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Kirby Trapolino—yeah, that Kirby—has a crazy amount of CC memorabilia up together in one lot on eBay:

EXTREMELY RARE CAEDMON’S CALL MEMORABILIA LOT

Hello, my name is Kirby Trapolino. I’m the original manager of Caedmon’s Call, and creator of their fan club, (“The Guild”). I ran across a few old boxes of my early Caedmon’s Call memorabilia and figured I’d make them available here for collectors more avid than myself. Many of the promo items you see in this auction I drafted and laid out myself, like the early Guild pieces you’ll see. If you’d like, I can sign certain pieces at your request if you feel it would lend to authenticity.

What you’re bidding on…

Early Guild Rarities:
1) Original copy of Issue One of Thirsty Plants, Winter 1997
2) Original copy of Issue Two of Thirsty Plants, Spring 1998
3) Original copy of Issue Three of Thirsty Plants, Winter 1998
Thirsty Plants was the original Guild Fan Club Publication with several essays, journal entries, photography and artwork from the band members, along with contributions from Guild Members themselves. I was the editor. All 3 of these will show some signs of wear and tear, fading, coffee stains, etc. as they are 9 to 10 years old.
4) Original copy of a blank Guild Membership ID card from the 1st year it was created, expiration date marked as “8/31/98.”
5) Original copy of “Welcome to the Guild” intro pack overview insert.
6) “Join Today” insert with overview of Guild membership benefits, in promotion of The 1998-1999 Guild Year Membership, otherwise known as Guild Vol. 2.
7) Original Guild Vol. 2 Backstage Pass, marked with expiration date “Dec. 31, 1999.”
8) Guild Vol. 3 CD, Released in 2000. Contains 22 Demos, Soundchecks and Rarities.

Posters, Stickers & Rare Concert Ticket:
8) An unused copy of the 1st sticker ever released by Caedmon’s Call, in conjunction with the 3rd version of My Calm//Your Storm CD in 1996.
9) House of Blues, Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, April 23, 1998 Concert Poster. Bebo Norman and Andrew Peterson were the two opening acts as noted on the poster. Poster does show some signs of wear and tear, and has been stored in a rolled up position for several years.
10) House of Blues, Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, April 23, 1998 UNREDEEMED Concert Ticket. Faded due to its age.
11) In the Company of Angels promo sticker, Summer 2001.
12) 10-Year Anniversary Poster: “Celebrating 10 Years” with various photos and album covers from their archives. Note this is a folded poster.

Rare Compilation CDs on which Caedmon’s Call appears:
13) CCM Magazine Insert, from the February 1997 Issue which featured Caedmon’s Call on the cover. The CD includes the song “Hope to Carry On” and 9 other songs from artists popular at the time such as All Star United, Plumb and Smalltown Poets.
14) Propska One, a compilation with 17 tracks from artists either on the Essential Records label or somehow associated with Essential.

Crazy Rare Bonus Items:
Yes, I’m crazy, or I’m just getting in the Christmas mood… I’m throwing in these 9 items from my personal collection as a free gift for the winner…
1) Super-rare cover artwork, booklet and jewel case from the 2nd version of My Calm//Your Storm, released in 1995 with only 5000 copies printed. Unfortunately, the CD itself is missing. But if you’re bidding on this, you probably already own it.
2) Very rare 40 Acres promo cassette. Random 40 Acres trivia… I selected the photo you see on the 40 Acres album cover. It was about the closest thing I could find to what I thought might actually be 40 acres of land.
3) Coming Home Radio Single CD. From the 1997 Self-Titled Album. Only 200 of these were pressed- they were mailed to top radio stations. This single became a #1 Christian AC radio hit. Jewel case is cracked but the CD and actual artwork is fine.
4) “Back Home” promotional pre-release CD in special packaging, 1999.
5) “Austin Sessions” CD featuring 3 bonus songs from their 40 Acres recording sessions at Willie Nelson’s “Pedernales” studio in Austin, Texas.
6) Caedmon’s Call & Jars of Clay promotional music sampler, with 3 songs from Caedmon’s Call and 3 from Jars of Clay. This was bundled on a limited basis with Back Home, early 2003. Still sealed.
7) Three bootleg CD recordings of concerts from the 1997 – 1998 time period. Locations: Kanakuk, Houston and College Station. Sorry I cannot provide any further details on these.
8) 40 Acres Press Kit containing several copies of articles, various press photos and official notes on the lyrics from songwriters, etc. This would have been circa early 1999.
9) Promotional pre-release CD of Derek Webb’s She Must and Shall Go Free. Special packaging, circa early 2003.

