In 1993, I've paid a hefty sum (my whole summer earnings!) for TIWTKIA I-II, which would count around 45 USD in today's currency - it was a fair price, considering that now you'd get only one box for that :D And this included BOTH boxes, AND the shipping... Unfortunately, it must have been opened, since the stickers were stolen - in fact I never knew there were any stickers until I came across that fact on the web around 1997. What soured the whole K collecting experience for me is when I saw a limited edition CD or something, offered on the list in a moderate price (which would be unaffordable for me right now), then resurfacing on Ebay for a hugely inflated amount - like the Helter Skelter gig. Sure it IS rare, but is it worth it? Not for me, and that conclusion is the result of a long thinking. I had to choose my priorities. I don't have endless account for collecting, I could be buying and buying but I'd end up broken (both inside and commercially), and that's the bottom line. Buying music should be pleasure, not like buying stocks... That's where I drew a line in collecting (not just music) - I won't buy something just for the elitism for it. The memories are important, not the price tag, leave that to Damien Hirst. I won't replace my original copies of the Japan box for a "mint" version (with stickers) either.
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:49:55 +0100 From: jarvmeister@gmail.com To: klf@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [KLF] Why so expensive?
I've seen the Jap import This Is What KLF Is About 3 x CD set floating around in various shops, I've never really understood why it's so expensive:
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=7056&From=EIL_KLF-COL-04092010-12...
I don't suppose it's ultra rare (or is it?) and it's not like it's an official KLF Comms release, so why the high price tag? None of the mixes are hard to get hold of, and most feature in the 'lower price bracket' of what were available as official KLF 12 inch releases. You could probably spend the same today, and obtain nearly all of these tracks on KLF Comms vinyl, perhaps not the Pure Trance LTTT.
When I used to collect KLF stuff from 1990 to 1995, unless it was a KLF Comms release I tended to move on, Arista and Wax Trax releases didn't really interest me that much. I admit to being a little blinkered back in those days though.
Having stood back from the list for about 10 years I'm interested to hear other people's views on what they believe to be worth collecting, and why. Perhaps the fact that many of the super rare KLF releases of the early nineties have now gone into collectors boxes and are very unlikely to ever change hands again, thereby pushing the unofficial releases to the top of the collectible pile?
All the best.
Ross
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