Top 5 Ebay Vinyl Record Sales

Week Ending 07/12

1) 45 rpm - The Savoys "Work It Out" / "I'd Rather Love You" Orlyn - $5,126.00
2) LP - Charlie Parker "The Bird Blows The Blues" Dial LP-1 - $3,350.00
3) LP - Tyburn Tall self titled Lutz Kern - $3,350.00
4) LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note - $3,340.00
5) LP - Hank Mobley self titled Blue Note - $3,049.00


Week Ending 07/19

1) 45 rpm - Jackie Beavers "I Need My Baby" Revilot - $3,053.99
2) 45 rpm - Ty Karim "You Don't Know" - $2,716.00
3) 45 rpm- Nirvana "Love Buzz" 7in - $2,225.00
4) 45 rpm- Second Ressurection - "You Done Let Daylight Catch You" - $2,225.00
5) 10" - Zoot Sims Henri Renaud self titled Ducrett-Thompson - $2,204.00

SOURCE: http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com/

August Vinyl Record Releases:

Here's a list of upcoming vinyl LP releases in the U.S. Please note release dates and item details are subject to change without notice. What is listed is the most up-to-date details, as of the date of this post, based on information provided by the labels listed below, or their exclusive distributor.

SOURCE: http://dj-spyder.blogspot.com/

8/12/08 RELEASE DATE

Beck - Odelay (10th Anniversary) [4 LP] (VERY LIMITED - 180 Gram Vinyl in quad-gatefold numbered jacket with 12-page booklet) ( Original Recordings Group - 10021 / 892001002103 ) $99.98

Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) [LP] (Includes CD and first 500 are Autographed) ( Bad Boy - 511234-1 / 075678982422 ) $13.98

Johnny Winter - Live Bootleg Series Volume 1 [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) ( Friday Music - FRM9002 / 829421900221 ) $24.98

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III Volume II [2 LP] (blue cover) ( Universal Records / Cash Money - B001167201 / 602517798045 ) $15.98

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in Gatefold and a 24 page booklet) ( The Null Corporation - HALO27V / 766929934719 ) $24.98

Soundtrack - Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket) ( Warner Bros - 511101 / 093624985976 ) $34.98

Soundtrack - The Elephant Man: Music From The Motion Picture [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl) (composed by John Morris) ( Milan Records - M36388 / 731383638800 ) $24.98


8/19/08 RELEASE DATE


31Knots - Worried Well ( Polyvinyl Records - PVL 001551 / 644110015518 ) $13.98

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 901 / 646315190113 ) $18.98

Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life [LP] ( Decca - B001165701 / 602517766242 ) $17.98

Ancestors - Neptune With Fire ( North Atlantic Sound - NAS 721011 / 615187210113 ) $15.98

Anne Briggs - Anne Briggs (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - FMN164 / 646315116410 ) $18.98

Anne Briggs - The Time Has Come (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - FMN165 / 646315116519 ) $18.98

Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - FMN512 / 646315151213 ) $18.98

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - FMN511 / 646315151114 ) $18.98

Blue Mountain - Midnight in Mississippi & Omnibus [2 LP] ( Broadmoor Records - 22279441 / 718122279449 ) $18.98

Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket) [VERY LIMITED] ( Capitol Records - CAT34142 / 5099923414211 ) $22.98

Cluster - Sowiesoso (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 162 / 646315116212 ) $18.98

Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols [2 LP] ( Beat The World Records - 805551060110 / 805551060110 ) $19.98

Davie Allen & The Arrows - Cycle Breed [LP] [High Definition Vinyl] ( Sundazed - 5204 / 090771520418 ) $19.98

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 902 / 646315190212 ) $18.98

Donavon Frankenreiter - Pass It Around [LP] ( Lost Highway - B001158901 / 602517780545 ) $19.98

Eno / Moebius / Roedelius - After The Heat (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 163 / 646315116311 ) $18.98

Funkadelic - Funkadelic (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 160 / 646315116014 ) $18.98

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (180 Gram Vinyl) ( 4 Men With Beards - 161 / 646315116113 ) $18.98

Gary Usher - Barefoot Adventure: The 4 Star Sessions [High-Definition Vinyl] [2 LP] ( Sundazed - 5244 / 090771116727 ) $30.98

Grascals - Keep On Walkin [LP] ( Rounder - 1166106081 / 011661060814 ) $19.98

Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - Surf Age [High Definition Vinyl] [LP] ( Sundazed - 5261 / 090771526113 ) $19.98

Kenny Larkin - Keys Strings and Tamourines [2 LP] ( Planet E - 65303-1 / PLE65303-1 ) $18.98

Lil Wayne - The Leak EP [LP] ( Universal Records / Cash Money - B001167301 / 602517798076 ) $12.98

Link Wray - White Lightning : Lost Cadence Sessions 58 [LP] [High Definition Vinyl] ( Sundazed - 5254 / 090771525413 ) $19.98

Mike Gordon (of Phish) - Green Sparrow [LP] ( Rounder - 1166190831 / 011661908314 ) $19.98

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante (180 Gram Vinyl) ( Plain - 137 / 646315513714 ) $18.98

Plushgun - Plushgun EP (includes free download) ( Tommy Boy - TB-1688-1 / 661868168815 ) $9.98

