Expensive house records.

[Very Ape]

As an avid eBay scout, it's interesting to note that not very many house records fetch large amounts. The only ones that I've seen which are capable of breaking the US$100 mark are:<br /><br />Moodymann - U can dance if u want to<br />Blair - Life (Derrick Carter DMC mix)<br />Ce Ce Rogers - Someday<br />Romanthony - Let me show you love<br />Chicago Connection - Dancin'<br /><br />Certain Carl Craig records such as 4 Jazz Funk Classics tend to go for decent amounts, as, bizarrely enough, do lots of Hardkiss records.<br /><br />Would be interested to know what other house records are considered very rare or valuable.

[ladyboygrimsby]

Well, the obvious ones are Sasha and Digweed. Stuff they've been associated with, stuff they've made, stuff they've played, stuff they've mixed (incl. mix CDs). In fact, I think Jolyon of this very board may well have got a tidy sum for some Sasha collectibles a while back.

[Groover]

The stuff iv'e seen on E-Bay go for $$$ are the rarer early 90's nortern stuff 90/91 as played by the likes of Sasha.<br /><br />Take this as an example<br /><br />http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=2555157553&amp;category=15 81&amp;rd=1

[chimpbeats]

Some that spring to mind....<br /><br />Phantasy Girl - the SRO 12&quot; not Nu-Relics one <br />Moodymann - first 2 KDJ releases seem to go for silly money...KDJ#1 'Moody Trax EP' went for something daft like $400 on ebay,or so i'm told.<br />Sasha stuff.<br />Carl Craig 'The Climax'...the retroactive one

[chimpbeats]

£820 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can a house 12&quot; reach that sort of price :o

[Invincible Pigeon]

It would be interesting to see if the seller actually gets paid! <br /><br />The most I ever got was £80 for Link's 'Symbiotic' EP - nice business.<br /><br />Carl Craig's 'Suspiria' EP on Retroactive went for $420 about 16 months ago.... Harvey's Black Cock &amp; Weekend boots always fetch decent sums too

[chimpbeats]

£420 you say......hhhmmm...*strokes chin and checks bank balance*<br /><br /> Idjut's stuff as well....particularly Ustar#! 'Retreat' and the Robert Owens one...Japs &amp; Yanks (west coast lot) pay top dollar for them

[Invincible Pigeon]

<br /> £420 you say......hhhmmm...*strokes chin and checks bank balance*<br /><br /><br /><br />That was USD$420, not quids! I would have sold my wl promo copy for £420!

[Very Ape]

820 snots! :o Are there disco records that fetch that much?

[Topester]

hmmmm... Chicago Connection eh? that might help my paypal baalnce get back in the black...

[Sean P]

<br />820 snots! :o Are there disco records that fetch that much?<br /><br /><br />Plenty. I don't watch eBay myself, but I always get sent the comedy bids by people who do. The two biggest to date I can think of are Barrabas' 'Woman' which sold for over $2,000 recently and Denise Lasalle's 'I'm So Hot' promo 12&quot; - admittedly the latter took many (including myself) by surprise as we always assumed there was no 12&quot; of it. Made more ridiculous by the fact that the LP has always been worth 50p on a good day - and the 12&quot; version's no different! Er... ;D

[smiley]

Q's:<br />Moodymann - U can dance if u want to<br />izzat the double-pack with the mingers on the labels?<br /><br />Blair - Life (Derrick Carter DMC mix)<br />don't DMC keep reissuing this one? i picked it up quite easily in the real world not long ago...

[Very Ape]

'U Can Dance' is indeed the doublepack with the kebab-shots on the label.<br /><br />As for Blair - Life, it was recently re-released on some kind of semi-official looking white label together with a Charles Schilling mix - I picked up a copy myself, having sold my original DMC copy which comes with an unattractive purple sleeve.<br /><br />I like the vocal but I'm not too keen on the track itself to be honest.<br /><br />As for these ridiculous sums for records. Are they bought as investments or just by people with waaaaaaaaaaaay too much money?

[Sean P]

There's a Moodymann double pack from about 3 years ago which had a P-Funk/Prince-type influence and naked women pictured on the labels, which got dissed by many at the time, but was selling for over £100 fairly recently. I can't remember what it was called - what's the title, anybody???

