The following CDs I've seen many many many used overstock on:
The Bodyguard sndtrk / Red Hot Chili Pepper's "What Hits?!" / Jesus Jones / EMF / Hootie / Pearl Jam Vs. or Vitology
There are other soundtracks and whatnot. My offer for "biggest of all time" has to go to REMs Monster, though. And in my defense, I offer the following reasons:
a] REM fans probably sell used CDs all the timeb] this is the first one that would sellc] it was after Automatic, which was the sappiest, and most popular, of the REM recordsd] Mike Mills' nudie suite] Design / layout
[I've still got it [along with many other rem cds] but haven't listened to it in a while, liked it ok at the time, though].
Have you folks been over this? i tried to check...
Any other nominations?
― david day (winslow), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― 4mateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)
i used to see a lot, too... i wonder if some stuff shows up more heavily in used CD bins if BMG or columbia house (CD clubs) have been promoting it, or sending it out as the D of the month...
― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― 4mateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― earlnash, Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)
It was long, long ago, but just curious.
― jm (jtm), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― david day (winslow), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)
Such a shame too.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― 4mateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― 4mateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
Monster still wins.
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― original bgm, Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― 4mateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― david day (winslow), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)
I only know what I see, and I see five copies of Grace in the used bin. That's all I'm saying.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― David Allen, Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)
Other than that, the one that shows up the most is "Stunt" by the Barenaked Ladies.
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)
i used to see stacks of this cd - like 10-20 copies in a pile - in the used section.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 24 April 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 24 April 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 24 April 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Adam A. (Keiko), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c321/c32198ts8u8.jpg
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 24 April 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)
:-(
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)
Especially if you're cruising for records at the Salvation Army. Right next to Mr. Alpert in almost every case? Every album Ray Conniff ever recorded.
― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)
I noticed that the last time I went cruising for cheap vinyl. Other artists cramming the bins:Neil Diamond Linda Ronstadt (almost bought "Mad Love" to see if it was as bad as I'd heard it was)Glenn Campbell (especially "Southern Nights")
All these artists have dethrowned Chicago as the lords and lady of used vinyl. A couple years ago, this one place had a couple boxes ful of MULTIPLE COPIES OF EVERY SINGLE ALBUM CHICAGO ISSUED DURING THE VINYL ERA.
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Because they're obviously timeless and highly melodic classics, that's why!
― Mr Melody, Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 25 April 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Friday, 25 April 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 25 April 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 April 2003 05:43 (twenty-two years ago)
Sad to note the Amps tip on returns, as it's quite an enjoyable album... certainly the best album throughout featuring a former Pixie!! (imho, folks, imho... though pod has *great* moments)
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Friday, 25 April 2003 05:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Evan (Evan), Friday, 25 April 2003 06:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― msp, Friday, 25 April 2003 06:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 25 April 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sasha Frere-Jones (Sasha Frere-Jones), Friday, 25 April 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)
That one is more likely to appear in sales bins than in used CD bins. The album was mainly a sales flop more than an artistic flop. Several of those who bought it (save for Phil Collins fans maybe, with no respect for Tony Banks' songwriting talent) actually thought it was surprisingly good)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 April 2003 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 April 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― david day (winslow), Friday, 25 April 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 25 April 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Friday, 25 April 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 25 April 2003 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 25 April 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Saturday, 26 April 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)
The initial pressing was quite small. In fact until its recent reissue, it regularly went for well over the odds on eBay.
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 26 April 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Saturday, 26 April 2003 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 26 April 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e025/e025542ryzo.jpg
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 26 April 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 26 April 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)
A true fan of an act wouldn't sell an album by that act no matter how awful it is.
I agree with the rest of your reasoning though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 April 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 April 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Carey (Carey), Saturday, 26 April 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)
Well, there is, and there isn't. True, Cobain has always been a popular artist in terms of coverage, there was a time (from about '96-'98) where attention was paid to other artists and trends. Nirvana would get write ups every now and again, but nothing really big. Then 1999 comes around, and it's time for several publications to round up "The Greatest Albums of The 90s". "Nevermind" tops nearly every list (I think it lost to "Tails" by Lisa Loeb in the poll conducted by "Cat Fancy"). Around this same time, rap metal and teen pop are in in full swing. Perhaps due to writers recent jags with the Nirvana catalogue, and the relative crappiness of mainstream music in 1999, talk of "A New-New Rock Authenticity" starts spreading, and naturally Kurt Cobain becomes the movement's poster boy (since he and Eddie Vedder shared the position the first time around, and Eddie wasn't very hip in '99). Add to that Generation Y discovering Nirvana's music, an impending box set, Charles Cross' Cobain bio, "Kurt & Courtney", the lawsuit, the hits package, and of course, the whole garage rock revival. The result? Cobain's probably gotten more coverage in the last few years then he ever got while alive, and Nirvana's work is commercially more popular than ever.
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Saturday, 26 April 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― greg, Saturday, 26 April 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)
In UK publications, it has serious competition from "OK Computer" and sometimes also "Screamadelica"
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 April 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 27 April 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)
As far as soundtracks go, I swear that the soundtrack for The Bodyguard, as omnipresent as it was for a while there, still was no match for the 500 pink spines on the shelf of the Wayne's World soundtrack.
(Also, I've been noticing the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill being surprisingly highly stocked at my local disc barn.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 23 May 2003 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)
also,the Jesus Lizard's major label albumsStone Roses "Second Coming"Sugar "Copper Blue"Toni Braxton
― Ian Johnson, Saturday, 24 May 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 24 May 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Sunday, 25 May 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)
No one has yet mentioned maybe the #1 single, which was, of course, Elton John's Candle In The Wind '97. I remember when A&B was selling new stock, remaindered at 49 cents... bleh.
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 25 May 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Sunday, 25 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)
I went to a local record store and saw 22 (twenty two) used copies of Metallica's St. Anger.
― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Monday, 23 June 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Yeah, and the vinyl bins: Herb Alpert of all kinds, Billy Joel's Glass House, and the "Living Strings" series of fine records.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 24 June 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)
Everyone seems to have left off that one Faith No More record. "The Real Thing"? I can't imagine a used CD shop without a couple copies of it.
― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)
Upthread, someone asked why you don't see "Happy Nation" in the used record bins. I don't know about UK/USA, but here in Finland the record store clerks simply don't buy any records they know they can't resell. Thus, you don't see a lot of europop or "Synthesizer Greatest" records in used bins.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 08:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 08:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)
....all can be found in any chain of Oxfam, the length and breadth of Britain.
― russ t, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― russ t, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― russ t, Thursday, 26 June 2003 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)