DRIVET's Tragically Hip Buy / Sell / Trade Thread

DRIVET

Hey everyone,

It's been fairly quiet on the Hip vinyl front lately. I sold off some extras that I had kicking around, and got my hands on another German Road Apples as well as a 7" Last American Exit single. Still patiently waiting to spin the story of Shamu and Bartholomew, aka. the Little Bones 12", though...





The contents of my Hip collection are listed below, conservatively graded according to the following scale (cover / vinyl / printed lyric sleeve):

M > NM+ > NM > NM- > EX+ > EX > EX- > VG+ > VG > VG- > G+ > G > G- > F

"..." means I am due to receive the record, but it hasn't arrived yet and thus has not been graded by me.

Albums:
- The Tragically Hip, Canadian RCA Victor pressing (VG+ / EX)
- The Tragically Hip, promotional USA Sterling pressing (VG+ / NM-)
- Up to Here, Canadian Precision pressing (EX / NM-)
- Up to Here, promotional USA Precision pressing (EX / NM-)
- Up to Here, promotional USA Precision pressing (EX+ with original shrinkwrap / NM-)
- Up to Here, German pressing (EX- / NM)
- Road Apples, Canadian Sterling pressing (EX+ / EX+)
- Road Apples, promotional USA Sterling pressing (EX- / NM+)
- Day For Night, Canadian pressing (EX with original shrinkwrap / NM / VG+) thanks to righteousbabe!
- Fully Completely, Holland pressing (NM+ / EX+)
- Live Between Us, USA pressing (NM- with original shrinkwrap / LP1: NM+, LP2: NM+)
- Trouble at the Henhouse, Canadian pressing (VG+/ NM- / VG)
- Tragically Hip / Bodeans on Westwood Radio (LP1: NM, LP2: EX, cue sheet: VG+) thanks to markslog!

Singles:
- Last American Exit 7" (NM /NM)
- Small Town Bringdown 7" (EX+ / EX-)
- Small Town Bringdown 12" one-track radio DJ promo (G+ with sawed cut-out / EX-)
- Small Town Bringdown 12" four-track EP, radio DJ promo (EX / EX+)
- Small Town Bringdown 12" four-track EP (NM / NM+)
- Blow at High Dough 12" one-track radio DJ promo (EX / NM) thanks to markslog!
- Blow at High Dough 12" one-track radio DJ promo ...
- Cordelia 7" promo (EX / EX)
- Little Bones 12" (EX- / NM)
- Courage 12" ...
- Courage 12" (EX+ / NM)
- Courage 12" (NM / NM) thanks to markslog!
- Locked in the Trunk of a Car 12" (VG+ with holepunched corner / EX-)
- Locked in the Trunk of a Car 12", MCA promo (EX+ / NM-)

I am looking for the following Hip vinyl:

- Twist My Arm 7" single
- New Orleans is Sinking 7" single

If I have something you need and you have something I need, then get in touch; maybe we can work out a trade. I'm also open to any buy / sell offers, too. Let's make a deal!

100 Pacer

Completely off topic, but thanks for requesting Brain of J at the '11 Hamilton show.

Well done.

javis el errante

since you LOVE Brain of J, you must check this thread...

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=187696


happy hunting!!!!

DRIVET

100 Pacer wrote:

Completely off topic, but thanks for requesting Brain of J at the '11 Hamilton show.

Well done.

Don't thank me, thank the band. All I did was take five minutes to draw it out on bristol board, and then pester them all night until they finally caved haha.

javis el errante wrote:

since you LOVE Brain of J, you must check this thread...

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=187696

happy hunting!!!!

Loved it. Especially how Eddie sings the first half an octave lower. That's how I sing Brain of J. when I play it on my acoustic guitar.

100 Pacer

DRIVET wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

Completely off topic, but thanks for requesting Brain of J at the '11 Hamilton show.

Well done.

Don't thank me, thank the band. All I did was take five minutes to draw it out on bristol board, and then pester them all night until they finally caved haha.

I've got a setlist from the show and it definitely makes me smile to see that Brain of J was quickly added in there.

DRIVET

This is a picture I took from my seat of the setlist before the show started (I have a pretty amazing digital camera, I must say ).

