Poole, Dorset [UK]: Blandford Press, 1985. Near Fine condition. Four words highlighted (on one page only). Otherwise a bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No margin notes. Softcover. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Illustrated with photos of rare records, album covers, single sleeves, picture discs, cassettes, etc. A guide to 18,000 non-standard releases and issues by 300 artists from ABBA to Frank Zappa, Elvis Costello to Elvis Presley. A reference guide to the legitimately-produced but commercially unobtainable promotional items, as well as 'limited editions" that disappear within days of release. Covers the gray area between the commercial releases and the bootlegs. Many of the items are merely packaging, differing from the marketed versions only in appearance or format. Has info on 18,000 items -- extended versions, alternate takes, long-lost acetates, flexi-discs, errors, promos, test pressings, withdrawn items, audiophile discs, colored vinyl, double singles, picture discs, juke box EPs, and other oddities. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 351pp.

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Title

Rare Rock, A Collector's Guide

Publisher

Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset [UK]

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0713715138

ISBN 13

9780713715132

Binding

Paperback

Edition

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine condition

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Book by Rees, Tony

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Record collectors looking for a handy reference to valuable, obscure rock sin gles and albums should find Rees's work reasonably satisfactory. Several hundred artists and over 18,000 ``rare'' items are listed. Coverage is primarily from the 1960s to the present with ma jor Fifties stars like Elvis and Buddy Holly included. Emphasis is on main stream British and American white rockalmost no soul, r & b, or pop. For each item Rees gives title, label number, release year, and reason for rarity, but not value he wants to pro tect collectors from paying inflated prices quoted in competing guides like Jerry Osborne and Bruce Hamilton's Original Record Collectors Price Guide (1980. 3d ed.), but unless he gives some idea of a record's relative worth un wary users are even more likely to get taken. Nonetheless, a first purchase ahead of the more comprehensive se ries of Osborne/Hamilton titles because of its currency and single-volume cov erage of both singles and albums. Thomas Jewell, Waltham P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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