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SOLD!

This is the And I Need Sunny Days print. Or most of you might know it as the cover art to the Funeral Diner / Evylock record. I got this new back in 2005 i think? i forget. I bought it new though. Its numbered out of 80, and signed. Its also framed in a black frame. This one is probably my favorite print i have, oh well. sorry daniel! offer me mad bucks.

So its finally time to say goodbye. I love this print, dont get me wrong, but its not coming with me, and so im offering it up for sale. I know these things sell for a few hundred dollars, so im looking for that at least. This is one of the original ones, i got from bannon himself. Its #d 79, and autographed by him. I framed it immediately, so its still in perfect condition. I unrolled it at the framing shop, and other than me and the framing guy, it hasnt even been touched, let alone messed with/smudged/dropped, etc. Personally, i think the frame looks really nice with it, and it cost me 100 bucks on its own, so i would like to sell it framed, but i also know that adds weight to it, and complicates shipping. i might just throw it on ebay, but i wouldnt mind selling it to someone off of there if i can get serious bids. would consider trades in records, or partial trades at least (though, no collector value prices. i.e. here are 3 records worth 75 bucks on ebay for it. i would be looking for more large lots/collections) hit me up if you are serious with offers, and can come through right away, without waiting for a few weeks. Here is a picture of it hanging up in the store.

is nighttiming the 7"?

thanks a lot!

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sell me the whole list. Ill buy it all.

no talk (test press) SRC Medusa Charlie Manson Street LP Trusty LP Plums 2xLP Godstomper / Gorgonized Dorks (test press) and a few more items ready to go up. and the last bunch ending in a couple hours. ch-ch-checkit.

wobble with it.

thanks for the support dudes! i appreciate it!

these last couple weeks weve been focusing HARD on going through some of the bins in the back with used items. I have boxes and boxes of collections, some of which i have never even OPENED yet. Records that have been sitting in a closed box for probably YEARS at this point. In the last week and a half alone, we listed 1400!!! used records onto the site. thats fourteen HUNDRED. thats a lot of records. and im barely 1 / 10th through the bins in the back. (maybe even less) Over the next few weeks there will be a huge effort to get as many of these out of boxes in the back, and listed on the site. Im also doing a huge purge on personal records, so many of my personal records will be going up as well, from dollar bin obscurities to 250 dollar "bonzers". No special announcements when the silly rare items go up. Those that check the site frequently and are good customers will be rewarded as such. all priced to move. i dont have the space, or desire to have these sit around anymore. there are also a bunch of stuff i have thats OOP, but its going up as new still. I bought them weeks, or months or longer ago and never took the time to get them up, and ive had stacks of things from distro buyouts, label buyouts, clearance sales, etc. Same thing. They arent doing me any good sitting in boxes in the back, and im really trying to get EVERYTHING i have up and for sale. Check it out if you havent lately, and keep an eye out in these next few weeks.

i have a sheer terror shirt id sell!

hasnt this board already learned a valuable lesson on collective releases? also, its very hard, if not impossible to get 25 different people to agree on a single release, and everything that goes into the specific release. and once again, you have to get bands support as well. You could put out some local punk band that might be great for a store in the bands hometown, but there is no incentive for a store across the country to pay for that too. so you would have to work with bigger, wider known bands, which has its own hassles too with signing bands, or working out "deals" with them, etc. (i actually looked into this option before with other stores). Places like Hot Topic are already doing this, but they can because they have more pull with a band/label, and have a lot more money at their disposal. Small local stores generally dont have that.

this is not a crazy idea at all. I do it, and have always does it. I never sell new records by the variant. I got a lot of limited variants and they go out at random. A few kids love it because they are super stoked to get a limited version when they are just buying the record. I love it that way. However i guarantee that i lose a LOT of business that way. I get emails EVERY SINGLE DAY from kids asking "what color is this record on?", and when i tell them its random, 99% wont place the order. Its why i stil have 1st pressing limited colors sitting on the shelves, when people are paying 30 bucks for it on ebay. but no one will take the chance and pay 10 bucks for a new copy. because they are afraid they wont get the color they want. I know of at least 15 different albums offhand that i could ebay for triple the price i have in the distro, because of the variant. but no one wants the album. they want a specific color/version. ive read lots of posts online where people say "well its cheaper at vinyl junkie, but i dont know if its blue or green". hell ive even got hate mail from kids because i wont disclose or guarantee what variant they will get and who gets the limited versions. personally, i wish everything would go back to random. the record is sealed, and you dont know whats inside until you buy it. Either that or no one releases pressing info. but labels know if it werent for variants they wouldnt sell even HALF as many records as they do now. how many copies of reinventing axl rose do you think would have sold if they only pressed black vinyl?

collections are for collectors. Things that serve no other purpoe but to be part of a collection. Music is an artform, and not meant to be hoarded or "collected". Baseball cards have no other purpose but to be traded and put on shelves, etc. keeping one on the shelf, and raising the price on others doesnt put anyone out, because no one is buying cards for any other purpose than value and collecting. releasing a limited edition record that gets bought up and placed on walls DOES negatively affect things, because there are still people out there who want to listen to the music and enjoy the artform in the way it was originally intended.

