Hi, I'm just sorting out my boxes of vinyl. I know I have some rare and collectabe stuff. Can anyone suggest any magazines or web sites where I can price some of my records up to see how much they are possibly worth.
Regards
Steve
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send me a list, & i'll let you know, I am a bit of a vinyl collector
cant remember web address but there are tons of sites giving price guides for vinyl.... just type in vinyl collectables and they will send you in the right direction!
Dont go trying to rip then her off IAn
who me ........ never,
Buy an edition of Record Collector, but if I were you I would see Ian first as he won't rip you off whereas dealer will.
So many recent compilation albums have come out on CD recently for the 80's, I should be able to start thinking about selling my original "Now thats what I call Music" double LP vinyls soon too. I've got all of them upto Now 20 on Vinyl, thats when I went CD.
Anyone remember the "other" compilation albums which were advertised as "Buy Chart Hits (or whatever) Volume ONE, and get Volume TWO free !!!"
There was normally some awful advertising line too like "32 great vibrating tracks"...Is that an alternative to dancing to the featured songs?
Anyone remember the "other" compilation albums which were advertised as "Buy Chart Hits (or whatever) Volume ONE, and get Volume TWO free !!!"
There was normally some awful advertising line too like "32 great vibrating tracks"...Is that an alternative to dancing to the featured songs?
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| Anyone remember the "other" compilation albums which were advertised as "Buy Chart Hits (or whatever) Volume ONE, and get Volume TWO free !!!" |
There was the super trax's or hot trax's is that what your on about? Got a few of them from the 80's............amongst other things 
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| "Now thats what I call Music" double LP vinyls soon too. I've got all of them upto Now 20 on Vinyl, thats when I went CD. |
Snap...almost. I have 1 to 18 on vinyl and the rest on cd.
From the age of 9 I always had a part time job right through to aged 16, either a paper round or a milk round and that was what enabled me to have a large collection of records by the time I was around 14.
At 15, 16 I was into punk & new wave and then 2-tone/ska but at 17 I got heavily into reggae and it was considered 'uncool' to like the punk etc that I had. So one day I sold a huge pile of records; I got £20 for the lot
A few years later I was looking at a copy of record collector magazine and found that 1 early Clash record that I'd sold was worth £35 another Sex Pistols rare picture vinyl was worth a bit more and there were various early Stranglers, Ruts & Buzzcocks records that were all worth over £15
Since that day I've never sold another piece of vinyl; no matter how crap I think it might be
Hmmmn, We got some singles that are worth 20 odd squids each...but its finding the time to sort through em etc etc etc
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In the 80's the best compilation albums were the Morgan Khan "Streetsounds" compilations? they had some brilliant soul stuff on them especially the early issues. I still have all of them from 1 to 21 (I think it went upto 21 didn't it?) I also still have all the Streetsounds Electro compilations. Someone told me that they're apparently worth a few bob now. Streetsounds also released some good box sets, such as 'The Dance Decade', 'The Philadelphia Story' they're also worth a bit of money now and were both excellent box sets, especially the Philly one.
After the Streetsounds series started getting successful various other compilations started trying to muscle in on the same sort of vibe, there was the 'Upfront' albums and another one which I can't remember the name of?
Hmmm Ive got a Street sounds double album - the sleeve was actually an advent calendar.... Ker-ching! 
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Snap...almost. I have 1 to 18 on vinyl and the rest on cd. |
i am a bit of a now album collector as well I have one to 11 on vinyl and 10 to 55 on CD the old now albums on vinyl are not worth that much money now one in good condition will only go for a fiver but if you're lucky and own the first ever now on CD which was now four which was only a single disk instead of the double pack vinyl it would sell in good condition for 200 pounds and similarly in all now eight and nine both still single disk will probably fetch 100 pounds there is a rumour that there are few now 5s on CD but these are even rarer than now four and apparently one sold for 500 pounds. Now albums on CD first went to double CDs with now 10 which in good condition will sell for around 50 pounds I know this because I recently purchased all the missing now albums that I did not have now I have them all
Old vinyl seems to be big business around Europe.I gave away my whole collection a couple of years ago! I suggest that you check thoroughly before selling,Ian will probably give you a fair price!
