toxicity Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Managed to snag two of my white whales last weekend - Ben Folds Five's Whatever & Ever Amen and The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. I got them for a much fairer price than I'd ever seen them pop up online for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustus Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Did you buy that sealed copy of Reinhold on Discogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicity Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 No, these were both found at Everyday Music here in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustus Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oh, wow. Nice find. There was a sealed Unauthorized Biography on Discogs last week for $80 overseas somewhere. Thought about it and it was gone when I decided to pull the trigger. Did finally get my Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 good find on both of those. Reinhold is the last one of theirs I need, and I've been after it for a few years to no avail sadly =\ Also kinda just music related, but by far my holiest of grails, and whitest of whales, are those Mogwai Big Muff pedals they made when Rock Action came out back in '01. /100 and rarely pop up for sale, if ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 good find on both of those. Reinhold is the last one of theirs I need, and I've been after it for a few years to no avail sadly =\ Also kinda just music related, but by far my holiest of grails, and whitest of whales, are those Mogwai Big Muff pedals they made when Rock Action came out back in '01. /100 and rarely pop up for sale, if ever. I skipped this one when it was for sale back in the days. It was pretty expensive, wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulManella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 ^ Again, people just don't get what a White Whale is. There are currently 10 copies of that RA record on ebay and almost 30 in the complete auction listing with most ending under $50. Before the HT repress sweetheart. Last year I saw it sell on eBay for 600+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundboard Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 There was a local ska band from around my area called Crazy Brass Smackers. They had a whole table of 7 inches that just had white sleeves and the record slid down into them for $1 a piece back in the day. I had four in my hand I was going to buy to help the band out with gas. I put them back to watch the rest of the show and got sidetrack and never went back to pick them up. I still wish I had one of those. You only get the chance to get some of that stuff a few times and once those bands vanish and the members grow up or move on it's nearly impossible to get some of that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma36 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Before the HT repress sweetheart. Last year I saw it sell on eBay for 600+ High price =/= white whale. This listing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rise-Against-LP-Siren-Song-of-the-Counter-Culture-Fall-Out-Boy-AFI-Thrice-/280820761129?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item416238c229) has been up for (from what I can remember) over a year, available for anyone who wants to pay an absurd amount for a record. White whales are about availability. Fuck, just make a thread called "Records That Normally Go For More Than I Want To Spend" already. deletedunknown and jtcohenour 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgdesign Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Alot of whiners in this thread. NoFxpunkguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 not a really a Record, so maybe it doesn't belong in this thread but it IS record related my White Whale is the MARS VOLTA's Amputechture Slipmat either no one has it, or they no one wants to sell it. have been looking for a few years and nothing has ever come up What's it look like? Pretty sure I got a slip mat of theirs in a pre-order once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyFrosted Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 BMSR's Start A People vinyl press. It hasn't been made yet. But it will. When, I do not know, everybody says 'soon'. There will be special colors for those in the Graveface subscription, and if I knew when it would release I would definitely consider it. Love that record so much I got a tattoo of it. I dunno if that qualifies for 'white whale' really, but it would be a culmination for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 High price =/= white whale. This listing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rise-Against-LP-Siren-Song-of-the-Counter-Culture-Fall-Out-Boy-AFI-Thrice-/280820761129?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item416238c229) has been up for (from what I can remember) over a year, available for anyone who wants to pay an absurd amount for a record. White whales are about availability. Fuck, just make a thread called "Records That Normally Go For More Than I Want To Spend" already. Availability is the key work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 A few of my legit white whales are currently; Gifts From Enola: From Fathoms // green-blue swirl / 100. Bersarin Quartett: Bersarin Quartett // clear, red haze / 100. The Pirate Ship Quintet: Rope For No-Hopers // opaque gold / 150. Ausserwelt: Year of No Light // clear / 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Still struggling to find a copy of Hot Water Music's Caution. I'll get that white whale some day! GradedOnACurve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnystorm777 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 nope....we almost pressed it this year but something happened and it ended up falling through. I am still hoping for 2014 on this but nothing definite Please press this! PLEASE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Still struggling to find a copy of Hot Water Music's Caution. I'll get that white whale some day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangsAnalSatan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I really want to find a copy of Touche Amore's To The Beat Of A Dead Horse. Maybe I'll get it one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhardy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Mine are... Millencolin - Same Old Tunes (if pay quite a bit for this) Operation Ivy - East Bay EP (I don't think this exists tho as I've never seen a picture of one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulManella Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 High price =/= white whale. This listing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rise-Against-LP-Siren-Song-of-the-Counter-Culture-Fall-Out-Boy-AFI-Thrice-/280820761129?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item416238c229) has been up for (from what I can remember) over a year, available for anyone who wants to pay an absurd amount for a record. White whales are about availability. Fuck, just make a thread called "Records That Normally Go For More Than I Want To Spend" already. ...... Yeah? mmhmm and toxicity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̮ ɤ ̮ Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I really want to find a copy of Touche Amore's To The Beat Of A Dead Horse. Maybe I'll get it one day... I see what you did there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Still struggling to find a copy of Hot Water Music's Caution. I'll get that white whale some day! Well, for a while that was one HWM record they weren't repressing regularly. However, there a new press available at no idea.... Not so much a white whale, more of a lined topminnow, Fundulus lineolatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justindinealone Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 had two, one i'm not interested in talking about incase one becomes available and one of you goons grab it first. the other i just picked up: Last Days of April - Angel Youth (Blue) /100 chiefwahoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxcoliver Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 What's it look like? Pretty sure I got a slip mat of theirs in a pre-order once.I can't get the link directly to he image on my phone for some reason, but it's the very first one on this search https://www.google.com/search?q=amputechture+slipmat&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QULIUrmDNYrvoASAqILwCA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=320&bih=416#Is that the one you have? Or the one with two hooded figures facing each other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I can't get the link directly to he image on my phone for some reason, but it's the very first one on this search https://www.google.com/search?q=amputechture+slipmat&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QULIUrmDNYrvoASAqILwCA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=320&bih=416# Is that the one you have? Or the one with two hooded figures facing each other? I just checked, I have the one with the hooded figures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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