THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RECORDS FOR YOU...GREAT STUFF HERE! SERVING RECORD COLLECTORS AND DEALERS SINCE 1975!
FRANK MERRILL///SATURDAY NIGHT RECORDS
848 Dodge Avenue #PMB-112
Evanston IL 60202 U.S.A.
Email Address: fmerrill44jr@gma44il.com (REMOVE ALL THE 44's) The old Yahoo Mail address is still valid, but gmail is strongly preferred.
03 (delayed to 12) September 2024 - NEW LIST #98!! 45RPM, 78s, 10-12"
I KNOW. There wasn't supposed to be a new list in 2024. I WANT TO ASSURE THAT I REACH THE MILESTONE OF LIST #100,
and an overdue retirement, and I wanted to have #100
half a year earlier than the early 2027 that I was anticipating.
I started my "summer 2024 trip" in June, and I only reached two
days in Michigan before finding out that two people I needed to see
(one of them Canadian) wouldn't be
available for six weeks, FAR too long to extend the trip, AND into my
most-disliked time of the year to travel other than mid-winter, so I
canceled,
came home, and I worked on this list. I mean, I REALLY dislike
traveling in tourist season! But, sadly, I then miss most theme
parks...
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IF YOU FIND YOU CANNOT OPEN SOME DOCUMENTS,
please email me, and I can send it to you in an email if
necessary. Some customers experience issues sometimes, but
usually these are individual problems. I have done some major
rearrangements to my website, including replacing nearly every link on
this index page, so "bugs" are still possible. Please let me know.
WITH EMPHASIS: OVERBIDDING IS NOT ALLOWED unless it's on RARE SOUL OR POPCORN. *NEVER*
Country, Novelty, Garage, movie ads, RAB, etc. unless it's a soul or
popcorn thing - the net result brings more $$ but it can be very
saddening and a lot more work. I can't un-see overbids, but too many people had catastrophic results and losses, and it was making me burn out. Use PRIORITY, please, to sort out what you want most.
If something is grossly underpriced and a feeding frenzy can't be
resolved, the item will likely become an after-the-fact auction, a
"last resort" choice. THIS PERTAINS TO SET PRICE ITEMS ONLY. BID//MIN: items have no restriction, they're "BID" as they have always been.
ORDERING: "IN-SEASON" LIST RULES have returned. IMPORTANT: familiarity with my order instructions and advice, and the tutorial, is recommended.
My service is slower, because of some of its unique aspects. It's far more meticulous and scientific than anybody else even dares to try, and everybody gets something!
USA PLEASE send a Postal order with full or partial payment. Payment by check, Money Order, or cash, are all OK (though cash lost in the mail is forever lost). It's the only way I can possibly handle this extreme volume by myself. If your order is "TOP-HEAVY WITH BID//MIN:", you may want to consider a partial payment. FLAT RATE postage is $7.75 Insured or $5.40
not insured. If you order 10/12-inch vinyl records and/or 78s,
please include postage for additional package(s). I'll refund if not
needed. Paper lists have already been sent to those who receive them. NEW DECISION:
I will try to send you a quick email when your postal order is
received. If no email within 7-9 days, maybe it never arrived, BUT I NEED YOUR EMAIL before I can do this. Email cannot be your primary method of ordering, but it can be a "heads-up" and I'm always open for questions, etc.
OVERSEAS PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS on your order. OVERSEAS ordering
methods never change, whether a list is current or not. Please
write first, and I will tell you what you won, including a scan of your
order (or sometimes simply a list if it's fewer than six or seven
records). Administering overseas "pre-payment" would be IMPOSSIBLE.
ALL documents ON THIS FRONT PAGE are now in .rtf and .txt format: As
always, the .rtf version is VASTLY SUPERIOR to the .txt version,
because formatting cannot be done in .txt! However, "THE VINYL VAULT" link is at the bottom of this page. It opens a SECOND PAGE of links (to thousands more titles) which are still .DOC ONLY.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] ORDER INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE (AND THIS YEAR'S BLOG): This includes everything you should/need to know pertaining to this
Catalog. This is a full disclosure of some highly unusual
methods, which have generally worked as intended, that I use to fill your orders, DEADLINES, etc.
