Re: Re: Laswell's rarest

For me, it was finding KonTon (Kondo) in a used bin for like 6 bucks!

Sean


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Dave Brunelle <[email protected]>wrote:

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> Ahh yes...those were somewhat of a pain too. Especially I think Sakata's
> Silent Plankton for me. Rituals was one of those oddities I thought I'd
> search forever for and just came across it randomly in a used CD store for
> something like $22. I'm sure everyone has a 'find' story. I miss those days
> with actual brick and mortar places.
>
> It's funny with Mijinko for me....I actually called Japan Foundation in
> Japan back in '96 or '97 and talked them into giving me a copy. Which they
> did because I was able to fax them a letterhead for the promotions company
> I worked for. Total luck. The best part was not only that it was free, but
> they sent it second day air to the States!
>
> Yeah....YLA Mago and Soon e Mc I finally found. Those were just the result
> of constant google searches that miraculously paid off. If anyone wants to
> hear them I can post tracks in a few days.
>
> Dave
>
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:45 PM, "JoEllen Phillips" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> Yeah I was thinking Flying Mijinko had to be up there...I remember I had a
> bitch of a time tracking down Painkiller-Rituals and Kikuchi's Dreammachine
> and a lot of the Akira Sakata stuff amongst other Jap releases...but that
> was some time ago...I haven't checked the market regarding those for some
> time...
>
> Dave,I remember when you were tracking down the Soon e Mc and the YLA
> mago...seems you looked for those for ages...does this mean you finally
> tracked them down??
>
> I remember being at DMG on a trip to NY and Bruce telling me about Anton
> selling the Mijinko discs...I was so pissed I missed out on a copy...I have
> a shit ton of Laswell collectibles but that one has forever eluded me...
>
> -doomride
>
> --- In [email protected], Dave Brunelle <dave.brunelle@...> wrote:
> >
> > That's an interesting question. Some of these items have changed over
> time
> > in terms of rarity I think. There was a time where the Myths album was
> > plentiful from dealers who sold in cut-outs and discontinued stock. Now
> it
> > seems quite hard to find. Some of the others (particularly Japanese
> > releases) seem to get harder to find as time goes on. Some things are
> > harder to find but still out there, but are being asked a ridiculous
> amount
> > of money in order to be acquired (Toy's factory 3 disc version of
> Execution
> > Ground comes to mind). To some extent Tokyo Meeting 1984 as well. Though
> I
> > don't see as many Japanese stores with used copies as there were a year
> or
> > two ago.
> >
> > An original of Flying Mijinko Band has to be close to the top since it
> was
> > never commercially sold. The only time I recall seeing a copy other than
> > CD-Rs from DTMG was when Anton Fier sold his copy(or copies) off. The
> Soon
> > e MC single was a bitch to find and was probably the longest search for
> me.
> > Possibly the YLA Mago 12" comes in a close second.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:26 AM, JoEllen Phillips
> > <joellenphillips@...>wrote:
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> > > I was thinking the other day about what might be the rarest/hardest to
> > > find release that Laswell had involvement in...is it some of the
> Celluloid
> > > vinyl? Flying Mijinko Band? Myth-Dreams of the World? Some of the
> Japanese
> > > releases(Autonomous Zone,Shadow Run,etc)? Or those Subharmoic releases
> made
> > > out of NYC body bags? I could go on and on...
> > >
> > > What would you guys figure is the rarest of the rare...?Just curious...
> > >
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> > --
> > Dave
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