NYC: anybody know of a place I can sell/dump 500 mediocre R&B 12"s?

[D J 1 3 8]

I am moving soon and I've decide to get rid of all the promo bullshit I got from labels over the years, like the 6 copies of Foxy Brown's "Chyna Doll" LP and the 4 copies of Yvette Michelle's wack single, 3 copies of some Avant 12", etc. Most of it has never even been opened or played.

I know that Discorama used to buy promo vinyl, but to be honest, you couldn't {i] give [/i] most of this stuff away. 85% of it is just no-name R&B artists that got dropped from their label soon after these records came out.

I don't expect to make much money but I figured maybe there's somebody that would give me $40 a crate or something. Am I dreaming?

[Brut by Faberge]

sell them to a record factory so they can melt them down and makes new ones.

slice them up into coasters and sell them as high "found art" for 5 bucks a pop.

i don't have anything else constructive. :D good luck!

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by THX-1138:
sell them to a record factory so they can melt them down and makes new ones.You know, I was actually wondering if some kind of recycling was possible.

[JMJ]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by THX-1138:
sell them to a record factory so they can melt them down and makes new ones.You know, I was actually wondering if some kind of recycling was possible. </font>[/QUOTE]Trax Records......JMJ

[djLesCole]

your best bet is to take them to a thrift shop or one of those old music stores we all walk into every now and then to see what we may come across. You definitely won't get much but at least you're already facing that reality. Good luck!

[liL Ray]

save 'em(get a small storage space), and next year from april to october, check out the weekend street fair circuit...set up a turntable, play the ones folks wanna hear from the 500 12"s, mix the stuff you wanna hear also...you could also sell mix cds...they will sell and it may turn to be quite profitable....

hmmmm....I think I'll take my own advice...and if y'all bring up that bootlegg issue again...FU!

Good luck..

[12th house]

halcyon does about $50 a crate for domestics but dunno about r&b...it's a thought though.

i like ray's idea...all DJs should set up a street fair to sell all their unwanted records! battle!

graemlins/rofl.gif

[Brut by Faberge]

Originally posted by JMJ:
Trax Records......JMJ hahaha! i wonder if all those stories about them melting down tennis shoes and kids' toys to make records are true?

but 138, it does make sense! not sure if it would be profitable per se...but probably still worth the action. pretty much everything is recycleable i believe.

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by liL Ray:
save 'em(get a small storage space), and next year from april to october, check out the weekend street fair circuit...set up a turntable, play the ones folks wanna hear from the 500 12"s, mix the stuff you wanna hear also...you could also sell mix cds...they will sell and it may turn to be quite profitable....

hmmmm....I think I'll take my own advice...and if y'all bring up that bootlegg issue again...FU!

Good luck.. Thanks Ray, This is actually a good idea, but I don't really have the energy. At this point, I am considering just leaving them in milkcrates on the corner of Dekalb & South Portland.

[liL Ray]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by liL Ray:
save 'em(get a small storage space), and next year from april to october, check out the weekend street fair circuit...set up a turntable, play the ones folks wanna hear from the 500 12"s, mix the stuff you wanna hear also...you could also sell mix cds...they will sell and it may turn to be quite profitable....

hmmmm....I think I'll take my own advice...and if y'all bring up that bootlegg issue again...FU!

Good luck.. Thanks Ray, This is actually a good idea, but I don't really have the energy. At this point, I am considering just leaving them in milkcrates on the corner of Dekalb & South Portland. </font>[/QUOTE]If that's what you are gonna do...let me know what time you will do this dasterly act....or better yet, I'll take a crate or two or four off your hands.... :D

[liL Ray]

Originally posted by 12th house:
halcyon does about $50 a crate for domestics but dunno about r&b...it's a thought though.

i like ray's idea...all DJs should set up a street fair to sell all their unwanted records! battle!

graemlins/rofl.gif partner???

[JMJ]

Originally posted by THX-1138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JMJ:
Trax Records......JMJ hahaha! i wonder if all those stories about them melting down tennis shoes and kids' toys to make records are true?

but 138, it does make sense! not sure if it would be profitable per se...but probably still worth the action. pretty much everything is recycleable i believe. </font>[/QUOTE]I know that he melted down old vinyl......JMJ

[12th house]

Originally posted by liL Ray:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 12th house:
halcyon does about $50 a crate for domestics but dunno about r&b...it's a thought though.

i like ray's idea...all DJs should set up a street fair to sell all their unwanted records! battle!

graemlins/rofl.gif partner??? </font>[/QUOTE]ray

it is an idea. for the spring...email me if you are serious. deepseenyc@hotmail.com

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