Holy Grails

[rms]

well shit its pretty obvious then that cds 20 years ago are hard to get

 

[The Ozzman]

I have the original exhorder

 

[Slayed Necros]

I have first presses of both Exhorder albums. I'm considering selling/trading The Law if anyone is interested.

 

[Mort Divine]

I might've gotten my hands on my personal biggest holy grail

Pain of Salvation's The Perfect Element (Limited Edition w/ Slipcase)

 

[Zephyrus]

Oh, I forgot to mention I own an original copy of Unleashed - Across the Open Sea.

 

[rms]

Kinda dont feel like starting a new thread, but 2 cds I bought, Helstar's Nosferatu and Forbidden's Forbidden Evil both claim to made in the year they debuted, like 88 and 89, does that mean first press? Anything cool like that? Or probably bootleg? any way to tell? thanks

 

[The Ozzman]

www.rateyourmusic.com has all the catalog numbers along with their respective releases. Check that catalog number (on the binding of the CD case).

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/forbidden/forbidden_evil/ (Under issues, the number is all the way on the right by the record company)

This website is much better for cataloging music than Metal Archives

Looking at it again, yours and mine are probably the same one and they are actually the CM re-issues if you notice the times of the songs

 

[rms]

Thanks. According to that site they're both 1st presses. That's pretty awesome for an 8$ amazon buy

 

[The Ozzman]

Read my edit though. I'm not quite sure it's a first press.

 

[rms]

my track times dont match either

2 matches on original though

 

[skeptik]

Is it the Metal Blade or the Metal Blade/Relativity press?

 

[rms]

Only names I see on it are Combat and Relativity for Forbidden and Metal Blade for Helstar

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah, it has the combat catalog number, but the track numbers are incorrect for it to be an original pressing.

 

[skeptik]

I'm talking about the Helstar CD fyi. I'm not sure which is the first press, but I would assume that the Metal Blade press came before the Metal Blade/Relativity press. I've actually owned both, I originally had the latter, but it had a hole punch, so when I found another copy (the MB one), I sold the other one to swizzlenuts.

 

[audiophileguy]

bump
any new holy grails or reissues since the last post?

 

[youdontknowme]

not obscure at all but I got an original Kraze records pressing of Blood Fire Death.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Trouble's S/T is probably the hardest-to-find-semi-cheap CD I have.

 

[skeptik]

some I can remember:

Ildjarn - Ildjarn
Ildjarn-Nidhogg - Ildjarn - Nidghogg
Spina Bifida - Ziyadah
Route Nine - Before I Close My Eyes Forever 7"
Recipients of Death - Recipients of Death LP
Hellwitch - Syzygial Miscreancy LP (obviously it was reissued)
Gods Tower - The Eerie demo
Chemical Warfare - Demolition Tape demo
Lugubrum - Winterstones
Barathrum - Eerie
Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black
Phlebotomized - Immense Intense Suspense
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Black Sabbath - Tyr
Aeternus - ...And So the Night Became
Morbid Angel - Abominations of Desolation
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Obituary - Cause of Death
Nazxul - Totem

some reissues I can think of off the top of my head are Sabbrabells and Amon - Call the Master! on LP (sans the track omitted on the NEP release and the CF cover).

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

some I can remember:

Phlebotomized - Immense Intense Suspense
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Black Sabbath - Tyr

Thanks to Benoit (ben_t) I have the first one, thanks to Bull Moose in Salem NH I have the second and...I can't find Tyr

 

[audiophileguy]

Thanks to Benoit (ben_t) I have the first one, thanks to Bull Moose in Salem NH I have the second and...I can't find Tyr

tyr hard to find? wtf, got mine for like 5-6 bucks from walmart 3 years ago.

edit: well, I just checked amazon/egay and it looks like people are charging a premium for it now, but i'm sure if you dig a little bit you can find it for cheap still.