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My Manowar - Collection

All items listed on this website I personally own . I made the effort  to  photograph  every single piece and give some small background information .

To view the collection simply click on the category interested in at the top  of the site . This will  open an overview of all available elements of my collection of the chosen category . Please note that due to the sheer amounts of pictures the loading time of each page will be increased.Visitors with broadband links should not face any problems though .

The details to all items were done to the best of my knowledge . In spite of that some minor mistakes might have happened . If you will notice something  in regards to this please let me know by using the form under “Contact & Guestbook” .

Finally some notes : All items are unsaleable. Please don’t make me any offers! If you happen to own something  that  is  missing  in  my  collection  and  you  intent  to sell it you can send me a description including your offer using the same form as mentioned above or PM me in ”Collectors Community”.

To all visitors who want  to  exchange  items : My  duplicates  are  listed  in the collectors community within this thread . Generally it is possible to trade off items provided you offer something I  do not own yet .

Meet with Eric Adams (13.07.2008)

A Few Words To This Page

Everything began back in 1982 . I lived back then in the former GDR as I heard of  MANOWAR the first time . In a small youth club a song named  “Metal Daze”  blasted  out of the speakers and caused me immediately to jump head banging onto the dancefloor . By the way : I was nineteen years old and a die hard KISS fan, but a song like “Metal Daze” was so completely different than the “I was made for loving you” mentality from KISS and was way better to express how I felt . Exactly  THAT was my music !

From that day on I soaked up everything with eager that was anywhere related to MANOWAR . Unfortunately  this was not very easy in the former GDR , since especially bands from the western part were treated as cultural litter by our governance and were  unwillingly seen in our “clean society”. As a metal  fan from hour one on nobody , not even our “People’s Police” or any  other  state  clowns  was able to keep me from obtaining the records that I loved . I would like to mention that a record was between 150 and 200 Marks in the former GDR . With a monthly income of 425 Marks this cost a pretty penny .

Anyway… When MANOWAR released their Album “Into Glory Ride” in 1983 this musical concoction overwhelmed me completely . To this very day this masterpiece belongs to the Top three Albums of all times in my opinion . Due  to  their crushing compositions I still label “Into Glory Ride” an elephant record .

Up until 1989 I archived all albums of the band very painstakingly to my tapes . The elephant record was the only original one shelved . When the Iron Curtain fell one thing was for sure … All  the  money  I  owned  had  to  be  sacrificed to buy the remaining Albums and to get the first bootlegs of the band . And due to the technical advancements and the introduction of CD’s I had to get those as well .

That’s how the passion for MANOWAR went on and on . If the guys are on tour in Germany I will be definitely there. If they release a new album I will be there to buy it .You can view the outcome on my pages, maybe even by shaking your head in disbelief. But I stand by that . No  other  band  was  able  to  convince me more musical wise up to this day. Of course we can debate over one or the other album , but a singer like Eric Adams is unique !

And maybe there are some more fanatics out there like me. If you are looking for some more rarities , want to exchange them or simply want to give them away you should sign up on the “Collectors Community”. Over the years I got  some  duplicates  and maybe we can exchange items ?!

... at the MCF III on 18.07.2009

Short Info’s About This Collection

Meanwhile  my  collection  consists  of  more than 500 items of all kinds . For now CD’s rank first in terms of quantity, followed by Shirts and Vinyl. It is impossible to estimate the value of my collection, since I never captured any purchase price . To  put  it  simple the material value is unsignificant to me and the non-material value is beyond price . Every collector will agree to that .

The  collection  was  carried  together  in  a  period of  21 years . In  that  regard I am tightly moving towards to a quarter-century and still having the same fun as on day one.

The  items  were  carried  together  from all around the world . The collections consists of items from countries like Malaysia , Israel , Japan , Indonesia , Russia , Thailand , Hong Kong , Liechtenstein or Brazil to name just a few exotic ones .

The rarest items are found quickly . Especially the test pressings , due to their very limited edition are very difficult to be found and require an enormous amount of time and also large financial investments sometimes . If one gets hold of such a rare item the joy is twice as big though .

As  proud  as  I  am with this collection there’s nothing like a personal meeting with your idols . It’s a strange , unreal  feeling especially if one is doing this with that much passion . Personally I am looking forward to the next encounter . In this sense : ALL HAIL MANOWAR !

My leather waistcoat - signed by Eric Adams

Other Interesting Websites

Official Manowar - Homepage

Official Homepage