AUCTION UPDATE: Unusual vinyl, CDs, tapes, etc.
timothy m klein
Here are the bids so far. The auction ends on 20 February.
If you've never bid in a net auction before...don't be shy! If you
send me a bid, and then someone outbids you, I'll send you email to
give you a chance to bid again.
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Hi! Welcome to my latest net auction! I'm not a professional dealer, just
an avid collector. There's lots of unusual vinyl, CDs, cassettes, etc. in
this list, with music from every decade since the 1930s. So please page
down and see what I've got, then come back up here and read the Terms section
if you find something you want...
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TERMS
CONDITION: All vinyl listed here is near-mint, unless otherwise noted.
By "near-mint", I mean very close to being like new. (New records sometimes
have a tiny bit of surface noise in a spot or two.) I've determined this
by playing the records all the way through, not just by looking at them.
But in general, I haven't indicated the condition of album covers and
inner sleeves unless they're unusually good or bad. If you care about cover
wear, cutouts, promo stamps, or other characteristics besides the sound
quality of the record itself, I will gladly provide more detail upon request.
In general, assume that the cover is in very good condition, but not near-mint.
"played once" means I am the original owner, and I played it exactly once.
"shrink wrap" means it's still in shrink wrap, but it is not still sealed.
Except as noted, the CDs are scratch-free and all original inserts are
included.
BIDDING: Whole U.S. dollar amounts. Minimum increment $1.00. Please bid
on items individually -- no group bids or conditional bids.
I'll post a few updates to rec.music.marketplace, so if you want
to bid anonymously for some reason, please give me an alias.
I will respond individually to your bid and send you email if
someone outbids you later, so there's no need to monitor the
newsgroup for my updates.
PAYMENT: Check or money order in U.S. dollars.
POSTAGE: $1.50 for a single CD, cassette, or 7" single. Otherwise $3.00 total
(in the USA), no matter how many items you win. If you're outside
the USA, we'll arrange postage individually depending on whether
you want air mail or surface mail.
AUCTION ENDS on February 20 at 3pm Eastern Time (that's New York City time).
But any item that is still receiving bids won't be closed until
24 hours have passed without a new bid. I'll email updates to
all bidders, and also post a few updates to rec.music.marketplace.
Tim Klein Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. kl...@cis.ohio-state.edu
tkl...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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COMPACT DISCS
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Carlos, Wendy Beauty in the Beast out of print Audion Records
No insert or back page, just the CD in a plain jewel box, but I'll
put in a plain white back-and-spine page if you want one. Track #6
("Yusae-Aisae", the shortest one on the album) has a skip. Total
time 57:50, so I think this has track(s) not on the vinyl version.
MIN. BID: $7
Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn
This is the version released on the Passport label in 1988,
with the cover art on the CD as well as the booklet. It was
mastered from a vinyl record, so the sound isn't spectacular,
and there are even a few crackles. But it still sounds better
than the more common cheapo version with blurry cover art
published by some other company.
MIN. BID: $9
Double Blue out of print
Includes "Captain of Her Heart".
MIN. BID: $9
Dream Academy same out of print
Their first album, with "Life in a Northern Town".
Co-produced by David Gilmour.
MIN. BID: $12
$20 Ronald....@Dartmouth.EDU (Ronald Girardin)
Dream Academy Remembrance Days out of print, I think
With "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime".
MIN. BID: $9
Firesign Theatre Eat or Be Eaten W. Germany import 1985
A romp through an imaginary nightmarish computer "adventure"
game. But how many of FT's fans had even played an adventure
game in 1985? And how many of the youngsters who DID play
with computers in 1985 had ever heard of Firesign Theatre?
I'll bet this album didn't sell a whole lot of copies!
MIN. BID: $15
His Name is Alive In Every Ford (no booklet but maybe there wasn't one)
Promo-only compilation of 5 tracks from _Mouth By Mouth_, but
each track fades out instead of running right into the next.
MIN. BID: $7
King's X Building Blox
Promo-only compilation of 14 tracks from 5 albums, plus a
previously unreleased acoustic version of "Shot of Love".
MIN. BID: $12
$12 CURTI...@delphi.com (Curtis J. Hepworth)
Men Without Hats Pop Goes the World still sealed in plastic
long-box-sized blister pack
Great album! Listening to it always elevates my mood.
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull guests on flute.
Out of print in all formats.
MIN. BID: $14
$15 fli...@morpheus.cis.yale.edu
Not Drowning, Waving Follow the Geography 1993
Promo-only compilation of selections from six of their albums
(the most recent being _Claim_). 15 tracks, one of which is
the "Micronesian mix" of "Palau", different from the version
on _Claim_. Liner notes tell about the band and the tracks.
MIN. BID: $14
Scott, Raymond The Raymond Scott Project, Volume One: Powerhouse
I think this is out of print. Stash Records released this
a year before Columbia released their own collection of Scott's
1930s novelty-jazz recordings. Columbia's disc contains the
"official" releases, while this one has rehearsal takes and
live radio broadcast versions of many of the same tracks.
But this one also contains several tracks that aren't on the
Columbia collection at all. The sound quality is pretty noisy
on this disc -- I guess they didn't use all the fancy noise
reduction processes that Columbia used. (Magnetic tape hadn't
even been invented when these recordings were made!)
Several pages of liner notes and photos.
MIN. BID: $12
Vangelis Ignacio W. Germany import 1977
Actually, he used his full name on this release:
Vangelis Papathanassiou. Consists of one 39-minute track.
Back cover says "Bande Sonore Originale du Film
_Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?_"
MIN. BID: $10
Various Artists How Our World Floats: Elektra Sampler 1991
Promo-only compilation with non-album tracks by the Pixies,
Inspiral Carpets, They Might Be Giants, and Ambitious Lovers.
(Also Dee-Lite and Beautiful South, but both are unplayably
scratched.) In a broken-toothed DigiPak, but I'll give you
an empty jewel box with a blank back-page-and-spine insert if
you want one.
MIN. BID: $5
$6 ro...@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Ron Chrisley)
$7 she...@physics.utoronto.ca
Various Artists Medium Rare 1993
"A collection of rarities and non-album tracks in celebration
of Rykodisc's 10th Anniversary", promo-only. Live tracks by
Sugar, Hendrix, R.Thompson, J.Cale, Oyster Band, John & Mary,
NRBQ. Demos & remixes by C.Bell, N.Lofgren, M.Willson-Piper,
David Bowie & 808 State, Mouth Music. And a fairly strange
spoken-word track by one John Trudell in which a Native
American addresses the Christian God. Bizarre art on the
booklet, CD, and jewel box tray.
MIN. BID: $9
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VINYL
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Condition: (See also the notes at the top of this file.)
All vinyl plays in near-mint condition except as noted.
"Scratchy" means the vinyl has been scratched, causing a "pop" sound
once per revolution.
"Crackle" is like the sound of bacon frying (but not quite so loud!).
Album cover condition usually is not noted, unless it is particularly
good or bad. Feel free to ask for more information about any item.
Allman Bros. Historia de la Musica Rock (best of) Spain import
MIN. BID: $3
Ambrosia Somewhere I've Never Travelled 1976
Cover folds out into a pyramid. Clipped corner, not
affecting the pyramid. A couple isolated scratches on side 1.
MIN. BID: $3
Art of Noise Moments in Love (8:00), Moments in Love (4:40),
Beat Box (3:51), Love Beat (5:41) 12" single, 45rpm
I think "Love Beat" is a non-album track. "Beat Box" seems
to be a shortened version of "Beat Box (Diversion One)" which
appears on their _Best of_ CD. The artist name is actually
shown as "Trevor Horn, Paul Morley, with the Art of Noise".
MIN. BID: $3
Atkins, Chet Teen Scene
Pickwick/Camden re-release of his 1975 album.
Looks scratched but plays almost like new.
MIN. BID: $3
B-52's Bombs Away 2 LPs U.K. import
A low-fidelity amateur audience recording, but there's a DJ's
voice-over at the end, so I guess it was on the radio at some
point. No date, but the show seems to have been in Los Angeles
early in their career, with a small but enthusiastic audience.
Two LPs, slightly crackly in places. The cover's worn, and
splitting because it's a single-LP-size cover.
MIN. BID: $9
Bachman, Randy (see Ironhorse)
Back Street The Band Plays On U.K. import cutout
Crawler with Paul Kossoff
MIN. BID: $3
Ballard, Russ The Fire Still Burns promo stamp 1985
MIN. BID: $3
Bell, Benny "Shaving Cream" b/w "The Girl From Chicago"
A scratchy 7" single (45rpm) of this favorite of Dr. Demento.
Labels worn. The A-side song is from 1946, but this says copy-
right 1975. The B-side song uses a similar humorous gimmick.
MIN. BID: $1
$1 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits quadraphonic version
The vinyl's pretty scratchy, but the cover and inner sleeve
are excellent. Both sides of the inner sleeve have text and
pictures telling how quadraphonic works, plus pix of quad
hi-fi equipment and a list of other quad releases.
MIN. BID: $2
Borge, Victor A Victor Borge Program Columbia Records Set C-111
Four heavy 10-inch 78rpm records, one of which has a chunk
missing(!), packed in an inch-thick album which is worn and a
bit torn. No copyright date, but someone wrote his name on
the inside cover in 1948. Included are "Phonetic Punctuation"
(two sides), "All the Things You Are", "A Mozart Opera by
Borge", "Grieg Rhapsody", "Brahms Lullaby", "A Lesson in
Composition" (one broken side), and "The Blue Serenade" (the
other broken side). I can't play 78 records, so I don't know
what condition they're in. Liner notes about Borge, and a
list (with prices) of many other releases in the C series.
MIN. BID: $4
$4 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Breathless Nobody Leaves this Song Alive 1980
Contains "(You Ought to Be in the) Videos", which is the only song
I know of that is about music videos but was released before MTV
existed. (The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" is about TV
in general displacing old-time radio, not about music videos.)
The vinyl has a few crackly places, but "Videos" is clean.
Bizarre cover art.
MIN. BID: $4
Carlos, Walter Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange vinyl crackly, cover fair
This is not the movie soundtrack. It contains many of
the same tracks, but it also includes two EXCELLENT Carlos
compositions with total time 11:43 that aren't available
anywhere else. Why, oh why, won't they release this on CD??
MIN. BID: $2
$2 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Carsickness Sharpen Up For Duty 1982
Eclectic rock band on a Pennsylvania indie label. Their
songs range from mainstream to bizarre, and besides the usual
rock instruments, they play mellotron, farfisa, violin, and
"voodoo wall". The vinyl has a few clicks and pops.
MIN. BID: $4
Cosby, Bill see Electric Company, below
Crazy Joe and the "Eugene" (stereo) b/w "Eugene" (mono) 1980
Variable Speed Band written & produced by Joe Renda and Ace Frehley
7" promo single, 45rpm
MIN. BID: $1
Cricket & other friends cover worn, mostly at spine
A well-done record of poems, stories, and music to accompany
the children's magazine _Cricket_. T.S. Eliot reads his
"Song of the Jellicles", Burl Ives sings, Sam Levenson does
a hilarious childhood reminiscence, Arnold Lobel reads a
Frog & Toad story, etc. One side slightly crackly.
MIN. BID: $4
Dali, Salvador see Jackie Gleason, below
Denjean, Claude Open Circuit promo copy cutout gatefold 1973
1970s early-synthesizer record. One original composition;
the rest are covers of pop songs (including Leon Russell's
"Tight Rope"!). Liner notes. Slightly crackly in places.
MIN. BID: $3
Denny, Martin A Taste of Honey stereo
Somewhat crackly in places. Cover splitting.
MIN. BID: $2
$2 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Denny, Martin Best of mono
Somewhat crackly in places. With a big photo of Denny and
his merry band playing exotic instruments.
MIN. BID: $2
$2 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Deodato Prelude gatefold 1972
With his excellent 9-minute jazz/funk version of "Also Sprach
Zarathustra" (the _2001_ theme music), with a bass solo by
Stanley Clarke. (Rent the movie _Being There_ to hear an
excerpt of it.) Billy Cobham plays drums on all tracks.
MIN. BID: $4
Devo Be Stiff cover water-stained U.K. import 1978
MIN. BID: $4
Electric Company, The soundtrack cover worn around edges
If you were 6 years old in 1972 in the USA, this TV show
soundtrack will bring back a few memories! Some of the
vinyl is badly scratched, but these songs are mostly clean:
"Silent e" by Tom Lehrer, "Easy Reader" by Morgan Freeman,
"Old Double e" by Bill Cosby, "Punctuation" by Victor Borge.
Cosby, Freeman, and Rita Moreno are on other tracks too, and
Mel Brooks does a couple of cameos. Also included is
"The Clam Song", which always had me in hysterics as a kid!
MIN. BID: $3
Eliot, T.S. see Cricket, above
Emerald Web Catspaw cutout Audion Records 1986
writing on back cover
MIN. BID: $4
Family Fearless 1971
With John Wetton. Gimmicked gatefold. Cover kind of worn.
Slightly crackly between songs. Contains the extremely
catchy song "Larf and Sing".
MIN. BID: $3
Farr, Gary, & the T-Bones (see entry for Soft Machine)
Fawlty Towers U.K. import
Two complete episodes of the British TV show: "Mrs. Richards"
and "Hotel Inspectors". Starring John Cleese of Monty Python.
Photo of whole cast on cover.
MIN. BID: $5
$6 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Fireballet Night on Bald Mountain 1975 cover near mint
Generally considered to be the better of their two prog
albums. "This recording was mixed in the Sansui QS Stereo-Quad
compatible format. It will provide excellent stereo results
and when played through a QS decoder, will provide true
four-channel sound."
MIN. BID: $5
Flash and the Pan same cover near-mint
with "Hey St. Peter", "Walking in the Rain"
MIN. BID: $4
Flock of Seagulls "Talking (remix)" b/w 12" single
"Talking (instrumental)", "Factory Music"
I think all three of these are non-album tracks.
Produced by Bill Nelson. Cocteau Records.
MIN. BID: $4
Flock of Seagulls "I Ran" b/w "Messages", "Pick Me Up" 12" single
I think "Pick Me Up" is a non-album track.
MIN. BID: $3
FM Black Noise
Outstanding prog album!
MIN. BID: $4
FM City of Fear gatefold cutout still sealed
MIN. BID: $4
Focus "Harem Scarem" (stereo) b/w "Harem Scarem" (mono)
7" 45 rpm promo single. Both sides slightly scratchy.
Slight wear on labels on both sides.
MIN. BID: $1
Foghat "Stone Blue" 12" single 33rpm blue vinyl
See-thru blue vinyl promo single, with the edited radio version
and the superior 5:36 album version. Plain white cover in
shrink wrap, but not sealed.
MIN. BID: $4
Forbert, Steve The Oil Song 33rpm one-sided 7" promo single 1979
MIN. BID: $3
Frehley, Ace see Crazy Joe & the Variable Speed Band
Fugs same ESP Records 1966
Side 1 moderately scratchy throughout.
Side 2 (the good side) is somewhat better. Cover fair.
MIN. BID: $2
Fugs, The It Crawled into My Hand, Honest gatefold
Among other weirdities, contains a psychedelic parody, a
country song about the death of an Egyptian pharaoh, a cantata
about marijuana, and a gospel-type song called "River of Shit".
(OK, I lied, that's not the title, but it's the chorus.)
Pretty crackly, but clean copies cost big bucks. Cover fair.
MIN. BID: $3
Gamma Gamma 2 Ronnie Montrose's band
MIN. BID: $4
Gamma Gamma 3 Ronnie Montrose's band
MIN. BID: $4
Gazebo "I Like Chopin" b/w instrumental version pic sleeve
45 rpm 7-inch single on the Carrere label. Italian import
MIN. BID: $3
Genesis Historia de la Musica Rock Spain import
Re-release of their first album, with a different cover.
Concert photo showing a vocalist (Peter Gabriel, I guess)
floating above the stage on a wire as he sings.
MIN. BID: $4
Gershwin, George Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, etc. Quadraphonic
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, 1974.
Somewhat scratchy.
MIN. BID: $2
Glass Prism Poe Through the Glass Prism cutout played once 1969
Edgar Allan Poe poems used as lyrics. in shrink wrap
MIN. BID: $7
Gleason, Jackie Lonesome Echo 1955, I think
TV star Jackie Gleason conducts an unusual orchestra in
(his own?) arrangements of chestnuts like "Deep Purple",
"Mad About the Boy", "The Thrill is Gone", etc. Prominent
instruments include mandolin, bass mandolin (domras), and
marimba. "The featured solo instrument throughout is the rare
oboe d'amour, whose melancholy tone is hauntingly displayed in
each of these favorite selections." But for me, the most
interesting thing is the Salvador Dali cover art, commissioned
just for this record. The back cover shows Dali and Gleason
shaking hands, and has a paragraph by Dali interpreting his
painting. Cover very slightly worn, mostly on back.
Vinyl slightly crackly.
MIN. BID: $6
$7 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Hansson, Bo Music Inspired by Watership Down 1977 UK import
Mild-mannered instrumental prog. Abrasion on front cover, but
the cool photography is all pristine, inside and out.
Slightly crackly in places.
MIN. BID: $4
Harrington, Bob two separate albums on his own recording label:
Ten Reasons Why Madalyn Murray O'Hair Must Be Stopped
Bob Harrington ("The Chaplain of Bourbon Street") fits every
stereotype of the annoying evangelist. The cover shows him
with his plastic-perfect hair, white suit, gold medallion,
and rhinestone boots, clutching a Bible as he confronts the
screaming, cowering O'Hair. Elsewhere on the cover is a
skull-and-crossbones, but with O'Hair's head in place of the
skull! This is a recording of a sermon in which, through
amazing feats of twisted logic, he "proves" not only that
O'Hair (an outspoken atheist) is our country's greatest threat
but also that she's a "demon-directed damsel", and besides,
she cusses a lot. But Bob can defeat her and her evil minions
if only you'll send him some money...
Vinyl very scratchy. Cover still in shrink wrap.
Satan Stripping the Saints
This one was recorded live at the Central Assembly of God
("Missouri's Fastest Growing Sunday School") in Joplin,
Missouri. He takes more cheap shots at Madalyn Murray O'Hair,
calling her a witch, a "hellish hussy", and a "mean old biddy".
Cover in shrink-wrap. LP mostly clean but has some skips.
MIN. BID FOR BOTH : $5
Hillage, Steve L
MIN. BID: $3
$3 jel...@unf6.cis.unf.edu (God's Monkey)
Id, The The Inner Sounds of the Id 1967 mono cutout
"Now, for the FIRST TIME in the Western World since the pagan
gods were worshipped, the primitive rhythms have been brought
back to popular music." Yeah, right. Most of this is
competent 1960s rock, sometimes a bit weird. But the last
track is an unintentionally hilarious 10-minute, sitar-backed
chant in which the vocalist acts as the "High Priest of the
Psyche" and attempts to summon up "The Id" as if it were a
demon. Psychedelia at its silliest! Vinyl crackly, cover worn.
MIN. BID: $6
Instigators, The Between the Worlds 1985
Seven-piece reggae band from Florida, on their own record label.
MIN. BID: $5
Iris, Donnie "Do You Compute?" (short version) 7" single, 45rpm
b/w "Do You Compute?" (long version) white label promo
Both sides slightly crackly.
MIN. BID: $1
Ironhorse "What's Your Hurry Darlin'" (long version)
b/w "What's Your Hurry Darlin'" (short version)
7" promo single, 45rpm. Co-written & sung by Randy Bachman
Long version side's label has a rip.
MIN. BID: $1
James Gang Bang with Tommy Bolin 1973
A bit crackly in places. Cover somewhat worn.
MIN. BID: $3
Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave still sealed not cutout
MIN. BID: $8
Kazdin, Andrew Everything You Always Wanted To Hear on the Moog
& Thomas Z. Shepard
Spanish classical music (including a side-long "Bolero").
One of the best albums of the "Moog" genre, but unfortunately
this copy is pretty scratchy. Lots of liner notes.
MIN. BID: $2
Kings The Kings Are Here lyrics sleeve
Contains "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide", and
you'll definitely need the lyrics sleeve to understand
the words in that one!
MIN. BID: $6
Klaatu Hope textured cover near-mint
MIN. BID: $4
Lanchester, Elsa Bawdy Cockney Songs 1960s? stereo
Actually, only a few of them are bawdy. No writer credits, so
I guess they're traditional Cockney songs. Some are touching,
such as one in which a child begs a barkeeper not to sell any
more drinks to her father. Rave reviews from The New Yorker,
etc. on the cover. A few isolated scratches. Cover splitting
at top but otherwise excellent.
MIN. BID: $3
Lehrer, Tom see Electric Company, above
Lipps Inc. Mouth to Mouth cover near mint 1980
8-minute mixes of 4 of their songs, including
"Funkytown".
MIN. BID: $4
Lucifer's Friend Where the Groupies Killed the Blues
white label promo with lyrics sheet
MIN. BID: $4
M New York London Paris Munich cutout 1979
With "Pop Muzik". This is a good album! It's intelligent
disco, if you can believe such a thing exists. The music
is sophisticated, with harmony and counterpoint, and the
lyrics are uniformly satirical. I think the self-parody
of "Pop Muzik" was lost on most people in 1979, though.
MIN. BID: $3
MacColl, Kirsty "They Don't Know" b/w "Motor On" 45 rpm picture disc
U.K. import 1979
MIN. BID: $7
$7 she...@physics.utoronto.ca
Mandrill Beast From the East cutout still sealed 1975
MIN. BID: $4
$4 r...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Mandrill New Worlds Canadian pressing cutout 1978
Very 70s, very funky! cover worn
MIN. BID: $3
$3 r...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Mandrill Solid still sealed cutout 1975
MIN. BID: $4
$4 r...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Mann, Manfred's Earth Band same cutout
MIN. BID: $5
McKenzie, Bob & Doug "Take Off" b/w "Elron McKenzie" 7" single, 45rpm
A-side slightly scratchy, B-side very crackly. With Geddy Lee.
