Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/25/2010

A test pressing of the Led Zeppelin "Road Box" gets twice the price of one of the regular releases (there were only five released test pressings) and the #1 spot. Also, a bootleg makes the list for only the second time ever, with a Neil Young recording from the early 70s.

1. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” Test Pressing - $6,100.00

2. LP - Rising Storm "Calm Before . . . " Remnant - $4,154.00

3. 45 - The Admirations "I Want To Be Free" / "You Left Me" Peaches - $3,664.00

4. LP - New Young "I'm Glad Y'all Came Down" Bootleg - $3,250.00

5. 10" - Lazare Levy "Mozart Piano Sonatas" Ducretet - $3,161.98

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 Sept 21st 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

This week Jane and Norm compare the known and unknown from Joe Cocker, CCR and Melanie. We play a track you know and one you probably don't.

We get more into Mad Men and ask what you think of lesbian face licking at work -- check out the poll on our Radio Dentata show page.

Plus, what wasn't reported about Mark David Chapman's parole hearing and as always, the Top 5 vinyl record sales on eBay.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/18/2010

Mostly the gods of record collecting this week with two Beatles "Please Please Me" LPs and a Led Zeppelin Road Box on the list this week.

1. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Mono - $3,988.23

2. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $3,500.00

3. LP - The Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone UK Gold Black label 1st Mono - $2,501.44

4. LP - Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan Blue Note 1540 - $2,382.00

5. Georges Arvanitas "Soul Jazz" Columbia French Pressing - $2,080.55

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

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/11/2010

Jack White's personally designed 7" test pressing with sleeve and inserts from Third Man Record Store's opening night tops the list, in what's the youngest record to make the top, having been given away at the invitation only opening a little over a year ago. Three soul records make the list, the most in many weeks, and another pre-war blues 78 appears as well.

1. 45 - Dead Weather "Hang You From The Heavens" / "Are Friend Electric?" Test Pressing "Opening Night" $3,901.11

2. 45 - Scorpio and His People "The Unforgiven" / "Theme From The Movietown Sound" International Hits - $3,827.77

3. 78 - Henry Brown and Ike Rodgers "Blues Stomp" / "Blind Boy Blues" Paramount - $2,500.00

4. 45 - Psychodelic Frankie "Putting You Out Of My Life" / "Donna" Hi Speed - $2,247.00

5. LP - People's Pleasure with Alive And Well "Do You Hear Me Talking To You?" Brownstone - $2,051.00

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 Sept 7th 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

Edwin Starr, Dusty Springfield and The Kinks are just a few treasures that we pull out this week as we go deeper into the mess of records we've created by doing a detailed inventory of our store.

Looks like Mad Men discussions are now a regular part of the program. Go to the show page on Radio Dentata to answer this week's poll: Jane asks, under what circumstances would you sleep with a man who reeked of booze, cigarettes and vomit.

Plus, John Lennon's john is in the news and private press LP's on the Top 5.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/05/2010

Two private press LP's top the list this week, one from the early 70s beats one from 1985 by $100.00. An Odeon labeled copy of "Yellow Submarine" sells for almost $5k, but that's half what it sold for sometime around 2003. The Odeon label continued to be used on Apple records pressed in the UK but intended for distribution in Commonwealth countries. We'll have more on the Madrigal and Mark Everett LP's and what they are and where they come from VRT this Tuesday.

1. LP - Madrigal "self-titled" private press - $5,100.00

2. LP - Mark Everett "Bad Dude In Love" - $5,000.00

3. LP - The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" Odeon (for export) - $4,863.29

4. 78 - Blind Willie McTell "Warm It Up To Me" / "Runnin' Me Crazy" Vocalion - $4,000.00

5. LP - Nirvana "Never Mind" Czech Picture Disc EP Sample - $3,250.00

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