Value of a cd?

On going through my CD collection I've come across an album called
"Danger Calling" by a band called Wraith from 1992.

Out of idle curiosity I went to Amazon to see what else they'd done.
Seems they did a couple more and then faded out.

But a web search has revealed that the album I have is pretty rare.
Apparently it was a press of only 500 copies. It was produced by two
members of UFO which appears to give it a bit of kudos. The copy I
have is also signed by all the band, I got it at a Games Workshop
convention in the early 90's because the band were signed to Games
Workshop's, now defunct, label Warhammer Records and were there
plugging it.

Any ideas how I can find out if it's worth something? Web searches
aren't turning up much, apart from one Japanese copy on Ebay that's
going for about 20 quid.

 

a crap old metal album by a band no-one's ever heard of?

**** all, at a guess.

 

Somehow I knew you'd say that.

I've got a signed Geezer Butler[1] promo cd as well from one of his
solo projects. Unfortunately he signed it on the playing side so I've
got no idea what it sounds like.


[1] of Black Sabbath.

 

but it's not because I don't like the music concerned.

If it's something that was vaguely obscure in the first place, who's
going to care *now*?

 

I dunno. This is what I'm trying to find out.

 

50 pence - the cost of copying it.

The market for originals and first editions seems daft to me. A tenth
edition of a book contains the same information as a first edition - why pay
more for the same information.

So it's signed by the author/band. Who cares? It reads/sounds the same.

Years ago I bought a CD player and promply gave away my records - they
sounded crap in comparison. (I saved a lot of space).

A normally intelligent person shouldn't talk to 'collectors'. i.e. people
who own hand crafted thimbles because only 10 000 were made.

John

 

I am *so* going to print this post out and show it to most of the people I
know...

The members of Wraith used to drink at Fagins (nee the Spread Eagle) in
Nottm (Goldsmith Street, just round the corner from Rock Shitty) and ,
therefore, as (for a while at least) resident Monday Rock DJ, I (and most of
my mates) knew them ....

And they were triers but sucked[0]... I remember when they had the 'Big
Push' and did a rather professional video and eveythring and *still* didn't
sell any records.... Was Andy Gamble still with them then? And the baldy
bloke who wore a bandana to conceal the receding hairline?

Oh happy, happy days... In fact I think I still have one or two of
their "There Is No Fucking Escape"[1] t-shirts somewhere...

Dave

[0] Professional opinion and all that
[1] Sometimes I wished there was..

 

175 or 200?

 

heheh.

I don't think the album is that bad. It's pretty cheesey and cliched
but if you didn't have that in rock then it wouldn't be rock.

The cover photo of the band is funny. The perfect stereotypical metal
band in tight black leather trousers, jackets open and bare chested
and long hair.

 

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 22:15:34 +0100,

750

 

Well the fact that no-one is buying this record new at the moment means that
second hand prices are going to soar in the next year or two, so I would
hang onto it for now.

 

heh.

I'm not really serious about selling it. I know it wouldn't get
anything really. And actually I quite like it.

 

Nuno Bettencourt <drool>

 

He was rather cool, wasn't he. Wonder where he is now.

 

I said metal.

 

WTF are Extreme, then?

 

Harsh. But fair. And thanks to this thread I picked up a copy of
Classic Rock magazine. CD of 'new' rock and a poll of the 100 greatest
frontsmen/women - who would people here have as their top 3?

 

Mmmm...got to be Hanson.

 

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bop!

 

Hah.

Freddie Mercury, Suzi Quatro and Roger Daltrey ;-)