The BB vinyl score thread

[buddhahat]

On the way back from dropping my daughter at nursery today, Isn't It Time rocking the car stereo, I popped into the local charity shop to rummage through the record bins. It's full of the usual fare - The Ray Conniff Singers, Nana Miskouri, No Parlez by Paul Young (this album seems to be a staple of charity shop record collections), when what should catch my eye but no other than (drum roll) ........


Little Deuce Coupe original mono!!


£4, but the shop owner told me all records were £1!!! I don't know if any other UK fans find the same thing, but I NEVER score Beach Boys original lps in charity shops, unless it's the Hawaiian Beach Boys, or 20 Golden Greats.

It is crackly as hell, but for £1, that kind of adds to the charm!

Anyone else have any recent (or not so recent) BB vinyl scores they'd care to share?

[EgoHanger1966]

Past few weeks I've gotten Sunflower, Surf's Up (with insert), Holland (no EP) for $3 each, 15 Big Ones for $1, M.I.U for $5  and Carl & The Passions/Pet Sounds for $10.

[buddhahat]

Past few weeks I've gotten Sunflower, Surf's Up (with insert), Holland (no EP) for $3 each, 15 Big Ones for $1, M.I.U for $5  and Carl & The Passions/Pet Sounds for $10.

$3 for Surf's Up & Sunflower seem especially good. Are they in good condition? I paid about £12 for my copy of Sunflower. It looks great, but is pretty crackly so will have to replace at some point. I paid far more for my copy of CATP/Pet sounds twofer so envy the 10 bucks you paid.

[EgoHanger1966]

Past few weeks I've gotten Sunflower, Surf's Up (with insert), Holland (no EP) for $3 each, 15 Big Ones for $1, M.I.U for $5  and Carl & The Passions/Pet Sounds for $10.

$3 for Surf's Up & Sunflower seem especially good. Are they in good condition? I paid about £12 for my copy of Sunflower. It looks great, but is pretty crackly so will have to replace at some point. I paid far more for my copy of CATP/Pet sounds twofer so envy the 10 bucks you paid.

Sunflower is about VG+. Surf's Up is VG. CATP/PS is MINT!

[meltedwhiskeyinmyhand]

I found the Holland LP with the Transistor Radio 45 in awesome shape for $7 not too long ago.

[Jason]

I made a couple purchases the other day in Ocean City, NJ. Found a 1988 "Words & Music" promo for Brian's eponymous solo album, a copy of BWRG, and a UK pressing of Wild Honey.

[SamMcK]

I got an original Mint US copy of Friends on ebay about two weeks ago, even with postage to the UK it was a great deal!

[Waspinators]

The In Concert double-LP in VG+ shape for about 10 or 11 bucks a while back. Also a sealed (not anymore) copy of MIU for about 8 bucks off eBay, and a VG 15 Big Ones for 5 bucks.

Aside from those, I just have new reissues of Sunflower (sounds amazing), Pet Sounds, and Endless Summer.

[Jason]

If you guys are looking for a good vinyl score with good sound to boot, get this. I have a copy myself and it's beautiful. From the former German Democratic Republic on Amiga 8 56 144.

http://www.musicstack.com/item/6583364

[Freddie French-Pounce]

I had my luck long ago - I have them all (originals) but Don't have the lyric/info inserts for Holland and KTSA. SIP is obviously missing too.

[MBE]

I think SIP, American Spring Plus, all the vinyl boots, and my Rachel and Revolvers 45 are the rarest I have. Have a lot of the vinyl 1994 pressings including a non duophonic Stack O Tracks, and Pet Sounds with three bonus cuts. Picked up the Materia Kali LP recently too. Only major things I need are one of the vinyl Stars and Stripes and the Epic 1991 vinyls.

[Sea Devil]

As i posted last week, picked up 'Love You' in great condition for £6 from an auction rooms.
Have had much luck with charity shops in the past, picked up things like Lou Reed's 'Berlin' and 'Transformer' for £1.
Some charity shops are getting smart and realizing that some of the records are worth something though, and get a specialist in to price them (as far as i can tell oxfam and british heart foundation are the two in my charity shop filled town that do that);
So a fairly early (and quite battered) pressing of 'With The Beatles' cost me a tenner, and have seen Sunflower priced at £15 (which was beyond my budget that week).
Got a new 180 gram pressing of Wild Honey that sounds absolutely vile, i mean that album could do with a serious remaster as it is but the new (i surmise somehow-digitally pressed) vinyl does it no favours whatsoever (I did the same with Fairport Convention's "What We Did On Our Holidays" and vow never again to buy a modern pressing of an old record)

[Lonely Summer]

I got a UK copy of CATP for $7 last weekend. Plays very nice, only serious noise is during Cuddle Up - probably the best song on the album.

