What do you do with your Meat Loaf collections?!
 

As the title says really..! :lol:

Over the years I'm sure we've all built up pretty good Meat Loaf collections, some bits are quite common, some very rare, some personal with memories attached to them...so what does everyone do with their ML merchandise?!

I adore my Meat Loaf collection and I daren't even consider how much money has gone into it, but I look around and it's all stored away :? I've got stunning artwork posters that live in the tubes they arrived in, rare vinyls that live in a box, concert t-shirts are in a zip-up bag under the bed. I'd love to have it all on show to appreciate what I have but I'd be running the risk of turning the house into a Meat Loaf exhibition which I think is a little much :p

So how do people keep their collections? Any interesting ways of displaying your favourite items?!

One bedroom, used as an office, is my "display area", with a few photos, posters and picture discs all framed.

Other than that, anything flat is in a big folder and the rest is in the loft in a box.

I was hoping to insulate the outside of the house with beermats but I lost out on that auction ;-)

Dave

:lmao: Dave promise me you'll never leave here!

Andy and I have decided we need to win the lottery so we can have a Meat Loaf room to actually enjoy all the stuff we spend money on, such a shame to have things in boxes

I wanna see some pics too people!

Be warned ... this is a family forum, so photos of how your Meat Loaf condom is used could result in a ban! :lmao:

All I have at the mo is one of this little item that's waiting for a space on the wall to present itself:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/bat-trick/3.jpg

Dave

Well from photos I've posted in my blog area etc.... are sited in my bedroom. Nothing is allowed downstairs!

I have an office cupboard which stores away all my ML CD's and DVD's/VHS, a cd starge case too with some in and posters and other realated items are on the walls. I only have framed photos up - looks neater and more eye catching (apart from the huge posters I have which cant fit in frames :lol:)

Oh and yes, you've prob been waiting to hear it, the beer mats are on the bedroom wall :-P, with many left over in a box in the cupboard...

Then I have my ML Car (which I got some time ago from a complete bargin!!) and Truck which lives ontop of my PA Speakers.

Mind you though, I must get that signed photo you got in the meet n greet out of the envolope (which by the way the envolopeI had signed for my mum by Paul) and into a frame - next ebay purchase ;-)

Everyone thinks I'm mad, but I see it as; "If ya got it, show it" :smartass:

I'm not really into the whole merchandise thing. So my collection mostly consists of vinyl (those Expedit cases from Ikea are great for storing LPs) and CDs (a year and a half after I moved to my new apartment, most are still in the box I moved them in).

Apart from that, I got one Bat II poster, some shirts (in the closet with even more shirts), two tour scarfs (from the Bat & Dead Ringer tours, and I think I know where they probably are) and a Bat III litho which is acting as a place holder until I find the right thing for that spot.

My books and vinals etc are put away in a book case, posters are in the cylinders they arrived in under the bed and the t-shirts are in the draw. I have my DVD and CD's out on display for easy access;


:cool:.

I've solved the problem of space quite nicely...I gave away every little collectible thing I've owned except for a few items are still packed away somewhere and it's a question whether they still exist.

However...while all multiple CD's are stored neatly in the cabinet...or not so neatly on the living room thingie...ML CD's together with a few others are all in the kitchen piled up high on the counter...that's where I listen to music...and what's the use of putting this stuff away...as soon as I put it neatly away I pull it out again...

i've nothing collectable or unusual... just a few albums and dvds, videos and books randomly scattered depending on when they were last played/looked at.. and a 60x40 poster in a tube somewhere lol

All the walls of my flat are full of Meat/Jim promo posters, exept for one wall that holds all the vinyls. CD's/DVD's and other stuff is stored in a prominently placed cupboard. At the moment I'm waiting for a huge load of stuff that's gonna go onto the wall as well.
I'll see if I can take some pics.

All the several pieces of clothing are stored away though.

Do you nail vinyls to the wall or use screws?

Emma, the neatness of your collection makes me want to die of shame....