[Sean P]

<br />'U Can Dance' is indeed the doublepack with the kebab-shots on the label.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Just got the post now...cool.

[smiley]

;D<br />schweeet... that's like, oooh a million pesos at the end of the known earth. my daughter can be an orthodontist! hurrah!<br />i hope it's not gone a-wandering like my jestofunk...

[chimpbeats]

Sean...that's 'U Can Dance If U Want To' as mentioned above....got Prince samples in it......er,innit!!<br />

[Asylum]

so what is the most anyone on here has paid for a 12&quot;. Myself, it was $70 for the Mo Wax Le Funk Mob / Carl Craig double 10&quot; to replace my stolen original. Way too much but it was a crisis- I need to own that record and saw it on Gemm and clicked impulsively.

[Very Ape]

&quot;U Can Dance&quot; is a nicely-done cut-up of Prince's &quot;All the critics love u in New York&quot;. The labels are pretty revolting though.

[Sean P]

<br />Sean...that's 'U Can Dance If U Want To' as mentioned above....got Prince samples in it......er,innit!!<br /><br /><br />I've never been into more than about 10 Prince titles. I don't even know the song just mentioned. If it sounds to me like Prince and turns out to be him, big deal.

[Andrew@6MS]

Talking of expensive Disco records, I recently acquired an original UK 12&quot; promo of Mandre's &quot;Solar Flight&quot; (it's on the B-side of Dynamic Superiors &quot;Nowhere To Run&quot;) from 1977 on Motown. Condition is probably Near Mint, if slightly short of this.<br /><br />I've never seen a copy for sale anywhere - not eBay, not dealers list, nothing. I spoke to one dealer a few weeks ago and he indicated he could sell it to an overseas buyer (Japan specifically) for around the £400 mark.<br /><br />Does anyone know if this amount is a good indication of what it should fetch? Sean, I imagine you may have some valuable input on this one.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />Andrew<br /><br />

[Sean P]

Andrew, make that 'gargantuan boo-boo' - <br /> - the last copy I saw, I put out in SADE for £8! This was around 3 years ago, though. I know a collector who maintains he will give me ANY record I want for it and this guy's got better tunes than me. Day-am.

[Andrew@6MS]

So I presume it's worth a few quid then?? ;D<br /><br />Thing is, I doubt I'll ever sell it. Not only is &quot;Solar Flight&quot; one of my absolute fave tunes of all time, but the Dynamic Superiors tune is an absolute cracker.

[Topester]

weird when I read Andrew's message I thought 'I'm sure I've seen that 12&quot; somewhere... and of course it must have been there! You put that 12&quot; there foir £8 - hey, you sold me the album for £8! Ref!

[Sean P]

<br />weird when I read Andrew's message I thought 'I'm sure I've seen that 12&quot; somewhere... and of course it must have been there! You put that 12&quot; there foir £8 - hey, you sold me the album for £8! Ref!<br />[quote]<br /><br />Yark...<br /> :P

[Topester]

Arf!

[Invincible Pigeon]

Speaking of expensive house records, MVE Berwick Street had some of those Million Dollar Disco 12s for 50pence.....

[Al Kent]

<br />Speaking of expensive house records, MVE Berwick Street had some of those Million Dollar Disco 12s for 50pence..... <br /><br /><br />Snap them up - future treasure I tell thee.<br /><br />Actually, they don't have the Joey Negro one by any chance do they? I never ever got one of them.<br /><br />

[CRAIG HUGHES]

<br />Speaking of expensive house records, MVE Berwick Street had some of those Million Dollar Disco 12s for 50pence..... <br /><br /><br />Robbing BASTARDS!!!!!!!! ;D

[matthew]

so how much is that first u-star worth then?<br /><br />i think my most expensive purchase is 'stars in your eyes' by herbie hancock on 12&quot;, which i stayed up til 5am bidding for and eventually got for £55

