how does one search for self-titled albums?

For instance, I'm trying to look on ebay for a used copy of Elton John's self titled album on CD. But I can't seem to do it without getting 5000 of his other CD's, obviously. Any tips or secrets, people???

 

I would use these searches

"Elton John Elton John" (quotation marks required)
Elton John s/t
Elton John same

All the best - Andrew

 

Or try pasting this in the search field with the needed artist name:

"artist name" ("artist name", s/t, "self-titled", same) - might return all albums by the artist though

"artist name" (s/t, "self-titled", same)

I wonder if one should add "eponymous" to the syntax in the brackets

 

Well "Elton John Elton John" got the best result ,with about 6 or 7. S/T got 2, and "Same" got zero. Thats still an improvment from what I got, I just wish there was an easier way! For every auction I find, there are probably 20 I'm missing. Thanks!

 

Even if there was an easier way, you might miss the majority of the auctions. Kinda sucks, huh?

 

Don't forget you can use the minus - sign to subtract out items you don't want to look at i.e. -madman -shoot -caribou Not the most effective for people with 50 albums but helps in some instances.

Aaron