LP Demand – “Studs & Duds”
“Studs” (Sought-After Artists On LP)
The artists below are only a sampling of many LP’s that are in demand.
Generally speaking, any Rock ‘n Roll, Rhythm & Blues, or Chicano Rock LP from the (50’s-80’s) era, and especially Motown, James Brown, Malo, Santana, Beatles, Doors, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, CCR, and John Lennon, currently are highly in demand.
- Animals
- Beatles (original Vee-Jay)
- Berry, Chuck (early Chess)
- Bowie, David (early)
- Brown, James (early king and Federal)
- Clark Dave Five
- Cooke, Sam (early Keen and RCA)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Crystals, The (on Phillies)
- Domino, Fats (early Imperial)
- Doors
- Dylan, Bob (early Columbia)
- Four Seasons (on Vee-Jay)
- Gaye Marvin (early Tamla)
- Jives
- Led Zeppelin
- Lennon, John
- Little Joe and the Latinaries
- Little Richard (on Specialty and RCA)
- Pink Floyd
- Presley, Elvis (early RCA)
- Price Lloyd (early ABC Paramount)
- Rolling Stones (early London)
- Ronettes, The (on Philles)
- Sunny and the Sunglows (Sunliners) on Sunglow or Teardrop
- Turner, Joe (early Atlantic)
- Wells, Mary
- Zappa Frank (early Verve)
“Duds” (Least Sought-After Artists On LP)
The artists below are only a sampling of many LP’s that are not in demand. We cannot accept any items on this list.
Generally speaking, any Classical, string, house orchestra, instrumental, or no-name budget LP from the 60s-70s also falls into this category.
- Alpert, Herb or Tijuana Brass
- Ames, Nancy
- Campbell Glen
- Conniff, Ray
- Crosby, Bill
- Denver, John
- Enoch Light
- Faith, Percy
- Ferrante and Teicher
- Four Freshmen
- Grateful Dead
- Hall and Oates
- Hirt, Al
- John, Elton (on MCA)
- Kaempfert, Bert
- Kingston Trio
- Lettermen
- Living Strings
- Guy Lombardo
- Longines Symphony
- Mancini, Henry
- Manilow, Barry
- Mantovani
- Martin, Dean
- Miller, Mitch
- Moody Blues
- Newton-John, Olivia
- Readers-Digest recordings
- Rogers, Kenny
- Simon, Carly
- Streisand, Barbra
- Warwick, Dionne
- Welk, Lawrence
- Williams, Roger
- Wilson, Nancy
