jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (jeffreys) (03/24/85)
some people :-) ) list of most valuable records. I hereby thank all of you who participated, and am pleased that the replies were (as I had asked) by mail, and not posted to the net. The point of the original posting was to ask if people had a valuable record which had a known dollar value. The replies turned out to be more of a "I have a valuable record, but these are rare records as well" kind of list. Entering into the spirit of the thing, I have decided to include these as well, along with the comments that were made about some of them. I will admit that coming from England, there are many bands in this list that I have not heard of, and I expect that if some of these records are so *rare* that not many of you will have heard of them either!!!!!! I will do my best to split this list into two parts, part one consisting of records which have some dollar value, and the other part will contain a list of *rare* records MOST VALUABLE RECORD -------------------- Title Artist $=>20 Owner Comments ----- ------ ----- ----- -------- Yesterday & Today Beatles 100-200 Eli Messinger butcher cover ????? Gypsy (2LP) 125 Rich Kulawiec Faust Faust 50 Paul Tanenbaum Faust Faust 50 Me :-) started poll!! A Curious Feeling Tony Banks 20 John Johnson import Masterpeices Sky 20 John Johnson German import ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now here is the list of other *valuable* or *rare* records which appear more or less as they reached me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Rich Kulawiec > Take your pick...all of these are fairly hard to find; probably > the most valuable is the Gypsy double album, which I've seen advertised > (in a St. Louis Rock paper) for $125. > > There are a lot of other bands whose albums almost qualify--but > not quite...for instance, Jade Warrior, Trapeze, Siegal-Schwall... > > Albatross --- > Batdorf and Rodney --- > Blackfoot, J.D. The Song of Crazy Horse > Blackfoot, J.D. The Ultimate Prophecy > Brockett, Jaime Remember the Wind and the Rain > Dust --- > Dust Hard Attack > Flock --- > Flock Dinosaur Swamps > Gypsy --- > Magma Ihedits > Magma Udu Wudu > Mason Proffit Two Hangman > Mom's Apple Pie --- > Silverstein, Shel Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball > String Driven Thing --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Paul Tanenbaum > I own their first album "Faust" and (one would presume their fourth) > "Faust IV". They're both great, and I think they're both domestic. > +++paul > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From John Johnston > The most valuable records I own are not exclusively valuable in monetary > terms, but I'll list them anyway : > > RECORD TITLE ARTIST VALUE > ************----------------******---------------*****---------------- > > A Curious Feeling Tony Banks Very rare pressing, > about $ 15 - 20 imported > > Masterpieces SKY German rarity, $20 import > > Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis Would save this one if the > house caught fire. > > Vapor Drawings Mark Isham Windham Hill press, $12 > > Group 87 Group 87 1980 treasure, only cost $1 > > Spot The Pigeon Genesis Rare import EP; 3 of the > best and most enjoyable > songs on vinyl. > > There you have it ! Post results on the net.....can't wait to see > other choices !!!! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Dave Axler > Richard, > Trying to decide which of my records is the most valuable is a tough > job. I was a disk jockey during the '68-'76 period, I worked with three mobile discos in England, over a nine (beat you by one!) year period '70-'79. ( sorry Dave, could not resist that :-) --rj-- ) > and this led me to purchase a lot of items which are now > (a) out of print, > (b) obscure/unknown, > (c) valuable or > (d) all of the above. > > I've never taken the time to have the collection (around 1200 albums total) > appraised, so I don't know what the hot items are, though there are a few > which I'm sure are desirable platters, like . . . > > The three-album set issued in '69 (?) as a spinoff of the Glastonbury Fayre > rock festival in England, still in its original plastic bag with all the > little accessories (build-it-yourself pyramid stage, etc.). An incredible > collection of material, incl. a side of "Dark Star" from the Wembley Pool > concerts that the Dead didn't put on the tour album, 35 minutes of live > Gong, live material from Edgar Broughton, the Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, and > assorted others of the period plus donated studio cuts from the likes of > Bowie and Townshend. {Now that I think about it, the date on this one is > probably '71 or '72, since that's when the Dead's tour album came out...} > > An original copy of It's a Beautiful Day's first album. > > First (and, often, only) pressings of initial albums by groups that are > totally unknown today. For instance, that of The Mandrake Memorial, a fine > mid-sixties keyboard/synth band best remembered as the home of Craig > Anderton, who's now known as an expert writer on musical electronics. > > Or the only album ever issued by the Edison Electric Band, another Philly > local group. After this band broke up, Dave Mason got the keyboard player, > Bonnie Raitt got the bass player, the guitarist went on tour w/Sly & the > Family, and the drummer went somewhere else... > > Then, there's singles. There are singles in my collection that I'm > certain are collector's items. Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth doing "Down So > Low," for example, or the "Tubular Bells" single that Oldfield made when > 'The Exorcist' finally made his music popular. > > I could go on, but what would be the point? Owning valuable albums, like > owning almost anything else that isn't worthless, is more of a pain than a > pleasure. It's too easy to get sucked into the trap of collectorship, where > you claim to love the music but won't play the album lest it get worn. And, > more often than not, owning a valuable album simply means that you happened > to make a tasteful but unpopular purchase when the album wasn't valuable -- > that's not something worth being proud of, to my mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Eli Messinger > The idea of "value" has so many interpretations... as far as a > "book" value goes (i.e. some guide like Osborne's book), I'd > guess that the first mentioned LP below (butcher cover Beatles' > ``Yesterday and Today'') is the most "valuable." In the condi- > tion it's in I'd say it's worth somewhere around $100-$200. > Depends where (geographically) you sell it. > > I thought I'd also send you a laundry list of some of the collec- > tible discs in my collection. Valuable to those who want them-- > due to their rarity in most cases--but not necessarily in high > enough demand to garner "top dollar." > > Hope you get some other responses... ...ucbvax!ucbingres!ebm > > ... Albums ... > > beatles yesterday & today (butcher) > big star radio city > #1 record > buckinghams kind of a drag > close, del and john brent how to speak hip > costello, elvis interview w/tom snyder (promo only) > electric prunes underground (2nd album) > fire escape psychotic reaction > frost, max & the troopers shape of things to come > human beinz evolutions (2nd album) > jam bbc collecge concert series (unreleased) > leaves all the good that's happening (2nd album) > left banke too (2nd album) > mad magazine musically mad > monkees headquarters ["bearded monkees" cover] > napolean xiv they're coming to take me away ha-haaa! > nightcrawlers the little black egg (original release) > nordine, ken sounds in space (rca stereo demo record) > word jazz > son of word jazz > colors > stare with your ears > how are things in you town? > outsiders time won't let me [mono & stereo] > in [mono & stereo] > happening 'live!' > paulson, pat pat paulson for president > shadows of knight gloria > back door men > shadows of knight > sneakers in the red (chris stamey + mitch easter) > standells "live" and out of sight > the hot ones > why pick on me > syndicate of sound little girl > tower of power east bay grease > wailers out of our tree > xtc bbc college concert series (unreleased) > > > ... Singles ... > > backus, jim i need a vacation > banana splits doin the babnana split (ep) > the tra-la-la song (ep) > beatles love me do/p.s. i love you (tollie label) > twist and shout/there's a place (tollie label) > big star don't lie to me/watch the sunrise > o, my soul > epps, preston bongo rock/bongo party > erickson, roky bermuda/the intepreter > greene, lorne bonanza/ringo > hefti, neil gotham city municipal swing band/turkish delight > jam the butterfly collector/strange town (yellow wax) > kinks father christmas/prince of the punks > lennon, john kya 1969 peace talks > little roger gilligans island (stairway)/the wet look > lowe, nick tartan horde/disco bros. (ep) > nerves hanging on the telephone; when you find out > /give me some time; working too hard > shadows of knight oh yeah/light bulb blues > gloria/darkside [dunwich dx-116 & 45-116] > willie jean/the behemoth > i'm gonna make you mine/i'll make you sorry [wlp] > taurus/my fire department needs a fireman > shake/from way out to way under > > > ... Soundtracks ... > > how to stuff a wild bikini > mad show > riot on sunset strip > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So there you have it, the summary of valuable / rare records. Has that jogged your memeory ? Sorry it was so long, but if you've reached this bit without giving up, a special THANKS to you, it only goes to prove that doing this was not a waste of time. Regards, -- [ You called all the way from America - Joan Armatrading ] [ You're never alone with a rubber duck - Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || From the keys of Richard Jeffreys ( British Citizen Overseas ) || || employed by North American Philips Corporation || || @ AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Illinois || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ || General disclaimer about anything and everything that I may have typed || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------