Purple Haze "Cold, Black Heart" 45 on Haze

The B side of this is pretty good for what it is. The A side has too much 'rock guitar' especially in the solo. Too slick to be a real 'bonehead' winner. I'd pay $75 for it.

I have no idea on whether it has been sold before. I have a lot of records like this for which I've no knowledge of if they have been sold before and they are not listed in popsike or collectors frenzy. Prior to the last 5 years private early 70s rock 45s sold for nothing.
 
New to me. That price is insane. Within what I'm looking for from the 70s, but would never have paid more than $100'ish...
 
I wish more people would realize that if they are trying to sell a 45 with no on-line archived sale results that they are usually looking at a relatively inexpensive / realistic potential sale amount, and not the overhyped "killer unknown, never offered for sale" used car salesmen hype. Whenever I encounter such hype, I know the seller is trying to move a lemon, or playing the greed card.

The Purple Haze had at least two known / documented 45s on the Haze label. The 45 in question here was released in September, 1970. It was a borderline inclusion for TBM, based upon their 1st 45 which is more toward the garage sound, albeit two remake versions. I've seen the 2nd 45 priced anywhere from $30 to $75. Never liked it enough to buy it myself.

Said seller is also overhyping the Dedications 45 for a $500 price. Again, that is a $50-100 record, whether or not on-line sales show anything.
 
i know this is an old thread, but in my mind it's really irritating how arbitrarily people use labels like "holy grail" or "monster" or "killer". very clearly, the record linked to in the first post is mediocre AT BEST. i'd perhaps pick it up for a tenner, just to trade it away for something decent.

it's a great feeling when you have a record on your hands that's not comped, or not in barry's guide, not in mike's book. there are lots of those records and it's a great feeling finding them. but STILL, gold is gold, and dung is dung.