EYE ON EBAY------Late on Orientals suffer dejection

Active in the mid to late eighties Playing For Time released their only single on their own Thumbs Up label in 1989 in a pressing of 1000. Rarely seen, if at all, on ebay, this was its second appearance within a few weeks. First time out the seller, a former band member, failed to list it internationally and as that sale drew to a close he was bombarded with frustrated emails from Japan. I happily plucked it from furious Orientals at its starting price. Getting wise to the workings of ebay he listed another copy and this time reaped a bulky reward of £351.50. The C86-loving label Firestation Towers may put out a cd of unreleased material but nothing has yet been finalized.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Playing-Time-Wth-my-Heart-/220605092604?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Records&hash=item335d1692fc#ht_676wt_930

TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 may14

1 Gits : Too Many People
2 Gross Club : Second Chance
3 Blood Red Shoes : You Bring Me Down
4 Deep Freeze Mice : Neuron Music
5 Orange : Judy Over The Rainbow
6 Shimura Curves : Stronger
7 Vampire Weekend : Giving Up The Gun
8 Dum Dum Girls : Jail La La
9 Cavalcade : Meet You In The Rain
10 Bluetrain : Land Of Gold
11 Lucky Soul : One Kiss Don't Make A Summer
12 Screaming Silence : Same Old Story
13 Dadistics : Modern Girl
14 Betty And The Werewolves : David Cassidy
15 Playing For Time : With My Heart
16 Escorts : Bingo
17 Ethnobabes : My Friend Ann
18 Cradleyard : Alone
19 Hardy Boys : Let The World Smother You
20 Colenso Parade : Fontana Eyes

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EYE ON EBAY-----Double signal

They came from York and they had a thing about signs. This is Sema 4, who if around today might well have written an ode to York City's march to Wembley a few weeks ago, perhaps a reworking of their dynamic song Capital City. Both EPs surfaced within a few days of each other, the 4 From Sema 4 single, despite being a little trammelled, achieved a remarkable sale price of £181. A different seller extracted £94.99 for, in my opinion, the slightly stronger second release. Both contain very fine furious muddy moddy punky numbers.

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EYE ON EBAY----Little support for this Limps effort

Described as a worthy EP by 45 Revs which might imply a degree of mediocrity is on show on this four track EP which showcases two efforts each from The Limps and No Support. They released a further shared single before filing for a permanent divorce in 1981. This struggled to titillate ebay's punk community, no doubt due to the absence of the picture sleeve, the seller claiming a rather weak £32.

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EYE ON EBAY-----Wails from Wales

This EP promises Sex, Violence And The Eternal Truth. Featuring old favourites What To Wear, who appear to have the lowdown on Martians, Lost Boys, Venom and the Dodos, it's a plucky affair that usually attracts serious bidders. This was on offer without a sleeve which undoubtedly affected the final price of £51.09.

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EYE ON EBAY--------I would go out tonight

but I just paid £77.99 for a What To Wear single. Yes the Welsh japestars lone release, not counting their effort on the Sex, Violence And Eternal Truth EP, drains someone's pockets and possibly forestalls the replenishment of said someone's wardrobe. Hope they are consoled with this rare prize.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 may 7

1 Gross Club : Second Chance
2 Gits : Too Many People
3 Shimura Curves : Stronger
4 Cavalcade : Meet You In The Rain
5 Blood Red Shoes : You Bring Me Down
6 Orange : Judy Over The Rainbow
7 Screaming Silence : Same Old Story
8 Dum Dum Girls : Jail La La
9 Betty And The Werewolves : David Cassidy
10 Bluetrain : Land Of Gold
11 Deep Freeze Mice : Neuron Music
12 Ethnobabes : My Friend Ann
13 Lucky Soul : One Kiss Don't Make A Summer
14 Cradleyard : Alone
15 Dadistics : Modern Girl
16 Colenso Parade : Fontana Eyes
17 Vampire Weekend : Giving Up The Gun
18 Escorts : Bingo
19 Hardy Boys : Let The World Smother You
20 Cavalcade : This Silent Town

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EYE ON EBAY-----Wonderful buy

Has the market collapsed with regard to this slice of delicious vinyl pie? Maybe it was because the seller only had 98.8% positive feedback that this rare pop gem by the Hardy Boys sold for a meagre £69.90. And it was free postage from Japan. It's pleasing to see the Japanese selling some of our pop legacy back to us, assuming of course that the winning bidder was based in the UK.

The Hardy Boys are playing live tomorrow at the Buffalo Bar next to Highbury & Islington underground station.

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EYE ON EBAY----Massive Mexican stand-off

A number of bidders went for this pleasant pop offering from Mexico Red helping it reach a final sale price of £102. First time I've seen this item on ebay. Picked up my copy for £9 in MVE about two years ago.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 april 30

1 Cavalcade : Meet You In The Rain
2 Gross Club : Second Chance
3 Gits : Too Many People
4 Shimura Curves : Stronger
5 Betty And The Werewolves : David Cassidy
6 Blood Red Shoes : You Bring Me Down
7 Ethnobabes : My Friend Ann
8 Screaming Silence : Same Old Story
9 Orange : Judy Over The Rainbow
10 Cradleyard : Alone
11 Colenso Parade : Fontana Eyes
12 Dum Dum Girls : Jail La La
13 Bluetrain : Land Of Gold
14 Cavalcade : This Silent Town
15 Bassholes : Moody
16 Lucky Soul : One Kiss Don't Make A Summer
17 Escorts : Bingo
18 Deep Freeze Mice : Neuron Music
19 Hardy Boys : Let The World Smother You
20 Dadistics : Modern Girl

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EYE ON EBAY-----Old school cravat tribute to prime minister?

Angry noisy punk from the only good thing to come from Redditch, probably. Gordon by the Cravats sells for £34.77 which is probably a lot more than Gordon Brown's credentials are worth this morning.

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EYE ON EBAY-------A kick in the wallet

When the Incredible Kidda Band grew up they became Kicks and the single If Looks Could Kill was released on Blue Chip records in 1981 as a limited edition. Popular on powerpop wants lists this sold for £158.18.

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