@Louise Jamie well yes I agree but if you really want something and you know it's a once in a lifetime chance of owning it and you see it listed for sale it's gonna be hard to control the urge not to buy it and then if not you live with the guilt of not buying it!🤔
I'm a sober alcoholic for the past 7 years and I've traded my drinking to buying tons of cds. 245 this year alone. Some I've paid 40.00 but that's as high as it goes for me. Some are just ridiculous prices. Even Amazon has jacked their prices up for a new release.
Hi there, Sorry I arrived late to this dance. Really enjoyed the vinyl one and now the CD. Wow, insane prices on Discogs. Eventhough not my genre particularly... always fascinating. I guess I need to expand my horizons a little more. God bless and keep well, Tino
Nice video man. I guess you already know by now, but the most accurate way to approach the discogs prices, is to see the detailed sales history. If an item sells once very high, it might be because it is autographed, or offers something unique. Also it is a trend, that the first to offer it for sale usually inflates the price. You can usually see what is going on in the description, which is included in the history. If the item has just sold 2 - 3 times, the price range is not accurate and other sites like ebay/popsike, etc might come handy as second reference.
Ya I get that...cds should never be those crazy prices but demand dictates the cost...I would never pay any more than 30 bux for a cd...but I have ..twice..lol...cheers
@@bikemike1118 There were many poorly mastered CDs put out in the early days...re-issues of vinyl/cassette albums particularly. Some getting much-deserved remastered re-re-issue later. Its not a given that 'engineers' always do the best job.
When CDs first came out, the really collectible CD I knew about was the soundtrack to "A Clockwork Orange" and they were selling for $600 each back in the early 80s. I remember seeing this in a L.A. CD shop and scratching my head.
Hey Darrin, the two Motley Crue box sets might go for the high end price might depend on which pressing it is….1st pressing might be through Electra Records…second issue through Motley Records then Hip-O records….
Hi. These are a few high priced CDs that I have. 1. San Fran band Earth Quake, their live album "Rocking The World" 2. Greg Kihn Band, "Next Of Kihn" 3. Earth Quake comp. CD, "Sittin' In The Middle Of Madness" 4. Allan Sherman, "My Son The Nut"
The most expensive Vinyl box set that I’ve bought was Agalloch wooden box containing their four classic albums. $900 and it was brand new never opened. Still sealed .
I've paid 600 for a cd, offering 800 to a guy on fb now. The cd I bought off discogs was Sabaton Fist For Fight (purple cover edition, 1st release in great shape) and the one I'm trying to procure is one of their early demos they handed around their school, found one of their classmates on Facebook and working out a deal now. Nice to see others that are into collecting rare cds
@@darrin85 exactly. And yea but worth it to the only one in the US who has it. Went up $100 writing this now. Has your experience changed since the video? Seen anything way more than what you had in the vid
I remember Seduce...I know the drummer, haven't seen him in years though he became a guitarist and told me while I was setting up my drums that was the reason he switched right there.. lol..he was in a band called Speedball and they were quite good he sang and played a les paul after Seduce.
@@bobfrapples1208 he was in a band called Speedball...if there is another band called that then it may be a different band. The Speedball he was in never got famous or anything they just a local band In Michigan.
@@bobfrapples1208 i guess he did have some success lol...Chuck Burns was the drummer for Seduce. Im sharing a clip of him with Moorhead live...huh, who knew???
Weird that I never knew that because I am a music dork. I live in the Toledo area and remember when a local station call the "BUZZ" used to play that song "Hog". I just dug out my copy of "Do Unto Others Then Split". Thanks for the info friend. I'm still looking for Speedball's second album with the Charger gascap on the cover.
See the high cd prices alot with underground rap cd's. Very limited amount pressed up and become Insanely rare. Once sold a cd from a group out of New Orleans called Murder Inc (not ja rule). That thing sold for $600 to a collector in France.
