Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide 2

By Gregory Cooper

Book Overview

Collectible Compact Disc Price Guide II gives the resale value of more than 50,000 rare, common, import, out-of-print, and promo CDs. The introduction features a detailed history of the CD, defines... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089145764X
• ISBN13: 9780891457640
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Incredible resource!

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 The listings are out of date but the information contained in the first half of the book MORE than makes up for this shortcoming.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.

Best overall source available

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.

Essential Guide -- and the only one out there

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.

Incredible Compact Disc Guide

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.)

Updated Essential Guide

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.