I believe I do some things that have never been done anywhere else. Nobody has ever proven me wrong, lol.
PART ONE: RECORDS - FULL PRICE no discount:
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] HUGE NONCHART SECTION ! [designated 8a--nonchart] THERE'S
SOMETHING HERE FOR EVERYBODY. R&roll, girl groups, Nor. soul, funk, instrumental, ETC. 45s, 78s, LPs!!
45s here are MOSTLY items deeply discounted from 2023, and I’ve
added in a few hundred new 45s, and few hundred LPs/CDs/78s. BID//MIN: items are, of course, BID items with minimum bid
shown.
HAVE FUN, though this IS NOT the massive section you're accustomed to.
This is not the emphasis of the list in 2024 (ONLY).
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] MISCELLANEOUS SECTION -- [designated 8b--miscellaneous] 45s, 78s, LPs!! Local/regional PRIDE records, PATRIOTIC records, ADVERTISING, SPOKEN WORD,
TRANSPORTATION, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTARY - these were formerly mixed
into novelty but they really deserve and NEED their own section.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] COUNTRY AND WESTERN —[designated 8c--country] 45s, 78s, LPs!—You
will see a smaller section than usual. Most items are
NEWLY-LISTED ITEMS, and the rest are deeply-discounted stuff
carried forward.. Except for some truckin' records, almost
everything is older than 1970.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] HORROR, MONSTERS, HALLOWEEN – [designated 8d--horror] This section is shrinking, because I've nearly run through every horror record in my former collection.
There are still some things I keep and don’t list, but not many.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] WAR, MILITARY, TROOPS (VIETNAM,
COLD WAR, VARIOUS CIVIL WARS, WATERGATE, OIL...) – [designated 8e--war] I didn't add many new items this year, but I thinkmost haven't been listed before. I'm also maintaining an
ARCHIVAL section close-at-hand in PART TWO, below. (with those at 40%
discount from listed prices).
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] ENTERTAINMENT —[designated 8g--entertainment] MOVIES, TV, SHOWS AND PERSONALITIES: 45s, and 10/12 inch vinyl! MOVIE AND TV COMMERCIALS are no longer here! They are now in Miscellaneous. THIS IS A VERY LARGE SECTION, far larger than what I usually offer.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] POP, EASY LISTENING AND NON-ROCK —[designated 8h--pop] 45s and some LPs! Many
of these are items with prices reduced from prior. This is
another section that's slowly vanishing, because in 2021 I listed
*EVERYTHING* that I had. There have only been "dribbles" and
price reductions since. Except for three or four items, everything here is newly-listed.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] NOVELTY AND TOPICAL (ALL TYPES)—HUGE
SECTION - [designated 8i--novelty] again! 45s, LPs, 78s! There are a lot of records here! I believe this is the longest novelty section I have ever published. I finished listing the BASEBALL records this year, and the ANSWER RECORDS section is quite large as well. You will have a lot of fun!
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAYS - [designated 8j--christmas] This is a large selection (as I almost always do)!
45s, LPs, 78s! This section is the largest Christmas section I’ve ever listed.
Other holidays: there is *one* Easter record in here, as
Christmas has many many times more records than all other
holidays.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] BILLBOARD
CHARTED HITS *ALL CHARTS* except "c&w-only" items - LOTS OF SOUL! - [designated 8m] 1950 to 1988...THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF HERE, 45s and a few rock and roll 78s! EVERYBODY SHOULD LOOK.. IThis section includes Bubbling Under and Soul/R&B, for those collecting those
charts, too.
