"Collector Porn" - Vinyl, Tapes & Merch

[johnnysteel]

Now THAT is some Proper HM-Collector Pron!!

To be 100% honest, I think this is a new world record in Most Obscure Top-Rarities Compiled In A Handful Of Pics, on this forum or elsewhere. That's some impressive work tracking all of those down... I can't help being especially impressed by how you nailed some of those Swedish ones. That's the first copy of the 2nd Jackwave 7" I've even heard about in the hand of a collector, outside the band themselves. Also the 2nd copy of Big Hozz I've ever seen (...though the other copy did have the picture sleeve )

Will get back to you w/ some Q's about some of those pearls via pm soon...

Thanks for the kind words man!!!! It certainly took some work, but a labor of love as I’m sure most here would agree. That Jackwave tp is one of the ones I was talking about in my comment to Ripper that I sold off some spares to finance the purchase it was a good chunk of change, but I got it directly from the band, along with the first 7”, Jackwave demo and Arabian Hugs demo (pre Jackwave) + the recent compilation CD. And honestly the price I paid for all that stuff is what I was willing to pay for the TP alone, so everything else was kinda just icing on the cake.

I’ve had a hard time getting a real answer about the Big Hozz picture sleeve, seems it was a one off / hand made deal for one copy that went to a radio station,as much it kills me inside a little bit to not have that pic sleeve, I have somehow managed to accept it as is …..-1 for missing Big Hozz hand made pic sleeve /// +1 for the Thynn Ice TP with one of a kind hand made pic sleeve


Sorry it took me so long to respond, life’s been busy, but shoot me any questions you have, I’ll try to get back to you a little faster this time!!

[Dirty Rocker]

Had nothing to do yesterday so I compiled a picture of a bunch of black and white hard rock/metal records. Thought it looked cool!

[ARC]

Nice Mr Rocker!!
Although you need a hobby…..

[Dirty Rocker]

Nice Mr Rocker!!
Although you need a hobby…..

Haha, I’m too busy pairing up record covers by color.

[Dirty Rocker]

Some black/red/whites too. I gave up browsing so not as many this time.

[The Ripper]

Excellent collection Dirty rocker! What about that Heavy Load demo tapes re-ups?

[bigfootkit]

Very cool selections & correctly alphabetisized for us anal retentives too.

[malegys]

Very cool selections & correctly alphabetisized for us anal retentives too.

Easier to file back into the collection that way too

[Dirty Rocker]

Excellent collection Dirty rocker! What about that Heavy Load demo tapes re-ups?

Here’s the Heavy Load demo tapes, promo tape of full speed at high level sent to radio stations, stronger than evil master tape, master for a radio live show etc. Bottom is two copies of stronger than evil and a promo tape from Mill with snippets of various bands, heavy load being one of them with a male voice describing the music before each song sample.

[Nightcrawler]

That is sick!!!! Congrats!

[ARC]

Excellent collection Dirty rocker! What about that Heavy Load demo tapes re-ups?

Here’s the Heavy Load demo tapes, promo tape of full speed at high level sent to radio stations, stronger than evil master tape, master for a radio live show etc. Bottom is two copies of stronger than evil and a promo tape from Mill with snippets of various bands, heavy load being one of them with a male voice describing the music before each song sample.

Hey man, that's heavy..

[The Ripper]

Excellent collection Dirty rocker! What about that Heavy Load demo tapes re-ups?

Here’s the Heavy Load demo tapes, promo tape of full speed at high level sent to radio stations, stronger than evil master tape, master for a radio live show etc. Bottom is two copies of stronger than evil and a promo tape from Mill with snippets of various bands, heavy load being one of them with a male voice describing the music before each song sample.

I 'd be dying to see photos of all the tapes with song titles etc
''Burned by love'' demo?? wtf! These tapes should be digitized asap to preserve their metal history!
I am more than eager to do that for free

[Aiden]

I love seeing these type of pics on here again! More please!!

[DaN]

I’ve had a hard time getting a real answer about the Big Hozz picture sleeve, seems it was a one off / hand made deal for one copy that went to a radio station

Missed this comment since way back - and yeah this is a bit picky and periferal but I figure crazy collectors might want the details:
The Big Hozz sleeve was indeed professionally printed, a glossy wrap-around design, intended for the official relase. That never happened. Got scans.

[Dirty Rocker]