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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by DreamT » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:55 pm

Beast_Pete wrote:
DreamT wrote:I'm thinking about starting from "the beginning", collect all of 'em on vinyl. I know it can be hard, but I'll give it a try. Vinyl rules:D
Unfortunately not all the albums were released in LP format.

Fright Night was
Twilight Time was (with the title Stratovarius II)
Dreamspace wasn't
Fourth Dimension was
Episode was (maybe the rarest)
Visions wasn't
Destiny wasn't
Inifinite wasn't (at least I have no such information)
Intermission was?? (I saw some being sold on net, but I haven't seen it before)
Elements Pt 1 was
Elements Pt 2 was
Stratovarius was
Polaris was

But once Vic comes into this thread, he can tell it more precisely. :) This is as accurate of information as I can serve with.
Ok, I will go for the ones you mention then:) But I guess the availability is quite limited..
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Post by AAAAAAA » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:18 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Well now you know!

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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by DreamT » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:15 am

DreamT wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:
DreamT wrote:I'm thinking about starting from "the beginning", collect all of 'em on vinyl. I know it can be hard, but I'll give it a try. Vinyl rules:D
Unfortunately not all the albums were released in LP format.

Fright Night was
Twilight Time was (with the title Stratovarius II)
Dreamspace wasn't
Fourth Dimension was
Episode was (maybe the rarest)
Visions wasn't
Destiny wasn't
Inifinite wasn't (at least I have no such information)
Intermission was?? (I saw some being sold on net, but I haven't seen it before)
Elements Pt 1 was
Elements Pt 2 was
Stratovarius was
Polaris was

But once Vic comes into this thread, he can tell it more precisely. :) This is as accurate of information as I can serve with.
Ok, I will go for the ones you mention then:) But I guess the availability is quite limited..
Found Fright night on a Swedish auction site now :-)
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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by Beast_Pete » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:04 pm

For how much? For reference: I bought it for around 40 euros.
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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by DreamT » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:26 pm

Beast_Pete wrote:For how much? For reference: I bought it for around 40 euros.
350 SEK, which should be about 35 euros. It wasn't in *perfect* condition, but almost.

And of course, the freight cost comes to that. I don't know what that is yet:-)
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Post by Llageran » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:01 pm

DreamT wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:
DreamT wrote:I'm thinking about starting from "the beginning", collect all of 'em on vinyl. I know it can be hard, but I'll give it a try. Vinyl rules:D
Unfortunately not all the albums were released in LP format.

Fright Night was
Twilight Time was (with the title Stratovarius II)
Dreamspace wasn't
Fourth Dimension was
Episode was (maybe the rarest)
Visions wasn't
Destiny wasn't
Inifinite wasn't (at least I have no such information)
Intermission was?? (I saw some being sold on net, but I haven't seen it before)
Elements Pt 1 was
Elements Pt 2 was
Stratovarius was
Polaris was

But once Vic comes into this thread, he can tell it more precisely. :) This is as accurate of information as I can serve with.
Ok, I will go for the ones you mention then:) But I guess the availability is quite limited..
Some small errors in your list here:
Twilight Time was released as Twilight Time also, not only just II.
Dreamspace is also avaiable.
Infinite came as a picture-LP and Intermission is also out as a double LP with pics on it.
So the only albums with no vinyls is Visions and Destiny.....which is a darn shame.....would have been nice as picture discs indeed.

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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by Tero-75 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:20 pm

Llageran wrote: Some small errors in your list here:
Twilight Time was released as Twilight Time also, not only just II.
Dreamspace is also avaiable.
Infinite came as a picture-LP and Intermission is also out as a double LP with pics on it.
So the only albums with no vinyls is Visions and Destiny.....which is a darn shame.....would have been nice as picture discs indeed.
VictorTDD wrote:All released Strato vinyls:

Albums
Fright Night [CBS 463416 1]
II (Feet Cover) [BLR-335-LP]
Twilight Time [TT 002-1]
Dreamspace [TT 0008-1]
Fourth Dimension [TT 0014-1]
Episode [TT 0022-1]
Infinite [NB 464-1]
Intermission [NB 586-1]
Elements Pt. 1 [NB 1037-1]
Elements Pt. 2 [NB 1176-1]
Stratovarius [MYNLP040]
Polaris [0196731ERE]

Singles
Future Shock [CBS 653025 7]
Black Night [CBS 654611 7]
Break The Ice [BLR-4518-SP]
Wings Of Tomorrow [TT 0014-5]
It's A Mystery [NB 563-7]
A Million Light Years Away [NB 569-7]

And Polaris Collector's Edition [0196737ERE] also includes a 7" vinyl

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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by DreamT » Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:23 pm

Llageran wrote:
DreamT wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:
DreamT wrote:I'm thinking about starting from "the beginning", collect all of 'em on vinyl. I know it can be hard, but I'll give it a try. Vinyl rules:D
Unfortunately not all the albums were released in LP format.

