Is the org. press of Killing is business that rare?

Was taking a look on ebay and found that an orginal Megadeth Killing is my business CD sold for $70 bucks. Is this cd really that valuable? Does it usually demand that kind of price? or did that one auction get out of hand?

The other 2 that I found sold for about $20-25 which makes more sense to me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Megadeth-Killing-Is-My-Business-CD-RARE-w-These-Boots_W0QQitemZ190144207586QQihZ009QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The CDs with the cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots" on them are harder to find/more valuable than the later pressings. Somewhere along the line the original songwriter (I forget his name -- Lee something) threatened to sue the band because he didn't approve of Mustaine's foul-mouthed "improvisations" of some of his lyrics, so the song was taken off the album. My version of KILLING IS MY BUSINESS, unfortunately, is one of the later pressing copies without that song. I don't know what the going eBay rate for it would be, but it does seem a little odd that the one you highlighted is going for upwards of $70 while a Japanese pressing of the same album, which also has "These Boots" on it, is going for $19.99!

When Loud Records re-issued KILLING... a few years back they re-instated "These Boots" into the running order but to cover up Mustaine's "improv" sections hey placed long "BLEEEEEEEEEEPs" over half of the vocals, which was incredibly stupid and annoying. They should've just left it off the album altogether, it ain't that great a track anyway!

Ok so do all Combat pressings have the uncensored These Boots?

I guess I am fortunate that I do have a 1st press Killing is my business cd. Honestly I have seen it fairly often at used places and never thought it sold that high, figured it was worth 10-15 which is decent for a used cd but I always figured I would leave it for another fan to find.

firestar wrote:

Ok so do all Combat pressings have the uncensored These Boots?

I guess I am fortunate that I do have a 1st press Killing is my business cd. Honestly I have seen it fairly often at used places and never thought it sold that high, figured it was worth 10-15 which is decent for a used cd but I always figured I would leave it for another fan to find.

Unfortunately my Combat pressing doesn't have "These Boots" on it. Hey, if you ever find another one, pick it up and let me know, I'm sure we could work out a trade!

I had two copies of the original, one with These Boots, one without. I traded off the one w/o These Boots, or so I thought! DOH!!!! Traded the wrong one! Grrrrr! Luckily a friend in Chicago found a copy cheap in a used store for me.

You can find the original press reasonable cheap, as long as you avoid Ebay or CD/record collectors in the know.

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I have the Combat version without "These Boots" and the remastered version with the bleeped version. I also have it on a soundtrack.

One day, as I went through a cheap cd section at West Coast Video of all places, I found a copy of the soundtrack to the movie "Dudes" (a horrible 80's movie w/Jon Cryer) which oddly enough contained the original Mega-version of "These Boots", as well as other 80's metal. For the $1.00 asking price, it was well worth it. Good soundtrack, bad movie.

I remember that "Dudes" movie had a scene where the background music was W.A.S.P.'s Show No Mercy. Awesome song, but completely terrible movie.

spectrefate wrote:

I remember that "Dudes" movie had a scene where the background music was W.A.S.P.'s Show No Mercy. Awesome song, but completely terrible movie.

I believe that song was on there as well. I'll have to check the track list when I get home. I know it had some other decent tunes on it, but I can't seem to find any info on-line. The only thing I could track down was that Penelope Spherris directed the movie, which would explain the metal connection.

It depends on what pressing of it you mean.

The version with These Boots is probably the most expensive pressing.
The version without These Boots is probably the second most expensive pressing.

Hey I like the movie "Dudes", it has Lee Ving in it! and Flea too now that I think about it.

So I guess I will have to keep an eye out for the orig. pressing with These Boots on it. Have had 2 of the CD in my life, and the LP too.

Since we are talking about Megadeth is the instrumental Cryptic Writing Import ep worth anything?

Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head?

Not sure about how much that one is worth.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

spectrefate wrote:

I remember that "Dudes" movie had a scene where the background music was W.A.S.P.'s Show No Mercy. Awesome song, but completely terrible movie.

I believe that song was on there as well. I'll have to check the track list when I get home. I know it had some other decent tunes on it, but I can't seem to find any info on-line. The only thing I could track down was that Penelope Spherris directed the movie, which would explain the metal connection.

http://www.cdsniper.com/soundtracks/dudes.html

Yeah, it has the W.A.S.P. song on it, ooh and my favorite band "Leather Nun".