MIN. BID: $1
Moody Blues Caught Live +5 1977 2 LPs
Three sides live 1969, one side unreleased studio tracks.
Two initials written in marker on cover. Cover somewhat worn.
MIN. BID: $4
Moody Blues Out of This World K-Tel greatest hits collection
vinyl near mint cover somewhat worn, mostly on spine
MIN. BID: $3
Moog Machine, The Switched-On Rock early 1970s?
Did the world really need a Moog version of "Yummy Yummy Yummy?"
Well, it got one, and now 20+ years later, it can be yours.
Also "Get Back", "Hey Jude", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "You Keep Me
Hanging On", etc. Lots of liner notes about recording with a
primitive synthesizer.
Slightly crackly in places. Cover worn.
MIN. BID: $4
Moreno, Rita see Electric Company, above
Moving Pictures Days of Innocence cutout 1982
With the excellent song "What About Me?" I don't think
this album or that song exists on CD.
MIN. BID: $6
Multiplication Motivation gatefold early 80s? slightly crackly
Educational recording of songs to help children learn the
multiplication tables. With lyrics and dance instructions.
Side 2 is the same as side 1 but without vocals, so you or
the children can sing the songs, or you could use them as
backing tracks for your own songs.
MIN. BID: $3
Munich Machine A Whiter Shade of Pale still sealed cutout
One of Giorgio Moroder's many projects, this time with a
female singer. Harold Faltermeyer participates somehow too.
MIN. BID: $6
Night same 1979
Much to my chagrin, Chris Thompson left Manfred Mann's Earth
Band to sing and play guitar in this group. Includes their
minor hit "Hot Summer Nights", written by Walter Egan.
MIN. BID: $3
Noah same cutout still sealed 1970
Canadian rock group. I don't know what they sound like,
because I'm afraid I might be destroying a collector's item
if I break the seal!
MIN. BID: $10
Noah's Aardvark same 1978 Columbus, Ohio indie label
Music for piano and/or drums, both played by one Tom Angelo.
All original except for an arrangement of an excerpt from
"Firth of Fifth" by Genesis. First half of first side
scratched.
MIN. BID: $3
Osbourne, Ozzy & Randy Rhoads Tribute 2 LPs still sealed
MIN. BID: $10
Osibisa same gatefold 1971
Mostly-instrumental jazz-rock with an African flavor.
Several extended percussion jams. The Roger Dean cover art
is unfortunately very worn. Band photo inside the gatefold.
MIN. BID: $3
Peppermint Trolley Co. same 1968 stereo
This band had a few brushes with dubious greatness. They sang the
theme song to "The Brady Bunch" TV show for its first season in 1969
(the Brady kids themselves sang it after that), and one of the members
sang the "Love American Style" theme music. But for this album, with
their Sgt.-Pepper-ish name and Sgt.-Pepper-ish outfits in the cover
photo, they were riding the psychedelic wave. Their music is pretty
standard late-60s stuff, with a little better lyrics than some bands'.
They had a minor hit with "Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind".
Also, there are a couple of drum solos, and a 7-minute war protest
song. The vinyl is pretty noisy, but I think it was a noisy pressing
to begin with. The cover is still in shrink wrap, but has some wear
at the corners.
MIN. BID: $3
Perrey & Kingsley The In Sound From Way Out 1966 cover somewhat worn
In the mid-1960s, when synthesizers were confined to academia, some
highly-trained musicians were making some astonishingly silly music.
While Walter Carlos was using the Moog artistically, Perrey & Kingsley
were the absolute masters of early-synth kitsch! Your little kids
will adore this record (I did, and still do), but it was intended for
adults, and was supposed to "elevate" electronic music beyond the
avant-garde to the level of public acceptance. In fact, Kingsley did
later have a big mainstream hit with this kind of music: "Popcorn",
recorded under the name Hot Butter. But this is more primitive stuff,
and I defy you to listen to "Computer in Love" or "Barnyard in Orbit"
without being overwhelmed by the goofiness of it all! The vinyl has
one skip and a few slightly crackly places, but it's as good as any
other copy you're likely to find. Lots of liner notes. Mono.
MIN. BID: $8
Pezband same still sealed cutout 1977 Passport Records
MIN. BID: $5
Pinder, Michael The Promise 1976 promo sticker gatefold
Solo album by Moody Blues member. With lyric sleeve.
Slightly crackly in places. Cover fair.
MIN. BID: $4
Pink Panther Pink Panther Punk 1981 cutout
Children's record on which the Pink Panther cartoon character
supposedly plays drums for the Pink Punks (the other members
are named Itchy and Scratchy), doing cheezy versions of such
songs as Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall". Really
has little to do with the Pink Panther or with punk rock.
But there's a very sarcastic song about punk rock called
"It's Punk" which I'm sure would go right over the head of
any child. Strange. Slightly scratchy in places. Cover fair.
MIN. BID: $3
Producers You Make the Heat 1982 cover near mint, in shrink wrap
MIN. BID: $4
Queen Jazz cutout gatefold
With a poster of the Nude Bicycle Race, which folds out to
the size of three album covers. The saw that made this
album a cutout also made a triple-nick in the poster about
a millimeter long (barely noticeable).
MIN. BID: $4
Schoenbrun, David Who's Right in Vietnam? crackly probably mono
I'm no history buff -- should I know who David Schoenbrun is?
Anyway, this is his 1968 address to the Chicago Committee of
Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace. He talks about his
meetings with Ho Chi Minh, and about Nixon, Truman and Johnson.
"Private recording...not for sale or commercial performance."
The cover is an accidental stereogram -- if you look at it in
the same way as those random-dot 3D posters, some of the drawn
soldiers look as if they're standing in front of the others.
MIN. BID: $5
Sebastian, John Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live...
Some tracks badly scratched, but most pretty clean. Contains
some Lovin' Spoonful songs and others, and lots of banter with
the crowd. Cover fair. 1971
MIN. BID: $2
Section, The Forward Motion 1973
With Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar. Kind of jazzy, kind of
rock-y. I guess that means it's fusion.
Slightly crackly in quiet places. Cover fair.
MIN. BID: $3
Sensations' Fix Finest Finger Italy import Polydor
The gatefold cover has one slightly worn corner.
MIN. BID: $12
Sesame Street Aren't You Glad You're You? 1977 still sealed
Includes Cookie Monster's "Cookie Disco"!
MIN. BID: $6
Sesame Street My Sesame Street Record: All About ME! still sealed
"Coloring poster inside" 1983
MIN. BID: $6
Sesame Street The Official Sesame Street Book-And-Record Album 2
Gatefold cover with booklet attached. Includes the original
version of "Sing" (made more famous by the Carpenters), plus
"Has Anybody Seen My Dog?", "The Grouch Song", the Sesame
Street theme, etc. The back cover mentions some punch-out
signs inside, but they're missing. 1971
MIN. BID: $4
Singing Nun, The same somewhat scratchy in places
Soeur Sourire, a French Dominican nun, recorded this album
of simple religious songs she wrote and sang in French.
"Dominique" was a big hit in the USA. Lyrics page is badly
torn but complete. A booklet tells Sourire's story, and a
packet contains four watercolor paintings by Sourire of
convent life. The gatefold cover is worn around the edges.
MIN. BID: $3
Soft Machine At the Beginning UK import Charly Records stereo
Demos recorded in 1967 before their first album. Liner notes
by their producer(?) Giorgio Gomelsky. Slight cover wear.
MIN. BID: $4
Soft Machine/Gary Farr Rock Generation, Vol. 7 France import
One side is four Soft Machine (Wyatt,Allen,Ratledge,Ayers) demo
tracks, recorded 1967 before their first album. Other side is
Gary Farr & the T-Bones, 1964-65. Liner notes by Giorgio Gomelsky.
Vinyl varies from slightly to moderately scratchy.
MIN. BID: $2
$2 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Soundtrack (sort of) The Story of Tron slightly crackly in places
Not the Walter Carlos soundtrack, but a narrated version of the
movie plot, with dialogue, sound, and music from the movie.
MIN. BID: $4
Spider Between the Lines
With Anton Fig, who later became the drummer in David
Letterman's band. Contains their original version of
"Change", later a hit for John Waite.
MIN. BID: $3
Spittin' Image their only two albums:
The Boy's a Dancer late 1970s?
Indie-label country-tinged rock with Linda Ronstadt-ish
vocals. But sometimes out of nowhere they hit you with some
cool 70s synth and studio effects. From Columbus, Ohio.
Spittin' Image 1982
Their major-label album, with a more mainstream look and
sound. Includes "Grandview Girls", which was understandably
a big local hit in Grandview, a suburb of Columbus. Someone
named Butch wrote his name in small letters on the front.
MIN. BID FOR BOTH: $3
Squire, Chris Fish Out of Water somewhat scratchy in places gatefold
Good solo album by bass player from Yes.
MIN. BID: $3
$3 jel...@unf6.cis.unf.edu (God's Monkey)
Squire, Chris "Lucky Seven" (stereo) b/w "Lucky Seven" (mono)
7" promo single, 45rpm
Both sides somewhat scratchy. Stereo side label
slightly worn. Mono side label damaged.
MIN. BID: $1
Stardrive Intergalactic Trot 1973 promo sticker Elektra
The cover notes claim band leader Robert Mason "has built the
world's first multi-voiced synthesizer that can be played like
a real keyboard instrument with full chords and tonal
clusters". Mason and his synth are shown in a photo. This
album came toward the end of the "Moog music" fad and toward
the beginning of jazz fusion, and it has elements of both.
There's the obligatory Beatles cover ("Strawberry Fields"),
and a fair amount of Moog boops-and-beeps throughout. But
there are also two very good 9-minute fusion tracks with the
full band, with Steve Gadd on drums.
MIN. BID: $6
Starland Vocal Band Late Nite Radio still sealed cutout 1978
MIN. BID: $4
Stewart, John Bombs Away Dream Babies still sealed
With all three of his U.S. hits: "Gold", "Midnight Wind", and
"Lost Her in the Sun". Stevie Nicks sings on two of those.
Lindsey Buckingham appears on most tracks.
MIN. BID: $4
Strange Advance Worlds Away promo stamp
slightly crackly in some quiet places
MIN. BID: $4
Styx Pieces of Eight, picture disc
Has the front cover art from the album on one side and the
Easter Island band photo on the other. The record itself
appears like new, but the clear plastic sleeve is worn.
An insert card says this is no.006700 of a Limited Edition.
MIN. BID: $7
Styx Serpent (also known as The Serpent is Rising) 1973
My favorite of their early albums. This is the 1980
re-release with better (IMHO) cover art. All the old Styx
albums suffer from mediocre sound quality, but the CD
version (now out of print) of this one isn't any better.
