1994 6-Track Demo Tape (2)

Price Paid: £500

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This is Rammstein's most well-known demo tape - This tape was made by Emanuel Fialik, the band's former manager. It was given club owners and record labels in 1994 to promote Rammstein. The tape includes an unheard, live-recording version of Schwarzes Glas (recorded similarly to Feuerraeder). This version cuts off at the end, just like Feuerraeder, but is a more complete version overall, even with a guitar solo.

The image of the band logo and the six members is actually a sticker, placed over the inkjet-printed inlay. The song "Matrose" (Seemann) is missing from this tape completely, and the tracklist is the same on both Side A and Side B, weirdly.

Orgasm Death Gimmick (1992 Demo Tape)

Price Paid: £200

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This is an extremely rare copy of Orgasm Death Gimmick's self-made second demo tape from 1992. It was given to a DT64 radio host for promotional purposes; the host will remain anonymous for privacy reasons.

Das Elegante Chaos - Lyrik (6-Track Version)

Price Paid: Free

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This is a copy of Das Elegante Chaos' first and only album 'Lyrik' (originally 'Das Chaos hat gesiegt'). Das Elegante Chaos was Richard's first ever band; they recorded the songs that would later comprise 'Lyrik' in 1989 in an air raid shelter. This exact copy of 'Lyrik' was self-produced and given to me by Gert Reichelt - the then-vocalist of the band, as well as the current vocalist of 'Das Auge Gottes'.

There are two versions; this copy has two tracks less than the other.

First Arsch - Saddle Up

Price Paid: {DON'T REMEMBER}

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This is one copy (of only a few hundred ever made) of First Arsch's first and only album, 'Saddle Up'. First Arsch was Till's first band. Paul and Richard also played on this album. The vinyl is very rare; released in 1992, and has never been reissued in any form. The only other version in existence is a 'promotional' copy in a white sleeve. Only the man who commissioned the original LPs owns these.

Mutter (Mexican Orbita 105.7 FM Promo Cassette)

Price Paid: £153.72

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This is an *extremely* rare promo cassette for 'Mutter' (album). It was released in Mexico by the radio station "Orbita 105.7 FM". Side A contains four 30 second snippets of some songs from the album. They are introduced by Rammstein's members announcing the song names in Spanish; the tracks end with a fade-out.

Side B contains instructions for a competition hosted by the radio station.

Die Firma - Live in Neuruppin (Live Cassette)

Price Paid: £28.14

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This is a very rare live tape by 'Die Firma' (one of Paul's old bands). It was self-made by the band.

Mutter Press DIA Slides (35mm Photo Slides) (Olaf Heine / F. L Lange)

Price Paid: £50.00

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Here are 20 promotional 35mm DIA slides from the 'Mutter' era; they are, being original DIA slides, much higher quality than the versions of the pictures available online. These particular slides were presumably given to journalists or members of the press; they are *extremely* rare.

Du Hast / Stripped (UK Promo VHS)

Price Paid: £52.50

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This is an extremely rare UK promo VHS for both 'Du hast' and 'Stripped'. The VHS contains an EPK (Electronic Press Kit) from London Records, including interview segments with the band, as well as the full Du hast and Stripped music videos. My copy comes with a Du hast postcard (not shown here).

Reise, Reise Interview Disc 3

Price Paid: £134.40

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This is an extremely rare European promo CD containing 17 answers to questions asked by an interviewer (questions are shown inside the CD's booklet). The CD was released to promote the upcoming release of 'Reise, Reise', and is a part of a set of three promo CDs, each interviewing two members of the band at a time. This CD interviews Richard and Schneider.
Further information can be found here.

Reise, Reise Interview Disc 1

Price Paid: £100.00

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This is an extremely rare European promo CD containing 17 answers to questions asked by an interviewer (questions are shown inside the CD's booklet). The CD was released to promote the upcoming release of 'Reise, Reise', and is a part of a set of three promo CDs, each interviewing two members of the band at a time. This CD interviews Till and Flake.
Further information can be found here.

Puhyds - Wut Will Nicht Sterben (Deleted Single)

Price Paid: ≈£200.00

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This is the original deleted single, 'Wut will nicht sterben' by Puhdys. It features Till Lindemann's vocals. This CD was sold as normal in stores for a few hours before it was recalled due to a contractual issue between BMG (Puhdys' label) and Universal (Till / Rammstein's label). Most copies were destroyed, leaving an estimated 90 surviving copies. This makes Wut will nicht sterben incredibly rare.

The single was later re-issued without Till's vocals, and with new artwork / designs.

Further information can be found here.

Till Lindemann & Richard Kruspe - Schtiel

Price Paid: £210.53

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This is easily the rarest Rammstein-related (non-promo) single; Schtiel was released in 2003 at the Harley Davidson 100th anniversary party in Moscow. The song 'Schtiel' is a cover of Russian Heavy Metal band 'Aria''s song 'Shtil'. The mini CD contains the song, as well as a small video; a Russian advert for Miller Beer in the enhanced segment. There are conflicting numbers for how many of these CDs were made, but it is believed that there are less than 500 out there; most of which are assumed to have been discarded, destroyed out of neglect, or are still under the possession of the original owners from the party, most of which are Harley Davidson VIPs.

It is important to note that the vast, vast majority of Schtiel CDs in collectors' hands are cheap CDr bootlegs by an eBay scammer known as 'fixluchs'. In reality, these CDs are extremely rare. You can tell that a Schtiel CD is fake from a number of factors; for one, the CD *must* be factory pressed, and include "www.CDLabs.ru / Schtiel" on the matrix at the back of the CD (as well as the IFPI mould number "IFPI UN14"). On the front of an authentic CD is a depressed inner-ring around the center of the disc. The digipak of a real Schtiel CD is also lithoprinted (scanning it and zooming in will reveal a series of tiny dots making up the artwork, where fakes are inkjet printed, and you will just see a clean, solid colour.) Contact me if you are worried that your copy is fake. I will confirm it for you.

There are perhaps only four copies of the real CD in the hands of collectors; one owner is RammsteinCollector.

Further information can be found here.

Sehnsucht (Promo Vorabcassette, Version 1)

Price Paid: £126.04

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This is a German promotional vorabcassette (preliminary cassette) for 'Sehnsucht'. There are two versions of this tape, with the difference being between the contents of the tape, as well as the colouration of the artwork of the insert, and the cassette itself. This version features an extended version of 'Du Hast'. It sounds like 'Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)' also sounds different, guitar-wise from the final release, too. This version of the tape also has no white print on the actual cassette shell.

The second version of the promo tape has more blue-coloured artwork (as opposed to the purple seen here), the audio quality is lower, and Du Hast appears to be the same version on the regular CD.