MANY NEW TITLES have been added, many former prices
have been lowered, and many other former titles have been shuffled-off to 4i,
the DISCOUNT document.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] "BILLBOARD-CHARTED" RECORDS/ARTISTS ***40% DISCOUNT***ALL CHARTS EXCEPT COUNTRY...TONS OF SOUL - THIS IS A MASSIVE LIST**THIS IS THE CHART DOCUMENT WITH PERMANENT 40% DISCOUNT - [designated 4i] ANY
ORDERS FROM THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE ADD UP ALL THE PRICES ON THIS DOCUMENT ONLY, AND APPLY A 40%
DISCOUNT. This
document will never appear IN ITS ENTIRETY on a paper list, though I
customarily list a portion of this alphabet on paper, only to
complete a full incremental sheet. THIS DOCUMENT IS DUPLICATED BY
THE LINK IN PART TWO, BELOW, because of its importance. It is included twice because
it contains over 10,000 titles! At least 500 titles were added this year. Nowadays many new Charted
additions are posted DIRECTLY to this "instant 40% discount" document.
**IN 2024, THE BELOW ITEMS ARE NOT ON THE PAPER LIST, AND ONLY APPEAR HERE** (no discount)
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] PUNK, NEW WAVE, ALTERNATIVE, AVANT-GARDE - [designated 8aa--punk] THIS
SECTION DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE
PAPER LIST IN 2024. Nothing has been
added, but last year's prices have almost all been sharply reduced,
almost always 20% to 40% lower, so you may find items that you now
want. NOTICE THAT THERE ARE TWO PUNK DOCUMENTS. The one below this
consists of records originally listed on my private punk lists in the
2010s (not part of my
serial # Catalog system), AND records now less
than $8 which have migrated from what my "7aa" document was in 2023 before price revisions, removals, and reassignments.
Both
documents SHOULD BE LOOKED AT! This is the "ESSENTIAL" document, because nearly all of the rare/early stuff is here! Also, this document (as it
changes) is the new perpetual home for records from 1987 and later.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] "HERITAGE" PUNK/NEW WAVE/POWERPOP/ALTERNATIVE - [designated: punkforsale] More than 1,500 listings (no discount on this document)..This document will never appear on any paper list. This is the "classic" list which I've had on my site since 2011, while 7bb--punk has nearly entirely different listings. However,
this "HERITAGE" document will probably never appear on a paper list, so this is
the only place you'll be able to see it. As with 4i--chart, this is a "living document" which will be updated after I finish a record-list cycle.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] PICTURE SLEEVES (empty, no records)
-- [designated 7f--picturesleeves] I've wanted to do this for YEARS! Until 2022, the last time was about
thirty or even forty years ago. At last, here they
are. A good
selection, with the potential of MANY, MANY MORE in the future - I have
thousands of possible future titles!
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] BILLBOARD CHARTED HITS - 1989 and later!
- [designated 7k] This is entirely
Billboard Chart records (Hot 100) from VERY LATE, after vinyl became
difficult to find. There may be a few from 1988 mixed in. Collectors of this era should enjoy this! NOTE: This section is NOT on my PAPER list.
[.rtf VERSION] GOSPEL AND RELIGIOUS 45's - [designated 99a--religious] You will find about 400 records in this section. THIS DOCUMENT WILL NEVER APPEAR ON A PAPER LIST. I've moved this document HERE, because I
now maintain it "FULLY UP-TO-DATE". Contrary
to my usual approach, THESE are listed by LABEL instead of by artist.
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NOTHING BELOW WILL EVER BE ON A PAPER LIST, other than some occasional random title duplications (and usually some PART of 4i will appear on paper lists).
PART TWO - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 remainders DISCOUNTED 40%. You should look, especially in the CHART section Even some "mint" 60s Motown, etc. are now less than $3!
THESE
are becoming an additional Vinyl Vault, but maintained better. As
with the Vinyl Vault, add the dollar amount of wanted items from this entire section and
subtract 40%.
