unknown pleasures

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell…
…and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable  start of WWIII. 

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell…
…and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable  start of WWIII. 

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell…
…and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable  start of WWIII. 

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell…
…and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable  start of WWIII. 

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell…
…and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable  start of WWIII. 

"Keep my label's name out yo' fuckin' mouth!!"

"Keep my label's name out yo' fuckin' mouth!!"

"Keep my label's name out yo' fuckin' mouth!!"

They don’t call it “the butcher cover” for nothing…

I wish I could fly back from any vacation with only 40 records to bring back. 

I miss those punk singles I used to listen to in high school that were as thin as prosciutto and ultra-transparent when held to the light.
You could probably get a good dozen of those pressed out of the same pellets as a single 180g brick.

This is my whole point. Nearly every post you’ve made in this thread has been about how easy it is to write things off and I’m trying to warn people it isn’t so simple. 

Q: What's the easiest way to make $19k selling records on eBay?
A: List $38k worth of records for half price.

Seriously!
 
And don’t even get me started on the buyers from New Zealand…

I remember him and honestly didn’t think he was joking.

Yes sir: a semi-anonymous collective of crypto currency buyers wishing to transform ownership of this album into an NFT was obviously the next logical step in this record's journey...
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/wu-tang-nft-album-once-upon-time-shaolin-1244859/

The craziest thing is how these guys used to do vinyl as a fun little niche side project when they were releasing Maniac and stuff but now they’re pretty much a record shop that sells some expensive merch like tiki mugs and silk-screened posters on the side…

Still can’t believe how much material gets milked out of Nirvana, Sex Pistols and Joy Division when they were each around for so short a time.
 
Feel like there’s more box sets around for these bands than the Stones…

Still can’t believe how much material gets milked out of Nirvana, Sex Pistols and Joy Division when they were each around for so short a time.
 
Feel like there’s more box sets around for these bands than the Stones…

Don’t you have the time to listen to him whine?

Don’t you have the time to listen to him whine?

I’d hardly call people selling 20+ year old indie albums scalpers. I mean, it’s not like they’re flipping the UO variant of something and listing on eBay while they’re still in preorder.
 
These things are long out of print, highly regarded classics. That’s basically any good used record store’s bread and butter.

Yes, if only one do Waterloo.
 
End Of An Ear is a close second but not as large or centrally located.