The reason I want to get some of mine priced is that I was having a conversation about some certain tracks. I know I have some on vinyl, apparently this gentleman thinks they are worth quite a few bob. A lot of it is old motown and soul stuff.
Do i here a certain soul dj getting excited? 
The streetsound albums are a bit collectable, but remember something is only worth what someone else will pay for it, and to gain real value they have to be in mint condition, and that includes the covers.
Eskie I have the streetsounds box sets, the philli one is worth about £60 & Dance decades £20-30, most of the other streetsound about £8-12 each.
the tunes that are worth money, are those that you would not have thought, a good guide is the amount of copies sold, the less it sold the more expensive it will be.
Recently a 7" of Frank Wilson's Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) the track from the KFC ads and on every Northern Soul Compilation CD went for £20,000. but there are only 2 known copies in existance
any need prices let me know, I am more of an expert on soul & Dance stuff
Eskie I have the streetsounds box sets, the philli one is worth about £60 & Dance decades £20-30, most of the other streetsound about £8-12 each.
the tunes that are worth money, are those that you would not have thought, a good guide is the amount of copies sold, the less it sold the more expensive it will be.
Recently a 7" of Frank Wilson's Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) the track from the KFC ads and on every Northern Soul Compilation CD went for £20,000. but there are only 2 known copies in existance
any need prices let me know, I am more of an expert on soul & Dance stuff
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Totally
on this Thread and I'll get told off for it, but I can't resist - Ian - why doesn't the same philosophy apply to the thread on D.J prices??.
- OUCH!
Chris,
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I'll reply here,
it does apply people will pay £250-£350 for my services so I must be worth it
I take your point re disco prices, all I have ever said is that this system works for me, I have worked a few time in the North, in places such as Manchester, Liverpool etc, and I got my normal fee, plus extra to cover travel etc, if we follow you argument, they would have booked a local guy for £80, instead of paying 5x as much for me
back to the topic to one person the 12" of Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions is a 50p boot sale item, to another it is a £50 rare piece of vinyl
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I'll reply here,
it does apply people will pay £250-£350 for my services so I must be worth it
I take your point re disco prices, all I have ever said is that this system works for me, I have worked a few time in the North, in places such as Manchester, Liverpool etc, and I got my normal fee, plus extra to cover travel etc, if we follow you argument, they would have booked a local guy for £80, instead of paying 5x as much for me
back to the topic to one person the 12" of Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions is a 50p boot sale item, to another it is a £50 rare piece of vinyl
I have a garage full of plastic, if it was in the commercial charts it's next to worthless... at the moment. But Soul and R&B ( the real stuff), Stax, Atlantic etc, is getting good prices according to my mate Kim.
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| I have a garage full of plastic, if it was in the commercial charts it's next to worthless... at the moment. But Soul and R&B ( the real stuff), Stax, Atlantic etc, is getting good prices according to my mate Kim. |
Like Eskie,
I started collecting records through my paper round and milk round many years ago in the 70's when I was still at school.....
also used to visit a place called Cheapo Cheapo records, where you could buy review copies of the latest singles at next to nothing!
also I was on Theo Loyla of Polydor's Superjocks Dj Mailing list, and CBS, and Decca, so picked up a few rarities through the years!
Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions was released on RCA, and also on the rarer issue Bluebird Records of London
I have both, the latter given to me by Billy and Billy who then owned Bluebird Records in London(well known 80's soul shop!)
Some of the older people here might also remember Groove Records in Greek Street, another well known source of import records many years ago...and also one of the places James Hamilton used to do his reviews!
There are many collectable soul labels including Golden World and Rictic, based in Detroit in the 1960's...stuff I picked up for £1 in 1975, apparently is worth over 10 pounds.....
