Post #240505 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Jun 30, 2006 2:26 PM

Hi Folks,

Sorry I'm taking so long to post the Tiki Gardens tracks as mp3s so that we can share them again. I'll try to get it done soon.

Another Tiki Gardens lp just sold on eBay for $241.06. Only half the price of the last one, but this one is graded VG as opposed to MINT, which is a fairly big difference to record collectors:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Exotic-Sounds-of-Tiki-Gardens-Exotica-LP_W0QQitemZ170000521736QQihZ007QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

An Eden Ahbez for $79.00? Are they really worth that nowadays? Wow.
http://cgi.ebay.com/EDEN-AHBEZ-EDENS-ISLAND-EXOTICA-LP_W0QQitemZ100506346926QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And a sealed Gene Rains exotica album. Very nice.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gene-Rains-Group-Sealed-Lounge-Exotica-LP_W0QQitemZ100503453502QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Even though some Exotica is still selling for top dollar, I'm glad that eBay has made most of the supposedly "Rare" Exotica lps accessible to the general collector. I remember in the days before eBay, going to a record store and seeing Martin Denny's "Exotica" lp in the window for $50. After eBay started up, we discovered that those lps weren't quite as rare as we thought they were, (with a few exceptions of course). Now when I look at the exotica available on eBay, it's exciting to see all these affordable albums that I had only seen before in books and magazines.
http://search-completed.ebay.com/exotica_Records_W0QQcatrefZC12QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfisZ2QQfromZR32QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsacatZ306QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsbrsrtZd

Sabu