# What's the rarest CD/Album/Cassette in your collection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462 "2010-01-26T03:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/1 "2010-01-26T03:08:42Z")
For me i have a hand numbered CD _Rare Rehearsals_ by S.V.E.S.T…my number is 22 out of 66…yeah, only 66 copies of this thing were made…thank goodness. For records i have an original pressing of _Obscuritatem Advoco Amplecentere Me_ by Abrutpum…don’t have any real numbers on how many exist, but given their popularity at the time, couldnt have been much over 200. Cassettes…i really only have one cassette in my collection, from a friend of mine living in the Netherlands who produces symphonic black metal by himself. _In Umbra Spectare Magnificentia Tuus Et Obedientia Me Pronuntiam_ by Hell Icon is the title, and there can’t be more than 100 in existance. So…audiophiles, collections, fanatics…share your rarest in your collection! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/2 "2010-01-26T03:29:47Z")
I don’t know how rare it is, but I have a Roy Wood LP called “Boulders” that nobody I know has ever heard of. Roy was one of the founding members of ELO (along with Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan), but left after one album over creative differences. Suffice it to say, the album is an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/3 "2010-01-26T03:34:45Z")
With Love by Pete Townshend , it was never released commercially. It was sold to Meher Baba followers , some of the songs are by other artists. The songs are acoustic and mostly about Meher Baba or spiritual ideas. A few of the songs ended up on the CD version of Townshend’s Who Came First album. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/4 "2010-01-26T03:40:07Z")
David Bowie performing Peter and the Wolf, on green vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/5 "2010-01-26T03:48:12Z")
CD: Armenian Liturgical Chants or Bach for Bachelor Pads Cassette: Phil Keaggy-Love Broke Thru/What a Day Vinyl: The Way I Feel-Honeytree or Firewind-Terry Talbot, Jamie Colline et al ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/6 "2010-01-26T03:55:10Z")
A review copy of _Coke Machine Glow_ by Gord Downie. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/7 "2010-01-26T04:03:36Z")
They are not that rare, but obscure. Atomic Rooster- Made in England Aphrodite’s Child- 666 Had them both on vinyl, now on CD. On vinyl, I had Bloodrock, Ultimate Spinach, Asylum Choir, Lothar and the Hand People, some other obscure-for-a-reason 60’s psych rock bands. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/8 "2010-01-26T04:09:32Z")
I have a few CDs that sell well on eBay or rather would sell I have the soundtrack to Olivia Newton-John’s ill fated “Two Of A Kind.” I also have both albums on CD by Charlene (“I’ve Never Been To Me.” I have a both the EMI and the One Way version of Sheena Easton’s “A Private Heaven” which would fetch a nice amount I have an unopened copy of Danielle Brisebois’s “Portable Life,” though the price for that plummetted when iTunes issed the CD in mp3 format. Previously that was unreleased. I have a lot of Jo Stafford CDs which may or may not be hard to find, depending on the version and particular one. I have Debbie Gibson’s Japanese pressing of her CDs which contain extra songs. The regular pressings are usually in the 99 cent bins but people are usually surprised to see the Japanese versions all have unreleased music on them. As you can see I like female vocals and there is very little of those that go out on torrents so they tend to be, well I wouldn’t say rare but “very uncommon” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/9 "2010-01-26T04:12:11Z")
That anyone cares about? Sub Pop 200. A compilation LP by Sub Pop. > **[Sub Pop 200](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Pop_200)** > > Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene (December 1988). It features songs (many of them first releases and otherwise unattainable) from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The Nights and Days, Cat Butt, Beat Happening, Screaming Trees, Steve Fisk, and The Thrown Ups. > Many of these bands went on to be influen... I was in Seattle at the time and… well, I like samplers. I think I lucked out. Check the bands. Then realize about half the bands you don’t know on there merged into bands you do. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/10 "2010-01-26T04:13:50Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I don’t know how rare it is, but I have a Roy Wood LP called “Boulders” that nobody I know has ever heard of. Roy was one of the founding members of ELO (along with Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan), but left after one album over creative differences. > > Suffice it to say, the album is an acquired taste. I had the LP and foolishly sold it. Recently I realized my mistake and sought out the expanded/remasted CD. My absolute favorite cut is “Wake Up” with Roy’s one-of-a-kind splish-spash percussion. > [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > With Love by Pete Townshend , it was never released commercially. It was sold to Meher Baba followers , some of the songs are by other artists. The songs are acoustic and mostly about Meher Baba or spiritual ideas. A few of the songs ended up on the CD version of Townshend’s Who Came First album. Luckily for those of us that missed the LP, it’s available from Eel Pie as part of the[Jai Baba](http://www.eelpie.com/product.php?shop=meher_baba&product=34) compilation. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/11 "2010-01-26T04:17:45Z")
I have the _Girl You Know It’s True_ CD by Milli Vanilli. It’s probably not that rare, but there are no reinforcements coming, as it is permanently out of print. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/12 "2010-01-26T04:29:47Z")