MIN. BID: $4
Styx Styx Radio Special 2 LPs Occasional crackles. Cover worn.
A promo album disguised as a radio interview. Covers their
early years through The Grand Illusion. About 54 min. long.
MIN. BID: $6
Synergy Cords clear vinyl gatefold
The clear vinyl has a small blue stain that looks like
ballpoint pen ink. Casual cleaning didn't remove it.
I spot-checked the vinyl, and it seems to be in unplayed
condition. The inside of the gatefold cover has a big
photo of someone, presumably Larry Fast. The front cover
has slight wear, and the back cover has a slight ring.
MIN. BID: $6
Synergy Games played once out of print on vinyl & CD
MIN. BID: $4
Synergy Metropolitan Suite still sealed cutout but notch is tiny
MIN. BID: $5
Tayshus, Austen "Australiana" b/w "Comedy Commando" 12" single, 45rpm
Two routines from an Australian stand-up comedian. "Australiana" is
a story told using puns on Australian culture and place names. It's
well-done, but you probably have to be Australian to get all of it.
And "Comedy Commando" is largely unintelligible to my American ears!
"Warning: This offensive contains language that might be a record."
MIN. BID: $3
Tesla Mechanical Resonance still sealed not cutout
MIN. BID: $7
That Was The Week That Was released 1981
Two complete episodes of the 1960's political-satire TV show, one
of which was the last show of the series. With many Tom Lehrer
songs, performed by him and by others. David Frost, Buck Henry,
Woody Allen, Alan Sherman, Steve Allen, Mort Sahl, Nancy Ames, etc.
MIN. BID: $5
Thomas, Dylan A Child's Christmas in Wales and five poems stereo
The Welsh poet reads his Christmas classic and five of his
other works, including "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night".
Scratchy. Cover splitting. "Ninth printing, 1964"
MIN. BID: $2
Toys Went Berserk The Smiler With a Knife Australia import 1989
Australian hard alternative rock with female vocals.
MIN. BID: $4
Unknown artists Unknown Japanese title cover & vinyl near-mint
I can't read Japanese, and there's very little English on it.
It's a gatefold album, copyright 1968, Union Records, made by
Teichiku Records of Japan. It seems to be a Japanese version
of all those American 1960s easy-listening-arrangements
records, complete with the obligatory gratuitous pretty girl
on the cover. It's all instrumental, with most melodies played
by one Tadao Sawai on the koto, backed by Western instruments
(guitars, drums, orchestral instruments, etc.). I don't
recognize any of the music, but it's pleasant, and sounds
exotic to my American ears. Lots of Japanese liner notes.
MIN. BID: $6
Unknown artists Songs of Safety, Health, Friendship and Manners
The most agonizingly stupid children's record I've ever heard!
Among other atrocities, it contains a song encouraging kids
to accept foreign children as friends in spite of their
"funny names and funny faces" and to Americanize them by
introducing them to such wonders as ice cream. (What, they
don't have ice cream in Japan?) There's also a song warning
about the dangers of swimming after you eat. (Ooo, scary!)
Vinyl crackly, cover fair. 1962.
MIN. BID: $3
Vapors Magnets Great cover art! cover near mint
The "other" album by the group who did "Turning Japanese".
MIN. BID: $7
Various Vena Various Artistes Jamaican import 1987
Artistes Vol. 1 The Plan Eight reggae artists sing different
Prisoner of War vocals over same backing track. The
"naked" backing track is included.
writing & price sticker ($40J) on cover
MIN. BID: $4
Various artists Music From Mills 3 LPs played once
An album of music by artists who studied at the Mills College
Music Dept. and Center for Contemporary Music, released in
1985 in celebration of its 100th anniversary. Most of the
contents fall into the "experimental" category, but it ranges
from raga to blues to electronic to new-age to just plain
weird, most of it instrumental. Some artists included are
Dave Brubeck, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Robert Ashley,
Morton Subotnick, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Steve Reich, etc.
With extensive liner notes about each artist and composition.
Private pressing by the college. Cover art by Jasper Johns.
MIN. BID: $8
$8 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Various artists Provocative Electronics 1970
Eight pieces of avant-garde music from the Electronic Music
Laboratory at the Catholic University of America, ranging from
1:30 to 9 minutes long. Most are by laboratory founder
Emerson Meyers. One has vocals, and one was done entirely
on bassoon, including the percussion part. Lots of liner
notes about the pieces and the laboratory.
Vinyl crackly. Cover damaged along spine.
MIN. BID: $3
Various artists Russian Folk Musical Instruments USSR import
Traditional and modern music for Russian folk ensembles and
"folk orchestra". Published in the USSR, date unknown.
Titles and liner notes in Russian and English. Stereo.
First few minutes of each side are slightly crackly.
Cover has some sticker goo and a little bit of wear.
MIN. BID: $4
Various whales Deep Voices: The Second Whale Record 1977
Four whale species' "songs". Lots of liner notes about whales
and how they were recorded. Sure hope you've got big woofers,
because blue whales sing some notes! Scratchy in places.
LOW
MIN. BID: $4
Wakeman, Rick The Six Wives of Henry VIII, quadraphonic version
A crackly record in an obsolete audio format, housed in an
album cover well worn on the outside AND inside of the
gatefold. But not to worry, the inner sleeve with the word
"quadraphonic" on it is in absolutely mint condition. :-)
MIN. BID: $1
Warnke, Mike Jester in the King's Court 1977
He presents himself as a Christian stand-up comedian, and
in fact if you leave your IQ at the door, he does have his
funny moments. He also claims to be a reformed high priest of
Satan! In the second half of this performance/sermon, recorded
live in Florida, he gives a gleefully brutal description of
the crucifiction, even going so far as to make up gruesome
details about such things as the length of the spikes and the
methods of torture by which the soldiers turned Christ's flesh
into "hamburger". This guy is seriously disturbed.
