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Would it have been too logical to allow Vault members to order the live 45 online? I mean, I know the point of RSD is to get people in stores, but this particular release doesn't really fit the bill since you could only but it in one specific store, anyway, and it's not like they need much help getting a line out the door like some second-hand record shops.
 
Also, they could have kept it limited to existing Vault members so there wouldn't be a mad rush to sign up just for this single. Like a little "member surprise."
 
I guess that would have made too many people happy...

I don't know if this has been asked but is the Liars RSD release the same as the one they sold on their site a couple of months ago? It looks identical. Thanks in advance.

I don't know if this has been asked but is the Liars RSD release the same as the one they sold on their site a couple of months ago? It looks identical. Thanks in advance.

Look, you clearly know what the album is:
 
Al Hirt Puppet on a String 4-Track EP
 
You even have a catalog number and record label.
 
What exactly do you need us to tell you? How many were pressed? What mood Al was in when he recorded it? Whether on not the Yankees were in the pennant hunt the day it was released?
 
If you want to sell it, put it up on eBay as an auction - put a reserve if you're nervous - start it at a buck and see what happens. If it's worth anything, it will be found and bid up. If not, it's probably worth as much as you paid for it (which I'm guessin' ain't much!).
 
Good luck.

Look, you clearly know what the album is:
 
Al Hirt Puppet on a String 4-Track EP
 
You even have a catalog number and record label.
 
What exactly do you need us to tell you? How many were pressed? What mood Al was in when he recorded it? Whether on not the Yankees were in the pennant hunt the day it was released?
 
If you want to sell it, put it up on eBay as an auction - put a reserve if you're nervous - start it at a buck and see what happens. If it's worth anything, it will be found and bid up. If not, it's probably worth as much as you paid for it (which I'm guessin' ain't much!).
 
Good luck.

Look, you clearly know what the album is:
 
Al Hirt Puppet on a String 4-Track EP
 
You even have a catalog number and record label.
 
What exactly do you need us to tell you? How many were pressed? What mood Al was in when he recorded it? Whether on not the Yankees were in the pennant hunt the day it was released?
 
If you want to sell it, put it up on eBay as an auction - put a reserve if you're nervous - start it at a buck and see what happens. If it's worth anything, it will be found and bid up. If not, it's probably worth as much as you paid for it (which I'm guessin' ain't much!).
 
Good luck.

Look, you clearly know what the album is:
 
Al Hirt Puppet on a String 4-Track EP
 
You even have a catalog number and record label.
 
What exactly do you need us to tell you? How many were pressed? What mood Al was in when he recorded it? Whether on not the Yankees were in the pennant hunt the day it was released?
 
If you want to sell it, put it up on eBay as an auction - put a reserve if you're nervous - start it at a buck and see what happens. If it's worth anything, it will be found and bid up. If not, it's probably worth as much as you paid for it (which I'm guessin' ain't much!).
 
Good luck.

Seriously! You could fleece a gullible Dolly fan for at least $100!

Seriously! You could fleece a gullible Dolly fan for at least $100!

Technically, Singapore is in the future.

I'm working on putting together a list of online-only vinyl record shops & I'm asking the Vinyl Collective community for your input. I've noticed a growing number of online-only shops, some with their own specialties, and as vinyl fandom continues to increase I find it important to get the word out about these shops. Of course I know of a lot of them, but I'm always learning about new ones which tells me there are a lot more out there most of us are not aware of.

Here's the criteria:
- The shop's focus must be on newly released vinyl (carrying used is fine, just as long as most of their stock is new vinyl)
- No labels, unless they distribute non-label stuff as well.
- Obviously, sites like ebay, discogs, etc. do not count

What are your favorite online vinyl shops, and do they have a specialty?

OP, is that link in your sig your store? I see you're cashin' in on the bubble, those $15 7's are hilarious. 

