Rarest prog album you own?
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Topic: Rarest prog album you own?
Posted By: NecronCommander
Subject: Rarest prog album you own?
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:12
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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 By: GentleGiant
Date 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 ------------- BeGiantForADay "This British band is just the cup of tea for aficionados who demand virtuosity,progress and originality in their mix." http://rateyourmusic.com/~GentleG |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 00:45
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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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Posted By: Luke. J
Date 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  |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:04
 I have albums by bands from my home country which are impossible to buy on the internet or stores in other countries, but that's quite it. I'm not much of a collector, but those CDs will become collectors' items in a decade or two  |
GentleGiant wrote:Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:16
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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! ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 06:31
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. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:30
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date 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. |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:48
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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! ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 07:53
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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. ------------- What? |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 08:32
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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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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date 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 |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:31
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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. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 10:38
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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 By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 11:14
I want to say I saw copies of that one going on Amazon. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:23
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Yep. You can get it new for $297.89 or used for $98.92. -------------
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Posted By: hektur
Date 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. |
Posted By: mwood
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 12:32
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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). |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date 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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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:12
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Giant Squids The Icthyologist and Drawns A New World? are two rare albums I have. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:15
Hard for me to say. I'd guess one of the rarest flood survivors would be a deluxe edition LP of Jethro Tull's Living In The Past. It has a hard cardboard outer cover and nice inner booklet. I also have a Jon Anderson Olias Of Sunhillow with a great inner booklet. Sadly many of my out of print ECM label LPs that I thought were on the top shelf got flood damaged. CD wise, I'm not so sure but as I've been collecting since the '80's I bet there's a few rare ones there. Also my original open up cover LP of Brain Salad Surgery was ruined. 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:29
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Some off the top of my head:
Aviator- debut album St-Tropez- Icarus Mandragore- A Revivre le Futur Adrian Wagner- Instinkts Duncan Mackay- Score Telex- Neurovision Tritonus- Between the Universes Nightales- The Voyage Neutron 9000- The Greenhouse Effect Locust- Alpha Waves Joachim Kühn- Sunshower Steve Jolliffe- Journey Out of the Body Caldera- Dreamer Michael Bundt- Just Landed Cosmic Cowboy Didier Bocquet- Pictures of Life ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:35
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I have quite a lot of old vinyl. Rarest meaning hard to find. Must be an original? I don't know how many of these were pressed but I have an original Austrian Paternoster LP that I paid about 3 bucks for in the seventies at a second hand shop. I saw it on some website a few years ago for $2000 ! When I look at all these sites who try to peddle rare records it's sort of disheartening to see that a piece of plastic is worth more than a weeks worth of groceries. Back when I was really going crazy with music I would buy the records for the freaking music. Sometimes, as was the case with this Paternoster LP, I would buy an album because it looked weird or if it was German! The most treasured and cherished album in my collection has to be a mint copy of Guru Guru's Dance of The Flames that has NEVER been opened! I have backup copy for playing. I also have a Hawkwinf PXR 5 album with the incorrect wiring on the cover art that was sent over as a present by a cousin in England. Don't know if it's worth $$$$. Of course, in this age of the internet everyone tries to attach value to just about anything! ------------- |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:50
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An original "The Beatles Again" lp in good condition. Worth maybe $200. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:55
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Not super rare, but I've got some of the hard to find Zeuhl CDs (Dün's Eros, the Magma box set).
