History Picking - Pink Floyd From A U-Haul Van 1971

Seems in 1971 Pink Floyd hated "Piper", thought their audience was stupid, and felt ripped off by doing the "More" soundtrack.

From an AP feature in The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina, April 11, 1971

History Picking - First Mention Of Pink Floyd in US Newspaper September 7, 1967

This is an AP story about "British Hippies" first picked up in three US newspapers on September 7, 1967 and was printed in several more papers over the following week.

This is from the Gettysburg Times.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 09/12/2009

1. 45 - Pink Floyd "See Emily Play" / "Scarecrow" Odeon Japan WLP Red Wax - $4,716.00

2. LP - Barney Wilen "Tilt" Swing France - $2,250.00

3. 45 - Gene Toones "What More Do You Want" / "How It Feels" Simco - $2,175.00

4. LP - Jimi Hendrix "Axis: Bold As Love" White Label Promo - $2,000.00

4. 45 - The Rolling Stones "Stoned" / "Wanna Be Your Man" London Canada - $2,000.00

5. 45 - Bob & Fred "I'll Be On My Way" / "I'll Be On My Way Instr" Big Mac - $1,947.00

Listen to our show Accidental Nostalgia NOW TUESDAYS at 4PM PT / 7PM ET for a complete rundown of the Top 5 with trivia and tidbits.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 07/25/2009

1. 45 - Brute Force "King Of Fuh" / "Nobody Knows" Apple 8 - $8,023.16

2. 78 - Dock Boggs "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" / "False Hearted Lover's Blues" The Lonesome Ace - $4,000.00
2. 78 - Dock Boggs "Lost Love Blues" / "Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There" The Lonesome Ace - $4,000.00

3. 45 - James Cotton "Cotton Crop Blues" / "Hold Me In Your Arms" Sun 206 - $3,050.00

4. 45 - Pink Floyd "Free Four" / "Absolutely Curtains" Odeon Japan Promo - $2,500.00

5. 7" - Elvis Presley "His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" RCA Victor Compact Single - $2,200.00

Happy Record Store Day - Top Monthly eBay Record Sales April 2008 - March 2009

Top Monthly Sellers:

April 2008 / LP - Bob Dylan "John Wesley Harding" Red Vinyl LP - $10,655.55

May 2008 / LP - David Bowie Hunky Dory Sampler Alternate Takes - $6,500.00

June 2008 / 12" - Kool D.J. A.J. "Ah, That's The Joint" - $3,742.46

July 2008 / 45 - The Savoys "Work It Out" / "I'd Rather Love You" Orlyn - $5,126.00

August 2008 / LP - Tool Aenima 2LP Promo Test Pressing - $7,500.00

September 2008 / 45 - Margaret Little "Love Finds A Way" / "I Need Some Loving" Genbro - $7,400.00

October 2008 / 45 - Junior McCants "Try Me For Your New Love" / "She Wrote It - I Read It" King 6106 WLP - $15,099.00

November 2008 / 45 - Lester Tipton "This Won't Change" / "Go On " La Beat 17867 - $5,999.99

December 2008 / 45 - The Beatles "White Album" Apple UK Pressing #0000005 - $30,000.00

January 2009 / LP - Pink Floyd "Meddle" EMI Columbia Blue Vinyl Pressing - $12,000.00

February 2009 / 78 - Ripley Cotton Choppers "Silver Bells" / "Blue Waltz" Sun - $5,201.00

March 2009 / LP - Pavement "Terror Twilight" Domino TEST PRESS - $9999.99

Last year it was White Album #0000006, this year it's White Album #0000005 that makes the #1 top album sale on eBay, selling for $9k more than its predecessor at $30k. The first four White Albums were reportedly given to the Beatles themselves. Save for an acetate of "Carnival Of Light" showing up, its hard to imagine any Beatles vinyl artifact fetching more than these two White Albums.

Also worthy of notice is the first Hip Hop record to show up on the weekly Top 5, Kool D.J. A.J.'s "Ah, That's The Joint" also topped the month of June. Tool and Pavement, two bands who came into existence post Reagan administration, give this years list a touch of youth.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 01/17/2009

1. LP - Pink Floyd "Meddle" EMI Columbia Blue Vinyl Pressing - $12,000.00 - Start: $1,500.00 - Bids: 48

2. LP - Michele Auclair "Sonates pour clavier et violin" Les Discophiles Francais - $5,500.00 - Start: $499.00 - Bids: 17

3. LP - Pink Floyd "self titled" Odeon Japan Promo - $4,300.00 - Start: $499.00 - Bids: 20

4. 45 - Elvis Presley "self titled" EP RCA SPD-23 - $4,250.00 - Start: $10.00 - Bids: 23

5. 45 - U2 "I Will Follow" / "Boy/Girl" CBS Ireland tan vinyl - $2,650.00 - Start: $0.01 - Bids: 17


2009 gets its first break of the $10k mark this week, with a rare blue vinyl "Meddle" selling for exactly $12k. The $10k mark was broken only three times last year, once by the #5 White Album, and twice by Northern Soul 45's.

In the #2 spot a French Bach LP set of Bach Sonatas bids up to $5.5k. Next, another Pink Floyd record makes the list, this one a Japanese promo which contained tracks from early Pink Floyd albums Saucerful Of Secrets through Atom Heart Mother, as well as a few singles and B-sides.

Elvis Presley's three EP set, simply titled "Elvis Presley" bids up halfway past $4.2k.

And last, a tan vinyl "I Will Follow" from U2 sells for halfway over $2.6k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/27/2008

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Ricard Marrero & The Group "A Taste" TSG - $4,196.85 - Start: $143.00 - Bids: 19

2. LP - Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon" Toshiba-EMI Japan alternate cover - $3,899.99 - Start: $3,899.99 - Bids: 1

3. LP - Leonid Kogan "Lalo Symphonie Espagnole" EMI-Columbia UK - $2,347.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 23

4. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" SEALED MONO - $2,010.00 - Start: $19.99 - Bids: 44

5. 45 - Buddy Cantrell "You Ain't No Good" / "Why Did You Leave Me" Tuska - $2,000.00 - Start: $500.00 - Bids: 8

This week a real oddball item tops the list, a jazz funk LP from Richard Marrero on the TSG label bids up to almost $4.2k. This is the second record from the TSG label to appear this year. Now after more than twenty years as a collector and almost a decade behind me as a dealer, I know some history of most of the top 5 items. But the TSG label is a mystery to me. The only information I could find was here. It appears to have been a kind of bootleggy tax scammy steal the master tapes kind of operation from the 1970s. If anyone knows more history please send a comment.

In the #2 spot a DSOTM from EMI Japan gets its asking price at a penny less than $3.9k. This record, with alternate cover art, was to have been made available only through mail-order, but was pulled by the label over internal conflicts about the cover art.

A classical LP of performances by Leonid Kogan, out of the UK, sells for more than $2.3k and gets the #3 spot. Next, a sealed mono Yesterday and Today #4 sells for $2k without revealing if its a paste-over butcher cover.

And last, a Buddy Cantrell 45 on the Tuska label bids to exactly $2k.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 12/06/2008

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - David Bowie "The Prettiest Star" Japan 45 RPM EP - $5,100.00 Start: $3,899.99 Bids: 6

2. LP - Pink Floyd "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" Odeon Japan Red Vinyl - $4,828.00 Start: $3,999.00 Bids: 4

3. LP - Walter Strerath "Trio - Quartet - Quntet" Jazz Groove - $3,506.00 Start: $9.00 Bids: 20

4. 45 - Tamala Lewis "You Won't Say Nothing" / "If You Can Stand Me" Marton - $3,230.00 Start: $899.99 Bids: 22

5. LP - Elvis Presley "Aloha" Chicken Of The Sea Promo - $2,375.01 Start: $1,500 Bids: 14


Rock gods stomp all over the list this week, with a David Bowie 45 from Japan selling for $5.1k.
A first press of the first Pink Floyd LP on red vinyl, also out of Japan, bids up over $4.8k

In the #3 spot, a rare Jazz LP from Walter Strerath closes a little over $3.5k. A Northern Soul 45 from Tamala Lewis gets more than $3.2k.

And last, the Chicken Of The Sea promo Aloha record given to employees of the company sells for close to $2.4k.