Tour books

[Deena J]

Do any of y'all collect tour books? If so, do you use dust covers or anything to protect them? Where do you store your collection?

I'm thinking about collecting some of the older ones but wanted to ask these questions first. Thanks!!!! :)

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[Kathy]

Hi Deena :) I use 12" x 15.5" white clamshell-type flat boxes for everything like that, and they're nice because they stack on bookshelves. (I think I got them at Staples but I'm not positive) The tour books are in plastic bags, same with magazines, and for photos I use archival photo pages.

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[Deena J]

Hi Deena :) I use 12" x 15.5" white clamshell-type flat boxes for everything like that, and they're nice because they stack on bookshelves. (I think I got them at Staples but I'm not positive) The tour books are in plastic bags, same with magazines, and for photos I use archival photo pages.

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Thanks! What type of plastic bags?

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[Evil Ernie]

Like this?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oUlOgmY6L.jpg

[Guy]

I collect tour books, magazines, newspapers. Keep them all in sealed boxes....but no dust covers. Anyway theres no dust in my house! Ha ha. :)

[The Flying Mouse]

:twisted: Tour books are great to collect 8)
Most of them are quite easy to get hold of at reasonable prices, and they are a fun way to look back over past tours.

My own tour programs are kept in a desk, along with a lot of other Meat Loaf stuff.

On the subject, the ealiest tour program I have is the Dead Ringer tour in 81.

Does anyone know of earlier tour books?

[Battybarb]

i collect tour books,almost every concert i have been to i get a tour book ,i am very proud of Meat Loaf Tour 99 as im in it lol even though only a small pic

i find clothes vacuum bags very good for storing them

[Deena J]

Like this?



Where do you get those? And what size are they?

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[Battybarb]

im in the uk ,i buy them in a large supermarket ,should be in the homewear section,could look on ebay just type in clothes vacuum bags, they do small,meduim and large
i put all sorts in them,seal them then attach then vacuum cleaner hose and it sucks all the air out of the bags,will try and find a pic and a link and pm you tomorrow if that would help

[chairboys]

:twisted: Tour books are great to collect 8)


Yes they are.
A few years ago I was having one of those ruthless clearouts of my garage. I was determined to get shot of Mrs. Chairboys' junk. Looking back, I can now only hang my head in shame. As a trade-off I too had to dump something. It was either the football programmes or Meat's tour books.
I should have stood my ground. The footy programmes to me were a definite no-no so the tour books went ( there weren't so many of those! ).
But, I also recycled all the MLUKFC magazines and newsletters from the 80's and 90's. I had all the editions of the Neverland Express and now they are gone, gone, gone. :oops:
I must have been going through a mid-life Meat crisis.
Please forgive me. I should have stood my ground. Mrs. Chairboys was the real option.
Only joking. In her defence, she does make a lovely chocolate cake and gave me three wonderful children.

[evil nickname]

:twisted: Tour books are great to collect 8)
Most of them are quite easy to get hold of at reasonable prices, and they are a fun way to look back over past tours.

Getting hold of the Hang Cool Tourbook was the hardest, strangely enough. Most of the others pop up regularly on eBay.

On the subject, the ealiest tour program I have is the Dead Ringer tour in 81.

Does anyone know of earlier tour books?

Wasn't that this one from '82 (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckNhndOHq9s/TTctYBW9cfI/AAAAAAAABCo/ufPxTjCZ1Ts/s1600/blpg+018.jpg)? Anyway, I thought this was the complete list:


Neverland Express Euro 82
World Tour 83
Monsters of Rock 1983
Bat Attitude Tour 1984
20/20 World Tour 1987
Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary Special Edition Tour Book — Lost Boys & Golden Girls World Tour 1988
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Everything Louder Tour
Born To Rock World Tour
Meat Loaf 99
Storytellers-tour 1999–2000
Night of the Proms 2001
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Hair of the Dog Tour 2005
Seize the Night 2007
Three Bats Tour
Hang Cool Tour


(the textual material of all but the last one are up on my website. the last one follows after the still pending redesign.)

