What was the last album you bought that you'd already sold once?

I found the CD in a second hand shop in Portland, OR while on tour, and decided that I needed to hear it again. Good god, why the FUCK did I sell it? It's still fucking amazing! Very melodic, amazing guitar sounds, and those DRUMS.

Thing is, I really don't think that a lot of the other stuff I listened to then would really hold up. Maybe one of these days I'll find Candy Apple Grey in a used bin and hit myself for selling that, too.

I also sold off the 1st 3 TMBG albums when I got them on disc, then bought 'em back when I discovered I missed the album art. Ditto LIZARD by King Crimson. I'm sure there are others.

And Sean, what are the extras on the 2CD Ziggy set?

Back in the day, I sold:

Kraftwerk: (the double album)
Wizzard - Wizzard's Brew

Both of which I now own again, neither were dead expensive.

I didn't sell it, took it back to the shop and swapped it - Pixies - Trompe Le Monde. Embarrassingly it wasn't because I didn't like it, but because people at school took the piss out of me for liking it. They were all into hair metal and hated indie rock. I was 15, it was the first CD I ever bought. It doesn't really make sense to me now because I already had Doolittle & Bossanova on tape. The CD I swapped it for was the Human League's Greatest Hits which shortly after that got stolen.

Maybe one of these days I'll find Candy Apple Grey in a used bin and hit myself for selling that, too.

I did. And I bought it. Not as good as I remembered.

I didn't sell it, took it back to the shop and swapped it - Pixies - Trompe Le Monde. Embarrassingly it wasn't because I didn't like it, but because people at school took the piss out of me for liking it. They were all into hair metal and hated indie rock. I was 15, it was the first CD I ever bought. It doesn't really make sense to me now because I already had Doolittle & Bossanova on tape. The CD I swapped it for was the Human League's Greatest Hits which shortly after that got stolen.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo)

So your hair metal peers took the piss out of you for liking one of the pre-eminent indie-punk-rawk guitar bands du jour (who by this stage were appearing on Letterman etc.), but gave THE HUMAN LEAGUE a pass?!?! Did they mistake Electric Dreams for Europe or something?

What can I say, someone obviously did since they stole the CD off me. I guess they didn't just listen to hair metal but that seemed to be the uniting force. Some people liked other 80s chart music.

Also no Letterman in the UK, not that it would have made any difference to anyone what TV show a band played on.

ok, hair metal + "gay" synth pop rool, but DEATH TO THE PIXIES :)

What about stuff you bought again, even though you still had it. And I don't mean to give away; I have a friend who buys any copy he sees of "Confederacy of Dunces" (yes, it's a book) and gives it to the first person he runs into that hasn't read it.

I once owned 5 copies of the Pop Group's "She's Beyond Good and Evil", though I did give one to a friend.

That's for the 'multiple copies' thread...

The most copies of the same record? and howcome?

rebought some ministry.

This has happened to me too often over the years. Got these for between 50 cents and $2 (vinyl) last month; fairly sure I'd owned them all before, ages ago. Child great; Arrington real good; Southside Johnny marginal but I'll probably keep it now anyway:

Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame I (Atlantic, 1983)
Desmond Child And Rouge Desmond Child And Rouge (Capitol, 1979)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes This Time It's For Real (Epic, 1977)

Commencement by Deadsy – I now know better than to be ashamed

Tusk (sold the orig. CD about a year before I bought the 2CD reissue)

The one I kick myself about most was selling my original Cruising With Ruben and the Jets vinyl, when the CD came out with (awful) rerecorded bass & drum parts. Thank you internets for helping me reacquire.

This morning I bought something I sold a few years ago (ANF - Mauna Kea), paying about as much as I sold it for. Meanwhile, I'm working through my collection to set aside things to sell, which is calling to mind a lot of seller's regret (mostly selling things I liked because they were valuable), but also the grace of second chances.

Best example is that I bought a new copy of AFX - Chosen Lords, sold it for like $5, then found it in a dollar bin not too long after. Now, on discogs, it starts at $35, with a median price close to $50.

“Maunea Kea” is such a a jam, kudos, would love to hear it played out

This is a short list for me, selling stuff is pretty definitive but every now and then I rushed to judgement:

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
Gang Of Four - Songs Of The Free
Long Fin Killie - The Heads Of Dead Surfers
Goblin Mix & The Exploding Budgies – The Complete Goblin Mix & The Exploding Budgies

And a few more I can't remember.

My most recent "returning platter" ?

Psychocandy. I had the cd and cassette versions, would hardly ever play it at home, it's a car album for sure.

Then one day I discovered that there were UK pressed copies, they weren't all pressed in Alsdorf. Eventually, tracked one down. Decent quality, label has similar layout to "Never Understand", sleeve paper and inner are much better quality.

And I still haven't played it much at home.

Another one, Marquee Moon. Similar, had the cd. But felt I needed the LP after all (although the one I bought originally, was cheap in Cheapos, Soho.) And, the UK original had the title in quotation marks. Need!