A First! Nothing on the Internet about this!

My mind is blown.

I had come to the conclusion that I have never had an original thought or was ever in possession of anything unique or even rare. This is based on endless Googles searches for any number of ideas or things. Everything is always out there - until now.

My wife recently inherited a collection of several HUNDRED LP records, most dating back to the 1950s and 60s. I have taken on the task of cataloguing this collection. I'm using a website called discogs.com. I simply enter in the catalogue number, or album name, or artists and the album eventually appears.

Today, I entered an album with no hits on anything in the database. So, I went to the bother of actually entering the relevant data, and sure enough, there is NOTHING in the discog database on this album. It's there now, because I submitted it.

Ok, that is just one database, and there is a whole universal Internet out there, so I began searching in earnest all over the web and NO RESULTS!

Here is what I submitted to discogs. I cannot find ANYTHING on the Internet about this album.

Rome Symphony Orchestra, Eli Perrotta, Sergio Caffaro – The Heart of the Great Piano Concertos​

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Stealers Wheel said:

My mind is blown.

I had come to the conclusion that I have never had an original thought or was ever in possession of anything unique or even rare. This is based on endless Googles searches for any number of ideas or things. Everything is always out there - until now.

My wife recently inherited a collection of several HUNDRED LP records, most dating back to the 1950s and 60s. I have taken on the task of cataloguing this collection. I'm using a website called discogs.com. I simply enter in the catalogue number, or album name, or artists and the album eventually appears.

Today, I entered an album with no hits on anything in the database. So, I went to the bother of actually entering the relevant data, and sure enough, there is NOTHING in the discog database on this album. It's there now, because I submitted it.

Ok, that is just one database, and there is a whole universal Internet out there, so I began searching in earnest all over the web and NO RESULTS!

Here is what I submitted to discogs. I cannot find ANYTHING on the Internet about this album.

Rome Symphony Orchestra, Eli Perrotta, Sergio Caffaro – The Heart of the Great Piano Concertos​

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Kapp – ks3203

Vinyl, LP, Stereo

US

1960

Classical

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Congrats! Time to run out and buy a lottery ticket. It's obviously your lucky day.

Stealers Wheel said:

My mind is blown.

I had come to the conclusion that I have never had an original thought or was ever in possession of anything unique or even rare. This is based on endless Googles searches for any number of ideas or things. Everything is always out there - until now.

My wife recently inherited a collection of several HUNDRED LP records, most dating back to the 1950s and 60s. I have taken on the task of cataloguing this collection. I'm using a website called discogs.com. I simply enter in the catalogue number, or album name, or artists and the album eventually appears.

Today, I entered an album with no hits on anything in the database. So, I went to the bother of actually entering the relevant data, and sure enough, there is NOTHING in the discog database on this album. It's there now, because I submitted it.

Ok, that is just one database, and there is a whole universal Internet out there, so I began searching in earnest all over the web and NO RESULTS!

Here is what I submitted to discogs. I cannot find ANYTHING on the Internet about this album.

Rome Symphony Orchestra, Eli Perrotta, Sergio Caffaro – The Heart of the Great Piano Concertos​

More images​

Kapp – ks3203

Vinyl, LP, Stereo

US

1960

Classical

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Way cool. How will you go about finding the value?

I'm currently doing this with my album collection and it's tedious. I dont have anything like that tho.

ummm...

Sorry to burst your bubble of euphoria.

My sister recently passed away and in going through her things I was curious about the roughly 275 LP albums she had from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. All but one had been opened and played but I still thought they might be worth something. They were but not the fortune I was hoping for.
She did have 2 Beatles White Albums, one opened and played and the other unopened and never played.
The one unopened one a collector gave me $250 for it. The White Album can be very valuable depending on the pressing and version. A rare one can go for about $7,500.
All the other 274 he gave me between $2 and $10 dollars for each depending on the artist.

KingLeo said:

My sister recently passed away and in going through her things I was curious about the roughly 275 LP albums she had from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. All but one had been opened and played but I still thought they might be worth something. They were but not the fortune I was hoping for.
She did have 2 Beatles White Albums, one opened and played and the other unopened and never played.
The one unopened one a collector gave me $250 for it. The White Album can be very valuable depending on the pressing and version. A rare one can go for about $7,500.
All the other 274 he gave me between $2 and $10 dollars for each depending on the artist.

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I understand the original Blind Faith album cover, never sold here and only printed in Great Britain, is worth a fortune in mint condition.

I haven't looked it up so I have no idea how much.

Mycroft said:

ummm...

Sorry to burst your bubble of euphoria.




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Thanks, @Mycroft. That was helpful. My record is intact and going strong.

Lursa said:

Way cool. How will you go about finding the value?

I'm currently doing this with my album collection and it's tedious. I dont have anything like that tho.

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Are you using discogs? They tell you the low purchase price, the median, and the highest that it sold for on their site.

Stealers Wheel said:

Are you using discogs? They tell you the low purchase price, the median, and the highest that it sold for on their site.

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Yes but it can be complicated. I have some originals that have minor changes in the covers or songs and the pricing is different. I mean, one is "if George's shadow shows." And condition factors in too. And there's several "original" versions of Sticky Fingers. Mine has the real zipper but there are other variations. Plus I played that thing to death and there's yellowed cellophone tape holding part of the cover together

I have collected various recordings for years. It all started when my grandfather gave me a victrola style machine (a SONORA) that he found and my grandmother wanted off her porch. I was 16 in the middle of the POP culture of the 1960's. My 4th grade teacher a few years earlier had brought in an Edison Phonograph to class. And I found the fact that a windup nonelectric mechanical device could play recordings fascinating... Anyway, I loved mechanical things. So, to my mother's chagrin I got the old SONORA and took it apart, refinished the cabinet --- someone in its history painted white, and thoroughly cleaned the motor gunked with dried out grease. Now, came the real fun. I started searching for recordings to play on this machine. I discovered that I could find 78 rpm records relatively cheap. I was picky. I wanted only pristine records ----- the older the better. Records at that time ran anywhere from 4-5 for a dollar to $1.00 each. My dad worked at RCA and I heard all about Nipper. And so I was drawn to the VICTOR Talking Machine Co. And because of the Early Show, and A Picture for a Saturday Afternoon ----- I was exposed to among other things, early movie musicals. And they highlighted the 1890's - 1900's with music and songs from that time period. So, it became somewhat easy to know what to collect for my machine..... Ironically, people were literally throwing out tons of old records at that time. And I became more astute to what was popular and what wasn't. Billy Murray and Ada Jones became among my favorites ---- singularly and in duets. They sang all the POP tunes of that time among others. I also liked Paul Whiteman (late teens all the way to the 1950's television). I still buy an occasional record, for my Edison Home and Victor III, I long since sold the SONORA. But I did gain an appreciation for music of all genres ---- though not all songs in any genre are really good ----- but perhaps influential to inspire something better by someone else...