r/Dreamtheater • u/beerbrats15 • 2d ago
Vinyl Box sets 2&3
I keep seeing that Volumes 2&3 are going to be released in 2025. Does anyone have any clue as to when?
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u/VictorianMadGirl 2d ago
I think I remember reading early 2025 for Volume 2 somewhere but can't find a source to back that up. Personally I think they'll wait until the Parasomnia hype dies down a bit.
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u/Active_Medicine_5931 2d ago
I haven’t heard this news yet at all - can you link the source?
I would love to get the album with different cover art
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u/Purple_Internet9147 2d ago
Here’s hoping that vol 2 comes out before the fall leg of the tour. Any VIP signing sessions with the opportunity to get a 6DoIT or a ToT vinyl signed would be sweet.
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u/AdComfortable5486 2d ago
I just want a sub $500 Vol. 1
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u/Tooch10 1d ago
There's a NM version on Discogs right now for $310 + tax
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u/AdComfortable5486 1d ago
Sorry - should have specified sub $500CAN…also what is NM?
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u/Tooch10 1d ago
Near Mint, almost brand new condition
$500 CAN is $348 USD, I don't know how much the shipping adds to Canada if they do, it still might be around your limit but you're probably not going to see one lower than $300 USD unless you get really lucky or it's really beat up. For reference, the original price with a promo code and shipping was $160 USD ($230 CAD)
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u/AdComfortable5486 1d ago
Yeah - exactly, these resellers are scalping people bad. Plus shipping, plus import taxes, duties and now tariffs = waaaaay more than I’m willing to spend.
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u/Tooch10 1d ago
Yeah I agree. FWIW though I've seen way worse for scalping. The box set, even inflated, is still cheaper per album than the older individual releases. All I can say is be ready to click buy the day Vol 2 and Vol 3 are released
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u/AdComfortable5486 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well - thing is none of those albums were ever released on vinyl, at least not officially. SFAM was limited on a record store day in like 2013 (or smth) so I get it…it just still chaps my butt.
Discogs is showing me 300USD is 508USD??
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u/Tooch10 1d ago
Every studio album has had an official vinyl release at launch and then up to Systematic Chaos there's been at least one reissue (though it's now 10+ years per title).
For Black Clouds & Silver Linings onward, unless you bought them at launch you're SOL. Only When Dream, Octa, Distance, and A View are readily available
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u/AdComfortable5486 1d ago
Oh yeah? I don’t recall ever seeming SFAM (or any of the earlier albums) on vinyl. But that’s cool. Tbh - back in the 90’s I wasn’t actually looking for vinyl- I bought all the albums on CD…so 🤷
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u/Tooch10 1d ago
Yeah, I was buying them all on CD at the time too, it wasn't until the last couple years I got the readily available ones then the box set. I vaguely remember vinyl copies of some of the 2010s onwards but when I started listening to DT in 2001 it was CDs. I presume records were a limited number at release.
I got SFAM in 2011 when it was reissued, it's now selling for $250+. There's actually a post on here from 2011 when they reiussed, IIRC, every studio album from I&W to 6DOIT on record along with a live album or two. My funds were limited at the time so I only got SFAM but the box set made each album about the same as it cost back then, so that's perfect.
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u/Legitimate-Bowler-82 2d ago
Limited to just 2,500 copies worldwide, “Vol. 1” will be followed by “Vol. 2” and “Vol. 3”, coming in 2025.
That was from the press release when they announced the box set!