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Record fair purchases! Very happy this time, got some killer records with me home.

ALIEN FORCE - Hell and High Water LP ORIGINAL
WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Death Penalty LP (w/ inner sleeve, clear vinyl)
WOLF - Edge of the World LP
V/A - Högtryck LP PANG RECORDS (w/ SUB LUNA)
V/A - Rock Beast LP PANG RECORDS
BEDROCK ZITY - It's Alright 7'' PANG RECORDS
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS - The Swedish Way of Life 7'' PANG RECORDS

Back from a great record-weekend in Stockholm. Lots of selling & buying at the fair + some trades with a friend:

APOCALYPSE - Abandon Hope LP, white vinyl
THE BLACK - Reliquarium MLP
THE BLOOD - Se Parare Nex MLP, Landslide pressing
BLOODGOOD - Detonation LP
DEMON PACT - Released From Hell LP, die-hard
DEMIKÁT - Vlastný Názor 7"
IRON ANGEL - Rush Of Power LP
JAMESON RAID - Just As The Dust Had Settled LP+7"
SALEM - In The Beginning DLP
SCORCHED EARTH - s/t MLP, 1st pressing w/ black sleeve (I forgot how boring this one was. Who wants it?)
STRANA OFFICINA - Rock & Roll Prisoners LP
STRIKE (ITA) - s/t LP
OVERLOAD (SWE) - s/t MLP
VENDETTA (FIN) - Search In The Darkness MLP
V/A - Debüt No. 2 LP
V/A - Debüt No. 3 LP
V/A - Metallic Bunnys MLP
+ some MOTÖRHEAD LPs to replace the ugly CDs..

From the same recordfair as Dan and Patrik.

Nifelheim - Devils Force, Reissue LP
V/A - Double Up, LP
Malisha - Serve Your Savage Beast. LP
Korrozia Metalla - Russian Vodka. LP
Jameson Raid - Just As The Dust Had Settled, LP
Salem - In The Beginning, LP
Zuul - Out Of Time, LP
High Spirit - S/T, LP
Saint - Warriors Of The Son, MLP
Liege Lord - Freedom´s Rise, LP
Sad Iron - Total Damnation, LP
Vixen - Made In Hawaii, MLP

Wow, nice recordfairs you have up there, congratz!

Different question: Did anyone notice how many copies of SOLAR EAGLE are showing up receently? I know of one ebay sale, one via gemm.com and one private sale. All from the guy who runs Sonic Age Records in Greece. What happened, did he find a box with a rest stock, all sealed?

Just received this:

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Wow, nice recordfairs you have up there, congratz!

Different question: Did anyone notice how many copies of SOLAR EAGLE are showing up receently? I know of one ebay sale, one via gemm.com and one private sale. All from the guy who runs Sonic Age Records in Greece. What happened, did he find a box with a rest stock, all sealed?

If I'm not mistaken 2 on ebay, one from faetze (also on his list) which didn't sell for $999, and the other went for a little more than a grand, won by thrasking_jp (or am I wrong and that one was Street Child ??? That auction ended a couple of months ago) ...

Edit: here it is :

http://www.popsike.com/SOLAR-EAGLE-Same ... 24164.html

faetze's :

http://cgi.ebay.com/SOLAR-EAGLE-EP-1988 ... 45f52b825c

Some new and some re-releases...

Züül - Out Of Time LP + 7"
High Spirits - s/t LP
Slaughter - Strappado LP
Jameson Raid - Just As The Dust Had Settled LP+7"
Witchfinder General - boxset
Argus - s/t LP
Portrait - s/t LP (finally got rid of the cd)

Pictures are more fun than words:

Steel Conjuring issues #1 & 2
Knights of Sunrise issue #2
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction Cd (for £1 and replaces old tape)
Demon Pact - Released From Hell Lp
Autopsy - Awakened By Gore Dlp
Vasaeleth - Crypt Born & Tethered to Ruin Lp
Bastard Priest - Under The Hammer Lp

How is the Demon Pact Lp?

OBLIVEON - Nemesis CD
LOST CENTURY - Natural Process Of Progression MCD
STRIKE FORCE - Life Threatening Cassete
LONGINGS PAST - Meadows of Maseilya Cassete

Plus big box of Demo Tapes ( 128) Death/Black/Thrash/Heavy/Power (Too many to list,but some pearls there as well like ALLEGIANCE(Australia) Demo plus more.) from old guy who ran quite well known magazine here back in 1991 - 1995.

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Wow, nice recordfairs you have up there, congratz!

Different question: Did anyone notice how many copies of SOLAR EAGLE are showing up receently? I know of one ebay sale, one via gemm.com and one private sale. All from the guy who runs Sonic Age Records in Greece. What happened, did he find a box with a rest stock, all sealed?

Are you sure it's not the same copy advertised in different places? While it's certainly rare, there were at least a couple of dozen copies tracked down back in the day.

You're right though; several copies have turned up this year; I know at least 4-5 copies have been on ebay. Even so, only 2 have sold for < $700, and at least one did sell for > $1,000. Condition has ranged from Sealed to vg++/vg++, so none of them have been worn out.

Sometimes Top Rarities show up in 'batches' like this. I think it was 2007-2008 that at least half a dozen Leather Nunns were offered for sale, but since then I've only seen 2-3. Last year 5-6 Ritual 'widow' LPs were sold; this year I haven't seen any. Heck, we saw 3 Liquid Earth auctions in less than 6 months during late '09-early '10, and there are only what, 4-5 copies known in collectors' hands? It may be that one copy sells high and some other owners see or hear about the auction, then decide to sell theirs soon after.


note- # of auctions cited herein are ones I personally saw, not copies listed on popsike. Popsike numbers may differ; I may have missed some copies, but popsike may not have archived every copy I saw.

You are so precise

Thanks Alan, you're a perfect observer, i think you should work for popsike and collectors-weekly so that they don't miss out on anything.

I sent a message to the greek seller if he wants to sell more copies and see what he says. Took a gamble and ordered one already two weeks ago and got it yesterday for a good price. And yes, I opended the sealing this time to be 100% sure everything's alright, haha.