Believe me when I say I didn't peek at the setlist beforehand, but my brother did, and the only thing he told me about the setlist before the show started was, "Brain of J. isn't on the setlist, bro!".

DRIVET

Bump.

100 Pacer

DRIVET wrote:

This is a picture I took from my seat of the setlist before the show started (I have a pretty amazing digital camera, I must say ).

Believe me when I say I didn't peek at the setlist beforehand, but my brother did, and the only thing he told me about the setlist before the show started was, "Brain of J. isn't on the setlist, bro!".

I've got the monitor engineer's setlist and Brain of J was quickly written on it. I wasn't suggesting it was already on the setlist.

DRIVET

100 Pacer wrote:

DRIVET wrote:

This is a picture I took from my seat of the setlist before the show started (I have a pretty amazing digital camera, I must say ).

Believe me when I say I didn't peek at the setlist beforehand, but my brother did, and the only thing he told me about the setlist before the show started was, "Brain of J. isn't on the setlist, bro!".

I've got the monitor engineer's setlist and Brain of J was quickly written on it. I wasn't suggesting it was already on the setlist.

Nah, it wasn't my intention to doubt or disagree with you. This is simply how I knew myself before the show started that, if they ended up playing it, it would have to be a last-minute thing as opposed to it already being on the setlist from the start.

I saw photos of the modified setlist with "Brain" squeezed in (and Evolution scratched out), and thought it was so cool that I had to do a side-to-side comparison with my photo for me to believe it was actually true.

DRIVET

BUMP for Lost Dogs, and for finding the Tragically Hip EP!

DRIVET

BUMP for getting LO2L, and for the Hip vinyl!

Parksy

DRIVET wrote:

Hey everyone,

I obtained a copy of Live on Two Legs yesterday, and an original pressing of Vitalogy is on its way. Thanks to the individuals involved for hooking me up!

That just leaves one more major find (until I tackle tracking down a Benny, that is):

- Lost Dogs

The easiest Tragically Hip LP to get is in my possession, and that leaves the following if anyone is looking to move some Hip vinyl:

- Locked in the Trunk of a Car 12" single
- Little Bones 12" single
- Up to Here
- Day for Night
- Road Apples
- Fully Completely
- Live Between Us ... and (dare I ask):
- Trouble at the Henhouse

... and if you are willing to ship to Canada, please feel free to get in touch! Of course, if you are located in the Toronto/GTA region, so much the better.

Are you still looking for Lost Dogs LP? Also.. wherebouts are you in GTA?

Cheers

DRIVET

Bump for getting Lost Dogs and the Tragically Hip's Courage single.
... and for needing one more studio album to complete my collection!

DRIVET

BUMP!

DRIVET

Bump for finishing my collection, and for obtaining Fully Completely!

Bogey Man

I'm working on both Pearl Jam and Hip vinyl myself. Hip vinyl is so hard to find. I didn't even know there were vinyls past "Road Apples". My holy grail would definitely be "Day for Night". If you ever come across some you already have shoot me a pm. In the past three weeks I've managed to get No Code, Lo2L, Yield, and PJ20 but no Hip in sight. I'm in Canada too, well Newfoundland .... lol

DRIVET

Bogey Man wrote:

I'm working on both Pearl Jam and Hip vinyl myself. Hip vinyl is so hard to find. I didn't even know there were vinyls past "Road Apples". My holy grail would definitely be "Day for Night". If you ever come across some you already have shoot me a pm. In the past three weeks I've managed to get No Code, Lo2L, Yield, and PJ20 but no Hip in sight. I'm in Canada too, well Newfoundland .... lol

Vinyl pressings exist for all albums from the Hip EP to Trouble at the Henhouse, plus Live Between Us (and We Are the Same). The Hip EP and Up to Here are easier to track down than the others. I got lucky with Fully Completely, I freely admit. It is extremely hard to find, and when you do find it, more often than not you'll have to shell out a small fortune to get it.

The record I want to get my hands on the most from what's left on my list is Day for Night. There seems to be more copies of it around than Fully Completely, going by how many have been posted on the bay lately. And you'd think that being in Canada would help our cause, but it doesn't seem to be the case. All of my Hip vinyl purchases have come from outside of Canada, so I think of it as bringing them back home where they belong.

DRIVET

BUMP for the Hip vinyl, and for getting the Locked In the Trunk of a Car single!

southp

I was once like you but gave up. I have S/T, Up to Here and Road Apples but could never bring myself to splurge on Fully Completely or Day for Night.

Just so you know, there is a DFN up on ebay right now - bids are up to $122.

DRIVET

The Tragically Hip album Road Apples on vinyl is an interesting beast. It apparently has four pressings: The (supposedly sonically-inferior) German pressing, a US sterling pressing, a regular Canadian pressing, and a Limited Edition Canadian pressing.

Within the span of a day, I was able to get my hands on both the German and regular Canadian pressings for pretty decent prices. I learned that there are a few differences between the two. The German one first:


The bottom-right corner of the German cover.


The upper-right corner of the German cover.


The second side of the German LP. (Can you spot the amusing spelling mistake? )

And now the Canadian one:

The Canadian pressing does not have a barcode anywhere on the cover, oddly enough, so no picture of that.


The Canadian pressing was distributed by Columbia House records. Reading that brought back distant childhood memories of thumbing through my old man's Columbia House catalog. Too bad I didn't have the foresight to purchase this album back then.


Note the rainbow MCA label, and the different catalog number: CMCA-10173.

Interesting stuff. I never would have known the differences had I not had the two versions side-by-side. Oh, and Road Apples sounds absolutely amazing on vinyl, probably the best of the Hip albums in my collection.

DRIVET

BUMP for a 99% chance at getting a sealed Trouble at the Henhouse!

RB247657

I hope you got that "Trouble..." disc. I'm trying to finish my PJ studio collection first. But then will be finishing my Hip stuff. If you ever get a handle on a spare Day for Night,I'd love to hear from you. Anyway,congrats on the collection . I sure hope you're spinning the heck outta them.

Hey does that Canadian pressing of Road Apples really sound better?

DRIVET

BUMP for the sealed TATH!

So, the $1,000,000 question (quite literally) is: Do I...

1. Open it and spin it?
2. Offer it up to trade for an opened copy plus credit towards another Hip record I need?
3. Leave it exactly how it is and cherish it?

The thing is, the cover is not in mint condition, as you can see from the pictures. There is a corner bend, a slight bit of ringwear, and a minor spine fold.

For reference to those who are not up on the situation with Tragically Hip vinyl, this is essentially the equivalent of a Benny in terms of rarity (maybe more so), but only about half as much in terms of current value.

Ahhhh, I'm so torn over what to do! If it was any other record I'd open it and spin it until the needle wears through the vinyl, but it's so, SO rare opened, never mind sealed.

What should I do?

:corn:

restlesssoul

DRIVET wrote:

BUMP for the sealed TATH!

So, the $1,000,000 question (quite literally) is: Do I...

1. Open it and spin it?
2. Offer it up to trade for an opened copy plus credit towards another Hip record I need?
3. Leave it exactly how it is and cherish it?

The thing is, the cover is not in mint condition, as you can see from the pictures. There is a corner bend, a slight bit of ringwear, and a minor spine fold.

For reference to those who are not up on the situation with Tragically Hip vinyl, this is essentially the equivalent of a Benny in terms of rarity (maybe more so), but only about half as much in terms of current value.

Ahhhh, I'm so torn over what to do! If it was any other record I'd open it and spin it until the needle wears through the vinyl, but it's so, SO rare opened, never mind sealed.

What should I do?

:corn:

what would you want for it?

restlesssoul

ive got

First Album
Up To Here
Road Apples
Day For Night
WATS
Plan A


and the Last American Exit 45


i have LOTS of other rare records too, including the first Third Man Records vault release, ICKY THUMP, mono. that sold on ebay for over 300 OPENED, mine is sealed.

Ive got green silverchair frogstomp...

a white backspacer....i have the entire studio pj including lost dogs and live on two legs.

let me know if you want to make a trade...i might be up for it.