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 13:59
Same. I don't think I have anything that would consider super "rare". |
Posted By: mourningknight
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:03
My LP collection is way too extensive to list,but one of the rarest and coolest things I have is Jimi Hendrix's Cry Of Love album on the two-tone orange Reprise label. It was one of the last albums pressed before the transition to the beigy orange label and there weren't that many pressed. Not really Prog but ,hey. As far as Prog goes,I have many albums and pressings from different countries,two of the coolest being the Italian pressing of Selling England By The Pound with the gatefold sleeve,lyrics in Italian and a great live shot of Peter in the foxhead/dress costume on the back and an Italian pressing of The Lamb with a full libretto in Italian by Armando Gallo. Wish You Were Here with the blue shrinkwrap still on it is another rare one to find. I have two copies thankfully!  ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:04
Funny thing is, I didn't even realize that the Magma box was a limited edition, I just happened to get lucky and pick it up at the right time. Must have been destiny.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:12
Aren't all box sets limited editions? 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:18
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Shh...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:32
| All editions are limited; there is no unlimited edition. There. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:36
Ilosaarirock are super rare now, The Incident LE is not too rare but pretty hard to find. I have a copy of the original pressing on CD of Porcupine Tree's Futile EP, which the material on is near impossible to find. I bought it off a teacher at my school who's wife is a radio manager who received it for free. He also lent me his copy of Recordings. I also have three of Porcupine Tree's singles which go for quite a bit on ebay. And also a copy of Marillion's Brave Live 2002, which is out of print and super rare. ( http://cgi.ebay.com/Marillion-Rare-Brave-Live-Concert-DVD-2002_W0QQitemZ130354646351QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101 - http://cgi.ebay.com/Marillion-Rare-Brave-Live-Concert-DVD-2002_W0QQitemZ130354646351QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101 ) ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:42
Too bad it's completely awful, then |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 14:57
Do you have the limited edition of The Ichthyologist from pre-ordering on the band's website? I am very jealous. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 17:21
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I have a few first pressings on vinyl - ITCOCK, ITWOP, Abbey Road and hard to get vinyls such as Jethro Tull's hard covered "Living In The Past". I have a lot of old prog on vinyl but most of it has since been re-issued on CD - so I don't think they are worth so much now.
CD's of note - a signed "Mei" by Echylon, A signed limited edition of "Insurgentes" by Steven Wilson and a signed limited edition of "On This Perfect Day" by Arjen Lucassen's Guilt Machine. Anything else once considered rare, I have as a re-issue eg: "Charger" by Palladin. ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 17:27
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Hi,
If I list the stuff I have I think that Doug Larson and Slartibartfast will be in my place so fast and knock me off ..
But I am not sure I can still get those folks to appreciate the Pipes of Pan in Joujouka or the Missa Luba ... or so many other albums ... that it's hard to even list them ... I'm cleaning house anyway ... getting as many of the cd's and letting the LP's go ... the weight alone is not fun when you don't have a permanent house for it ... but the music lives in my heart!
Kinda strange ... I was listening to this long cut on Live 365 ... and they were playing RAM ... a band in SF in the psych days ... and I looked at that and ... wasn't even sure if I should cry or laugh! Somehow, this board can not even appreicate (at times) how much other prog was around the Bay area ... that we tend to ignore!
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:05
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Does a pristine copy of Emerson, Lake and Powell count? ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:13
| ^ That reminds me, I've got a Russian copy of Emerson, Lake & Powell. Or was it Ukrainian? |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:18
| I have a Japanese copy of Up the Downstair - they can reach $100 NZD online; Jakob's Dominion EP which I found by luck and that is about it really. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 18:36
Also still have all the original Zappa vinyl, from Freak Out to Joe's Garage, in various states of disrepair, but with all the little posters/booklets intact. Not to mention my United Mutations stuff from FZ. Search carefully on the web and you'll find a copy of my UM membership certificate. Ah hell, here's the link:
http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/docs/UM.html - http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/docs/UM.html
And of course all of the original Beatles vinyl.
And of course BTO's greatist hits
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 19:19
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Gravy Train - Second Birth on vinyl perhaps ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 19:26
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hmm, I guess Jon Lord's Sarabande LP with the original cutway image on the cover-- then probably the Arzachel record (though it's a reprint).. as for CDs, Bruford's The Bruford Tapes and Lord Flimnap's Point of View pretty rare
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 19:38
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Some Aussie recordings that should all be on PA, but are not...
On LP...
Masters Apprentices: Choice Cuts (not quite prog but very rare in an Aussie pressing)
Masters Apprentices: A Toast To Panama Red
Chetarca: Chetarca
Quasar: Nebular Tragectory
Quasar: Man Coda
Crosffire: Crossfire
And on CD...
Crossfire: Tension Release
And one that can't be on PA because it is an unofficial release...
Cybotron: Sunday Night At The Total Theatre
I have some band submission work to do!
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 19:40
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,,,and I forgot on LP...
Greg Sneddon: Mind Stroll ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 20:15
| Would 'Fogdiver' by the ocean count as teh rarezzZ? |
Posted By: alphawave10
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 20:31
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How do you define a rare album? Some of the stuff mentioned on here i've never heard before....is that what makes it rare...no one has ever heard of it? Or is it famous groups whose albums are well known but first pressings make them more engaging?
