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Anyone here happen to have to entire list of all Roadrunner slimlines, released in Japan somewhere in 1984 - 1985?

I know for
- first two Mercyful Fate
- first two Slayer
- first three Anvil

what else?
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Post by Ensiferum2k7 »

this is the hardest one to get, but it's well worth the trouble

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Sure it is, if there's Wake me up, before you go song on it :)
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The only Roadrunner slimcase I own:
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Tokyo Blade – S/T CD slimcase, Roadrunner RR 34 9883 1985
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twisted sister - under the blade
lee aaron - s/t
lee aaron- metal queen
slayer - show no mercy
slayer - hell awaits
mercyful fate - dont break the oath
merycul fate - melissa
anvil - hard n heavy
anvil - metal on metal
anvil - forced in fire
tokyo blade - night of the blade
tokyo blade - s/t(only one i own)
jaguar - this time
mad max - rollin' thunder
au pairs - playing with a different sex
metallica - kill 'em all(I heard it fetches 1k on ebay :O )
manoway - hail to england(supposedly, it's similar in price to the metallica)
venom - at war
raven - all for one
wham! - make it big

now cough up that axiom!
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Post by Avenger »

Ensiferum2k7 wrote:mad max - rollin' thunder
It looks like I have a new add to my want list.


Ensiferum2k7 wrote:now cough up that axiom!
Oh, please... it's mine.
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Post by Cezi »

Hello!

I found old but very interesting topic about Roadrunner Slimline series. I've been searching for those CD's for years, so let me add a few points to the subject.

First of all the list of all slimline CD's mentioned above is not full. It consists of 21 CD's
which I state below

twisted sister - under the blade
lee aaron - s/t
lee aaron- metal queen
slayer - show no mercy
slayer - hell awaits
mercyful fate - dont break the oath
merycul fate - melissa
anvil - hard'n'heavy
anvil - metal on metal
anvil - forged in fire
tokyo blade - night of the blade
tokyo blade - s/t
jaguar - this time
mad max - rollin' thunder
au pairs - playing with a different sex
metallica - kill 'em all
manoway - hail to england
venom - At war with Satan
raven - all for one

Au Pairs - Sense and Sensuality
M80 - Maniac's Revenge

The last two Cd's are indeed Roadrunner Slimlines, but they are not mentioned in the catalogue, that's why few people know about them.

It took me years to collect sixteen of them in. The only ones I miss are:

Jaguar
Metallica
Manowar
Twisted Sister
M80

Jaguar, Metallica, Manowar and M80 were supposed to be pressed in Germany. The rest was pressed In Japan. It is not 100% confirmed, but all CDs pressed in Germany was in so bad quality, that Roadrunner decided to withdraw all the copies before putting them the market and destroy them. Other rumour says, that due to legal problems only test pressings of German CD's were made. Twisted Sister is also very rare, because almost all Roadrunner release was put into ordinary jewel case.

And one more thing. Wham - Make it Big is not by any means a part of Roadrunner Slimline series. It is true that it had been released in slimline case, but not by Roadrunner. It was released by CBS/SONY in 1984. There are some other CD's put in white slimline case like Mick Jagger's - She's The Boss and some other Japanese performers.

Here you can see my part of slimline collection:

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Post by oldskoolcollector »

Great post man!!

Thanks for the information!

I only have in my own collection:

Slayer - show no mercy
Raven - All for one

Now I can start hunting. :twisted: :wink:
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Post by Cezi »

Hello!


Here is better quality of the image with the slimlines:
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If any of You are interested I have for sale/trade Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade (slimline CD). Both disc and insert are mint, however one hinge of the case is broken. Any reasonable offer will be considered.

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Post by Korgüll »

Surely the Metallica one would fetch a fortune right??
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Post by Cezi »

Well, I have never seen Roadrunner Slimline Kill'em All for sale, but a friend of mine told that it had been auctioned for over 1000 USD. I have seen Manowar once for 1250 USD starting price (no bids) and Jaguar - This Time (sold for 838.00 USD). Anyway, these are really very expensive CD's and very few people can afford buing them.

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Cezi wrote:Well, I have never seen Roadrunner Slimline Kill'em All for sale, but a friend of mine told that it had been auctioned for over 1000 USD. I have seen Manowar once for 1250 USD starting price (no bids) and Jaguar - This Time (sold for 838.00 USD). Anyway, these are really very expensive CD's and very few people can afford buing them.

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Does anybody has the Manowar Roadrunner to sell? Let me please know. Thank you
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AlexB wrote:Does anybody has the Manowar Roadrunner to sell? Let me please know. Thank you
Find ebay seller id konakuna. He was selling Manowar Roadrunner CD in 2007 on ebay. The opening price was 1250 USD, but there were no bids. I don't know if he sold it outside the auction. I wrote him after the auction but did not receive any reply. Maybe yo'll be more lucky. In any way, if you get any answer please let me know.
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Lee Aaron - slimline CD for sale

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Just if anybody is interested. Mint condition.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0431948932

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