Re: Laswell's rarest

I agree...those days of the rush of finding a rarity seem to be waning...I used to travel to NYC and Japan and track down rare Laswell shit...the paradigm has just shifted so drastically...

--- In [email protected], Dave Brunelle <dave.brunelle@...> wrote:
>
> How satisfying is that? When you finally track down something like those - when they're also great albums? It used to be such a high for me. It seems like it happens less an less. I don't know if it's just me, the changing of music to more digital platforms or what? Now I certainly get a high off a killer album, but that same rush that couples with actually finding one is so few and far between now. 
> 
> Dave
> 
> > On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:10 PM, rick steele <rick_steele@...> wrote:
> > 
> > I got an original copy of Flying Mijinko off of eBay about 7 years ago. The seller said he also had an original copy of Tokyo Meeting. I paid $100 each for them. Worth every penny. Two of my favorite cds. I was leary that they were going to be the CDR versions, but alas, they were the real deal.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> > Sent from my Windows Phone
> > From: JoEllen Phillips
> > Sent: ‎10/‎9/‎2013 3:45 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [laswell] Re: Laswell's rarest
> > 
> >  
> > 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:
> > > 
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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...
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Dave
> > >
> > 
> >
>




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