Tag Archives: 45s

Rock ‘n’ roll 78s are a hot, but sometimes overlooked, commodity

July 27, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 4

Before there were 45 RPM records, there were 78s. These records are incredible fragile, but if you can find a rock and roll 78 in one piece, you’ve found a great treasure. ►

Record Show Calendar, May 2011

May 5, 2011 | princep | 0

Record Shows and events for the month of May 2011 and beyond ►

The Rolling Stones give value to nostalgic releases

April 23, 2011 | princep | 1

With another Stones box set due, Bill Wyman, Andrew Loog Oldham, Andy Johns, Marshall Chess and others explain what made the band’s recordings so special. ►

Jazz records hit all the right notes with Market Watch buyers

April 12, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 2

Jazz records — especially ones from Lee Morgan — hit all the right notes with record buyers in online auctions. Of course, there was still plenty of room for genres, including grunge, rockabilly and all-out hard rock. So what record took top honors? ►

Merle’s Record Rack is an institution in Connecticut

March 15, 2011 | princep | 0

A Connecticut record store that has proven that vinyl records have always been a mainstay in recorded music sales ►

Willie Brown, where are you?

January 18, 2011 | princep | 3

Two of the bluesman’s three Paramount records have never been found, but a $25,000 bounty may change all of that … ►

All about Northern Soul for some online buyers

December 1, 2010 | princep | 0

When it comes to this week’s Market Watch, it’s all about soul. Four Northern Soul records sold for a combined value of $21,772.05 this time. ►

What’s on your want list?

December 1, 2010 | Susan Sliwicki | 11

Whatever it is that rocks your world but continues to elude your grasp, we wanna know! ►

Beatles and Bach duke it out for top auction honors

October 26, 2010 | princep | 0

This week, the classical master, Bach, is the meat in a Fab Four record auction sandwich. ►

Diversity rules the day in online record auctions

October 19, 2010 | princep | 0

Just when the record market might be getting predictable, along comes a week to really pitch things off kilter ►