What i do is every Cd I get I document in MS WORD in ABC Order. I then Rip them to my computer and put the disks in 3 carry cases I keep under my bed.

My List is as such (Copied from MS WORD):

CARY CASE 1


JIM STEINMAN: Bad For Good [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [DVD 1 disk]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [DVD 2 disk REIGON 2]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [CD UNIVERSAL JAPANESE IMPORT]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [COMPLETE DVD AUDIO CD]
MEAT LOAF: 3 Bats Live [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bad Attitude (USA RELEASE) [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bad Attitude (EUROPIAN RELEASE) [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bad Attitude Live!! [CD 2 Disks + Jump'n the Gun / Nowhere Fast]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell (Original CD Release) [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell (25th Aniversary) [CD+DVD 2 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell: Live with the MSO [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell: Live with the MSO [CD 1 Disk + CHSIB / AFL]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell II [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Bat Out Of Hell III (Special Eddition) [CD+DVD 2 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Blazing Through Birmingham '88 [CD 3 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Blind Before I Stop [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Christmas [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Couldn't Have Said It Better (RED PACKAGE) [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Couldn't Have Said It Better (UK EXCLUSIVE BLUE PACKAGE) [CD 2 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Dead Ringer [LP Rip 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Dead Ringer [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Dead Ringer [LP Rip 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Hot as Hell [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: It's Live For You [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: In the Neighborhood [DVD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: In the Neighborhood [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live Around The World [DVD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Bottom Line '77 [CD 1 Disk Soundboard]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Brussles '96 [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Dortmund '81 [DVD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Dortmund '81 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at OZ '03 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at RAH '06 [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Live at My Father's Place '77 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Wembley '82 [DVD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Wembley '82 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Live at Wembley '87 [CD 1 Disk]

CARY CASE 2

MEAT LOAF: Live on TV (CD 2 Disk set)
MEAT LOAF: Live with the MSO [DVD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Live with the MSO [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Mexico City '03 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Nassau Collisium '78 [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Rockpalast '78 [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Toad's Place '91 [DVD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Toad's Place '91 [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: To Hell and Back [CD 2 Disks]
MEAT LOAF: Very Best Of, The [CD 2 Disk set]
MEAT LOAF: Welcome To The Neighborhood [CD 1 Disk]
STONEY AND MEATLOAF: The Complete Colection [CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Did I Say That? [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: I'd Do Anything For Love [SINGLE VIRGIN]
MEAT LOAF: I'd Do Anything For Love [SINGLE MCA DIGIPACK]
MEAT LOAF: I'd Lie For You [SINGLE VIRGIN]
MEAT LOAF: It's All Coming Back to Me Now [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Man of Steel [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Objects [SINGLE VIRGIN]
MEAT LOAF: Objects [SINGLE MCA DIGIPACK]
MEAT LOAF: Not a Dry Eye [SINGLE CD 1 Disk / LIVE tracks Rubber + Lie for You]
MEAT LOAF: Not a Dry Eye [SINGLE CD 1 Disk / BEATLES TRACKS]
MEAT LOAF: Runn'n for the Redlight [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Rock and Roll Dreams [SINGLE VIRGIN]
MEAT LOAF: Rock and Roll Dreams [SINGLE MCA DIGIPACK]
MEAT LOAF: Runn'n for the Redlight [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Special Girl [SINGLE CD 1 Disk]
MEAT LOAF: Uncommon Studio Recordings (CD 2 Disks)
MEAT LOAF: Early 70's Stage Soundboards (CD 1 Disk)
MEAT LOAF: Testify [Promo]

CARY CASE 3

PAUL WILLIAMS: Someday Man [CD 1 Disk]
PAUL WILLIAMS: A Little Bit Of Love [CD 1 Disk]
PAUL WILLIAMS: Here Comes Insperation [CD 1 Disk]
PAUL WILLIAMS: Life Goes On [CD 1 Disk]
PAUL WILLIAMS: A Little on the Windy Side [CD 1 Disk]
PAUL WILLIAMS: CLASSICS [CD 1 Disk]
Black Dog [1 DVD]
Blacktop [1 DVD]
Crazy In Alabama [1 DVD]
Extreame Dating [1 DVD]
Fight Club [2 DVD]
GunShy [1 DVD]
Roadie [1 DVD]
Rustin [1 DVD]
Hits Out Of Hell [1 DVD]
Musicourt '83 [1 DVD]

I use poster strips (dont know if theyre called the same over there) they work perfectly, as you can remove them easily and they dont leave any remains on the disc.

