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crimson87 
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 Topic: Top 5 Expensive Albums That Were Worth the Price?
Posted: July 19 2008 at 22:46 |
 febus wrote:
crimson87 wrote:
Its funny how you mention "expensive" .Because If i were American or European , I would be glad with the low prices you pay for your records and the variety you have to buy!!!
My most expensive choices were:
Quadrophenia (digipack) $ 120 (U$$ 40)
Welcome back my friends...$ 77 (U$$ 23)
A hard days night $ 60 ( U$$ 18)
In the land of grey and pink (U$$ 15)
Considering my income is not in US dollars those were quite expensive.
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But the exchange rate for my national currency goes like this: 3.1 pesos= 1 US dollar.I'd take your miserable dollar anyday!!!
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febus
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 21:26 |
My big pleasure is to get my favorite music in a Japanese mini-LP CD
so the most expensive were ASH RA TEMPEL-1st album...US $ 40.
Barclay James Hravest-Once Again ..US $ 32
AL KOOPER- You never know.... US$ 30
Soft Machine....1st album US $ 25
But you can beat that...just try to buy a MAGMA CD on Amazon!!! 
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febus
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 21:17 |
crimson87 wrote:
Its funny how you mention "expensive" .Because If i were American or European , I would be glad with the low prices you pay for your records and the variety you have to buy!!!
My most expensive choices were:
Quadrophenia (digipack) $ 120 (U$$ 40)
Welcome back my friends...$ 77 (U$$ 23)
A hard days night $ 60 ( U$$ 18)
In the land of grey and pink (U$$ 15)
Considering my income is not in US dollars those were quite expensive.
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Treasure
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Joined: June 09 2008
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 20:45 |
^ABSTRAKT IS THE NAME OF THE BAND I'M IN
-Unfold The Future - The Flower Kings (45$)
-Still Life - Van Der Graaf Generator (30$)
-Yessongs - Yes (35$)
-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis (35$)
-In Absentia - Porcupine Tree (36$, ONE f**kING BONUS SONG, LIKE 15 DOLLARS HIGHER PRICED)
Cheap, but good records:
-Octopus - Gentle Giant (7$)
-Nursery Cryme - Genesis (12$)
-Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta (10$)
-Doppelganger - Fall Of Troy (5$)
Edited by Treasure - July 19 2008 at 20:49
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Abstrakt
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 19:06 |
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Most expensive albums i've bought:
Symphony X - The Odyssey ($26. It's a pretty good album, but not sure if it's worth that much)
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo ($26. AWESOME ALBUM!!! Worth it, but i wish it was cheaper)
Focus - Hamburger Concerto ($21. AWESOME ALBUM!!! Worth every penny)
Kebnekaise - III (Vinyl, $19,50. I guess it was worth it, but it feels sour when i see it go for lower prices on the internet)
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crimson87
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 14:26 |
Its funny how you mention "expensive" .Because If i were American or European , I would be glad with the low prices you pay for your records and the variety you have to buy!!!
My most expensive choices were:
Quadrophenia (digipack) $ 120 (U$$ 40)
Welcome back my friends...$ 77 (U$$ 23)
A hard days night $ 60 ( U$$ 18)
In the land of grey and pink (U$$ 15)
Considering my income is not in US dollars those were quite expensive.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 21:19 |
tszirmay wrote:
A space object landed somewhere in the Pampas (in a Fireball) and young cacho, bemused by his youthful curiosity , couldn't resist opening the core . The Prog bug from Cygnus-X penetrated his body via the lungs and he has been a proghead ever since, unbeknownst to him infected for life . |
  great story! hahaha.
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 21:03 |
Now we can tease him forever , things like Cacho the Andromeda Strain's latest victim. Or Cacho the X-Filer ! or ET Cacho. Darn I could go on here for a while. It also may explain his Supertramp fixation
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:56 |
^^^ That explains EVERYTHING!! 
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:54 |
A space object landed somewhere in the Pampas (in a Fireball) and young cacho, bemused by his youthful curiosity , couldn't resist opening the core . The Prog bug from Cygnus-X penetrated his body via the lungs and he has been a proghead ever since, unbeknownst to him infected for life .
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:41 |
tszirmay wrote:
cacho wrote:
Fireball - Deep Purple just incredible album |
Oye, Cacho! It was so expensive because it came from outer space? |
oh! That's why! Somebody could have told me..
Though I bought in Peru, not in my place. Ivan, your CD shops rock!..though pittily they're all imported 
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:35 |
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Oldfield 's Elements 4 CD box is well worth the expense (solid plastic packaging!) and off course the Roxy Music compilation "The Thrill of It All" is another winner though pricey but the quality , the design , the info is , as usual , very classy.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 12:13 |
Spock's Beard - The Light limited artwork edition (number 825 of 3000)
That cost me a pretty penny, though not as much as I would have expected! The package is as big as my damn head! 
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E-Dub
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 09:55 |
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Marillion's deluxe edition of Marbles was pretty pricey at around $40+, but well worth it. One of the best discs I own.
however, the new deluxe edition of Happiness Is The Road surpasses that in cost. I'm sure it'll be worth it.
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Chicapah
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 08:21 |
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Archives I from Genesis. Incredible version of Suppers Ready and The Lamb in its entirety with Peter at the helm. Worth every dollar.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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npjnpj
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 03:17 |
jammun wrote:
Back in 1976, when I was a grad student making a whopping $400 a month, I dropped something like $100 on Keith Jarrett's The Sun Bear Concerts (a massive 10 LP set). No regrets at all. |
Yay!!! Same here!!!
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inrainbows
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 02:40 |
The most expensive was a vinyl collectors item, I've got last year for 50 euro, Spriguns - Time will pass
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 23:21 |
In the early/mid 90's, with no Internet and only one big CD store in Lima, they sold the CD's at the prices they wanted, specially the ones from Europe or Asia, the most expensive ones I bought were:
- Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record Japanese Limited Edition: US$ 60.00
- Triumvirat 's Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 46.00
- Triumvirat's Spartacus: US% 46.00
- Pink Floyd's DSOTM With Gold border: US$ 45.00
- PFM's Per un Amico: US$ 40.00
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - July 16 2008 at 23:22
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 23:05 |
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 23:02 |
cacho wrote:
Fireball - Deep Purple just incredible album
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Oye, Cacho! It was so expensive because it came from outer space?
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