Need adivce on Record Collection of 45's to sell for a friend of mine

[brett05]

A lady I know lost her husband about two years ago and just moved to her own place as a way to get past the memories. She has asked me to sell a bunch of stuff for her and part of it is this record collection. I was thinking of listing it as one lot with pics of the covers to go with it. There's 118 records. I was thinking of asking $300.00 plus shipping and handling. Thoughts?

AC DC “Back In Black”
Alchemy Direstraits Live
American Gigolo Original Soundtrack
American Gramaphone SamplerAG 366 Stereo 45 RPM
AZIA Japanese Audiopile
Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
Band Aid “ Do They Know It’s Christmas”
Bee Gee’s Live
Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol I and Vol II
Billy Oskay and Michael Odomhanaill “ Nightnoise”
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Nine Tonight”
Bruce Springsteen “Born in The USA”
Bruce Springsteen “Dancing In The Dark”
Cargo “Men at Work “ Japanese Audiophile
Carpenters “The Singles” 1969-1973
Cat Stevens “ Catch Bull At Four”
Chicago VIII
Chicago at Carnegie Hall Vol I,II,III and IV
Creedednce Clearwater Revival “Pendulum”
Creedence Clearwater Revival “ Chooglin”
Creedence Clearwater Revival “Chronicle” The 20 Greatest Hits
Creedence Clearwater Revival “Cosmo’s Factory”
Die Original Filmmusik “Das Boot” Klaus Doldinger
Don Randi And Quest “ New Baby “
Doobie Brothers “Stampede”
Doors “L.A.Woman” Japanese Audiopile
Eagles “Their Greatest”
Electric Light Orchestra “The Light Shines On”
Electric Light Orchestra “Time”
Electric Light Orchestra “Ole Elo”
Elton John “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player”
Elton John “The Greatest Hits”
Farewell to the First Golden Era The Mama’s and the Papa’s
Fire and Ice
Fleetwood Mac “Rumours”
Foreigner
Fresh Aire III (Mannheim Steamroller)
Fresh Aire Ultra High Fidelity Audiophile Recording (Mannheim Steamroller)
Fresh Aire 4 (Mannheim Steamroller)
Fresh Aire II (Mannheim Steamroller)
Fresh Aire V (Mannheim Steamroller)
Fresh Aire VI (Mannheim Steamroller)
Genesis Invisible Touch
Genesis “Three SidesLive”
Godspell Original motion picture soundtrack
Gordon Lightfoot “ Summertime Dream “ 2nd copy
Gordon Lightfoot “Summertime Dream”
Grand Funk “We’re An American Band”
Grand Funk Survival
Greatest Hits of 1721
Handel Suites Water Music Fireworks Music Overture D Minor/D-Moll Andre Previn
Huey Lewis and the News 5 track EP “The Heart of Rock and Roll
Iron Butterfly “In A Gadda Da-Vida
Jim Croce “Photographs and Memories “ His greatest Hits
Joe Jackson “Night And Day” Japanese Audiophile
John Denver “Windsong”
John Fogerty “Centerfield”
Juthro Tull “Minstrel In The Gallery”
Kraftwork “The Man Machine”
Layla Derek and the Dominos (2 records)
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin “Houses of the Holy”
Luciano Pavarotti “ O Holy Night”
Martin Denny’s “Exotic Pereussion”
Men At Work “Business as Usual “
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
Michael Senbello “Manic”
Nena 99 Luftballons
New Jersey Mass Choir “I Want To Know What Love Is”
The Sting Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Pat Benatar “Love Is A Battlefield Special Extended Re- mix”
Peter Gabriel ein deutsches album
Peter Schilling “Error In The System “
Peter Schilling “Major Tom Coming Home”
Prince “Controversy”
Procal Haram “Live Concert with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra “
Rare Earth “ Superstar Series”
Rare Earth “Get Ready”
Repeat The Best Of Jethro Tull Vol II Repeat
Rick Wakeman “Journey To The Center Of The Earth”
Seals And Croft “Diamond Girl”
Seraphim
Shadowfax Shadodance
Sheffield Lab Direct Disc
Snakes and Ladders “The Best Of Faces”
Spinal Tap from the origanial movie soundtrack “This is Spinal Tap”
Stan Rogers “Fogarty’s Cove”
Stanley Kubrick’s “clockwork Orange”
Supertramp “Crime Of The Century” Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Low # 1312
Supertramp “Even in The Quietest Moments” Japanese Audiophile
The Best Of The Spinners
The Cars
The Doobie Brothers “Best of the Doobies “
The Doors Greatest Hits
The Hollies “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress”
The Incomplete Works of Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (3 Record Set)
The Moody Blues “Days Of Future Passed with the London Festival Orch
The Police “Zenyatta Mondatta”
The Police “Ghost In The Machine”
The Police “Synchronicity”
The Police “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
The Rutles “Tragical History Tour”
The Who “Who’s Next”
Thomas Dolby “Venice in Peril
Three Dog Night “Naturally”
Tomitas “A Voyage through his greatest hits Vol 2”
Tomitas Greatest Hits
Toto IV “Half Speed Mastered” Mastered Audiophile
Trans-Electric Music Productions Inc Presents “Switched on Bach”
U2 “The Unforgettable Fire”
Walter Carlos “Clockwork Orange”
Wangchung “Dance Hall Days & Don’t Let Go”
War “Deliver The Word”
Wings “Venus and Mars”
Yes “Classic”
ZZ Top “Eliminator”
ZZ Tops “Legs”
Toto Hydra