MIN. BID: $7
$7 usch...@cc.joensuu.fi
Welch, Bob French Kiss, picture disc
The vinyl has the album cover art on both sides, and looks
near-mint but I didn't play it. The special album cover is
still in shrink wrap but not sealed.
MIN. BID: $4
Wetton, John Caught in the Crossfire played once 1980
with Martin Barre, Simon Kirke
MIN. BID: $6
Wetton, John see Family
White, Lenny The Adventures of Astral Pirates gatefold 1978
Mostly-instrumental fusion/prog/funk, co-produced by Al Kooper.
White-label promo copy. Slight wear and promo sticker,
otherwise cover near-mint. Inside the gatefold is the story
of the Astral Pirates, co-written by White.
MIN. BID: $5
Wilder, Matthew I Don't Speak the Language 1983
Contains "Break My Stride".
MIN. BID: $4
$5 jo...@garnet.msen.com (John Green)
Williams, Mason Music
Cover art (and I use that term loosely) by Edward Ruscha.
Sticker on front says "By Mason Williams". Includes the
theme (which he wrote) from the Smothers Brothers Comedy
Hour television show.
MIN. BID: $3
Wonder, Stevie Looking Back played once cutout
3-LP career retrospective from 1962-71
MIN. BID: $5
Zakatek, Lenny same prod. by Alan Parsons cover worn
with Andrew Powell, Ian Bairnson
MIN. BID: $4
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Goudreau, Barry same 1980
Solo album by Boston's guitarist. Boston's vocalist Brad Delp
sings most of the songs. This will make you realize how much
of Boston's guitar sound was due to Goudreau, not Tom Sholz!
MIN. BID: $4
M The Official Secrets Act
Great album! Sophisticated pop/rock, and more than a little
weird. It's completely unlike "Pop Muzik", which is probably
the only thing you've ever heard by M if you live in the U.S.
MIN. BID: $4
Mercury Rev "Something For Joey", Ron Jeremy interview
Promo-only cassette single, with an interview with Ron Jeremy, a porn
film star who appears in the video for the song, and who was a substitute
teacher at the school for which their "Boces" album was named. He talks
about the band, and his friendship with Joey Buttafuco.
MIN. BID: $4
Orr, Benjamin The Lace out of print in all formats
1986 solo album by Cars member. Guitar by Michael Landau & Elliot Easton.
This'll make you realize how many Cars songs were sung by Orr, not Ocasek!
MIN. BID: $3
Shaw, Tommy Ambition
1987 solo album by Styx member. Backing vocals by James Young.
The insert has been embossed with somebody's "From the library of..."
MIN. BID: $3
Shaw, Tommy Girls With Guns out of print in all formats
1984 solo album by Styx member. The insert has been embossed with
somebody's "From the library of..."
MIN. BID: $3
Taylor, Roger Fun in Space
1981 solo album by Queen's drummer.
The insert has an abrasion on the spine where a sticker was removed.
MIN. BID: $5
Wavestar Moonwind played once
Over 70 minutes long. Audion label.
MIN. BID: $4
Young, James, with Jan Hammer City Slicker 1985 still sealed
Collaboration between James Young (formerly of Styx) and Jan Hammer.
Hammer also co-produced it.
MIN. BID: $5
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BOOK
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Various artists The Year in Music, 1979 184 pages
Has photos (some color) and 3-paragraph bio of just about everyone who
had a pop music hit in 1979, from Elvis Costello to the Village People.
Dust cover poor, book itself excellent.
MIN. BID: $4
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VIDEOTAPE (VHS)
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Hard 'N Heavy, Vol.2 (1989) cover fair 60+ minutes
Lemmy bashes PMRC, Ozzy praises Iommi, Iommi bashes Ozzy, L7 as an
an unknown L.A. "girl band", GWAR, Scorpions, Steve Vai, Exodus,
Judas Priest, Testament, Britny Fox, White Lion, Vixen, Kingdom Come,
Helloween, Femme Fatale, Hardly Dangerous
MIN. BID: $3
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8-TRACK TAPE
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Tangerine Dream "Sorcerer" soundtrack still sealed
I'll bet your friend the T.Dream fanatic doesn't have one of these!
MIN. BID: $3
$5 dr...@garden.com
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Cirque du Soleil See Roland Users Group magazine
King's X "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska" short story. A 4-page booklet
printed in red, of which 3-1/2 pages are the strange story of
Gretchen's journey. The other 1/2 page is a band biography.
MIN. BID: $3
Kiss View Master reel. Seven stereoscopic 3D action photos of Kiss
in concert. This is Reel B from a now-rare three-reel set.
Two of the pix are scratched but still viewable. (If you lack
a View Master viewer, Toys R Us has them for $5.) As a
stereo-photographer myself, I think the 3D is very well done.
The best shot is looking over Ace's shoulder as he bends
backward, Les Paul guitar in hand.
MIN. BID: $4
Roland Users Group Volume 12, #2 (sometime in 1994)
magazine Article on Cirque du Soleil
Half-page on The Musical Box, a live group that
is re-creating Genesis' "Selling England By the
Pound" tour
MIN. BID: $3
Stabbing Westward autographed poster of the cover of their "Ungod" album
One corner dog-eared. I'll ship it rolled.
MIN. BID: $3 plus separate postage for this item ($2 in the US)
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