Heavy Metal Vinyl Archives

Posted on March 29, 2021October 2, 2021 by ThrashMetalIQ — 3 Comments

Rare 80s Thrash Metal Vinyl Collection I Just Bought From Europe

This is a killer super-rare vinyl collection I just bought from a guy in Europe. The original owner contacted me through my blog, and we exchanged emails over a few weeks. It took a bit to get comfortable with wiring thousand of dollars overseas to someone I didn’t know, but I buy heavy metal record and CD collections all the time, and I’ve never had an issue.

The embed video is a walkthru of everything included in this epic thrash metal collection, which consisted of 177 albums. Included, were about 15 of them were non-thrash guitar nerd albums, so I removed them to stick to the thrash for this video.

Video Walkthru

Photo Gallery

Below is a photo gallery of some of the standouts, although most of them were pretty epic. The vinyl was at worst VG+ and quite a bit isEX / NM. The original owner stored all of these albums in protective sleeves, so the album jacket quality is impressive, 95% being VG+ to NM.

Unboxing Video

We filmed this video as I unboxed the album collection for the first time when it first arrived from Belgium

So mush suspense!

List Of Titles

I had a good idea of what titles were included in this collection, although to be honest, I was not 100% sure either! The original owner never compiled a list. He hand-wrote lists of the titles in this collection of paper and then emailed me photos. (see below)

Slayer ‎– Reign In Blood LP 1986 Def Jam Recordings ‎– 924 131-1 – Europe EX/EX

Metallica ‎– …And Justice For All LP 1988 Vertigo ‎– 836 062-1 EX/EX Holland

Metallica ‎– Ride The Lightning LP 1984 Roadrunner ‎– RR 9848 EX/VG+ Europe

Metallica ‎– Kill ‘Em All LP 1983 Roadrunner Records ‎– RR 9902 VG+/EX Netherlands

Metallica ‎– Metallica LP 1991 Vertigo ‎– 510 022-1 UK EX/EX

Metallica ‎– Master Of Puppets 2x LP Music For Nations ‎– MFN 60 DM EX/EX UK – Limited Edition Europe, 2x $% RPM – direct metal mastering

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL LIST AND MORE INFO ON THIS COLLECTION

Have a collection like this you are looking to sell? Contact me, I pay a lot of money for collections like this.

Discus…

Posted on November 30, 2020August 27, 2023 by ThrashMetalIQ — 2 Comments

Mercyful Fate ‎– Black Message LP 1985 Evil Records – RARE / UNOFFICIAL

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Black Message is an unofficial bootleg release that came out in 1986 on a German label. The first version of the album had a white label with no writing or information on it. Because of the unofficial nature of this release, it is blocked for sale on Discogs. You can find it on eBay and it usually costs around $400 for the black version. There is also a multicolor swirl version that was released in 1986. It usually sells for a higher price — but collectors like the black version better because it comes with a real sleeve.

Photos Of Record and Sleeve

Tracklist

A1 Curse Of The Pharaohs 4:09

A2 Shadow Night 7:05

A3 Black Message 4:23

A4 Evil 5:03

B1 Gypsy 3:09

B2 Into The Coven 5:21

B3 Welcome Princess Of Hell 5:20

B4 A Dangerous Meeting 6:20

Recording information.

Tracks 1 and 2 on side A were recorded in Denmark in Fall 1981.

Tracks 3 on sides 1 to 2 and side B were recorded in Hilversum 21 January 1984.

Tracks 3 and 4 on side B were recorded in Eindhoven on 19 January 1984.

Black vinyl version.

Matrix / Runout (Side A): BLACK/A

Matrix / Runout (Side B): BLACK/B

Posted on September 23, 2020August 28, 2022 by ThrashMetalIQ — 3 Comments

Killer New Golden Age Of Metal Vinyl Collection I Just Bought!

It’s really hard to find good heavy metal vinyl collections, this is a rare exception. I managed to pick this one up with someone in Pittsburgh who answered my ad seeking vinyl collections. I paid a pretty penny for this collection, but it’s well worth it as is all the vinyl is in near-mint condition and contains many HUGE TILES (most first press). Check out this video of the unboxing.

You could check out this page where I listed the contents of all these albums, they are from the golden age of metal circa 1984 to 1989. A lot of good thrash metal and some hard to find hair metal records.

Gallery Of Some Of The Best Records…

if you or anyone you know is looking to sell your heavy metal CDs or thrash, classic rock vinyl I am constantly looking to buy them, and I pay top dollar.

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