Surely an album released by basically an unkown group in 2001 would be less valuable than an album released 60/70's.
Or is it as i see......valuable albums are only valuable as long as some mug is prepepared to pay the ridiculous price for.....on the other hand (brings on a heinous crime) search the internet you generally find what you want..
A rare album is seldom listened to........why might that be?
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 21:37
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It's rare if it is difficult to obtain a physical hard copy of the CD, vinyl, or cassette nowadays. The reason you haven't heard of many of these artists is because you're on ProgArchives... hardly any of this is mainstream, and not much is current, either  @Conor Fynes, If you have it on its original CD, which is fairly difficult to find, then sure, it could be considered rare |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 30 2009 at 21:56
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The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson (Jap import) 2X cd's
Jade Warrior-Floating World, Waves, Kites and Way of the Sun....only rare because Eclectic label folded.
Jade Warrior-Reflections.........A rare cd release ....maybe from South Korea?
The Enid-In the Region of the Summer Stars.......has different cover than remaster and is on Si-Wan label. Pink Floyd-Relics.....the cover has a picture of coins. A French import cd. |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 00:34
Yeah, the problem with me getting into PT recently, is that now I want, NEED to have every single song by them! Wish I'd heard of them years ago, so I could have bought Recordings and some of the singles. I want CD versions of Buying New Soul, Disappear, Mother and Child Divided, Futile, Half Light, So Called Friend, etc. I've heard these songs on the Arriving Somewhere DVD and on the Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun DVD As. I want to stick them on my Ipod though. PT B sides are as good as the stuff that made it onto the albums. Fortunately, I bought Nil Recurring. But I think even that's pretty rare these days. PT should reissue some of these discs like they did with the long-out-of-print Lightbulb Sun. Recordings was supposed to be reissued, but I don't think it ever was. I thought about ebaying some of these PT rarities, until I noticed the ultra rare Futile EP was going for more than 500 bucks US. Also, apparently, even Steve Wilsons solo disc Insurgentes (the CD and DVD-A version, which I was fortunate enough to find and purchase) is quite hard to find a copy of. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 01:12
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The only remotely rare thing I have is Weidorje...I'm not really a collector. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 04:06
I heard they were going to reissue it, like they did with the Delirium era albums, and Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun, recently. I don't think it has been reprinted. I've looked for it in record stores everywhere, and on websites. I think its completely out of print. They ought to reissue it. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 04:13
I emailed the Porcupine Tree online store and asked if a Reissue of Recordings was planned about a month ago, and I got a reply saying that there wasn't any current plans to re-issue it, but they might be continuing the reissues of the old stuff after The Incident tour is done -------------
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 04:30
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I'd love some more PT reissues. Best news I've heard for months. A PT nut like myself now has nothing left to buy after I've got all their studio albums, currently available EPs, live albums, and their DVD. Their recent popularity must have convinced them there's a demand for their older stuff. Key word though. 'Might' be continuing. Fingers crossed! I hear they've a new DVD out in 2010 as well. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 04:32
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Also, progkidjoel, I notice you're in Oz. As am I. Are you gonna see them next year? I really want to go to the Melbourne PT concert in February. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 04:52
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^Yep, I'm seeing them in Sydney. Got tickets for xmas Here's a thread I opened a while ago about the new DVD, looks amazing. Especially the set list:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61019&KW=Porcupine+DVD - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61019&KW=Porcupine+DVD -------------
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Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 08:37
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I don't know know exactly how rare it is but up till now I'm the only one who rated/reviewed Paragone's self-titled CD. So either it's impopular or it's rare. Nice album by the way. Besides this one I have a whole bunch of SI disks, a label that went bankrupt in the mid nineties and some of the bands that were contracted there never had a re-issue made. So they are pretty rare I guess. While we're at it: I have lots of so called "limited bonus editions" of many prog albums. Does anyone know how limited these are in most cases ? I have the feeling this is just a commercial selling trick or something.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 08:48