After reading wario's post...I don't have any strength to reply to this...I am completely wiped out with a terrible migraine...

I'm not really a collector. I'm more interestered in what Meat Loaf does (e.g. music, movies) than in merchandise stuff. The only items I collect are rare records. When it comes to souvenirs, I predominantly own a few things I have a personal attachment to. I'm not interested in buying tons of stuff via eBay to turn my home into a Meat Loaf shrine. ;)

Some of my cds are in my cat shaped cd holder lol!!

http://media.mlxxfc.net/IMG_4002.JPG

alright, you asked for it lol

The hallway:

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjwttn.jpg

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjbat2.jpg


The kitchen:

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjtanz.jpg

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjbadforgood.jpg


and the living room:

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjmeat.jpg

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjbooks.jpg

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjlps.jpg

http://media.mlxxfc.net/rjcupboard.jpg

Ah, so you've got one of those too! Mrs Dave has one. Bloody useless - one touch and all the CDs fall out!

Dave

Hmmm, those look familiar ... :sherlock:

Dave

RJ, Dave drew on your collection!!!

And it only holds single albums so a lot of the Meat Loaf albums just dont fit!!

That picture made me kind of glad I am not staying at your house on Christmas...I would have surely destroyed it...

:kickass:

I like to keep them in order, it's easy and accessible :lol:.

Right...I used to have it all organized too...but now it's divided like this: organized, then 7 piles I listen to but not very often and 2 piles that I listen to often...pretty good organization...but not very pretty...:(

Gotta lotta loot'n ta do over Christmas break :kickass:

It would be cheaper for you to buy this on e-bay than going all the way to Germany or England, paying for airfare, staying in the hotel and THEN breaking in...who needs all that hussle?

:shock:


......... I like to loot

And organize things...I got a headache just by looking at your list...:roll:

be glad you havent seen mine then lol

You're German...one would expect supreme organization in you...I didn't quite expect it from Wario Brother...

Expect the unexpected and try to ignore it ;)

like I didn't expect Pop Tarts to come out with flavor after flavor. now look at it! There's a GRAPE flavor! Geeze hope I never eat bacon like that again.

Bacon in a pop tart!!! lol

All my cds and dvds are in alphabetical order, this includes all none Meat ones as well. Also they are listed on my laptop and if the computer crashes, they are stored on the external hard drive, all cds and dvds, added to when one is bought....Mmmm i think i might have some OCD issues;)

Michelle you sound very organized ... I wish I was!!! lol

Well...some people might have OCD...I am terrified to death of this thread now...

We've just redecorated the front room so all the Meat Loaf stuff (with the exception of the funny car and WTTN signed baseball) is in the bedroom. Unfortunately there's not enough wall space so we're currently awaiting stuff to be framed just as soon as we decide which of the stuff it'll be. Bat 1, 2 & 3 lithographs are gonna have to wait til we get a bigger place as are most of the original full size magazine adverts from the 70's and 80's. As with Smoggy I've got stuff that's never left the tubes it arrived in and there's probably stuff that'll surprise me as I've forgotten what's in most of them. Got way too many cd's and dvd's for the front room so they're probably just gonna stay boxed.

I have that poster, too, but I didn't dare to put it on the wall. He looks pretty terrifying on that one. :))

LOL I have that too only because of the paper they have printed it on I am terrified off rippage so it stays in the containter it arrived in, only posters that I have up are the Roadie and the one from 1979 of Meat & Karla LOL.

Here they are;


Roadie one is actually hiding a hole :lol:.

