In 1993, I've paid a hefty sum (my whole summer earnings!) for TIWTKIA I-II, which would count around 45 USD in today's currency - it was a fair price, considering that now you'd get only one box for that :D  And this included BOTH boxes, AND the shipping... Unfortunately,
it must have been opened, since the stickers were stolen - in fact  I never knew there were any stickers until I came across that fact on
the web around 1997.

What soured the whole K collecting experience for me is when I saw a limited edition CD or something, offered on the list in a moderate price (which would be unaffordable for me right now), then resurfacing on Ebay for a hugely inflated amount - like the Helter Skelter gig.

Sure it IS rare, but is it worth it? Not for me, and that conclusion is the result of a long thinking. I had to choose my priorities. I don't have
endless account for collecting, I could be buying and buying but I'd end up broken (both inside and commercially), and that's the bottom line. Buying music should be pleasure, not like buying stocks...

That's where I drew a line in collecting (not just music) - I won't buy something just for the elitism for it. The memories are important, not the price tag, leave that to Damien Hirst. I won't replace my original copies of the Japan box for a "mint" version (with stickers) either.


> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:49:55 +0100
> From: jarvmeister@gmail.com
> To: klf@mailman.xmission.com
> Subject: [KLF] Why so expensive?
>
>
> I've seen the Jap import This Is What KLF Is About 3 x CD set floating
> around in various shops, I've never really understood why it's so
> expensive:
>
> http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=7056&From=EIL_KLF-COL-04092010-1230.STT.-KLF-Sat-TEAIS
>
> I don't suppose it's ultra rare (or is it?) and it's not like it's an
> official KLF Comms release, so why the high price tag? None of the
> mixes are hard to get hold of, and most feature in the 'lower price
> bracket' of what were available as official KLF 12 inch releases. You
> could probably spend the same today, and obtain nearly all of these
> tracks on KLF Comms vinyl, perhaps not the Pure Trance LTTT.
>
> When I used to collect KLF stuff from 1990 to 1995, unless it was a
> KLF Comms release I tended to move on, Arista and Wax Trax releases
> didn't really interest me that much. I admit to being a little
> blinkered back in those days though.
>
> Having stood back from the list for about 10 years I'm interested to
> hear other people's views on what they believe to be worth collecting,
> and why. Perhaps the fact that many of the super rare KLF releases of
> the early nineties have now gone into collectors boxes and are very
> unlikely to ever change hands again, thereby pushing the unofficial
> releases to the top of the collectible pile?
>
> All the best.
>
> Ross
>
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