[Jolyon]

you're right bill - i made a bit of a killing on old sasha favourites a few years back on ebay. Tracks like Fishbone Beat - Always and Solar Plexus - Solar Plexus went for £40/£50. I sold the remix of Kites to some foolish japanese chap for 40 odd as well. <br /><br />Original of Better Days by Jimi Polo i sold for a lot too.<br /><br />most i've paid for a house record is £20 for De Lite feat Oscar Child - Wild Times (Mayday Remix) - that was back in 1992 before all this interweb malarkey.<br /><br />most for a disco record i think is 30 odd for Funk It Up by The Sweet.<br />

[smiley]

hmmm... The Cult Of Sasha.<br />i like the guy a lot, he seems to have his screwed on pretty well for someone who gets sunshine blown up his a*se 24/7... and the one time i met him he was a lovely, lovely man... but i can't wrap my head around the way people slavishly try to aquire 'his tunes'. recreating the 'buzz' i understand, but buying everything from the first renaissance CD or the northern exposures...? pass.<br />same planet, different worlds i guess ;)

[ladyboygrimsby]

<br />so how much is that first u-star worth then?<br /><br />i think my most expensive purchase is 'stars in your eyes' by herbie hancock on 12&quot;, which i stayed up til 5am bidding for and eventually got for £55<br /><br /><br />You never heard of eSnipe ;)

[Invincible Pigeon]

<br /><br /><br />Actually, they don't have the Joey Negro one by any chance do they? I never ever got one of them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I didn't see it... Is he actually credited as the artist? Gimme the details and if I should see one I'll pick it up for ya...

[Al Kent]

Joey Negro v Secret Sounds &quot;Love is Freedom&quot; (MDD10) - it's the only one with a coloured label.

[matthew]

<br /><br />so how much is that first u-star worth then?<br /><br />i think my most expensive purchase is 'stars in your eyes' by herbie hancock on 12&quot;, which i stayed up til 5am bidding for and eventually got for £55<br /><br /><br />You never heard of eSnipe ;)<br /><br /><br />er you told me about it dear boy, but i didn't want to publicise its existence among potential enemies in a bidding war (i.e. all this board)

[Andrew@6MS]

eSnipe?? Do tell......

[Groover]

I guess it's auction sniping software most probably - it automatically bids your highest amount with 5 seconds to go. Happened to me once when I was gonna buy some old Blues and Soul and I was gutted.

[ladyboygrimsby]

<br /><br /><br />so how much is that first u-star worth then?<br /><br />i think my most expensive purchase is 'stars in your eyes' by herbie hancock on 12&quot;, which i stayed up til 5am bidding for and eventually got for £55<br /><br /><br />You never heard of eSnipe ;)<br /><br /><br /><br />er you told me about it dear boy, but i didn't want to publicise its existence among potential enemies in a bidding war (i.e. all this board)<br /><br /><br />Yeah, well, I've moved on to a higher plane, baby! I'll tell Andrew (and everyone else what eSnipe is providing they never bid against Ladyboygrimsby on eBay.<br /><br />You know those annoying bastards that bid on things at the last possible moment? They use eSnipe. <br /><br />This is eSnipe:<br />http://esnipe10.esnipe.com/<br />

[Andrew@6MS]

Cheers Bill. I'll have a good look later. Have to admit my eBay activity has tailed off a lot this year, but always good to keep a track of what goes on.<br /><br />What's been your experience of eSnipe? Is it reliable?

[Belson]

<br />What's been your experience of eSnipe? Is it reliable?<br /><br /><br />Yeah - I've always used auctionstealer. Set the snipe for 10 seconds et voila.<br /><br />Of course, it only bids what you tell it too and if anybody bids higher...blah blah.<br /><br />But just about everybody I knows uses a sniper tool. It allows you to queue up a bid for a specific item, without anybody knowing that you're watching the item.....unlike if you putin a first initial low bid, or whatever.<br /><br />In the current climate, it's essential.

