LC Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 This listing at Half.com is interesting: http://product.half.ebay.com/Eric-Carmen-Geffen-Goldline_W0QQprZ3263492QQtgZinfo It's Eric's Geffen CD offered for --- hold onto your hat! --- $56.34. Now, Half.com (an eBay site) is supposed to have real "deals" on stuff --- hence the name. So I'm trying to figure out the high asking price. Well, okay, it's a great record. But $60 (including shipping)? It's not even an origianl pressing; it's the 1997 Geffen Goldline reissue. I remember seeing it in $6.99 bins not too long ago.Maybe it's turning into a collectible little rarity?(I love the ballads on this CD: "She Remembered," "Way We Used to Be," and "I'm Through with Love.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecstasy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I got mine off of Ebay because the local music suppliers are dreadful. I spent a bit but not THAT much (and it was nice to know that others were bidding on his work, too!)Like so many here, John and I have a passion for oldies music (usually 60s) and now that Tower is gone so are our options locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I was just listening to that CD two days ago. Love all three of those tunes that Larry mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneG Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I love that CD. It usually accompanies me on road trips --great, great tunes!Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 The most I have paid for an Eric Carmen CD is $48 on Amazon - before shipping. One of my friends asked for it specifically after hearing mine. I could have waited to see if I could have found it for less but time was of the essence.It is worth every cent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 The Geffen CD is definitely a collectible at this point, I'd say. Currently, on Amazon, 4 sellers have it, priced at $39.99 (VG), $44.99 (Like New), $49.99 (Like New), and $57.40 (VG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT from Mo Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yeow! I'm glad I got mine just 5 years after it was released! HT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 JohnO--thanks for that note. Wow! Probably everyone here already has it.... If not, time to go treasure-hunting! I know I saw a copy of it two years ago on a Used CDs rack at Newbury Comics for $3 or $4.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I have it on vinyl and CD, and don't think the total cost was more than $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susana Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Can't remember the total cost, but I have vinyl, cassette and CD...gee, that's a....um...threesome...yeah, that's it. I heard the one liners at the end of "Entertainment Tonight" and they said it had been released that day. I got lucky and found it immediately.That recording played a large part in some very special memories for me - bittersweet in some ways, but still beloved.S* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I don't remember what my original album cost, but I bought it at Sam Goody's, as far as I can remember. I LOVE that album! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 PS: One nice, wonderful, friend of mine on the board offered to send me a copy of the Geffen CD, but I do have it. I still have my original review copy sent to me at the late, great CD Review magazine way back when. Anyway, my earlier posts here do sound like I was hunting for it, but actually... I've been hunting for some John Stewart CDs I'm missing....Thank you, DianeD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianed Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 You're welcome, Larry !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellie Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Oh, the Geffen album. I haven't heard it yet. Is "I'm Through With Love" as liberating and life-affirming as I imagine? It might be my personal theme song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susana Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Mellie - I thought sure you heard the Geffen album at one time or another when I was around. Stevie and I played it all the time. (And I played it all the time when I as - yeah, you got it - "ABM".) Anyway, we'll have to remedy the "not having heard it" situation this weekend. S* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellie Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Have I met Stevie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Like Ecstacy, I got mine on e-bay, for I think 7.50 or something like that. But, in all honesty, these types of albums can warrant these prices. Keep in mind, that at major labels, they need to make a run of 15 to 50 thousand copies when they reissue them. Unlike the smaller, independents that will only run 1,000.If something is NOT selling, then you can get it for cheap in the close-out bins at record stores. If it is a big seller, then the labels will re-issue it. However, most of Eric's stuff falls in a category between these two, as far as sales go. You won't see them in the "cut-out"(discount) bins, but on the other hand, there are not a big enough seller to warrant a reissue.Such is big-label economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susana Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 oh, yeah, Mellie - you have...we hung out at your place in Tulsa a time or two before we all headed over to Duke's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecstasy Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 There were large amounts of Eric's music that I hadn't heard until just recently because I couldn't find it anywhere! Now that Japan is releasing everything here I've been grabbing it all up on Ebay like crazy!!! Some of them I've had to put some money out on but I've finally gotten everything and it's worth every nickel! I'm finally getting to hear some of the stuff that you all have always talked about and I'm thrilled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 The Geffen CD was in the bins for a few years at a bargain price, as I remember. I bought extra copies at Tower for $7 bucks each. I think it was the early 90's.I guess times have changed.And that's nice, because Eric didn't even have to shoot anybody or OD on perscription drugs to up his prices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 You got to keep your eye on e-bay -- that $60 for the Geffen is a little pricey -- 2 weeks ago I got Tonight You're Mine and Change of Heart, both Japanese releases, and all the extras on TYM for $35 (that's the total for both)and that included shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Oh, the Geffen album. I haven't heard it yet. Is "I'm Through With Love" as liberating and life-affirming as I imagine? It might be my personal theme song. Hey there, Mellie,Yep, you've got that right.... Pretty "cheery" song:"I'm through with love/And sad goodbyesCan't take the lows/Don't want those highs..."Great song... I know you'll enjoy it. Eric was at his best, in terms of suicidally depressing ballads, when he wrote "I'm Through With Love." It's definitely cut from the same cloth as "All By Myself" -- maybe a tad more hopeless, though. So... did Susanna deliver, and get you into the Geffen album last weekend? Hope so... You've missed out on an undiscovered gem, although on the plus side, it's something great to look forward to....--LCPS: Billy, not a bad deal at all on those 2 CDs... Sometimes, you can get good prices on eBay... and if not, just wait a while longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 PS: Mellie, what am I thinking? Bernie's got a video of "I'm Through With Love" posted right here: http://www.ericcarmen.com/multimedia/video20.htm (Unless you were pulling my leg about not having heard the Geffen album.... I can be pretty gullible... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 The reason the price skyrocketed is the "Goldline Line" series of CD's were discontinued a few years ago. If you check for Ric Ocasek's (The Cars) first solo album, you'll find that's also going for astronomical prices now. I had the Ocasek one, and stupidly traded it in, cause I already had the vinyl. Eric's however, I kept, and it's now autographed by him and on my wall!...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 That's the best, Jeff! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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