Rare
and Valuable Compact Discs - Part II
...you might find collecting dust somewhere in your house or at the used record store.
This is the follow up to the popular "Rare
and Valuable CDs" article. If you thought the first article had some really rare and expensive cds, check these out. Here are ten more
definitely worth finding. Good Luck.
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 Album: Radiohead
- Special Sampler 2003
Estimated Value: $600 - $800
Background: Ultra rare 2003 Japanese only
promotional only 15-track compilation CD featuring tracks
from each of their albums along with the track There There
- Single Edit and Album Version.With a 24-page
Japanese booklet featuring band members biography, discography
PCD-2764
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 Album: Metallica -
Mandatory Metallica
Estimated Value: $500
Background: Mega Rare 1988 US original 7-track promo-only compilation CD, this issue is
without the track 'One' which was added to the later 8-track issue, custom picture
sleeve. PR8020-2
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 Album: Coldplay -
Mince Spies
Estimated Value: $400 (Rising fast -
Hold on to it)
Background: 2001 UK fanclub-only 2-track CD single, featuring Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas from the BBC Radio 1 session and Yellow The Alpha Remix, limited to
1000 copies, custom card picture sleeve featuring a Christmas message COLDXMAS1.
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 Album: Rolling
Stones -
Welcome To Japan Licks
Estimated Value: $1750-2000
Background: Licks Japan Tour 2003 Sampler
(Ultra rare 2003 Japanese Toshiba EMI promotional only 10-track
copy controlled CD. Issued to promote the Japanese dates of
the Licks Tour. Unique custom picture sleeve showing Mick on
stage with Japanese tour dates listed in bottom corner.
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 Album: Bob
Dylan -
Mr. D's Collection #3
Estimated Value: $1,000 -1,200
Background: Very Rare 1993 Japanese 12-track
promo-only CD, most tracks otherwise unavailable on CD, superb
unique picture sleeve.
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 Album: David
Bowie -
Special DJ Sampler
Estimated Value: $1,000
Background: Mega rare 1999 Japanese promo
only 17-track CD to promote the Hours album, including Let's
Dance, Starman, Sound & Vision, Boys Keep Swinging & Thursday's
Child, unique David picture sleeve with discography PCD-2188.
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  Album: Pink
Floyd -
Fate of Circle
Estimated Value: $1,000
Background: 1994 Japanese 24-track promo-only
2-CD set, features selections from The Division Bell plus
2 live tracks & selected songs from the Floyd back catalogue & related
solo Gilmour, Waters, Mason & Wright, superb custom digipak page + 10-page
booklet! XDCS93138~9.
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 Album: Bruce
Springsteen - 70's to 80's The Future Of Rock 'N Roll
Estimated Value: $2,000 - 2,500
Background: Rare 1988 Japanese promotional-only
2-CD set; Disc 1 features 14-tracks from the 70's and Disc
2 features 16-tracks from the 80's; legendary rarity and
probably the hardest Springsteen promo to find, housed in
fat double CD case with guitar picture insert. |
 Album: Led
Zeppelin -
1996 Special Sampler
Estimated Value: $700
Background: Ultra rare 1996 Japanese 13-track promo-only CD, in superb custom fold-out digipak
picture sleeve + booklet ASCD-112.
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 Album: R.E.M. -
The Wake-Up Bomb
Estimated Value: $400 (and rising fast)
Background: Rare 1996 Japanese 16-track
retrospective promotional only CD including the classic tracks
Orange Crush, Losing My Religion, Shiny Happy People, Everybody
Hurts, Man On The Moon, What's The Frequency Kenneth & Crush With Eyeliner.
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Thanks.
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Regards;
Sean
I spend a ton of money on my CD collection, but it's worth every penny. It's my hobby and shopping around the used record stores in various cities is a lot of fun. It's all about the college town shops.