White Swirl

This topic is dedicated to a time when all was not fine, and up from the dingy sewers came The Raconteurs album Broken Boy Soldiers.

This might be a noob question, but:

How come the BBS 12" LP seems to be worth so much? I realize that you can't really find it on sale in online stores. The only place I've seen it sold is on ebay where I'm pretty sure one of which sold for over $100. How many of these were made and do you really think they are worth that much money?

Really?

Australian version (i.e. Saboteurs) on a BuyItNow for $19.99AUD (=$17.50 USD)

[ebay]220490737028[/ebay]

and another one (slightly dearer - about $25):

[ebay]200386830887[/ebay]

The normal UK or US versions don't seem to pop anything like as much as the Australian version these days - e.g. look at the Amazon Marketplace listings at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=all. Rather strange.

There are recent eBay sales of the Raconteurs version at around the $30 mark

Sorry, should have clarified. It's definitely not with the Aussie "Saboteurs" versions, only the "Raconteurs" ones. Darn, I wish I would have screen shot the one I saw on ebay. It was ridiculous, no joke. I don't know, maybe there was something special about that one.

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Aha, I found it! I knew I wasn't crazy. It says original US pressing but surely it's not worth this much is it?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RACONTEURS-BROKEN-B ... 286.c0.m14

i think this is the one you were talking about...and quite frankly this ones a head scratcher/wtf......
[ebay]330361367667[/ebay]

yeah, thanks that's the one. i didn't know how to post it like you did but my link will take you to the same thing.

candycaneboy03 wrote:i think this is the one you were talking about...and quite frankly this ones a head scratcher/wtf......
[ebay]330361367667[/ebay]

wtf I would say

If you check history its a race between 2 users mostly

barrowc wrote:Australian version (i.e. Saboteurs) on a BuyItNow for $19.99AUD (=$17.50 USD)

and another one (slightly dearer - about $25):

The normal UK or US versions don't seem to pop anything like as much as the Australian version these days - e.g. look at the Amazon Marketplace listings at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=all. Rather strange.

There are recent eBay sales of the Raconteurs version at around the $30 mark

There's an online record shop (Auralexploits.com) that recently landed a bunch of the Aussie copies of BBS. Go here to pick one up. This may explain why so many Oz copies have surfaced as of late.

got mine from there, came in great condition, but shit it took forever.

barrowc wrote:Australian version (i.e. Saboteurs) on a BuyItNow for $19.99AUD (=$17.50 USD)

The normal UK or US versions don't seem to pop anything like as much as the Australian version these days - e.g. look at the Amazon Marketplace listings at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=all. Rather strange.

There are recent eBay sales of the Raconteurs version at around the $30 mark

Didn't we agree that they have repressed the Sabs BBS? Does anyone have the runouts of a copy they bout directly after it's official release? i bought mine for like 10 bucks.

runout info from the Aural Exploits copies
XLLP196AUS-A-2 & XLLP196AUS-B-2

the 2 on the end seems to indicate it may be a repress ... but was there that much demand in Oz for the BBS LP?

What is the runout of the 1st press?
can someone post please?