Taking inventory!

[skinnytie]

Sure, some of us have gotten rid of our vinyl over the years, and regret it now, but how many of us have ever gotten it back? When I got rid of most of my vinyl about seven years ago, I sent one box of 45's to a friend of mine in Utah who thought we could sell them at a local record store out there. We didn't sell them outright, the store owner let us do a commission deal with him, where he'd take a percentage of the final cost. Suffice to say, only 2 records sold, the store went out of business, and the records sat in limbo in Utah UNTIL NOW! This little treasure trove was recently sent back to me, and I'm going through it now. And I am so happy about this, I am going to share the total list of returned 45's with all of you, whether you like it or not:

ABC - "Be Near Me" Double Pack 45
APB - "Shoot You Down"
A Flock of Seagulls - "Wishing"
Adam & the Ants - "Prince Charming" w/ gatefold cover
The Alarm - "The Stand"
Alphaville - "Big in Japan"
Animotion - "Obsession"
Aztec Camera - "Oblivious" double pack 45
The B-52's - "Rock Lobster" original independent release
Bananarama - "Rough Justice" w/ 3-D cover
Bananarama - "Hotline to Heaven" w/ jigsaw puzzle
Toni Basil - "Mickey" (don't hold this one against me)
The Belle Stars - "Iko Iko"
The Belle Stars - "Sign of the Times"
Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
Blondie - "The Tide is High"
The Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"
David Bowie - "Blue Jean" on blue vinyl
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" one sided 45
Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
Rocky Burnette - "Tired of Toein' the Line"
The Clash - "Cost of Living EP"
The Clash - "Rock the Casbah" w/ stickers
The Clash - "Should I Stay or Should I Go" w/ the unedited version of "Inoculated City" on the flip side
Combo Audio - "Romanticide" (the Secret Records issue)
Elvis Costello - "Neat Neat Neat" (the free single w/ the 2nd album)
Josie Cotton - "He Could Be the One" on pink vinyl
Culture Club - "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
The Cure - "Let's Go to Bed"
The Cure - "The Love Cats"
The Cure - "Why Can't I Be You?" double pack 45
Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" double pack 45
Devo - "Come Back Jonee" on grey vinyl
Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know" Japanese 45 w/ gatefold poster insert
Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill"
Fingerprintz - "Who's Your Friend" (it seems that the picture sleeve got lost along the way somehow, and put it in the "Blue Hour" by Raise the Dragon sleeve. Somehow, that record is missing)
The Fixx - "Red Skies"
Freur - "Doot Doot"
Gang of Four - "I Love a Man in a Uniform"
Gen X - "Dancing with Myself" on clear vinyl
Go-Go's - "Our Lips are Sealed"
Hall & Oates - "Jingle Bell Rock" promo 45 on green vinyl
Paul Hardcastle - "19"
Murray Head - "One Night in Bangkok"
Heaven 17 - "Let Me Go!"
The Human League - "Don't You Want Me" w/ poster
INXS - "What You Need"
The Jam - "Going Underground" double pack 45
Howard Jones - "Like to Get to Know You Well"
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (I thought I had a flexi disc with this single; if so, it's missing)
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - "Endicott"
King - "Won't You Hold My Hand Now" double pack 45
The Kinks - "Father Christmas" (45 given away at 1980 show at the Palladium in NYC)
The Knack - "My Sharona" (I missed that picture sleeve! [:D])
Kraftwerk - "Pocket Calculator" (clear sleeve w/ yellow-green vinyl)
Julian Lennon - "Valotte" w/ poster sleeve
The Lords of the New Church - "Open Your Eyes"
Madonna - "Borderline" w/ poster sleeve
Madonna - "True Blue" on blue vinyl
Marilyn - "You Don't Love Me" w/ poster sleeve
Bob Marley - "One Love/ People Get Ready" w/ poster sleeve
Meat Puppets - "Whirlpool" (this one wasn't even mine!)
Men at Work - "Down Under"
Men at Work - "Overtime" double 45 package
The Motels - "Suddenly Last Summer"
Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"
Naked Eyes - "Promises, Promises"
New Order - "Procession"
New Order - "Temptation"
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Enola Gay"
Robert Palmer - "Every Kinda People" white label promo
Ray Parker, Jr. - "Ghostbusters" w/ pop-up sleeve
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - "Don't Do Me Like That" double pack 45
The Police - "Fall Out" original pressing
The Police - "Can't Stand Losing You" on blue vinyl
The Police - "Message in a Bottle" w/ poster sleeve
The Police - "Spirits in the Material World" w/ poster sleeve
The Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket" w/ 2 non-lp b-sides
The Pretenders - "2000 Miles" w/ gatefold cover
Prince - "When Doves Cry" on purple vinyl
Prince - "Purple Rain" on purple vinyl
The Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty in Pink"
The Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way" w/ gatefold cover
Public Image LTD. - "Bad Life"
Roman Holliday - "Stand By" double pack 45
Siouxsie & the Banshees interview picture disc
Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
Spandau Ballet - "True" w/ gatefold cover
Split Enz - "One Step Ahead" on laser-etched vinyl & non-lp b-side
Squeeze - "Goodbye Girl"
Sting - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
Stray Cats - "Rock This Town"
Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" double pack 45
Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels" w/ poster sleeve
Thompson Twins - "Squares and Triangles" (free EP with the "Set" album")
Thompson Twins - "Lies"
Thompson Twins - "Hold Me Now"
Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"
Tin Tin - "Kiss Me (1985)" double pack 45
Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do With It"
U2 - "I Will Follow"
U2 - "Fire" double pack 45
U2 - "A Celebration"
Tracey Ullman - "They Don't Know"
USA for Africa - "We Are the World"
Van Halen - "Hot for Teacher"
Wang Chung - "Dance Hall Days"
Wide Boy Awake - "Chicken Outlaw"
XTC - "Looking for Footprints" Flexi-pop magazine flexidisc
XTC - "Making Plans for Nigel" w/ gameboard poster sleeve
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" w/ foldout sleeve
XTC - "No Thugs in Our House" w/ gatefold theater sleeve
Yazoo - "Situation"
Yello - "I Love You"
Paul Young - "Come Back and Stay"
Paul Young - "Love of the Common People" double pack 45

