Just spent £45 on a mint issue of God Machines Last Laugh In The Place Of Dying.
Classic imo but still alot of brass to pay, what are your crimes?
Classic imo but still alot of brass to pay, what are your crimes?
Whats the most you have ever spent on a CD or Record?
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£45! Ouch! I`ve got `Scenes From A...` and wouldn`t mind the album you`ve just bought but don`t think I could part with that much money for it. Hope it`s in good nick when you receive it.
Not including box sets I think the most I paid for a record was £55 for a copy of All About Eve`s `D for Desire` single on 12".
Not including box sets I think the most I paid for a record was £55 for a copy of All About Eve`s `D for Desire` single on 12".
Tonestar1:Recently spent £60 on In Rainbows box set. Worst of it is I don't even have a turntable, just a radiohead freak! I'm thinking about buying one just to hear it lol
Not sure how many were made but I`m thinking unplayed in mint condition that set could be worth a lot more than £60 before too long.
Not sure how many were made but I`m thinking unplayed in mint condition that set could be worth a lot more than £60 before too long.
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I paid about £15 for Nantucket Sleighride LP by Mountain from the Record and Tape Exchange many years ago.
Well, the Mo-Fi remasters of FNM's' Angel Dust' and Megadeth's 'Countdown To Extinction' were quite pricey, and then I had to pay P&P and duty on top of that too.
Probably worked out to about £50 each.
'Angel Dust' was more than worth it. It's my favourite FNM album and in a back-to-back comparison, it crushes the standard version on all counts.
'Countdown To Extinction' is a less successful remaster IMO. It's a slight improvement but I feel it could have been so much more. Listening to it, I get the feeling they were up against the clock and had to say "Right. That'll do" before they were ready. Snare drums sound particularly weak and insubstantial. With hindsight, I doubt I'd have bought CTE.
Probably worked out to about £50 each.
'Angel Dust' was more than worth it. It's my favourite FNM album and in a back-to-back comparison, it crushes the standard version on all counts.
'Countdown To Extinction' is a less successful remaster IMO. It's a slight improvement but I feel it could have been so much more. Listening to it, I get the feeling they were up against the clock and had to say "Right. That'll do" before they were ready. Snare drums sound particularly weak and insubstantial. With hindsight, I doubt I'd have bought CTE.
mrbungle:Hmm Mo-Fi stuff looks decent. Will look into the Angel Dust, did they do any other FNM albums?
Nope. Just Angel Dust.
It's a shame as there are so many albums I love that I feel could use the Mo-Fi treatment.
Nope. Just Angel Dust.
It's a shame as there are so many albums I love that I feel could use the Mo-Fi treatment.
Angel Dust? -Personaly I think it's a 50/50 album some of the tracks are amongst FHMs best but some tracks like Crack Hitler and Jizzlobber are pants. I could never get over Mike Patton saying he eats his own poo. I do remember Kerrang! saying it was the most influencial album on the new metal scene.
I have to stand alone and say I prefer the first two album with Chuck Mosley. Introduce Yourself is my fave FHM album. I got into them when the album Introduce Yourself was released rather than getting into them when MP was the singer, then going backwards through the catalogue.
My wife bought me a Jethro Tull 25th Anniv boxset the first Christams we were going out. I think it was only about £28 but compared to her wage of £35 a week it was expensive. Still one of my most cherished possesions.
I did pay £40 for an Alien Sex Fiend 12" singles boxset in the early 90s.
I have to stand alone and say I prefer the first two album with Chuck Mosley. Introduce Yourself is my fave FHM album. I got into them when the album Introduce Yourself was released rather than getting into them when MP was the singer, then going backwards through the catalogue.
My wife bought me a Jethro Tull 25th Anniv boxset the first Christams we were going out. I think it was only about £28 but compared to her wage of £35 a week it was expensive. Still one of my most cherished possesions.
I did pay £40 for an Alien Sex Fiend 12" singles boxset in the early 90s.