Note that FOUR documents are combined
into one; this includes 6b, and it superseded 3b, 4b, 5b which are now
all defunct. There are more than 2,500 titles listed on this
document.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] MISCELLANEOUS SECTION [records from 2022 to 2023]-- [designated 6b--miscellaneous] Local/regional "PRIDE" records, ADVERTISING, SPOKEN WORD,
TRANSPORTATION, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTARY - these were formerly mixed
into novelty but they really deserve and NEEDED their own section.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE COVERS -[designated 6bb--foreign]
This was a one-time-only section. It is unlikely I'll add to this
in the future. You will see some unusual countries represented
here.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] COUNTRY AND WESTERN (pre-1965)...AND TRUCKIN' (all eras) [records 2019 to 2023] - [designated 6c--country] This is mostly Fifties, and definitely you'll enjoy this if you
collect this genre. Except for the very few TRUCKIN' records, almost everything is older
than 1963. Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] HORROR, MONSTERS, HALLOWEEN [records 2020 to 2022] - [designated 6d--horror] There's still some fun stuff in here! Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] WAR, VIETNAM, OIL CRISIS, HOSTAGES, SOLDIERS/PEACETIME, COLD WAR, ETC. [records 2020 to 2023] - [designated 6e--war] There's enough interest shown in these, that I am continuing
with this section. This section will continue to be large, because I always have stuff to add. Similar to Part One descriptions, but these are discounted.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] PICTURE SLEEVES (empty, no records) [listings 2022 to 2023]-- [designated 6f--picturesleeves] I've wanted to do this for YEARS! The last time was about
thirty or even forty years ago. At last, here they
are. A good
selection, with the potential of MANY, MANY MORE in the future - I have
thousands of possible future titles!
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] MOVIE/TV MUSIC, PERSONALITY [records 2020 to 2023] - [designated 6g--entertainment] Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] POP, EASY LISTENING, JAZZ [records 2020 to 2023 - [designated 6h--pop] Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] NOVELTY OF ALL TYPES, TRIBUTES, POLITICS, BREAK-INS, BEATLES, ETC. [records 2020 to 2023] - [designated 6i--novelty] This section retains the usual categorical headings.
which I've been using for many years.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS [records 2020 to 2023] - [designated 6j--christmas] Similar to adescription in Part One...now includes all discounted items from prior lists as shown.
[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] "BILLBOARD-CHARTED" RECORDS/ARTISTS **ALL CHARTS EXCEPT COUNTRY...TONS OF SOUL - THIS IS A MASSIVE LIST**THIS IS THE CHART DOCUMENT WITH PERMANENT 40% DISCOUNT - [designated 4i] ANY
ORDERS FROM THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE ADD UP ALL THE PRICES AND APPLY A 40%
DISCOUNT. This
document will never appear IN ITS ENTIRETY on a paper list, though I
customarily list a portion of this alphabet on paper, only to complete
a full incremental sheet. SOMETIMES, this entire Part One will have a small discount. THIS DOCUMENT IS DUPLICATED BY
THE LINK IN PART ONE, ABOVE, because of its importance. It is included twice because
it contains over 10,000 titles! At least 500 titles were added this year. Nowadays many new Charted
additions are posted DIRECTLY to this "instant 40% discount" document.
NOTHING BELOW WILL EVER BE ON A PAPER LIST, other than random duplication.
"ARCHIVES DISCOUNT SECTIONS"///"around" 10,000
RECORDS FOR SALE///DISCOUNT is NOW 40%. IMPORTANT NOTE:
These documents are TERRIBLY out of date. Also see note at the
very bottom of this page.
[CLICK HERE] [THESE ARE ALL .doc WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT] THE VINYL VAULT: 45RPM ARCHIVES, ALL TYPES!! - This link will take you to the second page, which has LINKS to AROUND 10000 MORE RECORDS of all types!
Buyers should NOT expect good results for soul, garage, or popcorn, in the VINYL VAULT!
The VINYL VAULT has become rather depleted over the years, though a
handful of rarities may remain in the novelty sections. As with the PART TWO links above, these are also all 40% discount.