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SOA for TPT

By cooch | Published 12/20/2011

Here’s a nice slice of wax from housatonic, aka ex-Meatmen guitarist Lyle Preslar.

Normally I think test press collecting is pretty boring, though I do think it’s cool when they come with proper sleeves and inserts — it makes them slightly more desirable in my book. What’s not cool though (for me anyways) is when my friend scored one of these for $25 off a craigslist ad in Boston a couple years ago. I did nab a Black Market Baby 7″ test press off the same ad though for $10, so all was not lost (read more about that later).

Note: the black vinyl copy I posted a week or two ago ended at $350. Naysayerz be damned (this means you “chris”).

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Sterling Death

By cooch | Published 08/30/2011

I really enjoy watching huge money records that I have no interest in buying, just to see what some maniac is willing to shell out for them. Last week’s Opus Good Procedures 45 may have taken the cake in that “spectator” category as the most expensive non-Misfits, non-Sex Pistols punk record I’ve seen sold on ebay.

So while everyone else is sweating pre618‘s Dischord singles, I’m standing by to see what this fine Gentlemen of Horror Sterling Death 7″ sells for. For the uninitiated, this is the absolute top Canadian punk rarity, with only 200 pressed and 50 of those copies being left on a bus in Vancouver by a friend of the band. Check out the tunes here.

My prediction on this one is that it could go for more than the rest of the seller’s listings combined. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

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England’s Dreaming

By cooch | Published 04/15/2011

Got a cool £15k to blow? Might as well spend it on this Sex Pistols acetate if you do… I’m guessing this will never come up for sale again. It’s amazing to me how all of these hopelessly rare records have come out of the woodwork via ebay in the past few years, I can only imagine what else is out there. Curious to see what this ends for — currently at £14,000 with just under four hours to go.

And for those with more refined tastes in $10,000+ vinyl, here’s a nice buy-it-now on an original God Save The Queen on A&M. Crazy to see both of these up at the same time.

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CousinS sleeve

By cooch | Published 03/01/2011

Seller leicaphile27 has some nice heavy hitters for sale, too bad they all have “market value” opening bids (cue angry Morgado post).

I can’t remember if Jeff Nelson has ever sold one of these, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it on ebay before. A friend of mine scored one out of a collection a couple years ago, the seller thought it was a xeroxed sleeve and my friend did too… ’till he showed it to me and I clued him in :( . At any rate, this is probably 2nd from the top in terms of Dischord collectibles behind the Out Of Step sheep cover test, so maybe that opening bid isn’t looking too bad after all. Also, I love records where you don’t even have to say the band’s name or record title for people to know what you’re talking about… “Cousins sleeve”, “Skate park sleeve”, etc etc.

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Too Fast For Love

By cooch | Published 02/15/2011

Fuck, I meant to post this last week and forgot. Another biggie from recordmecca, ending tomorrow…

Haterz be damned, this is a great record. Sure you can find copies in the dollar bin of every record store in America, but why settle for a cheap repress when you can own the original Leathur Records pressing? And sealed no less! The funny thing with this record is Vince Neal’s hair was too big on the back cover so on the second press they made it smaller. Honestly I think the band photos look exactly like GISM, so I wonder who was aping who?

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Vengeance the IVth

By cooch | Published 11/22/2010

Unfuckingbelievable, sk82dth has listed the FOURTH copy of Vengeance to be up on ebay this year! I don’t know where these things are coming from (well actually I do with the other three), but it’s pretty insane to think that these things used to pop up, at best, once every two years… and here we have four since this summer. Normally I don’t like posting the same records over and over, but this guy deserves it. Cool graffiti on the labels too.

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KORO – 700 Club

By cooch | Published 11/22/2010

One more big’n from state-children…

There’s been some recent debate over whether or not Koro’s debut ep from 1983 is actually as good as the record makes it out to be… ie, there are some people out there (myself included) who think the recording sounds a little sped up, maybe on purpose by the band or maybe by mistake during the recording/mastering or record cutting. Who knows? Either way this is still a pretty ripping example of off-the-radar American hardcore, and is also one of the rarest, with somewhere between 300 and 500 pressed and, if legend stands correct, a large chunk of them were taken by Jello Biafra after a Dead Kennedys gig in Tennessee to be distributed in California, only to disappear into the void.

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So what?