[shelter]

A few years ago, before Pacific Ocean Blue was re-issued, I was desperately looking for a copy of the LP and I was willing to pay around 75-80 euros for it (I believe that's what it was usually going for on eBay). One day I was at a crappy little record fair and I while I was digging through crates of worthless records I noticed that the guy standing next to me had POB in his hands. Then I noticed the price tag: 7,50. I asked him if he was going to buy it and he said he wasn't sure. I said that if he decided not to buy it, that I would really like to have it. The guy looked at me, gave me the LP and said "Quick, go buy it before I change my mind".

[Alex]

Found a copy of Surf's Up at a used book store a couple months ago. Was the only BBs title in the shop's meager vinyl selection.

[DonnyL]

Lots of cool BB vinyl around here lately; I pass up more than I buy.

Just saw something I've never seen before at Rasputin Records in Berkeley -- a 1980 Euro re-issue of 'Sunflower' on CARIBOU !  Thought that was kind of strange. No gatefold, and the individual band photos were on the back.  Passed on it because it was something like $20-$25 and I already have a Reprise copy. They also had the BW '88 LP for $10 and 'Looking Back with Love' for a few bucks.  Passed on both, though I almost bought 'em. They had the green label 1980 'All Summer Long' reissue for $8.

Got a weird comp in Portland that had one side Sunflower cuts, the other side Surf's Up cuts. Leads off w/ the 20/20 version of Cottonfields.

Just got The Capitol Years 7-LP UK box for $45.  seems like a deal to me -- has a lot of weirdo mono mixes and stuff (including 20/20 mono cuts -- probably fold-downs -- and the 'incorrect' Bluebirds 45 Euro mix), as well as the BW Productions LP.

I've got about all that I want though, but I still like to look for strange things. I have Adult Child, California Feeling, and two copies of the alternate MIU, mono copies of most '60 LPs, etc. Holland w/ Mt. Vernon & Fairway EP signed by BW when he was at Amoeba in San Francisco last year. I think I actually got this Holland w/ EP for $2 in Austin, TX a couple years back at a record shop that was rumored to be a front for a drug operation !

[smile-holland]

My latest "cheap" purchase is a Dutch pressing of the Flame album for only € 10,-, I found on a local and small record fair last month.

O, and a James Last LP with a cover of Heroes & Villains for €1... but (a) I'm affraid that's at least one Euro too much and (b) I don't think I will ever play the dang thing... 

[Margarita]

My fave score is a VG copy of Stack-o-Tracks, including the booklet, for $10.  This was in the late 90s, when copies were going for much higher on ebay. 
And then there's a pristine 45 of Caroline, No that I got at a record show.  I forget what it was marked, but I was charged only $2 for it.  A few weeks later, I got Brian's autograph on it at the meet-n-greet at Tower Records in NYC (July '98).  It's framed and hanging on my living room wall.

[bgas]

Not vinyl, but still:  one day I opened the mail to find some craazy guy had sent me a whole box of Polish bootleg BBs cassettes!!!

[Amanda Hart]

I was in a shop that caters to collectors a few weeks ago, the prices are a little high, so I don't go in there too often. I picked up and mint copy of the CATP/Pet Sounds set, I paid a little more than the $7 someone paid above, but it looked like it had never been played, so it was worth it. I also got Holland with the colored EP sleeve. To top it off, the owner took me to the back and gave me a Capital promo poster for the Caroline, No and Sloop John B singles. It may be a reproduction (probably is), but it's still pretty cool.

[bgas]

I was in a shop that caters to collectors a few weeks ago, the prices are a little high, so I don't go in there too often. I picked up and mint copy of the CATP/Pet Sounds set, I paid a little more than the $7 someone paid above, but it looked like it had never been played, so it was worth it. I also got Holland with the colored EP sleeve. To top it off, the owner took me to the back and gave me a Capital promo poster for the Caroline, No and Sloop John B singles. It may be a reproduction (probably is), but it's still pretty cool.

Can you post a pic of the poster? 

[Amanda Hart]

Here's a link: http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg605/hart325/2012-06-08131738.jpg

Sorry it's not great quality, I snapped it with my cell. It's 10.5"x15", printed on a glossy paperboard and plain on the back.

[EgoHanger1966]

Here's a link: http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg605/hart325/2012-06-08131738.jpg

Sorry it's not great quality, I snapped it with my cell. It's 10.5"x15", printed on a glossy paperboard and plain on the back.

That's a Billboard Trade Ad.

[smile-holland]

Not vinyl, but still:  one day I opened the mail to find some craazy guy had sent me a whole box of Polish bootleg BBs cassettes!!!

Probably rubbish   

But I assume you've played them all, just to make sure?

[harveyw]

I've spent far too much money on Beach Boys vinyl over the years, but one of the few bargains I've chanced upon was (in the mid-90s) a UK test pressing of Holland with "We Got Love" for £5.