US imports v/s Euro imports in the 80s?
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:28 am
Bit of a collector-nerdy topic I guess, but the Q! just struck me:
What was more common in the 80's: European import pressings in local US small-town stores, or US import pressings in local Euro small-town stores? Just curious how exposed fellow HM fans from my own age-group were, to cool/rare HM records from the rest of the world back in the day.
For reference, I do remember seeing stuff like Jag Panzer, Black Death, Ripper etc at the local vinyl peddler of my old Swedish Home Town X of <80K populous, but it's not like anyone I knew actually picked up these records on purpouse..
..and of course I'm curious of similar situations in Asia/So-AM, if anyone has stories.
What was more common in the 80's: European import pressings in local US small-town stores, or US import pressings in local Euro small-town stores? Just curious how exposed fellow HM fans from my own age-group were, to cool/rare HM records from the rest of the world back in the day.
For reference, I do remember seeing stuff like Jag Panzer, Black Death, Ripper etc at the local vinyl peddler of my old Swedish Home Town X of <80K populous, but it's not like anyone I knew actually picked up these records on purpouse..
..and of course I'm curious of similar situations in Asia/So-AM, if anyone has stories.