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keithlaw1974keithlaw1974 Blacko, UK Posts: 137
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Mine, bought a record case + vinyl within! inside was perfect untouched copy of Vitalogy, original press.
Also, there was Led Zeppelin II, Dark side of the Moon, AC/DC, Queen, Deep Purple, The Doors and more

Price paid for the case - £30, about $45.
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  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,283
    i picked up pearl jam let me sleep/ramblings at amoeba records hollywood in 2006 for the grand old price of $14.99.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,444
    edited May 2014
    I got Avocado in super amazing condition (maybe played a few times before) for $175 last year. I thought that was a pretty good deal... although it's hard to look at a record that cost $175 and think of it as a bargain. image
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  • onejourney...onejourney... Posts: 252
    I got Benaroya Hall LP set for $35 plus shipping...;)
    here for the music...
  • quasiquasi Posts: 492
    AndySlash said:

    i picked up pearl jam let me sleep/ramblings at amoeba records hollywood in 2006 for the grand old price of $14.99.

    Wow, I also remember picking up a copy of Let Me Sleep at Amoeba Records Hollywood for the same price in around 2006 when I was living down in LA. I thought it was a mistake. Somebody must've dumped off a few of them not knowing what they were.

    I also got the original pressing of "Into The Wild" for $12 at Amoeba Hollywood in 2007 using in-store credit. Then, I walked across to the Arclight and watched the movie on the big screen.

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,444
    onejourney... said:

    I got Benaroya Hall LP set for $35 plus shipping...;)

    Haha, yeah, I got Vault #3 for $45, Sevens for $55, and a coke bottle Ten for $30! :-bd
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  • nickmg8nickmg8 Posts: 7
    Back in the day (somewhere around 1999/2000) I picked up Yield used at Amoeba in Berkeley for $2.95. I also got Mirrorball there around the same time discounted for $6.99.
  • cjzolycjzoly Posts: 508
    I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when I was on a business trip in Cleveland last year, and when I went through the store I found a sealed PJ Riot Act for $14.99 mixed amongst the reissues of Ten, Vs. and Vitalogy...
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,444
    cjzoly said:

    I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when I was on a business trip in Cleveland last year, and when I went through the store I found a sealed PJ Riot Act for $14.99 mixed amongst the reissues of Ten, Vs. and Vitalogy...

    WOW!! So lucky! ...Are you sure it's real? ;)
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  • tribejammer05tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    edited May 2014
    Found No Code, Lost Dogs, and Live on Two Legs at a record store in Athens, OH about 10 years ago. Don't remember paying more than $20 a piece for them.

    I also just got Soundgarden's and Oasis' RSD releases through a third party seller on Amazon for retail plus shipping.
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  • JM12271JM12271 Posts: 211
    AndySlash said:

    i picked up pearl jam let me sleep/ramblings at amoeba records hollywood in 2006 for the grand old price of $14.99.

    I can do one better - I got that first Christmas single vinyl and the Alive EP cassette for $12 in spring of '92.

  • nippleholicnippleholic Toronto Posts: 1,085
    Picked up a Binaural vinyl for $10 at a local record store circa 2002-2003.
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  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    Avocado LP through the 10club for face. Joined Third Mans Vault @ beginning and have a copy of Vault #1. Bought Benny for a few hundred back in 2008
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  • chad1218chad1218 Posts: 111
    I purchased my binaural sealed at used kids in Columbus ohio for 16.00. It had some creasing on the jacket but still sounds great today 13 years later.
  • chad1218chad1218 Posts: 111
    Pretty sure I purchased vs no code and vitalogy that same day for 12 or 13 each. I still have them all
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,446
    chad1218 said:

    Pretty sure I purchased vs no code and vitalogy that same day for 12 or 13 each. I still have them all

    Vitalogy day it came out. $12 for the LP in 1994. No Code and Vs for $15 at Virgin Megastore downtown Chicago in 2003. Yield & Riot Act LPs for $30 off Amazon in 2004 for my birthday.
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  • tragibigzandatragibigzanda Posts: 100
    2004: Near-mint No Code, downtown Portland, OR, $12.
  • oysterjaroysterjar NH Posts: 1,235
    I picked up some used ZZ Top LP's for $3, $4 and $5 each.
    Wind this thing up.

  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    2014 MIKE MCCREADY & BRANDI CARLILE FREE RIDE 7"

    $5.99
  • scurtisscurtis Posts: 2,465
    Got an original press Vitalogy, and a No Code both sealed for $120 CAD on a local buy and sell site.
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 9,140
    edited May 2014
    Paying retail for all my Pearl Jam records on the day they came out.
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,840
    I grabbed a Tom Petty's She's the One used vinyl for $40. It was in pristine condition. I think that's about my best score.
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,177
    all the sealed albums for $300, courtesy of a dude in a million
  • j_web18j_web18 Posts: 186
    I don't know if this is my best score, but in the summer of 2003 I got a Riot Act LP from, of all places, the bargain bin at the Virgin Megastore Times Square. It was closing shortly thereafter.
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  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,088
    Bought "Yield" on the Bay in 2004 for $35. A few weeks later I found "No Code" for $15 at a local record store. Those were good days.
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  • Kearn5yKearn5y Ireland Posts: 3,018
    Got Yied for about €34 from an amazon.de marketplace seller about 2 years ago.
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  • JM12271JM12271 Posts: 211
    Forgot - purchased Yield a week before it was released for $10. Local record store guy new I collected PJ and called me when he got his copies early. Best part - new the songs prior to the radio broadcast that weekend. Ah. Memories.
  • nickmg8nickmg8 Posts: 7
    Just thought of another one - I got a used original peach colored Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream last year at a shop in SF for $15.
  • FR181798FR181798 Posts: 2,166
    edited March 2023
    Every PJ record I bought at the time seems like a bargain now.
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  • Karojo820673Karojo820673 Posts: 201
    edited May 2014
    1 copy of VS. 2 Vitalogy, No Code, Yield and Binaural free. I got 2 because I would get my dad a copy as well. He gave them back this a past year. The rest were bought when released
  • SmeeDogg1SmeeDogg1 Dublin Posts: 21
    Got the avocado lp on eBay last year real cheap because the seller made an error and listed it under the name "same" for some reason!! Couldn't believe my luck :)
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