I will only buy a re-issue if it has bonus tracks & extra liner notes or has never been released on CD etc...
yesss the Karthago, Axe Killer & High Vaultage re-issues are exceptional. All have great sound & quality booklets.
I recently acquired most of the Roadrunner/Metal Mind re-issues & while the music content on the discs is very good the packaging is not so great. The digi-paks are very frail & the actual printing is nothing special...the Bulldozer Box Set rules tho'
...the Reborn Classics releases (even tho' they are bootlegs) are also worth having too I reckon, it's kinda cult & collectible in a way...?
The Bathory Box Set layout & info from BM was terrrrible!
Arrrgh, I love the music but the box set is nothing special at all...surely an artist such as Bathory deserves more attention & detail especially when it comes to putting together a 'definitive' box set...and also when the label manager/owner is his father!!!!???
Another re-issue label worth checking out is:
www.aztecmusic.net
It's an Aussie label that is only re-issuing long-lost Aust. releases...
They have recently 'officially' released the Buffalo albums & Kahvas Jute on CD (both command high prices on original vinyl). They may also be re-issuing (on CD soon) hard to get albums from Depression, Gash, Renegade & Nothing Sacred...so look out!
Does anyone know when a HELL (UK) CD/LP re-release will be happening??????