This Record Store Day, Five Years Of The Top 5 - We Play The Rarest Of The Rare On This Week's Vinyl Record Talk Tuesday April 17th, 9pm ET / 6pm PT

eBay is the antithesis of everything Record Store Day is supposed to be about - supporting your local record dealer, getting out in the spring air, spending money on newly pressed special issues so record labels can live out their last few years with slight dignity.

And, it's only a coincidence that VRT started the Top Five as a weekly blog entry back in April of 2007.  But we don't see why we can't have the same right to exploitation any old record label has.

So for the past five years on Record Store Day, we've been publishing the top collectible record sales on eBay for each month of the past year.  And on this week's Vinyl Record Talk we're going to play some of the top rarities from the past five years.

In the news, we're going to explore the genius of Jack White and tell you why you should keep your eyes fixed on the skies.  And, unashamedly, we'll have the past week's Top 5 record sales on eBay.

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Audio For News and Auction Reports For Week Of April 19th 2009

This week we say Happy Record Store Day!, and announce new releases by Cub Country and Killswitch Engage. Auction report available too.

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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.

Audio Feature And News Reports For Week Of November 23rd 2008

Audio for this week's feature about John Lennon and the Devil, plus reports on Hank Williams, Paul McCartney, and the forthcoming Record Store Day.







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