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Originally Posted by crashintonickdm
Rank me your top 5 grails for DMB. In your opinion. I don’t think I ever asked you this.
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Too Much 7"
DDTW 12" (preferably with the
promo sheet)
Live Trax 1 Blue
BTCS
DMB Live 25
Too Much 7" takes the top because of a mix of rarity and expense-per-song. It also features a really nice D&T Jimi->WWBoM that is not available on any other US release.
DDTW 12" is likely the most limited, though not all that expensive. It's rumored that 50 (or less) still exist - the press run may have been as small 100, and many were outright "binned" (scrapped) at the plant. The promo sheet - and an apparent German version - are just little trinkets to make it more interesting. The pressing is quite bad. It has the studio cut (sans the outro "commercial") and a truncated radio edit at 4:35.
LT1 Blue is really hard to come by these days. It's the first DMB RSD release, only had 500 copies, and is of an excellent '98 show; on top of being a release of the originator of the LT series in general. Super pricey for a set, only one listed on discogs is for $1k.
BTCS is self explanatory, but the press counts are relatively large for this list. It's gotten much more expensive of late, particularly after the band missed the 20th anniversary of it (and it will only go higher if nothing is done for the 25th this year). The pressing itself leaves a bit to be desired. Very unlikely to have been cut from analog tapes. The vinyl records are pretty thin and from low-quality compounds.
DMB Live25 rounds out the list because of how special the selections on it are, the relatively few pressings, and the packaging/photobook. This is probably my favorite piece of media DMB has ever put out - it was dedicated to the hardcore fans and it shows big time when you open it and spin it.