Record & CD Buying

You may be lucky enough to own some items of memorabilia that cannot be tangibly valued. Alternatively, you may have records in your collection that other people would pay to have. The Music Master Price Guide for Record Collectors and its follow-up, the Penguin Price Guide for Record & CD Collectors have a number of records listed by Tim Hardin that are considered worth collecting. These are listed below, along with the price they are likely to sell at (in UK Pounds Sterling). The present exchange rate is £1 = $1.80. The prices given are for vinyl albums in exceptionally good condition. Used second-hand albums ought to cost less, depending on supply & demand. I haven't listed CDs as they are largely still available.

Please note that I am not an expert in record values and there is no point in e-mailing me to ask what the value is of an old 78 you found in your grandmother's attic or an Elvis picture disc that you've had since the 70s. The answer is: I don't know. If you want this information, go to a dealer, buy one of the above-named books or see if your valued possession is on sale at Gemm (see below).

I have not listed The Unforgiven, which is available secondhand, but can cost from £50 to £100. There were only 5000 copies made of the original and each was numbered. A mint condition copy is worth having as a collector's item, though not necessarily for the quality or the length of the recording. A new reprint version of it can be obtained for $24.95 from Warrior Records at their website www.warriorrecords.com

The video made prior to his Eugene Homecoming Concert is available from AmeriCAM, 814 - 31 Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144. They can be contacted on 206.322.9437 or 1.800.451.3827.

If you are looking to obtain any albums by Tim, you might try your local record store for the CDs that have been re-released by Verve, Raven and Sony. The biggest range of new material on the web will be available from www.Amazon.co.uk. Alternatively, www.magpiedirect.com and http://www.blahdvd.com have good websites and are reliable retailers with an interest in older material. Other retailers that might help are www.hmv.co.uk, www.101cd.com and www.towerrecords.co.uk while if you are looking for a non-UK site, try www.cdwow.com, www.cdnow.com or even www.amazon.com as the biggest retailers. Stuart Lord has access to specialist items and can send you a list if you e-mail him at stuart.lord@wanadoo.fr.

For second hand albums (vinyl and CD), many people have managed to get lucky by bidding on www.ebay.com while the biggest collective of second hand dealers is www.gemm.com but I would also try: