I was just on e Bay and found a copy of Pursuit of the sun going for $61.00 Currently with 12 bids in the history. 6 hours left on it so it may go up higher. Thats crazy.
Yup, that's crazy, but is out of print with only 1000 (I think) floating around. Got my first copy for $20 during the pre-order and my back-up used for $10....
Damn, I remember last year when Dave found an extra five copies and was selling them first come first serve for twenty bucks, I had the first post in the thread asking for one, but I deleted it thinking I would take too long getting the money, I really regret that now.
Heh. I dug mine out the other day for the car. Too much sentimental value to ebay the cd for me. Dave sent it to Korea (where I was working at the time) and it has travelled with me since.
It's a pity such good music is so difficult to get. Sadly that's not the only album i like to get my hands on which is out of print. But hey, there's a new WoY album sometime soon. And hopefully there'll be a reprint one day
Speaking of reprints, I really hope that one day The End records reprints Agalloch's Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor.
As much as I want that EP, I just can't spend more then $100 on it. There is another copy going for like $5, but I could imagine how much it will be when the bid is over. I remember a couple of months ago there was a copy that went for over $1,000.
I remember last year, both the From Which of this Oak demo casset and the promo they recorded just for record labels where on ebay at the same time. I forgot how much they both went for, but I could only imagine.
Labels really ought to re-press albums just to stop fans forking over ridiculous amounts of money just to have the real thing (and to stop certain people from profiting via a band's talent). T-shirts, too.
[SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION] I'm selling the WoY demo cd-r. Might be interesting to some. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170147575776 [/SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION]