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Posts Tagged ‘Retro’
Walking The Snake
Tuesday, 26 March 2013Vintage Vehicles 19-27
Sunday, 24 March 2013
The .Gif Friday Post No.271: Desert MicroBus, Who’s Calling? & Wegman’s Dog Bowl,
Friday, 15 March 2013
Vintage Vehicles 10-18
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Introducing The Beatles – COLLECT ‘EM ALL
Sunday, 3 March 2013I spotted an article about the resurgence of the popularity of vinyl records recently. The Missus and I were discussing dumping our collection of LP records (actually, only the Missus was) and I remembered that I had some albums that might be of value to someone. The first one that came to mind was this:
I knew a little bit about the history of Introducing The Beatles. It was their first release in the US. Capitol Records and others had turned them down, but VeeJay Records took the plunge and released it in 1964. Quite the collector’s item for an audiophile, but what might it’s value be?
Copies list on Ebay with a surprisingly large spread for such a well-known rarity: $25-$900. Certainly the condition of the disc and album cover affects the value, but it’s still an odd price range.
So I went to fetch my copy of “Introducing…” and I found TWO – one a bit worse for wear, and the other in good shape. There were noticeable differences. The Copy A songs on the disc don’t match the album cover list, but those on Copy B do, and there is an obvious disparity in printing quality of the cover faces. Both copies have the “stereophonic” banner.
That’s my Copy A on the left with my Copy B on the other left. It’s a single photo of the two copies, side-by-side, cropped for posting.
Here are the reverse sides of the covers. Copy A is matte finish and faded; Copy B is glossy.
Here’s a detail with the bottom of the banners aligned. Both images were scanned and cropped with the same software. Obvious differences are obvious, and they’re even more obvious when one looks closer:
Kinda suspicious, eh? By now I was curious, and I found an article entitled “Collector’s Corner – ‘Introducing The Beatles’ (the world’s most counterfeited album)” penned by a guy who calls himself Happy Nat. The guy knows his stuff, and described the history of the album. There were two basic versions printed due to a dispute between VeeJay Records and Capitol records over recording rights. I determined that my Copy A was Version 2, while my Copy B was Version 1. I also noted that the stereo versions are the rarest, and a genuine copy may be worth thousands, depending on other minor variations.
I was convinced that my Copy A was a counterfeit, but what about Copy B? I was drooling, so I emailed both Happy Nat and Gary Hein. (more…)
Saturday Matinee – The Steve Gibbons Band, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox & The Carolina Chocolate Drops
Saturday, 2 March 2013The Steve Gibbons Band was cool. Anyone who could take a relatively obscure Chuck Berry song about a *ahem* novelty shop bust and get a minor hit in the 1970s was okay by me. I’d have never heard of Gibbons had I not been the 17th caller and won some albums.
Grampa Style. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore‘s “Thrift Shop” is fkkn awesome. NSFK/NSFW warning on the link. [h/t to Bunkarina].
“Corn Bread and Butterbeans” by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Why haven’t I heard of them before?
I dunno, Babs, but I do know this. It’s time to post The Saturday Matinee and be done with it. Have a great weekend, folks.
Equal Rights
Thursday, 28 February 2013
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Vintage Vehicles 1-9
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Saint Valentine’s Day
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Hotlinks LIVE In Arturo’s Loft
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Awesome balancing act: Gravity Glue.
“As we gazed into each other’s eyes, Athena encircled my arms with hers, latching on with first dozens, then hundreds of her sensitive, dexterous suckers…. Athena’s suckers felt like an alien’s kiss—at once a probe and a caress.”
Thomas Sowell Dismantles Racialism and Feminism in under 5 Minutes. (ca. 1979)
Beer can pinhole camera with 6-month-long exposure photo.
The horse is approaching the gate. And it’s off…
40 years in the taiga wilderness.
The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family.
Story time: The background of “Never Mind The Bollocks” the Sex Pistols’ debut album from 1977.
Top image: Early Ramones, live in Arturo’s loft 1975.