Shwayze - Shwayze [LP] ( Geffen - B001156401 / 602517775183 ) $12.98

Stick To Your Guns - Comes From The Heart [Lmtd Ed Yellow Vinyl] ( Century Media - D11z-184851 / 727701848518 ) $16.98

Suicide Silence - The Cleansing [Lmtd Ed. Clear vinyl] ( Century Media - D11Z-183881 / 27701838816 ) $16.98

Winds of Plague - Decimate The Weak [Lmtd Ed. Yellow Vinyl] - Decimate The Weak [Lmtd Ed. White Vinyl] ( Century Media - D11z-184071 / 727701840710 ) $16.98

8/26/08 RELEASE DATE

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969 Self-Titled) [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl and 1/2-Speed Mastered) ( Friday Music - FRM9003 / 829421900320 ) $22.98

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket) ( Roadrunner Records - RRR 179921 / 016861799212 ) $29.98

Game - LAX [2 LP] ( Geffen - B001146501 / 602517756007 ) $15.98

Led Zeppelin - Mothership [4 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl Box Set) ( Rhino Records - 344700 / 081227995133 ) $59.98

Machine Head - The Blackening [2 LP] (in Gatefold Jacket) ( Road Runner Records - 180161 / 16861801618 ) $24.98

Motorhead - Motorizer [2 LP] ( Steamhammer - STH91631 / 693723916316 ) $24.98

Prisonshake - Dirty Moons [2LP] ( Scat - SCAT66LP / 753417006614 ) $31.98

Slipknot - Vol 3. The Subliminal Verses [2 LP] (in Gatefold Jacket) ( Roadrunner Records - RRR 183881 / 016861838812 ) $24.98

Verve - Forth {LP] (Includes CD AND DVD in Gatefold Jacket) ( MRI - VER01LP / 020286125211 ) $39.98

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Elvis' peacock jumpsuit sells for $300K

NEW YORK - Elvis Presley's favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, has sold for $300,000, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. The online sale by auctioneer Gotta Have It! ended at 3 a.m. Thursday. The pre-sale estimate was $275,000 to $325,000.
The white outfit with a plunging V-neck and high collar features a blue-and-gold peacock design hand-embroidered on the front and back and along the pant legs.

The previous record for an Elvis collectible is $295,000 for one of his classic cars. The most ever paid previously for one of his stage costumes, a bejeweled cape, was $105,250. Both were sold at a 1999 auction at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, run by Guernsey's.

This Date In Music History- August 7

Birthdays:

B.J. Thomas ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head") turns 66.

Stan Freberg (parody versions of "Heartbreak Hotel", "Banana Boat Song" and others) is 82.

Herb Reed of the Platters ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") is 77.

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was born in Worksop, England in 1958.
Born on this day in 1952, Andy Fraser, bass player with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and he joined Free at age 16. Ted Nugent, Robert Palmer and Joe Cocker have all covered songs written by Fraser.

History:

In 1957, The Quarry Men, minus Paul McCartney who was away at camp, made their first appearance at Liverpool's Cavern Club. The club's owner, Alan Sytner tells them not to play any Rock music.

"Little" Esther Phillips ("Release Me") died of liver and kidney failure in 1984.

Today in 1954, the song "Sh-Boom" by the Crew-Cuts topped the charts and stayed there for 9 weeks.

Paul Anka made his TV debut on ABC's "American Bandstand" in 1957.

The movie "Beach Party", with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, opened in 1963. Dick Dale & the Del Tones provided the music.

In 1991, Paul Simon gave a free concert in Central Park, New York, in front of three quarters of a million people. The performance was released later in the year as "Paul Simon's Concert in the Park".

Tonight on TV in 1955, Ed Sullivan played host to Bill Haley & the Comets, bringing rock 'n' roll to the masses with their "Rock Around the Clock."

In 1964, the nation's weeklies reviewed the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night. "Avoid this film at all costs!" declared Time. " Some Marx Brothers surrealism!" noted Life. "Amusing and engaging!" decided The Los Angeles Herald Examiner.

In 1970, Fleetwood Mac welcomed new member Christine McVie, the wife of bass player John McVie and a former vocalist with Chicken Shack.

After having half-a-dozen Top 20 hits in the US, The Bee Gees finally scored their first number one hit in 1971 with "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.” Barry and Robin Gibb had written the song for crooner Andy Williams, but he turned it down.

In 1987, a Los Angeles judge threw out a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who had committed suicide while listening to Ozzy's song, "Suicide Solution."

In 2000, the family of Jimi Hendrix won a case at an international panel to evict the holder of the Internet address www.jimihendrix.com.

Although it failed to chart at all in the UK, Herman's Hermits reached number one in the US in 1965, with a silly little song called "I'm Henry VIII, I Am.” The tune was actually written in 1911 and had been popularized by Cockney comedian Harry Champion.

James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK singles chart in 2005 with ‘You're Beautiful’, Mariah Carey was at No.1 on the US charts with ‘We Belong Together’ and Axel F had ‘Crazy Frog’ at No.1 on the Australian singles charts.

With Flo and Eddie on board, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention recorded "Just Another Band From L.A." at U.C.L.A. in 1971.