# What rare or out of print music are you in search of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482 "2001-08-28T05:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/21 "2001-08-28T14:22:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seriousart \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > > \*\*I’d also like The Boomtown Rats’ “In the Long Grass” on CD, but I don’t think it was ever released as such. \*\* > > I’d also love to get my hands on a CD of this, but alas, it doesn’t exist as far as I know. This album did nothing in sales so the powers that be never thought to re-release it on CD. And while we are talking fictional wish lists, it’d be great to see the first Rats album on CD too. > Oh well. Maybe a box-set some day, eh? \*\* Lately I’ve been finding some songs from that album showing up in various…er… locations. I don’t know if it’s someone grabbing them from album or what, but I got most of it in mp3 format. My tape of it broke long ago and I don’t have a record player, so it’s a nice substitute. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/22 "2001-08-28T14:23:41Z")
Helen Humes, “Let the Good Times Roll”. My ex-husband had the album, and got custody of it when we divorced. It’s out of print now and I can’t find it ANYWHERE. I have several Helen Humes CDs and albums, but I really like the collection of songs on “Let the Good Times Roll”. Object lesson- tape (or better yet HIDE) all of the good stuff when the marriage starts heading south! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/23 "2001-08-28T14:40:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _ **betenoir** said:_ > Hey! Nash the Slash! The Michael Jackson of Canada. Ex_scuse_ me??? The _Michael Jackson_ of Canada? Blasphemy!!! Why, I– \ His music was completely different from MJ’s. And better, IMHO. He doesn’t look a bit like MJ either: he looks completely average, so much so that I would have a hard time describing him. (I met him once sans face coverings.) ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/24 "2001-08-28T14:42:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seriousart \* > \*\*And The Boomtown Rats’ “V Deep” CD to a lesser extent. \*\* I think some of that album is on the compilation album “Great Songs of Indifference” which I own, it’s still in print AFAIK. But I can’t find a track list for V Deep so I have no way to check. If you want, post a track list and I’ll check. I would do just about anything for high quality CDs of some early punk EPs I own. Stuff like “Red London” by Sham69, and “All Skrewed Up” by Skrewdriver. Now don’t call me a nazi, Skrewdriver used to be a goofy Oi band until their leader quit after the first album, and the rest of the guys turned neonazi. Ya know, I hate buying stuff on CDs that I already own on vinyl. I think you should get a rebate if you already bought the album once. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/25 "2001-08-28T15:00:36Z")
Lately, I’ve been looking for soundtracks to a few specific games, namely some obscure Japanese PC games that seem pretty much virtually unknown out here. The thing is, this company is famous for making absolutly awesome soundtracks (tis Nihon Falcom, by the way), so I shall continue ruthlessly my search for a Legend of Heroes 3-5 album! ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/26 "2001-08-28T15:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TP605 \* > \*\*all of you must look at [GEMM.com](http://GEMM.com) > > I found most of what you listed here sometimes at very good prices, though some are expensive as you already know. \*\* Hey, thanks for the tip! I just ordered the Walker Soundtrack CD for 6 bucks! Mind you, this was from Germany, and they didn’t list shipping and handling… So, hopefully that wasn’t a hundred dollars or something. I hope that wasn’t a bad idea… > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Chas. E \*\*\* > I think some of that album is on the compilation album “Great Songs of Indifference” which I own, it’s still in print AFAIK. But I can’t find a track list for V Deep so I have > no way to check. If you want, post a track list and I’ll check._\* I think I have everything off that compilation, but thanks Chas. E! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/27 "2001-08-28T15:26:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*Bill Cosby’s _200 M.P.H._. > > [sub]No, it’s not music. Sue me.[/sub] \*\* I got so wrapped up in getting my code right that I forgot to specify _on CD_. I guess you’ll have to take me back to court. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/28 "2001-08-28T16:57:11Z")
I’d love to find some printed sheet music for Edgar Winter’s _Frankenstein_. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/29 "2001-08-28T18:47:08Z")
**Quarterflash** ’s fourth CD **Girl in the Wind** on the Geffen label. Apparently released only in Europe, it occasionally shows up for big bucks ($50+) on eBay but I just can’t bring myself to go that high. This incredibly talented band based in Portland, Oregon,had a hot hit with “Harden My Heart”, which reached #3 in 1981 (yikes! where did those 20 years go?) followed by #16 “Find Another Fool” in 1982 and #14 “Take Me to Heart” in 1983. First album was a monster seller, second less so and third even less. So by the time the fourth came out, it got only a token distribution in Europe. Lead singer Rindy Ross can belt with the best, and she plays kick-butt saxaphone to boot. Well worth hunting up all three of the more available albums, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/30 "2001-08-28T18:50:13Z")
I am looking for a vinyl copy of “Let 'em eat Jellybeans”, a punk compilation from the early 80’s released on the Alternative Tentacles label. It’s got DK, the Meat Men, MDC: it was an amazing record. ---
**Author:** ![SlightDistrurbance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SlightDistrurbance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlightDistrurbance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/31 "2001-08-28T18:58:00Z")
The Traveling Wilbury’e Vol. 1. Its on ebay, but it seems its fetching a hefty price. I love the combo of Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and others make. Very easy to listen to. I had the tape years ago, but the younger sister lent it to someone and I’ve not seen it since. I’ll resign to ebay one day, just hoping it might turn up at a garage sale. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482/32 "2001-08-28T20:58:31Z")
Peter Himmelman’s _ **Skin** _. It’s lovely-- one of the few CDs I really treasure, and I am worried that something is going to happen to it. I’ve been trying for two years to get another copy, but it’s grievously out of print and completely unavailable. At least from all the sources I’ve thought to check. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rare-or-out-of-print-music-are-you-in-search-of/78482.md?page=1)