Top 5 Expensive Albums That Were Worth the Price?
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Topic: Top 5 Expensive Albums That Were Worth the Price?
Posted By: YesFan72
Subject: Top 5 Expensive Albums That Were Worth the Price?
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 17:45
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Prog albums can be cheap or crazily expensive. Which cost you a fortune but were worth every penny? ------------- 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 17:53
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Seven Reizh-Samsara comes witha full-blown book -cost about $50.00
Dave Greenslade/Peter Woodroofe- The Pentateuch , great graphics but the music is so-so. still worth the outlay.
King Crimson-The Great Deceiver 4CD box set-probably the raunchiest live Prog ever. Bee-Zahr!
Mint LP version of Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come-Journey , a space classic.
Gary Boyle-The Dancer LP on yellow vinyl ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 17:59
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I ordered Le Orme - Live (2-CD) at Musea for euro 50,-/US $ 100,- but it's still worth every penny
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Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 18:03
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Oh right! I started the post, so I should list mine!
-Yes - Yesyears (box set) - It's out of print now. It looked cool so I bought it. It also has lots of bonus tracks. -Comus - Song to Comus (complete collection) - It wasn't too expensive ($35 + shipping), but it was still worth it. -Chris Squire - Fish out of Water (CD/DVD autographed copy) - It came with a DVD and it was autographed, so it wasn't a bad deal. Oh and the music's pretty decent too. -Various Italian Symphonic Prog albums - I don't remember which ones cost a lot and which didn't, but some got pricey, though all definitely worth it. -Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas - Okay, not prog. Still, it cost a lot (~$50) but for 10 discs of quality classical music I consider it a good purchase. -------------
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 18:05
 As much as I love music, I don't know if I could pay THAT much for a CD. ------------- 
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erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 18:09
Pffff! Erik's has shares in ING, Royal Dutch Shell and Heineken !  ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 18:10
Point well-illustrated. IF I did have alot of money however, I guess it wouldn't be that big of a deal.   -------------
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 20:04
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Keys to Ascension I & II was pricey, but well worth the investment.
Different Stages by Rush may be the best live album that I've ever heard.
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 21:19
| 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. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 21:29
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Fireball - Deep Purple just incredible album
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 23:02
Oye, Cacho! It was so expensive because it came from outer space? ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 23:05
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date 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:
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 02:40
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The most expensive was a vinyl collectors item, I've got last year for 50 euro, Spriguns - Time will pass
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 03:17
Yay!!! Same here!!!
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date 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. ------------- "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 |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date 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. E ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 12:13
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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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Posted By: tszirmay
Date 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. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:41
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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Posted By: tszirmay
Date 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 . ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 18 2008 at 20:56
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^^^ That explains EVERYTHING!! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 18 2008 at 21:03
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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 ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 18 2008 at 21:19
 great story! hahaha.
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 14:26
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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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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date 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, $19,50. I guess it was worth it, but it feels sour when i see it go for lower prices on the internet) |
Posted By: Treasure
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 20:45
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^ABSTRAKT IS THE NAME OF THE BAND I'M IN
-Unfold The Future - The Flower Kings (45$)
-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$)
-Doppelganger - Fall Of Troy (5$)
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 21:17
Oh! you don't go too far these days with our miserable $ US dollar
 ....has almost no value when you exchange it even with Cambodian money |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 21:26
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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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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 22:46
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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