Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/17/2012

A Charlie Patton 78 shows up on the list for the first time.  Bob Dylan's song "High Water" is dedicated to Charlie Patton.  Another Vogue picture record shows up on this week's list.  The Butlers' Northern Soul 45 shot up to a nice price, over $1k past it's last sale in 2008.  The Fix KBD 45 also shot up about $500 over its last sale in November of last year.

1. 78 - Charlie Patton "High Water Everywhere Part 1" / "High Water Everywhere Part 2" Paramount 12909 - $5,000.00

2. Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $4,500.00

3. 78 - Art Kasel "Queen For A Day" / "At The End Of A Perfect Day" Vogue Picture Record - $4,293.72

4. 45 - The Butlers With Frankie Beverly "Because Of My Heart" / "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" Rouser 1017 - $4,173.00

5. 45 - The Fix "Vengeance"/"In This Town" - $3,999.99

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Check Out Off The Charts - 70s 80s Under Top 40 Bubbling Under Radio

Off The Charts "Lost Hits and Chart WonderS" is an internet radio station that specializes in 70s and 80s also-ran hits, the not hits, the #41's and under and the bubbling under 100 45 RPM records, across the Pop, Rock and Soul charts.  All of it is taken straight from the original vinyl.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/10/2012

Oh god!  Almost five years now keeping this list and this is the first time anything like this has happened.  Four classical records, and one Vogue Picture Record - the only cool thing on this week's list.  I mean how the hell am I going to get through this on the show?

1. LP - Georges Enesco Bach Sonatas Continental - $6,399.99

2. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $5,445.00

3. 78 - Jack Heller "Rum And Coca Cola" / Glenn Miller "A Little Street In Singapore" Vogue Picture Record Prototype - $4,500.00

4. 10" - Annlies Schmidt / Colette Fanniere "Nuits Musicales" Villandry French Pressing - $3,250.00

5. 10" - Maurice Marechal & Cecile Ousset "Cello Recital" DMO - $3,239.89

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This Week's Vinyl Record Talk Tuesday March 13th, 9pm ET / 6pm PT

Elvis's mouth mold has sold and we'll have all the details.  Plus, movement on DNA testing for John Lennon's tooth, all in the news.

Music-wise, we just got 1400 45s in last Friday and we'll have a rare Northern from The Olympics that came from a box.  (You can get on our private mailing list by sending a request to vinylrecordtalk@gmail.com).   We'll also cover the Top 5 eBay sales for the last week.  And a big bold announcement - maybe - probably - if Norm stays up all night - if not then next week.

So please join us for this weeks VRT live on Radio Dentata and Blog TV.

Vinyl Record Talk Live Today At It's New Time 9pm ET / 6pm PT

We'll be live at our new time today at 9pm ET / 6pm PT with all the usual rare music and banter.  Plus this week, another Ozzy reunion in the news.  And, as usual, we'll count down the Top 5 record sales for last week on eBay.
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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/03/2012

Numbered editions make the list twice this week.  A low numbered white album topped the list, getting more than $1k over a #0000056 that sold in 2009.  A Nirvana "Love Buzz" single makes the list, this time going over the $2-$2.5k selling range that is very tight for this record.  It's a "red slash" single which means there is a red marker slash over where the number (1 to 1000) was normally hand written on the sleeve.  There are 30 of these "red slash" singles known to exist, and these unnumbered copies were given out a promos.


1. LP - The Beatles "White Album" Apple Mono UK Pressing #0000020 - $4,602.30

2. LP - Donald Byrd "Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill" Transition 17 - $2,926.54

3. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" Sub Pop Red Slash Promo - $2,800.00

4. 45 - The Limelights "Don't Leave Me Baby" / "You Don't Love Me Anymore" Uncle 1442 - $2,600.00

5. LP - John Heartsman and Circles "Music Of My Heart" Private Press - $2,402.77


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Elvis's Autopsy Tools and More on Vinyl Record Talk, Tuesday Feb 28, 2012 8pm PT / 5pm ET on Radio Dentata and Blog TV

On this week's Vinyl Record Talk we'll have an extended news feature, reporting on over forty years of Rock n Roll related auctions, and the Top 10 creepiest artifacts that've shown up for sale, like Elvis's autopsy tools shown here at the left.

We'll also play music from the artists who made this list, and we'll go over the Top 5 for the last two weeks.

So please join us for this special VRT live on Radio Dentata and Blog TV.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/25/2012

More psych making the list this week, with Leaf Hound, a favorite of the Top 5, and a private press treasure making the list. The funk 45 from Scorpio and his People sells this week for much less than its two previous appearances on the Top 5.