 

[nwfisch]

Jos or Crystallas Jos or Crystallas?

 

[HeHateMe]

i will give you $2000 for Huey Lewis if it is mint

 

[Crystallas]

With the best of my knowledge, the only albums that are going to find collector values, COULD be:

Kraftwork “The Man Machine” *Early pressing in good condition is $100, but a reissue is only a $5 album, maybe $20 brand new from a vinyl shop.
Pat Benatar “Love Is A Battlefield Special Extended Re- mix” *If it's the 12" UK mix is about $40-80
Fleetwood Mac “Rumours” *If it's a first pressing can be a $120 album. Unlikely you have one, because it did sell a TON of copies and likely you have a second-4th pressing, the most found on the market.
Doors “L.A.Woman” Japanese Audiopile, $30 all day long by itself. It's not as rare as you might think, but for vinyl hounds that like the Doors, this is one of the best copies to get a hold of.
The Moody Blues “Days Of Future Passed with the London Festival Orch *If it's the 1967 original release. This is the potential album that can bring you $300-600 by itself(dependent on playing condition), and about $60 by itself if it's the reissue. I would hang onto this one regardless, unless it's not in the best shape.


$300 is a great deal for a lot, if the condition is good. Most albums get flood damage and warping over time, so It's hard to know.

Also, throw The Hollies “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” on a stereo and rock out for the guy in memory. This is an awesome 45.

 

[brett05]

Unfortunately I have no record player.
How do you tell what pressing a record is?

 

[Crystallas]

Unfortunately I have no record player.
How do you tell what pressing a record is?

Every label marked their pressings differently. For Rumours, it's only worthwhile to investigate further if your needle picture looks like this.

What I'm most curious about, is which Moody Blues release you have. I actually don't have that in my collection and never did. I'm not a big fan of the music, but for Moody Blues fans, the original release has become an iconic example of over-produced music that flopped, because the engineers used masters that were recovered from accidental trashing or something like that(I forgot the whole story.) People who don't like the Moody Blues, but collect albums, hang onto these things.

 

[nwfisch]

How much is this worth?

 

[Crystallas]

How much is this worth?

Chuck Woolery!

I don't know. But if your dad has that one in his collection, that is awesome.

 

[nwfisch]

Chuck Woolery!

I don't know. But if your dad has that one in his collection, that is awesome.

You posted that song on my VM a couple of years ago, and I finally listened to it today .

 

[Crystallas]

You posted that song on my VM a couple of years ago, and I finally listened to it today .

It's actually solid for a future game show legend.

 

[brett05]

Every label marked their pressings differently. For Rumours, it's only worthwhile to investigate further if your needle picture looks like this.

What I'm most curious about, is which Moody Blues release you have. I actually don't have that in my collection and never did. I'm not a big fan of the music, but for Moody Blues fans, the original release has become an iconic example of over-produced music that flopped, because the engineers used masters that were recovered from accidental trashing or something like that(I forgot the whole story.) People who don't like the Moody Blues, but collect albums, hang onto these things.

Thanks!!!! I'll look and let you know.

 

[brett05]

Here are cover shots I took. Not sure if that helps any:

http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/sportsdream/slideshow/Records

 

[Crystallas]

I never saw the 12" of that Thomas Dolby(prolly not a single, and just missing the jacket). :shrug: But even then, Dolby, as big of a cult following that he has, is pretty worthless. Not a first pressing of Rumours. It's a 180G release though, like $5-10 LOL (yep, big difference). Reissue Moody Blues, while a 67 "mixing", the most common on vinyl, being worth the least(you either want the '67 original runs, or the original remix from seventy-something.)

Sorry brett. [from what I see] A load of duds. $300 is fair(although as a 'lot', I dunno if someone will take them all off you in one swoop for that much). The owner didn't do a good job of storing these, as you can see nearly all of them have crate marks, lot of heat fade from sitting in a bad spot. Maybe you can compare the J-imports with their going rate on ebay.

 

[brett05]

Excellent advice Crys, and thanks so much for your help. I'm thinking of listing it all at an opening of $75 plus s and h and see what happens