Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
What it says on the tin. A chance to show off a bit and make other record geeks green in the cheeks.
Mine are:
The Sisters Of Mercy - Body Electric 7"
Rosetta Stone - Darkness & Light EP
The Sisters Of Mercy - Walk Away 12" (w/Flexi)
The Human League - The Dignity Of Labour EP (w/Flexi)
The March Violets - Grooving In Green 7"
(Although I'm also pretty proud of my copies of The Hollow EP 12" by Children On Stun and Queen Of Swords 7" by Die Laughing, both limited to just 500 - I know that's more than 5 ).
I ve spent all my cash on the sissies so not much left for the others
vnv nation:advance & follow - first edition on discordia
suspiria : great secret show (negative sleeve)
nephs : burning red sleeve
en plo - the finest greek new wave record and the most expensive -
band of holy joy : more favourite fairy tales tape with booklet
The Sisters – Damage Done
The Specimen - Returning from a Journey on bat shaped 7� single
Screaming Dead – Children of the Boneyard Stones
Swans – Public Castration is a Good Idea
Crass – Reality Asylum / Shaved Women
Subhumans – Evolution EP
I had to think about this for some time, & still couldn’t get the list down to five. Each one of these was bought from Magpie Records in Worcester (except for Damage Done, that I spent a weeks wages on from a record shop in Birmingham). The Screaming Dead cassette EP came with a booklet & a badge that was stuck on a leather jacket for most of the 80’s. Also special mention to the Anarcho Punk bands that released so many records at pocket money prices, 45p for a fold out cover, music to dance to & an idea that might change your life– happy days.
Don't hunt for rare records these days at all, but from what I have, the list will be as follows:
Ofra Haza -"Jerusalem Of Gold" Promo CD-single (her last song, dont exist on any album, 200 copies were made in Israel)
Ofra Haza -"Fantasy" 1986 Israely VHS tape, hard to get these days
Gary Numan -"Voices" 1989 German only withdrown CD-single, very few were made
Gary Numan- "Radio Heart" 1987 Swedish only withdrown CD album (50 copies were made) signed by Gary
My Sisters collection consists of no rareties, no vinyls! (around 50 well known CD boots which cover years 1983-2003)
Silence is platinum wrote:I ve spent all my cash on the sissies so not much left for the others
vnv nation:advance & follow - first edition on discordia
suspiria : great secret show (negative sleeve)
oooo! Noice! I've only got the second edition, which is still a pretty rare bit of thing in its own right. Although I did manage to lay my hands on "Burning Empires" which I'm pretty pleased about.
Would love to track down an affordable copy of TG&SS, it's on my needed albums list .
Maisey is your 'Grooving in green' green vinyl?
NO...It's a standard 7"...I didn't realise it was repressed on green vinyl, or at all for that matter!
Silence is platinum wrote:
vnv nation:advance & follow - first edition on discordia
suspiria : great secret show (negative sleeve)
oooo! Noice! I've only got the second edition, which is still a pretty rare bit of thing in its own right. Although I did manage to lay my hands on "Burning Empires" which I'm pretty pleased about.
Would love to track down an affordable copy of TG&SS, it's on my needed albums list .
Since you ve found BE you should be very pleased, the original A&F cost me 130 euros,though i cant understand why the reissue is so expensive on ebay.
As for the negative "tgass" i bought that from the nightbreed mail order back in 98, it s 300 copies with the outer sleeve in negative and singed by Mark and the other chap.Nice item. Suspiria were a great band and "far heavens" will always remind me of my first time/day in London.
What i d die to find is a copy of This burning effigy s 2-track demo tape "eternal proccession". The best goth band of the 90s.
I buy/bought records to play....anything that is worth anything now no longer is plus the fact when I bought them I didn't know they might be worth summatz in the future. I even used to stick labels on them with my name on them. Gaz would cart his from pillar to post and use them as coasters.
If you looked through our collection you'd weep at what has been wilfully listened to and inappropriately used.....
I'm rubbish at this collecting mularky
Five cups of coffee just to be myself...when I'd rather be somebody else
Debaser wrote:I buy/bought records to play....anything that is worth anything now no longer is plus the fact when I bought them I didn't know they might be worth summatz in the future. I even used to stick labels on them with my name on them. Gaz would cart his from pillar to post and use them as coasters.
If you looked through our collection you'd weep at what has been wilfully listened to and inappropriately used.....
I'm rubbish at this collecting mularky
... bet some of those 78s you grew up with are worth a bit now Ness
i like my orange 'best of the monkees LP, orange never mind the bollox import LP and angelic upstarts 'teenage warning LP'. the one with the orange on the cover
the only vaguely rare stuff i have are the BE 7" (paid slightly over the odds - £60 - but what the hell, i WANTED it!) and a few obscure christian death EPs purchased around 1990 (think i paid in the region of £45 for one of them)...
not sure if the march violets, ghost dance, salvation & rosetta stone stuff is all that valuable (although the rosetta stuff is all signed)
i've never quite managed to work out if my copy of the chameleons' 'strange times' album with the pink border on the sleeve (rather than the usual light blue one) is worth anything either
mrs qb has got a few bits and bobs from bands like killing joke, the cure and the chamelelons, which she bought at the time to listen to, but that are pretty hard to come by now
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
Quiff Boy wrote: and a few obscure christian death EPs purchased around 1990 (think i paid in the region of £45 for one of them)...
I do have the first 4 christian death records from that french label, l invitation au suicide, nice editions but i find myself a bit embarrased when i think how stupid their name was/is, which means i have second thoughts about keeping them or not...
Not sure if i was mistaken about a green Grooving in green now Maisey. Having done a google to find one and failing! Maybe someone here knows for definate?
Quiff Boy wrote:
not sure if the march violets, ghost dance, salvation & rosetta stone stuff is all that valuable (although the rosetta stuff is all signed)
The Rosetta Stuff goes for a fair bit if you reach the right collectors. I paid £15 for my copy of Darkness and Light and somewhere between £20 and £30 for The Quarriers EP. I've seen some of the cassette EPs go for upwards of £30.
The first two March Violets "7's are worth over £10 each on a good day, the rest is still pretty easy to get hold of.
The thread wasn't most vaulable, but most prized (in terms of the record as an object as well as the music on it).
DOZMEISTER wrote:Not sure if i was mistaken about a green Grooving in green now Maisey. Having done a google to find one and failing! Maybe someone here knows for definate?
never heard of any coloured versions of any mv singles tbh
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
probably either the body electric 7", the darkness & light ep (which i got signed) or the quarriers ep (which was fan-club only, and came signed)
things which was tricky to find at the time, but not worth that much, but i like anyway include "glad to be alive" - the bonus live album that came with gene loves jezebel's "discover" album - cracking 'live' album that
if i went home and had a rummage there are probably a few others, but they're the ones that spring immediately to mind.
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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