DRIVET's Tragically Hip Buy / Sell / Trade Thread

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.

-.- Glorified GnothingMan -.-

Bogey Man wrote:

-.- 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.

Good point. I'm not sure. I'm certainly not an expert on the topic but it is fact that there is currently a resurgence in the popularity of vinyl; young consumers are getting into it (and shelling out $$) and older folks are diggin out their old collections again to either play OR to sell to those now into it. I was guessing that the demand must be high for Hip vinyl if people are willing to shell out $300 or more for a used LP pressed nearly 20 years ago. And, again I'm making an educated guess, but I think the Hip gets lumped in with 90's "grunge" (I know, haha) music, which appears to be very much in demand in the vinyl format. But I haven't done any cost analysis of manufacture/distributing/promo/etc vs. potential profit or anything... Press a handful, sell them off the website and see what happens.....?

restlesssoul

was having this exact discussion with a guy who owns a store here yesterday. they should absolutely repress every hip OR at least PRESS all the ones that have never been on vinyl.....do it through the fan club, limit them to 500 copies or so and charge a bundle. they would sell out in a day, every album. i dont understand why they arent doing it.


oh yeah, and then I bought Up To Here off the guy for 40 bucks.


Then I bought avocado off him for 40 bucks.

Then I bought Stadium Arcadium 4xLP boxset for THIRTY TWO dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

still need

Henhouse
Fully
Live Between

for my hip stuff....not interested in the 7" and 12" just due to the facct that it will take years to accumulate them as they are scarce as hell.

BLACK35

i was at a flea market today and I was looking to see if they had any Hip albums, in between me looking for some Pearl Jam.......unfortunately a big zero for both

May 30th

Is Day for Night very rare? I only have We Are The Same and Now For Plan A on vinyl. I would possibly be willing to trade some PJ or some other vinyl for Day for Night or Trouble At The Henhouse.

DRIVET

Day For Night is rare, but not as rare as some of the other Hip vinyl. I think the reason Day For Night is so expensive is because it has the highest demand. Here's a basic scale of Hip vinyl rarity, ranging from common to impossible to find (and correlates well with price, too):

The Hip EP ($30) ... Up to Here ... Road Apples ... Day For Night ... Fully Completely ... Live Between Us ... Trouble at the Henhouse (>$350)

As for the Hip vinyl singles:

The Hip EP-era singles ($10) ... Locked in the Trunk of a Car ... Courage ... Little Bones (>$120) ... Cordelia ... Twist My Arm

I'm divided over whether they should re-release their albums on vinyl. Knowing that they are so hard to find and yet still possible to obtain makes the hunt for them that much more exciting, as opposed to PJ vinyl where they are all obtainable given enough money. But the fact that they are such an important Canadian band should be reason enough to repress their works.

Essentially no amount of money can buy Trouble at the Henhouse, for example, since there is virtually no supply to begin with, and only a tiny fraction of people who do have it are willing to sell.

Bogey Man

There's a sealed "Live Between Us" on eBay. I bid, but it has quickly escalated beyond me. Good Luck if anyone is going after this rarity.

-.- Glorified GnothingMan -.-

Bogey Man wrote:

There's a sealed "Live Between Us" on eBay. I bid, but it has quickly escalated beyond me. Good Luck if anyone is going after this rarity.

I'd be VERY surprised if that one didn't snatch at least 3 and a half. It's a double LP and it's sealed, not to mention quite rare (maybe equivalent with TATH as far as rarity). Fortunately, I've got a nice one so I, thankfully, don't have to take part in that sh!t-show :corn: But best of luck to anyone here that goes after it. That will absolutely hold it's value so long as it isn't reissued too soon (and assuming the bidding doesn't get super-ridiculous)

DRIVET

BUMP for snagging another Small Town Bringdown 7" single, as well as giving my German pressing of Road Apples away to a good friend of mine.

I also added an up-to-date photo of my collection to the first post of this thread. I'll put one here, too:



I was going to put a bid of $250 in for that Live Between Us LP, but it looks like that will be too small a figure to claim it. Pretty insane that it's already over $200 with six days left to go in the auction.

I'll find it for the right price one day, though. Just gotta be patient.

ulookn4me

i have a spare mint unopened copy of Day for Night that i would trade (plus cash) for you trouble at the hen house....

interested?
-tony

DRIVET

BUMP for obtaining another Locked in the Trunk of a Car single, and another Courage single!

Sent you a PM, Tony.