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Longest Road wrote:

cmalisze wrote:

Anyone hear from Hi-Fi lately? His abscence is not typical.....

IM BAAAAAACK

Ow, and your holiday "Gift" will be shipped today, I bet you don't have any Beatles Boots, until now

TheDecline13 wrote:

Question Mr Hi Fi

I have received about 31 original Johnny Cash LP's. Are these in demand? Any suggestions on the best way to sell or trade these?

Ow, and I will generally buy Cash albums, depending on condition. PM me the info My Sneezy. Off to the FLEA market then the shop to keep the employees from turning violent towards the customers. Here is how today will go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EJy4zVeCKI Later, Hi-Fi

I bet one of my employees $500.00 he would not eat a Walt Disney Jack and Jill 45. I am now $500.00 poorer. I'm not sure who is more F'd up, me or him.....Shall we vote?

Longest Road wrote:

although it is worth what it means to you in your soul, money is just paper. Can't take it with you. Sorry, you ask a Buddhist a question, you get a Buddhist answer

Reminds me of a LONG time ago ('94?) when I saw a full band signed (including Avery) copy Jane's Addiction S\T (xxx) vinyl at a local shop for $180.

I asked my buddy if it was "worth it". He said, "I mean, it's not WORTH it ... but if it's worth it to YOU, then it IS worth it."

Lol.

I am so happy you are ok! Did you get my PM asking if you had any other interests? I was curious as to what besides records gets your blood a boiling! I am not sure why they moved us but I am glad they did, in a way. I hope people still view because it is nice to hear stories and share ideas and thoughts about our hobby (aka addiction). Also, I am in Illinois right now getting ready to head to the Blackhawks game tonight. I stopped in a local record store and asked if he had any PJ albums. Politely, he said no but he could get some cool boots from a distributor. He said he will email me a list and once he does I will provide to you in case you may be interested. Thanks! Go Hawks tonight...[/quote]

Yup, I got your PM and responded. Sorry for the tardiness, been busy with the shop

cmalisze wrote:

What is the availability of DMB LP's? I dont dare look at the evil Ebay. Haha

I have a bunch in stock, Under the Table...., etc.... Not too hard

I don't use this forum to sell records, but if you can find my shop I will give you the DMB album for free. I'm buddhist, I don't need or want your $100.00, nor is it worth that. I have it priced at $12.95....Good Luck

3crookedhearts wrote:

PM me your address and I will take the rest of the week off and fly there tomorrow.

Why? Because RCA has never issued Under the Table and Dreaming on vinyl. And they've only pressed two records. Their first vinyl pressing, Before These Crowded Streets, has been OOP since '98 and regularly sells for $300. Not to question your credentials, but as a record store owner you should know this. At the very least, snap a photo of this vinyl (Under the Table and Dreaming) to prove to me that I'm not crazy.

You should also be aware of the fact that the CBS pressing of Time Out of Mind also regularly sells for upwards of $200 since it has also been OOP since '97.

You never asked whether they were boots/imports/both or not, and there have been SEVERAL pressings of boot Under The Table...all italian from 1994-1998....I understand what you or CBS or the general public thinks things value at, but at my shop, we run on the Buddhist philosophy of giving and compassion.
So you are saying that The Kinks Everybody's in Show Biz LP which has been OOP since 1975 is worth $200.00 also??? No, its worth $20.00, and I sell it for $9.95NM. Less Green Disease for you, sir. Value the record from Goldmine BEFORE firing off e-mails. If its not in there, does NOT mean it does NOT exist. For example, Elvis Presley "A Mess of Blues/The Girl of my Best Friend" 45 was NEVER released in the US, only in Germany, ON RCA, not a boot. It values VERY high for that reason, but is that what we sell it at? (Dream up your own answer). Also, Japan produces TONS of legit LPs that are not released in the US.(Example, Frank Sinatra's My Way on Red Wax) Remember, there is a continent (Europe) full of industrious people that create fantastic stuff. I take a trip to Tibet yearly, and stop off in a few cities (mainly Italy) to pick up hard to find vinyl. I don't need to justify myself by "snapping a pic" to enlighten you or make myself feel better. I am holding the copy of DMB Under the Table... in my hand RIGHT NOW, and we shall play it in your honor this morning. Clear?

How am I going to value it in Goldmine if it's not listed? If it was a foreign pressing, it's never been listed ANYWHERE on ANY DMB discography page (there are dozens and they are thorough). If it's a bootleg, why are you selling it? You said you didn't sell bootlegs. Again, in 15 years of collecting, I've NEVER seen an Italian pressing or ANY pressing of that record show up on eBay, discogs, or gemm.com. And I've looked regularly for FIFTEEN YEARS. So without a picture, without a PM telling me where your store is (which I said I'd fly to to buy this record) and without any other further information (a link of ANY KIND proving that this record exists), I'm going to say that you're full of shit. If you really are a Buddhist, show your compassion by placating me by simply snapping a picture of you holding it. Seriously. If not that, PM me your store's address and I will be there tomorrow to buy it. If you REALLY want to impress me, ship it to my house. PM me for my address.

Otherwise, I call Duck Tales. Sorry.

How about this as an option. If it does exist, set it up as an eBay auction and donate the $3,000 or $4,000 that you'd earn from it to charity! That way we both win. Post the URL of the auction when it's ready. Or send it to me and I'll do it. Or again, post a picture or send me a link indicating its real-ness.

You'd said to a previous poster that DMB vinyl was "not too hard" to find, and yet you have someone on this forum that has over 3,000 records in his personal collection and has collected vinyl for over 15 years telling you that I've NEVER SEEN A COPY. ANYWHERE! THAT MEANS IT'S HARD TO FIND!!!!!!!! YOU HAD TO BUY THEM IN ITALY!!!! THAT'S HARD TO FIND!!!! Right speech, my man. Right speech. You're not being a very good Buddhist.