Yes, we buy records!

 

(SEE THIS MEN AT WORK RECORD OVER THERE? WE HAVE  10 COPIES IN STORAGE AND NEVER NEED ONE AGAIN…EVAR!!!)

 

First of all CONDITION of the records is always very important! However, if a record is rare or desirable it is sometimes acceptable to buy a great record in a trashed cover. It is very rarely acceptable to buy a trashed record in a perfect cover.

 

Condition: 

1.) Records with deep scratches, severe warpages or a visible crack in the vinyl are never acceptable.

 

2.) Covers where the cat has used them for a scratching post are sad things to see, but if it’s a desirable title and the vinyl is good we’ll give it a shot (we might have a replacement cover sometime). The same goes with split seams, and slight water damage.

 

3.) Severe water damage with resulting black mold is an awful thing to see and to breath in. If they’re too far gone just put them in the trash, as sad as it may be, because it becomes a respiratory issue when mold is involved! Lite water damage, where there is no mold, however, can often be remedied, covers can be switched out, and if the record is okay that’s the important part.

 

4.) Having said that the record is the important part…please don’t bring in albums that don’t have jackets and sleeves. 45s are the exception to that, because people buy and sell them without the sleeves all of the time.

 

ARTISTS THAT WE ALWAYS BUY (if the condition is acceptable and we don’t have a surplus of certain titles):

THE BEATLES

ALICE COOPER

DAVID BOWIE

BLACK SABBATH

KING CRIMSON

JOHNNY CASH

U2

AC/DC

PINK FLOYD

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

NEIL YOUNG

T-REX

THE CURE

THE CLASH

THE BAND

THE ROLLING STONES

THE WHO

ELVIS COSTELLO

THE ANIMALS

THE B-52S

BADFINGER

BLUE OYSTER CULT

THE BOX TOPS

THE BYRDS

JOHN CALE

CARAVAN

CAN

THE CULT

DEVO

DEPECHE MODE

DONOVAN

THE DOORS

DR JOHN

BOB DYLAN

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

BRIAN ENO

THE ENGLISH BEAT

FAIRPORT CONVENTION

MARIANNE FAITHFUL

FLEETWOOD MAC ( INCLUDING BUCKINGHAM NICKS)

ROBERT FRIPP

PETER GABRIEL

GANG OF FOUR

GENTLE GIANT

GOLDEN EARRING

GRATEFUL DEAD

THE GROUNDHOGS

GUNS AND ROSES

HAWKWIND

JIMI HENDRIX

ROBYN HITCHCOCK

MICHAEL JACKSON (No, we don’t pay $100 for them)

JANIS JOPLIN

JUDAS PRIEST

THE KINKS

KRAFTWERK

MADNESS

BOB MARLEY

MOBY GRAPE

VAN MORRISON

MOTLEY CRUE

NILSSON

GARY NUMAN

OINGO BOINGO

OMD

PRINCE

QUEEN

QUEENSRYCHE

RAINBOW (W/DIO)

THE RAMONES

LOU REED

REM

ROXY MUSIC

RUSH

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES

PATTI SMITH

THE SMITHEREENS

SPARKS

SONIC YOUTH

THE STRANGLERS

THE PIXIES

DAVID SYLVIAN/JAPAN

TALK TALK

TALKING HEADS

RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

VELVET UNDERGROUND

TOM VERLAINE/TELEVISION

X

XTC

YELLO

WARREN ZEVON

FRANK ZAPPA

FUNKADELIC/PARLIAMENT

JOHN COLTRANE

MILES DAVIS

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

BILLIE HOLIDAY

MARVIN GAYE

ARETHA FRANKLIN

JAMES BROWN

STEVIE WONDER

ORNETTE COLEMAN

KATE BUSH

IGGY POP/STOOGES

MC5

THE ZOMBIES

THE YARDBIRDS

THEM

NICK CAVE

HANK WILLIAMS, SR

TIM BUCKLEY

LEONARD COHEN

PATSY CLINE

THE REPLACEMENTS

IRON MAIDEN

THE SMITHS

JOY DIVISION / NEW ORDER

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

SOFT MACHINE

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

ANY 4-AD LABEL STUFF

 

