Yes, LA

(c) Henry Yu 2005

Pre-eBay and pre-Chuck Warner, Jurgens' Tracks on Wax based in Sweden was one of the best ways to get rare punk vinyl. His catalogs were real well put together, devoted primarily to garage, with punk being only a slightly lesser obsession. He had both auctions and set sale, although I believe everything was done in Kroner, so a calculator was always handy.

This mailer, which was probably from 1985, held a copy of the Yes, LAcompilation on Dangerhouse. I believe it was $29 or so at the time at the prevailing exchange rate, which was a lotta dough back in those days, especially when you threw in the money order fee and postage. It also took a heckuva long time to complete a transaction.

Tracks on Wax did enter the eBay age, most notably auctioning off a (gulp) sealed copy of the hyper rare Vomit Pigs Take One EP for about a grand, a few years ago.