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bartels76
10-24-2003, 07:26 PM
I just realized the Peter Criss' 2 solo CD's are OOP and are going for big $$ now. I guess these 2 CD's and probably the Neil Young Complex Sessions CD are my rarest ones. What are yours?
Doug Hess Jr.
10-24-2003, 07:38 PM
MFSL version of Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat" which I paid $13 for when the regular one was $12 about 15 years or more ago.
Also I bought a copy of the DCC Sampler at a used record shop for $10 about 6 years ago. I almost didn't buy it, since it had so few songs, but they had nothing else I wanted so I figured I had nothing to lose. I also thought the cover and concept was clever.
BradOlson
10-24-2003, 08:10 PM
The actual CDs on Renaissance I have are among the rarest or most collectible in other stances I have are: Charly McClain-Anthology and Razzy Bailey-Anthology. I ended up paying $20 for Ronnie Milsap's Christmas album on CD at his concert tonight as it is now very hard to find. The Peter, Paul & Mary Reader's Digest collection which does contain 4 CDs including a CD of the "best of" their solo recordings including "The Wedding Song" and others.
Michael
10-24-2003, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by cbsolson
The actual CDs on Renaissance I have are among the rarest or most collectible
I have the Dave And Sugar Compilation...Wonderful:thumbsup:
Michael
10-24-2003, 08:15 PM
Jethro Tull-Stand Up-MFSL
Tons of others:) Forget about Grey Area!:)
The EMI Toshiba Gold CD of David Bowie: Let's Dance (special thanks to a certain German member ;) )
MFSL's Woodstock and Alan Parsons: I Robot...Actually I have a lot of the MFSL aluminums.
DCC 24KT Sampler, Ringo, and Elvis 24KT.
John Carsell
10-24-2003, 08:23 PM
Probably my Japanese ELO CD's of Out Of The Blue and A New World Record. These are the first issues from 1985.
One of those things you get lucky with finding by being in the right place at the right time.
Japanese pressing of Abbey Road
Special book edition of Amnesiac by Radiohead (one of the coolest packages I've ever seen)
Japanese gold pressing of Born to Run
Earthquake Weather -- Joe Strummer's first solo album
Traveling Wilburys -- Vols. 1 and 3
-=Rudy=-
10-24-2003, 08:44 PM
Semi-rare, but the Tijuana Brass album CDs fetch big bucks on eBay. Some came and went rather quickly (South Of The Border, Volume 2, Beat Of The Brass and What Now My Love), and are just about impossible to find.
Does a Toshiba "Abbey Road" qualify as rare?
Dean De Furia
10-24-2003, 08:47 PM
Tori Amos "Y Kan't Tori Read" sealed longbox bought in a record store 14 years ago and never opened.
wildchild
10-24-2003, 08:55 PM
I still have my promo of George Harrison's Cloud 9 cd with the silk screening on the cd. Regards Todd.
I have the Sony Gold CD of Chicago Transit Authority - it's somewhat hard to come by (because of Sony losing their rights to Chicago), right? Between it and the Roger Waters disc (which I don't have), I think they might be the rarest of the Sony Gold CD's.
Skip Reynolds
10-24-2003, 10:45 PM
My Two Gems:
"Sunrise" - Bob Brozman, Debashish Bhattacharya
Out of print, and most of the copies that were released were defective, tracks one and two either glitching badly or not playing at all depending on the player.
Two fantastic slide guitarists, playing fantastic music. When it was still available several years ago I managed to get a non-defective plays-just-fine-all-the-way-through copy.
When my house is on fire, this is the first CD that gets rescued.
FWIW, they just released a second CD, "Mahima", which is also wonderful. Highly recommended.
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"Parables That Jesus Told" - David Lindley, Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor telling the stories, while David Lindley plays what he himself called "the most beautiful music I ever played". Recorded for the Rabbit Ears label, supposedly never released. But cassette copies were in fact released (legally), and I have one of them, which I immediately transferred to CD.
bartels76
10-24-2003, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by Dean De Furia
Tori Amos "Y Kan't Tori Read" sealed longbox bought in a record store 14 years ago and never opened.
THAT IS RARE! HOW WAS THAT NOT OPENED??
poweragemk
10-24-2003, 11:30 PM
Originally posted by levi
Special book edition of Amnesiac by Radiohead (one of the coolest packages I've ever seen)
I have that...didn't know it was rare, though! It's definitely the coolest CD package I own.
Rarest, perhaps, is the Elton John GBYBR CSR 2-disc pressing...sounds scrumptious!
--MK
v/a, Urgh! A Music War
Starpoint, Restless
OST, Thief of Hearts
Jill Jones, Jill Jones
a few OOP BTO titles...
Claus
10-25-2003, 02:18 AM
The complete DCC, Mofi, Sony, Chesky, Clarity, Pope Music, Atlantic, Ave Records, Mapleshade, MCA, RCA, Telarc CDs on Gold.
Mofi's Woodstock (3-CD set)
and many others...
oxenholme
10-25-2003, 03:13 AM
The Best Of Dick James Music / Vol 1 - Polygram SACD 072 - includes Please Please Me, Ask Me Why & Don't Bother Me remastered in true stereo by Dennis M. Drake.
The Superior Sound Of Elton John - DJM CD4 - not sure how rare this is.
Paul C.
10-25-2003, 04:05 AM
Wally Badarou - Echoes
Wally Badarou - Words of a Mountain
I think these are rare
Sean Keane
10-25-2003, 04:15 AM
Bobby Darin/Live At The Desert Inn. Mowtown 1987. A dozen 1987 Capitol/Reprise Sinatra sealed in the Longbox. All the very fine Sinatra bootlegs from the ninties. Doubles in clear longbox of original Sinatra In Australia 1959 with Red Norvo/A Tour De Force bootleg and Saloon Singer bootleg (Both 1990 releases.).
Claus
10-25-2003, 04:22 AM
Colosseum II's "Strange New Flesh"... the first japanese pressing by JVC.
the 801
10-25-2003, 04:24 AM
Al Stewart - 'Year of the Cat' (MFSL; oop)
David Bowie - 'BBC Sessions Sampler' (NMC; withdrawn)
Bill Nelson - 'Signature Songs' (Cocteau; oop)
the Iveys - 'Maybe Tomorrow' (Apple; oop)
PMC7027
10-25-2003, 04:54 AM
Paul McCartney's My Brave Face US CD EP. It contains 4 cuts, 2 from the "Russian" album. I have it with the original sticker. It was only availalable for a very short time. Mine is opened but mint. Sealed copies go for upwards of $150.
Kubrick
10-25-2003, 06:10 AM
I have a few, but the only one I can think of at the moment is the MFSL of The Wall which seems to be a hated disc here on the boards. I like it myself, but it's all a matter of opinion.
-=Rudy=-
10-25-2003, 06:23 AM
Originally posted by Kym in Hawaii
v/a, Urgh! A Music War
That was on a CD?? How did I miss it??? My buddy the IRS Records collector probably doesn't even know about this one. Now...can we ever get the film itself on DVD?
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