Fright Night was
Twilight Time was (with the title Stratovarius II)
Dreamspace wasn't
Fourth Dimension was
Episode was (maybe the rarest)
Visions wasn't
Destiny wasn't
Inifinite wasn't (at least I have no such information)
Intermission was?? (I saw some being sold on net, but I haven't seen it before)
Elements Pt 1 was
Elements Pt 2 was
Stratovarius was
Polaris was

But once Vic comes into this thread, he can tell it more precisely. :) This is as accurate of information as I can serve with.
Ok, I will go for the ones you mention then:) But I guess the availability is quite limited..
Some small errors in your list here:
Twilight Time was released as Twilight Time also, not only just II.
Dreamspace is also avaiable.
Infinite came as a picture-LP and Intermission is also out as a double LP with pics on it.
So the only albums with no vinyls is Visions and Destiny.....which is a darn shame.....would have been nice as picture discs indeed.
Yeah, and it would have been cool to crank out Visions on my newly refurbished vinyl player:-)
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Post by Beast_Pete » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:19 pm

Do any of you have the full list of stratovarius products with their catalog numbers?
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Post by Tero-75 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:27 pm

Beast_Pete wrote:Do any of you have the full list of stratovarius products with their catalog numbers?
This may not be 100% full, but close to it.

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Post by Tero-75 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:30 pm

Here's my updated collection with pictures:

7"
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Future Shock X2, Black Night and Break the Ice/Lead Us into the Night
A Million Light Years Away X2, It's a Mystery X2, Polaris

Vinyls
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Fright Night, "II" X2, Episode, Fourth Dimension
Wings of Tomorrow, Intermission + Test pressings, Elements Pt.1 + Test pressings, Elements Pt. 2 + Test pressings
Infinite as clock, Stratovarius, Polaris

Fright Night
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CBS and Columbian

"II" and Twilight Time
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Feet and band cover
Shark, orig. T&T, Noise
Century Media Brazil, Japan VICP-5254, Japan mini-LP VICP-5703, Korean with extra cover

Dreamspace & Fourth Dimension
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Korean, Japan VICP-5356, orig. T&T
Japan mini-LP VICP-5702, Mexican, Korean with extra cover
Korean with extra cover, orig. T&T, Japan VICP-5506

Will the Sun Rise?, Father Time and Fourth Dimension
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Japan VICP-61768 and Japan VICP-5721
Orig. T&T, T&T US, Korean

Kiss of Judas, Black Diamond & Visions
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Kiss of Judas, Black Diamond
Israel promo, Japan VICP-60026
Orig. T&T, T&T Digital remaster, NEMS/Argentinian

S.O.S and Destiny
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Mexican, NEMS/Argentinian, orig. T&T
Japan VICP 60481 Promo/Sample, Japan VICP 60481, Magnum/Taiwan
S.O.S T&T

Vision of Europe, Visions of Destiny & 14 Diamonds
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Visions of Europe: normal, Japan VICP-60340/1, NEMS/Argentinian
Visions of Destiny: W.A.R 005 Digipack, jewelcase
14 Diamonds: Chinese pirate with extra cover, Japan VICP-61068

The Chosen Ones & The Past And Now
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2-CD version, 1-CD version
Korean with extra cover, The Past And Now

A Million Light Years Away & Hunting High And Low
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AMLYA orig. HHaL Japan
HHaL orig, HHaL WAG/French

Infinite
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Promo with card sleeve, norm., 2-CD edition
2-CD edit with extra cover, shaped, Limited edit. boxset
Mexican, IRON CD/Russian, Chinese pirate with extra cover, Japan VICP-60963

Eagleheart
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Normal, limited edition shaped, WAG/French

Intermission
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Promo with card sleeve
Long box, normal, blue case
Mexican, Chinese pirate with extra cover

Elements Pt. 1
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Promo with card sleeve, normal, NTS/French, ICARUS/Argentinian digipack
Long box, special edit. boxset with 3D cover, special edit. boxset French, Taiwanees
Japan VICP-62177 promo/sample, Chinese pirate with extra cover

I Walk To My Own Song
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Korean, NTS/French, Japan VICP-62469 promo/sample
normal, shaped edition

Elements Pt. 2
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Promo withcard sleeve, Icarus/Argentinian, NTS/French
Long box, special edit. boxset, Thai-promo
Chinese pirate with extra cover, Taiwanees

Maniac Dance & Stratovarius
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Club single with card sleeve, Normal, Digipack, Korean, Japan VICP-63104 promo/sample
Promo with card sleeve, Digipack, Normal, Korean
VICP-63130, Japan VICP-63115 promo/sample, Japan VICP-63115

Polaris
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Deep Unknown-single, Promo with card sleeve, normal
Japan, US, Special Edition Digipack

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Re: What Stratovarius albums do you own?

Post by Ragehead91 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:53 pm

I'll never understand what's so great about having every existing version of 1 album.

