This is getting out of hand: Beatles Abbey Road CD

O.K., so we had a sealed copy of the black-triangle Abbey Road CD go for $435. An opportunist has posted a used copy lacking the OBI strip on eBay with a Buy It Now of $395. I say opportunist because the seller references the sealed copy that just went for $435. Bidding on the used copy started at $49.95 with a reserve. Used copies without the OBI strip typically go for $50-60. This is madness!

Oh, here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2584785205&category=1573

Wonder what this will go for.

 

This one may not sell. If the reserve is too high, and I suspect it is, bidders may not come close to it.

 

I agree with ascot. It will most likely end up with no winner. Way to ridiculous.

 

Beatles' rival the Stones are coming up into the stratosphere, too - check out the (as of this writing) current bid on the mono ROLLING STONES-BIG-HITS LP-US.ALTERNATE COVER: $4,500!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583892481&category=1593

 

ascot and Dave, I agree with both of you. I think the seller did himself a disservice by instituting the exhorbitant Buy It Now price. He may scare away potential bidders, as they may (correctly) suspect that the reserve is through the proverbial roof. On the flipside, the seller may have decided that he doesn't want to sell the disc unless he can get big bucks. As I said, the guy looks to be an opportunist. If he gets the Buy It Now price, more power to him.

 

sharedon, now that's pricey! I'm not an expert on original Stones LPs. Does the one on eBay typically go that high?

 

I'm not an expert either, but I do know that Stones LP is rare, alright. But how many rare records can you think of with price tags that high??? Hm, idea for a thread, maybe. Back to your regularly scheduled Beatles topic.

 

What about this one just ended - I know he found the OBI but the price is silly....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583358410

 

Johnny, $139.50 is not at all unusual for Abbey Road with the OBI strip. I paid $160 for my copy, and $140-160 is typical.

 

Two words.. not meant to be a thread crap

F*cking Insane

 

I was biding on this "Abbey Road" that was sealed, I baled out at $160.00. I thought it would go for $200.00 or $250.00, but $435.00, way out of hand.

Still Sealed "Abbey Road"

 

Joe, I absolutely agree. That's some expensive shrinkwrap.

 

Hmmm, from the looks of this thread I'll be waiting for a non-OBI opened copy.

 

Here's another sealed copy of Abbey Road on eBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2585296194&category=43655

It's looking to be a rare as the sealed Thriller LP!

 

To think I passed one of these up in a RECORD WORLD because it was $32. "No Way" was I going to pay that for an import CD that I thought would be out in the US fairly soon (This was 1984!)

 

I'm still kicking myself for not acting on an impulse to snap up a Toshiba/EMI ABBEY ROAD that was at half.com for about $40 late last night. From the seller's description, it *appeared* to be the original issue from '84. But after e-mailing him some questions and a few minutes of vacillating, I decided to jump on it. So, I checked back on the item, but IT WAS GONE.

Jim W.

 

Am I the only one who is skeptical about these "sealed" Abbey Road discs? I do not remember ever seeing this disc shrinkwrapped before. I remember seeing them in blister packs like all import discs at that time.

 

ascot, I wasn't buying CDs in 1983, so I don't know how Abbey Road was packaged. When you say blister pack, do you mean one of those packs where the booklet is in a top compartment and the jewel case is in a bottom compartment? If so, where was the OBI strip?

 

This may be a stupid question, but apart from the potential historical significance in being the first Beatles CD, does this actually sound any better/different than the standard redbook issue?

 

There was an extensive discussion on this...opinions were divided. What further confused matters was that many were listening to a CD-R that was made without the pre-emphasis flag set, which resulted in the CD-R being very bright. My copy is a CD-R also, which I had to reburn with the flag set.

IMO it (i.e., my CD-R) is better than the standard issue CD, but not as good as my MFSL needledrop CD-R.

 

And if it sounds better, does it sounds hundreds of dollars better??

 

I have a de-emphisized CD-R and IMHO it's how every Beatles CD should sound. Miles ahead of those 1987 versions.

I'm not really sure if I agree with Dob on the MFSL being better, but I'll listen later and compare and get back (pun intended ) to you on this.

 

I find that the original EMI CD and a CD-R of it made without pre-emphasis beat the '87 version.

Not to thread crap, but I use Roxio Easy CD Creator to burn CDs. Does this program allow you to burn with pre-emphasis? I haven't seen that feature. As a result, I am assuming that I am burning to CD-R without pre-emphasis.

 

Minor thread crap but ... in my opinion, Nothing sounds hundreds of dollars better.

Sincerely,
GregY (non-audiophile)

 

Well, we are talking 20 years ago. Memories get fuzzy.

Yes, the "blister pack" I'm referring to is the one where the booklet would be in the upper compartment and the jewel case below it. That's a good question about the obi.

The only thing I can remember is a local store carried that Toshiba disc. I can just see it, in the blister pack, with a green price sticker. All of their imports had green price tags.

Just stipulate for a moment that it was in a blister pack. Maybe the store put the shrinkwrapped disc inside the pack themselves for display purposes. I don't recall this store having glass display cases at the counter.