Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/30/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - The Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen" / "Did You No Wrong" Gallo Rhodesia - $4,837.65 - Starts: $1.55 - Bids: 27

2. LP - Mark Fry "Dreaming With Alice" IT Italy - $3,752.36 - Start: $1.54 - Bids: 23

3. LP - Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin'" Blue Note Mono original - $3,416.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 18

4. 78 - Whistler's Jug Band "Foldin' Bed" / "Tiger Rag" Victor - $3,333.33 - Start: $0.99 - Bids: 16

5. 45 - Dennis Edwards "Johnnie On The Spot" / "I Didn't Have To" International Soulville - $3,072.88 - Start: $499.99 - Bids: 12

An original pressing from Rhodesia on the Gallo label of the second Sex Pistols' single bids to over $4.8k. Next, and Italian prog LP sells for more than halfway over $3.7k.

A Blue Note original of a Sonny Clark LP bids up a little over $3.4k. A 78 gets the #4 spot, this one from Whistler's Jug Band gets perfect 3's at over $3.3k. In the #5 spot, a northern soul45 from Dennis Edwards bids wellover $3k.

Accidental Nostalgia - Press The Widget Now!!!!

Accidental Nostalgia Thursday Night 4PM PST/7PM EST

Jane and I will be on Radio Dentata at 7pm eastern tonight with our show Accidental Nostalgia.

Tune in this week for 60 minutes of 60's Psych and Soul, and more than a biased bit of Elephant 6 stuff, and oh yeah, Dr. Dog.

Here is a vlog of stuff that has something to do with tonight's show:

Norm & I will go trippin' in the Accidental Nostalgia Time Machine Thurs 4PM PST / 7PM EST This week's show - Obscure Psychedelic tracks from the past & the present. 

Audio For News and Auction Reports For Week Of May 24th 2009

The week Christies will auction Bob Dylan's summer camp lyrics, Bruce Springsteen will close Giants Stadium, and Ronnie Montrose wants his guitar back.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/23/2009

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Queen "A Kind Of Magic" Red Vinyl New Zealand Test Pressing - $6,655.55 - Start: $1.00 - Bids; 35

2. LP - The Beatles "White Album" Apple UK Mono #0000056 - Start: $3,572.55 - Start: $39.50 - Bids: 21

3. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $3,248.00 - Start: $1.00 - Bids: 17

4. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $2,801.00 - Start: $500 - Bids: 14

5. 45 - Unknown "You're Doing Wrong" single-sided acetate - $2,380.29 - Start: $199.99 - Bids: 6

In the #1 spot, a red vinyl pressing out of New Zealand of Queen's 1986 LP release bid to well over $6.6k. As this one is a test pressing it may be one of a kind. The commercial release is on orange colored vinyl. Next, a mono "White Album", this one numbered 52, closes more than halfway over $3.5k.

One of the most soft after classical LP sets, Johana Martzy's Bach violin sonatas sells for more than $3.2k and gets the #3 spot. At #4, Another Led Zeppelin on 12" "Road Box" gets one dollar over $2.8k. And last, a unknown acetate of an R&B/Funk recording sells for well over $2.3k.

Erky Grant & The Earwigs

One day long ago they did exist.

Accidental Nostalgia Thursday Night 4PM PST/7PM EST

Jane and I will be on Radio Dentata at 7pm eastern tonight with our show Accidental Nostalgia.

Tune in this week for 60 minutes of rare Mersey Beat music, and a few other odd sounds that we've found and love on at our store, Counter-Clock Records.

Here is a vlog of stuff that has something to do with tonight's show:

Velvet Underground Underground All Tomorrow's Parties

Heroes - Heroin not good for Nico

Chad and Jeremy "Distant Shores"

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

The Rockin' Berries - What In The World's Come Over You (1965)_HQ - Then....

......And Now - Rockin' Berries -- He's In Town

Faron's Flamingos - "Do You Love Me" - Original footage from The Cavern Club

THE RUTLES - Number One (1962) - Mockumentary footage

Ian & The Zodiacs Live At The Starclub Hamburg - And some weird rant

What's On This Week's Accidental Nostalgia Show: Lots of Rousing Mersey Beat And a few Odds And Sods.

I'm putting the playlist together right now! We'll be playing lots of classic and some not so classic Mersey Beat tracks along with our Found Music segment. Tune in this week 4PM PST/7PM EST to hear my and Norm's unique brand of wit and wisdom!

