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May 13, 2016 - 1:16 PM
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ryanpaquet
(Member)
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So I wanted to ask if anyone here has ever won a soundtrack lottery?
And what I mean by this is making an INCREDIBLE soundtrack find. Over the past few years I have won at least 4 times. Two were the most incredible epic wins.
A couple years ago I saw an ad on an online classified website. The ad was simple, and text only. It read something along the lines of "300 soundtracks for sale, all sealed some duplicates. Includes Disney, Sci-Fi and others. List available. Asking $5 (CAD) per soundtrack." So I emailed, and got the list and saw a few things on there like Star Trek The Motion Picture, Planet of The Apes TV etc. Didn't think much of the titles but I asked the seller to send me a picture of some of them. When I got the photos back my jaw dropped. Many were La La Land, FSM and Intrada releases. (now many of you many not know, LLL, Intrada, and FSM releases are not considered native species in Canada)
This place was 4 hours away by car, I took the next day off, rented a car and drove over. I bought 90 soundtracks for $450 and the seller gave me two more for free. I had just won the Soundtrack Lottery.
Highlights for me included:
LLL
Star Trek The Motion Picture, Batman Forever
Intrada
Star Trek 2-6, Back to the Future
Varese
Matrix Deluxe, Stargate Deluxe
My colleagues sometimes ask why I didn't buy everything, even the duplicates to sell and trade - for me I wanted to give someone else a chance to build their collection too. Some of the CDs I bought I ended up trading for with members on the board for soundtracks I really wanted. I also found out that the seller's spouse had passed away and had been unknowingly collecting for years. They knew they were worth more but just wanted to make sure that they were sold to someone who would enjoy them.
About a year later I contacted this same seller because I was going to be back in the area again to ask if they had anything left. They said they had a few and said I could come by. Now, I was expecting some of the albums I passed on, and nothing new. However, when I arrived they had some sealed box sets out on the table. One was FSM's Superman box, they wanted $25. There was also two copies of Varese's Star Trek 2009 Deluxe album for $10 each. I never in my lifetime thought I would be able to own FSM's Superman box, which is a genuine treasure. For me going back and finding this was another "Soundtrack Lottery Win".
Online Classifieds have also netted two other wins over the past few years. I had a colleague of mine in another province pick up for me the 3 Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings for a price of $80.
This year someone in my city sold me a sealed Interstellar Star Projection set for $20.
I open and listen to my soundtrack CDs, and truly treasure them. And this is a lottery that I will keep playing.
Has anyone else on the board won the soundtrack lottery?
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No. I did enter a "Knight Rider" contest and win one of the volumes, once, but that really isn't the same.
Every time I've checked a used CD store, back when there were any to be found, it was always crap.
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I just got BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES for 20 quid on eBay. Currently going for between £80 and £234(!) on Amazon.
So I got that going for me.
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My husband found the score album to 'Fried Green Tomatoes' for $15 on eBay a couple of years ago. Gave it to me for Easter.
There is another guy on eBay selling OOP limited editions from the likes of Intrada and LLL, recent stuff, for about list. Not sure what the business model is there, but I took a few.
Other than that, nothing like The Blue Box for $25.
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It sells (or at least someone TRIES to sell it) for 55 $ at Amazon Marketplace today 
