Audio For News Reports For Week Of March 29th 2009

This week Dan Seals is remembered, Elvis Costello prepares his new CD, and Spandau Ballet reunites.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/28/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - The Beatles "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Parlophone UK Demonstration w/ Top Pop! sleeve - $6,667.59 - Start: $7.00 - Bids: 39

2. 45 - The Mark IV "Take This Love / "If You Can't Tell Me Something Good" Brite Lite - $4,150.00 - Start: $6.00 - Bids: 18

3. LP - Beatles "Yesterday And Today" 1st State Butcher Cover - $4,100.00 - Start: $4,100.00 - Bids: BIN

4. 45 - Sandi & Matues "The World, Part 1" / "The World, Part 2" Matues - $3,383.00 - Start: $19.99 - Bids: 30

5. LP - The Beatles "Abbey Road" Parlophone UK Export Press - $2,506.61 - Start: $7.00 - Bids: 44

The Beatles make the list three times this week, including getting the #1 spot with the radio station promo of "Love Me Do" breaking the $5k mark at over $6.6k. Next, a Northern Soul 45 from The Mark IV sells for halfway over $4.1k.

In the #3 spot, the last Butcher cover from a collector who has been unloading several of them the past couple weeks sells on a Buy-It-Now for exactly $4.1k.

The #4 spot goes to a rare Funk 45 from Sandi & Matues. This records bids well over $3.3k. And the Beatles also get the #5 spot, with a Parlophone export copy of "Abbey Road" selling for a little over $2.5k.

Audio For News Reports For Week Of March 22nd 2009, Auction Report available 03/24

This week Bob Dylan announces a new album, Pete Seeger will celebrate his 90th birthday, and Nirvana on vinyl.

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/21/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - U2 "All I Want Is You" / "Unchained Melody" Australian Puple Vinyl - $3,526.76 - Start: $0.01 - Bids: 27

2. 45 - The Vals "The Song Of A Lover" / "Compensation Check" Unique Lab - $3,525.00 - Start: $7,000 - Bids: Best Offer

3. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Butcher Cover 1st State - $3,275.00 - Start: $3,275.00 - Bids: BIN

4. 45 - Frankie Beverly "Because Of My Heart" / "I Want To Fee I'm Wanted" Fairmount - $3,164.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 42

5. LP - The Beatles "Yesterday And Today" Butcher Cover 1st State - $2,900.00 - Start: $3,900.00 - Bids: Best Offer

Selling for the first time since 2006, a purple vinyl 7in from U2 bids to a record price at over $3.5k. Next, one of five known copies of The Vals' Doo-Wop single from 1961 gets a best offer of one quarter past $3.5k.

One of two butcher covers making the top five this week lands in the #3 spot, selling on a Buy-It-Now for close to $3.3k.

A Northern Soul 45 from Frankie Beverly bids well over $3.1k for the #4 spot. And last, from the same seller as the #3 butcher cover, this one gets a best offer of $2.9k.

Audio For News Reports For Week Of March 15th 2009

This week Hank Locklin Remembered, Beatles Might Flee Apple, and Green Day To Release Entire Catalogue on Vinyl

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/14/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 45 - The Admirations "You Left Me" / "I Want To Be Free" Peaches - $4,350.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 29

2. 45 - The Kings "Don't Say You're Sorry" / "Kicking With My Stallion" Club - $2,938.88 - Start: $999.99 - Bids: 14

3. 45 - The Residents "Santa Dog" set Ralph - $2,241.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 27

4. 45 - Nirvana "Love Buzz" 670/1000 Sub Pop - $2,200.00 - Start: n/a - Bids: Best Offer

5. LP - Dexter Gordon "Blows Hot & Cool" Dootone Red Wax - $2,013.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 20

A Northern Soul 45 from The Admirations tops the list this week, bidding up halfway over $4.3k. A Doo-Wop 45 gets the #2 spot, this record from The Kings sells for over $2.9k.

The first Resident's singles get over $2.2k and the #3 spot. Next, the Nirvana Love Buzz 7" sells on a Best Offer for $2.2k.

And last, a red wax pressing of a Dexter Gordon LP bids up a little over $2k.

Audio For News Reports For Week Of March 1st 2009; UPDATE 03/10 Auction Report Now Uploaded

This week Get a Degree in Beatles, Jazz Great Ian Carr Remembered, and Neil Young Explores The New Physics:

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 03/07/2009

Top 5 List:

1. LP - Pavement "Terror Twilight" Domino TEST PRESS - $9999.99 - Start: n/a - Bids: Best Offer

2. LP - U2 "Under A Blood Red Sky" Red Vinyl Swedish Press - $5,600.00 - Start: $9.90 - Bids: 29

3. 45 - Kell Osbourne "A Law Against A Heartbreaker" / "Trouble Trouble Baby" Highland - $5,213.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 31

4. LP - Lee Morgan "Indeed" Blue Note 1538 Original - $2,425.00 - Start: $0.99 - Bids: 10

5. The Professionals "That's Why I Love You" / "Did My Baby Call" - $2,204.00 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 19

A test pressing of Pavement's last album tops the list this week, selling on a Best Offer for a penny less than $10k. In the #2 spot, a red vinyl "Under A Blood Red Sky" from Sweden sells for exactly $5.6k. These Swedish colored pressings are unofficial and typically resulted from record plant employees having fun.

Next, a Northern Soul 45 bids up over 5.2k. In the #4 spot, an original Blue Note LP from Lee Morgan sells for over $2.4k. And last, another Northern Soul 45 from The Professionals bids a little over $2.2k.

Audio For News Reports For Week Of March 1st 2009

This week Styx and REO plan Can't Stop Rockin' Tour, Unreleased Beatles track surfaces on You Tube, and Faith No More Tour Europe:

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Vinyl Records Top 5 eBay Sales Week Ending 02/28/2009

Top 5 List:

1. 78 - Ripley Cotton Choppers "Silver Bells" / "Blue Waltz" Sun - $5,201.00 - Start: $499.99 - Bids: 10

2. 45 - Natural Impulse "She Went Away" / "Time Is Right" Private Press - $2,346.21 - Start: $9.99 - Bids: 26

3. LP - Mick Stevens "No Savage Word" DeRoy - $2,209.29 - Start: $4.32 - Bids: 10

4. 45 - Eddie Cochran "Mean When I'm Mad" / "One Kiss" Liberty Pic Sleeve - $1,950.00 - Start: $1950.00 - Bids: 1

5. 45 - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators "Reverberation", "You're Gonna Miss Me" / "Fire Engine", "Tried To Hide" Rivera France - $1,810.19 - Start: $57.60

An Sun Records 78 from The Ripley Cotton Choppers gets the #1 spot this week, closing for one dollar over $5.2k. Next a private press funk 45 from Natural Impulse sells for over $2.3k. Folk legend Mick Stevens gets the #3 spot with his 1975 DeRoy LP, limited to 50 copies, which bids to over $2.2k.

An Eddie Cochran picture sleeve gets its asking price and the #4 spot at halfway over $1.9k. And last, a French EP from The Thirteenth Floor Elevators sells for a little over $1.8k.