[duke knooby]

Only joking. In her defence, she does make a lovely chocolate cake and gave me three wonderful children.

Chocolate CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
share with the group :-P

[The Flying Mouse]

Getting hold of the Hang Cool Tourbook was the hardest, strangely enough. Most of the others pop up regularly on eBay.


:twisted: I think the Sieze The Night program is quite hard to find. Or am I thinking of the Hair Of The Dog :bleh:


Wasn't that this one from '82 (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckNhndOHq9s/TTctYBW9cfI/AAAAAAAABCo/ufPxTjCZ1Ts/s1600/blpg+018.jpg)


You're quite right :doh:


How about the subject of festival tour books?

I've got a couple featuring Meat from the Liverpool Summer Pops, and one from my birthday in 1983, Monsters Of Rock from Donnington.

[Cherry.Loaf]

Can anyone recommend a site other than ebay to find them? I'd love to get a Casa De Carne one as it was my first show :(

[The Flying Mouse]

Can anyone recommend a site other than ebay to find them? I'd love to get a Casa De Carne one as it was my first show :(

:twisted: Off the top of my head, I don't think they did a tour program for those few shows.

[Deena J]

Anyway, I thought this was the complete list:


Neverland Express Euro 82
World Tour 83
Monsters of Rock 1983
Bat Attitude Tour 1984
20/20 World Tour 1987
Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary Special Edition Tour Book — Lost Boys & Golden Girls World Tour 1988
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Everything Louder Tour
Born To Rock World Tour
Meat Loaf 99
Storytellers-tour 1999–2000
Night of the Proms 2001
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Hair of the Dog Tour 2005
Seize the Night 2007
Three Bats Tour
Hang Cool Tour


(the textual material of all but the last one are up on my website. the last one follows after the still pending redesign.)

Thanks for that!!! :D

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[Vickip]

:twisted: Off the top of my head, I don't think they did a tour program for those few shows.

I think you're right ... but if they did, a great source to check would be :
http://eil.com

I was hoping there would have been one for the Mad Mad World Tour this past summer :(

[Deena J]

I was hoping there would have been one for the Mad Mad World Tour this past summer :(

Me toooo!!! :(

I wonder if tour books are going the way of vinyl records?

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[Adje]

A German fan has a great Meat Loaf blog where he also shows all the tourbooks with images (http://meatloafsingles.blogspot.nl/search/label/Tour%20Programs)

Great resource blog too as it has info on almost all vinyl, singles and other official releases

[Kathy]

Woohoo! (I was thinking Rats, I don't have the 1981 one.) I just printed your list and tomorrow I'm going to see how many of these I have. Thanks so much for the list!
-Kathy

Getting hold of the Hang Cool Tourbook was the hardest, strangely enough. Most of the others pop up regularly on eBay.

Wasn't that this one from '82 (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckNhndOHq9s/TTctYBW9cfI/AAAAAAAABCo/ufPxTjCZ1Ts/s1600/blpg+018.jpg)? Anyway, I thought this was the complete list:


Neverland Express Euro 82
World Tour 83
Monsters of Rock 1983
Bat Attitude Tour 1984
20/20 World Tour 1987
Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary Special Edition Tour Book — Lost Boys & Golden Girls World Tour 1988
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Everything Louder Tour
Born To Rock World Tour
Meat Loaf 99
Storytellers-tour 1999–2000
Night of the Proms 2001
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Hair of the Dog Tour 2005
Seize the Night 2007
Three Bats Tour
Hang Cool Tour
(the textual material of all but the last one are up on my website. the last one follows after the still pending redesign.)

[Kathy]

Hi Barb, I know I have that one, I'll look for you! -Kathy

i collect tour books,almost every concert i have been to i get a tour book ,i am very proud of Meat Loaf Tour 99 as im in it lol even though only a small pic

i find clothes vacuum bags very good for storing them

[Vickip]

Neverland Express Euro 82
World Tour 83
Monsters of Rock 1983
Bat Attitude Tour 1984
20/20 World Tour 1987
Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary Special Edition Tour Book — Lost Boys & Golden Girls World Tour 1988
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Everything Louder Tour
Born To Rock World Tour
Meat Loaf 99
Storytellers-tour 1999–2000
Night of the Proms 2001
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Hair of the Dog Tour 2005
Seize the Night 2007
Three Bats Tour
Hang Cool Tour


(the textual material of all but the last one are up on my website. the last one follows after the still pending redesign.)

