Records that used to go for crazy loot
BreakSelf
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I want to hear some stories from people who were selling in the thick of the beat digging craze. What were some of the titles you used to make a killing off? I'm talking about $300+ for Eugene McDaniels, $400(!!?!) for Dance the Slurp 45, $200 for Giant etc. How much money did y'all make off Brain Freeze?
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I still own this record because I can't really sell it and feel guilty about minting up.
I don't want to blow up nobody's spot, a lot of my customers be lurking...
WOW.
On the flipside of that, I paid $60 for Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll's "Street Noise" when I was a baby digger.
I heard that OK loop and went directly to GEMM where I got gemmed in my culo.
Live and learn SAHN.
I remember being amped about finding a cheap copy of this at Dusty Groove after seeing that auction, BITD.
"Ooooooh, I should have no problem flipping this!"
Bob James - Two - $120
WTF. Did you catch Marcofunk on his first day of buying records??
You must not have been checking for breaks 5-10 years ago, b/c shit like this was poppin' off left and right. I was talking to OM earlier today, and he told me that he once got $85 for a copy of Blind Alley, and $125 for Hook and Sling.
Jinx got, I believe, $500 for a copy of Dance the Slurp, and then sold the kid a second copy for an additional $300 or something.
I got $60+ a piece for three copies of Les Crane - Desiderata that I sold on ebay, one after the other. I didn't even have all three records at the same time. I sold one, went out and found another one, sold it, went out and found a third.
There must be people here that have gotten $70+ for shit like Joe Farrell 'Upon this Rock', or the Soulful Strings XMas album w/ 'Jingle Bells'. The market for breaks was sheer lunacy for a while.
Must be nice for A Pearson to be able to jump into the time machine whenever he wants to.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to imply that not being into breaks is a bad thing. There was just a time when 'breaks' was a genre unto itself, and people were paying through the nose for seriously common records. $50 for copies of the 'Misdemeanor' 45 and shit.
If you still want to experience that last phenomenon, Dusty Groove would be glad to help you oblige.
You almost feel bad. Almost.
I should throw it back up on ebay to see what I could get now.
You seem to get ridiculous money pretty often for your 'BREAKS' auctions.
Ballinjack s/t $50
Bernard Wright - Nard $68 (which worked out great for me cause that same week I overpaid for the 2nd pressing of Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Moods & Grooves..$80.)
and a few others..I forget.