Mighty John the Record Guy - Valuable Records in Your Home?

It's the Fall cleanup season where many people decide to clean things out of the house before Winter. That means a last of season increase in estate and yard sales, and donations to thrift stores that could include some real valuable items, including records.

Mighty John The Record Guy is America's premiere vinyl record expert and he has a catalogue with the values of more than a million records. If you find a record, it's almost certainly in there with the record's value.

In September, Mighty John came up with a list of 10 records worth $100 or more. Remember, often times with 45 rpm records, the picture sleeve can be worth more than the actual record.

Here's the September list...

w/ps= with picture sleeve
(Year) (Label)… (Recording artist)… (Title)……………………………….(Near mint value)

1968 Philly Groove LP… Delfonics… “La La Means I Love You”………………….$100.00
(The group's lead singer, William Hart, wrote the lyric, which came from something he would say to his young baby son, when the baby said, “La La La “)

1969 Apple 45…The Beatles… “Ballad of John & Yoko” w/ps…………………...$125.00
(Paul McCartney plays drums on the record. George and Ringo were out of town the day of recording.)

1979 Columbia LP…Elvis Costello… “My Aim is True” (picture disc)………….$150.00

1969 A&M LP…The Carpenters… “Offering”…………………………………………….$200.00

1996 Warner Bros. LP…R.E.M… “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”……………………..$200.00

(R.E.M., named for a dream-state condition known as rapid eye movement)
1993 Arista 12 inch single… Ace of Base… “Don’t Turn Around”………………$300.00
1969 ATCO LP…Cream… “Goodbye Cream” (pink & tan label)………………….$400.00
(yellow label)…………………………$25.00
1960 RCA 45…Elvis Presley… “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (stereo)……….$800.00
(mono)…………..$20.00
1976 Continuum 12 inch single… Neil Diamond
“We Wrote a Song Together”……………$2,000.00
(Made exclusively for Neil’s son Jessie’s grade school class. Recorded in studio with entire class…All autographed by Neil…approximately 40 copies made)

1968 London 45…Rolling Stones… “Street Fighting Man” w/ps…………….$18,000.00
(In 1968, Mayor Daily asked Chicago radio stations not to play the song fearing it would cause more riots in the streets , which were already numerous at the out-of-control Democrats’ convention)

See The 10 States With The Highest Tax Burden

We can count on two things in life. Death and taxes.

In the state of New York, we can count on those taxes being high. But how high is our tax burden in the Empire State versus other states?

Wallethub recently ranked each of the 50 states based on overall tax burden which they define as "...the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes." These rankings base that ax burden number on property, income, and sales taxes.

Here are the top 10 states from those rankings, And, yes, no surprise - New York made the list. But are we that bad off? See where New York ranks!

Gallery Credit: Matty Jeff

Utica's Chicken Riggies Dish Wasn't Invented in Utica? Say It Isn't So.

The now-famous Utica Chicken Riggies recipe has taken on a life of its own. The dish is now found well outside the Utica-Rome area and it's getting more and more popular as word spreads around the northeast. While there are many variations of the dish today, there's still only one original recipe. So, who created the first "Riggies" recipe and where did it really originate.

Gallery Credit: Bill Keeler