 

ARTISTS WE CAN SOMETIMES USE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES/ ERA /EXCEPTIONS:

 

GENESIS – (1970-78…WITH Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett)

(NO ‘DUKE,’ ‘ABACAB’, YELLOW RECORD OR ‘INVISIBLE TOUCH’)

THE EAGLES – GREATEST HITS, HOTEL CALIFORNIA & LIVE

ELTON JOHN – YELLOW BRICK ROAD, HITS VOL. 1, MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER & CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

JETHRO TULL – EARLIER THE BETTER!

MADONNA

CYNDI LAUPER

INXS

DURAN DURAN

MELANIE

MOTT THE HOOPLE (ESPECIALLY THE ATLANTIC ERA)

MOUNTAIN

TRAFFIC

ADAM & THE ANTS

CHEECH & CHONG

ALLMAN BROS. BAND (THE EARLIER THE BETTER)

ERIC CLAPTON – 70’s & DEREK & THE DOMINOS…NOT SO MUCH THE ’80S

TEARS FOR FEARS

TANGERINE DREAM (70S)

WINGS (BAND ON THE RUN, GREATEST) BUT NOT SO MUCH THE LATE 70S ONES OR THE LIVE ONE

DEEP PURPLE 60s-70s

JAMES GANG (JOE WALSH ERA)

AEROSMITH

ZZ TOP (70’s MOSTLY)

YES (CERTAIN ONES IF WE DON’T HAVE THEM)

C,S,N & Y

THE YOUNGBLOODS

STATUS QUO

SANTANA

TEN YEARS AFTER (EARLIER THE BETTER)

ELO

JONI MITCHELL (WE WILL ALWAYS BUY ‘BLUE’)

THE SCORPIONS (WE ONLY NEED THE EARLIER STUFF)

 

ARTISTS WE DON’T REALLY NEED AT ALL:

 

ASIA

EUROPE

KANSAS

BOSTON

AIR SUPPLY

CAPTAIN & TENILLE

CARPENTERS

DAN FOGELBERG

KENNY LOGGINS

PHIL COLLINS

LEE GREENWOOD

BARBARA MANDRELL

OAK RIDGE BOYS

STATLER BROS.

BILL COSBY

STARSHIP (JEFFERSON)

STYX

KANSAS

JAMES TAYLOR

REO SPEEDWAGON

DOOBIE BROS.

JACKSON BROWNE

POCO

BARRY MANILOW

BARBRA STREISAND

SEALS & CROFTS

PAT BENATAR

BRYAN ADAMS

LINDA RONDSTADT

DAVID SANBORN

KANSAS

NEIL DIAMOND

HUEY LEWIS

BTO

BILLY JOEL

ROD STEWART (POST FACES)

BOB SEGER

HALL & OATES

TOTO

KANSAS

SHEENA EASTON

DR. HOOK

STEVE MILLER BAND (AFTER ’74)

CHICAGO

TRIUMPH

HEAD EAST

LIONEL RICHIE / COMMODORES

BOZ SCAGGS

JUDY COLLINS

ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY

PETER FRAMPTON (EXCEPT THE LIVE ONE)

FORIEGNER

LOVERBOY

NIGHT RANGER

POINT BLANK

MEATLOAF

THE FIXX

MEN AT WORK

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

CULTURE CLUB

DAN HILL

JOHN DENVER

CRYSTAL GAYLE

BILLY SQUIER

AND KANSAS

 

 

 

 

LET US KNOW IF WE LEFT SOMETHING OUT (I’M SURE YOU WILL)!!!

 

We’re not trying to be elitist or judgemental…I couldn’t decide where to put ABBA because the early stuff sells when we get it, as does the two lp collection…and I LOVE ABBA!!! The same with the BEE GEES up until about ’72-’73…

 

FEEL FREE TO RIP US A NEW ONE IF WE PUT YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST IN THE DON’T NEED BIN…IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL…EXCEPT FOR KENNY LOGGINS…AND KANSAS…