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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:51 pm
by nightsblood
That one's been near the thousand-dollar mark for several years now. The funny thing is that it's not really that rare compared to several other nwobhm singles. I've seen at least 1 copy of Tyrant offered for sale every year since the early-mid '00s. Based on that, I'd assume there are at least a few dozen copies already in collectors' hands. Singles like Demolition, Midas, Stormqueen, and others show up less frequently but sell for around the same amount; $750-$1,000.
I'm not sure why so many folks are willing to pay so much for Tyrant in particular; it's a good single but it's not the rarest or the best IMO. Heck, it doesn't even have a cool picture sleeve to make folks drool
Only things I can think of that might give it a leg up are that the reissues may have generated a lot of interest on this one, and it does have a gallopy, epic fantasy vibe that people love but is somewhat uncommon in nwobhm
Would like to have it myself, but no way in the world I'd give that much for it, not even close
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:37 pm
by nightsblood
Guess they didn't realize this isn't an original. Wonder how many thousands of dollars Dave's made off this pressing?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT
Does this record usually sell this high? I didn't think it was THAT rare
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:13 am
by lunaboy
This one is not Insane,but I'd say quite cheap if we look at it's obscurity :
EMERALD - Ladies Of The Night 7"
Crazy Price for Compilation !!!
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:59 pm
by doomedplanet
Yeah that Emerald is cheap, not sure how i missed that one.
SANTA BARBARA 1988 comp, that is a reasonable price for an lp that turns up only every 4-5 years or less.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:03 pm
by msp
Yeah. I saw this one. I was wondering what the hell it was as I had never heard of it. I also noticed the usual members of the private metal gestapo were all bidding on it!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:48 pm
by nightsblood
msp wrote:
Yeah. I saw this one. I was wondering what the hell it was as I had never heard of it. I also noticed the usual members of the private metal gestapo were all bidding on it!
That re-press/boot has been discussed on this site in some other threads. There were copies originally done on clear vinyl, but this is not one of them. Dave pressed up 100 new copies on clear vinyl sometime between 2000-2005 I think, and he sells them as 'test pressings', usually listing 1 about every 6 months. They're easy to tell apart from the orig clear vinyl copies. The re-pressed copies typically bring $50-100, though the last few have been selling higher, more like $100-$150. But for $285, you could probably get an orig clear vinyl copy- if you can find one.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:49 pm
by sovdat
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:02 pm
by Sgt. Kuntz
Now it is official, that this is the most precious german metal piece of wax:¨
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... AA:DE:1123
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:41 pm
by doomedplanet
GULP, $1150!
Glad I got mine in a trade about 10 years ago for basically a couple hundred.
I do know that old time collector Paul Rote never found this record even though it was always on his wantslist back in the day and Mr. Cranford didn't have one either, so it is possible only a few copies have made it abroad.
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:19 pm
by nightsblood
Interesting. Never heard of it, and at the price/rarity I never will
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:53 pm
by MEXDefenderOfSteel
that price is plain stupid, is it any good?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:57 am
by roihlem
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:that price is plain stupid, is it any good?
Imo, its killer stuff! Typical German Metal with an awesome vocalist....Listen to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skc16vvoh7E
I always wanted to have it, but it seems I never will....I did not know that its that pricy, though I always wondered that it really never appears anywhere....
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:50 am
by MEXDefenderOfSteel
roihlem wrote:MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:that price is plain stupid, is it any good?
Imo, its killer stuff! Typical German Metal with an awesome vocalist....Listen to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skc16vvoh7E
I always wanted to have it, but it seems I never will....I did not know that its that pricy, though I always wondered that it really never appears anywhere....
what a shame about the price, indeed is great stuff,thank you for sharing
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:52 pm
by Keir
doomedplanet wrote:SANTA BARBARA 1988 comp, that is a reasonable price for an lp that turns up only every 4-5 years or less.
I agree, though it is far more than the other 2 copies I've seen on eBay. I think the sound samples really helped the seller in this case.
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:24 pm
by MEXDefenderOfSteel