EYE ON EBAY------Sunburn and bloody noses

One of the great lost indie bands that sprouted up from the fertile C86 soil, The Siddeleys released the formidable Sunshine Thuggery 12" on Sombrero in 1988. Four flawless tracks of mustard-laced indiepop criminally overlooked at the time managed to persuade a punter to part with £33.


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EYE ON EBAY--------Childish Claim

Kent mod revivalists The Claim released several singles on various labels and this one on Caff is one of their rarest. Sleeve artwork by Billy Childish might have helped this rocket up to a final sale price of £79.81.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 aug 13

1 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart : Say No To Love
2 Shrag : Rabbit Kids
3 Betty And The Werewolves : Euston Station
4 Hari And Aino : A Considerate Kind Of Home
5 Standard Fare : Philadelphia
6 Somewhere Over England : If I Ever Fall In Love
7 Boy Genius : Blame Love
8 Society : Can't Hide A Lie
9 Pere Ubu : Cloud 149
10 Frazers : Selfish
11 Felt Tips : Lifeskills
12 Morning Spunk : ?
13 Tunnelrunners : Plastic Land
14 Math & Physics Club : Jimmy Had A Polaroid
15 Socialist Leisure Party : Vulnerable Adults
16 Liectenstein : This Must Be Heaven
17 Bubblegum Lemonade : Caroline's Radio
18 Tender Trap : Do You Want A Boyfriend?
19 Tunnelrunners : Forever Crying Alone
20 Really 3rds : Everyday Everyway

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EYE ON EBAY------He keeps on killing time

The Clive Culbertson fan club continues to pay substantial amounts for Time To Kill. This copy sells for £127.27. Somewhere in a hidden forest there is a factory churning these singles out. Just how rare is this expensive morsel when it seems to turn up every month.

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EYE ON EBAY-------Desperate men

What's going on here? Smokescreen by The Desperate Bicycles achieves a surprising total of £62. Odd as this single regularly turns up and usually sells for half that price. One desperate bidder got squeezed.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 aug 6

1 Standard Fare : Philadelphia

2 Shrag : Rabbit Kids

3 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart : Say No To Love

4 Betty & The Werewolves : Euston Station

5 Somewhere Over England : If I Ever Fall In Love

6 Hari & Aino : A Considerate Kind Of Home

7 Pere Ubu : Cloud 149

8 Boy Genius : Blame Love

9 Felt Tips : Lifeskills

10 Tunnelrunners : Plastic Land

11 Socialist Leisure Party : Vulnerable Adults

12 Liechtenstein : This Must Be Heaven

13 Morning Spunk : ?

14 Tunnelrunners : Forever Crying Alone

15 Really 3rds : Everyday Everyway

16 Society : Can't Hide A Lie

17 Tender Trap : Do You Want A Boyfriend?

18 Bubblegum Lemonade : Caroline's Radio

19 M J Hibbett & The Validators : Do The Indie Kid

20 Math & Physics Club : Jimmy Had A Polaroid

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EYE ON EBAY-----Report to Head Office

Modboy assures potential buyers that he's only come across three copies of Clicking In My Head by Head Office on Make Believe Records in twenty-nine years. There was a lot of clicking on the mouse which helps said record reach a dizzy £228.77 along with the claim that this is a lost powerpop classic. Is it? Help me find out somebody.

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EYE ON EBAY---------Lost in a Toy Shop

Minimal synth from Dewsbury tickles the fancy of a profligate bidder. The Maze by The Toy Shop has sold for less than half before but seller Modboy's pedigree ensures he collects £183.99 for this 7". Who was The Toy Shop?

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 july 30

1 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart : Say No To Love

2 Felt Tips : Lifeskills

3 Shrag : Rabbit Kids

4 Betty & The Werewolves : Euston Station

5 Standard Fare : Philadelphia

6 Tunnelrunners : Plastic Land

7 Somewhere Over England : If I Ever Fall In Love

8 Liechtenstein : This Must Be Heaven

9 Pere Ubu : Cloud 149

10 Boy Genius : Blame Love

11 Really 3rds : Everyday Everyway

12 Tender Trap : Do You Want A Boyfriend?

13 M J Hibbett & The Validators : Do The Indie Kid

14 Tunnelrunners : Forever Crying Alone

15 Bubblegum Lemonade : Caroline's Radio

16 Socialist Leisure Party : Vulnerable Adults

17 Math & Physics Club : Jimmy Had A Polaroid

18 Hari & Aino : A Considerate Kind Of Home

19 Escorts : Bingo

20 Walking Floors : No Next Time

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EYE ON EBAY------I got it on tape

Ancient technology from the previous century still has its supporters, it seems. A cassette by Late Road Lunatics fetches a titanic total of £29.57 considering tapes capsized on the sea of obsolescence over a decade ago. They still sell them in Serbian petrol stations though.

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EYE ON EBAY--------Worth killing your pet for.......

Hysterical price paid for Radio Dept. lp Pet Grief. This was only released in 2006 on the loveable Labrador label who specialize in winsome Swedish indiepop. Final price £191.19

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 july 23

1 Tunnelrunners : Plastic Land

2 Liechtenstein : This Must Be Heaven

3 M J Hibbett & The Validators : Do The Indie Kid

4 Really 3rds : Everyday Everyway

5 Tunnelrunners : Forever Crying Alone

6 Felt Tips : Lifeskills

7 Tender Trap : Do You Want A Boyfriend?

8 Bubblegum Lemonade : Caroline's Radio

9 Math & Physics Club : Jimmy Had A Polaroid

10 Walking Floors : No Next Time

11 Pere Ubu : Cloud 149

12 Dubious Brothers : South America Welcomes The Nazis

13 Faraway Stars : Jealous

14 Plastics : Robot

15 Escorts : Bingo

16 Plastics : Copy

17 Ethnobabes : Television Song

18 Bluetrain : Land Of Gold

19 Rogers Sisters : Les Fantaisies Sont Bien

20 Single Factor : Fresh On Her Lips

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