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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:33 pm
by nightsblood
He won the tyrant 7" yesterday, and I know he/she has one a couple of other pricey items in recent weeks, although i don't remember what (maybe the Satan 7"). whoever it is, they're dropping big money for nice items.
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:35 pm
by sovdat
http://cgi.ebay.com/MANDATOR-PERFECT-PR ... dZViewItem
I guess I'll be selling this one soon as I need money for summer ..

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:39 pm
by Avenger
I was watching that auction but that's too pricey for that album, especially based on the number of copies I've seen lately.
Either way, let me know when you decide to sell yours.
I’m sure we ca work out a three for the price of one with Sanctum and Axiom included.
Hahaha…
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:52 am
by humus
sovdat wrote:I don't really go for originals because there's no bonus tracks, although in many cases they indeed suck ass (those live tracks on Idolatry, Painkiller, ... what were they thinking!?). I just prefer having the real, original thing instead of a reissue, simple as that ...
I can understand that, nothing wrong with that. But I also think you, as a collector of first presses, shouldn't comment on people who put down a lot of money for a promo CD. These people might prefer promo versions over normal versions, or they just want all versions. I personally don't care for promo versions and can count the ones I own on the fingers of one hand, but I can understand someone paying €50 for one to complete a collection.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:12 am
by Abyss
humus wrote:sovdat wrote:I don't really go for originals because there's no bonus tracks, although in many cases they indeed suck ass (those live tracks on Idolatry, Painkiller, ... what were they thinking!?). I just prefer having the real, original thing instead of a reissue, simple as that ...
I can understand that, nothing wrong with that. But I also think you, as a collector of first presses, shouldn't comment on people who put down a lot of money for a promo CD. These people might prefer promo versions over normal versions, or they just want all versions. I personally don't care for promo versions and can count the ones I own on the fingers of one hand, but I can understand someone paying €50 for one to complete a collection.
I don't consider it part of a collection if it wasn't meant to be available to the general public anyway, promos can have inferior production on purpose among other things and I think most of the laughing was at the fact they were paying for nightwish.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:29 am
by nightsblood
Re: Nightwish, someone else might think the promo is a great collectible specifically because it was never available to the public. Same goes for discs like Sanctuary's 'into the mirror live' and Savatage's 'from the dungeons to the streets' cds. I sold 2 Iced Earth promo cd's for $50+ ea. several years ago; the artwork on the discs was different from the released versions and some fans liked the promo art better.
Everyone likes what they like.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:12 am
by sovdat
humus wrote:But I also think you, as a collector of first presses, shouldn't comment on people who put down a lot of money for a promo CD.
But it was a NIGHTWISH promo
Hehe, well I would've thought there should be plenty of those since it was on Nuclear Blast? I'm sure or local metal store, who's getting stuff mainly from Nuclear Blast, had a bunch of those ...
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:37 pm
by Korgüll
I've got a few hundred promos! But here's four for a rainy day when I need some extra $$$

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:19 am
by nightsblood
I remember being thrown for a loop when 'Battles in the North' came out b/c I had only seen the promo sleeve art, which was alot better than two guys crouching on a white background

Between the cover confusion and the damn thing taking a month to arrive from the place I ordered it (thanks again UPS!) the album had 2 strikes against it before I got the shrink wrap off
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:22 pm
by sovdat
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:59 pm
by Nightlock
Pheeew how much did the vinyl of that album cost me?

Certainly not that much. CD collecting seems to be going crazy since all these new thrash bands have come into picture maybe reviving the interest in obscure things perhaps. Was it around the Merciless Death starting to become famous era that CD's went nuts?
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:06 pm
by sovdat
1st Angel Dust CD used to cost even 400 EUR before the bootleg

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:16 pm
by Avenger
sovdat wrote:1st Angel Dust CD used to cost even 400 EUR before the bootleg

Yeah, I was watching that auction as well.
Too rich for my blood...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:10 am
by Korgüll
Nightlock wrote:Was it around the Merciless Death starting to become famous era that CD's went nuts?
No, before that!
The CD pressing of things like this are rarer, it was released at the time that CD's were pressed in limited quantities as it was still a relatively new format and the vinyl was available everywhere!
Now, unfortunately there is a wave of gay nu-thrash bands...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:03 pm
by sovdat