I help unsigned/diy artists sell their vinyl. They decide the price. These particular 7"s you're speaking of are 4-song EPs (part of a 4-part series), sleeves/lyric sheets handmade by the band, shipped here internationally and comes with free digital download. Prices vary depending on the band and what part of the world they come from. We also have 7"s for $6.

I take that to read that Record Store Day is April 19, and oh, by-the-way, we also have these limited edition exclusive releases coming out on April 8 and April 15 leading up to RSD.
 
As for the big Nirvana mention at the top, that could be for the Pennyroyal Tea single...

The idea that Newbury Comics is independent is a little misleading. It's like calling Boston Beer Company a "craft brewery." Sure, technically they are, but the difference between the little guys and them is almost as large as between them and the big boys.
 
That isn't to say Newbury Comics (or Boston Beer Company, for that matter) doesn't do a lot to help the industry and that their success doesn't trickle down to smaller players, but when I walk into one of the high-rent Newbury Comics mall locations full of clothing, shoes and Hunger Games merchandise I'm sure not thinking I'm helping a struggling mom and pop record store.

The idea that Newbury Comics is independent is a little misleading. It's like calling Boston Beer Company a "craft brewery." Sure, technically they are, but the difference between the little guys and them is almost as large as between them and the big boys.
 
That isn't to say Newbury Comics (or Boston Beer Company, for that matter) doesn't do a lot to help the industry and that their success doesn't trickle down to smaller players, but when I walk into one of the high-rent Newbury Comics mall locations full of clothing, shoes and Hunger Games merchandise I'm sure not thinking I'm helping a struggling mom and pop record store.

Anyone have free time this evening?  I am going to Best Buy and going to walk around and yell out to everyone around anything I see that is "over priced". 
 
What? You don't do that in real life?  Just online?...hmmmm

Releases like this are totally the beginning of the end for the "vinyl renaissance." It may not be right around the corner, but when you start seeing things like this - releases that are limited for the sake of being limited, hand numbered, over-priced and basically released to market as pre-packaged collector's items - you know things are hitting a saturation point.
 
It happens all the time - look at baseball cards, comic books, beanie babies, whatever. You have a group of core diehards that create a market out of nothing due to their sheer love of a product and then the floodgates open and everything goes downhill from there.
 
Don't get me wrong, there will always be a market for records and those that love and collect them. But remember we're not talking about first pressing of Velvet Underground albums or rare mono releases of the Beatles. These are readily available cash grabs and in one or five or ten years, who's really going to care enough to spend a premium on the 2014 edition of Nirvana's first album on some random color that was released by some random retail store? It's just going to be one of the dozens of colored vinyl releases of Bleach and no one will give it anymore attention than any of the others.
 
It really makes me sad when I see teenagers drooling over these types of releases (usually while proudly exclaiming how they just got their first turntable from Brookstone or Third Man or wherever...) when I know they can get a quality used black vinyl version at one of the truly indie record shops around here for $10 (or heck, even on eBay!).
 
IN FACT, at these prices, they can get a quality used colored vinyl version of this from the 90s which at least has a little more cachet than this, right?!

I think you're overlooking an important fact right in your own post: your relative was a huge Elvis Costello fan. There has always been a market - for nearly as long as records have been around - catering to huge fans. There's got to be someone buying all those Beatles picture discs, die-cut Madonna interview singles, shady Smiths bootlegs, endless color variants from Europe, etc. I'll even admit there's a few bands who I have difficulty passing up re-releases by.
 
The difference here is that these aren't aimed at huge fans. Maybe some huge fans will buy it, but if every huge Nirvana fan - the ones who own Love Buzz and such - picked this up, it would have sold out in 10 seconds. This is aimed at the casual vinyl listener who thinks albums pressed on color are A) pretty and worth a 300% markup. I reckon a good amount of these will never even be opened from their shrink-wrap.
 
Remember, according to Newbury Comics themselves, these aren't even records! They're individually numbered "pieces", like those Franklin Mint chess sets or limited Marvel superhero busts. Hurry, supplies are limited! Collect 'em all!