You can get O.U. 12" original on discogs for 15 dollars (not sure how much shipping would cost you, but you wouldn't have to try and outbid others for it)
Separations and Freaks original pressings are much harder to find on there and usually a lot pricier so those are definitely worth bidding on in my opinion, but I would compare prices (maybe as you place bids or get outbid) with discogs because I know a few of those aren't unreasonably priced on there. Though like I said it might be cheaper for you to bid on something in Australia because of shipping prices.
-- Edited by triciathetree on Sunday 4th of November 2012 06:17:54 AM
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Hopefully someone might be able to help me out here,
just this afternoon on my usual ebay trawl, someone in Victoria is selling the following
PULP - My Legendary Girlfriend - Original 1990 (recorded) UK 12"
PULP - Countdown - Original 1991 UK 12" PULP - OU - Original 1991 UK 12" PULP - Separations 1992 Original UK LP PULP - Freaks 1986 Original UK LP
So in a perfect world, I would like them all. Its very rare that I see Pulp vinyl in Australia. Its not that rare, they do come up, but its every 6 months or so.
I will intend on bidding them all but what do you think is like a good investment? Like I said I would love them all and as with all my vinyl they would be well looked after and played and looked at and dusted :) But I know that prices will probably go abit awol in the last day or hours of bidding. Other Pulp fans which is fine.
I guess I would really love OU, Separations and MLG. OU being one of my fav Pulp tunes and Separations to me is like Pulp vs WARP and a sound I wish they may have went for.
If anyone is interested, just look at www.ebay.com.au and type in Pulp, they should come up. I'm probably shooting myself in the foot alerting people to them but whatever - I'm caring and sharing like that....
If anyone has any ideas on prices etc and what is rare out of this lot, please let me know.
'Freaks' on vinyl is fairly rare, worth around 20 quid or more, and it would be good to have a large-size copy of the artwork. It's also an album designed to have a proper side A / side B, unlike later releases. So I'd get that.
thats guys (and gals) so far - see how we go. Even just getting one of them I'd be happy.
I figure that Freaks is probably the one to really go for, but its just not my favorite thing to listen to at all - but as a rarity, it would be cool to have.
The GIFT stuff I absolutely adore so I hope I really get one of those.
Wish me luck and any further add to this convo please do so.
Looks like that is a "genuine" original Freaks LP too, with the Fire Records advertising inner-sleeve and old label address on the rear sleeve. Many copies on eBay are referred to as being "original" but are actually repressings/reissues. You can tell a later copy because, on the rear sleeve, the bottom section of the image is blacked out to conceal the old Fire Records address details and "flame" logo.
thanks - only a day or so left. I'm going to have a crack at all of them and see what happens....may the force be with me!
I think they come from an awesome awesome awesome record shop in Melbourne called Missing Link - but not totally sure - just going by the name. I suppose I could ask.
Does anyone get nervous about ebay bidding I do! Its like a competition!
I once found a decent priced copy of an original pressing of Separations and my stomach was in knots by the end of the auction...only to get outbid with three seconds left by someone who I can only assume is a complete jerk (or much better at ebay auctions than me)
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total jerk, unless it was someone on Bar Italia - then its kind of OK.
A huge lotto draw is going off tonight here - Oz Lotto, so I know I am going to win it and then can purchase all these records with no worry at all. Thats the plan anyway.
And I asked the guy who I won them from how he got them - interesting story - Some friends and I who worked in a record shop used to run a small indie club in London in the late 80s/early 90s, we just happened to like a few bands that were on Fire Records and asked them to play at our club (Perfect Disaster, Parachute Men, Close Lobsters, etc.) so we became friends with the label manager. He'd give us a few records sometimes, which is where these come from. He subsequently managed the Tindersticks.