Thank you very much for the list :D

[Vickip]

Me toooo!!! :(

I wonder if tour books are going the way of vinyl records?



I was wondering the same thing :( Maybe they'll have one for the big tour next year ?

[chairboys]

Chocolate CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
share with the group :-P

Share? :nope:

[AndyK]

Share? :nope:

It is a rule that cake should be shared ... with me :))

Somewhere I have a disk of scans of all the old Neverland Express magazines from the 1980s fan club. If I ever find it again I'll copy it for you! Hadn't realised you were an old time member like myself and a couple of others round here. Did you ever contribute anything to those?

[Battybarb]

Hi Barb, I know I have that one, I'll look for you! -Kathy

was with Anne and Dr Fox with Meat at The Pepsi chart

[chairboys]

It is a rule that cake should be shared ... with me :))

Somewhere I have a disk of scans of all the old Neverland Express magazines from the 1980s fan club. If I ever find it again I'll copy it for you! Hadn't realised you were an old time member like myself and a couple of others round here. Did you ever contribute anything to those?

Rules are rules so I'll ask Mrs. Chairboys to bake a super-sized cake next time.
I joined the old club just prior to its demise but I did managed to get hold of the back copies.
I am now kicking myself that I got rid of them.
I didn't contribute anything at all. Nothing's changed there!
Suffice to say, as young impressionable Meat fan I was hooked.
Who are the other old-timers? :-)

[AndyK]

There's a few of us around.

"mindnick", "S." "Rosie" are three that spring to mind, but there's probably others as well.

[Deena J]

Getting hold of the Hang Cool Tourbook was the hardest, strangely enough. Most of the others pop up regularly on eBay.



Wasn't that this one from '82 (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckNhndOHq9s/TTctYBW9cfI/AAAAAAAABCo/ufPxTjCZ1Ts/s1600/blpg+018.jpg)? Anyway, I thought this was the complete list:


Neverland Express Euro 82
World Tour 83
Monsters of Rock 1983
Bat Attitude Tour 1984
20/20 World Tour 1987
Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary Special Edition Tour Book — Lost Boys & Golden Girls World Tour 1988
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Everything Louder Tour
Born To Rock World Tour
Meat Loaf 99
Storytellers-tour 1999–2000
Night of the Proms 2001
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Hair of the Dog Tour 2005
Seize the Night 2007
Three Bats Tour
Hang Cool Tour


(the textual material of all but the last one are up on my website. the last one follows after the still pending redesign.)


Excluding the latest LAST AT BAT tour of course, is this still the complete list of tour books or did we find others? :)

[melon]

Excluding the latest LAST AT BAT tour of course, is this still the complete list of tour books or did we find others? :)

Guilty pleasure & mad mad world tour book

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[Deena J]

Guilty pleasure & mad mad world tour book

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I don't think there was a Mad World tour book, but I could be wrong... Despite my lookout for one, I never saw a tour book for sale. :(

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[Vickip]

I don't think there was a Mad World tour book, but I could be wrong... Despite my lookout for one, I never saw a tour book for sale. :(

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You're absolutely correct .. there wasn't one :(

[melon]

Ah ok... There was a guilty pleasure one... I have it :)

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[Deena J]

Ah ok... There was a guilty pleasure one... I have it :)

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Could you take a pic of the cover for me? That way I can see if I can find a copy of the right one on eBay or something later. :)

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[anotherday]

Could you take a pic of the cover for me? That way I can see if I can find a copy of the right one on eBay or something later. :)

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This please :P

[melon]

I can, but its the same cover as hang cool, just says guilty pleasure tour I'm pretty sure... Will have a look if I remember when I get home

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