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Peter Frampton-Frampton Comes Alive! (1976)

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  Artist: Peter Frampton Title:  Frampton Comes Alive! Label: A&M Format: 2XLP Catalog Number: SP 3703 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Monarch pressing Sell Price: $7.73 Sell Date: 3/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/24/26 NM/VG $14.95 Low: $1.38 Median: $9.49 Average: $11.95 High: $35.00 Current  low price:  $2.00 G+/G+  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:30 Have/Want:1037/147 Where Sold: Danville, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  4 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No When I got my first copy of Frampton Comes Alive! in the early 80's, it was used for 99 cents in excellent condition.  The used market at the time was oversaturated with used copies of this and Worcester was no different.  By 1984 there were 6 million certified sold in the US and the brunt of them were in the 70's although that meant 3 million double rec...

Yes-Close To The Edge (1972)

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  Artist: Yes Title: Close To The Edge Label: Atlantic Format: CD Catalog Number: A2 19133 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1987  Columbia House edition Sell Price: $6.95 Sell Date: 3/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/16/26 VG/VG+ $1.88 Low: $1.88 Median: $6.95 Average: $6.87 High: $11.99 Current  low price:  $2.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:8 Have/Want:118/191 Where Sold: Burnsville, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No Close To The Edge is one of those titles that I have on vinyl, 8-track and CD, sometimes multiples in those formats.  This is to the point that I almost pulled the wrong one that was ordered, which was an 80's mastered record club version instead of a later remaster I also had.  This was in part because the buyer also got a more recent remastering of Floyd's Wish You Were Here....

Arthur Prysock-Coast To Coast (1963)

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  Artist: Arthur Prysock Title: Coast To Coast Label: Old Town Format: LP Catalog Number: LP 2005 Year of Release: 1963 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1963 Sell Price: $4.45 Sell Date: 2/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/2/25 VG+/generic $3.5 Low: $0.71 Median: $2.35 Average: $2.86 High: $8.99 Current  low price:  $0.50 F/F,  $2.25 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:35 Have/Want:106/6 Where Sold: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No I've been told on more than a few occasions by different people that the BUSINESS of selling records is about volume not about getting best price.  Volume collecting is also a different beast, because when you do it on a budget you are looking to buy a bunch of different titles that aren't moving and get them at the cheapest price point possible.  I was engaging in the addic...

The Holy Modal Rounders-The Holy Modal Rounders I & II (1999)

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  Artist: The Holy Modal Rounders Title:  The Holy Modal Rounders I & II Label: Fantasy Format: CD Catalog Number: FCD 24711-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1999 Sell Price: $7.10 Sell Date: 2/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/2/25 VG+/VG+ $9.98 Low: $1.85 Median: $6.00 Average: $6.31 High: $12.41 Current  low price:  $5.65 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:14 Have/Want:202/26 Where Sold: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No The first 2 albums from Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber's folk group issued  on Prestige in 1964 and 1965 were compiled together on this 1999 reissue CD on Fantasy Records.  These two albums have been compiled together since 1972 when Fantasy issued Stempfel and Weber as a double album.  Peter still plays around small places Otto's Shrunken Head In NYC to th...