1. LP - Leonid Kogan Elisabeth Gilels "Sonatas For Two Violins by Leclair, Telemann, Ysaye" Columbia SAX 2531 UK Pressing - $3,989.90

2. 78 - Robert Johnson "Dust My Broom" / "Dead Shrimp Blues" Conqueror - $3,800.00

3. LP - Leaf Hound "Growers Of Mushroom" Decca UK First Pressing - $3,383.00

4. LP - Walkenhorst DePugh "self titled" Damon one sided promo - $2,999.00

5. 45 - Scorpio and His People "The Unforgiven" / "Theme From The Movietown Sound" International Hits - $2,970.00


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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/18/2012

Two 50's classical records are at the top of the list, and what's likely the most frequently sold original Blue Note record gets the #3 spot. A while label promo of The Velvel Underground's first record gets good price, and a Tollie stamper of the Beatles rounds out this week's list.

1. LP - Bach Grumiaux "6 Sonatas Violin" Philips Dutch Pressing - $5,386.00

2. LP - Johanna Martzy "Bach: The unaccompanied Violin Sonatas" Columbia Box set UK - $4,519.25

3. LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note 1568 - $3.670.00

4. LP - The Velvet Underground "The Velvet Underground and Nico" Verve White Label Promo - $3,600.00

5. 45 - The Beatles "Twist & Shout" Tollie Stamper - $3,499.00


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The Top 10 Creepiest Rock n Roll Artifacts Ever Bought And Sold - On Next Tuesday's Vinyl Record Talk 8pm ET / 5pm PT Live On Radio Dentata

Next Tuesdays Vinyl Record Talk will be all about the strangest objects ever traded for money that came out of Rock n Roll. Currently, a mold of Elvis Presley's teeth along with an unused crown is headed for the auction block in the United Kingdom.

We reported extensively on John Lennon's tooth which sold in November, and has come back in the news lately, as the dentist who purchased the tooth is offering photographic prints of the molar, and after some criticism of the original auction house's authentication process, is offering to have the tooth DNA tested.

But turns out this is just the latest weirdness in the world of Rock n Roll artifacts. We'll countdown the weirdest of the weird on next Tuesday's Vinyl Record Talk, broadcast live on Radio Dentata and Blog TV.

Here are a few examples of some strange sales from years past:

John and Yoko's marriage certificate sold at auciton in 1986

John Lennon's erotic lithographs sold at acution in 1984

Vinyl Record Talk Live Today, Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8pm ET / 5pm PT On Radio Dentata

Our guests today will be two artists from Seattle known as The Scrap Blasters. They create speaker and audio components our of found parts and house them in things like vacuum cleaner casings.

We also have more Rock God teeth in the news. Now instead of John Lennon, it's Elvis having his dental work auctioned.

Plus we'll have the usual mix of music and the Top 5. Catch VRT live on Radio Dentata and Blog TV.

Vinyl Record Talk Live Today, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8pm ET / 5pm PT On Radio Dentata

It's Norm's birthday today, and Jane will give him his present live on the air. Plus we have new news on John Lennon's tooth. We'll be playing lots of vinyl, some rare stuff and a few favorites.

Plus, as always, we review the Top 5 auction sales.

Full audio will be live on Radio Dentata.

Video and chat will be on Blog TV.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/11/2012

A pretty poor week price-wise, but some interesting records show up nonetheless. The #1 45 is the first 45 from the artist known a few years later as David Bowie. Two Northerns show up on the list, and the Wings picture disc is the promo only copy that was distributed in the UK.

1. 45 - Davie Jones & King Bees "Liza Jane"/ "Louie, Louie Go Home" Vocalion Pop UK Pressing - $2,835.36

2. 45 - Tommy Dent "Soul Thing" / "Miss Woman" Cobble Stone 706 - $2,716.00

3. LP - Donald Byrd Sextet "Jazz 5" Transition - $2,370.67

4. 45 - Vondells "Hey Girl You've Changed" / "Soldier Boy" Airtown 456 - $2,125.00

5. LP - Paul McCartney and Wings "Back To The Egg" Promotional Picture Disc UK Pressing - $1,943.10

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Vinyl Record Talk Live Today, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8pm ET / 5pm PT On Radio Dentata

Live again this week on Radio Dentata and you can see us on Blog TV. We'll be playing some Nornern Soul by Garnet Mimms, plus Ruth Brown on 45 RPM. We've got some Psych 45's too.

We've got the Top 5 plus more destruction of Beatle landmarks in Liverpool in the news.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/04/2012

An original Blue Note LP tops the list this week, with the rest of the entries covering just about every holy grail collecting genre, with Psych, Northern Soul, early Punk and more Jazz making the list.

