My Music Journal 2025: February 27, 2025

 

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Time:  5:50 PM
Song: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Artist: Johnny Cash
Mode of Consumption: Listening to vinyl “Hymns by Johnny Cash” while eating supper

Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ouRy2y1A34GcHhouzkls0?si=e1b7df66211542d8

We bought this record at an estate sale a couple years ago along Freeport Road, just past Penrose Road, if my memory serves me right. The estate sale had a fair amount of old county vinyl with much of it being of the gospel variety. 

I like the cover as shown above, with a young Johnny Cash in a suit playing a guitar with a stained glass behind him. It’s the sort of record I feel like will sell fast. It’s in nice condition. The cover draws your eye. It’s Johnny Cash. The only drawback is the gospel part. 

I’m not opposed to gospel music, I just know that it can be a tough thing to sell when it comes to vinyl. I think the people that like listening to gospel music must already have a bunch of it or something. There’s certainly a lot of it at garage sales and auction lots. I usually sell gospels in lots of 50 for whatever I can get for them. 

So, it’ll be interesting what this record will do. I realize, I got it for a buck (maybe less), and so there had been at least a few people that passed it up over the two-day sale. Yet, when I go on Discogs it appears to be valuable. From what I can tell, this is the mono version (CL 1284) released in 1959. The high-end value is $36. The low is $12. The median is $25.66. 

I will set up as almost exclusively as a vinyl seller. That’s what people come to me for. So, I have a better chance of finding that one person that wants this one when they see it.  

Will I find the person will to pay $25 for this one? 

Hmmm, that’s the question. I usually shoot for around the median when I price. The cover is a little scuffed at the bottom, and a little yellow on the back. The vinyl itself is immaculate for being so old. Maybe $20 to start with. 

Well, I guess we’ll see. Keep your eyes out, I’ll likely be setting up at a sale sometime in April.