Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I'm talking about the original vinyl here.  I traded my stoner cousin a pair of headphones for it in 1990.  I'm not sure he knew what he was giving away at the time.  Told him a few weeks ago what it runs now on ebay.  He was a little pissed.   :beer:

Anybody else care to share?

I got it (mint condition, still "wrapped"/un-opened) for $75 (not sure if that was a good price or not... didn't care) seven year ago. I then took the record out and  had it mounted with the sleave on a "see-through" glass frame (so you can still take it off the wall and look at the back of the record and sleave if you want). It is my most PRIZED GN'R possession bar none...

i dont have it, my best friend got his copy at a now-closed used record store in 1996 for $2.00


someone gave up a treasure.

Bought it at Venus Records, NYC, when it used to be on West 8th Street across from Electric Ladyland Studios. Back when West 8th Street used to da SHIZNIZ.

Purchased in 1988 for $20. Brand spanking new.

Later on, I made friends with a guy who worked there at the time I purchased it. He remembers they found a few copies in the back. When Appetite came out and blew up, they figured 'okay, we'll jack up the price to $20 and see who buys it". Needless to say the few copies were gone LIKETHAT.

I found did amongst my dad's old collection...
I put it in a framing and it's hanging on my wall.

It's signed by Izzy, Duff and Slash.

Bought it in 1999 from a french auction site (now gone, much to my regret). I paid about $70 for it, which I consider a good bargain.

i've not got it but i was bidding on a sealed copy on ebay. i put my max bid as ?150 and it went for ?164

Got mine of eBay in 2001 I think. Paid around ?90 - it's now framed and hanging on my wall.

Bought mine in early 1987 - brand new as in import into the UK, in a wonderful record store (that's still there) that used to stock all sorts of imports and picture disks etc. I paid a huge sum (for then) of ?36. It has been played many many times. It's easy in retrospect to wish you'd never played it but it was never off my turntable until I got a copy of ADF (again with the original artwork) in 87.

But...as i result of buying that 'Live Like a Suicide' I saw Guns on two of the three marquee gigs that they played in June 87, when they were still almost unknown in the UK at that point.

I do have a Japanese import of AFD with a totally different cover again...thats never been even out of the sleeve...wonder how much that's worth!

Eirian

Got it and paid ?60

this is probablly the most bootlegged vinyl of all time....

i got mine in 1999, ? 70...

will go to the grave w/ me

Oh no, it's not. It's not even the most bootlegged GN'R vinyl of all time.

Funny you should mention it....(though I agree with Pandora):

I don't have the vinyl.  I have a bootlegged copy (cassette tape, mind you...though since transplanted to CD..hiss and all) taken from an album that was bought at a GnR gig from the merchandise table.  My uncle, who lived out in LA at the time, bought it...he loved the music so much, he ended up sending copies to all his nieces and nephews.  I know that, at least, 4 of my cousins still have their cassettes hanging around.

What is?

How do I tell if mine is real?  I have two of them. One I got back in 1992 from a very reliable source for $150.00. The second copy was an Xmas gift from my father from 2002, he bought it on ebay...

I would imagine that AFD is the most bootleged vinyl....The rape cover perhaps....

An obscure promotional vinyl from Japan that looks like this :

(http://eil.com/newGallery/Guns-N-Roses-GnrNot-Mint-146183.jpg)

Finding a real one is like pulling fuckin' teeth  :confused:

And Ive got the Genuine Article  :hihi: As for Live Like A Suidice i am still waiting for a bargin to arrive although i do have the cassette Version which i paid ?20

Good for you if you do, but do you have proof?  ;D

only that the PRS10 is in a signature style not print other than that no 

By "signature style", you mean it's etched onto the disc?

yeah thats what i was trying to say

your not english yet your english is better than mine  :-[

I actually got mine as a trade.  I had two copies of the Appetite album that featured the famous "rape scene" on it.  I had a friend who wanted it pretty bad and was willing to trade it for his "Live Like a Suicide".   I came out pretty good.

Go to www.ttroccoli.com (my website).  Click on the GNR logo.  Once on the new page, click on the LLAS link to see mine.  Then go back and click on the GN'R EP link.  Here you can see and read how to spot a real from a fake.  Sorry, anythinggoes, but the matrix # (PRS-10-1 for side 1) should be machine stamped.  My source for how to tell a real from a fake?  Have a connection at eil.com and they told me.  Will try to get some pics of the matrix #'s; will be hard to do but I'll try.  Also, I have 4 copies of this EP.  3 have the # etched on the disc, and 1 is machine-stamped.  I would say it's more probable that I have one real one and 3 fakes as opposed to 3 real ones, and 1 fake.  ONly 2 places I know to get a real one - eil.com, and a record show that I go to. This guy there always has it but I don't want to pony up the $ for it yet.  We'll see.  Keep trying the website if it doesn't work at first.  If that still don't work, let me know - I can always email the pics to you.  Also, keep checking the site - I am in the process of updating and there will be some real gems up there soon.  Hope this helps!

Thanks. I'm really curious about the machine stamp. I don't think I've seen one before.

Good call about the plastic vs paper sleeve. But mine has the number PRS-10 and it's still a counterfeit, so I think you made a mistake there.

ok checked your site my record the print quality on the record lable is the same as the bottom picture its nothing like the top one ill check the matrix etching as i cant remember how both sides read

i paid around $100, it was one of my first acquisitions on ebay, back in 97 i think.

Just added pics of the etched and machine stamped matrix #'s for the Guns N Roses GN'R Japan EP on my website www.ttroccoli.com.  I think that's the best I can do for these pics - hope it helps.

checked my post from december and i quoted as the matrix being stamped so i should be ok PHEW

Thanks. Basically, the first one looks like it was carved in with a knife, whereas the second one is cleaner.

For those of you who want one you can get the real thing at eli.com but you must be put on a waiting list and will pay a nice dollar for it.  But, at least you can get the real thing.   

been looking for this for an age..... yet to get my hands on a copy