THE MOST IVE SPENT ON A BOX SET WAS THE MOST RECENT JUDAS PRIEST 50 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL, ITS THEIR WHOLE DISCOGRAPHY WITH RARE NEVER RELEASED LIVE SETS, THE CLASSIC NEVER OFFICIALLY RELEASED 1990-1991 PAINKILLER TOUR AND THE RAM IT DOWN TOUR, WITH ALL THE EXTRA FEES, ALMOST CAME OUT TO BE $1,000, ORDERED RIGHT FROM THEIR RECORD LABEL. NO STORE SOLD IT CUZ THEY PROBABLY FIGURED NO ONE HAS THE $ TO DISH OUT ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A BOXSET.... MOST I SPENT ON 1 RARE CD WAS ROUGHLY $150... NOW THE JUDAS PRIEST BOXSET I JUST MENTIONED ON EBAY IS NOW GOING FOR AROUND $1,700... PROBABLY IN A FEW YEARS ITS GONNA BE WORTH $5,000
@@darrin85 trust me dude it was too rich for my blood to but thankfully i have a good friend who works 2 jobs and owns his own business so he has a big line of credit and i financed through him, it took me a few months to pay it off through my friend. i had to have it dude, all the cds are mini lp sleeves, even included the tim ripper owens studio and live albums and all the rare unreleased live sets from painkiller tour and ram it down but yeah, trust me without my friend i wouldve been fucked forever...
What's crazy is just everyday average stuff gets extremely high prices by resellers when something goes out of print. OUT OF PRINT is what drives the insane prices. New out of print is really high. I recently wanted a cd copy of a REO Speedwagon album from the 70's for the original version of Riding the Storm Out. Yep out of print. A friend got me a great used copy for 50 cents at goodwill or some place like that. It's mint! Take that reseller 🦈 sharks!! 😡😡😡
yep your absolutely right, i’ve been collecting and reselling and been in the business for 37 years and have around 20,000 official released cds, tons of japanese versions.. no burns, fakes, russian or unofficial labels.. never paid more than $10-15 canadian a cd no matter how rare or expensive it’s is, ive always found it cheap, though i’ve sold lots on ebay for hundreds of dollars each.. there’s only 3 cds i’ve never found and still looking.. i’ve had all those old Razor cds, i found at a garage sale for .25 cents a piece than sold them all on ebay for a couple hundred each..
The Music Vault: Have you ever see Kiss "Lick it up" Vinyl picture disc? I don't know how much it's worth now but when I saw one, way back in 1985 or so I thought : This is going to be hard to find one day. It's got an image on one side covering the entire 12" of a graphic fellatio close-up. Too shy to buy it at the time at 16 yrs old at about $ 60 CDN I wonder if anybody has one now and how much it's worth.
Shotgun Messiah's albums are ridiculously expensive. No idea why, but I've got the two that I'd want so good luck to anyone who's in the market for them.
Great video, not a fan of the Christian Metal but I was lucky to pick up Motley Crue - Music to crash your car to box set 1 & 2 for $90 AUD and I am on the hunt for Seduce debut album, a tad bit jealous you have that!
@troygroff4512 Hey dude...usually the only way I know if its a first pressing is if I buy the cd when it first comes out or if its a limited run....cds as vinyl will alsome tell by the code on the spine I believe....cheers
CDs are getting more expensive or valuable because the record companies do not have their own pressing equipment or warehouses. Their first edition pressings may be the only ones ever pressed. Then you have to stream them. Collectors and fans of a band or album need to jump on them when you find them. I'm glad I 've rarely sold my CDs, LPs, or DVDs. Even cassettes have exploded in value. I have long said that one should own physical media, you support the artist and the company promoting them. Royksopp & Rufus Du Sol have generally pressed their own albums. They take pre orders and then press enough to fill those orders. Within 5 or 10 years, they command $500 or more. Take care of it, it will likely always be there. Change your streaming service and your previous "buys" all go away.. Word to the dedicated collector. - Steven Pettinga, Indianapolis.
It’s all so false though. The modern obsession with ‘vintage’ the fact that a multi-million selling LP like A Hard Days Night now commands absurd prices despite there being 100s of 1000s of copies out there is proof that there’s too many people getting their eyes wiped, because they’re part of the fashion, not seasoned collectors. It’s dreadful. Everything gets Monetised in the end 🙄
If I had to guess if a CD only has a limited number of copies then the CD will be worth more money. Great CD collection too. Ive bidded on cds numerous number of times and ket me tell you it sucks when someone out bids you last minute and the cd is theres without giving you a heads up.
don't just go to the highest price on every cd, the highest one is usually still sealed or signed. Click the last sold date and check condition along with recent sales.
I think the reason some of these the prices jump so high is because someone paid a lot of money at some point. Example Nofx album The Decline first pressing was kind of expensive for awhile than some ass hole way overpaid for a copy and the discogs price went up to over $1,000 because of one person overpaid. Also I love Razor and never heard of that album. I wish I still had my cd collection I know I had rare stuff in it, never thought cds would be so expensive. Thankfully I kept my vinyl
These cds the high end on them is ridiculous, but there is someone out there who will pay it, I have a lot of cds and I just watch what I spend, You Are right Music is to be enjoyed, I like the video, I just recieved Prince Deluxe cds Set it is awesome, he is fantastic,well god bless be safe, Steve
you'll probably find that the high prices paid for some of these were probably for signed copies or copies that had something else included "out of the norm".
That GROMS just got re-released on vinyl somewhere. It's a good death metal album but I haven't really listened to it all that much. Marty did morph into Betrayal. I like Betrayal much better, especially their album The Passing. Looking forward to the vinyl for that one. Teramaze have several other albums out. That first album is their best. Their next album they went for a newer progressive metal sound. Then they went for a GooGoo Dolls sound on the third. I've heard their more recent albums are better but I haven't heard them. I only have the first two. Schaliach is melodic death metal, not doom. Schaliach was his band previous to joining Extol. I haven't heard it in a long time either. Might have to dig it out. Crimson Thorn GOLD CD EDITION is coming out soon on Retroactive! Sound quality supposedly has been greatly improved. Can't wait to hear it. Ohhhh, nice Razor CD. Don't have that one.
nice collection u hv there… yup.. i wouldn’t pay crazy price for a cd… honestly don’t hv the 10 cd album u shared… bt would love to hv that Razor ‘exhumed’… bt same.. won’t pay crazy price for it.. it’s a compilation album.. love Razor.. both Sheepdog n Bob Reid era.. would definitely get that Groms album.. the album cover itself is tempting.. bt still wouldn’t pay crazy price for it.. 😅😅
How do they get that high of a price? Discogs doesn't do auctions like Ebay right. The sellers must be pricing them at these high prices to begin with.
@@darrin85But it had to have started out that high since discogs doesn't do auctions. I guess the cheaper ones were sold out and like you say they wanted it bad enough.
I saw on Ebay a few albums I've released, some people asking like USD 40 lol, I do pay some big cash for weird stuff, but give me a break. Some people are just nuts.
Nice video! Did you know that Groms had just gig in Norway Oslo. On RU-vid you can find some clips from there. I didn't know Ole Borud had also that kind of album. Sounded good. Have you heard his first solo album from 1988? Because of you I started look that from RU-vid and found out he have released also this year new solo album. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)
Screw that - 50 bucks tops and that would need to be superior sonically to everything else I had heard. Difference between a music lover and a collector - different priorities.
I know music collectors are also music lovers as well. I would never pay huge money for cd's ,I think the most I ever spent on a cd was 35$,and thats only because I got into a bidding war with a guy on ebay and wanted that cd...lol. The most I have ever paid for a Lp is about 110 because thats what that Rush album was selling for...Cheers
if you have a CD that is worth that much MORE than you would be willing to spend on it, sell it for that price... goes for pretty much ANYTHING that doesn't have sentimental value to it, but even more so for CDs because you can rip it to iTunes and burn a copy and play it in your CD player or in your car.
