Some expensive ones:

Triumvirat....Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 36.00 (Plain CD)

Rick Wakeman.......Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection: US$ 45.00 each one (Japanese Edition)

But my record is Yes Relayer  US$ 1,200.00 (Yes One thousand two hundreed bucks, the whole credit line that was left in that card).........I bought it by Internet when I was a newbie with the web stores, bought it in a wrong place and found somebody  charged this amount to my credit card, thanks God I had an insurance and the company had more accusations, so the money was cancelled by the insurance company who sued the web store (but this was not my problem).

The web store said that a hacker got my credit card number but later I was informed that the web store was responsible.

Since that day I don't buy with credit cards on Internet.

Iván

ivan_2068 wrote: Some expensive ones: Triumvirat....Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 36.00 (Plain CD) Rick Wakeman.......Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection: US$ 45.00 each one (Japanese Edition) But my record is Yes Relayer  US$ 1,200.00 (Yes One thousand two hundreed bucks, the whole credit line that was left in that card).........I bought it by Internet when I was a newbie with the web stores, bought it in a wrong place and found somebody  charged this amount to my credit card, thanks God I had an insurance and the company had more accusations, so the money was cancelled by the insurance company who sued the web store (but this was not my problem). The web store said that a hacker got my credit card number but later I was informed that the web store was responsible. Since that day I don't buy with credit cards on Internet. Iván

That's a lot of money for a CD, but I think Relayer is worth it

In general I have the principal I won't pay more than 15€ for a CD, mostly even lower, only on occasion I pay a little more, but it has to be something I desperatly want.

The most I payed was for a combination purchase.
90,- € for the triple live box, and the DVD from Led Zeppelin (don't remember the individual prizes) worth every stuiver, but still a lot of money. 

For me, the most expensive single cd was  a Japanese version of Adventures In Medern Recording by The Buggles. 80 Dutch guilders, which is about 36 euro, which is about 43 American dollars.

It was well worth it! I still love both Buggles albums.

ivan_2068 wrote: Some expensive ones: Triumvirat....Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 36.00 (Plain CD) Rick Wakeman.......Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection: US$ 45.00 each one (Japanese Edition) But my record is Yes Relayer  US$ 1,200.00 (Yes One thousand two hundreed bucks, the whole credit line that was left in that card).........I bought it by Internet when I was a newbie with the web stores, bought it in a wrong place and found somebody  charged this amount to my credit card, thanks God I had an insurance and the company had more accusations, so the money was cancelled by the insurance company who sued the web store (but this was not my problem). The web store said that a hacker got my credit card number but later I was informed that the web store was responsible. Since that day I don't buy with credit cards on Internet. Iván

Wow. I won't spend more than $17 for a single CD album or $24-$25 for a double album. That's why I was so pysched when a thread a while ago introduced me to Syn-Phonic, because I could get Camel (and all this other music) for less than $25.... So I'm a miser, tightwad, whatever...

But the most I've ever paid for a single CD is probably $17, double $23.

I saw a Porcupine Tree rarity going for £149.99 on ebay this week... and also recently, there have been a spate of old DT fanclub releases, which have exceeded £100.

Personally, I don't understand it.  On the basis that I spend about £5 per CD, that would be 20 or 30 CDs for me to explore.  Surely, no music can be worth that kind of money... can it?

My List of albums recently purchased for £3 (just under $5 each):

Cairo: Conflicts & Dreams; Time Of Legends

Magellan: Impending Ascention

Eloy: Performance (Remastered)

Everon: Paradoxes, Flood, Venus

Evergrey: Solitude + Dominance + Tragedy; The Dark Discovery

Marillion: Marbles

Neal Morse: Testimony

Spock's Beard: The Light

Tiles: Tiles

That's a whole lot of listens for considerably less than the price of 1 DT fan club CD!

fandango wrote: I saw a Porcupine Tree rarity going for £149.99 on ebay this week... and also recently, there have been a spate of old DT fanclub releases, which have exceeded £100. Personally, I don't understand it.  On the basis that I spend about £5 per CD, that would be 20 or 30 CDs for me to explore.  Surely, no music can be worth that kind of money... can it?

Most people who pay those amounts for albums are collectors, and the music only plays a minor role. Most of these albums are never played, because it would endanger their condition.

My Ron Thal CD for €40 was the only expensive CD that I ever bought. Appart from a few CDs for a little more than €20 (double albums, limited edition digibooks), my CDs average at €10.

Arsillus wrote: ivan_2068 wrote: Some expensive ones: Triumvirat....Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 36.00 (Plain CD) Rick Wakeman.......Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection: US$ 45.00 each one (Japanese Edition) But my record is Yes Relayer  US$ 1,200.00 (Yes One thousand two hundreed bucks, the whole credit line that was left in that card).........I bought it by Internet when I was a newbie with the web stores, bought it in a wrong place and found somebody  charged this amount to my credit card, thanks God I had an insurance and the company had more accusations, so the money was cancelled by the insurance company who sued the web store (but this was not my problem). The web store said that a hacker got my credit card number but later I was informed that the web store was responsible. Since that day I don't buy with credit cards on Internet. Iván Wow. I won't spend more than $17 for a single CD album or $24-$25 for a double album. That's why I was so pysched when a thread a while ago introduced me to Syn-Phonic, because I could get Camel (and all this other music) for less than $25.... So I'm a miser, tightwad, whatever... But the most I've ever paid for a single CD is probably $17, double $23.

