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darkmatter 
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 Posted: March 19 2007 at 10:05 |
WOW, there is a copy of PT's Recordings on eBay selling for £6.... That seems too suspicious to me considering how much is usually is. And I'm not just saying that just because I paid more!  Oh wait, nevermind, I thought it was on the buy it now list.... That price will shoot up.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 09:23 |
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^^I bought 5 Years In A Livetime Cd at £7 in a sale at Virgin
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 09:16 |
^ me too. Yesterday for example I won an Ebay auction: Maxophone - Maxophone (1975), Mini-LP (CD) for €8.72  .
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 09:13 |
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I'm usually more proud of how cheap I managed to buy something.....
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kazansky
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:42 |
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most expensive...probably Dream Theater - Live at Budokan(about 35 US$), followed by Kamelot's One Cold Winter's Night(aboout 30US$+)
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:31 |
I'm not a big spender. I think the most expensive cd I ever bought was The Buggles' Adventures In Modern Recording, and that was only €36,50.
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Norm Cash
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 07:26 |
 T.Rox wrote:
I SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON CD'S ... I MUST GET HELP!
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You and me both, mate!!! 
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"We did it....you and me! Put him right under the table!"
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T.Rox
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 07:10 |
I forked out about $72.00 USD for Chicago's At Carnegie Hall (aka Chicago IV) 3CD set some time back, and $51.00 USD for Johnny & Edgar Winter's Together CD (after missing out on it at over $70.00 USD on a couple of occasions) ...neither of them prog.
I paid $64.00 AUD (Aussie dollars) the day Pink Floyd's P-U-L-S-E was released here in Western Australia ... it sells for nothing like that now ... do the new copies of P-U-L-S-E have the gimmicky pulsating LED in the spine of the cover?
I have tried to pay some seriously silly amounts for some old Aussie prog LP's ... but there has always been someone prepared to pay something a little bit more out-bloody-rageous than me! You get that in eBay world 
I SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON CD'S ... I MUST GET HELP!
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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honganji
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 06:23 |
Jacula / Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus (LP) 25000 yen [approx. 212 USD] 
Emmanuel Booz / Dans Quel Etat J'erre
Catherine RIbeiro + Alpes / Le Temps De L'autre
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes / N.2
Bubu / Anabelas
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso / Da Qui Messere Si Domina La Valle
etc were expensive when I bought them in vinyl period ! 
The most expensive CD was Magma / Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie (5500 yen ????)
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 06:05 |
^ that's ok too ... but they would reach more more people on emusic.com, and their music is perfectly suited for that website. But of course it's their call ... 
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 05:09 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
why not simply offer it as a download on emusic.com |
If Recordings is going to be released as a download, it's more likely that it would be released via the Burning Shed PT download store.
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Norm Cash
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 04:45 |
I think the most expensive CD item I've ever bought was the first Genesis Archives set, which I paid £24 (US$42) for. Considering its a 4-disc set though, that wasn't too bad.
When I was a kid, the "holy grail" of pricey albums was Consequences by Lol Creme & Kevin Godley (formerly of 10cc). On release, it routinely sold for £12 or more - and this was in 1977/78!! A buddy of mine happened to be in the right place at the right time back then, and picked up his copy for £2 in Glasgow's 23rd Precinct record shop.
One of the main reasons why I've managed to significantly build up my collection in recent years is due to the fact that I don't spend huge amounts on any one specific item. Another reason is the opening up of a significant amount of disposable income as I move into middle-age  , but that's another story.........
As my old friend Arthur Guinness(  ) says. good things come to those who wait. I've found that by being patient, doing LOTS of searching, and properly setting up preferences on sites such as Amazon and ebay to let you know when bargains crop up, you can find almost anything at a reasonable price eventually. I've also taken to often buying discs second hand, something that until a few years back I'd never have considered doing.
I know that these solutions don't work for everyone, but all I'm saying is don't be too anxious and rush into paying a whole lot more for any one item than you really need to.
By the way, the bank account is going to take quite a hit over the next few weeks, with the release of the SACD/DVD versions of the post-Gabriel Genesis albums, the remastered/expanded versions of the Alan Parsons Project material, and new albums by Knight Area and Porcupine Tree. Amazon are asking for £15.99 each for the Genesis sets on pre-order, but it seems that the place to go is CD-WOW, where they are priced at only £10.99 inc postage.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 04:21 |
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A vinyl copy of Leaf Hound's album Grower of Mushrooms sold on the internet for about £2000 |
I've never seen it go for that much - $1200 is usually the ballpark figure.
The most I've seen a Prog Rock album sell for is Necronomicon's "Tips Zum Selbstmord", the Best Prehodi pressing once fetched $2200:
Most I've ever splashed out on vinyl is £100 for a complete (all 5 inserts and plastic cover) first press (green label) copy of "Glastonbury Fayre"
...followed by £80 for a first press stereo copy of "Rubber Soul".
I sold a first press of "Tommy" by the Who on behalf of a friend for £140, though.
Collectible Prog albums I own (and have spent more than £30 but less than £60 on) include;
...Bargains all
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 01:59 |
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mcxwell
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Posted: March 19 2007 at 00:35 |
So, i found out that A LOT of you guys have a lot of money.. 
maybe that's what prog is all about...
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There is no Best, just DIfferent..
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freebird
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 21:37 |
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I got 2 CDs (Ash ra Tempel & FM) from e-bay's half.com for about 8 bucks each, not bad, but when I hit pay I realized that they charge about $14 - $15 extra EACH to ship to Canada. (border duties, etc.) I just felt scammed.
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rushaholic
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 21:36 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ I don't know when, but it's definitely going to be re-released ... unless Steven Wilson decides that it should remain a collector's item.
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I know that Lightbulb Sun is to be re-released this year. Hopefully not Recordings though.
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rushaholic
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 21:34 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ I don't know when, but it's definitely going to be re-released ... unless Steven Wilson decides that it should remain a collector's item.
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I payed about $85 for my Recordings copy as well. I understood that there were only 20,000 (they each are numbered) and would never be released again.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 17:56 |
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30$
The deluxe edition of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Worth ten times as much.
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 17:53 |
OMG... I also bought quite recently Mastodons Blood Mountain limited edition for 80 pln... and thats roughly 27$.
It was worth it though.
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