POB, I FOUND IT!
punkinhead:
at an antique store, i found it for 15 $! I also bought Holland, Love You, and Wild Honey (the only one that was still in the shrink wrap). I also found the GV single and Never Learn not to love Singe which i bought for 7$ each....I also found but didnt buy Ten Years of Harmony on vinyl, is that a rarity? Anyone know how much the POB on vinyl is worth? How many copies made?
Daniel S.:
you lucky bastard.
punkinhead:
i am lucky, arnt I? a lonely city in western Indiana, i found it! I knew when I saw WILSON, i was in for a treat!
Eric Aniversario:
I still remember back around '93 or '94 when, as a relatively new fan, I was looking for all the Caribou single CD's that had been out of print since '91. There were still a lot of them floating around out there...but some titles were easier to find than others. "Surf's Up", "Sunflower" and "Keepin' The Summer Alive" were easy finds, however "15 Big Ones", "MIU" and "Carl & The Passions: So Tough" were more difficult.
One that I NEVER expected to find was POB. But one fateful day, I was CD shopping down El Cajon Blvd., which is a seedy part of San Diego. We hit at least three or four stops that day. POB was easy to find on vinyl, but something made me hold out some hope of finding the CD. Well, at my VERY LAST stop, which was a very small run-down store that would soon close down, and was at least 10 blocks out of the way, I could not believe my eyes...a treasure trove of so many of the Caribou CD's I had been looking for. Here's what I bought at that store that day:
MIU (Still In Longbox)...$9.99
Ten Years Of Harmony (Still In Longbox)...I believe it was $15.99
Carl & The Passions (Still In Longbox)...$9.99
Sun, Surf & Balloons (Polyphone Boot)...about $22
Landlocked (Polyphone Boot)..about $22
Brian Wilson & Beach Boys Solos (Polyphone Boot)...about $22
And most importantly:
Pacific Ocean Blue.....Still In the Longbox!!!!!!!!.......$10.99!!!
I have never seen with my own eyes another real copy of the POB CD....I've seen pictures on ebay, but not another actual CD. I laminated the longboxes I bought that day. That find was the best I had ever encountered...being a poor college student, I didn't have money for the California Feeling Polyphone Boot, something I never saw again...(I was only a couple bucks short). I also passed up a KTSA in longbox because I already had that used.
And so I went home, super tired from a full day of driving (I was a relatively new driver at the time...just 17 or 18) in a strange place, and I still remember putting POB on in my bedroom and hearing those sounds for the first time as I was half asleep...this remains one of my best Beach Boys related memories, one that I have posted many times in different groups and on different boards...
Good vibes,
Eric
::edit::
Wow...I've made it to "Honored Guest"??? Never expected that...thanks Charles, I feel very honored! :)
Susan:
I love your stories! Here's mine:
A friend in Germany picked up the album on CD in the late '90s, but not being a BB fan wasn't enamored of it. I expressed strong interest in it...and he said he would trade it for Natalie Merchant's Ophelia. I ran right over to my fave used record store and there it was, in the used CD bins for $7.00. I snapped it up, posted it, and got the Euro version of POB in return!!! The only difference that i can see is that the disc tray is red, and there was a Euro-centric insert - you know, get these titles, or whatever. So basically i got POB for $7 plush a few bucks' shipping.
I probably shouldn't mention that i spent more on LBWL on vinyl, in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't as bad as everyone was saying...
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