I will ship this via trackable delivery insured.

Thanks for your interest. If you’re an experienced collector and wish to inquire of other rare items I still have in my possession, please contact me through eBay email and based on the interest, I might list other auctions.

If you’re looking for photos of the whole lot, Kirby’s posted a gallery on his .Mac account.

Better than someone auctioning off Derek’s high school yearbook so you could see a photo of him with a mullet any day…

While we all earnestly await Bryan’s liveblogging next week—and I count myself in that number, because I’m gonna be stuck in Huntsville next week—we’ve got some bits for you.

• After a short discussion this morning, Chris did a quick pass at a song vault entry for Overdressed. That Hubbs, he’s a machine.
• Also, if you didn’t see it this morning, we updated our post about the Overdressed poster to indicate that they’re on-sale now at Portland Studios’s store for $25. Get ‘em while they’re hot, yo.
• Lastly, we’re on Twitter at twitter.com/ccnet. We’ll use Twitter Tools to send you notices when we have new stuff up on the blog, and Bryan can always send funny things from his cell phone with it, like “I just stealth disco’d Cliff” or “Miller just gave me a wedgie” or “Todd told me I could play cowbell on ‘Hands of the Potter’ again”. We hope that it’ll be a fun way for you to stay on the cutting edge with us.

Peace, love, and Crisco,
Geof

Portland Studios’s Chris Koelle has done it again. Come sometime this week—probably Tuesday—you’ll be able to buy the following image as a poster: 18″x24″, signed by Chris.

23 Aug: Looks like Portland Studios’ store now has it for sale.

So you’ve listened to “Share in the Blame” off of Overdressed and you’re digging it. Want a part of the music? Garett’s selling his old Powerbook, which was used in the recording of the album. Maybe if you’re nice, he’ll leave songs from the album on there and you’ll get it early. ;)

Recently, Garett came into a stock of his solo record, Foreign Mission. He wants to put a copy into your hands. $10, plus $2.50 shipping and handling, will get it to you. Go buy one. I will.

Back soon with more rumor-y goodness about the new record. We have some juicy, juicy stuff. :D But while you’re waiting, buy Foreign Mission already.

If you’re looking for some percussion gear, Garett is auctioning some stuff off on eBay. First up is a hardly-used Cajon. We’ll update this as time goes by and Garett gets more gear ready for sale.

Also, I know that he recently found a stash of CDs of his solo percussion record that he didn’t know about and that he’ll be looking to move those, too … more on that when we know it.

If you’ve ever wanted to play like Caedmon’s Call, or just own some of their gear, here’s your chance. Former Caedmon’s Call member Derek Webb is selling some of his gear on Ebay, including a Black American Fender Stratocaster that he used for many years while with Caedmon’s Call. The bidding ends on Monday evening, July 31st, so go check it out before the auction ends.

Derek has some other things up for sale as well, including a Roland XP-30 Synthesizer that both he and his wife Sanrda McCracken have used in and out of the studio and even a LinkSys USB 4 port print server for you techheads. You can track all of Derek’s auctions by visiting this link.

Here’s to hoping a Caedmon’s Call fan wins the bidding!

Here’s a few auctions currently going on over on Ebay that you might be interested in:

• Lead of Love imported single from Malaysia? – ends ~10am EST on Thursday
• Original MCYS CD, burlap cover – ends ~5pm EST on Friday
• 2nd printing MCYS CD, waves cover – ends ~5pm EST on Friday
• 1999 Viva Enhanced CD – extended video interview with CC – ends ~3pm EST on Saturday
• 1″ CC pins (including Cliff’s face) – ends ~4pm EST on Monday, 08/25/2003
• Austin Sessions CD – ends ~10pm EST on Wednesday, 08/27/2003

Attention all guitar players. Andy Osenga is selling one of his axes and wants to give the fine patrons of this site the first shot at it. Sound interesting? Check out the pics. Sound not so interesting? Check it out anyway!

***GUITAR HAS BEEN SOLD***.

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Two extremely rare Caedmon’s Call items are up for bid on eBay this week. Peace Gospel Ministries is auctioning off the “Burlap” cover My Calm//Your Storm CD and the 93 Caedmon’s Call demo tape. For more info on these auctions, see Peace Gospel’s site.