The guy on Ebay is saying:

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This is the original 1985 Combat Records release of Killing Is My Business with the original version of These Boots, this version will never be released again due to royalty problems. This disc couldn't be more mint, cd could literallybe considered new, it has been shelved since it's release and I would say NEVER been played! You cannot find one in better shape than this - I promise! This is a must have for your collection!

I have the "These Boots" version...got it new and never let it go.



Arttie

I have the remaster, so I recently traded the original for the s/t Badlands disc. I'm happy with that trade.

There are at least 100.000 copies circulating of the first press with 'These boots' on it... it should not be that hard to find! I come across copies of it pretty often here in The Netherlands.... most go from $8 to $15.

some smurfer beat me on an auction for a these boots version in the last seconds. asshole!

anyways, what megadeth albums are worth getting, i plan to get the best originals.

also, tyrion, wtf is up with that vicente fernandez avatar, hahaha. u mexican?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I have the Combat version without "These Boots" and the remastered version with the bleeped version. I also have it on a soundtrack.

One day, as I went through a cheap cd section at West Coast Video of all places, I found a copy of the soundtrack to the movie "Dudes" (a horrible 80's movie w/Jon Cryer) which oddly enough contained the original Mega-version of "These Boots", as well as other 80's metal. For the $1.00 asking price, it was well worth it. Good soundtrack, bad movie.

Actually, that version is a rerecorded version from 1987.

Required Fields wrote:

Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head?

Not sure about how much that one is worth.

Too much! Even my super anal, every Megadeth release, collection is missing it!

(I've since grown out of collecting Megadeth, but still have my collection.)

Chairman_Smith wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I have the Combat version without "These Boots" and the remastered version with the bleeped version. I also have it on a soundtrack.

One day, as I went through a cheap cd section at West Coast Video of all places, I found a copy of the soundtrack to the movie "Dudes" (a horrible 80's movie w/Jon Cryer) which oddly enough contained the original Mega-version of "These Boots", as well as other 80's metal. For the $1.00 asking price, it was well worth it. Good soundtrack, bad movie.

Actually, that version is a rerecorded version from 1987.

Really? I was not aware of that. How do you know? Is it any different than the original?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Chairman_Smith wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I have the Combat version without "These Boots" and the remastered version with the bleeped version. I also have it on a soundtrack.

One day, as I went through a cheap cd section at West Coast Video of all places, I found a copy of the soundtrack to the movie "Dudes" (a horrible 80's movie w/Jon Cryer) which oddly enough contained the original Mega-version of "These Boots", as well as other 80's metal. For the $1.00 asking price, it was well worth it. Good soundtrack, bad movie.

Actually, that version is a rerecorded version from 1987.

Really? I was not aware of that. How do you know? Is it any different than the original?

Alot different. It sounds alot more like the original. I know because I have both

Now you've got me confused. Which 2 versions are we talking about? The "original" version on Killing Is My Business
and the version on the Dudes soundtrack or the original vs bleeped?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Now you've got me confused. Which 2 versions are we talking about? The "original" version on Killing Is My Business
and the version on the Dudes soundtrack or the original vs bleeped?

Nope.

Original = Uncensored version on KIMB
Dudes Soundtrack - Rerecorded in 1987

http://www.megadeth.com/history.php

Megadeth.com wrote:

1987

• February, Megadeth opens for Alice Cooper's "Constrictor" tour.
  
• Megadeth tours with Mercyful Fate.
  
• March, Megadeth's first world tour begins in the UK.
  
• Dave and David appear on Malice's License To Kill album.
  
• Megadeth re-record "These Boots" for the Dudes soundtrack.
  
• May-June, Megadeth tours the U.S. with Overkill and Necros.
  
• Chris Poland and Gar Samuelson are fired after last show of tour in Hawaii.
  
• Gar's drum tech Chuck Behler is hired as Megadeth's new drummer.
  
• Jay Reynolds of Malice leads Megadeth to their new guitarist, Jeff Young.

Huh, how about that? Good to know. Thanks.

I didn't know that it was re-recorded.