Rare Metal

If this has been done before here on this board, I don't know. The search option isn't specific enough to do a proper investigation. Seems some folks get pretty bent about regurgitating topics that have been thrown down the neck already. Oh Well !

What is the rarest piece of metal you own ?

I have a Scorpions vinyl boxset that is the first 3 RCA studio lps. I also have 3 different pic discs of Lonesome Crow on three different labels. My personal favorite is more of a time and place thing, as opposed to it being a rarity...
That being a signed by all 4 members of Motley Crue lp of "Too Fast For Love" on Leathur Records. It was signed by Nikki and Mick in the parking lot of the Troubadour and by Vince and Tommy, a few hours later on the table of thier pad. The cover has a lil damage over the groin area on the front, that is where Tommy stuck the used rubber. This may seem gross to some ? It was early 82' and it was rock n roll.

James B., that's some really cool stuff you got there. I don't have anything that rare. I have some cd's and cassettes that are semi rare ep's and promo/advance copies that are just blank covers with the bands name and album title on them. I won't really pay a lot for a cd/cassette/album (my limits like $20 or so) so I will never really have anything that will get sold on ebay for mad money.

I have the original "Vengeance" version of Human Sacrifice on CD that came out in 1988 before they had to change their name to Vengeance Rising. I guess only 1000 were ever pressed that way, pretty rare I suppose. I had to pay an ungodly 60 some dollars for it.....yeah I'm stupid, I know.

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I had to pay an ungodly 60 some dollars for it.....yeah I'm stupid, I know.

if it's worth it to you...it's worth it

Some nice stuff on VINYL:
MASQUE:THE DEAD OF NIGHT
SEPULTURA/OVERDOSE split lp
RENEGADE:TOTAL ARMAGEDDON
BREATHLESS:BREATHLESS
STORMTROOPER:ARMIES OF THE NIGHT
SALEM:HOY POR TI
ARMED FORCE:HEAVY ARTILLERY
LITTERER:ROCK THE CITY
MALISHA:SERVE YOUR SAVAGE BEAST
ADRAMELCH:IRAEL MELANOX
EL DRAGON:LA MASCARA DEL HIERRO
ANTHARES:LIMITE DA FORCA
SALEM´S WYCH:BETRAYER OF KINGS
ZEUS:ZEUS
SPARTO:VICTIMAS, HEROES
HOLOCAUSTO:CAMPO DE EXTERMINION
LOVE GUNN:BAD LOVE FOR SALE
STEEL CROWN:NIGHT WALK
SABBRABELLS:SAILING ON THE REVENGE
VITRIOL:THE BEGINNING
BLACK HAWK:FIRST ATTACK
FONGUS:SOBREDOSIS DE METAL
SABLE:SIMBOLOS DE REBELION
THOR(SPA):THOR
THOR(SPA):MATA A LA BESTIA
ZARPA.ANGELES O DEMONIOS
AKILLA:AS FOR ME AS FOR YOU
AKILLA:THE CURSED
RUNNING WILD:PILE OF SKULLS
AXATAK:SAME
DUNGEON:FORTRESS OF ROCK
DRAKKAR:X-RATED
MANIA:NO LULLABIES
LIQUID MIRROR:KICKED OUT OF FANTASY
POSEIDON:THE FINAL GATE
DAMA FEUDAL:DAMA FEUDAL
CADENA PERPETUA:EN NOMBRE DE LA PAZ
EXCALIBUR(SPA):GENERATION MALDITA
AVALANCH:READY TO THE GLORY
REX INFERI:DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE
BLACKSMITH:BLACKSMITH
ACERO:ACERO
HELLION(ARG):HELLION
OVERDRIVE:OVERDRIVE IT
DEFENDER:CITY AD MORTIS
RAMSES:GUERREROS DEL METAL
MURO:ACERO Y SANGRE
ASTAROTH:LA LUZ DA CONQUISTA
AXE MASTER:BLESSING IN THE SKIES
DEVIL CHILDE:DEVIL CHILDE
N.D.E:DOS PALOS EN GOLGOTA
METRALLA:LA TORTURA DE LAS MUÑECAS
VENUS:VENUS
EXODO:THE NEW BABYLON
PUÑO DE HIERRO:TEN FÉ EN DIÓS
OVERLORDE:OVERLORDE 87
CORTINA DE FERRO:TEMPLE OF THE DARKNESS
ALAKRAN:VAGABUNDEAR
ASPID:OSCURA REFLEXION
WITCHHAMMER:1487
ALCAUDON:ALCAUDON
MARSHALL MONROE:LUJO Y PASSION
EXCESS:PRINCESS OF DARKNESS
etc.........
Still i never have been a collector of rare stuff. I love my big name collection the same as rare stuff. I buy everything, from rare to none rare from big or underground bands. I dont care if its rare or not.

Now where does one start? I think I won't. Instead I'll refer to my website.

Uh oh! What until syrus get hold of this thread!

ultmetal wrote:

Uh oh! What until syrus get hold of this thread!

Ohh, thats true. For shore he is working on it right now and since this morning 7 o clock

I don't have a lot of "rare" stuff (or if I do, I don't realize it's rare, cuz I'm not an eBay kinda guy) but I've picked up a few interesting things over the years.

I only recently found out that Forced Entry's AS ABOVE SO BELOW CD is kinda hard to come by and goes for some pretty decent coin. I had no idea, I picked it up used for $3.99 about five years ago and I don't even think it's that great an album.

I have the PAR Records cassette pressing of Crimson Glory's first album (with "Dream Dancer" as the lead off track) which I'm told is something of a rarity. As I understand it, PAR Records (a tiny indie label in Florida) only pressed 10,000 copies of the album all totaled; I don't know how many of those were cassettes and how many were vinyl.

I have a 7-inch picture disc 45 of Stryper's "Reason for the Season" (with "Winter Wonderland" on the B-side) which is the only copy of it I've ever seen.

There might be more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

James B. wrote:

The cover has a lil damage over the groin area on the front, that is where Tommy stuck the used rubber.

ADX - Suprematie / La Terreur (Sydney 88 )
ANACRUSIS - Suffering Hour (Restless / Metal Blade 90)
GRINDER - Dawn for the Living (No Remorse 89)
VULTURE - Easier to Lie (Overdrive 93)
INC - The Visitor (Giant 88 )
LAST DESCENDANTS - One Nation Under God (Aaarrg 88 )

I don't really have anything rare on vinyl; for instance I have this one (in special vinyl bag): http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=180166921258

But I guess that this was just another crazy ebay auction, since I bought it at about same time from ebay.co.uk for 3 or 4 gbp;

I'm also getting Exorcist - Nightmare Theatre LP, and I have 1st edition of Torment's Bestial Sex 7" from 1987 (copy 17/1000), but those two aren't really rare ...

Anyhow, Keep it True festival is in 2 weeks and I'm for sure planning to add something rare to my collection, for example Usurper (HOL) or first Vulture CDs

sovdat wrote:

ADX - Suprematie / La Terreur (Sydney 88 )
ANACRUSIS - Suffering Hour (Restless / Metal Blade 90)
GRINDER - Dawn for the Living (No Remorse 89)
VULTURE - Easier to Lie (Overdrive 93)
INC - The Visitor (Giant 88 )
LAST DESCENDANTS - One Nation Under God (Aaarrg 88 )

I don't really have anything rare on vinyl; for instance I have this one (in special vinyl bag): http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=180166921258

But I guess that this was just another crazy ebay auction, since I bought it at about same time from ebay.co.uk for 3 or 4 gbp;

I'm also getting Exorcist - Nightmare Theatre LP, and I have 1st edition of Torment's Bestial Sex 7" from 1987 (copy 17/1000), but those two aren't really rare ...

Anyhow, Keep it True festival is in 2 weeks and I'm for sure planning to add something rare to my collection, for example Usurper (HOL) or first Vulture CDs

ha, you're the one that made everybody starting to sell his/her ADX cds.....

Probably the rarest thing I own (on CD, cause I don't really bother with cassette or vinyl):

Usurper - Divine Spiritual And Intellectual Development

Fat Freddy wrote:

I have a 7-inch picture disc 45 of Stryper's "Reason for the Season" (with "Winter Wonderland" on the B-side) which is the only copy of it I've ever seen.

WOW!! I have that on a white vinyl 33 1/3, but I've never heard of that picture disc. Now I'm all jealous and stuff.

The rarest one I think I have is Black Sabbath - Live At Hammersmith Odeon.

Every once in a while I'll be looking on Amazon and I'll see something I bought 10-15 years ago is now way out of print and someone is selling it for as much as $200 to $500 or so. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but I know this has happened to me about ten times or so. It always surprises me, but I don't really keep track of how much my CDs are worth.

That's about as rare as it gets in my collection. But damn, I'm glad I finally got them all.

I have all three Sound Barrier lp's. The very first recording of Hirax's The New Age of Terror. You might not know this ,but that cd was recorded 2 times. The first time was at a studio in Orange County. We took it to Mike Rosen to mix it. He wanted to re record everything so we scraped the first recording and recorded it again at Rosen's studio...

Randy Hansen - S/T

Wargod48

spectrefate wrote:

That's about as rare as it gets in my collection. But damn, I'm glad I finally got them all.

That's my Holy Grail right now!

Too much to mention really,

and it all depends what you mean by "Rare" I've CDs that are limited to a handful of copies, I've LPs that are test pressings with a C.O.A, but some other stuff may not be "Rare" in value but mean alot to me,

My weirdest Metal related item would be my Grave Digger bottle of Red Wine which was a promo for their album "The Last Supper".

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I have all three Sound Barrier lp's. The very first recording of Hirax's The New Age of Terror. You might not know this ,but that cd was recorded 2 times. The first time was at a studio in Orange County. We took it to Mike Rosen to mix it. He wanted to re record everything so we scraped the first recording and recorded it again at Rosen's studio...

What's your address? And don't mind the tubby guy in the ski-mask.

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I have all three Sound Barrier lp's. The very first recording of Hirax's The New Age of Terror. You might not know this ,but that cd was recorded 2 times. The first time was at a studio in Orange County. We took it to Mike Rosen to mix it. He wanted to re record everything so we scraped the first recording and recorded it again at Rosen's studio...

What's your address? And don't mind the tubby guy in the ski-mask.

You got some pretty rare ones too Sax. Lest we forget CS.

I don't brag about my collection. Just knowing it is extensively better than anyone's else, is enough for me.