Most of my second-hand record purchases are made from dollar bins and thrift stores — or after careful comparison shopping on GEMM.com — but I’ve been to enough record shows to appreciate that there is a whole other species of collector that can, and will, shell out a lot more money for a sought-after title. Moneybags of this variety (or those who simply enjoy salivating over expensive music ephemera) may wish to direct their attention to the new blog Needle Screech, “the first blog to focus on the billion-dollar market for rare music records and memorabilia.” The content is a little sparse thus far, with appropriate items plucked from other media sources outnumbering original posts, but the site is overseen by Stephen M.H. Braitman, a respected and often entertaining writer (and professional record appraiser), so hopefully it will pick up quickly.