Rare Recordings and Rare Items  »  [Closed] Offering Items from the 2005 tour

I am new here, My wife and I are huge fans. of anything related to Brendan Perry Lisa Gerrard and Dead Can Dance. Mostly because we were united by the music of Dead Can Dance. We got married in 2005, we didn't have much money at all, but as a wedding present I paid for a trip from Utah to Boston to see Dead Can Dance on October 5. It was amazing, we had seats in the second row near Lisas side, and the Orpheum Theater was the perfect venue. Someone form the stage even handed us the setlist after the show just to top everything off. The night was amazing and we will never ever forget it, it was something we always wanted to have a special reminder of, so when we found out THE SHOW was selling the limited 500 autographed vinyl we bought it and had it framed with the setlist, as newlyweds, $100 was a good bit of money for us but to have a lasting visual memory of the night we saw Dead Can Dance and the time we spent in Boston was worth every cent.

The above is why it pains me so much to be here. I have recently been laid off of my IT job and the IT market here is horrible. I have no clue when I will be able to find work again, We are having to sell anything of value which isn't much. And unfortunately the inevitable came up that this framed signed record and setlist may be worth something to someone. We know that we will never get the true value for it as a symbol of our new marriage. But we are hoping that it will be just as emotionally valuable to someone here rather than some record dealer somewhere. The only thing that is making it bearable to part with is thinking that someone will get it who truly wants and will cherish it as we have.

So my question is what is this worth and is anyone interested in it? I have not found one for sale on eBay or online in general and its something we'd never imagined we'd have to sell. As mentioned we paid $100 for it. Any help from you guys would be so greatly appreciated. I really don't want to give this up to some heartless record shop to whom this would mean nothing but I have a young family with two small kids to take care of so I have to do whatever I can to take care of them.

I wish I could, if there was anything else I could sell I would do it in a second, I've even sold my great grandparents antique silverware anything I can to keep my family supported. This is literally the last thing we have of value to sell. I really didn't want anyone to feel bad for us. I just wanted whomever may be interested in it to understand what the record means to us and hope they would take care of it accordingly. Thank you so much for your concern though. This is why I wanted to come here and offer this. =)

Thank You, I had never even heard of this place. That helps alot

that would be amazing but I think the odds are very slim. From what I've been seeing online, it may not be too easy to find a buyer. I'm researching the discogs deal now to see if that works.

Thank you so much again to all of you, you are really great.

Just an update, unfortunately due to time constraints on bills ive had to go the eBay route . So if you know of anyone who has been looking for this please point them to http://cgi.ebay.com/Dead-Can-Dance-Chicago-Signed-LP-484-500-Framed-/200504128476?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2eaefa33dc#ht_720wt_1137 I would greatly greatly appreciate it. If i am breaking the TOS of the forum by posting the link here I sincerely apologize and I will remove it. Thank you guys again for all your kind words and thoughts.

If i am breaking the TOS of the forum by posting the link here I sincerely apologize and I will remove it.

I'm not worried about it. The general purpose of the discussion board is not for selling items, but you're a legitimate fan, fallen on hard times, with a "rare" treasure that you're being forced to part with, and wondering if another fan could give it a good home. No big deal. I hope it works out. And here's hoping you get back on your feet again soon.

Trading rare items via the forum is always legitimate. Selling items via the forum is indeed - if you ask me - not in accordance with the terms of use. I just wanted to mention that, although I agree that you seem to be a legitimate DCD fan and we can make an exception.

Selling items via the forum is indeed - if you ask me - not in accordance with the terms of use.

Actually, it is.

I have just reread the forum rules (which contains the only terms of use I'm aware of) and it doesn't address the subject of commercial activity at all.

If there is an expectation that people here will not engage in commercial activity, it is, at best, implicit and relies on people's prior knowledge of other discussion forums where such a rule is made explicitly clear.

I suggest issuing some guidance on this topic in the forum rules posting and also making a separate posting to alert people that said rules have been amended.

Ian does have a point. Although it is usually taken for granted, it would be a good idea to include it in the forum rules, of course adding a note that the moderators may decide on exceptions like this case.

Adrian, I don't think Ian made that remark to create a controversy. I think that actually he made it to avoid possible future ones. But in any case, I don't suppose you'll be banning people who post commercial stuff immediately (I suppose you would post them a note saying its not allowed), so its your choice whether to specify it in the rules or not ;)

Of course, none of the moderators would delete or ban people just like that... this is not what I said.

I know that's not what you said. In fact what I said is that I suppose you wouldn't do that. I hope I wasn't misunderstood. So the matter is settled ;)

although I agree that you seem to be a legitimate DCD fan and we can make an exception.

Yeah, it's like when you buy a car, it's previous owner always seems to have been an old lady and the car has been in the garage most of the time! ;) Good story! It's always a gamble hey?? ;)

the regular members on this discussion board are truly top rate.

Thank you ;)