Discounting locally produced, small budget CDs from mostly unknown bands… August Darnell’s [The Kid and I](http://3890761095080069504-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/tonythechameleon/albums-1990/kctkai1l.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cqgDf_O4mwzKeW1tV74_ZdH_Gpwd8LCoziPyPhZiS8JumoZLpLZpgYkAgbZbIU67q7ri-2kQkGqNoXxY549awYvO0MQfVpnw44i05RWpjN_xcIDmfeqduHiWMsz3D1B6uAbraaAFA87ExcOwG9dEzWPlPSTIAuoY6mai3wnS4RssFEW2PVpJVqNEubfboFns_RSIB8rwQMR2VaehTjAWUTW1fRpdw%3D%3D&attredirects=0). In the early 2000s I went through a Kid Creole obsession and saw the disk referenced on a fan site, but it was not for sale anywhere on the internet. Finally I emailed a French friend and asked him to contact the French multi-media company that had released the disk. They had some remaining and sent him one for no charge, which he forwarded to me (in St. Louis.) ## It’s a prestige product, with fine photography, tasteful design and a good sized lyrics /credits booklet. But Mr. Darnell did not waste a single good melody or smart lyric on the project. It seems like some sort of strange contractual obligation. On a more well known level, I own a Velvet Underground LP with the authentic “peel off” banana sticker. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/13 "2010-01-26T04:37:21Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > As you can see I like female vocals and there is very little of those that go out on torrents so they tend to be, well I wouldn’t say rare but “very uncommon” My wife and I are huge Kate Bush fans. She’s produced so few records that she doesn’t have a huge number of rarities, but I have one - Kate’s second (_Lionheart_) and third (_Never For Ever_)albums weren’t released in the United States until after her fourth album (_The Dreaming_). But EMI-America actually pressed copies of _Lionheart_, but changed their minds and destroyed them. I have one of these LPs that were supposed to have been destroyed, given to me by the guy who had the job of destroying them. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/14 "2010-01-26T04:37:52Z")
My preciousssesss… **Alice Cooper** Muscle of Love with the original corrugated cardboard box. **Jethro Tull** Thick as a Brick with the included newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![HISSNLISSN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@HISSNLISSN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HISSNLISSN)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/15 "2010-01-26T04:39:02Z")
Vinyl: Brighter Death Now, _Why?_ EP (77 copies) > **[Brighter Death Now - Why](https://www.discogs.com/release/1074455-Brighter-Death-Now-Why)** > > View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2002 Vinyl release of "Why" on Discogs. CD: Transistor Revolt, Demo (? copies on CD-R) - demo material for what would become the band Rise Against Fall Out Boy / Project Rocket, _Split EP_ (Valentine’s Day Edition, Limited to 10 copies) - girlfriend owns this, it’s sitting on my desk waiting to be photographed and sold. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/16 "2010-01-26T05:18:40Z")
Blank label test pressing of Jethro Tull’s “Sweet Dream”/“17” single, one of five copies made, given to me by Glenn Cornick. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/17 "2010-01-26T05:54:23Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I have an unopened copy of Danielle Brisebois’s “Portable Life,” though the price for that plummetted when iTunes issed the CD in mp3 format. Previously that was unreleased. I tried to get this several times off eBay before giving up. I noticed I could buy it as mp3s on Amazon a couple months ago and was ecstatic. I’ve got a couple CDs from local bands that no one cares about, but I’m not sure if that counts. If it does, then I have CDs that only exist as one or two copies from friends of mine. I DO have a CD of Donna Summer’s “I Remember Yesterday”, which I don’t understand but it goes for over $50 usually. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/18 "2010-01-26T08:16:38Z")
An LP, “Mae in December.” It’s the Mae West Christmas Album. I’m quite sure nobody else would ever own it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/19 "2010-01-26T11:42:44Z")
I don’t know how rare it is, but I have the original LP, not a reprint, of [Ark 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_2), by the group that Phil Collins was in before he joined Genesis, [Flaming Youth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Youth_%28band%29). Not rare at all, but I also have all his albums with the group Brand X. Probably not extremely rare, but I have an original American pressing of Genesis’s first album [From Genesis To Revelation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_genesis_to_revelation), recorded when they were all snot-nosed public school twits, way pre-Phil Collins. It’s a good album underneath all those horrible strings Jonathan King slapped on after the recording sessions. After they became more well-known, lots of countries released pressings of that album, every one with different covers. I used to collect them. It was hopeless trying to keep up with them. We have an American 8-track of Kate Bush’s first album, which is pretty damned bizarre. I have lots of rare cassettes, but they’re all worthless unless cassettes come back in style. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462/20 "2010-01-26T11:54:35Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It’s a good album underneath all those horrible strings Jonathan King slapped on after the recording sessions. And horns. Strings and horns. Man, that guy ruined that record. Still, there are some great songs. This is my favorite, [“One Day.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40PzY6GUlBU) Imagine what the song would be like without the strings and horns, and a bit more respect for the song itself. Not bad for a bunch of 16-year olds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-cd-album-cassette-in-your-collection/526462.md?page=2)