Amazon AU price watch thread...

I haven't had this problem fortunately, but I have heard of it happening on Amazon USA. It's sad to hear that it's now happening here as well. They used to specify if a CD was 'on demand' (ie, a Cdr), but I'm not sure if they still do.

 

Thanks! I noticed a couple of listings on the au site that mentioned cdr nomenclature (not on demand), for instance a Gregg Allman album from the 90s. But now that you mention it, it's probably not a bad idea to cross-reference against the us site when in doubt. Probably not a bad idea to check all discs when you receive them though!

 

Yes! I have received about 10 CDRs from Amazon AU, none of which were advertised as such. There were all on Cherry Red, Cherry Pop & Funktowngrooves labels.

Amazon are a victim of these labels who choose to repress OOP CDs as CDRs without any modification to the packaging or barcode.

In all cases I obtained a refund, although it affected my “rating” as a customer & I received a warning from Amazon about returning too many items.

 

Connie Smith


Born To Sing (4CD)

$69.77

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B000059O7Z/

Bear Family

 

Various


The Violin - Legendary Recordings (42CD)

$101.93

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B01EXRZNGQ/

 

Charles Mingus


Mingus At Bremen (4CD)

$29.06

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08H5BPQG9/

Remastered from original source tapes. Looks good.

 

The Replacements


Dead Man's Pop (LP/4CD)

$73.56

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07STGZMCH/

 

Ah, thanks for sharing. That's terrible. I had a stern if not directly rude warning on customer service chat that went along similar lines

 

Fleetwood Mac


Pious Bird Of Good Omen (LP)

$54.10

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B000VJVDF6/

Speakers Corner Records

 

Moody Blues


Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (2LP)

$29.64

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B084WL8RCF/

 

Just note this has been as low as $$40 for most of last year...

 

Lucinda Williams


This Sweet Old World (2LP)

$27.96

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B074TQMLSV/

 

The Yardbirds


Five Live Yardbirds (LP)

$23.51

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0884D21CZ/

Repertoire Records. Features Eric Clapton

 

Kurtis Blow


Kurtis Blow (LP)

$25.04

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07FDP7ZWF/

Old school hip hop

 

The CD of this available for $9.76

 

Fleetwood Mac


1973 to 1974 (4LP)

$115.09 Amazon UK

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08DC69BQ5/

Some of those early, hard-to-find albums. Plus 7" single.

 

Dutch Vinyl has this for $120 if anyone wants to buy it locally at a good price.

 

It’s funny what you find, and don’t find, when you hunt for records. Like you , I have always found Byrds records hard to come by, likewise The Kinks. While Neil Young vinyl would always turn up for me, I have six Harvests, five After the Goldrush etc. Always found heaps of Beach Boys stuff in the 1980/90’s for some strange reason

 

Various


Top Gun OST (LP)

$17.18

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B014JRCA7K/

Just in case you haven't heard 'Danger Zone' enough times

 

NOOOOoooooooooooooo.

 

It's bloody stuck in my head now.

 

For those of us in the UK at the time "Take My Breath Away" might be even more painful! Seemed to be No1 forever!!

 

I've now got both of those songs stuck in my head - thanks guys...

I guess if you can instantly recall a song from seeing the song title, it at least succeeds as a catchy/memorable song!

 

Shuddap your face!

 

A memorable classic, as much as I wish I could forget it! But the song was worth the pain just to see Geldof's exasperated reaction on Countdown