music bloat!

[arethinn]

I've got a bunch of CDs I'd like to get rid of but have dim-to-none prospects of selling, but would rather at least send to someone for shipping cost rather than donate to Goodwill or the like, and some aren't suitable for that. But I'm not sure what to do with all this "nobody wants" kind of stuff.

These are perfectly legitimate, bought copies (some are music club "printings"), but there are so many of them out there that I could list them forever at 75 cents on half.com and never sell them:

Black 47 - Fire of Freedom
Green Day - Dookie
Royal Crown Revue - Mugzy's Move
U2 - Achtung Baby
B-52's - Cosmic Thing (dibs'd)

These weren't in the half.com database and I'm not up for the hassle of trying to list them on eBay proper:

Alisa Jones - Hammered Strings (hammered dulcimer with other instruments)
Bad Religion - Holiday Sampler (promo CD, no UPC or indeed even liner notes, as it originally came in an envelope)
Bloodhound Gang - C'mon, Party People: The In-Store Play CD (promotional in essence, I guess)

These are "on demand" CDs from MP3.com, back in the day when you could order a CD of a selection of any member's songs. They don't exist as far as commercial databases are concerned (no UPC, etc.):

Elemental - Darkened Light and Rainbow Sparkles (amateurish synth music with dull male vocals - come on, you know you want it!)
Kalos - 5 song demo (was a local band in Sacramento; glam rock, kind of. Lead singer sounds to be doing his best David Bowie impersonation.)

These are legitimate copies of the discs, but they were part of a CD wallet I found once, so it was just the discs and no cases (thus no liner notes or anything):

The Crow soundtrack
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It
Simon & Garfunkel - Collected Works
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Go West - Aces and Kings: The Best of Go West
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Animaniacs - Variety Pack
White Lion - Pride
AC/DC - Back in Black
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Roger Waters - Amused to Death

These were once in that grey area of "are you allowed to copy a CD you own a real copy of?", but since I took the copies away from the originals in moving back to the Bay area from Sac, they're now probably specifically illegal:

Psychic TV - Third Tablet of Acid - Origin of the Species v.2 (dibs'd)
Psychic TV - Hex Sex: The Singles Pt. 1 (this has "Roman P", aka "The Volkswagen commercial song") (dibs'd)
Suzanne Vega - Best Of (Tried and True)
Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark - Best of OMD

And then there's some goth/ebm/darksynth-type mix CDs I made where I have since bored of the tracks, or had repeats on other mixes, or which were made just to mess around, or whatever:

1: 2: 3:

Suggestions? (Or indeed, any takers?) Freecycling was a bit of a headache, especially since I have a hard time directing people how to find me at work for pickup, so I'd rather not try that.

Edit: I should mention that a lot of the copies had one or two spots of staticky flaw, probably due to their having been copied on a P90 or something which had an external CD burner connected by.. parallel port? (!) I know for a fact there is one or two in OMD and Suzanne Vega.

Comments

[sethanikeem.livejournal.com]

My roomie eojrepus has often fantasized about having random people send him music CDs -- any type, any genre, so long as it's music, he'll listen to it. Heck, he even listens to some things that I believe only very lightly wear the title of "music".

If you find no buyers at all but still want to pass them on, I'd suggest contacting him.

--M

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

"Fantasized"? do I want to know? ;)

If you could pass him my email address (tass@livejournal.com will work) I'd appreciate it.

Also, he might want to consider adding himself to the PostcardX (http://postcardx.net) and/or Post-Script (http://www.post-script.net/) databases, so that he can send and receive weird stuff, including random CDs (I've gotten and sent a couple this way).

[sethanikeem.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something that would be right up his alley. I'll let him know on both counts.

--M

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Do you know if he's sent me any messages? I haven't heard from anyone asking about this...

[amberite.livejournal.com]

I'll send you ten bucks (Paypal?) if you send me the Psychic TV copies, one of the mixes (Mix 2 sounds good, so does 3), and the B-52's.

That's enough for you to make a small profit over shipping. :-)

If you can wait until the end of the month, that's ideal, but if not, I can still manage to pay you . . .

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

End of the month is cool. I'm going to Dancing the Endless Dream in Houston on Memorial Day weekend, so I could mail either like the Thursday before, or the Tuesday after. BTW I was also listening to "Fourth Tablet of Acid" in the car today and I don't think I want it either, so I could throw that in. I should mention that a lot of the copies had one or two spots of staticky flaw (haven't heard it yet on "Fourth Tablet" but it's a reasonable chance there's one in "Third Tablet"), probably due to their having been copied on a P90 or something which had an external CD burner connected by.. parallel port? (!) If that changes your wanting them, let me know. Otherwise I'll set them aside.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Psst, I will need your address. The only one I have handy is the one in Mountain View.

[gothikfaerie.livejournal.com]

well, i 'spect i could find a home for the Crow sdtk., Radiohead, OMD & mix #1. Hell, maybe even the hammered dulcimer one. you know how to contact me, oui?

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Sure, by commenting back at you ;)

Maybe things have changed on your end, but from what I'm aware of, I'd feel kind of awkward taking money from you for these. Do you happen to have any of the "Elven Magick" booklets from Thee Faerie Ring site (http://www.faerie-ring-artsncrafts.com/elfbook.html to be specific) lying around? I'd like one of those.

[gothikfaerie.livejournal.com]

yay, i remembered to change my color ;}

sure i can send you one of those. it figures, since i was just thinking abt pulling it for a serious re-working. it's not that much of a muchness, tho, so anything else you want to throw in for a deal? some horns or something?

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Mind that I'm trying to get rid of stuff I don't want without simply throwing it away, here. I'm not too concerned about returns.