Carlos Cortez and His Rhythm Kings
“Mambo Costa Rica” b/w “Rose of Tangier”
scum stats: who knows
So I’ve just noticed a kink in the results that eBay spits out for its searches and it’s pissing me off.For example, I search the term “detroit” under the category “records” probably every other day for the past ten years. I know what titles spit out as if they’re ingrained into my soul. This specific search is, by all means, my shit.
Within the past week or so, searches started being populated with TONS of Motown releases, all previously unseen by me and none of which have the word Detroit anywhere in their title or description.
Additionally, I use the “vintage Detroit t-shirt” search regularly. Again, I’ve come to know what to expect with this query. I rock vintage Detroit shirts regularly.
But in this same week or so, that search is absolutely littered with Detroit sports jerseys of all stripes and vintage, NONE of which are actually t-shirts or even have the term t-shirt in their title or description.
Had acquaintances relay stories of searching for blues records and their searches being filled with blue colored vinyl pressings, or searching for a rare 78 of Lewis Black “Corn Liquor Blues” and instead turning up tons of comedy albums by the comedian of the same name.
I feel like this is bullshit and is only further pushing me towards Discogs and Etsy to get my vinyl and vintage shirt fix.
So in celebration…I share with you a record from a Detroit label I’d MUCH rather show up without explicitly even searching it. A mambo on Fortune is a sight to behold. I’ve definitely got room in my life for more of this.
For the giveaway…write in the comments what you’re go-to eBay searches are AND what you’re seeing differently from them lately, if anything.
Winner will get a blues record or a blue vinyl record or something that is only tangentially connected to what they’re actually looking for. Good luck.
I search for Emerson lake and Palmer Fanfare box and never get proper search results.
I often search for rare White Stripes/Dead Weather stuff with the hope of some bargain. Sadly without success till now :D
I always search for a vinyl copy of Jakob Dylan’s Women + Country hoping for a seller who can’t use Discogs and prices cheap. I never even see a copy :( Recently I’ve been seeing some singles from it and some Bob Dylan records. The oddest result today was a single of Old Crow Medicine Show covering Bob Dylan that only shares the word Dylan with my search query. Also a Dylan Thomas poetry reading record lol
The Cat Empire merch and other goodies from them. Just keepin an eye out for old special shipments and unique gear that varies by country. That said, haven’t checked in the past few months… but you’ve got me intruiged… off to check now!
I have a saved search for Detroit Acetate and it seems to have more and more sports cards and hardly ever an acetate record. I did recently see an acetate of an unknown (possibly) Detroit garage rock band show up. I was going to send it to you but this seems like a good place to share it. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264369910922 it’s probably worth the $8 to listen to it and I bet you’d have he beat insight of anyone on trying to figure out who it is.
@carlbelvin Forget EBay and go to Record Town. There you will find Bill. He knows more about Fort Worth artists and vinyl than anyone you will ever meet.
I search Butch Walker related vinyl every morning (about this time) and I get all kinds of stuff unrelated. Stamps are a big one these days. David Bowie Black Tie White Noise can yield some odd items too.
I had a search in place for ‘vinyl mud’ when I was chasing the mud coloured Electric Mud (hello from Australia). It was fine to start with, but to be fair I probably should have added more words because I just started being inundated with mud related vinyl car stickers. My favourite? Mud A Far Car. So many offensive ones though. Who even knew there was a market for offensive mud related vinyl stickers? Anyway, I collect them now ;)
I’m always on the lookout for Halloween-y, spooky-type or kooky jazz 78’s from the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. I recently (and finally) grabbed “Hush Hush Hush (Here Comes the Bogeyman)” from Henry Hall on Columbia. It had been listed a few times over the years for more than I wanted to pay because it’s the B-side to “Teddy Bear’s Picnic”, which is a surprisingly popular song. I once found “The Ghost of Smokey Joe” by Cab Calloway on Vocalion but it arrived cracked right down the middle. I have since found it on Okeh but never again on Vocalion. Tragic. I’ve amassed a decent collection thus far but I have miles to go before I sleep. Miles to go before I sleep.
I generally search for Baltimore Orioles things or try to find Pearl Jam posters for shows I went to but the posters sold out too fast for me to get one. Not many problems with the searches, but no luck with the Pearl Jam posters. I’m really trying to find April 29, 2016 in Philadelphia – that was my birthday and the poster is awesome!