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T2's Boomland purchase 1971 Rainbow Ffollies: Sallies Fforth (a Sgt Pepper spoof of sorts). Picked up from the Musicland store (once next to London's Oxford Street tube station) for half a crown and there were probably another 50 copies going for either that price or 5 bob depending on the sleeve quality. With hindsight I wish I had bought several more copies, seeing rarity value pushed the album to 150-200 quid at one time in the 90's BTW how many eponymous Led Zeppelin LPs with the turquoise lettering on the front sleeve, were pressed up? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: mwood
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 09:00
I had that once as well - mine was an Australian import, purchased by a friend there for ~US$15 and sent to me in the US. I put it up for auction on the Pink Floyd Echoes mailing list (this was pre-eBay) and the bid went over $200, then the news broke that it would receive a US pressing. I ended up selling it for $75. Like several others here, and I also have the gatefold LPs of Tull's Living in the Past, Thick as a Brick, and Jon Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow. Those weren't hard to find in my college days (mid-80s) in the used record shops. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 09:02
Repertoire Records labelled a number of prog reissues 3 or 4 years ago, some in replicated sleeves, as either 1000 or 5000 limited editions. I presume with UK trades description laws this was what was available..... I'm sure other labels play clever and only press up a limited number of CDs to meet some predicted initial sales figure, and then wait for orders to meet some critical number before running a second pressing. I waited over a year before I got a copy of 64 Spoons, after ordering it. I notice that the Kevin Gilbert estates have recently put back on sale Shaming of The Truth, with numbers of folks through late 2008 and early 2009 complaining about non-availability, which smacks of a fresh pressing. One musician told me he recorded and issued his band's own CDs, having a few thousand pressed up for sale at gigs and from their own website. He reckoned at 5000 CDs sold a year the band could survive, however, whilst signed previously to a well known prog label, their contract only lasted as long as 50,000 CDs per annum were sold - they lasted 2 albums.... ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 11:38
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Nice thread idea ! When I was a PROG METAL freak...I had a lot of troubles, at the time, finding theses... Maybe their is re-releases today ?! Anyway... the list:
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 11:39
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Uqbars selftitle for sure, I don´t think they are in the archives even. Rare, one album, argentinian acoustic instrumental band with some RIO tendences, but softer than most of those bands. Nice listen, though not that special either...
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 20:34
Excellent! I can't wait for the Incident tour. The new DVD should be awesome. I've watched my copy of Arriving Somewhere so many times now. I wouldn't say it's getting boring, as its one of the best music DVDs I own, but that it is getting familiar. I want some new PT on DVD. The set list looks so good. A nice mix of new material and older stuff. Man, it will be good to see Dark Matter and Sleep of No Dreaming in a PT gig again. Tell you what a mega rare recording is? I wonder who are the owners of the original 10 copies or so of Steven Wilson's promo The Nostalgia Factory and Tarquin's Seaweed Farm cassettes? ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: December 31 2009 at 20:55
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^It was reissued as 500 K7 Tapes, but even those are super rare. I think the rarest SW disc/LP is probably Yellow Hedgrerow Dreamscape in orange vinyl, on CD, or SW's Unreleased Electronic Music LP or CD.
Also, PT's Spiral Circus Live LP is pretty rare. -------------
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Posted By: Red Ace
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 01:12
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I'm not sure how rare it is, but i have a vinyl copy of 666 by Aphrodite's Child. ------------- "All that media stuff is all very irrelevant. If people come to a concert and they don't like it, they don't come again." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 10:58
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The rarest album I got is 20,000 Miles Bellow the Sea by the Swiss band Nautilus (Not to mistake with the German Electronic band) for many reasons
1.- As far as I know there were only released a few hundreed LP's
2.- Until a couple years ago, never was upgraded to CD
3.- At one point there was only one review in the whole Internet and it was mine, In October 2009 Tarciso Moura made another review.
4.- The disk sounds like some sort of Psyche - Proto Prog albums with a sound that mixes Grand Funk Railroad, Uriah Heep, and Deep Purple with early Symphonic (Ken Hensley meets Jurgen Fritz).....But it was released in 1978.
I only found another review in a Russian Illegal Download Blog http://orexisofdeath.blogspot.com/2007/10/nautilus-20000-miles-under-sea-1978.html - http://orexisofdeath.blogspot.com/2007/10/nautilus-20000-miles-under-sea-1978.html , but it's a copy of mine without credits, as usually happens with some Russian Blogs.
