Sunday, March 02, 2008
Ebay,Charms on Rockin/Deluxe
I'm back from a couple weeks on vacation, and set to bring you more information in my weekly blog
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A two week withdrawal from Ebay made me take another hard look at the type of listings that continue to be added. Although there are a lot of great records being offered by some very reputable sellers, there is a lot of junk and inconsistencies. That is not new news by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's getting worse. The bottom line is that if you are a serious collector, you better know what you are looking for, and what it should look like.
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Here is a funny listing that said doo wop, but was an instrumental.
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This next one is from a not so great seller that not only offers crap, but has a hard time with facts. On this listing he has a supposed promo LP from the Innocents, with no cover, and a picture of Cathy (Kathy) Young, which is the wrong artist, and not "With The Group". I think it was the other way around, but there were close ties. As for the cover, which is not really addressed, and shown as blank, I have quality label promo LP's and they all came with covers. And how does a promo never get released? I bet there is a quality LP on a stock label out there. In fact, the one pictured appears to be stock, in spite of the likely intentionally blurred picture.
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A two week withdrawal from Ebay made me take another hard look at the type of listings that continue to be added. Although there are a lot of great records being offered by some very reputable sellers, there is a lot of junk and inconsistencies. That is not new news by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's getting worse. The bottom line is that if you are a serious collector, you better know what you are looking for, and what it should look like.
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Here is a funny listing that said doo wop, but was an instrumental.
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This next one is from a not so great seller that not only offers crap, but has a hard time with facts. On this listing he has a supposed promo LP from the Innocents, with no cover, and a picture of Cathy (Kathy) Young, which is the wrong artist, and not "With The Group". I think it was the other way around, but there were close ties. As for the cover, which is not really addressed, and shown as blank, I have quality label promo LP's and they all came with covers. And how does a promo never get released? I bet there is a quality LP on a stock label out there. In fact, the one pictured appears to be stock, in spite of the likely intentionally blurred picture.
This one just keeps coming up. He wants 20K for the lot based on 235K "Book value". It is a list of mostly common stuff that really should be in the VG+ or mint range that he lists 85% of the records to be. Since stuff does not sell at book, as he points out, I think he will be listing it for a long time. On the positive side, it would be a good starter collection for a new collector.....for about 1/2 the price.
Coming this week to my first and second pressings is the Charms first record on the Rockin label called Heaven Only Knows. It then became the first issue on the Deluxe label, number 6000. The Rockin label was based out of Miami, though a sub of King records. The disc started selling well enough that King decided to issue it on the Deluxe label. They had actually acquired the Deluxe catalog within the previous year - it was originally based in New Jersey - and they revived it with # 6000. They continued to issue records by the Charms, and they helped sell a lotof records for Sid Nathan at King. As a side note, the Charms also recorded for the Florida based Chart label. So, look for the Deluxe/Rockin 78's later this week here!
Coming this week to my first and second pressings is the Charms first record on the Rockin label called Heaven Only Knows. It then became the first issue on the Deluxe label, number 6000. The Rockin label was based out of Miami, though a sub of King records. The disc started selling well enough that King decided to issue it on the Deluxe label. They had actually acquired the Deluxe catalog within the previous year - it was originally based in New Jersey - and they revived it with # 6000. They continued to issue records by the Charms, and they helped sell a lotof records for Sid Nathan at King. As a side note, the Charms also recorded for the Florida based Chart label. So, look for the Deluxe/Rockin 78's later this week here!