[howler]

&quot;you're right bill - i made a bit of a killing on old sasha favourites a few years back on ebay. Tracks like Fishbone Beat - Always and Solar Plexus - Solar Plexus went for £40/£50. I sold the remix of Kites to some foolish japanese chap for 40 odd as well.&quot;<br /><br />I recently purchased Denise Lopez 'Don't you wanna be mine', which Sasha used to cane, for about £10 in the States, and promptly flogged it over here for £80. :)

[rob.j]

Denise Lopez - picked that uo in the states myself for $2 along with a blue vinyl copy of that record from Basic Instinct...i think now is the time to sell eh..<br /><br />I have a record i believe is Sasha called Now Thats What I Call A Bootleg ( just him scratching acappellas over 4 different records ) anyone else heard it, more importantly is it worth anything ?<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />rob

[Jolyon]

<br />Denise Lopez - picked that uo in the states myself for $2 along with a blue vinyl copy of that record from Basic Instinct...i think now is the time to sell eh..<br /><br />I have a record i believe is Sasha called Now Thats What I Call A Bootleg ( just him scratching acappellas over 4 different records ) anyone else heard it, more importantly is it worth anything ?<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />rob<br /><br /><br />Blue by LaTour - GREAT track. I'd never sell my copy. You should get a good price for it on ebay. <br /><br />I think the bootleg you mean is Cooking With Delia - Got Such A Good Feeling...blah blah on it. Load of shite and worth precisely nowt.

[Al Kent]

<br /><br />What's been your experience of eSnipe? Is it reliable?<br /><br /><br />Yeah - I've always used auctionstealer. Set the snipe for 10 seconds et voila.<br /><br />Of course, it only bids what you tell it too and if anybody bids higher...blah blah.<br /><br />But just about everybody I knows uses a sniper tool. It allows you to queue up a bid for a specific item, without anybody knowing that you're watching the item.....unlike if you putin a first initial low bid, or whatever.<br /><br />In the current climate, it's essential.<br /><br /><br />The problem though is that everybody uses a sniper now. So there's no chance on big pieces, unless you want to pay stupid money. It saves sitting up til 5 in the morning though.

[ladyboygrimsby]

<br />The problem though is that everybody uses a sniper now. So there's no chance on big pieces, unless you want to pay stupid money. It saves sitting up til 5 in the morning though.<br /><br /><br />Yeah, but only if run out of crack.

[Tim H]

<br />hmmm... The Cult Of Sasha.<br />i like the guy a lot, he seems to have his screwed on pretty well for someone who gets sunshine blown up his a*se 24/7... and the one time i met him he was a lovely, lovely man... but i can't wrap my head around the way people slavishly try to aquire 'his tunes'. recreating the 'buzz' i understand, but buying everything from the first renaissance CD or the northern exposures...? pass.<br />same planet, different worlds i guess ;) <br /><br /><br />I sold a copy of Chris Cuevas for £15 recently, which I was quite happy with. Another copy sold a day or two later for £60...that one had the magic words 'Sasha Classic' in the item description. Not that I'm bitter...much. So much for e-bay. I think I'll call everything a Sasha Classic from now on...<br /><br /><br />(I've never been able to post to this forum from a PC, by the way...this is from a Mac. Wierd.)

[smiley]

'Sasha Classic'... sounds like a fizzy drink ;)<br />Tim, i know what you mean about posting issues... my computer at work has a tizzy when i try to use it to post, i think it's to do with security settings on PCs. unauthorised log-ins and blah blah blah :-\

[ladyboygrimsby]

<br /><br /><br />(I've never been able to post to this forum from a PC, by the way...this is from a Mac. Wierd.)<br /><br /><br />This is probably because you haven't got thr latest version of Windows for your PC. If you upgrade, you'll be able to post. Don't ask me why it's like this, but it is.

[Asylum]

<br /><br /><br /><br />(I've never been able to post to this forum from a PC, by the way...this is from a Mac. Wierd.)<br /><br /><br />This is probably because you haven't got thr latest version of Windows for your PC. If you upgrade, you'll be able to post. Don't ask me why it's like this, but it is. <br /><br /><br />Windows ME is fine

[Sean P]

<br /><br /><br />This is probably because you haven't got thr latest version of Windows for your PC. If you upgrade, you'll be able to post. Don't ask me why it's like this, but it is. <br /><br /><br />Bill, unlike conventional 'programs', Windows rarely 'upgrades' as such - you simply download 'service packs' or individual 'patches' from their, er, Update page and fill in holes. Sometimes the patches slow your computer down even further! Stand up, patch 841193...