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woowoo

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13 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

I have posted before but not sure if I did in this thread. I collect Mars Attacks gum cards. I finished the set but I am trying to do some upgrading. 

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I had the whole set  back in the day :sorry:

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Cat-Man_America

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I collect ...and enjoy listening to... early CD pressings.  Among those I've acquired are Japanese pressings of The Beatles' Abbey Road (Toshiba/EMI Odeon black triangle), the Canadian first pressing of RUSH (s/t first album et al early albums on Anthem), Queen's third album Sheer Heart Attack (first Japanese pressing Toshiba/EMI '87), Pink Floyd DSoTM (Harvest Black label) and so on.  

Also, I collect the best quality & rarest classic rock grey market soundboard recordings. Note: 80's era CDs, prior to being remastered with added tracks, often sound much better.  Remastered CDs from the mid-90's on frequently suffer from compression that "brick-walls" the sound for limited resolution playback in cars and/or Walkman players.  Note: Early CDs were actually manufactured to higher tolerances to compete with LPs.  Early CDs, with pre-emphasis flags, often sound nearly as good, occasionally better than the original vinyl LPs when played on better quality home stereo systems today.

Early RUSH (Anthem & Mercury Atomic)

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More selected RUSH, including rare 70's soundboard recordings from shows which often better official live releases of the era...

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On 4/13/2018 at 1:11 PM, N e r V said:

Here’s a cool variant on the original 16 (1968) carded cars. The Python (shown below with the later backing and new name) was originally going to be named Cheetah (shown below on the original backing on the Firebird car). So when buying the original 16 carded cars you’ll see it noted if it’s on a original “Cheetah card”. 

 

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Later release backing.

 

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Original “Cheetah card” backing.

Love them, nerv -- I remain in awe of your redlines! Sweet stuff. I keep pecking away at examples I don't yet have, but that strike me. Plenty more to go -- thanks for showing!

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15 minutes ago, Chicago Boy said:

Here’s another old one I posted.  I collect hand written letters from celebrities with some “cool” content in the letter.  This one is from my very first “ super hero “. Can you figure out who it is ?  Dated November 1973 

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That's pretty awesome for content of a pop-culture icon. What's more, since Mr. Winkler is still very much alive, you could verify its authenticity with him -- very, very cool and one-of-a-kind! :-)

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