Not mine, but nice to know the value of these pairs is on the rise. Auctions keep creeping up, this one up about $1K from last year. Still not sure I'll be selling any of mine unless I manage to snag a pair from the 0-250K serial range.

Blue Öyster Cult ‘Cultösaurus Erectus’

1980 UK CBS 86120

UK first pressing, complete with poster, VG+/NM

Nothing crazy rare here, but sure brings back memories of when it was released (high school. )

‘Mirrors’ was a bit of a disappointment after ‘Agents …’ (though now I love it) and it was nice to have their more hard rock side back with ‘Cultösaurus…’

Could not get over the artwork! 😎

Ok, not really collectibles. But made from collectibles, so…?

I’ve got more than a few garbage records in my collection that are just not worth keeping and will not sell for more than their postage. Came up with this as a possible ‘flip’.

I made these drink coasters out of vinyl record labels disc centers encased in two part epoxy. Has a cork layer on the b-side.

For now, I’ll probably only make gifts for family.

But out of curiosity, what would you pay for a set of four?

Would you pay more for a specific band, genre or LP? (Those Gorllaz Demon Days labels would be amazing, but at today’s rates would be a $200 set of four!)

Aretha Franklin “Aretha”

1961 US Columbia CL 1612

First pressing, (1C/1D runout) of her debut album.

Red/black ‘six-eye’ label with “Demonstration Record” stamp.

Not an easy one to find in VG+ or better cover like this. Great sound!

Simon and Garfunkel “Sounds of Silence”

1966 JP CBS YS-659-C

First pressing, Japan

Includes obi, double-sided lyric insert sheet with English lyrics and Japanese title/header, double-sided Columbia promo record sleeve with fold-over top flap and chamfered lower corners.

Track A6 : Early LP pressings have the title of this instrumental, played by Paul Simon, as "Angie" and credit Bert Jansch.

Complete, NM/NM

LOVE these Japan pressings. They took packaging and pressing quality to a new level.

And the album? Well… few like it!