I also have a copy of the original US 12" of Double Exposure's 10 percent, on Salsoul!
the best price I bought an LP for, was a record that features in Record Collector once in a while, By Choker Campbell on US Motown, worth round 150 pounds in mint conditon....I picked it up at Record and Tape Exchange in London many moons ago for £1.50.......
as Ian says to some a 50p item to others a 50 pounds rarity....
Incidently Morgan Khan, who issued the Street Sounds comps, is still in the music business....
and also if you are looking for orig soul from the 60's and 70's, at non London prices, checking out That Beating Rhythum in Manchester.....great comps too!
I started more or less as vinyl was being replaced by the compact disc, so I have very little vinyl.
I have found a few interesting web sited where I can get info on some collectable labels regarding northern soul and motown.
Going to get myself a book over the weekend and start to sort mine out and see what the current market value is for some tracks I have.
Going to get myself a book over the weekend and start to sort mine out and see what the current market value is for some tracks I have.
mikeee... some commercial stuff is highly collectable...... take for instance the grease album.... in mint cond with cover etc goes for around £20.. not a lot on its own but I bet so many of us have stuff which when added up, can come to a small fortune. Ive got some really good old stuff on vinyl... my boy lollipop, little millie, splish splash, bobby darin, happy radio, coloured vinyl 12" edwin starr.... maybe some are only a £5 but I reckon I could have a couple of grand - have always looked after my music...... ready for my retirement fund!
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| Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions was released on RCA, and also on the rarer issue Bluebird Records of London I have both, the latter given to me by Billy and Billy who then owned Bluebird Records in London(well known 80's soul shop!) |
Bluebird! I used to practically live in that shop! When they were in the original small shop in Church St. When it was Billy, Bill, Steve & Abby working in there.
I was in there virtually every day, and used to spend virtually all my money on records; imports were bleedin expensive then, if I remember rightly in around 83 a US import album was around £10 and back then a lot of great soul stuff never got released in the UK, or if it did it was a long time after it was released in the US so I used to buy loads of US imports. I also used to buy a lot of 'Cut-Outs' from Bluebird. Steve, do you remember them?
I've also got Expansions by LLS on both the original label and also the Bluebird 12"
It was a crying shame what happened to Billy & Bill. Around 87/88 they sold the shops and brought a castle in Scotland where they came from. I can't remember the exact story on what happened, but they lost a lot of money and the last i heard was that Billy Russell was bankrupt and was destitute living on the streets back in London
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He certainly is. A mate of mine is a producer and a couple of years ago he was working at Morgan Khans studio in Kensal Rd (Ladbroke Grove). I used to pop down there sometimes and chatted with Morgan a few times.
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That is true! Found a website that gives some online prices with regard to records. Popular stuff that was mass produced goes for around a £5. Stuff like John Lennon, Imagine on the apple label is worth around £12. But I suppose its only worth what people are prepared to pay for it at the time.
I am going to sort through all my vinyl and list it on a database then price it up. I know I have a very rare record on a def jam label. I cant remember the name now but apparently there was only around 50 made. Still have mine in its sealed sleeve.
Oh, Oh
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| happy radio, coloured vinyl 12" edwin starr. |
I have that, with autograph. I was sales manager with Raydee Lighting, and we supplied the "decor" lighting for the Happy Radio tour.
OK, lets see how many of the old f**ts, remember Raydee Lighting
Mikeeee....none of us old farts are anywhere near as old as you so dont remember the old gas lighting!
Where you been anyway lately!
Where you been anyway lately!
I also used to buy a lot of 'Cut-Outs' from Bluebird. Steve, do you remember them?
Yup Billy and Billy and kevin stocked quite a few of those, along with Disc Empire in Kings Road(owned by Tony Monson!)
I've also got Expansions by LLS on both the original label and also the Bluebird 12"
It was a crying shame what happened to Billy & Bill. Around 87/88 they sold the shops and brought a castle in Scotland where they came from. I can't remember the exact story on what happened, but they lost a lot of money and the last i heard was that Billy Russell was bankrupt and was destitute living on the streets back in London
I knew they sold the shop and bought a castle....haven't heard of them for years though...it would be a crying shame if thats what happened to Billy Russell...
Yes back in the days when I was a pirate Radio DJ on Radio Invicta in London in the 70's and 80's (legendary soul station, on air long before JFM or Kiss) we used to run an ad for Bluebird Records, and they used to supply us with the records from the States and elsewhere!
a really nice bunch of guys, Billy actually was big into reggae music, and produced some great lovers rock stuff, by Black Harmony and others! I still have some white label copies of their releases!
yes it used to take around a year for a record from the States to be released in Britain, in fact Champaign's How About Us was a hit on Invicta a good year before it was released in Britain
Plus of course we had the first play of many bands like Light Of The World etc!
we had many guest jocks including Chris Hill, Chris Brown, Steve Walsh, Sean French, plus a show once in a while, from a guy who was a roadie for Froggy(owner of a legendary soul system for the National Soul Festival etc) a guy called Pete Tong(who hasn't done too badly for himself since then!)
Interesting story about Morgan Khan, back in the late 70's early 80's, I went down to his office in the top part of Church Street in London(in fact near Bluebird Records!)
He played me a tape of a new band he had been recording called Imagination, so we were the first to play that band...
PS Imports are still really expensive..they haven't really gone down in price over the years!
Yup Billy and Billy and kevin stocked quite a few of those, along with Disc Empire in Kings Road(owned by Tony Monson!)
I've also got Expansions by LLS on both the original label and also the Bluebird 12"
It was a crying shame what happened to Billy & Bill. Around 87/88 they sold the shops and brought a castle in Scotland where they came from. I can't remember the exact story on what happened, but they lost a lot of money and the last i heard was that Billy Russell was bankrupt and was destitute living on the streets back in London
I knew they sold the shop and bought a castle....haven't heard of them for years though...it would be a crying shame if thats what happened to Billy Russell...
Yes back in the days when I was a pirate Radio DJ on Radio Invicta in London in the 70's and 80's (legendary soul station, on air long before JFM or Kiss) we used to run an ad for Bluebird Records, and they used to supply us with the records from the States and elsewhere!
a really nice bunch of guys, Billy actually was big into reggae music, and produced some great lovers rock stuff, by Black Harmony and others! I still have some white label copies of their releases!
yes it used to take around a year for a record from the States to be released in Britain, in fact Champaign's How About Us was a hit on Invicta a good year before it was released in Britain
Plus of course we had the first play of many bands like Light Of The World etc!
we had many guest jocks including Chris Hill, Chris Brown, Steve Walsh, Sean French, plus a show once in a while, from a guy who was a roadie for Froggy(owner of a legendary soul system for the National Soul Festival etc) a guy called Pete Tong(who hasn't done too badly for himself since then!)
Interesting story about Morgan Khan, back in the late 70's early 80's, I went down to his office in the top part of Church Street in London(in fact near Bluebird Records!)
He played me a tape of a new band he had been recording called Imagination, so we were the first to play that band...
PS Imports are still really expensive..they haven't really gone down in price over the years!
Steve,
You seem to be having a little trouble using the 'quote' option
first copy the section that you're quoting, then press the quote button, then paste the copied text and then press the quote button again. The above message was a little difficult to read, knowing which passages you were quoting and which you were actually saying yourself
You seem to be having a little trouble using the 'quote' option
first copy the section that you're quoting, then press the quote button, then paste the copied text and then press the quote button again. The above message was a little difficult to read, knowing which passages you were quoting and which you were actually saying yourself
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They're still expensive, but ratio wise not as expensive as they were in the early 80's.
Well got me music colectors bible at weeknd. Had a nice little suprise, dug out a copy of queen with bohemiam rapsodey on 7" with another track on side b, apparantly according to the number worth £250.
£250 Damn! I shut the lid on me record box while that single was still sticking out on its side!its now in 3 parts
Damn! I shut the lid on me record box while that single was still sticking out on its side!its now in 3 parts
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Perhaps you could sell it as a jigsaw puzzle? Paula your avatar is playing havoc with me blood pressure.
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