Out Of Print CD Payday: A Working Guide

[teenagegurls]

Similar to the Left Banke situation:

Them:  The Story Of Them (Polygram, 1997) - $50

A lot of Castle/Sanctuary releases are going up in price as well, as I think was already mentioned since they're now defunct.  One of the pricier ones I know is the Flying Machine - Flight Recorder CD which is like $100.

[daniel]

I know there's a lot of hip hop CDs, esp. early 90s stuff, that people pay tons of ebay $ for. The only one I can think of right now is Runaway Slave by Showbiz and AG but I know that there are more.

http://music.search-completed.ebay.com/_W0QQa15964Z1023QQalistZa15964QQcatrefZC4QQdfspZ1QQfisZ2QQfromZR32QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ34QQgcsZ1091QQpfidZ1257QQpfmodeZ2QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZQ2d100QQsbrsrtZd

[rub-a-dub]

Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics $50 and up

The Dead C. - Trapdoor Fucking Exit $40

1st Sonic Youth CD used to go for over $100.  Don't know if it's worth much since the re-issue.

[inotlistening]

once noticed that

 Accused - Return of Martha Splatter

sold on ebay for 160$

DAMN!

[dS]

Lewd discog on Chuckie-Boy for $50
Child Molesters on SFTRI for $50

I have like 250 cds or so boxed up.  I know those are in there. 

I mentioned the Smiths-loving record store clerk that had a crush on me when I was a youngster a while back.  He gave me soooo many cds.

[dS]

Damn, I tried to edit that cuz the posts are all wide, but it's Daniel's fault, I think.

I bet some of that cd-only 90s stuff (SFTRI and all that) might get ridiculous.

[denkinger]

Right now its SFTRI vinyl that is potentially nutso, since it is all technically o/p and who the hell is gonna repress these days for some of these records?

Next, the CDs start blowing up.

If you ever see the Spaceman 3's "For all the Fucked up Children" that's been o/p for going on a decade.

[rnld]

those rap cds are nuts!

[plastic bag baby]

how about... (I own copies of all these myself)

Fad Gadget- Fireside Favourites for about $50-75 (I had forgotten it was that expensive now)
v/a- Got A Good Thing Going: 25 R&B Radio Hits Of the 60s for about $50 (I haven't looked recently, but mine was $3 at Goodwill)
Legendary Pink Dots- Stone Circles: A Legendary Pink Dots Anthology starting at $45 (mine was $2.50, again from Goodwill)
Wire- Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78 all the way from $33-120 (I paid $83 for mine, but it's perfect and I love it; should've waited though)

[cenotaph]

that wire 'behind the curtain' is totally incredible; it should be reissued.

something boggles my mind about paying this much for CDs; i guess i'm a vinyl snob and still see CDs as essentially disposable copies.

people have been paying big bucks for game theory CDs for years now - why doesn't someone just step in and reissue them?  i had 3 or 4 copies of 'lolita nation' on 2LP back in college cause I found them for $3 each; no one seems to care about the vinyl now.  what a great great great album.

[Dr. Humpp]

Accused - Return of Martha Splatter

sold on ebay for 160$

DAMN!

The CD!?! The vinyl record goes for 100$ - I don't get it.

[teenagegurls]

PiL, Plastic Box - $100 and up

...am I letting too much of my roots show with this list?  I've got this and I need to sell it.  The Peel Sessions fucking rule though.

[shauuuun]

Lewd discog on Chuckie-Boy for $50

Are you fucking serious?  More than half of this CD is unlistenable crap.  I am selling this tomorrow if this is true.

Richie: You found independant buyers for those Nomeansno CDs, right?  I've been tempted to put them on the Bay, but I really can't see anyone paying $50 for "0 + 2 = 1" and the like on there.

What route do you folks go? eBay?  Gemm.com listings?  Amazon?

[Richie]

Nah, I sold those on Ebay. This was probably four or five years ago maybe, when they were still deleted from the AT catalog. I think some of that stuff may have been reissued since then by the band?

A lot of people say Amazon is great for selling CDs and getting better prices than eBay.

[munch]

Wilie D, from the Geto Boys, first solo album on cd - Controversy goes for $60-$100.
Great cd, but as far as I can remember the insert is just one page.

Poor Righteous Teachers 3rd (?) album on cd - New World Order - goes for around the same