As far as Cd collecting goes, one thing that does interest me are the first pressings of CDs. Mostly those released in the 80s. Some, are becoming very hard to come by.

Anyone else have an interest ? If so, which ones do you own or even need ?

Like a numbskull, I would typically give away my original CD's to friends or family whenever a new/upgraded/remastered edition would be issued. Don't know how many originals I've given away when upgrades were made available, but more than I'd care to recall.........

If you only gave them away when you got new ones then that would be three?

(*runs n hides*)

For those who gave away their original first pressing cds. May I say that you are crazy, no offence. But I need to tell you the original first pressing cds are worth some money now.

Elvis_Priestly - it would be more than three cds.

Some original first pressing cds.

Elvis Presley
Elvis
Moody Blue
From Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis Tennessee (now has become part of Moody Blue)
Golden Records
Golden Records Vol. 2
Golden Records Vol. 3
Golden Records Vol. 4
Golden Records Vol. 5
Aloha From Hawaii
On Stage
Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (Original cd is very hard to find)
and many more

Upgrades doesn't just mean sound quality. It also means that they could have bonus tracks as well.

Night Rider - on the question, If so, which ones do you own or even need ?
I would like any of the first pressing cds. Do I need some. I looking for any Elvis CD that I don't have. I don't have too many of the official RCA cds. I have mostly of the import cds.

Just yesterday I got off of Ebay the original cd of Burning In Birmingham and a few days before that Event Number 8. Even though they are not RCA cds I finally got those. I had them as cd-rs but now I can throw those CD-Rs away in the trash now since I got the real cds.

Conor ( Elvis Priestly) wasn't reffering to how may first pressings there were, but a joke at how many Cds Barry has in his collection...........an on going friendly joke

I have collected CDs since they first came out. Official and otherwise. But i was picky at what i bought along the way. Like many people, i couldn't and still can't afford everything. I do, however still look out for many first pressings that i don't have when i have the chance. For example, i did have 13 first pressings of Aloha from Hawaii from around the world. Having done that, i wondered if that was the right way to do it ( as i was missing out on other releases of course ). I have now trimmed that down to around 5 or 6...and used the cash to purchase other things. But i will admit that the ones that i traded or sold, i would love to get them back again.

I think its a passion for those interested in starting to collect them. Luckily, not everyone out there knows of the increased interest and indeed value of some of these. You can find some of them on e-bay at times....at very reasonable prices. But, be warned.....some of them do suffer from the dreaded CD Rot. ( Reconsider Baby a prime example ). It is though another interest which you could take up....i find it very cool.

I for one never buy anything for the collection with thoughts of it's perceived value. I buy what I like and or want and if it go's up in value fine, if on the other hand it doe's not hold or increase in monetary terms, it still holds a personal value to me. Price guides are somewhat misleading. All well and fine for one of them to state that record/cd is worth x amount of dollars, but it's more of a fact of finding the right person at the right time, who happens to be in the market for said item. Just try selling any collection of all your items at once... You would never get to top price for all items as they are listed iny any guide. So buy what you like and can afford... You'll be much happier!!!!

I am perfectly happy now....

There are different sorts of collectors i guess. Those that buy what they want just because they enjoy the music and rarely buy stuff just for the sake of having it......... and those that do that, but also just collect different pressings from a collecting point of view. I must admit that there are many CDs i have that i have never played. Simply because i already have the songs on other albums, maybe even in better sound quality. But i still enjoy hunting for CDs not in my collection. The same can be said for Vinyl collectors i suppose....no real point in buying many of those nowadays..but people still do.

i stilll have myfirst cd - the top ten hits[ in the long box, remember those], and some japanese ones like 1969 , golden hits , 50,0000 fans can't be..... all these from 86 i believe, and almost every boot from 88-present even though my source of boot cd 's has shut down, again anyone out there that can send me adress of trustworthy boot dealer i would appreciate, many thanx.

The first pressings started to come out in 1984. I took a friend up to Blackpool museum ( shame thats long gone now )....and hadn't even seen an Elvis Cd till we arrived there. They had quite a collection....needless to say, we went back up there within a month and bought more. I have several from '84. Man, over 23 years old....don't time fly

I was quite jealous at the time. My friend ( also called Chris ) is a graphic designer, but the old fashoined type....by hand. He has always had a fair amount of cash around....and for everyone one i bought i think he had about three Having said that, when times were hard for me, he had helped me out on numerous occasions......i guess thats what friends do

I am a CD collector that's mine main thing,

And I think I have every first pressing CD!

I never bought the remasterd versions..

So I can't judge them.

Till the day I still try to get first pressings of every new CD.

That is true, The first pressings did started coming out in 1984. Most of them was made in Japan. Those are the ones that is worth some money. Those gets harder to find each and every year. Some you can get a good price if lucky.

Reconsider Baby, Always On My Mind, and Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis just to name a few. I have two of those and got them for nothing. The person didn't want them and I say "I'll take them". Later on they try to get them back and I say nope. I had about five witnessess at the time so he couldn't do anything at all.

The last edition of Elvis The Man and His Music (No. 76) had a really interesting feature about the first Elvis CD's "Elvis: The Legend" (RCA PD 89000) released December 1983, a 3 cd box set! It says it was the first CD set issued in not only Europe but the world and was pressed in Germany. Its a six page article by Gordon Minto and John Towson. Any of you have that one?

i did own the frist pressing of Elvis's cds but i never like the sound on them, so i trade them for some Elvis vinyls and still have them today.

i do have however Elvis music on box set's like the 50s 60s 70s and they sound great and i have
the 2 cd set of the 60s 2 the command performance that has some of his movie tracks.
and i have the Peace in the valley the complete Gospel recordings.

but i still wish bmg to finsh the 70 sets and his movie set.

but it well never happend.

but i am gald i still have my vinyl and my good turntable to play them on.