'Rip it to iTunes'? Even better, rip it to a set of lossless files, and play them with an audiophile media player. I always buy (so I have the right to listen) and then rip everything. Freeware apps mean that I can do with my files whatever I want (e.g. play everything Mozart ever wrote in chronological order, or go through every version of Pet Shop Boys 'Heart'), with no need to sell my soul to anyone.
Darrin, I bet that Discogs show hi-end prices for people who also sell advance/promo acetate copies of the releases as well….so depending how many of the promo/acetate/advance copies circulate…. I think that’s why the high end super mint sealed copies are extremely expensive.
The most expensive I’ve seen is the debut demo by Haken “Enter The 5th Dimension.” There’s only a couple copies floating around and I think the cheapest is listed at $900
I’ve noticed many of these are from obscure Christian metal or thrash bands. Never knew that genre was heavily in demand. It comes down to supply and demand. These titles didn’t have many pressed and collectors want the music. I agree you won’t find these at your local flea market. Nice video too.
I have a few old CDs that some of them, I never heard it or know the artist. And I probably think that they worth some money. I am trying to get to a local store to sell those CDs but I really don't know what they will give me. The only CDs that I know and have is a few of the compeliations of NOW That's What I Call Music! US series. And also I wonder if NOW CDs from United States worth money. The NOW 4 from the United Kingdom it worths a lot of money. I have NOW 4 but the version of USA. It will be great if I get a $100.00 dollars for all the CDs that I have, I am not sure if I get more for what I have..
Men what about Sentenced - shadows of the past ...first presss... i have one....and o Don't know if must sell. Somebody is offering 100 dollar....im not a Seller
Never understood people paying crazy prices for CD’s. I understand vinyl but I could rip any album I wanted onto CD with pretty much equal sound quality which would cost me nothing. People are paying for the words on the CD.
A month and a half ago (10/22) I bought THE LOST CROWES 2CD First 2006 USA version for "only" € 35.44 in a NM condition in a Spanish website....what do you think? cheap, expensive...? I remember I was embarrassed, I have never paid so much for a second hand CD, but as Christmas approaches, prices are scary, especially in A...N conclusion: you have to move, be educate, speak English, having money is also very important, and if you already have a ... gift for people? (Don de gentes...) to be able to "cheat" the seller...😅
I don't get how you can own albums but never really listened to them 🙄. Did you just buy a job lot or something? I'm going to put up a video of my cd collection soon.
So the moral of this vid is to collect Christian metal bands. Highest in mine is prob one of the Iron Maiden first press box sets. Most top end prices are for signed copies
I am not sure you understand how discogs works. In terms of low medium high Low is the lowest it ever went for medium is the averaging of prices where you throw out the lowest and highest sales and then average the rest. The high when it is unusually hirer then the average usually means there was something special about that record or cd that was sold. Like it was autographed or some such thing.
Hey dude.ya I am pretty sure that I know how discogs works. Don't know If you are really catching the vibe of the thread of this video. Its basically a thread that was going around youtube a few years ago...I suggest in looking up older videos and you will see how they are going...
Risky Business Soundtrack used be a few hundred as recent as last year. Looks like there are some cheap ones on eBay now, which is suspicious (bootlegs maybe). Hooverphonic with Orchestra Live (with DVD concert). There is a studio recording that usually goes for around $100, but I have seen the LIVE version on eBay for $2000, but that guy was smoking crack...The LIVE version is better and the one to have. I am certainly no collector of CD's other than my old stash, but why would 1st pressing mean anything with CDs? Collectability only?
Has anyone answered your question about why a first press cd is so special. I had assumed that unlike vinyl a cd repress is the same soundwise... until it gets remastered .
