r/merzbow

I have been collecting Merzbow cassettes since 1998, and I have managed to get 54 of them so far (plus a few comps). I got my first two for $4 each in the markdowns at RPM Records in my hometown of Mesquite, TX. I bought the bulk of my 80s era tapes in the mid 2000s, on Ebay, Discogs, and from private sale lists. A lot of them came from Japan and Europe. I am pretty certain that they are all authentic, except maybe SCUM - Steel Cum, which seems to be of a different quality.

54 cassettes is a lot, but I am still missing at least 90 other Merzbow tapes. I suspect that many of the early ones will never be seen for sale again, so it would be impossible to ever have them all. Here is my current list:

-Collection 007 (1981)
-Tridal Production (1982)
-Le Cuisinier (1983)
-Dying Mapa II (1983)
-Dying Mapa III (1983)
-Worker Machine (1983)
-Kibbutz (1983)
-Age Of 369 (1984)
-Dadavida (1984)
-Merzbow & Xerosx - Aerovivanda #1 (1984)
-Merzbow + The Hanatarashi - Collaboration 1984 (1984)
-Merzbow, Null - Deus Irae (1984)
-Various - Sexorama Vol. 2 (1984)
-Pornoise/Extra (198?)
-Ushi-Tra (1985)
-Sadomasochismo (1985)
-The Lampinak (1985)
-Chant (1987)
-Enclosure (1987)
-Merzbow & The Haters (1987)
-Merzbow + S•Core - A Collaboration Tape (1987)
-Crocidura Dsi Nezumi (1988)
-Live Drum Ensemble - 1984 (1989)
-Flesh Metal Orgasm (1989)
-SCUM - Scan Has Undergone Several Minor Revisions (1989)
-Society For Cutting Up Merzbow - Severances (1989)
-Merzbow / Hudak - The Time Stream (1989)
-Aka Meme (1990)
-SCUM - Steel Cum (1990)
-Merzbow / Das Konzentrat - Ars Elektroica (1991)
-Metal Acoustic Music (1992)
-US Tour 1990 (1992)
-Metal Mad Man (1992)
-Dutch Tour 1989 (1992)
-Merzbow / S.C.U.M. - Axx / Spooning (1992)
-Recycled (1992)
-Pornoise 1KG (1993)
-Merzbow, The Haters, AMK - Sniper (1993)
-Reiko. A With Merzbow, Achim Wollscheid - Coruscanto (1995)
-Yantra Material Action (1995)
-Total / Merzbow - Merzbow Mixed Total (1997)
-E-Study (2009)
-Collection 4 (2010)
-Collection 5 (2010)
-Normal Music (2010)
-Flesh Metal Orgasm (2010)
-Untitled November 1989 (2010)
-9888a (2010)
-April 1992 (2011)
-Variations For Electric Fan (2011)
-Gman // HJYUGTF2 (2012)
-Rainbow Electronics (2022)
-Green Wheels (2022)
-Paradoxa Paradoxa (2023)
-Material Action For 2 Microphones (2024)

plus:
-Various - Infidel Psalm Vol. 1 (1986)
-Various - Lapse From Virtue (1989)

Some of these are reissues/represses of earlier tapes, but the noted year in parentheses is the actual release year of the copy I have.

Standard sized cases are pictured in the exact order I listed above, chronological by release year.

Pic 1: Covers 1981-1995
Pic 2: Covers 1995-2024 plus comps
Pic 3: Spines 1981-2024 plus comps
Pic 4: Oversized releases (NSFW Pornoise art covered by Ushi-Tra booklet)
Pic 5: The full collection
Pic 6: Dutch Tour 1989 contact mic spring box with RCA output

Does anyone else have a lot of Merzbow cassettes? Sell them to me.

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2. [untitled] - 6/10

Overall - 7/10 (Great)

REVIEW: https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/k1mdracula\_615/merzbow/collection-001/296616407

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2. [untitled] - 6/10

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Overall - 6/10 (Good)

REVIEW: https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/k1mdracula\_615/merzbow/fuckexercise-2-2/296207312