For Sale: Signed The Death of a Dictionary tape Options

[dangum]

Is anybody interested in purchasing an original copy of Public Affection's The Death of a Dictionary?

It's not my copy, but from a fellow Australian fan.

The tape was obtained from a relation of a band member a number of years ago and it has been signed by Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Gracey and Patrick Dahlheimer.

Please PM me, email the website, hit me up on Twitter or just post a message here if you have any questions

Photos of the tape are below. For higher quality pics, click on the link.

https://imgur.com/a/7MzIwOG

[swami]

I'm personally not in the market for an original TDOAD tape, but wow...what an item. I used to own one. I bought it for USD $500 and sold it years later at a profit for USD $700 when I decided to sell off my collection. I'm not sure it was ever determined how many copies of this tape were actually produced, but it's a low enough number that such prices are validated. The most I ever sold a Live item for was USD $2,000, and that was for the entire run of 9 CDs in the print run of the 2000 FOL Holiday Gift. And that was 9 CDs, but they were inseparable. I would think that if The Death of a Dictionary goes for any less than $1,000 today then it's being undersold.

[Bob]

I'm personally not in the market for an original TDOAD tape, but wow...what an item. I used to own one. I bought it for USD $500 and sold it years later at a profit for USD $700 when I decided to sell off my collection. I'm not sure it was ever determined how many copies of this tape were actually produced, but it's a low enough number that such prices are validated. The most I ever sold a Live item for was USD $2,000, and that was for the entire run of 9 CDs in the print run of the 2000 FOL Holiday Gift. And that was 9 CDs, but they were inseparable. I would think that if The Death of a Dictionary goes for any less than $1,000 today then it's being undersold.

Circa 2003, when they were still putting out solid music, I'd have agreed with you 1000%. However, today, after a string of sub-par releases (not counting The Turn, thankyouverymuch), lineup changes, legal matters and now total silence for far too long, I feel like even $500 is too high an asking price. Only hardcore fans (essentially the members on this site) are gonna bite. Demand is a tricky thing.

I say this as I'm staring at a gigantic box of cd's and other media that I could have probably sold for a nice chunk of change years ago. Now it's probably not worth much, but given how much I paid for all of it back in the day, I might as well just hold onto it.

[dangum]

I'm not sure it was ever determined how many copies of this tape were actually produced, but it's a low enough number that such prices are validated.

I found this. The number mentioned is lower than what has previously been discussed online when the topic arises.

Additional Info:

Members Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey first played together at a middle-school talent show in York, Pennsylvania. They remained together throughout high school, playing new wave covers under band names such as First Aid, Club Fungus, Paisley Blues, Action Front, and Body Odor Boys. The group eventually settled on the name Public Affection and recorded a self-released cassette of original songs titled The Death of a Dictionary produced by Benji King and oversaw by David Sestak, their manager. The album was released in 1989, after the band members graduated high school, via their own label, Action Front Records. Only 1,000 copies of the album were manufactured, all on cassette and is considered a highly prized collector's item. In 1990, they released an EP of demos produced by Jay Healy, titled Divided Mind, Divided Planet, via their Black Coffee mailing list. The band performed regularly at CBGB in New York City, where they were noticed by New York City record labels and publishers. They were eventually signed by Radioactive Records at a 1991 CBGB show.

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