleach" Tupelo Test Pressing - $3,600.00 - Start: $24,999.99 - Bids: Best Offer

4. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Butcher 1st State - $2,900.00 - Start: 2,900.00 - Bids: BIN

5. LP - Mystic Siva "self-titled" Private Press - $2,713.63 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 22


Rare Northern Soul tops the list this week, with Mr. Lucky's 45 on Stardom bidding to well over $3.6k. At The half-way mark of that same dollar figure is "Legacy Of Brutality" from Misfits on pink vinyl, getting the #2 spot. Next, at exactly $3.6k, a test presssing of Nirvana's first LP sells on a Best Offer.

In the #4 spot, selling on a Buy-It-Now, a first state Butcher Block gets $2.9k. And last, one of the treasures of private press Psych, the self-titled record from Mystic Siva bids up past $2.7k.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/14/2009

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Anniles Schmidt "Bach Complete Cello Suites" 6 Volumes Telefunken German Pressings - $3,250.00 - Start: $9.00 - Bids: 21

2. 45 - The Crystals "Lets Dance The Screw, Part 1" / "Let's Dance The Screw, Part 2" Phillies - $2,999.99 - Start: $2,999.99 - Bids: BIN

3. 78 - Tchaikovsky Melodie No 3 Victor Special Record - $2,750.00 - Start: $9.00 - Bids: 23

4. 78 - Alabama Sheiks "The New Talking 'Bout You" / "Sittin' On Top Of The World" Victor - $2,716.66 - Start: 0.50 - Bids: 11

5. 45 - Mary Jane Hooper "I Got What You Need, Part 1" / "I Got What You Need, Part 2" Power Pac - $2,663.00 - Start: $99.00 - Bids: 8

A rare Telefunken LP from the 1950's makes the top of the list this week with, as usual, a performance of Bach. The Cello Suites performed by Anniles Schmidt sells for halfway over $3.2k. This is the same price the 6LP collection sold for last year.

Next, Phil Spector's notice to his former partner, "Let's Dance The Screw", of which 5 copies were pressed, sells on a Buy-It-Now for a penny less than $3k.

In the #3 spot, a special pressing of a Victor 78 from 1920 bids up halway over $2.7k. Another 78 makes the #4 spot, also on Victor, The Alabama Sheiks record bids to a little over $2.7k.

A Northern Soul 45 takes the last spot, from Mary Jane Hooper, this Eddie Bo produced single sells for well over $2.6k

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/07/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Joy Divison "An Ideal For Living" Enigma Original - $3,383.00

2. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Butcher 1st State - $2,500.00 - Start: 2,500.00 - Bids: BIN

3. LP - Thelonious Monk "with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster" Prestige - $2,350.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 46

4. LP - Thad Jones "The Magnificent" Blue Note 1527 Lexington Ave - $2,280.00 - Start: $19.99 - Bids: 26

5. 78 - Tommy Johnson "Big Road Blues" / "Cool Drink Of Water" - $2,185.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 18

The original Joy Division 7" EP on their own Enigma label gets the #1 spot this week, bidding up to almost 3.4k. This is most this record has sold for on eBay, and the value has been skyrocketing since 2006.

Next, a first state Butcher's cover sells for $2.5k on a Buy-It-Now. In the #3 spot, an original Thelonius Monk LP on Prestige, with cover design by Andy Warhol, closes for halfway over $2.3k. Another jazz LP takes the #4 spot, this one an original on Blue Note, bids up close to $2.3k.

And last, another 78 makes the list this week, a Tommy Johnson record on Victor sells for almost $2.2k.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 01/31/2009

Top 5 List:


1. 12" - U2 "Out Of Control" #407/1000 - $3,381.00 - Start: $1000.00 - Bids: 18

2. 45 - Salt & Pepper "Man Of My Word" / "Linda" Heatwave - $3,310.00 - Start: $6.95 - Bids: 31

3. 45 - Elvis Presley "self titled" EP RCA SPD-23 - $3,151.00 - Start: $19.99 - Bids: 16

4. 45 - The Harp Tones "A Sunday Kink Of Love" / "I'll Never Tell" Bruce - $2,552,89 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 14

5. 78 - Perry & His Stomp Band "Ash Can Stomp" / "Muddy Water" Black Patti - 2,500.00 - Start: $999.99 - Bids: 3

#1 on the list this week is U2's original 12" record, commonly known as "Out Of Control" or just "Three", selling for close to $3.4k. This is the numbered copy that the band themselves sold at a swap meet in Ireland. Next, a Northern Soul 45 by Salt & Pepper on Heatwave records sells for a little over $3.3k.

The RCA give-away 45 EP set from Elvis makes the list for the second time this year, bidding more than halfway over $3.1k for the #3 spot. This copy, described in what would be VG condition, sells for more than $1k less than the Near Mint copy of two weeks ago.

A Doo-Wop 45 makes the #4 spot, "A Sunday Kind Of Love" on Bruce closing at well over $2.5k. And last, a hillbilly 78 from Perry and his Stomp Band, one of five known copies, sells for exactly $2.5k.