The Japanese trader wanted to do a stall (Sunday) at my fair but it was fully booked. As he only lives 30 miles away, he brought one box of vinyl and stood with the guy who runs the fair. I think he mainly came down just to sell me some IM goodies, which was very nice of him. Though, he managed to sell a Led Zep LP and also purchased a few items for himself. Had a good 30+ mins talk with him. If I've understood him correctly. He reckons that the LPs that came with a sticker sheet (17:46) with multiple bands on them were given away at the discretion of shop staff and might not be part of the official release. Still, it's super nice if we can get them when buying vinyl decades after the release. Bought Killers (complete) and PoM promo (complete). Real shame TNotB didn't have the poster, otherwise that would have gone home with me. I can live with a very minor item missing but, no poster, no purchase haha.

@kyxmaidencollection

2 ай бұрын

Good to know about the stickers, so it's not mandatory to find a copy that has them... Excellent purchases, they are very satisfying items. And you're right about the poster, it's definitely what defines that release

@slobsky7237

2 ай бұрын

@@kyxmaidencollection It's only his opinion but as he's being doing it for so long, he should know better than most. Unless the sheet of stickers has a catalogue number that matches the vinyl, then, they shouldn't matter. Obviously, the blue (SiT) and chrome (7th Son) stickers are official and are a must have item/s for us with OCD. W/o the poster, inserts and obi, it's just another £30 average LP lol.

@kyxmaidencollection

2 ай бұрын

You're right, and, from what I can see, there's no catalogue number on the front of the stickers sheet, so unless it's on the back, the opinion of your Japanese trader seems correct

Wahoo! I've been waiting for this episode. What a super gorgeous beautiful awesome collection you have, mate You're making me jealous lol. I still need the first 4 LPs and 7th Son. You nearly opened the LaD gatefold fully, well saved. Find it funny that the Japanese want the US/UK presses and we want theirs, crazy world. I wonder why there are 3 or 4 different textured (gloss, matt, sheen, other?) sleeves for TNotB LP? I bought my SiT LP back in the day when it first got imported to the UK and mine came with a 5" x 3" questionnaire postcard, maybe, very early presses and promos only got these?

@kyxmaidencollection

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like the video, my friend. That LAD gatefold has an excellent front cover, but I'm afraid the previous owner didn't pay attention to how it should have opened, so the spine isn't as good as it should be and if you don't pay attention it tends to open all the way... I definitely need that first edition. Japanese might want foreign editions just because they're cheaper, but other than that theirs are much better in every way, imho. Powerslave also has the same problem with cover textures... they do it on purpose to drive us crazy. Never seen that postcard in SIT LP, but probably it could be like you said. In any case, yours is a great piece

@slobsky7237

2 ай бұрын

@@kyxmaidencollection Missing items can be the problem when buying second hand, even so, Japanese people look after their items a little better. Even though your SiT promo has an item missing you've got the all important blue sticker, lots of them go missing or get used. Got my LaD 2 years ago, didn't notice the minor damage to back of sleeve until I got home. Wasn't going to buy it because crossword booklet was missing but the vinyl looked unplayed which persuaded me to handover my money. Never played any of my J-vinyl (they look to nice to start wearing them out lol.). Never knew about the virgin vinyl until recently and I obviously can't comment on the audio quality aspects. As collectors pieces, they're my favourites. Saw a first edition J-TNotB last year at the fair. Absolutely played to death, no poster and he still wanted £65. I laughed inwardly and said, no thanks. If I can't get VG/ex-condition, then I don't mind playing the waiting game. Some traders are getting greedy even with crap condition vinyl.

Ciao Kyx! Ottimo video complimenti, i vinili versione Japan hanno un fascino tutto loro. Finalmente possiedo qualcosa che tu non hai 😂 Del "Live After Death" ho la prima stampa completa di tutto. Poi però andando avanti col video e controllando i miei vinili mi sono reso conto che di "Somewhere In Time" mi manca l'inserto in jappo (quello in bianco e nero). Altra curiosità, nella mia copia di "The Number Of The Beast", nella parte superiore dell' OBI manca il rettangolo rosso, però il poster è presente. A me piacerebbe avere anche tutte le seconde stampe ma di recente non ho visto che valutazioni hanno. Continua cosi, trovo molto interessanti i tuoi contenuti, almeno posso fare un raffronto con la mia collezione! Saluti!

@kyxmaidencollection

2 ай бұрын

Ciao Thomas, grazie. Non preoccuparti, sono tantissime le cose che non ho e quella, in particolare, è stato un mio errore di valutazione... Quanto a The Number Of The Beast, la cosa pare essere un po' più complessa: effettivamente l'obi della seconda stampa è senza il rettangolo rosso (quindi per le reissue del 2012 hanno preso l'obi della prima stampa e cancellato la scritta nel rettangolo... mi hanno fregato), quindi sembrerebbe tu abbia una prima stampa con l'obi della seconda, oppure una seconda stampa nella quale è stato messo il poster. Per la cronaca, nel box rosso c'è scritto: "Prima tiratura, solo 50.000 copie, incluso poster a colori di grandi dimensioni"

@thomasvacca3523

2 ай бұрын

@@kyxmaidencollection Anche io ho pensato la stessa cosa, anche se rimane una cosa ambigua.