garbage looking one trackers...
KARLITO
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I need some advice on how to sell all those one tracker records in the real world. I'm talking about for example, Percy Faith Corazon, more of like a 3 tracker but you get the idea. This isn't the most common record or the raerest but I think a real world price of $2 or $3 for a nice clean one is fair. Am I wrong? If I'm not how do I get people at a show/swap to be interested? I feel like if folks heard some of these one trackers they'd cop right away for a couple bucks. I mean you can't post a sound file at your table and having a little listening TT would kinda interrupt traffic/ be drowned out. Ideas?
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Explain that although they look like albums, they are not.
*maybe
...anywhere outside of the US $3 is a steal if there's anything remotely decent on it. It's just getting people to take a chance on something they have never heard of and don't like the look of.
How much is a coffee in Starbucks? More than $3?
Or
$3 each - 4 for $10
How about...
J DILLA WAS GOING TO BUY THESE RECORDS BUT HAD TO BOUNCE TO A CONCERT AND FORGOT TO COME BACK AFTERWARDS. THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR DONUTS 2. MADLIB PHONED ME AND WANTED TO PAY ME TO DESTROY THEM SO THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR FUNKY SECRETS TO THE GRAVE. BUT NO, IT'S ALL HERE, AT THREE FUCKING DOLLARS A POP SO THE NEXT BEAT MAESTRO CAN UNLOCK THE DOPENESS WITHIN. USE THE FORCE, PAY THE MONEY, SEND THE DEMOS TO STONES THROW. AND MENTION ME IN THE ALBUM CREDITS.
I would also make a 4 minute sound clip of the best parts.
I usually got $30-$70...
This was awhile ago, though.
Overseas shipping is pricey.
If you find out how to sell them now let me know.
I'll send you a Joe Farrell record on CTI as a thank you.
"side 2, track 3 is funky and has breaks" etc.
Try labeling the track with whatever gives it's appeal. "Fuzz guitar" or whatever short description may appeal to a different buyer than someone simply looking for breaks.
Also for previewing I use some cheap small portable iPod speakers connected to my Vestax Handytrax. The little bit of amplification works wonders in a loud show because the built in speakers aren't loud at all.
1) Portables are common at shows and swaps up here. Bring yours and let buyers use it.
2) There are 2 sellers up here that I have a lot of respect for, one lists everything on as many web sites as possible and waits (sometimes years) for the one guy who wants that record. The other starts the record at a strong price (say $6) then prices it down to $3, then it goes to the dollar bin, then it goes to the .25c bin. I guess it goes to the trash pile after that. All in the span of a year or two. First one has over a million records warehoused, second has mid sized store with lots of turn over.