Here is the month in review of the top selling ebay vinyl records, on a weekly basis, for December of 2009. First and foremost, a special thank you to Norm and Jane at ccdiscoveries/blogspot.com for compiling this interesting data.
A regular visitor to the ebay top sales list, a 45 single of "God Save The Queen" from the Sex Pistols, which sold for $10,266, tops December's results. Right behind them is another 45, a Northern Soul record, this time from J.D. Bryant (Walk On In" / "I Won't Be Coming Back") which sold for $10,223. Coming in third for the month is a test pressing from Metallica "Kill Em All" which sold for $6,660.
Others pulling in over $6,000 were: "Monster Movie" Music Factory (German Pressing) - $6,295, Vlado Perlemuter "Mozart Sonatas" Vox Box Set - $6,200 and a 45 from Walter Wilson ("Love Keeps Me Crying" / "Not Now But Later") which sold for $6,149. Other than the obligatory Beatles LP, "Introducing The Beatles" VeeJay (ad back )- $4,939, the list is full of 45 rpm records changing hands including the Magnetics with "Count The Days" / "When I'm With My Baby,” which sold for $4,938.
An old Sun blues 45, Jimmy DeBerry "Take A Little Chance" / "Time Has Made A Change" changed hands at $4,477. We also had 45’s by The Factory "Try A Little Sunshine" / "Red Chalk Hill"(UK Pressing) which sold for a shade over $3,650 and another 45 rpm record by the Young Brothers ("Baby" / "What's Your Game"), which sold for $3,416.
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/05/09
1. 45 - J.D. Bryant "Walk On In" / "I Won't Be Coming Back" Shrine - $10,223.00
2. 45 - Magnetics "Count The Days" / "When I'm With My Baby" Sable - $4,938.00
3. 45 - The Factory "Try A Little Sunshine" / "Red Chalk Hill" CBD Demo UK Pressing - $3,652.31
4. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $3,416.00
5. LP - Dexter Gordon "Blows Hot and Cold" Dootone Red Vinyl - $3,371.00
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales – Week Ending 12/12/09
1. 45 - Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen" / "No Feeling" A&M AMS-7284 - $10,266.48
2. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $6,295.00
3. 45 - Walter Wilson "Love Keeps Me Crying" / "Not Now But Later" Wand - $6,149.00
4. LP - Calvin Johnson "What Was Me" K Records Test Pressing - $3,999.99
5. LP - Derek and the Dominos "Layla" DJ Mono WLP - $3,050.00
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/19/09
1. LP - Metallica "Kill Em All" Test Pressing - $6,660.00
2. LP - Vlado Perlemuter "Mozart Sonatas" Vox Box Set - $6,200.00
3. LP - The Beatles "Introducing The Beatles" VeeJay ad back - $4,939.00
4. EP - Misfits "Horror Business" Acetate - $3,751.01
5. LP - Can "Monster Movie" Music Factory German Pressing - $3,457.52
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 12/26/2009
1. 45 - Jimmy DeBerry "Take A Little Chance" / "Time Has Made A Change" Sun 185 - $4,477.99
2. 45 - David Bowie "Space Oddity" / "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" Philips Portugal Promo w/pic sleeve - 2,999.99
3. 10" - Lazare Levy "Mozart 2 Sonatas For Piano" Ducretet - $2,558.98
4. 10" - The Jam "Going Underground" Acetate - $2,511.09
5. LP- The Brief Encounter "self titled" Seventy Seven - $2,460.00
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales - Week Ending 01/02/2010
1. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $2,600.00
2. 12" - Minor Threat "Out Of Step" Test Pressing - $2,499.99
3. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $2,247.00
4. LP - Tommy Flannigan Trio "Over Seas" Prestige 7134 Original
5. LP - Walter Davis "Davis Cup" Blue Note 4018 Original - $2,000.00
As always, a special thank you to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com/ for this great data. Stop in and listen to their unique radio show Accidental Nostalgia with Norm & Jane On Radio Dentata - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. NOW TUESDAYS at 4PM PT / 7PM ET for a complete rundown of the Top 5 with trivia and tidbits.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Some Great New Releases for January 2010