DRIVET

Just so I'm clear, I would be looking to move my sealed TATH because I really don't want to open it, and someone might appreciate a sealed copy more than me. So this is what I would accept for it (whether or not it's fair is another matter that is open for discussion ):

1. My sealed TATH for an opened TATH whose vinyl is in EX or better condition AND some credit towards a Live Between Us or Day For Night (preferably DFN).
2. My sealed TATH (+ some cash?) for an opened DFN AND opened LBU, both vinyl in EX or better condition.

I would much prefer #1 just because I want to end up with a TATH in some way, shape or form. If you want to talk more specifically, then send me a PM and we can go from there.

RobbyD462

I received a Day for Night Sealed from a member of 10C in a trade for Mad Season.
I opened it!
Sounds Amazing!
You should do the same it's yours now.
I found a Up to Here for $30 at my local record store.

Enjoy!!

DRIVET

I think I'm going to leave it as-is for the time being. I just got back from an adventure in Europe, and I brought enough vinyl home from there to satisfy me for now (some rare-ish '90s Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, and Tom Petty).

I made a post over on the Hip forum to see if any collectors there want it, so we'll see what happens. But for now I'm content to have it sit sealed amongst my other Hip records.

DRIVET

BUMP for opening up TATH, and getting the US promo pressing of Road Apples and the German pressing of Up To Here!

-.- Glorified GnothingMan -.-

I opened sealed copies of both TAtH AND DFN & have no real regrets. You should rip that baby open, turn your stereo to '11' and spin that thing 'till it hurts! I do know how hard it is to open a sealed Hip album but my gut tells me the Hip will reissue those albums before too long. There is just too much demand for them not to.

Sorry DRIVET I wasn't able to hook you up with the sealed DFN I sold here. Like I said, it at least did go to a cool cat, a fellow Albertan 10c'er

Now, if you guys wanna talk REAL rare Canadian albums, try finding Wintersleep's first 2 albums on vinyl (self titled and un-titled). Those baby's were holy grails for me and I eventually gave up a German 'Road Apples' and STP's "Purple" for those two Wintersleep albums and felt quite happy with that trade (the 1st album was pressed on cyrstal clear vinyl). Snatch 'em if you fins 'em - they are GREAT albums AND very rare. The fella from NewFoundland might have the best luck as Wintersleep is from Halifax I think. I'd also be interested in any Rheostatics albums on vinyl although I'm not sure how many exist in that form (they reissued a gorgeous vinyl-version of 'Whale Music', which included the CD, from their website - what an awesome job they did on it! - and I have their "Greatest Hits" from '87 on vinyl. Really not sure what else, if any, of their albums made it to vinyl)

Bogey Man

-.- Glorified GnothingMan -.- wrote:

I opened sealed copies of both TAtH AND DFN & have no real regrets. You should rip that baby open, turn your stereo to '11' and spin that thing 'till it hurts! I do know how hard it is to open a sealed Hip album but my gut tells me the Hip will reissue those albums before too long. There is just too much demand for them not to.

Sorry DRIVET I wasn't able to hook you up with the sealed DFN I sold here. Like I said, it at least did go to a cool cat, a fellow Albertan 10c'er

Now, if you guys wanna talk REAL rare Canadian albums, try finding Wintersleep's first 2 albums on vinyl (self titled and un-titled). Those baby's were holy grails for me and I eventually gave up a German 'Road Apples' and STP's "Purple" for those two Wintersleep albums and felt quite happy with that trade (the 1st album was pressed on cyrstal clear vinyl). Snatch 'em if you fins 'em - they are GREAT albums AND very rare. The fella from NewFoundland might have the best luck as Wintersleep is from Halifax I think. I'd also be interested in any Rheostatics albums on vinyl although I'm not sure how many exist in that form (they reissued a gorgeous vinyl-version of 'Whale Music', which included the CD, from their website - what an awesome job they did on it! - and I have their "Greatest Hits" from '87 on vinyl. Really not sure what else, if any, of their albums made it to vinyl)

You think there's enough demand to re-release albums on vinyl? I don't know if the demand is there for Hip music like there used to be. I'm still a big fan and would snatch up any Hip vinyl, but I'm not sure there are enough out there.

I was chasing down an Up to Here vinyl yesterday on the auction site and it quickly escaped my grasp in the last 30 seconds. I guess I'll go after the next one.