Cheshire Cat Advanced Tape

[Tommy.182]

Hello,

sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot, literally brand new here...

I used to collect blink-182 memorabilia a lot around 2005 - 2010, however, I was ripped off $4,000 by a Portuguese collector and lost interest for quite some time. Obviously that put a sour taste in my mouth, as 4k was a lot of money to me.

 

I recently went through my collection for the first time in over a decade, and it brought back a lot of fond memories.

Before I stopped, I was close to purchasing a cheshire cat advanced tape, however, it never materialized after I lost the money.

Now, I know the tape is rare, but I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of where I'd potentially be able to find one? 

The one I am looking for has the Cat artwork on the front, not Tom.

I'm also looking to expand my collection of singles, as well as cds and whatnot from other countries. 

 

Thanks for your time. Let me know where/if I can post discussions like this somewhere else.

 

tf.

[radioactive tomdog]

i think anyone who reads this is more interested in how you were ripped off $4000?

i also doubt anyone here has either variant of this tape. both of them are stupidly rare. i remember collectors having them nearly 15 years ago but they were all in europe and likely don't post on message boards anymore. 

 

[Tommy.182]

Because I trusted a man who I had been dealing with for a while with no issue. He decided to then flip a switch and be a thief, I guess. You'd have to ask him why exactly.  My best guess is he's a sociopath?

And ok, thanks for the information. I will look elsewhere. 

 

Thank you. 

[Kay]

@daveyjones any ideas?

[daveyjones]

the problem with the promo tape is the cassette is just a regular first pressing cargo. same as the album. only the inserts are different. IIRC there was a delay in printing the artwork, though the tapes and CDs were done in late 1994—it took until february 1995 to have everything ready. so the two versions of the promo art—the cat and tom's live pic—were just xeroxed on goldenrod cardstock.

which is quite easy to fake. buy a first press cassette on discogs or somewhere, dummy up the art, and rip someone off.

i only mention this @Tommy.182because you got taken before on a deal for a lot of money. so be careful. i would never buy a promo CC for this very reason.

[Tommy.182]

I appreciate your guys' time on responding, and appreciate the background on the cassette. 

Im definitely going to do a lot of research prior to purchasing the cassette, and I'll be buying it from a reputable collector if I do, for sure. Or make sure people can vouch for them. 

I did the bulk of my collecting back in 2005 to 2008, back when scamming wasnt AS prevalent (yet i was fooled, however, that was just me being naive). Had a collector with the handle Jamesahawick helping me along the way, who was a very active collector from Europe at the time. I did purchase some rare cassette tapes from him back then that I'll share when I'm back home in a couple of months and can take photos.

I realize forging these items is much more common now. Not that it wasn't back then, but I was a lot more active in the community and would have people verify items for me. I have one cassette that I think people will be particularly interested in. 

Thanks again. If you ever hear of one of these collectors wanting to sell, throw them my way, please. 

[radioactive tomdog]

i'm curious to see what you have and whether or not davey can help verify their legitimacy.

some of those "trusted" collectors back in the day did circulate fake tapes. if they realized something they had wasn't legitimate, they would sell it to someone else. if they were real, it's unlikely they'd part ways with the rare items unless they were selling off their whole collection. 

 

[Tommy.182]

That makes sense to me.

But James traded for a long time and had a good reputation amongst everyone in the community, so quite confident in what I have. 

But I'm definitely down to take a bunch of photos to send to you guys. That's no problem at all. It's good information to have. I live a very transient life style and travel a lot for work, so I won't be home until Christmas. 

[Tommy.182]

Thay Stan fella still collect? He possible to get ahold of?

[Speedo]

He was here a little less than a year ago, you just missed him.

[Styleiseternal]

I’m curious to know. 
 

I also knew James too. Haven’t heard from him for ages. 

[Ghent]

I spun this over the weekend for the first time. This is an original pressing in blue, not one of the million reprints. I’ve had it for over 20 years but never actually listened to it. Too bad all the reprints ruined the collectibility/interest

[LeGOAT]

3 hours ago, Ghent said:

I spun this over the weekend for the first time. This is an original pressing in blue, not one of the million reprints. I’ve had it for over 20 years but never actually listened to it. Too bad all the reprints ruined the collectibility/interest

Dude I’m jealous, that is dope. Wrecked Him is one of my favorite blink songs but I can only ever listen to the shitty ripped audio version on YouTube lol 

[Just Good Chats]

14 hours ago, Ghent said:

I spun this over the weekend for the first time. This is an original pressing in blue, not one of the million reprints. I’ve had it for over 20 years but never actually listened to it. Too bad all the reprints ruined the collectibility/interest

that vynal package has the best artwork very proper for how great wrecked him and zulu are 

since most ppl dont seem to know about either of those 2 great songs

its almost like that vynil is a little personal gift from tom to us the "deeper" blink fans

tho these two songs can be found on the wasting time e.p.

wich ruins our special gift a little but still such a kool thing 

since its comming from tom so fitting his little gift would have this sort of "in the know" artwork

 

 

[twelve]

Original photo by Kerry Key.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrykey/albums/72157629375510341/

[Elisa]

25 minutes ago, twelve said:

Original photo by Kerry Key.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrykey/albums/72157629375510341/

I swear I’ve always wanted this poster in my room during my teenage years, now it’s too late, I would never buy it 😂

[Just Good Chats]

1 hour ago, twelve said:

Original photo by Kerry Key.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrykey/albums/72157629375510341/

thats quite the high rez for a picture taken in 1997

interesting to see what was the actual set up 

[Just Good Chats]

1 hour ago, twelve said:

Original photo by Kerry Key.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrykey/albums/72157629375510341/

theres alot of other interesting picture on his profiel related 2 brink

[Elisa]

59 minutes ago, Just Good Chats said:

thats quite the high rez for a picture taken in 1997

interesting to see what was the actual set up 

the entire photoshoot is awesome, i love the second picture:

and i wonder if this picture of mark was taken during that phoshoot because of the lights? 

[_Kyle_]

that blink shirt has more anime girls, they need to bring those back