2010 starts off right, with some highly-anticipated releases – here’s a taste of what you can expect in January:
Cold War Kids – Behave Yourself EP CD, LP (01/19)
Keb Darge & Paul Weller – Lost and Found: Real R&B and Soul CD, LP (01/19)
The Editors – In This Light and On This Evening CD (01/19)
The Black Keys – Rubber Factory LP re-issue (01/19)
Eels – End Times CD (01/19)
Heartless Bastards – Stairs and Elevators LP (01/19)
Fela Kuti – Music Is The Weapon DVD (01/19)
Lindstrom and Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool CD, LP (01/19)
Major Stars – Return To Form CD, LP (01/19)
Scout Niblett – Calcination Of Scout Niblett CD, LP (01/19)
Jay Reatard – Blood Visions LP (01/19)
Red Krayola – Five American Portraits CD, LP (01/19)
Spoon - Transference CD, LP (01/19)
Chicago Underground Duo – Boca Negra CD, LP (01/26)
Citay – Dream Get Together CD, LP (01/26)
Animal Collective – Campfire Songs CD re-issue (01/26)
Beach House – Teen Dream CD/DVD, LP (01/26)
Bei Bei and Shawn Lee – Into The Wild CD, LP (01/26)
Four Tet – There Is Love In You CD, LP (01/26)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM CD, LP (01/26)
Gang Gang Dance – God’s Money LP (01/26)
Patty Griffin – Downtown Church CD (01/26)
Harvey Milk – Harvey Milk CD (01/26)
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring CD, LP (01/26)
The Magnetic Fields – Realism CD, LP (01/26)
Pit Er Pat – The Flexible Entertainer CD, LP (01/26)
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea CD (01/26)
Retribution Gospel Choir – 2 CD, LP (01/26)
Max Richter – Memoryhouse LP (01/26)
The Rolling Stones CD re-issues (01/31)
Matthew Shipp – 4D CD (01/26)
Various Artists – Good God!: Born Again Funk CD, LP (01/26)
Cold War Kids – Behave Yourself EP CD, LP (01/19)
Keb Darge & Paul Weller – Lost and Found: Real R&B and Soul CD, LP (01/19)
The Editors – In This Light and On This Evening CD (01/19)
The Black Keys – Rubber Factory LP re-issue (01/19)
Eels – End Times CD (01/19)
Heartless Bastards – Stairs and Elevators LP (01/19)
Fela Kuti – Music Is The Weapon DVD (01/19)
Lindstrom and Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool CD, LP (01/19)
Major Stars – Return To Form CD, LP (01/19)
Scout Niblett – Calcination Of Scout Niblett CD, LP (01/19)
Jay Reatard – Blood Visions LP (01/19)
Red Krayola – Five American Portraits CD, LP (01/19)
Spoon - Transference CD, LP (01/19)
Chicago Underground Duo – Boca Negra CD, LP (01/26)
Citay – Dream Get Together CD, LP (01/26)
Animal Collective – Campfire Songs CD re-issue (01/26)
Beach House – Teen Dream CD/DVD, LP (01/26)
Bei Bei and Shawn Lee – Into The Wild CD, LP (01/26)
Four Tet – There Is Love In You CD, LP (01/26)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM CD, LP (01/26)
Gang Gang Dance – God’s Money LP (01/26)
Patty Griffin – Downtown Church CD (01/26)
Harvey Milk – Harvey Milk CD (01/26)
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring CD, LP (01/26)
The Magnetic Fields – Realism CD, LP (01/26)
Pit Er Pat – The Flexible Entertainer CD, LP (01/26)
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea CD (01/26)
Retribution Gospel Choir – 2 CD, LP (01/26)
Max Richter – Memoryhouse LP (01/26)
The Rolling Stones CD re-issues (01/31)
Matthew Shipp – 4D CD (01/26)
Various Artists – Good God!: Born Again Funk CD, LP (01/26)
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
Week Ending 01/02/2010
1. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $2,600.00
2. 12" - Minor Threat "Out Of Step" Test Pressing - $2,499.99
3. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $2,247.00
4. LP - Tommy Flannigan Trio "Over Seas" Prestige 7134 Original
5. LP - Walter Davis "Davis Cup" Blue Note 4018 Original - $2,000.00
As always, a special thank you to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this great data. Stop in and listen to their unique radio show Accidental Nostalgia with Norm & Jane On Radio Dentata - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. NOW TUESDAYS at 4PM PT / 7PM ET for a complete rundown of the Top 5 with trivia and tidbits.
1. 12" - Led Zeppelin “Road Box” - $2,600.00
2. 12" - Minor Threat "Out Of Step" Test Pressing - $2,499.99
3. 45 - Young Brothers - "Baby" / "What's Your Game" Soul Brothers - $2,247.00
4. LP - Tommy Flannigan Trio "Over Seas" Prestige 7134 Original
5. LP - Walter Davis "Davis Cup" Blue Note 4018 Original - $2,000.00
As always, a special thank you to Norm at http://ccdiscoveries.blogspot.com for this great data. Stop in and listen to their unique radio show Accidental Nostalgia with Norm & Jane On Radio Dentata - 60 minutes of rare records and nugatory narration. NOW TUESDAYS at 4PM PT / 7PM ET for a complete rundown of the Top 5 with trivia and tidbits.
This Date In Music History - January 11
Birthdays:
Clarence Clemons - E Street Band (1942)
Tony Kaye - Yes (left in 1971)(1946)
Frederick Dennis Greene - Sha Na Na (1949)
Vicki Peterson - Bangles (1958)
Tom Dumont - No Doubt (1968)
Mary Jane Blige - Sold over 60 million records world-wide, known as the "Queen of hip-hop soul." (1971)
Tom Rowlands - Chemical Brothers (1971)
They Are Missed:
Born today in 1895, Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ. The sound of the Hammond was used by many rock artists including; Procol Harum, Keith Emerson, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers and The Faces. Hammond died on July 3, 1973.
Born today in 1924, Slim Harpo, blues musician. Died of a heart attack on January 31, 1970 (age 46).
Barry Pritchard, guitarist and singer with The Fortunes, died of a heart attack in 1999.
Mickey Finn percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex), died of kidney and liver problems in 2002 (age 55).
Maurice Gibb, bassist and keyboardist of the Bee Gees, died in 2003 after undergoing abdominal surgery in Miami. The singer was 53.
Former Bread guitarist and Academy Award-winning songwriter James Griffin died at his home in Nashville in 2005 at the age of 61 after suffering from cancer. Bread had the 1970's hits "Make It With You," "Baby I'm-a Want You," and "Everything I Own."
Jefferson Airplane drummer, Spencer Dryden, died of cancer in 2005 at age 66.
History:
The release date for the Elvis Presley single "Jailhouse Rock" was put back a week in 1958 after Decca Records pressing plant in the UK were unable to meet the advance orders of 250,000 copies.
The Beatles recorded their first national TV show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' in 1963. They mimed to their new single "Please Please Me" which was released on this day.
The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opened its doors on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1963, the first rock club in the city. In the next decade and beyond, the Whiskey will be a popular meeting place for the record industry and a good place to be seen if you want to get into the industry. The Doors, among others, got their start there.
In 1964, 'Ring Of Fire,' by Johnny Cash, became the first Country album to go to #1 in the US album chart.
Roger Miller recorded his ditties "Dang Me" and "Chug-A-Lug" on this date in 1964.
The Beach Boys recorded "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1965
The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded "Purple Haze" in 1967. Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records on this day.
'This Was,' Jethro Tull's debut album, was released in 1969.
"#9 Dream," from John Lennon’s Walls and Bridges, entered the Top Forty in 1975, where it will peak, appropriately, at #9.
The Pretenders' debut LP was released in North America in 1980.
The album Thriller by Michael Jackson becomes the all-time bestselling LP in 1984.
In 1985, a Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured featuring; Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.
Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live in 1992. At the end of a song, Krist Novoselic hurls his bass into the air. Unfortunately, it comes down right on top of him. Also on this day 'Nevermind' went to #1 on the US album chart.