Whatever $75 was at the time for Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV - Deluxe Edition, I think it was about £50.
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Angel Dust? -Personaly I think it's a 50/50 album some of the tracks are amongst FHMs best but some tracks like Crack Hitler and Jizzlobber are pants. I could never get over Mike Patton saying he eats his own poo. I do remember Kerrang! saying it was the most influencial album on the new metal scene.
Crack Hitler is definitely the worst song on the album, but IMO they've never surpassed songs like 'Caffeine', 'Smaller & Smaller' and my all time fave FNM song, 'Malpractice'.
Never got on with the earlier stuff myself (including 'The Real Thing'). I've heard they're reforming. Let's see how that turns out.
Angel Dust? -Personaly I think it's a 50/50 album some of the tracks are amongst FHMs best but some tracks like Crack Hitler and Jizzlobber are pants. I could never get over Mike Patton saying he eats his own poo. I do remember Kerrang! saying it was the most influencial album on the new metal scene.
Crack Hitler is definitely the worst song on the album, but IMO they've never surpassed songs like 'Caffeine', 'Smaller & Smaller' and my all time fave FNM song, 'Malpractice'.
Never got on with the earlier stuff myself (including 'The Real Thing'). I've heard they're reforming. Let's see how that turns out.
I can see where your coming from I got into them through the 'alternative metal' scene. Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Pre Blood Sugar Sex Magik), Fishbone, 24-7 Spyz, fIREHOSE etc rather than the metal scene which I imagine you are into. For me the singles are the better tracks. I do like RV. Just because it's so out there.
I thought they had played some of the festivals this year. Jim Martin isn't the guitarist though. I thaought the way he was forced out of the band was very off. Standing in front of him on stage when it was time for his solos etc. Then again MP is a very odd character.
I thought they had played some of the festivals this year. Jim Martin isn't the guitarist though. I thaought the way he was forced out of the band was very off. Standing in front of him on stage when it was time for his solos etc. Then again MP is a very odd character.
I've a numbered copy of The Beatles, with photos and poster. I'm not saying how much I paid in case any relatives are reading, but it was about four times what I paid for my next-most-expensive record.
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Tonestar1:Recently spent £60 on In Rainbows box set. Worst of it is I don't even have a turntable, just a radiohead freak! I'm thinking about buying one just to hear it lol
almost did that with REMs new live album, but thought i woudlnt bother due to lack of a turntable.
paid about 25£ for one song once. silly, silly, silly.
almost did that with REMs new live album, but thought i woudlnt bother due to lack of a turntable.
paid about 25£ for one song once. silly, silly, silly.
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Angel Dust? -Personaly I think it's a 50/50 album some of the tracks are amongst FHMs best but some tracks like Crack Hitler and Jizzlobber are pants. I could never get over Mike Patton saying he eats his own poo. I do remember Kerrang! saying it was the most influencial album on the new metal scene.
Crack Hitler is definitely the worst song on the album, but IMO they've never surpassed songs like 'Caffeine', 'Smaller & Smaller' and my all time fave FNM song, 'Malpractice'.
Never got on with the earlier stuff myself (including 'The Real Thing'). I've heard they're reforming. Let's see how that turns out.
Saw them at download this year, still very much got it imo and I would expect another album.
They played Caffeine 😀
Angel Dust? -Personaly I think it's a 50/50 album some of the tracks are amongst FHMs best but some tracks like Crack Hitler and Jizzlobber are pants. I could never get over Mike Patton saying he eats his own poo. I do remember Kerrang! saying it was the most influencial album on the new metal scene.
Crack Hitler is definitely the worst song on the album, but IMO they've never surpassed songs like 'Caffeine', 'Smaller & Smaller' and my all time fave FNM song, 'Malpractice'.
Never got on with the earlier stuff myself (including 'The Real Thing'). I've heard they're reforming. Let's see how that turns out.