You must understand the circumstances Arsillus.

Due to my experience with Web Shops I refuse to use my credit cards to buy things on the net, it may be secure today, but it took me a lot of time to recover my US$ 1,200.00 and clean my credit history, so I won't take the risk again.

I used to buy with special cards that you can get at some banks in which you deposit just the amount for the item you want to buy and then throw it away, but Peruvian customs places 32% + 18% tax (based in Peruvian Price) for items that exceed US$ 100, so it is expensive also.

In Perú the record stores buy the CD's from US stores (often with the sticker that says Best Buy or Sale), but this arseholes sell them in US$ 26.00 if it's simple and US$ 40.00 if it's double.

I love Triumvirat but only one store had IOADD because no store sell CD's from Europe and this guy wanted 36 bucks, so I had to pay (two other guys were waiting to buy it if I left it).

The Wakeman (Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection) albums have never been released on CD outside Japan, and my girlfriend bought them in Kyoto, but we know their prices are very high, so I had to pay her the 90 bucks that the two albums costed.

This thing of living in the third world is a crap.

Iván

ivan_2068 wrote: Arsillus wrote: ivan_2068 wrote: Some expensive ones: Triumvirat....Illusions on a Double Dimple: US$ 36.00 (Plain CD) Rick Wakeman.......Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection: US$ 45.00 each one (Japanese Edition) But my record is Yes Relayer  US$ 1,200.00 (Yes One thousand two hundreed bucks, the whole credit line that was left in that card).........I bought it by Internet when I was a newbie with the web stores, bought it in a wrong place and found somebody  charged this amount to my credit card, thanks God I had an insurance and the company had more accusations, so the money was cancelled by the insurance company who sued the web store (but this was not my problem). The web store said that a hacker got my credit card number but later I was informed that the web store was responsible. Since that day I don't buy with credit cards on Internet. Iván Wow. I won't spend more than $17 for a single CD album or $24-$25 for a double album. That's why I was so pysched when a thread a while ago introduced me to Syn-Phonic, because I could get Camel (and all this other music) for less than $25.... So I'm a miser, tightwad, whatever... But the most I've ever paid for a single CD is probably $17, double $23. You must understand the circumstances Arsillus. Due to my experience with Web Shops I refuse to use my credit cards to buy things on the net, it may be secure today, but it took me a lot of time to recover my US$ 1,200.00 and clean my credit history, so I won't take the risk again. I used to buy with special cards that you can get at some banks in which you deposit just the amount for the item you want to buy and then throw it away, but Peruvian customs places 32% + 18% tax (based in Peruvian Price) for items that exceed US$ 100, so it is expensive also. In Perú the record stores buy the CD's from US stores (often with the sticker that says Best Buy or Sale), but this arseholes sell them in US$ 26.00 if it's simple and US$ 40.00 if it's double. I love Triumvirat but only one store had IOADD because no store sell CD's from Europe and this guy wanted 36 bucks, so I had to pay (two other guys were waiting to buy it if I left it). The Wakeman (Criminal Record and No Earthly Connection) albums have never been released on CD outside Japan, and my girlfriend bought them in Kyoto, but we know their prices are very high, so I had to pay her the 90 bucks that the two albums costed. This thing of living in the third world is a crap. Iván

Oh, I do understand the circumstances. It's not your fault. I was just commenting on how much money those were.

i believe it was a GENTLE GIANT album, maybe three friends or any other, that cost me 50 reais, that should be like 21 dollars... Here in brasil imported records are impressively expensive... an uncle of mine bought tales from topographic oceans (perhaps yes's best recording) for 120 reais, that should be like 52 dollars  

Oh, i don't get you guys, paying 36 dollars for Triumvirat's Illusions... i bought it here in brasil for 20 reais (8 dollars). being a brasilian prog fan is great sometimes!

Listening: Rick Wakeman, Quella Vecchia Locanda and Clockwork Orange's soundtrack  

I bought The Wall for f**king $35 at best buy and then saw it in cosco for19.99. thats $15 thrown away.

Also, JT's "A" costed $25 because its an import.

Also I bought Led Zep's complete studio recordings box for$125. Expensive, worth it

Forgotten Son wrote: plodder wrote: Pay for music? How quaint. :-) I must say, it would be amusing if you got taken to court for thousands after that statement

I think it's not even illegal where I live . Allows me to discover a lot of good music without having to pay for all of it.

Hummm..

just paid $95 for the 'War of the worlds' collecters edition...is 6 disks, 80 page book and a DVD though.