In 1992, Paul Simon became the first international star to perform in South Africa following the end of the UN cultural boycott. He began a concert tour in Johannesburg.
In 2000, Gary Glitter was released from prison after serving half of a four-month sentence for possessing child pornography downloaded from the internet. Glitter was told he would have to go on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
In 2003, Pete Townshend issued a public statement denying being a paedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn inquiry. But The Who guitarist did admit studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it.
Ted Nugent cut himself with a chainsaw in 2004 while filming his VH1 reality series “Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments. It takes 40 stitches to close the wound. The contest has city slickers living off the land and enduring Ted for a $100,000 prize.
Green Day is #1 according to Rolling Stone magazine's 2005 Readers' Poll. They are named Artist of the Year, Best Band and earn the nod for Best Single ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams"). Audioslave gets Best Hard Rock/Metal Band, U2 is awarded Best Tour and Fall Out Boy is the Best New Artist.
Clarence Clemons - E Street Band (1942)
Tony Kaye - Yes (left in 1971)(1946)
Frederick Dennis Greene - Sha Na Na (1949)
Vicki Peterson - Bangles (1958)
Tom Dumont - No Doubt (1968)
Mary Jane Blige - Sold over 60 million records world-wide, known as the "Queen of hip-hop soul." (1971)
Tom Rowlands - Chemical Brothers (1971)
They Are Missed:
Born today in 1895, Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ. The sound of the Hammond was used by many rock artists including; Procol Harum, Keith Emerson, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers and The Faces. Hammond died on July 3, 1973.
Born today in 1924, Slim Harpo, blues musician. Died of a heart attack on January 31, 1970 (age 46).
Barry Pritchard, guitarist and singer with The Fortunes, died of a heart attack in 1999.
Mickey Finn percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex), died of kidney and liver problems in 2002 (age 55).
Maurice Gibb, bassist and keyboardist of the Bee Gees, died in 2003 after undergoing abdominal surgery in Miami. The singer was 53.
Former Bread guitarist and Academy Award-winning songwriter James Griffin died at his home in Nashville in 2005 at the age of 61 after suffering from cancer. Bread had the 1970's hits "Make It With You," "Baby I'm-a Want You," and "Everything I Own."
Jefferson Airplane drummer, Spencer Dryden, died of cancer in 2005 at age 66.
History:
The release date for the Elvis Presley single "Jailhouse Rock" was put back a week in 1958 after Decca Records pressing plant in the UK were unable to meet the advance orders of 250,000 copies.
The Beatles recorded their first national TV show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' in 1963. They mimed to their new single "Please Please Me" which was released on this day.
The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opened its doors on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1963, the first rock club in the city. In the next decade and beyond, the Whiskey will be a popular meeting place for the record industry and a good place to be seen if you want to get into the industry. The Doors, among others, got their start there.
In 1964, 'Ring Of Fire,' by Johnny Cash, became the first Country album to go to #1 in the US album chart.
Roger Miller recorded his ditties "Dang Me" and "Chug-A-Lug" on this date in 1964.
The Beach Boys recorded "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1965
The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded "Purple Haze" in 1967. Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records on this day.
'This Was,' Jethro Tull's debut album, was released in 1969.
"#9 Dream," from John Lennon’s Walls and Bridges, entered the Top Forty in 1975, where it will peak, appropriately, at #9.
The Pretenders' debut LP was released in North America in 1980.
The album Thriller by Michael Jackson becomes the all-time bestselling LP in 1984.
In 1985, a Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured featuring; Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.
Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live in 1992. At the end of a song, Krist Novoselic hurls his bass into the air. Unfortunately, it comes down right on top of him. Also on this day 'Nevermind' went to #1 on the US album chart.
In 1992, Paul Simon became the first international star to perform in South Africa following the end of the UN cultural boycott. He began a concert tour in Johannesburg.
In 2000, Gary Glitter was released from prison after serving half of a four-month sentence for possessing child pornography downloaded from the internet. Glitter was told he would have to go on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
In 2003, Pete Townshend issued a public statement denying being a paedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn inquiry. But The Who guitarist did admit studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it.