Saw them at download this year, still very much got it imo and I would expect another album.
They played Caffeine 😀
JohnDuncan:al7478:paid about 25£ for one song once How?
Cheque, i think.
Ahem. Sorry.
Think it was one of those industry promo singles. It was half my life ago, and i think i naively assumed it had more songs on it. It didnt. That made me comprehensively re-evaluate my collector/obsessive tendencies. I no longer buy stuff just for the sake of it, and i spend as little as i can most the time.
I have the Unearthed Johnny Cash boxset too, but got it much cheaper than it should have been, and it is a 5 disk set aferall, so i dont think it counts really. and i cant remember what it cost.
Cheque, i think.
Ahem. Sorry.
Think it was one of those industry promo singles. It was half my life ago, and i think i naively assumed it had more songs on it. It didnt. That made me comprehensively re-evaluate my collector/obsessive tendencies. I no longer buy stuff just for the sake of it, and i spend as little as i can most the time.
I have the Unearthed Johnny Cash boxset too, but got it much cheaper than it should have been, and it is a 5 disk set aferall, so i dont think it counts really. and i cant remember what it cost.
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Tonestar1:Recently spent £60 on In Rainbows box set. Worst of it is I don't even have a turntable, just a radiohead freak! I'm thinking about buying one just to hear it lol
Not sure how many were made but I`m thinking unplayed in mint condition that set could be worth a lot more than £60 before too long.
Hopfully lol
Saw it on ebay, absolute mint, had ti have it. All i've used it for is to burn the bonus CD into my itunes.
Tonestar1:Recently spent £60 on In Rainbows box set. Worst of it is I don't even have a turntable, just a radiohead freak! I'm thinking about buying one just to hear it lol
Not sure how many were made but I`m thinking unplayed in mint condition that set could be worth a lot more than £60 before too long.
Hopfully lol
Saw it on ebay, absolute mint, had ti have it. All i've used it for is to burn the bonus CD into my itunes.
I paid £40 for an ultra rare A&M digital surround sound promo sampler many years ago featuring Sting, Bryan Adams, etc.
The first CD player that Philips released came with two Philips sampler CDs in case you bought the player and couldn't find any shops that sold CDs in the early days, so I guess thay must be worth quite a bit by now . . . . although I'd never part with them.
Slightly off topic, l still have the most expensive film set I have purchased so far, the NTSC laserdisc version of the "Star Wars Trilogy Definitive Collection Box Set" that included a book and poster.
Got that from New York the day it came out for a little over two hundred and forty pounds (ouch!).
Still beats the pants of the DVD edition even today
The first CD player that Philips released came with two Philips sampler CDs in case you bought the player and couldn't find any shops that sold CDs in the early days, so I guess thay must be worth quite a bit by now . . . . although I'd never part with them.
Slightly off topic, l still have the most expensive film set I have purchased so far, the NTSC laserdisc version of the "Star Wars Trilogy Definitive Collection Box Set" that included a book and poster.
Got that from New York the day it came out for a little over two hundred and forty pounds (ouch!).
Still beats the pants of the DVD edition even today
I've bought quite a few MOFI and DCC recordings of artists like Blondie, Nirvana & Guns n' Roses around the £30 mark. But re-buying some of the SACD's and DVD-A's that I sold a few years ago has proved expensive. The Best of Roxy Music SACD and Rumours by Fleetwodd Mac DVD-A costing around £50 each, the latter being worth every penny, sounds superb. Gold Dust Woman in lossless 5.1 is worth £50 on it's own!
If anyone likes Tina Turner, this is one that's worth adding to your collection if you can get hold of it.
I paid about £20 for this XRCD (plays on any CD player), but it's one of the best sounding discs I've got, crisp and detailed.
If anyone likes Tina Turner, this is one that's worth adding to your collection if you can get hold of it.
I paid about £20 for this XRCD (plays on any CD player), but it's one of the best sounding discs I've got, crisp and detailed.
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