While tripping merrily through the mail, Carmen Presti was overheard
 CP> Re: Re: Records
 
 >  CP> my uncensored original MC (red letter linernotes). I have two first 
run
 > I've never heard of MC, is that short for something?? I've only paid big 
buck
 CP> Sorry - typo/oversight. That should be "MC5" (Motor City) ... a
 CP> rather brash rock group from the latter 60s (more or less heavy metal
 CP> before the phrase was really coined) ... they had a semi-hit with "High
 CP> School" a bit later from their second LP ...
 
Hang on to that one (last price I saw for it was around sixty bucks!)
 > for two records; Grand Funk, Survival; and Five Man Electrical Band, 
Goodbyes
 > Butterflys. But two of the best records (and I believe most valuable) are 
Pin
 > Floyd, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968); and Pink Floyd, The Piper at the 
Gates 
 > Dawn (1967). Both records are in mint condition.
FWIW, some general values (at least here in the upper midwest) for first
pressing "near mint"
 Grand Funk "Survival" ; Capitol SW 764  $ 10 - $ 15
 Five Man Electrical Band: Goodbyes Butterflys : No. unknown  $ 5 - $ 10
 Pink Floyd "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" : Tower T-5093
                        White lable "DJ"   $ 175 - $ 225
                        Orange lable Mono  $ 125 - $ 175
                           "    "  Stereo  $  35 - $  45
                        Striped lable      $  45 - $  55
 Pink Floyd "A Saucerful Of Secrets": Tower ST 5131
                        White lable "DJ"   $  90 - $ 110
                        Or. lable Stereo   $  35 - $  45
Other parts of the country, these could vary widely.
 CP> Those PFs sound like a nice addition to any collection of any
 CP> size ... I've only seen/heard them in re-release (as "A Nice Pair") ...
 CP> but SURVIVAL by Grand Funk I have --- original pressing purchased when
 CP> released, as were all my early Grand Funks ... my sister has/had "On
 CP> Time" - their first LP - wonder if she still does?!
I still do 
Don
N.P. "Are You Ready" from "Grand Funk - On Time" :-)
... Small, furry creatures playing Bach: Gopher Baroque.
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