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NecronCommander
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Topic: Rarest prog album you own? Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:12 |
What's the rarest prog album you own? For clarification: you must have the physical album, be it vinyl, cassette, or CD (does not count if it was downloaded), and for simplicity's sake, we'll say that it's rare if it's generally difficult to find hard copies of it.
For me, the rarest album I own is an original 2001 copy (not the 2005 reissue) of maudlin of the Well's Leaving Your Body Map. I'm in the process of tracking down a copy of Bath, which is no easy task either.
Care to share? I'm guessing that some of the rarest stuff out there are limited quantity recording demos and such.
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:27 |
I have a few, maybe this ? PRE-Same(1973) released by ZNR  or this ,IRMIN'S WAY-Opus Destroy released by Kissing Spell  or the both ZAPOTEC albums
Edited by GentleGiant - December 30 2009 at 08:13
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:45 |
Tsunami - Anthem of a great wave - 1992, neo prog, rare and damn good, CD, this is one of them, Elsesphere - Blind leading the blind - 2002, prog metal, CD, very good and difficult to find
Spin - both albums, jazz fusion from Holland, released two albums in 1976 and 1977, vinyl, hard to find, all are hard to find but not impossible, and another ones I can't remember now
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Luke. J
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 01:05 |
 Actually not owned by me, but by my father on LP... They have a remastered CD-Version in stores here.. maybe the fact that the drummer used to by teacher in music up to 9th grade might be useful for getting it at an.. acceptable price
Edited by Luke. J - December 30 2009 at 01:07
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:04 |
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Kashmir75
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:16 |
My copy of Yes' Fragile CD is a South American issue, I think, and the label is misprinted 'Fargile'! Wonder how much that is worth!
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Pekka
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:31 |
NecronCommander wrote:
For me, the rarest album I own is an original 2001 copy (not the 2005 reissue) of maudlin of the Well's Leaving Your Body Map. I'm in the process of tracking down a copy of Bath, which is no easy task either. |
I was thinking about this too. I just got it for Christmas from my girlfriend, in plastic wraps and all, I also got the re-release of Bath, that was a used one.
Others could be the Änglagård albums, I'm not sure if they're original or some re-release, still they're pretty rare.
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:30 |
Kashmir75 wrote:
My copy of Yes' Fragile CD is a South American issue, I think, and the label is misprinted 'Fargile'! Wonder how much that is worth! |
I had a cassette that I picked up in Hawaii of APP's Tales of Mystery and suspense that was missing some of the narration. Possibly rare, but more likely pirated.
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:42 |
I've got a copy of Obscured by Clouds where "Free Four" is missing and "Wots... Uh the Deal" appears twice. It's in poor condition though, so I don't think it's worth much.
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The Runaway
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:48 |
Gong's 2032 LE Vinyl with signatures from Miquette, Steve, and Daevid. ONE OF ONLY 1000 COPIES, NOT TO MENTION THE SIGNATURES THAT NARROW IT DOWN!
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Dean
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:53 |
I've an original vinyl copy of Kaleidoscope's A Tangerine Dream. That was changing hands for £200 a copy in the 1970s but I don't think it's worth quite that much now.
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lazland
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 08:32 |
I don't have an ultra rare LP, but I do own the first Yes single, Sweetness, which, I believe, only sold about 500 copies. I won it in a funfair when I was about 8 years old - Mum loved it for Something's Coming on the flip side
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:31 |
The "rarest" thing I own is a version of Trans-Siberian Ochestra's Night Castle, Beethoven's Last Night, and Lost Christmas Eve signed by the band after a concert. And I don't think that that's all that rare...XD
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:31 |
I have a test pressing of Nektar's Recycled which is probably the rarest LP I own but I also have first pressings of ITCOTCK and ITWOP by King Crimson and first pressings of most of Hawkwind's 1970s LPs.
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:38 |
I have Porcupine Tree's Recordings, which had a limited number of copies and was selling for quite a bit on the web. I heard that it was supposed to be re-issued, but I'm not sure if it has or not. I'm not really sure how rare it is around these parts however.
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 11:14 |
rushfan4 wrote:
I have Porcupine Tree's Recordings, which had a limited number of copies and was selling for quite a bit on the web. I heard that it was supposed to be re-issued, but I'm not sure if it has or not. I'm not really sure how rare it is around these parts however. | I want to say I saw copies of that one going on Amazon.
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:23 |
Yep. You can get it new for $297.89 or used for $98.92.
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hektur
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:23 |
I dont have anything very rare, I suppose The Incident Deluxe Edition and Ilosaarirock are both limited releases by PT, I just dont know how limited they are though.
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mwood
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:32 |
I have autographed original editions of all the early echolyn CDs.
I bought the first
3 CDs by space rockers Darxtar shortly after they all went out-of-print. I have never seen other copies of these. "Darker" is listed on www.ecrater.com for almost US$200. "Daybreak" is now available for free download, sanctioned by the original 2 members.
I've got several pretty rare electronic music CDs: Michael Hoenig's Xcept One Michael Stearns' Encounter Eddie Jobson's Theme of Secrets (autographed) several rare Tangerine Dream soundtracks
Some of my CDs that used to be pretty special aren't so special since they were re-released: Anglagard original edition CDs Khan (Steve Hillage) UK's Concert Classics Volume 4 (this was recalled shortly after its original release, but has since been re-issued under a different title) Many many Hawkwind CDs
On the vinyl side, I have Planet P Project's Pink World on pink vinyl, and a few rare Pink Floyd/Roger Waters 45s (like the "obscured version" of Not Now John).
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Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:50 |
I have a lot of old vinyl Prog but they are mostly easy to get hold of, though one cd i did have trouble getting was Anglagard "Hybris"....the vinyl album is 300 GBP +
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