Best/Worst freebie with a Bought single/album that charted highly as a result (or not)

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Inspired by the Ordinary Boys' disqualification for including a lousy free sticker with the single...

Tracy Ullman: They Don't Know (free fluffy dice)
Bananarama - Cruel Summer 12" (fully signed with free aint what you do 12" and wrap around sunglasses)

Qualification: You have to ave actually bought it (paid money - freebies for press/publicity do not count)

Also: Baby Jane Rod Stewart had a free adidas tshirt, had I known it had no "rod Stewart" markings on it I would have bought one. But no. Laugh?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 5 February 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought Snooker Loopy by Chas 7 Dave and it came with a free syringe. I don't know if that was intentional mind.

― Captain Bongo, Thursday, 5 February 2004 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

What about that Gaye Bikers On Acid single that came in a padded sleeve full of sick? Great way to decimate your sales.

I also have a T'Pau cassingle with a free sew on patch...

― Marcel Gallingez (Marcel Gallingez), Thursday, 5 February 2004 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i bought a stone roses 7" that came with a cassette and a t-shirt..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 06:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't chart exactly, but that one Sonic Boom record with the psychedilic spinning wheel (part of the cover) was awesome.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 6 February 2004 06:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I was about to mention the Stone Roses one too, I still have the tshirt only I use it to dye my hair now. I saw someone offering 50 quid or some ridiculous amount for the casette in Record Collector once. Couldnt believe it.

I have a cloth badge that came with Sonic Youths "Dirty", and its still sewn to my sneakers.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 6 February 2004 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Whoever bought the first Big Black record, all die-cut and including condoms, syringes, loose change and whatever else has to win this (it sure weren't me and I've never even seen one.)

All those limited edition Spectrum things are gorgeous, Spencer.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Schools Out had a pair of paper panties as a dust jacket. It broke some fire codes and therefor was banned. Great planned stunt to increase sales. Try explaining that to my parents when they found them.

― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Friday, 6 February 2004 06:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh also, I have a PWEI 10 inch of 92 deg/something else that came with a really cool cardboard spraypaint screen, thats the letters PWEI in the shape of a gun. I wonder if its worth anything (its pretty much never been played).

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 6 February 2004 08:17 (twenty-two years ago)

no. p.w.e.i. stuff is worthless from a collector's point of view

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

as is almost all stuff from that genre/era

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

How about TLC listing everybody who had ever sent them fanmail on the "Fanmail" cover?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

life without buildings thanked every australian on their mailing list on the cover of their oz-only single...

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

? what LWB single? are the tracks otherwise unavailable?

years ago i bought a primitives 7" that came with free bubblebath, cant remember which song but it was post 'crash'...the general public were not exactly won over by this marketing idea tho

― zappi (joni), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The initial issue of the single of "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice came as a double pack single in a wraparound poster cover with a free cassette of what they called (I think) "The Felicity Sessions" (or was it "The Formative Years"?) incl v. early / rough / live versions of "Blueboy" and a couple of others, presumably recorded wt the same sime as the flexi version of "Felicity". I've never seen these tracks reissuesd elsewhere, does anyone know better?

Anyway, that was pretty good.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

? what LWB single? are the tracks otherwise unavailable?

"love trinity". the only other exclusive track on it is a re-recording of "is is and the irs" that didn't make the album

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks, i'll try and track down a copy

― zappi (joni), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

it's still entirely in print. try http://www.trifekta.com.au

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

what about that lovely period when there were double 7" before they were disqualified .. ahh . j&mc including the complete acoustic peel session .. yum yum

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 6 February 2004 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

It didn't chart, but I liked the Brian Jonestown Massacre single (Love, I think) that came with a little tambourine.

― dlp9001, Friday, 6 February 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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