But all time for me was 60 pounds, about $120 for the LP of 'Pentatuch of the cosmogany' by Greenslade and Patrick Woodroffe. If ya dont know it, it was insane, a huge LP covered size book of fantasy paintings that went with the double LP of prog. Was unreal.

The Miracle wrote: I bought The Wall for f**king $35 at best buy and then saw it in cosco for19.99. thats $15 thrown away. Also, JT's "A" costed $25 because its an import. Also I bought Led Zep's complete studio recordings box for$125. Expensive, worth it

It's $20 at Costco? Awesome. I've been putting off buying that album for a long time now because it's so expensive everywhere else.

my unkle has paid $795.95 for the entire deep purple collection put into 4 gold lable discs with each song put in order of what year they recorded it from there earlyest album to there latest.

but still $795.95 wow  

I once paid $20.00 for a Genesis "collectable", recorded 11/25/1973 at the Felt Forum in N.Y.C. I had never had a collectable before so I was surprised (and originally a bit upset) with the paper-thin sound quality.

But once my ears got adjusted...those versions were really sonic. They were letting  it all loose that day. "Watcher of the Skies", Steve put a really loud and astral echo effect on the short guitar solos there. You could hear the audience cheer in delight - after a brief pause of daze - following each Hackett solo on that song.

A far cry from the low-key junk they did (of the same song and songs) on the sham called "Genesis Live", which was recorded only 8 months prior.

Lift your skinny fist like antenna to heaven by Godspeed costed about 40$, and every single of them were worth spending.

 I almost bought Anglagard Hybris for 45$ (cheapest I found, very rare CD), but I finnaly changed mind...

Borealis wrote: Lift your skinny fist like antenna to heaven by Godspeed costed about 40$, and every single of them were worth spending.  I almost bought Anglagard Hybris for 45$ (cheapest I found, very rare CD), but I finnaly changed mind...

Wow. I found it for 15$. (The Godspeed one)

Arsillus wrote: The Miracle wrote: I bought The Wall for f**king $35 at best buy and then saw it in cosco for19.99. thats $15 thrown away. Also, JT's "A" costed $25 because its an import. Also I bought Led Zep's complete studio recordings box for$125. Expensive, worth it It's $20 at Costco? Awesome. I've been putting off buying that album for a long time now because it's so expensive everywhere else.

I only saw it there once. It mysterically disappeared...

I think $30. I can't remember what though

The most i've seen would be $40 for Zappa's Joe Garage (all three acts) and The Shut Up....series. Haven't had the heart (nor cash) to buy thems yet though. Still looking for them cheaper.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: Borealis wrote: Lift your skinny fist like antenna to heaven by Godspeed costed about 40$, and every single of them were worth spending.  I almost bought Anglagard Hybris for 45$ (cheapest I found, very rare CD), but I finnaly changed mind... Wow. I found it for 15$. (The Godspeed one)

Are you serious? 15 for that double CD?... damn...

Borealis wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: Borealis wrote: Lift your skinny fist like antenna to heaven by Godspeed costed about 40$, and every single of them were worth spending.  I almost bought Anglagard Hybris for 45$ (cheapest I found, very rare CD), but I finnaly changed mind... Wow. I found it for 15$. (The Godspeed one) Are you serious? 15 for that double CD?... damn...

Yes. In fact, I've saw today for 13 dollars!

I don't remember having paid more than 30$ CAN for a record, but it probably happened a couples of times.

the most expensive one I remember is Oldfield's Amarok @ 26$ + taxes CD.

Most of the records I've bought are used, so that i've got very interesting bargains:

i bought the solution - cordon bleu for 0.99$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've got all the good pop music LP's of the 80's (police, simple minds, thompson twins, billy idol, spandau ballet... for a ridiculous 0.99$ each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

my proudest acquisition was the 4 first Fixx albums for 3.96$ (0.99$ each!!!!!!!!!!!)

I remember that the used Zappa's LP were VERY expensive!! it was not rare to see the prices at 20$ for his double albums like them or us or you are what you is.

I clearly remember i have bought pallas - the wedge LP for 18$: it was in 1987!!

I also remember Pete Sinfield's LP at 20$ USED!

also, ramases - space hymns  used LP at 20$

I think Zappa's freak out was past 30$ used LP.

quebec city and montreal were VERY good places in the 80's and 90's to find almost whatever LP you want for ridiculous prices: i was told and believe Plateau Mont Royal was the best place IN THE WORLD to buy & find any LP, especially prog music.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: Borealis wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: Borealis wrote: Lift your skinny fist like antenna to heaven by Godspeed costed about 40$, and every single of them were worth spending.  I almost bought Anglagard Hybris for 45$ (cheapest I found, very rare CD), but I finnaly changed mind... Wow. I found it for 15$. (The Godspeed one) Are you serious? 15 for that double CD?... damn... Yes. In fact, I've saw today for 13 dollars!

I bought it for $13.99