Record Sale Announcement

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Record Sale Announcement#1

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:04am

RECORD SALE at The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Thursday, August 8, 2013, 12 - 7:45 p.m.
Friday, August 9, 2013, 12 - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, August 10, 2013, 12 - 5:45 p.m.

PROGRAM LOCATIONS:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery

Fully accessible to wheelchairs


The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded sound has 22,000 LPs with your name on them. The records represent decades of unsolicited donations, for which we already have at least one copy in great condition. Now we need the space to bring in more unique materials for you to enjoy and study. Whether you are a hardcore collector of foreign classical releases, lover of 70s country music, Funk aficionado, or devotee of Ronald Reagan's spoken work, stop in anytime between August 8th and August 10th to get your paws on your sonic favorites known and yet to be discovered. All genres and styles represented.

We've priced the records to sell with all proceeds going to support the ongoing expansion of our collections.

There is a great chance that someone will find more than one diamond in the not-so-rough. Many of the recordings have never been played, bear promotional stamps, and remain sealed in shrink wrap.

No - we don't have an inventory, but the recordings will be arranged loosely by label and issue number to make it easier for those who know precisely their prey. We encourage you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr where we will post as many images of the records as we can between now and then. If you see something you want, hit us up and we will see if we can set it aside for you. No promises, though. Here are the details:

When: August 8th, Noon - 7:45pm and August 9th and 10th, Noon - 5:45pm.

Where: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, First Floor.

We will do our best to provide bags. If you think you will need a box - you know who you are - we will have some on hand while they last.

Cash is preferred. Credit cards accepted only for purchases of $100 or more.

Special guests throughout.

Please direct all questions to [e-mail]

[PalJoey]

Record Sale Announcement#2

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:09am

Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Walkers, too? Because people in walkers and motorized wheelchairs are statistically more likely to still have record players.

[dblue236]

Record Sale Announcement#2

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:33am

I don't think most people who collect records now, do so because they want to play them. Just a thought.

[madbrian]

Record Sale Announcement#3

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:37am

Lately, we've had a lot of luck picking up OBCR records at estate sales in northern NJ. My Fair Lady, The King and I, West Side Story, Fiddler, and many more. Plus, soundtracks from South Pacific and West Side Story, as well as Streisand's Happening at Central Park. And we play them on our record player.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[givesmevoice]

Record Sale Announcement#4

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:55am

Here's the tumblr for the sale, with some pictures of the very diverse offerings.


R&H Record Sale

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[dblue236]

Record Sale Announcement#5

Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:29am

@madbrian, I didn't mean to imply that no one uses record players any more. I know there are plenty of people who do. I just don't think they're all crusty octogenarians, as another poster implied. Plenty of people also collect records and never play them at all, so I think this sale is a great idea!

[Bettyboy72]

Record Sale Announcement#6

Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:42am

Vinyl sales are on the rise. Hipsters love vinyl.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[LuminousBeing]

Record Sale Announcement#7

Posted: 8/6/13 at 8:39pm

I frame and hang the ones with artwork I appreciate. They take up much less room than posters, and actors are always tickled when you present them at stage doors for signing.

[Kad]

Record Sale Announcement#8

Posted: 8/6/13 at 9:12pm

I've had good luck finding ones at places like Housing Works. They may not be mint, but they're $2.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Unknown User]

Record Sale Announcement#9

Posted: 8/7/13 at 5:26pm

Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh has an astonishing collection of cast recordings on vinyl. Multiple copies from many obscure shows, often sealed. I imagine the sealed copies are extra stock of albums that didn't sell.

They even had a copy of "My Fair Lady" from the very first pressing with "I Could Have Danced All Night" printed as "I Want To Dance All Night" on the sleeve, as well as the unrecorded "Just You Wait" reprise.



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Updated On: 8/7/13 at 05:26 PM

[dblue236]

Record Sale Announcement#10

Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:04pm

"I frame and hang the ones with artwork I appreciate."

I love this idea!