Customer Reviews

Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide

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This is the best book on music collecting I have ever seen. The two prior reviews couldn't be more WRONG! This guide has tons of color pictures of collectible CDS and information on just about every aspect of the compact disc and CD collecting. The book also has a huge listing of collectible CDs from around the world (more so than most record guides). This is a book that I have read over and over again and always find something new. I give this book five stars and is a must for every CD collector. (Plus it only cost me the same as a CD.)

Because of cd collecting being relatively new there hasn't been an established price guide so some pricing may be off. However this guide cotains a great deal of cd information and goes a long way in identifying rare and collectable cd's. When I first purchased this book about 6 years ago I wasn't even aware of collectable cd's. Since then I found countless rare and valuable cd's in used cd bins.

Admittedly, some of the pricing is way off and could use a refresh. But this field of collecting is so new (even the author points that out) that it is very difficult to establish pricing. For overall layout and identification of early CD's, there is simply no other guide out there. Great coverage of things like the "Edison Sampler", which was the first compact disc ever pressed in the U.S. As a bonus, Laser Discs are covered as well.

This book is long-awaited by me. I find its listings of Compact Disc and Laser Disc prices essential to my collecting and dealing of these items. Incredible section in the front details everything you ever wanted to know about laser read media: history, production, marketing, etc. Also a beautiful section of full-color pictures of interesting and note-worthy discs. A must-have for the CD and LaserDisc collector.

This book contains an extremely detailed history of digital media. The listings are out of date but the information contained in the first half of the book MORE than makes up for this shortcoming. Anyone interested in collecting cds NEEDS a copy of this book. Because of the date of publication, the prices need to be reviewed. There is however much information about the technology that is not covered well elsewhere therefore it would also be useful for students of history and technology.

Aside from the numerous errors and inaccuracies I found just skimming through the book, I found that it lacked information that might be useful to collectors who wanted to know about dealers and internet sites that specialize in the kinds of CDs found in the book. Their much touted web site proved to be a wild goose chase too. Not recommended.

for the curious CD collector, a nice book to read. however, for the collector, you will not find accurate values, and the listings are lacking severely. there are complete band discographies not listed. more than half of my rare CD collection is not found in this book, and many, many titles are very well known. on the other hand, if you want to see some nice shots of promo, press kits, and limited CDs, there are some good ones here. also, CD technology, care, specifications, and history, also a good source. but im sorry, for identifying, and pricing....not a chance this book will be of much use to you. this book should be retitled not to include "price guide". decide what information you need before you buy this one, i wish i hadn't.

80% of my collection was not even listed in this book. I became very frustrated when they didn't even list the complete bands discography. To top that off, most were singles that were listed.