By cooch | Published 11/21/2010

state-children is unloading another batch of international rarities, with this one being the wildest…

So What are a pretty well-known hardcore band from Shizuoka, Japan that released quite a few records, appeared on several compilations, and, as far as I know, are still active to this day (or have at least played recent reunion shows). So what’s weird about this record, considering it came out in 1986, is that no one had ever heard of it until about 5 years ago, when a copy turned up on ebay (contraty to the seller’s claim that this is the first time it’s been offered on ebay). All of the Japanese and international hardcore experts were interviewed on the matter, and no one had ever heard of it, let alone heard it. A Japanese buyer ended up winning the original copy, which should tell you something about its rarity, and then soon enough there were mp3′s floating around online and everyone was looking for a copy. Pretty ripping, noisy hardcore in the vein of early Japacore greats like Kuro and GISM — check it out here. Dig that insane insert photo!

So how did this one slip under everyone’s radar for so long? No one really knows, but all I can say is there can’t be too many pressed. It’s kind of like if a Jerry’s Kids 7″ from 1983 suddenly showed up out of the blue that no one had ever seen before.

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Pay To Cum ACETATE (!!!)

By cooch | Published 11/21/2010

Yowza! Looks like we have a little fund raising drive going on over at xuttermoshx, and Aram has decided to cut loose a HUGE one from his collection…

As mentioned in the auction, has anyone ever actually seen a test press of Pay To Cum? It’s possible they weren’t made, and these reference acetates were used instead, which would indeed make this the crown jewel of your Bad Brains collection. I remember one of these being sold back in the early days of ebay (early 2000′s or so) and it went for a fraction of the price of a current Pay To Cum with sleeve, so it’s possible that there is more than one out there, unless this one came full circle and is the same copy. But based on lineage/provenance mention in the auction description, I don’t think it’s the same copy. So at most, there could be two copies out there, but I doubt you’re ever going to see one again, so if your cheddar is stacked high enough you might want to drop a serious bid here.

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$ Vengeance $

By cooch | Published 11/01/2010

More big baller action from Mr. creeper_ohio.

Again like the Necros 7″, it’s pretty wild that this is the THIRD copy of this record on ebay this year. I think prior to 2010, there were 3 copies listed over the past 5 years, if that. 200 pressed, and possibly the greatest American hardcore 7″ ever made, so expect this one to hit the $3 grand mark with ease.

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$ix and Change

By cooch | Published 10/29/2010

Another big ‘un from creeper_ohio…

The Pagans pressed 200 copies of their debut Six & Change single back in ’77, and the story goes the boxes got buried under a snowbank outside of Mike Hudson’s house after being delivered by the pressing plant, so it’s a tough record to get and even harder to get in nice shape. IMO their next single is better, but this one’s a real raw and nasty slice of primal punk trash.

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$$$ex Drive

By cooch | Published 10/28/2010

Seller creeper_ohio is opening up the heavy artillery on the ‘bay…

It’s kinda crazy this record has come up twice this year, considering there are only 100 copies out there. This one’s nice too, complete with insert and looking VERY crisp in condition. So either get that credit card ready, or just sit back with some popcorn and watch the action unfold.

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Joy Division 1st 7″

By cooch | Published 10/01/2010

c.hatch66 has a pretty good stock of Joy Division records for sale, and here’s the top of the heap…

JD’s first single from 1978 on their own Enigma label, and much like the Nirvana Love Buzz posted below, there are a ton of very close fakes so you need to have all the details when buying. This seller spells it out pretty good, and this one’s the real deal. Also like Love Buzz, this one will probably hit the $1500-$2000 mark, so sit back and enjoy the ride.

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CHRONIC SICK – Cutest Band In Hardcore

By cooch | Published 08/23/2010

My buddy Señor Suarez is unloading quite a doozy here, hopefully to buy little Baby Mordicus a new crib.

As with most releases on Mutha, no one really cared about this shit until it was deemed “cool” earlier this decade by the collector illuminati, and even “cooler” in recent years by snotty young HC kids with flipped up hats and irreverent attitudes. Either way, this record is pretty awesome — the musicianship is several cuts above your typical hardcore record of the time, almost like if Johnny Thunders joined a hardcore band.

Supposedly there were only 300 of these made, but they’ve been turning up quite frequently in recent years and rumors abound that Mark The Mutha is still sitting on copies.

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Vengeance redux

By cooch | Published 07/19/2010

For a record that turns up at best once every year or two, it’s pretty wild that two copies were listed in the same week. And I’d be pissed if I won the first copy, since this current one is in much nicer shape.

The previous copy ending this morning at $3,227 and I could see this one going even higher based on condition. Crazy.

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