flateric said:
guys, am I right that previous Mead's albums are a).very hard to find rarity and b).damn expensive rarity?
upd
Studio Image I,II,II - USD 800
Kronolog - USD 1650
Oblagon - USD 200
Sentury I - USD 450
err...
I was fortunate that I discovered that I liked
Syd back in the 1970's when I worked for Chrysler
Corp. and they had neat framed images from "Sentinel"
on the walls of the office building I worked in.
There was one near my desk that I loved to get lost
in and le my imagination run wild. I wish I could
find these prints because they were really neat and
were distributed by one of the steel companies that
Chrysler bought steel from (from what I recall).
I inquired about these prints and found out the name
of the artist. Then by a pure stretch of luck, I was
in a bookstore in Michigan one day, and found a new copy
of "Sentinel" (what is called "Sentinel I" now because
Syd also did a "Sentinel II" later). I recognized it had
the same images that I saw in the Chrysler offices,
and I immediately bought it (for $14.95). That's how
I started.
For a long time I only had this one book (before the
Internet was born). But after the Internet, I started
to realize Syd had done more books and I started to
look for those as well. Over the years I have bought
1 here and 1 there.
The books are hard to find cheap, but they do come up
from time to time. You have to be persistent about looking
and not afraid to jump on it when you see it for a good
price. A good price may not be cheap, but it wll be
less than you usually see. For example, you may see
it advertized for $800 in a number of places, but suddenly
you'll find that $200 copy show up. Snap it up!
I have bought several like that.