Two variations of that came out. One Silver and one Gold. Sadly, i don't have either. And what makes that worse is that i can remember looking at them when they came out, but, being 3cd sets, i thought that they were expensive.....and left them. Typical.

They where pressed in germany and they have all have a Number (limmet edition)

You now pay allot of money for the gold set and a littel less for the silver set.

I am lucky and have them boght.

Being a vinyl collector and a bit sad in that i have spent half my life trying to collect all the variation's and pressing's

I was late to catch on to the cd thing, although anything new Elvis that came out i bought on both format's

and just stored the cd's away at the time (sad i know) dont think i bought a cd player untill a new Album came out on cd only

So i can't see myself chasing down first issue's of cd's although i do have a great many of the legit label one's

as to boot's/import's whatever you want to call them cdr's or download's that i burn myself

suit me fine and with the great cover's you guy's make the collection look's superb

plus with a wife and kid's one at collage, fund's are limited so i buy what i need or want not just because it's out there

i agree with you there, the 70's masters were not complete, as the 50's/60's , they contained all studio recordings, i among many felt that the 70's set should have contained every track masters from 70-77, even if the set would contain 7-8 discs so what[ernst said in the man and his music , that to have a complete 70's set it would have to contain between 8-9 discs and the price would be to much and fans would not buy it] again the whole idea behind the masters series was to include every master track, i sure wish they would honor their commitments.

The two sets that you are talking about is the following:

Elvis Aron Presley (25th Anniversary Box Set 1955 to 1980) (Silver Box Set)

Elvis: A Golden Celebration (50th Anniversary Box Set 1935 to 1985) (Gold Box Set) (Celebrates his 50th birthday)


Both sets came out on LP, CD, 8-Track and Cassettes.
The CD sets are the hardest to find.
I would say the Cassettes is next to find complete with book and inserts.
8-Track is next but you won't hardly find the sets with the box, book and inserts.
LP you can get them between 20 to 50 dollars depending on who is selling it.

Thats not the two i am talking about.

The ones i mean ( which are now very valuable ) are as follows..

Elvis The Legend
German Limited Gold Edition
BMG/RCA CD: PD 8900 (89061/89062/89063)

Worldwide the first Elvis Presley Compact Discs. Limited to 5000 pieces.
Contains 3 Gold Discs with red print in individual jewel case. Each has an 8 page booklet with a different photo of Elvis on the sleeve.
The discs are packaged in special limited edition numbered box set. Containes a limited edition numbered certificate from RCA.

The second pressing of that was a Silver box set. Which is valued ( whilst still high ) well below the Gold one.

Just seen the silver one on e-bay. Around £50 so far. About average or a bargain ??

We have number 2 of the Gold set. Number 1 is in the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

Did you see it framed when you came to the shop NR?

Number 2

No, i don't think that i did mate...my eyes never knew where to look once inside your shops doors

I have some CD's from the 80's but did not know they were worth anything.
I only collect what I like,not because I think it's going to go up in value.I
would not sell them,even if I was offered alot

TCE
Lorraine

Not a very good pic, but a pic all the same.

Cool...nope...must have missed that

Sure you still have room for it

I don't think Jules would be very happy mate.

Err..she doesn't have to know..... .......guess your probably right....

LOL....!

Firstly, is there a price guide available for import cds? I would really like to have one if there is! Secondly, I would have no way of finding out what pressings of import cds I have. Now the RCA cds on the other hand is a little different, since I have a price guide with everything that has been released up to I think '97. Yes, I know, that doesn't take care of '98 to the present. Anyhow, as been stated, there's no way on the face of this earth that I would ever sell my cds, unless it was a life or death situation. If I was the one dying, I would say let me go towards the light, lmao. I haven't been collecting imports very long, a little over a year, originals I should say. But I have easily doubled the number of original imports as to the ftd cds I have. We don't have much money so obviously I can't buy all the time. When I have some spending money I do shop on Ebay. I'm just glad I stumbled upon Kennys' old site many moons ago or I would have never found out about the import world. Damn Chris, you are lucky buddy to have a friend to give you cds when you couldn't afford 'em. Now that's what I call a true friend!

Indeed....very lucky.

No...i don't believe there is a price guide for imports.The one you have, if its 9 years old would be well out of date by now. But, as you say, if your not interested in selling anyhow, doesn't matter. Besides which, you can't always go on what the price guides tell you.........

These are GREAT written 6 pages from my friend Gordon Minto and John Towson. A fantastic UK Fan Mag The Man and his music.
Indeed the Legend 3 CD Box Set was pressed 1983 and are the very first Elvis CDs worldwide.
The Gold Box was limited for 5000 pices, the Silver Box limited to 10000 pices. 7000 Silver Box Sets incl. a RCA Certificate.

Picking my jaw up off the floor as i type Chris G

These sets were availabe for around 130-140 euro in today's money in 1984; don't forget that the tracks were directly taken from LP masters and in a terrible sound like That's all right with too much echo / tracks in electronically reprocessed stereo etc. Later on the price rised to about 500 - 800 euro but it is not worth.
In my opinion you buy a CD for listen the music and not for speculation to a high price in future.
I have decided to wait until CD's became in better sound so I started collecting CD's around 1986-1987. I've sold my electronically reprocessed stereo LP's as far as possible in these years.

The first CD's are in a poor sound>> the CD's for the US market were pressed in Austria and in Japan because RCA had no pressing plant in the USA. Some of the first CD's had the American lay out but were pressed in Japan.


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