Most expensive CD

Have recently been listening to Porcupine Tree's - XM ( Transmission 1.2) (Ltd edition of 1000) which I picked up on ebay for £40.

This is by far the most I've paid for a CD.

Anyone paid more for a CD?

 

dont recall exactly, it was £80 or so ?

http://eil.com/products/4.a.d.-(labels-&-compilations)-lilliput---promo.html



1. BAUHAUS: "Dark Entires"
2. THE THE: "Controversial Subject"
3. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY: "Nick the Stripper"
4. MODERN ENGLISH: "I Melt With You"
5. THIS MORTAL COIL: "Song to the Siren"
6. XMAL DEUTSCHLAND: "Incubus Succubus 2"
7. COCTEAU TWINS: "THe Spangle Maker"
8. XYMOX: "Stranger"
9. COLOURBOX: "Baby, Ilove You So"
10. THROWING MUSES: "Hate My Way"
11. DIF JUZ: "No Motion"
12. M/A/R/R/S: "Pump Up the Volume"
13. ULTRA VIVID SCENE: "Mercy Seat"
14. DEAD CAN DANCE: "The Host of Seraphim"
15. PIXIES: "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
16. LUSH: "Deluxe"

17. PALE SAINTS: "Throwing Back the Apple"
18. PALE SAINTS: "Featherframe"
19. THE WOLFGANG PRESS: "A Girl Like You"
20. THE WOLFGANG PRESS: "Birmingham"
21. MICHAEL BROOK: "Breakdown"
22. MICHAEL BROOK: "Urbana"
23. SPIREA X: "Chlorine Dream"
24. SPIREA X: "Signed D.C."
25. HEIDI BERRY: "Gloria"
26. HIS NAME IS ALIVE: "Are We Still Married?"
27. SWALLOW: "Tastes Like Honey"
28. SWALLOW: "Follow Me Down"
+ THE TINTWHISTLE BRASS BAND: "A Thousand
Stars Burst Open" (secret track)

eil want £150 for theirs.

 

I don't know anything about the most expensive CD but the cheapest CD I ever bought was 15p. Not just one; 180 of them!

They were "Classical Spectacular" 60-cd sets at a clearence sale by the publisher, Musicbank, at eBay. I bought three 60-CD sets, £9 each.

Unsuspecting relatives abroad got these as Christmas pressies and were very happy

 

The Zeppelin Masters full box set from the States,and 3 ltd edition Jethro Tull prints,the CD cases were mini copies of the vinyl sleeves,both over £40

 

I paid about £15 for my 3 disc Simon and Garfunkel box set. That is about my dearest CD I have. Most CDs that are expensive you can buy on vinyl for much cheaper. The most I have paid for a vinyl album is £10 and that is Joy Division's Unkwown Pleasures. The most I have paid for a 12" single is Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart which was £5.

 

Got an Iron Maiden boxset 'Eddies Archive' full of old, rare b-sides and live shows. Set me back £80.

 

This is my gem amongst a few others.


http://public.fotki.com/kingsxfan/lps/pict0198.html


Would cost between £200.00 and £250.00 to replace (www.eil.com). I paid £6.00 for it still sealed. The dealer who sold it to me obviously didn't have a clue what it was worth.

My most expensive 'purchase' has to be the Iron Maiden casket also.


KXF

 

2 spring to mind both Jap, The MSFL Dark Side of the Moon & Deep Purple Live in London, £75 & £82, absoutely superb recordings

 

Music of Islam - a 20-CD set that cost... Actually I forget how much it cost, but I got into lots of trouble as a result

 

Are these both LP's?

I bet the DSOTM is a peach. Do you have any other issues of this album? I've a second issue UK Harvest pressing of DSOTM and the 30th Anniversary Edition from the digital remaster when they did the SACD. The former is a bit worn but sounds the smoother of the two.

The Nimbus Supercut pressing of Sgt. Peppers goes for a cool £1k if you can find a copy (or you might get a 'bargin' and pay around £700). Its supposed to be the definitive pressing of the album.

KXF

 

There are those of us who prefer a first pressing DSOM to the MFSL version, and got rid of their MSFL copy as a consequence.

Bob

 

Paranoid yanks branded you as a 'terrorist'

 

How much do the MFSL CDs go for these days? Not that I'd part with my copy of Dark Side... but be interesting to know. I paid £7 for my copy of that about 5 years ago... absolute steal.

 

Unlikely, as it came from the US (which has the largest Arab population outside the Middle-East).

 

'Breaking Silence' - Janis Ian. Audiophile Gold CD, $30 from Acoustic Sounds, bought online.

 

i once bought metallicas garage days and more (iirc) for 80 dollars in the states.
i'll pay 20+ quid for a mint copy of cosmosis's cosmology and tip singles 1.
cheers


julian

 

Grudge paying more than £15 for a cd, most expensive one I have currently is UNKLE Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats. £20

 

i dont know weather to be ashamed by this but i have a jap release 'Savage Garden - truly madly deeply' imported for £50

 

Tool's Salival DVD box set was deleted in 2000, so when I bought one earlier this year (from america) it was about £85 inc. shipping and exchange.

 

Mo'Wax Headz Vol 1 - think it cost me £40 used.