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RECORD RECYCLER
17312 CRENSHAW BLVD
TORRANCE, CA 90504
310-767-7900
Store Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday
11:00am-5:30pm
Sell Records: My Record Business-
Then And Now.
Hello. My name is Roy Kaiser. I've been buying and selling records for twenty years.
I started out PEANUT RECORDS,
1857 Pacific Coast Highway, Lomita, California.
THE PEANUT was what was known as an Independent Record Store. There was a Chain Store across the street(MUSIC PLUS), but very little of our inventory would have crossed-over.
We were covering the Punk/Indie Metal end of the Spectrum, while GO-BOY RECORDS(Redondo Beach) featured more "New Wave" and British Pop type stuff.
A life long music fan, working at THE PEANUT renewed my interest in used/vintage records. After my tenure was up, I essentially became an itinerant record seller, looking high and low for records to sell at Record Shows.
By the mid 1990's I decided to combine my store experience with my record show experience and opened RECORD RECYCLER
at 4659 Hollywood Blvd in October of 1995.
I had a 1300 square foot store and had a pretty good run, but, ultimately decided I wasn't cut out to police my little section of Hollywood Blvd, and closed that store in October of 1999. I decided I wanted to get back to the South Bay.
I opened the current RECORD RECYCLER on June 1, 2001.
Sell Records: What's The difference
Between A Collection Of Records &
A Record Collection?
Here, I'd like to give my overview on the used/collectible record business before I make my pitch to buy your records.
This is how I differentiate "a couple of boxes of records" from a "Record Collection".
Someone who "has records" generally has one or two boxes of records, about 100-200 LPs, sometimes with a small amount of 45's.
Sometimes these boxes have a high percentage of usable records. Other times they are filled with "Million Seller" pop records that don't interest current record collectors. There are a lot of different factors that I take into account when deciding to buy or try selling a record.
A "Record Collector" would have any where between 300-5,000 records possibly more. And, even some of these "collections" are more like accumulations, by people who frequented garage sales and yard sales in a haphazard fashion.
Having said that, even these "accumulations" are bound to have some good records, just by virtue of the sheer numbers involved, but as a percentage, it may be small.
So, a real record collection is put together with some type of intention. This could have entailed buying the records new in the 1950's-1970's, or visiting collector's shops up to the present time. Or, it could come from someone who worked in the music business, or, may be comprised of old store or warehouse stock.
Sell Records: Why Sell To Me?
Now, I'm going to tell you why I think you should consider me when you are thinking about selling your records.
If you live in the South Bay, generally it's not going to be worth your trouble to drive up to Hollywood to wait in a line to to try and sell your records.
If you are more than ten miles from my store, you might want to consider a couple of factors before you sell your records to another store.
(1.) The ability to pay is different from the willingness to pay. Meaning - the biggest store isn't always going to pay the most. They've got a lot of expenses and that money has got to come from somewhere.
In my store, any profits fall straight to the bottom line. I'm the only one here. Since I never know if the person showing me records has more at home, or has been shopping for a buyer, I'm going to pay as much as I can.
(2.) Some stores just can't get too interested in "common", but sellable records. They are looking for rare records, just to keep things interesting.
I'm willing to deal with the whole collection, from the top to the bottom.
Sell Records: The Pitch!
We pay 1/3rd our selling price for your vinyl in cash!
Offers start at $1.00 per LP!
More for Rare LPs!
FOR EXAMPLE:
We pay $1.00 for a record we sell for $3.00.
We pay $3.00 for a record we sell for $9.00.
We pay $5.00 for a record we sell for $15.00.
We pay $10.00 for a record we sell for $30.00.
Sell Records: The View From The Street.
Probably only 20% of records(in the hands of non-collectors) have a retail value of more than the $1.00 they might sell for at a garage sale.
Records that sold really well upon their initial realease are so plentiful that they are not in demand by collectors. This is specially true of LPs from the middle 1970's-the TRUE begining of the Multi-Million Selling Artist Era: such as BOSTON, KANSAS, STYX, ELTON JOHN & THE EAGLES.
These artist are probably still selling TONS on CDs(or, whatever the newest format is at this time). But, with some exceptions(Sealed, Limited Edition, Promotional or Picture Disc Records), Record Collectors have moved on to more un-charted territory
So, what would be in demand from the 1970's, for example, would be lesser known acts that didn't sell as well, on major labels(CAPITOL, RCA, COLUMBIA, etc.), or, obscure acts on small labels that didn't sell very well at the time, but, are now in demand by Collectors. This includes PUNK, ALTERNATIVE, HEAVY METAL, or other types of Records on INDEPENDENT LABELS.
Sell Records: What Kind Of Records Do
Collectors Want?
Record Collectors are mainly intrerested in ORIGINAL PRESSINGS of Records from three Catagories of Music:
(1.) JAZZ(Be-Bop/Bop, Modern Jazz, Experimental & Funky Jazz).
(2.) "BLACK" MUSIC(Doo-Wop, R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco & Rap).
(3) Rock/Rock 'n' Roll(50's Rock 'n' Roll, British Invasion, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Alternative & Punk).
Sell Records: What I Pay.
Ocassionally, I'll pay Hundreds, or even Thousands of Dollars for a Record Collection. It doesn't happen too often, but, it happens.
If you have Records to Sell, please call 310-767-7900
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