How come some older releases cost much - Keel - Diamond Head to name a few

I am surprised at how expense some older released are that I had in my youth. Has the supply completely vanished or what? Also why all of the CD Sellers in Greece Rip Off Artist?? If Not - Why do they seem to have everything so much cheaper than everyone else?

The Greece issue you discuss...I'm guessing bootlegging.

I actually did pick up Diamond Head's Lightning to the Nations at HMV five years ago, though.

In a nutshell: Supply and demand.

In the case of bands like Keel, their stuff has been out of print for years, therefore copies of their albums are hard to come by on the legitimate market. Thus the ones that do become available are expensive.

The counterfeit/bootleg version of "popular" CDs are due to unscrupulous douchebags scamming unwary buyers into paying big $$ for what they think is an "original" issue.

Ive noticed that in some cases, cassette copies of highly sought after albums can be had for cheap. True, its not cd, but it's still a decent substitute in a pinch.

Hadley wrote:

Ive noticed that in some cases, cassette copies of highly sought after albums can be had for cheap. True, its not cd, but it's still a decent substitute in a pinch.

What he said. Cassette copies go for a lot cheaper for out of print albums than CDs.