Ted Nugent cut himself with a chainsaw in 2004 while filming his VH1 reality series “Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments. It takes 40 stitches to close the wound. The contest has city slickers living off the land and enduring Ted for a $100,000 prize.
Green Day is #1 according to Rolling Stone magazine's 2005 Readers' Poll. They are named Artist of the Year, Best Band and earn the nod for Best Single ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams"). Audioslave gets Best Hard Rock/Metal Band, U2 is awarded Best Tour and Fall Out Boy is the Best New Artist.
Music News & Notes
New Jimi Hendrix Album To Mark 40th Death Anniversary
The U.K.'s The Sun is reporting that remastered versions of Jimi Hendrix's albums will soon be available. It is also rumored that a new album is being assembled from some of the guitar legend's previously unreleased studio material.
According to the publication, record bosses have decided to polish Hendrix's albums and re-release them in September to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death.
As previously reported, recordings of a few Hendrix gigs from 1967 and 1968 will also be released as part of a limited edition CD and vinyl package on January 25. The CD will contain audio recordings of Hendrix's show from January 29, 1968, at Paris' L'Olympia Theatre, and his gig on March 19 of the same year at the Ottawa Capitol Theatre.
A recording of his show at L'Olympia on October 9, 1967, which was originally broadcast on French radio but never officially released, will also be included.
In other news......an unearthed song called “Valleys of Neptune” will be featured on a compilation of the same name on March 9th. Valleys of Neptune will include 12 tracks recorded at various studios during Jimi’s final recording sessions while working on his posthumously completed First Rays of the Rising Sun. “Valleys of Neptune,” which was never released commercially but did appear on 1990’s Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story four-disc set, will also be released as a single on February 2nd.
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Avril Lavigne, Pete Wentz, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus For Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Blink-182's Mark Hoppus have joined forces to write a song for the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack.
The duo's track for much anticipated Tim Burton remake, starring Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, is described by Wentz as being different to either of their bands' output.
He told MTV.com: “We did a song for 'Alice in Wonderland,' and we might do a few more, depending on when Mark goes in with Blink. It sounds nothing like Blink or Fall Out Boy,"
"Mark understands songwriting on a completely different level. It's awesome to have a chance to sit in a room with him and watch him work out a melody.”
According to Variety Magazine, Avril Lavigne has also recorded a track called 'Alice Underground' for the soundtrack.
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New Scorpions Music
The Scorpions are scheduled to release their next album, Sting of the Tail, on March 19. Here's the artwork:
According to the publication, record bosses have decided to polish Hendrix's albums and re-release them in September to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death.
As previously reported, recordings of a few Hendrix gigs from 1967 and 1968 will also be released as part of a limited edition CD and vinyl package on January 25. The CD will contain audio recordings of Hendrix's show from January 29, 1968, at Paris' L'Olympia Theatre, and his gig on March 19 of the same year at the Ottawa Capitol Theatre.
A recording of his show at L'Olympia on October 9, 1967, which was originally broadcast on French radio but never officially released, will also be included.
In other news......an unearthed song called “Valleys of Neptune” will be featured on a compilation of the same name on March 9th. Valleys of Neptune will include 12 tracks recorded at various studios during Jimi’s final recording sessions while working on his posthumously completed First Rays of the Rising Sun. “Valleys of Neptune,” which was never released commercially but did appear on 1990’s Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story four-disc set, will also be released as a single on February 2nd.
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Avril Lavigne, Pete Wentz, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus For Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Blink-182's Mark Hoppus have joined forces to write a song for the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack.
The duo's track for much anticipated Tim Burton remake, starring Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, is described by Wentz as being different to either of their bands' output.
He told MTV.com: “We did a song for 'Alice in Wonderland,' and we might do a few more, depending on when Mark goes in with Blink. It sounds nothing like Blink or Fall Out Boy,"
"Mark understands songwriting on a completely different level. It's awesome to have a chance to sit in a room with him and watch him work out a melody.”
According to Variety Magazine, Avril Lavigne has also recorded a track called 'Alice Underground' for the soundtrack.
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New Scorpions Music
The Scorpions are scheduled to release their next album, Sting of the Tail, on March 19. Here's the artwork:
