Collectible Records

Since I didn’t feel like doing the things I really should have been doing this evening … I decided to do a little roundup to see what’s going on with one of my favorite subjects — record collecting. I found a bunch of interesting tidbits. Here are a few of them.

The Vinyl Revival and the Resurrection of Sound

Most recording artists are also fans of other artists’ music; they own vast and eclectic record collections. Sometimes finding rare and collectible vinyl created by artists who have influenced their own music and whom they admire can be …

Collecting Vinyl Records- your source for the latest vinyl record …

VinylCollective.com Stop by and pick up some cool and collectible vinyl! VinylCollective Top 20 Sales for May 2009 1 CHUCK RAGAN/ BRIAN FALLON “Gospel Songs” 7? brown vinyl VC exclusive color 400 copies … Buy Vinyl Records …

5 Websites for Rare and Hard-To-Find Records and CDs …

EIL.com/Esprit (www.eil.com) – EIL.com touts itself as the world’s biggest online Record Shop for new, rare, collectible, used and hard to find CDs, vinyl records, CD singles, picture discs, memorabilia and more. …

An Introduction To Grading – Part 2 – Glide Magazine

Near Mint (NM) – A Near Mint record is really the standard collectible album. Price guides use NM condition as the base price you can expect to pay. If the vinyl has anything more than the most minor wear, it is not NM. …

For the record, vinyl is alive and kickin’ – The Bus Stops Here …

Amid the hoopla of Record Store Day (see sidebar for a list of special releases), Vertical House is presenting a ‘Wax Museum: Record & CD Show.’ Local and regional vendors will be selling rare and collectible albums and CDs. …

These articles show very clearly what we already knew … namely collecting vinyl is still going strong and even picking up speed.

Technorati Tags: collecting, records, vinyl

An antique store owner explains how to evaluate vinyl records you might find at garage sales and what to look for in this free video on antiques.

Duration : 0:1:32

Read more…

Technorati Tags: antiquing, barbie, baseball, books, comic, dolls, estate, garage, memorabilia, railroad, records, sale, vinyl

Annette Funicello is in the hearts and minds of people all over the world. On the Mickey Mouse Club, Annette was our favorite Mouseketeer. In the many Disney films, she became the Girl Next Door we all adored. With Frankie and Annette, America fell in love once again, this time with California Bikini Beaches and Surfer Music. Annette was the genuine article, in every performance. With her cheerful tunes, Annette became a collectible name in vinyl records. Indian Giver is one of the non-charting golden oldies that never got enough radio airplay to make it big. Here is my old 45rpm record, playing on my manual record player. Enjoy the trip down Memory Lane, and please remember to rate and comment!

Duration : 0:2:38

Read more…

Technorati Tags: And, Annette, Funicello, Giver, idol, Indian, oldies, player, record, records, rock, roll, teen, vinyl

Take a brief look at one of the largest vinyl LP collections in the world!!!

Duration : 0:2:15

Read more…

Technorati Tags: And, classical, collectible, cover, ethnic, jazz, Latin, LPs, piano, records, rock, roll, sexy, soul, symphony, vinyl, violin, vocals

Intro to this fantastic film.

Duration : 0:4:28

Read more…

Technorati Tags: about, collecting, documentary, record, vinyl

Ron, Record Collector at Collectors’ Quest

Duration : 0:2:14

Read more…

Technorati Tags: collector, collectors', quest, record, vinyl

Here are some great British invasion albums from my record collection, spanning the years 1964-1967. When choosing both the albums shown and the music played here, I combined some well-known Brit Invasion classics with a few rarities.

THE RECORDS:

1) Rolling Stones — England’s Newest Hitmakers (London 1964)
2) Beatles and Frank Ifield — Jolly What! (Vee Jay 1964)
3) Hollies — Bus Stop (Imperial 1966)
4) Who — Sings My Generation (Decca 1965)
5) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich –Time to Take Off (Imperial 1968)
6) Kinks — Kink Kontroversy (Reprise 1965)
7) Peter and Gordon (Columbia 1964) [UK pressing]
Tremeloes — Here Comes My Baby (Epic 1967)
9) Them (Parrot 1965)
10) Herman’s Hermits — Hold On! [unknown South Asian pressing 1966]
11) Herman’s Hermits — Hold On! (MGM 1966)
12) Dave Clark Five — Return! (Epic 1964)
13) Animals — Animalism (MGM 1966)
14) Hullaballoos — England’s Newest Singing Sensations (Roulette 1965)
15) Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders — Game of Love (Fontana 1965)
16) Yardbirds — For Your Love (Epic 1965)
17) Manfred Mann — The Five Faces of Manfred Mann (His Master’s Voice 1964) [UK pressing]
18) Searchers — Hear! Hear! (Mercury 1964)
19) Troggs — Wild Thing (Fontana 1966)
20) Small Faces — There Are but Four Small Faces (Immediate 1968)

THE SONGS:

1) Rolling Stones – “Not Fade Away”
2) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -”Hold Tight”
3) Peter & Gordon – “World without Love”
4) Them – “Here Comes the Night”
5) Dave Clark Five – “Any Way You Want It”
6) Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders – “She Needs Love”
7) Searchers – “When You Walk in the Room”
Small Faces – “All or Nothing”

Duration : 0:4:0

Read more…

Technorati Tags: albums, british, garage, invasion, LPs, nuggets, pop, psych, records, rock, vinyl

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper in depth record album cover discussion. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.

Duration : 0:9:28

Read more…

Technorati Tags: Album, Beatles, collecting, collector, Cox, Dan, John, Lennon, McCartney, paul, Pepper, record, Sgt., The, vinyl

The songs in the background are “Off with the Old” and “Camilla Is Changing” by Chamaeleon Church.

Here’s the complete information on the records that I’ve shown here in the video:

1) John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers — A Hard Road (London 1967)
2) Love Sculpture — Blues Helping (EMI 197?) [reissue]
3) Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation — To Mum, from Aynsley and the Boys (Blue Thumb 1969)
4) Aum — Bluesvibes (Sire 1969)
5) Help Yourself — Strange Affair (United Artists 1972)
6) Chamaeleon Church (MGM 1968)
7) Chrysalis — Definition (MGM 1968)
Thorinsfield (Philips 1968)
9) Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds (Elektra 1967)
10) Electric Prunes — Underground (Reprise 1967)
11) Kaleidoscope — Side Trips (Epic 1967)
12) 3’s a Crowd — Christopher’s Movie Matinee (Dunhill 1967)
13) Dr. John, the Night Tripper — Gris Gris (Atco 1968)
14) Sunday Funnies (Rare Earth 1971)
15) Leigh Stephens — Red Weather (Philips 1969)
16) Kim Fowley — Good Clean Fun (Imperial 1968)
17) Eric Burdon and the Animals — Love Is (MGM 1968)
18) Jeff Beck — Beck-Ola (Epic 1969)
19) Incredible String Band — Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air (Elektra 1971)
20) Tom Paxton — Morning Again (Elektra 1968)
21) Pentangle (Reprise 1968)
22) Tim Buckley — Lorca (Elektra 1970)
23) Montfort Mission — Yesterday’s Gone (Reprise 1967)
24) Buffalo Springfield (Atco 1966)
25) Yardbirds — Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds (Epic 1965)
26) Chantays — Pipeline (Dot 1963)
27) Beau Brummels — Triangle (Warner Bros 1967)
28) Carol Hall — Beads and Feathers (Elektra 1971)
29) Jeanie Greene — Mary Called Jeanie Greene (Elektra 1971)
30) Wackers — Hot Wacks (Elektra 1972)
31) Casey Kelly (Elektra 1972)
32) MC5 — Kick out the Jams (Elektra 1969) [original uncensored pressing]
33) Cake (Decca 1968)
34) Francoise Hardy — Musique Saoule (Peters 1978)
35) Nico — The Marble Index (Elektra 1968)
36) Clifford T. Ward — Mantle Pieces (Famous Charisma 1973)
37) Peter Ivers’ Band — Knight of the Blue Communion (Epic 1969)
38) Dewey Martin and Medicine Ball (UNI 1970)
39) Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity — Streetnoise (Atco 1968)
40) Earth Opera (Elektra 1968)
41) Quicksilver Messenger Service — Happy Trails (Capitol 1969)
42) Various Artists — Highs in the Mid 60s, Vol. 9: Ohio (AIP 198?)
43) Sandy Nelson — Beat That #!!@*** Drum (Imperial 1966)
44) David Axelrod — Songs of Innocence (Capitol 1968) [2nd pressing w/ alt. cover]
45) John Entwistle — Whistle Rymes (Track 1972)
+[misc magazines incl. 1970 issue of Rolling Stone, including features on Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Cale, Bob Seger System, Thunderclap Newman, Pearls before Swine, etc.]

Duration : 0:6:3

Read more…

Technorati Tags: 60s, 70s, albums, garage, LPs, nuggets, pop, psych, records, rock, vinyl

In a January 1985 interview, Jerry Osborne is the featured guest on “Wrap Around Nashville” (The Nashville Network cable channel). Jerry answers questions about record albums, and his then-new book “Country Music.”

Need a current Price Guide and Reference Book for Vinyl Records? You’ll find the very best ones right here: http://www.jerryosborne.com

Duration : 0:4:44

Read more…

Technorati Tags: albums, country, elvis, guide, jerry, music, nashville, osborne, price, records, reeves, robbins, shep, vinyl