The Scrounger's ReportJul. 21, 2001A CCM Treasure TroveEgads, what a day! What started out as just a normal day of CD scounging, turned into an afternoon of tough decisions, and *WAY* more spent than anticipated. [Let me preface this by saying that I would never wish anyone misfortune of this nature, even though as it turns out someone else's catastrophe turned into my gain. However, since I entered the picture well after-the-fact, I don't think there's any guilt to be had.] I drove an hour to one of my usual scrounging grounds, and after an hour or so I'd gone through 90% of their inventory, with very little to show, so I was feeling a little peevish about potentially blowing $10 in gas with nothing to show for it. Then I encountered 2 racks that hadn't been there on my last visit, labeled "Christian Music". Since Christian hard rock and metal is one of my collecting "specialties", my attention was gotten. I started reading through the titles and pulling discs... and more discs... and more discs. WTF? All sorts of CCM rock and metal, some of it quite OOP, and a *very* wide selection. Considering this store never had a CCM section, something odd was going on. I called one of the employees over and asked what was up with these discs. I wish I hadn't asked. Evidently a local youth had died unexpectedly, and his parents, wishing to remove as many reminders as possible, had taken his CD collection en masse and sold it to this CD store about 2 days ago. I felt a little uncomfortable about it (it almost felt like grave robbing, know what I mean?), but then realized (or rationalized, depending on your point of view) that if I left the discs, someone else would simply grab 'em, and I'm guessing that where he is, he doesn't really need them. Since the store didn't do a regular business in Christian music, they'd bought them cheap and were selling them cheap just to move them. All the discs were $4 each. There was all sorts of material that I already owned, but would have made good trading material or Ebay candidates, but I decided to limit myself to discs I didn't already have. I passed on discs like the following: Rage of Angels - S/T Barren Cross - Hotter Than Hell Live! Saviour Machine - II Rez - 20 Years Live (2 CD) both discs from The Brave the entire Petra discography the entire Stryper discography the entire Whitecross discography, including original Pure Metal pressings all sorts of discs that may have been rare/OOP, but since the genres represented weren't ones I listened to, I passed; artists like Mark Heard, Sixpence None the Richer, Altar Boys, The Choir, Michael Knott, Michael Roe, Arkangel, and a myriad I don't remember. [I'm toying with the idea of making a return trip this week to pick up a few of the discs I left behind, now that I've had a chance to look them up on Ebay. If anyone has any specific requests, contact me privately with the titles and prices you're wanting/willing to pay (Ergf, that sounds mercenary, doesn't it? *shrug* A guy's gotta cover his expenses...)] Some of what I picked up was OOP, others were simply discs that at one point or another I'd toyed with picking up online for $10-15 each, but given this opportunity... and still others, while groups/genres I didn't normally listen to, were close enough and had that OOP look to warrant a gamble... When all was said and done I walked out with 60 CDs (and a rather cool 1ft x 1ft Styx mirror that was only $5... had to snag it :). So here's the list of discs I bought today: Amos, Daniel - Live Bootleg '82. 1990. Stunt Records. Amos, Daniel - Preachers From Outer Space. 1994 (1978). Stunt Records. Amos, Daniel - Shotgun Angel. 1977. Maranatha Music. Atomic Opera - Alpha and Oranges. 1999. Fever Dream Profuctions. Atomic Opera - Penguin Dust. 1997. A Comic Opera Music. Balance of Power - Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion. 1999. Nightmare Records. Barnabas - Approaching Light Speed + 1. 2000 (198?). Magdalene Records/M8. Barnabas - Hear the Light/Find Your Heart a Home. 2000 (1980/1981). Magdalene Records/M8. Barren Cross - Rattle Your Cage. 1994. Rugged Records. Benson, David - Purpose of the Cross. 1996. ATG Records. Bloodgood - To Germany, With Love!. 2000 (1993). Magdalene Records/M8. Bride - Bride Live! Volume 1. 1999. Old School Records. Bride - Live to Die. 1988. Pure Metal Records. Bride - Show No Mercy + 7. 1999 (1986). Magdalene Records/M8. Disciple - By God. 2000. Rugged Records. Disciple - My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy. 1997. Warner Resound. Disciple - This Might Sting a Little. 1999. Rugged Records. Disciple - What Was I Thinking. 1995. Slain Productions. Eloi - Degrees of Freedom. 1997. Self-released. Eternal Decision - Eternal Decision. 1997. Cling Records. Eternal Decision - Ghost in the Machine. 1999. Godfather Records. Extol - Burial. 1998. Endtime Productions. Farner, Mark - Closer to Home. 1992. Frontline. Glass Hammer - Chronometree. 2000. Arion Records. Glass Hammer - Journey of the Dunadan. 1993. Arion Records. Glass Hammer - Live and Revived Special Edition. 1997. Arion Records. (numbered out of 1,000, autographed) Glass Hammer - On to Evermore. 1998. Arion Records. Glass Hammer - Perelandra. 1995. Arion Records. Guardian - Live!. 2000. ForeFront Records. Impellitteri - Live! Fast! Loud!. 1998. New England Music Express. King David - Against All Odds. 1998. Radical Christian Music. Ledfoot - Ledfoot. 1997. Ninety Degree Records. Magdallan - End of the Age + 7. 1999 (1992). KMG Records. Messiah Prophet - Colors. 19??. U.C.A.N.. Mortification - Envision Evangeline. 1996. Rowe Productions. Omega Highway - Love. 1999. Old School Records. Philadelphia - Search and Destroy. 2000 (1985). Magdalene Records/M8. Resurrection Band - Best of. 1984. Light Records. Saint - Too Late for Living. 2000 (198?). Armor Records. Saviour Machine - Behold a Pale Horse (EP). 1998. Massacre (Germany). Saviour Machine - Live in Deutschland. 1995. MCM Music (Germany). Servant - Light Maneuvers. 1984. Myrrh Records. Seventh Avenue - Tales of Tales. 1996. ATM Records. Seventy Sevens, The - All Fall Down + Bonus Tracks. 1995. VIA Records. Seventy Sevens, The - Ping Pong Over the Abyss + Bonus TRacks. 1995. VIA Records. Seventy Sevens, The - Seventy Sevens + Bonus Tracks. 1995 (1987). VIA Records. Seventy Sevens, The - Sticks and Stones. 1990. Broken Records. Siloam - Dying to Live. 1995. Ocean/Word Records. Sweet, Michael - Truth. 2000. Restless Records. Sweet, Michael - Unstryped. 1999. Michael Sweet Productions. Teramaze - Doxology. 1995. Empire (Australia). Titanic - Maiden Voyage + 3. 2000 (1995). Magdalene Records/M8. Tourniquet - Vanishing Lessons. 1994. Intense. Ultimatum - Symphonic Extremities. 1997. Juke Box Media. Uthanda - Believe. 1992. Essential Record Group. Uthanda - Groove. 1991. Broken Records. VU - All I Need Is U. 1996. Bartholomew Productions. VU - Just as I Am. 1999. Bartholomew Productions. Veni Domine - Spiritual Wasteland. 1998. Massacre (Germany). Visionaire - Mystical Dominion. 1998. Millenial Sun Records. I guess this was a signal for me to work on HeavensMetal.Com...:) -Dan |
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