ten years.

So i'll level with you. I used to sit in a car late at night with my neighbor, get stoned, and listen to lots of music. He worked at a local record shop, so we always had the freshest stuff to hear. It was great.

One night in '98 he plays me this album, a debut from some band nobody's ever heard of called Queens of the Stone Age. It nearly changed my life. It was FUCKING AWESOME. Liked it so much he gave it to me. So they go on to become a pretty big deal and put out 4 more albums that I don't like nearly as much as the first one. I've got a promo of their second album back before it was titled, and a slip signed by the band. But somewhere along the line I lost my copy of that first album.

I've searched high and low. I've searched Itunes. I've searched record stores far and wide. To no avail. And guess why?

They only pressed 8,000 copies. The original album, in crummy shape, is worth more than the signed "Queens of the Stone Age 2" which was later released as "Rated R."

$200 new. Plus shipping. I can't believe i'm considering saving up for it. If I do, I promise to make you all copies.