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well, store only variants can be great......but thats not really up to the stores then. Ive definitely tried to contact labels and bands about doing something like that, but nothing has ever worked out. Most indie mom and pop stores cant do what places like hot topic or interpunk do.....pay for a pressing of 1500 for an exclusive color. nor would the majority of indie stores be able to sell that many. even with how many stores hot topic has, they still have many records not sell and go on clearance. They can absorb the loss much better than if an indie store had 100 copies left over unsold. also, once again, i can only speak from local experience, but ive tried everything to get people to "hang out" in a record store here. I have couches set up. ive had tables of zines out. people can pick anything out they want to play and listen to. and in the 2 years ive been open ive had exactly TWO people come in to hang out. sure some stay and chat for a few, but only two people have ever came in to sit on the couch and do some art and hang with a friend or whatever. and this week so far ive had 6x as many local people order online and pay to have it shipped to them as i have had local people who have came into the store and shopped in person. i do really like the store only color in theory (though i see it causing big issues with employees, etc just holding it to ebay or whatever, since nowadays its more about the investment value of the record moreso than the music on it). but that takes a collaboration between bands and labels and stores. which doesnt exist. some stores have been able to do one or two, but its difficult to do that widespread on larger releases that are in more demand.

but thats where the vicious circle lies (this circle must be broken!! haha). see from the record store point of view, i cant afford to change out my inventory for one kid who comes in and gives me his wants. or worse, in anticipation of MAYBE that one kid coming in to buy stuff. so the kid never comes in to buy stuff, and theres no need for me to buy different stuff for him. I cant tell you how many times ive been burned by people in real life and on messageboards telling me that if i got XXXX record in they would totally buy it, so i get some in, and not a single one ever sells. some record stores just go with what works. They could risk alienating the customers they DO have by spending money and efforts changing things up for what could just end up as hype. i say this from experience i will never make special orders for kids who are in the store for the first time. or even the 2nd time. or who came in because of a show. unless they wanna pay up front. i agree though, i dont see it changing until the whole thing changes. the more specific and rare wants people have, the harder it is for any place to provide them to satisfy the customer. even with hot topic i see this, people complaining their hot topic "never has anything good", and then wondering why there is no vinyl at the local shop. its pointless to have 100 things in your store, when people really only want one.

what does this even mean? i dont think that its possible to give kids a reason to go to record stores. Records SHOULD be that reason that kids are going. But by definition, something rare and limited, is not going to be prevalent. So if the majority are only looking for something rare and limited, they probably wont find it down the street at the local store for 6 bucks. The whole "game" has changed now, and unfortunately, brick and mortar stores cannot compete with online distros, corporate backing or straight out corporate stores, "exclusive" pressings, and limited pressings. much of what kids want dont even make it into indie stores. its true that there can still be niche stores that survive, and are OK with not competing, or ever getting "big", and content with just getting by in their little corner. but then you end up with this problem, which is the greater audience complaining that they are more aggressively going after the hyped things that are "in" for the moment.

also for the majority of the "collectors" now a days, any record store (even hot topic) isnt up to par as most people arent there to browse, or get into new music, etc. Very few people use a record store to find out about music now a days. Most people go into a store to find very specific wants, specific colors, and specific pressings. When a store doesnt have either of the colors of the 2 records the person has heard of, its deemed a store that "doesnt have much".

you post on a vinyl messageboard but aren't willing to drive 20 minutes for a few of the best record stores in the state (if not the country)? well this is an unfortunate product of the internet generation. And the "casual vinyl collector". sure i COULD shop local and support local business and check out a lot of other stuff ive never heard of....but thats like a half hour away. fuck that. there is nothing near me. Its really sad. For instance, i see one guy from Houston bumping his wantlist on this board every week. I have numerous items here in the store, and have had various items off his wantlist here locally in the past, which i have posted and let him know about. but because this city is huge and it is a half hour drive, the records just sit here in the store, and the wantlist will get bumped the next week. and i dont mean to pick on him specifically but nothing bums me out more when i look on various messageboards where local kids complain about not being able to find a record, or best buy/hot topic being out of a record, or just posting "ive been looking for this record forever".......only to see those same records sit in my shelves and no one in the store, and never once see or meet these kids in most cases. its very rare you will have an independent record store within walking distance. But if you really are into records, whats so hard about a small road trip for an hour or two to check out some great stores and meet some cool people? hell. you could facebook/twitter on your phone the whole way in the car if getting out in public scares you that much.

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