Audio For News and Auction Reports For Week Of May 17th 2009

The week the new Laserium combines old show with new tech, Paul McCartney lends his voice to OneVoice, and The Beach Boys release an old classic.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/16/2009

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Genesis "A Trick Of The Tail" MFSL UHQR Test Pressing - $3,550.00 - Start: $895.00 - Bids: 16

2. 45 - Jelly (titles not available) Fu-Ju JR-1001 - $3,349.00 - Start: $350.99 - Bids: 13

3. 78 - Vogue Picture Disc Unnumbered (Rum & Coca-Cola / The Lion's Roar) - $3,106.96 - Start: $400.00 - Bids: 19

4. LP - The Velvet Underground & Nico "self titled" Verve Mono Promo - $2,750.00 - Start: BIN

5. LP - King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" MFSL - $2,550.00 - Start: $849.00 - Bids: 22

Two MFSL test pressings make the list this week, in the #1 and #5 spots. The #1 goes to a test pressing of Genesis's "A Trick Of The Tail" which sells for halfway over $3.5k. Next, a Northern Soul 45 from Jelly bids to a dollar less than halfwa over $3.3k.

A beautiful Vogue picture record, possibly a one of a kind, sells for a little over $3.1k, and gets the #3 spot.

Next, A mono Velvet Underground Warhol mono LP goes for halfway over $2.7k, and in the #5 spot, the other MFSL, this one of King Crimson's first LP, sells on a Buy-It-Now for halfway over $2.5k

U.S. Air Force - "It Was Only Swamp Gas"

If you listened to the show, you heard us play "The Invader" by The Space Walkers. Here is a snapshot of the rear jacket of the LP "Stummin' Metal Vol. IV" as promised. Lewis Ashmore and Ted McClaren hailed from Bakersfield and billed themselves as UFO experts. Experts or not, "The Invader" Is a killer Surf Beat Track!

Accidental Nostalgia - Press This Now!!!

Audio For News and Auction Reports For Week Of May 10th 2009

This week the RIAA releases 2008 sales data and vinyl records continue a strong rebound, John Manship sets a record, and Little Richard re-releases some obscure 70's titles.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/09/2009

Top 5 List:

1. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" LP Butcher First State Mono Perry Cox COA - $7,000.00 - Start: $7,000.00 - Bids: BIN

2. 45 - Walter & The Admeration's "Man Oh Man (What Have I Done)" / "Life Of Tears" La-Cindy - $4,250.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 15

3. 45 - Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers "My Bonnie" / "The Saints" - $4,175.00 - Start: $0.01 - Bids: 34

4. 45 - Rock Bottom & The Spys "Rich Girl" / "No Good" "Death Trap" Bottom - $2,945.99 - Start: $1,000.00 Bids: 9

5. 45 - The Sweets "Satisfy Me Baby" / "Something About My Baby" Soultown - $2,600.00 - Start: $3,000.00 - Bids: Best Offer

Lots of butcher covers sell on eBay, but none have been mono first states with a Perry Cox certificate, so this week's #1 stands alone, selling on a Buy-It-Now for $7k.

45's fill out the rest of the list, with the northern soul 45 from Walter & The Admeration's single selling for halfway over $4.2k. The Beatles show up again in the #3 spot, this time in their incarnation as the Beat Brothers backing Tony Sheridan. The "My Bonnie" single bids up well over $4.1k.

In the #4 spot a punk 45 makes its way up past $2.9k, and last, another norther soul 45 from The Sweets gets a best offer of $3k.

Audio For News and Auction Reports For Week Of May 3rd 2009

This week Best Buy gives floor space to a happy accident, vinyl art takes up wall space in the Hard Rock Hotel, and a career spanning compilation of George Harrison's music is announced.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 05/02/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - Joy Divison "An Ideal For Living" Enigma Original - $3,938.88 - Start: $500.00 - Bids: 35

2. 12″ - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,355.00 Start: $0.01 Bids: 68

3. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 383/1000 Sub Pop - $2,849.00 - Start: $5999.99 - Bids: Best Offer

4. LP - Sylvie Vartan Panel Deluxe 2LP Box Set Japan SEALED - $2000.00 - Start: $2000.00 - Bids: 1

5. LP - Aguatrubia self-titled Arena Chile - $1,934.00 - Start: $9.98 - Bids: 15

The Joy Divison 7" on Enigma keeps rising in value and gets the #1 spot for the second time this year, selling for over $3.9k. Two more old friends get the next two spots on this week's Top 5, the Led Zeppelin album catalogue on 12" vinyl bids up past $3.3k, while a low numbered Nirvana "Love Buzz" 7" does very well on a Best Offer at a dollar less than halfway over $2.8k.

French Ye-Ye singer, Sylvie Vartan, gets the #4 spot with a Japanese double LP set that gets its asking price at $2k. And last, a Chilean Psych LP sells for over $1.9k