CD Scavenger Hunt – March 2014 update

Another late update but I’m catching up…..here’s the hunt for March…..

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Newbury Comics

House Of Lords – Precious Metal (2014) – $14
Battle Beast – s/t (2014) – $12
KXM – s/t (2014) – $10
GWAR – Battle Maximus (2013) – $10 used
Gus G. – I Am The Fire (2014) – $12
Savage Messiah – The Fateful Dark (2014) – $13

March was a slow month for record store trips, I only made two and I only went because I was in the immeadiate area. Call me old, call me lazy but I don’t leave the house unless I really have to in the winter. March was still nice and freezing here in Rhode Island and I hate the cold so I spent most my time watching online prices and waiting. I had to run some errands so I ended up being so close to the record store both times that I just went in. The first trip netted me the new House Of Lords, Battle Beast and KXM. The prices were just about the same as Amazon, they were all at sale prices so I saved $12 total. The second trip was a week later and I scored  a used copy of GWAR’s latest album, Battle Maximus, from last year and the new albums from Gus G. and Savage Messiah. Again, the Gus G. and Savage Messiah albums were on sale and the prices were comparable to Amazon so I saved a total of $9 off regular price. The GWAR album was a bargain at $10 used because I’ve seen it as high as $17 regular price and $12 used.

Ebay

Filthy Lucre – Popsmear (1997) – $23 used
Cutty Sark – Die Tonight (1984/1997 reissue) – $22 used
Cutty Sark – Regeneration (1998) – $31 used
Overdrive – Metal Attack (1983/1997 reissue) – $15 used
Overdrive – Swords & Axes (1984/1997 reissue) – $13 used
Railway – s/t (1984/1997 reissue) – $10 used

Ebay was an expensive outlet for my CD addiction this month, no serious savings here! First up was the Phil Lewis (L.A. Guns) project, Filthy Lucre. I remember seeing the album, Popsmear, advertised in one of the old Metal zines I used to buy and I read something online about the album real quick…..that’s all it took, I needed it. Two copies were on Ebay, I ended up high bidding this CD at $25 and won it for $20 + $3 shipping. The next five CDs were all bought from the same seller, all were low starting bids and four were High Vaultage reissues that I have been collecting since 1998. The two Cutty Sark albums I got into bidding wars for so I paid top dollar. Die Tonight was a bargain at $22 (price includes shipping) because I’ve seen the same CD copy for at least three years from another seller listed at $69.99 and, for some strange reason, it never shows up on Ebay. You can buy it on vinyl but never the High Vaultage reissue. Regeneration was Cutty Sark’s last album from 1998 and I never see that around so I wanted it and paid and expensive $31 total. The two Overdrive CDs and the Railway disc were all High Vaultage reissues and I got them for decent prices with the shipping, nothing like the Cutty Sark discs!

When it’s all said and done, I bought 6 CDs at the record store and 6 CDs on Ebay…..but I only spent $71 at the store and a high $114 on Ebay!

Totals

Total (March) = $185

Total (year) = $800.10

Average Price (per item) = $11.60

Total CDs (year) = 66

Total LPs (year) = 3

CD Scavenger Hunt – 7/21/09

Just a quick update to let you all know what I’ve picked up the last couple of weeks online and in store…..

Halestorm – s/t (2009) – $9.99: I know absolutely nothing about Halestorm but they seem to be everywhere! I’m not above trying out something new so I’m hoping that the medieval looking cover art is a prediction of some good Hard Rock or Heavy Metal inside. I would feel better if the band was on an independent label, they are signed to Atlantic Records and a lot of new bands on major labels are copycats designed to make quick money. I hope this CD is good, if not, the sale price wasn’t too bad.

Lillian Axe – Sad Day On Planet Earth (2009) – $15: A couple of weeks ago when this album was released, I went to the record store with it at the top of my list. Unfortubately, the store only stocked ONE copy of the album and I have been waiting ever since. I saw this lone copy mixed in with the Lizzy Borden CDs so I grabbed it right away. Maybe someone “hid” it and they were coming back? I do that all the time! Today I made sure that a couple of Tankard albums were under “T” instead or “Tankard”!

Cheap Trick – The Latest (2009) – $14: Cheap Trick is one of those classic bands that I always forget about and then, when I hear some songs on the radio, I remember to pick up some of their CDs. On the way to the record store today I heard ‘Dream Police’ and I quickly added THE LATEST to my mental list of CDs to buy. I probably should have picked up a copy a month ago when the band opened for Def Leppard & Poison but it was $20 at the merchandise booth. Cheap Trick is definitely an underrated band.

Stryper – Murder By Pride (2009) – $9.99: Stryper’s new record came out today and I wasn’t missing the special sale price. The band’s last record, REBORN (2005), wasn’t the best Stryper album but I always support the bands I liked in the ’80s so I’m willing to give this one a fair listen. The sale price was a good deal and the guy at the counter told me that this album was better than REBORN…..bigger riffs and more solos and more old school than modern.

Global Metal DVD (2009) – $24: I had no idea that GLOBAL METAL was getting a U.S. release today! I have been after this DVD since it was released everywhere else in the world late last year so this is a great surprise and well worth the regular price. If you’ve seen Sam Dunn’s other films (FLIGHT 666 and METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY) then you know that this will be a top notch DVD set. Remember those two Tankard albums I said I hid? I hid them because I bought this in their place and I want to pick them up over the weekend.

Melodicrock.com – Vol. 5: Writing On The Wall (2009) – $23: I have been reading Melodicrock.com daily since 1998 so I support the website any way I can. I have bought the other four volumes through the pre-order and this one was no exception…..the price included shipping from Australia for the 2 CD set and there is also a CD worth of extra downloads for pre-orders only. Not a bad deal! There are always a lot of exclusive tracks by a lot of different bands and there are always some new bands included…..I always find a new band through these compilations.

7th Stranger – Push Harder (1992) – $6.25: Another band that I haven’t got a clue about! I have been seeing this CD pop up on Ebay a lot lately so I started watching the auctions and doing research on the band. The only thing I really know is that 7th Stranger are from Seattle and that they start the album with a cover of The Sweet’s ‘Love Is Like Oxygen’. I figured I could get the CD cheap on Ebay and I was right…..add me to the dozen or so list of people who bought this on Ebay in the last month.

Railway – Climax (1987/1997 reissue) – $18: Back in 1997, High Vaultage Records from Germany started to produce some great reissues full of bonus tracks, pictures and extended liner notes. The releases they put out are now out of print and getting harder to find at decent prices. Railway’s first three records were reissued on High Vaultage and they are high on my want list. I saw this copy on Ebay from a seller I’ve bought from in the past and this was the last copy they had. Other retailers were charging $25 + shipping so I used BUY IT NOW and made sure I got a fair price. Now I need the first two reissues.