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Post by DreamT » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:28 pm

Ragehead91 wrote:I'll never understand what's so great about having every existing version of 1 album.
Well, for one thing you can create your own little "ultra-surround-world" if you have 5 different CD-players :-D
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Post by Beast_Pete » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:38 pm

That's one of a collection. Really nice.
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Post by Tero-75 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:11 pm

Beast_Pete wrote:That's one of a collection. Really nice.
But still there's a lot to get, and I want them all :D

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Post by Beast_Pete » Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:40 pm

Haha, once I start earning some money (hopefully next month) then I will slowly get close to you. :P
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Post by NeonVomit » Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:30 am

Tero 75's collection is amazing. Good stuff dude.
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Post by browneyedgirl » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:04 pm

Tero-75 wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:Do any of you have the full list of stratovarius products with their catalog numbers?
This may not be 100% full, but close to it.
Thanks for that list! Man, you have spent a small fortune on all that Stratovarius stuff. Your Grandchildren will be glad. :D I mean, thats really nice stuff!

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Post by Tero-75 » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:26 pm

browneyedgirl wrote:
Tero-75 wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:Do any of you have the full list of stratovarius products with their catalog numbers?
This may not be 100% full, but close to it.
Thanks for that list! Man, you have spent a small fortune on all that Stratovarius stuff. Your Grandchildren will be glad. :D I mean, thats really nice stuff!
You're wellcome :) Dont know what kind of taste of music my grandchildren (if I ever get them) will have, but my self I'm quite happy so far :D Of course there's still lot to collect, some are difficult to find (vinyl test pressings, Dreamspace color mistake, Wings of Tomorrow-cd etc), some are missing from my collection just because lack of money (Japan editions, Noise and Sanctuary releases etc).

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Post by Tero-75 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:08 pm

Didn't know a better topic to put this, but today I visited a local second hand market or "flee market".
There was this section with thousands of LP's, and I found two copies of Stratovarius "II". Both claimed to be unplayed, and they were mint, except for 3*7cm price tag in upper right corner of front page. Price was 40€ each.
I already have two of them so I didn't buy either one.
I there's someone who desperatly want's them )or one of them), and sends me money in advance, I am ready to help.

*edit* And I got French shaped version of Eagleheart yesterday"

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Post by Star_Ocean » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:55 pm

I might as well update mine.

Fright Night
Twilight Time
Dreamspace
Fourth Dimension
Episode
Visions
Destiny
Infinite
Elements, Pt. 1
Elements, Pt. 2
Stratovarius
Polaris

Infinite Visions
Visions of Europe
Intermission

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Post by Florian » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:19 pm

I recently bought Visions :)

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Nearly all of them

Post by fernando_levy » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:10 pm

Nearly all of them except for:

Fright Night
Intermission
Polaris

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Post by VictorTDD » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:39 pm

just use the camera of my friend to take a photo of II 1993 release.

compared with 1991 release, the only difference is the cd :wink:

I bought this on eBay, and it seems to be rarer than the 1991 one, don't know why. :?

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Post by Polaris » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:13 pm

I just don't have the first album Fright Night (1989) but in fact I don't like it!

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Post by Polaris » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:24 pm

Tero-75 wrote:Here's my updated collection with pictures:


Polaris
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Deep Unknown-single, Promo with card sleeve, normal
Japan, US, Special Edition Digipack
Hey man your collection is very impressive! :)
I would love to have those special editions too, but here in Brazil imported Cd's are rare to find & very expensive too! :x
BTW: Can you tell me in what Polaris version I'll find the Deep Unknown video clip???
I just have the simple brazilian version & unfortunate don't came with the video! :(

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Post by Tero-75 » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:28 pm

Polaris wrote:
Tero-75 wrote:Here's my updated collection with pictures:


Polaris
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Deep Unknown-single, Promo with card sleeve, normal
Japan, US, Special Edition Digipack
Hey man your collection is very impressive! :)
I would love to have those special editions too, but here in Brazil imported Cd's are rare to find & very expensive too! :x
BTW: Can you tell me in what Polaris version I'll find the Deep Unknown video clip???
I just have the simple brazilian version & unfortunate don't came with the video! :(
The Deep Unknown video is only included in Deep Unknown single, not in any Polaris version as far as I know.
What is the record label and catalog number on Brazilian version of Polaris?

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Post by VictorTDD » Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:35 am

Polaris wrote:BTW: Can you tell me in what Polaris version I'll find the Deep Unknown video clip???
I just have the simple brazilian version & unfortunate don't came with the video! :(
Yes, the video clip of DU is included in "DU finland only single" instead of any Polaris album releases. Besides, the video clip is also included in "Monsters Of Metal Vol.7" which is the latest music video compilation DVDs released by Nuclear Blast. :wink:
Tero-75 wrote:What is the record label and catalog number on Brazilian version of Polaris?
I'm also curious about it. :D

And I found the version released in Ukraine, the label is "Moon Records" and its catalogue number is "MR 3814-2".

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Post by exe knight » Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:24 am

A shame, but I don't have Dreamspace yet, either not finding it anywhere or not having money for it, or am buing something else.

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Post by Tero-75 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:41 pm

VictorTDD wrote: And I found the version released in Ukraine, the label is "Moon Records" and its catalogue number is "MR 3814-2".
Damn, now there are 6 (or 7 if you count the Brazilian version) versions of Polaris I'm missing :D 7 I have in my shelf

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