New Vinyl Record Talk Tuesday August 31st 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

So it's inventory time at Counter-Clock Records, and we always find records that fell through the cracks in a how-the-hell-did-this-get-here sort of way.

We're playing a smörgåsbord, plethora, hodgepodge, cornucopia kind of thing made up of records that we keep coming across in our bins when pulling stuff to ship to customers and wondering "what is this?"

You get to share that with us, plus something really gross in the news - about making records out of something, or someone.

Jane and I will also be playing some Velvet Underground, Black Widow and Tom Waits.

IT'S INVENTORY TIME, YEAH!

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A Bob Dylan test pressing with alternate takes and lyrics gets the top spot and a high price seen in many weeks at $8k. Northern Soul has returned to the list with a 45 from The Admirations, and 78s continue to make their presence known.

1. LP - Bob Dylan "Blood On The Tracks" Test Pressing - $8,000.00

2. 45 - The Admirations "I Want To Be Free" / "You Left Me" Peaches - $3,174.00

3. 78 - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals "Stock Yard Strut" / "Salty Dog" Paramount - $2,801.00

4. LP - Music Emporium "self titled" Sentinel - $2,560.00

5. LP - Janos Starker "Bach Cello Suites" Mercury - $2,4999.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

New Vinyl Record Talk Tuesday August 24th 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

As promised we dig deep into the Merseybeat era and come out with a look at all girl rock bands throughout the ages, well four or five decades anyway. Jane and I also reflect on the quintessential question of every all girl rock band: are all female drummers lesbians?

And the period of the early sixties and lesbians gets us into a discussion of the unfortunate sudden schlockiness of our favorite TV show Mad Men. Did they really have to go for the cheap lesbian seduction set-up?

Plus, Ringo Starr's birth home is scheduled for demolition in the news, and what album cover would you carve onto a record collecting Mt Rushmore?

New VRT Tuesday August 24 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT only on Radio Dentata.

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This week is a who's who of Top 5 regulars, save for the Ska instrumental in the #5 spot. If record collecting had a Mt Rushmore, The Beatles, Zep and Nirvana records on this list would be three out of the four icons. What would be the fourth? Tune in to VRT and hear Jane and I argue about it.

1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Stereo - $5,166.66

2. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,150.00

3. LP - Michele Auclair Schubert: "Complete Works For Violin And Piano" Erato STE 50136 - $2,551.99

4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 28/1000 Sub Pop - $2,225.00

5. 45 - Jackie Mitoo / Anthony Ellis "unknown" / "You Were Wrong" sky intr. blank pressing - $2025.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

We Were Ready To Go And Then Jane Lost Her Voice - New VRT Next Week Aug 24

So we have this great show planned digging deeper into history of Liverpool and Merseybeat and the great cauldron of music and strip clubs that gave birth to the Beatles - yes most of the clubs the Beatles played in the early days doubled as strip clubs.

But Jane has lost her voice, so we'll be here on Tuesday August 24th 8pm ET / 5pm PT with the show.

We have live tracks from The Liverbirds Star Club record released in Germany. These ladies were the only, or probably the only, all girl band to come out of Liverpool in the early sixties. Certainly the only all girl band from the time to release a record. What is a Liverbird? Tune in to find out.

Girls with guitars just do something wicked for me. Mayble I'll talk about once trying to roll around in Liz Phair's stage sweat.

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78's at the top two spots, as the resurgence of the 78 continues. A Vogue picture disc makes the #1. Robert Johnson, a frequent visitor to the list recently, makes the number two spot. And someone out there has unleashed some Vertigo prog rarities. One makes the list for the second week. This from a band called Ben, so obscure that neither Jane or I know this record. As the saying goes, "no one knows every record."

1. 78 - Art Kassel "Queen For A Day" / "End Of A Perfect Day" Vogue Picture Disc - $4,207.28

2. 78 - Robert Johnson "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" / "Terraplane Blues" Vocalion 03416 - $3,428.92

3. LP - Aphrodite's Child "666" Vertigo UK 1st Pressing - $2,634.03

4. 12" - Ardonus "Got To Take A Chance" / "Just Be My Lady" Lyon - $2,550.00

5. LP - Ben "self titled" Vertigo UK 1st Pressing - $2,415.83

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

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A Led Zeppelin Road Box tops the list this week, getting a good price even if the overall high is a little on the low side. Blue Note records from two different sellers get the next three spots, and a rare prog record on Vertigo closes this week's Top 5.

1. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,850.00

2. LP - Sonny Clark "Dial S For Sonny" Blue Note 1570 - $3,379.00

3. LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note 1568 - $3,150.00

4. LP - Sonny Clark "Sonny's Crib" Blue Note 1576 - $3,050.00

5. LP - Dr Z "Three Parts To My Soul" Vertigo - $2,924.81

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.

Today's Vinyl Record Talk 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

Norm and Jane host a new Vinyl Record Talk. Summer music and chatter is scheduled for today. We have Jersey Shore vs The Beatles in the news, and one the best Top 5's in months to talk about.

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The Top 5 is a Beatles sandwich with the UK Promo of the Love Me Do 45 at the top of the list and a Butcher Cover at the bottom. A rare punk 45 from Detroit band The Fix makes it to the middle of this week's list.

1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone UK Promo - $9,788.13

2. 78 - Robert Johnson "Come On In My Kitchen" / "They're Red Hot" Vocalion 03563 - $5,000.00

3. 45 - The Fix "Vengence" / "In This Town" - $4,250.00

4. 45 - Elvis Presley "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" Sun 209 - $4,000.00

5. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Second State Butcher Stereo - $3,800.00

More on this week's top 5 on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific on Radio Dentata.