I can't say that all the records and sleeves are in the same condition before they left on their journey, but having this treasure trove back again is like a godsend! I've been given a second chance with my vinyl, and I'm not parting with it again (well, maybe some of that non-new wave stuff, anyway. [:D])

[waukena]

skinnytie my friend, I will buy you a turntable if you don't have one, or a good bottle of Scotch for us to share while recording on yours, if only you let me come over and record these to put up on the hub...

[i]Elvis Costello - "Neat Neat Neat" (the

[skinnytie]

Waukena, I still have my turntable, as I didn't get rid of ALL my vinyl, but I think it's on its last legs regardless (the turntable needs some urging to turn these days). If you're willing to record it, let's talk! And yes, Elvis Costello's "Neat Neat

[Frau_Blucher]

Duuuuuuuude!!! What an incredible situation. Now, you seem like a pretty calm guy...tell me there was at least some jumping up and down, frothing at the mouth, and general uncontrolled giddiness.

BTW, someone really needs to buy that Japanese laser tur

[2Nu]

ST That is Soooooo Coooooool![8D], Narley![^], Rad![:)], Phat![;)], Da Bomb![:p]
It's just like having your own personal NW music time capsule brought back to you!
An 80's disc playing party is definitely in order!
Put Da Needle on Da Record Dude![:D

[WolverineSyr]

Skinnytie, that's amazing! It's something I'm sure those of us who had to sell off off old vinyl collections pray to have happen!

Before I hooked up with the Hub I went through a buying spree on ebay trying to get back replacements of old lps I sold.

[xtc-1957]

Skinny, I have dreams about this kind of stuff!!

Congrats! I can just imagine how thrilled you are! Enjoy!!

[Borneojimy]

I still have most of my vinyl, although I do have a few regrets of things that I've sold over the years. If I could only go back & stop my 19 year old self from selling those original Dischord singles until the age of ebay! I could put my son through coll

[FreeWave]

Hey waukeena most of these are on the hub IN a digital format. Looks like some great collectors iteams but most aren't needed to be transferred digitally except for a scant few...[B)]

[waukena]

[quote][i]Originally posted by FreeWave[/i]
<br>Hey waukeena most of these are on the hub IN a digital format. Looks like some great coll

[geoffolehane]

I am envious. I kept all of my 45's. But unfortunately they were stored in an attic for a long time and the roof leaked. Many of them are still playable but all of the sleeves (collectibles too) are hopelessly ruined.

[egg-roger]

[quote]Originally posted by skinnytie
[br] I sent one box of 45's to a friend of mine in Utah who thought we could sell them at a lo

[skinnytie]

Wow, thanks for the kind words, everyone!
Blir: I couldn't open the box fast enough to go searching through everything. There were a few things that when I saw them, I was saying aloud "oh wow! oh geez! oh my god, it's back!" and there were other things

[devildog]

That is great news Skinnytie!! I think I was in that shop once back years ago when I took business trips to Salt Lake. Funny!!

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[bpdp3]

Man, great post skinnytie - - shame on you for parting with your vinyl in the first place. You've got some great titles there!

I never sold any off, but in high school loaned some lps out that I never saw again. It was only within the last year that I