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Originally Posted by coastrat
I'm always curious why Washing Machine commands a pretty high price and so forth.
Also, is there any difference between the 1xlp Thousand Leaves and the 2xlp version?
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Washing Machine probably commands a relatively high price on auction sites and the like for three reasons: 1)It's a double album, so naturally it's going demand a higher price than a single album, based solely on quantity of recordings; 2)It was released as a double album with a gatefold sleeve on a major label, at a time when vinyl in general was supposed to be in its death throes, therefore it was undoubtably issued in a relatively small, limited press run; and 3)the texture and colours (pale blue, quasi gray, etc.) of the album cover make it highly susceptible to ringwear and other damage--this exacerbated by the fact that double gatefold albums are almost always more prone to such damage because of their weight and compressed structure.
As for
A Thousand Leaves in a single LP configuration, Are you sure you're not confusing it with
Daydream Nation, which was released in Russia in 1991 as an abridged, single bootleg edition?