how long ago did that copy of 'holocaust' sell for just 49 euro?! it is a really rare record (guess we can assume most never left japan?) and i've not seen it for sale enough to know of a true going-rate, but for certain, that's an absolute bargain price. i only saw it sell on ebay twice in early-mid 2000s and if i recall rightly they went for around $250-300, then i didn't see another copy for sale ever until i saw that austrian guy was trying for 'buy it now' 450 euros or whatever it was on ebay/discogs and i thought i'd go eitherway - sell straight away to someone who'd been after it for ages and had the money, or they'd never sell it for that price for a long time, if ever, and it clearly was the latter.
as these haven't yet been mentioned as three figure sum records i'll see it as my duty (!) to do so :
the hanatarashi 'the hanatarashi' LP
hanatarashi '2' LP
the gerogerigegege 'senzuri champion' LP (and 'showa' LP to a lesser extent, but can still go for three figures)
although i myself paid out big enough for 'the hanatarashi' and 'senzuri champion', i was lucky enough to get '2' and 'showa' for bargain prices similar and even cheaper to that 'holocaust' above, both bought privately (private auction and online 2nd hand record shop). some bonzas can still turn up cheap somewhere now and again, you just gotta be lucky, for instance i know of someone who snagged an original TNB 'changez' lp for GBP 60 at ultima thule mailorder in uk (they usually do more krautrock/psych sorta stuff) a few years ago, a copy of 'right to kill' sold for GBP 40 in listings in back of record collector mag, etc. incidentally, 90 euros for 'right to kill' 10 years ago was a great price.
bit of a morbid thought, but someone i know in newcastle has apparently left their orig TNB 'changez' for me in their will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i've only ever seen that one copy sell of the gero 'live at tokyo gay center' heart shaped 7" - the one that's logged on popsike. i see there's a couple of 'al jin' flexis that went for three figures too. one sleeveless still got GBP 200+. i'd have pretty much killed for them at one point!
it's probably safe to say all hanatarashi condome cassex tapes could get three figures too. again, it's safe to assume most are in japan, or if outside, with collectors who aren't gonna sell! i've never owned any of them! there was so many in a short space of time at beginning of existence too (by the way, not all early hanatarashi tapes were compiled on the 'we are hardcore!' set).
i agree the price may have fallen out of some items, but most people aren't spending as much on anything at the moment are they!