1. LP - Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims "self-titled" Blue Note 1530 Original - $5,117.00

2. LP - Phantasia "self-titled" Damon 12918 - $4,005.29

3. 45 - Hamilton Movement "She's Gone" / "We're Gonna Party" Look-Out - $3,999.99

4. EP - The Thought Criminals "Hilton Bomer","I Won't Pay" / "Fun","O Bleak T.V." Doublethink - $3,432.96

5. LP - Georges Arvanitas Qunitet "Soul Jazz" Columbia 193 French Pressing - $3,205.55

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Vinyl Record Talk Live Tuesday Jan 31st 8pm PT / 5pm PT on Radio Dentata

We'll be back live on Radio Dentata this Tuesday, and we're also going to have video on BlogTV. So join us for an experimental broadcast as a couple of old farts try and grasp a new and strange world.

But we'll be bringing along the comfort of warm vinyl, with some private press Prog from the bowels of the 1970s, and some sweet soul 45s.

We'll have the Top 5 for the past few weeks, plus Rolling Stones urinals in the news.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 01/28/2012

The record that launched a million bands tops the list this week. It's said of the 1000 or so people who bought the first Velvet Underground record when it came out that every one of them went out and started a band. Well that is certainly true even up to today of just about everyone who bought a reissue. The copy that sold this week and topped the list actually came in a very low price, considering the seller described it as flawless. A near mint copy has sold for twice the price in better times. The vinyl market doesn't seem depressed as just all over the place. Some weeks prices break records, others, like this one, disappoint. The Combinations 45 is a killer Northern that has gone for $6k in the past.

The next three spots (including a tie for #3) are taken by German violin 78s, and a 60s private Psych LP out of Duluth MN finds it way onto the list.

1. LP - The Velvet Underground "The Velvet Underground And Nico" Verve Mono Banana Peel Cover - $3,144.37

2. 45 - The Combinations "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" / "The Goddess Of Love" Kimtone 1001 - $2,646.00

3. 78 - Professor Adolf Busch "Gavotte" / "Schero" Berlin DG 62470 - $2,500.00

3. 78 - Professor Adolf Busch "Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No.7" / "Tartini: Vartationen Uber Ein Thema Von Corelli" Berlin DG 65980

4. 78 - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals "Strut 1" / "Salty Dog" Paramount 12399 - $2,225.00

5. LP - The Sound Of The Reign "Reigned Out" Private Press - $2,000.00

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 01/21/2012

Probably the second most sought after Stones vinyl collectible (after the pulled "Street Fighting Man" 45 pic sleeve) this UK promotional record that made the #1 spot was sent by Decca to the music press and other VIPs in the UK in 1969. In hindsight its hard to imagine, but after the death of Brian Jones, the future of the Rolling Stones was uncertain in terms of continued popularity, and up until "Exile On Main Street" the financial viability of the band was in question. Decca obviously thought they needed a boost.

Several original Blue Note LPs show up this week, and the return of Northern Soul continues.

1. LP - The Rolling Stones "promotional album" Decca UK Promo 1969 - $5,640.12

2. 45 - Nabay "Believe It Or Not" / "Believe It Or Not instr" Impact 1032 - $3,005.00

3. LP - Lee Morgan "Candy" Blue Note 1590 - $2,111.00

4. LP - Kenny Burrell "self-titled" Blue Note 1543 (Warhol Cover) - $2,025.00

5. 10" - Rose Batiste & San Remo Strings "Hit & Run" / "They're For You?" Acetate - $2,024.00

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Vinyl Record Talk Live 8pm PT / 5pm PT on Radio Dentata

Join us today as we announce a new show coming to Radio Dentata.

Jane and I will talk about Bill See's performance with 3/4 of Divine Weeks that we went to see at Taix in Los Angeles last week.

Plus Norm will have a special commentary on the sad events that unfolded last week at Cult Radio A Go Go

That plus great music, the news and Top 5.

Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 01/14/2012

Two Northern Soul 45s made the list this week. And punk is making the list more and more. The "Chain Of Strength" 45 is from 1990 which makes it pretty late for a high dollar punk record.

1. LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note 1568 - $4,600.00

2. 45 - Jimmy Burns "I Really Love You" / "I Love You Girl" Erica - $3,107.57

3. 45 - Soul Powers "Soul Power Pt 1" / "Soul Power Pt 2" Scream - $2,649.00

4. 45 - Chain Of Strength "What Holds Us Apart" Test Pressing - $2,130.00

5. EP - Mayhem "Deathcrush" Posercorpse 001 880/1000 - $1,987.00

Vinyl Record Talk is Live on Radio Dentata on Tuesday, January 3rd 2012, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT at http://www.radiodentata.com/. Listen only at the website. Radio Dentata is no longer on Live 365 and streams from sites like Tune In have not yet been updated. The only place to hear Radio Dentata's unique programming is at RadioDentata.com