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Posted By: Wigwam
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 11:57
Don't know exactly how rare or valuable these are but when I bought them I had never seen them before, or since for that matter...  Cheerful Insanity of Giles Giles & Fripp as original mono LP and Japanese mini lp CD edition. Both are in mint condition. The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson as Japanese 2-CD release. There's even the scrapbook in miniature size. Very nice item I must say! 25th Anniversary Interview of Ian Anderson and Martin Barre. This 2-cd was released at the same time as the cigar box shaped anniversary box. And then I have dozens of Japanese promo box releases. One of the nicest is Myths and Legends box of Rick Wakeman's seven first CD. Every CD has promo obi as well. Oh well, then there is Uriah Heeps Look at Yourself box where there are five first albums with promo obis. And yes, Roy Wood Wizzo Band's Super Active as original vinyl is one of those never-again-seen rarities.
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Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 12:50
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Robin Trower.................Guitar Bandit, Live Concert, 1973 San Fransico on Vinyl
Purchased it when I was about 15. 1974.... From a record store that specialised in a lot of new and different bands (all imports) Same place I bought Tangerine Dream's.. Atem on vinyl, Tasavalan President, Baker Gurvitz Army etc, I remember first hearing Kraftwork and other new types of music at the store. I think the poor bloke went broke Hey if its not in the top ten and on the radio even then you were removing the majority of custom Valiant Effort when I look back these days ------------- Matt |
Posted By: manch1ech00ta
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 15:31
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I have Eik - Hríslan Og Straumurinn original vinyl which is pretty rare also got original CD release of Edgar Froese - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale which is also supposed to be rare or so have i heard |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 15:40
I congratiulate your mum on her taste. -------------
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 15:52
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Hi, Not sure I'm going to get rid of my huge foldout of "Sapce Ritual", or the foldout color cover and map sleeve from "Be Good To Yourself ..." ... or the box (with the cards) set for the "Tarot " album ... or the sleeve with all the breakfast ingredients by Hipgnosis ... and a few other goodies ... and supposedly, AD2's original "Made in Germany" was going to have a popup Adolf Hitler ... (see the song La Krautoma for more!) ... Also have a lot of other stuff ... it's weird that as big as The Police got ... Eberhard Schonner had Sting in there for 2 albums, and Andy Summers for at least 3 of them ... and one of the finest (and ORIGINAL) albums was ... with Gregorian Chants, pulsing electronics and Andy Summers doing all the sermons ... but everyone, sadly went to listen to the 2nd rate pop music version by another band 10 years later! ... how new age'y of them! I keep telling you ... we are missing out on a lot of "prog" and people learning and experimenting ... which took them to where they went and eventually became. By the time it gets here to this board, it's already 'passe" .... not to mention forgotten! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Nakatira
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 21:31
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I've got the first and only (to my knowledge) album of the scottish band Bodkin.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 01 2010 at 22:50
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^ cool, think I saw the CD reissue somewhere.. maybe
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Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 10:07
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*Shirakawa Yoshinobu (白川喜信) / Mellow Clouds This is only 100 copies on LP. Never reissued on CD until today!! *Kitchen Drinkers / 妄想フルクサス (Moso Fluxus) This is very rare box. 150 or 250 sets? Maybe only I own these two stuff in PA users.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 12:40
No, I bought the standard edition well after the release date, but its still in that cool card slipcase. But, since its self released they only printed 1000 copies of The Icthyologist, mines No 651. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 13:07
Mum rings twice a week - next time tomorrow night. I will tell her that she is being courted by a fantastic bloke on the other side of the pond ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 22:26
| I just scored a copy of motW's Bath (unsure of if it's the reissue or the original) off of eBay, so I can add that, as both are fairly rare. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 02 2010 at 22:54
that's a treasure, even if it's not worth all that much..I guess the other 45 'Looking Around' only exists as test printings and is the most rare of their singles |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 03 2010 at 07:46
| The original first vinyl edition of Music from the Body (Waters/Geesin) and Bo Hansson's Lord of The rings |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 12:41
No, it's only worth some £20 in financial terms, but is priceless to me and will never be parted with. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:09
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I don't know if its that rare, but I own the Museo Rosenbach Zarathursta LP.
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:22
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I'v got a Led Zep Hey Hey What Can I Do single somewhere. I think Immigrant Song is on the flip side. I got it from a jukebox sale. All the singles that I reviewed here I actually have. It's uncanny how I've come to own most of the singles that would be considered prog. Some turned up in collections for sale, flea markets, jukebox sales. I got my King Crimson Cat Food single from someone's garbage! One man's garbage is another man's treasure! A couple of Omega singles turned up inside a live album I bought second hand sometime in the late seventies. ------------- |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 14:05
I think this one: It was a big surprise to find a mint copy in local store. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 14:44
Columbia Record Club version of 'Close To The Edge' on 8-track, autographed by Steve and Chris.
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Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 15:10
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Nothing fancy - I guess Utopian Fields first album, issued on enthusiast label Colours, may be my most rare prog item. ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: geddyx12112
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 15:22
| I have an Australian issue of The Incident deluxe edition, but I don't know just how rare that would be. |
Posted By: playitstrange
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 15:55
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Hey T Rox, I've heard that Chetarca, really good virtuosic keys stuff (don't own it). I have John Robinson (of Blackfeather) 'Pity for the Victim' on Infinity 1974 and Split Enz 'Mental Notes' on White Cloud 1975. I also once had that Spectrum album in your avatar but a collector made me an offer I couldn't refuse (at the time) dammit! (Though I stumbled on a copy of 'Testimonial' a few years later which cheered me up!) Another one I sold was Human Instinct's 'Stoned Guitar' cos I was annoyed with everyone describing it as 'ultra-rare PROG' when all I heard was pedestrian blooooze-rock.. (and I say that as a New Zealander) I have UK original LPs of Cressida 'Asylum', Egg's first 2 albums, Giles Giles and Fripp, Black Sabbath Vol. 4, Banco etc but the coolest UK stuff I own for me are NZ/Oz issues as the covers/labels are often slightly (or even majorly) different eg Caravan's debut and some Kiwi Vertigo swirls: Nucleus debut, Gentle Giant debut, Manfred Mann Chapter Three Vol 2. Also an Aussie pressing of the underrated Deep Feeling LP (DJM 71). I also used to own many moons ago ITCOTCK and Lizard on NZ Vertigo Swirl which seems odd as these were clearly Island label releases everywhere else?! Absolutely NO idea what possessed my younger self to sell these haha.. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 17:15
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In 1977 I lived in a suite with the manager of our college's radio station. Each week he would receive a shipment of albums pre-release, all stamped with a label reading "Promotional Copy Only--Not for Sale." The eight of us would listen to them and help Mark determine which ones were going to be big (Eddie Money, Queen's We Are the Champions are two that come to mind). The "rejects" he'd let us keep. I have several of these promotional copies (in storage). The ones I remember off of the top of my head include: Peter Gabriel ("Scratches"), Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux Eli, Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman (with "Crackers," "Pavane," etc.) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 17:56
 The Vinyl 1975 thing. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 17:57
I would have to say a Swiss issue of Rush-Permanent Waves, heavy vinyl weight LP I bought around 1984.
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Posted By: Relayer Duos
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 21:08
| For me, the only one I know to be somewhat tricky to get is Il Bacio Della Medusa's latest release, I had to import that S.O.B.! |
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 23:26
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Argus by Wishbone Ash with the original gatefold sleeve which has also been signed by Andy Powell.
Steve Hillage's Green, the rare version which is made of green vinyl.
I don't know if this is rare but I also have the single of Atomic Rooster's Tomorrow Night.
A picture disc vinyl of Asia's debut album.
And the vinyl copy of Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door is in mint condition in the original 'brown paper bag' with the details on it because the album cover doesn't say it's Zeppelin on the front or back because of the album art.
Oh, and the copy of Led Zeppelin 3 is one of the ones with the cool artwork wheel on the underside of the cover that you can twist it about and make it look different.
Rush's Archives triple album set on vinyl.
The singe of E.L.P.'s Brain Salad Surgery with a thin paper cover with the Giger artwork on it and if I remember correctly, it opens up in an odd way.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 23:36
I assume you know the illustrations on the inner sleeve tint into colors when water is applied (though I don't know if an old copy would still work, and you probably shouldn't try it anyway cause it'd reduce the value 
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Posted By: DreamInSong
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 03:34
| Fall of Troy - Phantom on the Horizon... the only somewhat rare CD i own |
Posted By: MAVIII
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 04:14
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Wow! truely impressed . . . You Audiophiles have cool stuff ! Well I have a few but maybe not as impressive 'cept 1 I'll save for Last: (Note: All Pics are from Internet, I don't have a Digital Camera  )1. RUSH EP's on Vinyl, the ones I can think of: a. Countdown b. New World Man c. Red Sector A (Red "Clear" Vinyl) d. The Big Money e. a few more I cant think of (sadly in boxes, hopefully to find work and find a home) On CD: a. Ghost of a Chance b. Nobody's Hero c. Test for Echo d. Heres a real weird one (Official from the Label "Anthem"): Rush "Profiled", a Presto press kit where YOU (the DJ) would ask a Question and the guys would answer. Pretty neet. 2. Rush- Hemispheres (LP)Red Vinyl with original Poster and 2 other pressings. 3. Yes EP's on Vinyl, can't think of them all at the moment. 4. (CD) Leviathan- Deepest Secrets Beneath, Tech-Prog Metal Band from Colorado.  5. (CD) Psychotic Waltz- All original pressings, Drummer "Norm Leggio" when I visited a Record Store in San Diego called "Blue Meanie Records" went to his Studio to grab me their last Album "Bleeding" . . . and I didn't get his Autograph! 6. I know "Rainbow" is debated if they were "Prog" but: a. The Rainbow Box Set on LP: 1st to "Bent out of Shape" b. The Best of Rainbow Japanese Version (LP). c. Rainbow EP's (LP) most of these above-you can see here: http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/Rainbow_compilations_LP.html - http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/Rainbow_compilations_LP.html 7. (CD) Lemur Voice- Insights 8. Dream Theater- a. 4 different pressings of When Dream and Day Unite on CD and Original Mechanic Pressing on LP. "Anniversary Limited Numbered Edition" with Forward by Dominici:   b. And the "9/11" pressing of Live Scenes in New York.  9. Various Dream Theater CD EP's. 10. (CD) Event- Electric Skies (debut) 11. (CD) Zero Hour-(debut), got it from the "Twins" themselves, and again, didnt get the damned thing autographed! 12. (CD) Realm- Suiciety, Original Pressing (Tech-Thrash/Prog Metal) 13. (CD) Sabbat- Mourning has Broken (U.K. Band, started as a Tech/Thrash Pagan Band, but this, their 3rd and last album with newer singer Ritchie Desmond went in a new "Math Metal" direction in 1991).  Note: I also have the Original line-up of Sabbat "The End of the Beginning" Live in East Berlin on VHS, once saw "Stacks" of them at a Best Buys years ago. 1st Thrash Metal Fest at the Berlin Wall with Tankard, Kreator and Coroner. Very Rare.  14. (CD) Skyclad -Entire Catalogue (could be the 1st "Folk-Metal Band", founded by original Singer of Sabbat "Martin Walkyier"). 15. (CD) Age of Rebellion- AOR (German Prog Metal band that look like they were right out of Highschool and play some awesome music ala' Dream Theater/Divine Regale'). 16. Fates Warning- Parallels on LP. 17. (CD) Thought Industry -Entire Catalogue and an Odd 45rpm EP (Vinyl- hopefully somewhere buried between my Prog LP's). 18. (CD) Kansas- Monolith and Vinyl Confessions (apparently theyre hard to find in Stores as I have not seen them since I've purchased them when released) also: a. An EP for "In the Spirit of Things" (Vinyl-"Stand Beside Me", i think). b. On VHS "Live at the Whisky". 19. (CD) Mercury Rising- Building Rome (Started as a Power/Prog Metal Band, but this album musically is influenced highly by Fates Warnings "Perfect Symmetry") from Maryland. 20. (CD) In the Name-(their only Debut) Prog Metal from Canada. Very Unique. 21. (CD) Zoic- Total Level of Destruction (Prog Metal that reminds me a bit like "Conception", sort-of) from Sweden. 22. (CD) Ark- (Debut) Original Sensory Pressing with different Cover than InsideOut version. 23. Steve Vai- Flexable (All "3" different pressings with different Covers on LP and "Flexable Leftovers" Mini LP. all have the "Xeroxed Copied" Lyric/Liner-Note Sheet and the Coupons to get Flexable Leftovers).     Read about: http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/discography/disconotes_flexable.html - http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/discography/disconotes_flexable.html 24. (CD) Kings X- Various Single EP's and all "Colours" of the Dogman Album (Though I thought I saw an "Orange" one once). 