[kramer5150]

For a single CD. I bought some Japanese Van Halen bootlegs for $22 each. There was a small record shop in Sacramento I walked into one day out of the blue. $$ well spent.

 

[10068]

about 85$ USD on a used MFSL Gold album, it was either Pink Floyd or Metallica.

they all got stolen a month later anyway.

my friends spent 250$ (each) for Tool tickets a few months back. crazy.

 

[EFN]

Spent over $150 for the almost complete GODFLESH CDs (Full Length Album)

Now I am on the verge of spending almost similar amount to complete SWANS and New Order

 

[compuryan]

I spent around $30 on a book of Chopin Preludes and Etudes

 

[883dave]

497.00

Beatles Sargent Peppers MFSL UHQR

 

[meme]

£30 for a grotty vinyl copy of this --

 

[Trippytiger]

I think the most that I've ever spent on a CD was about $30 for Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet. Laugh if you like, but I spent over a year trying to find that album, so I snapped it up when I saw it.

 

[Oistrakh]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbhaub Amateurs! You ought to try classical. I have 27 different versions of the Mahler 7th symphony. Now, using an average price of $15 per version...$405 for just that one symphony.

why would one spend so much one just one piece? why not use that money to buy other music?

 

[soundboy]

Approximately US$130.00 for a 1985 Hong Kong pop CD. There're other US$50.00 - $80.00 purchases for early HK pop CDs since I am a collector.

Ironically, I spend less than US$40.00 each on the DCC Elvis 24K Hits and Van Halen S/T debut gold CD.

 

[vcoheda]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbhaub Amateurs! You ought to try classical. I have 27 different versions of the Mahler 7th symphony. Now, using an average price of $15 per version...$405 for just that one symphony.

That is certainly a classical enthusiast talking. It reminds me of Lebrecht's story of a woman who owned 80 recordings of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and, feeling deprived of a perfect performance, bought another on the day of release. I think that partly explains why people buy multiple recordings of the same work and this may be something unique to classical music (multiple recordings of the same work but all by different artists). For example, I love opera and have at least 5-10 recordings (if not more) of my favorites. They are all the same yet different. A person who owns 5-6 pairs of headphones (should be a few around here) should be able to appreciate this. It's all about the interpretation, texture, and nuance.

But Mahler's 7th. That is probably the last symphony that I would want more than one of. Why not the 2nd or 3rd.

Also, in answer to the question, I once saw a limited edition copy of Verdi's la Traviata (a 1958 Callas performance) go for $330 on ebay. I bid around $220. Glad I did not win. The following year, it was re-released. You can buy it anywhere for $35 now.

 

[Balisarda]

I once paid about $40 for a brand-new copy of Jerry Garcia's "Almost Acoustic" CD. LOL. But, boy, was it worth it!

 

[dehory]

I spent almost $40 on Fu****susha's Double Live...

 

[ElChupahueso]

Approx. 70$ on the OST's for the Beck anime. (2cd's) Had to special order them from japan through my local japanese bookstore. So totally worth it.

Close second being 40ish$ for the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" single on vinyl. It was actually a radio station copy. Only reason why i grabbed it was because it's the only place besides the 'Lifestyles Of The Ramones' video where the Ramones on 45 megamix appears. I had a number of friends off of the old alt.music.ramones newsgroup that wanted that.

 

[krmathis]

Probably $50 for some of the double-CD albums I have.

 

[NightWoundsTime]

$30-$40 for Kind of Blue and Grant Green's Idle Moments on 200G LP's.