Re: TWW box vs. 7" singles

[uli@zoodle.RoBIN.de (Ulrich Grepel)]

> If one hopes to have less expense by purchasing a complete collection of 

> 7" singles rather than the box, you should know that many of the singles 

> are rare, and the total cost of all of them, even assuming you could find 

> them, could be two or three times the cost of the TWW box.

Actually even worse. I've paid more than the cheapest price of the Canadian
Boxed Set for more than one Kate-7"-discs. The most expensive was the Irish
Night Of The Swallow, followed by some Japanese ones. Though maybe all these
don't count since there's no b-side you would only get with these (versions
of these) singles. Anyhow, the complete set of singles is much more difficult
to find and quite a lot more expensive, especially if you want to have them in
good condition.

> As a hardcore collector who has found most of the 7" singles over the 

> years, I would have to say that I've bought them more for the cover art 

> and as collectible items than I have to listen to them.

Yes, exactly!

> Karen Newcombe  kln@crl.com  Currently missing only the rarest of the 

> rare from my 7" collection.  And in the market for a copy of CATHY should 

> anyone be selling.

Well, according to the list Record Collector gave out in his 10/93 issue (#170)
the most expensive Kate-7" is a double promo pack from Japan - five hundred
pounds. I think you can get several TWW boxes for that ;-).

And if there's a second Cathy copy searching for a new owner - I'd be interested.

Ciao,

Uli



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