25. (CD) Damn the Machine- EP and they do an excellent version of King Crimson's "Cat Food". 26. (CD) Andromeda -Extension of the Wish (Original Pressing and Recording with Singer Lawrence Mackrory, which I prefer, I think he changes his voice with each mood of songs better). 27. Magnum- Chase the Dragon; The 11th Hour and On a Storytellers Night on Picture Disc; Vigilante; Rare Vintage (LP's) All 1st Pressings on Vinyl. 28. Ronnie Montrose- At the Speed of Sound (Original Enigma Records Pressing on LP, "15 Years" later found on CD/IRS Pressing). 29. Gamma- 1 and 2 Albums (Montrose's Side Band, 2 is a bit more proggy on some songs, I also found "2" on CD/original pressing).  30. The Bears- 1st 2 Albums (Side Project of Adrian Belew, had my chance to get both on CD too, but the Store Owner I worked for wanted to sell them at Ebay prices ).31. Focus- 3 (Still in Mint Condition) LP. 32. UK- Live-Night After Night/Japanese Pressing (Mint) LP. 33. My pride and joy:  "Pentateuce of the Cosmogny" by Dave Greenslade and Patrick Woodroffe. I'm a Collector of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Artists Portfolio Books and I once saw this in Roger Dean's "Magnetic Storm" Art Book and just thought I'd never see this in person. In 1985 I walked into a Huge Record Store in Costa Mesa Ca. called "The Music Market" (r.i.p.) for the 1st time, I looked up across the room, and about 30 Yards away . . . there it was. I ran up to it thinking it was going to cost a small fortune . . . $9.99 !!!!!Earlier this year, at a awesome Record Store in Claremont Ca. called "Rhino Records", I did my routine searches in their "Used Prog Section" and there was the Mini-CD Version for . . . $12!!!! I just couldnt believe it .Record Stores: For anyone coming to Calif. I recommend these Stores: 1. Rhino Records in Claremont: http://www.rhinorecords.cc/ - http://www.rhinorecords.cc/ They have a Prog; Metal and Fusion Sections with New and Used within and on LP. 2. Record Surplus in West LA: http://www.recordsurplusla.com/ - http://www.recordsurplusla.com/ A wide variety of Music EACH day, HUGE LP sections and have some choice Prog LP's and other collectables. SUPER NICE folks that work there too. 3. Amoeba Music in Hollywood; Berkely and San Francisco: http://www.amoeba.com/ - http://www.amoeba.com/ HUGE stores, with Hollywood being the Largest with 2 Floors. Prog is found in the Rock sections in both Vinyl and CD Isle's(New and Used Sections as well!) but at Hollywood Store you can also find Prog Metal and Powermetal Bands underneath the Black Metal section. 4. Soundsations close to LAX: http://www.soundsationsrecords.com/ - http://www.soundsationsrecords.com/ Great for CD's, have found alot of Prog Metal there, especially InsideOUT releases. 5. Rasputin in the Bay Area (I just heard these guys maybe closing down !):http://www.rasputinmusic.com/ - http://www.rasputinmusic.com/ These guys are really good about Prog and have many Bands come through for signings. This is where I found my 1st Magna Carta bands (Magellan; Lemur Voice; Artension; Mayadome; Eniac Requiem; Enchant and TONS more from my 1 visit in 1995). 6. Lou's Records in San Diego: http://www.lousrecords.com/ - http://www.lousrecords.com/ One "House" has all Used, the other has All New, rediculous selection of Out of Print CD's and a decent section of LP's, really good about Import CD's. I know most of this stuff you can find on-line but I don't do it at all for many reasons, but I love the fun of "finding it", holding it in my hand and the feeling of purchasing it right there. I guess I'm old school .If I think of other Rarities I'll add them here . . . ------------- "Shapes and forms, against the norms..." And join the Prog Family: prOgulus.com |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 06:44
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I just remembered Tomas Bodin had an album lately he only distributed from his home address (Cinematograaf). I wonder how many copies he sold ... ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 11:22
LOL, I've got one too!
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 13:48
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Tool - Salival - only got it for 15 bucks at a book store, it usually goes for 80 to 100 bucks on ebay The Beatles- White Album - Original Pressing, got for just a dollar at a flea market The Story of Genesis- on Vinyl compilation- it come with a booklet filled with cool pics of the band from the early days to the beginnig of the Phil Collins era, I think it is an import from Japan... |
Posted By: Drummerboy
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 14:05
| The first Camel album. Is that considered rare? |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: January 05 2010 at 14:26
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