I like the one with Karla. :cool: I discovered that pic in an old magazine some time ago and thought it would make a great poster.
I have no Meat Loaf poster on display at all (I'm a bad fan ;)), maybe it's about time to put one up. Maybe the poster advertising the Hamburg concert this year since that was the best show I've seen of him in recent years. Or a funny one with Meat in front of custom Harleys, posing with sexy chicks. :D

wow never knew Roadie spawned all this merchandise.

Guess people really love that movie. i find it random and hilarious especial Meat's pop in the movie :D

Never saw that picture in color with Meat and karla. great find.

i donated mine to my ex :p

Wow, what great collections some of you have. I've only had a computer for just over a year, so have only been buying stuff off ebay for that long, I'd hate to add up how much money I've spent. I can imagine how much stuff I'd have if I'd been buying things for years. I have fridge magnets on my fridge and freezer, some things are on my wall unit and cabinet, I have various pictures on my walls and kitchen cupboards. I just bought the other week a beautiful plaque that was issued by the record company when Bat 2 sold 3 million copies, it's currently sitting on the floor in front of my wall unit, I have to put a hook on my wall to hang it on. I got up at 3 in the morning to make sure I didn't get outbid on it. I have a long way to go to catch up with some of you guys though, but I'm trying!!!!!!

Carole

I also don't have any merchandise, apart from cds and dvds, although I have a few t-shirts (in the drawer) and some tourbooks (on top of my enormous bookshelves) and a signed vinyl...

Also no posters up....

Forgot all about the books. I got several tourbooks (Europe 82, Bad Attitude '84, Lost Boys & Golden Girls '88, Bat II, Born to Rock, TVBOML), To Hell and Back and The Phenomology of Excess in the bookcase.

Also, I keep track of my collection on my website (which I just gave an update). See the link below.

You all have waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on your hands! Alphabetised, computerised etc - OMG.

1 piece of my collection is my signed RAH tshirt, which I eventually got around to framing about 6 months ago, is hainging at the top of my stairs, just outside my bedroom. A nice view to be greated with in the morning.

Apart from that, I have a BOOH3 promo card poster on the wall in my workroom, along with a signed Yankees Pennant on the shelf. This years TOGS calendar mysteriously stuck on April (Can't think why!), and t-shirts on a rota between the washing and ironing bsket. The rest of the bits - and it's not much is in a box on the shelf

Oh - I do have one of those cheap knock-off posters from outside Wembley on my wall in my classroom at school. (I am currently having to explain to my year 7 classes who Meat is - they just look at me blankly or say 'oh my dad likes them!)

I think a picture of Evil Nickname's collection (Meat and Jim) would nearly give me a heart-attack.

EDIT: I want to see your vinyls, people

I'll see what I can do later ;).

I have alot though !!!

Your collection, I imagine, would be totally insane !! I'm years behind over here.

Getting it started took a lot of time (as did the recent revamp), but keeping it up to date is a matter of minutes (and sometimes even less).

I think my collection is still fairly compact. I don't have to have every version of every release out there. I mean, if there's no difference in the content of the US and European release of an album, I'll just take the one that's cheaper. I'm Dutch like that.

Here's a Bat 1, a Bat II family portrait (which seems to prove the opposite of what I just said), a close up of Bat II and Bat III.

Glad I'm not the only one that indulges in such behaviour. :))


I like the family portrait ideas! Think I might have to get the camera out for photoshoot tonight!

lucy don't wory my family and freinds say my room is like hard rock cafe (just without the bar) lol tickets and framed pics up every where lol

:pics: !!!!

ohhhhhhhhh i really dont no how they got on my camra??? lol

Actually like that idea, just need to get it all together lol

This is the best topic ever! I'll try and get my list up soon :)

I don't think the intention was that everyone just posted their "lists", it's more about how the collection is stored or displayed ... how ingenious have you been with storing it? Or is it just kept in a box under the bed?

Thats what I meant, a pic of stuff rather than listing! too lazy and busy to type lol!

Most of my stuff is in boxes now :( Me and my missus sorted the house not too long ago and anything that wasn't 'classy' went in a box! bytch lol!

She did get me together a fantastic signed bat 3 listening party set framed though! It looks amazing!

:twisted: We don't have that much displayed in our house.

On one wall in the living room there is a a framed ad for IGLHFBOU, the limited edition gold Bat record, and a trade ad from 78 thanking everyone for coming to shows and buying records.

On the landing, just outside our bedroom, there is a desk with a couple of cupboards, and that is where most of the collection is.
Above the desk is a six foot wall rug of Meat :lol:

In the bedroom, there is a corner by the door where i've framed and hung a few fav things.
Signed copy of Bat, signed pics, a pic of me in the crowd at RAH, and the first Meat cassette I owned (Rock & Roll Hero).


BTW, little note on framing things like cassettes that can't go into pic frames.........

Poundland and the 99p shop have been known to sell little 3d display pieces for tennis or golf fans.

Something like this one I just found on e bay

http://media.mlxxfc.net/3dgolf.jpg

They're pretty cheap and cheerful, and it's easy to prise the back off, take off the mini golf clubs, balls, tennis rackets, etc, put new backing on the backboard, and use it to frame something that won't go in a conventional frame (such as my cassette).

They do look quite good when they are finished, and it's a great way to display some of your fav items (badges etc) without breaking the bank on specially made frames :up:

i sell mine on ebay.. happy bidding

I've had this for years and never seen anyone else with one.

Its an A4 size lyrics sheet. Has the Paradise lyrics on the back

I got told they were given out during concerts in 78-79. I got it signed by the man himself in Oxford street HMV (or was it virgin?) at the couldn't have said it better signing. He commented and said "wow thats old!"

Just thought i would share and see what people thought..

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Wow that's fantastic, and even better that Meat signed it.

Carole

:twisted: I have one of those lyric sheets.
I believe they were given out only at the New York shows in 78.

Fraid mine isn't signed though :lol:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...07060548PM.jpg

Ok I hope this works, it's the first time I've uploaded pictures on here. This is the concert programme from the first time I saw Meat back in 78 in Sydney. I was still in school back then so couldn't afford to buy a programme, but luckily managed to get it on ebay last year. I was going to get Meat to sign it at the concerts this year, but unofrtunately he wasn't signing stuff this time, so hope to get him to sing it sometime in the future. The other is the original newspaper add for the concert, which I've kept all these years.

Carole

Ok only one came out, I'll try again.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...07060420PM.jpg

Carole

Links to pics fixed.

Thanks so much for that Andy, I didn't like seeing the red cross in the box instead of Meat.

Carole

Finally got the Bat 2 picture disc on vinyl, been trying to get this for ages, but kept getting outbid on it. Also got a great promo CD with 6 tracks, 2 from each of the Bat albums.

Carole

I got that too :cool:.

It took me along time, sorry about that but if the truth be known, I couldn't be bothered, but here you go;


:heart: ebay can be really leathal :lol: :cool: !!

You just pile that on your bed???

For the purpose of photographing it.. Yes :p !!

That is a very nice singles and vinyl collection Emma. Very colourful too!
I don't really collect much myself.

Thanks Andrew ;).

Edit

Forgot these;


I'm now done :lol: !!

Yeah that is a great collection Emma, I have some of them.

Carole

I feel quite inferior now...
My inferior collection of Meat stuff, stored in a non-interesting way as follows:-

CDs = copied onto laptop (backed up on extenal hard drive), CDs packed away somewhere (mostly in a drawer)

DVDs/Videos = in a drawer/on a shelf/ex has custody (though to be fair, I think I have a video of his somewhere)

Piano/guitar books = on top of my keyboard (awaiting safe return home of my piano from ex's sister's house)

Guitar Picks = also on top of keyboard, with non-meat loaf picks (usually play guitar sitting by keyboard therefore makes sense to keep them here - and yes, I use them)

Book = on book case (though, not technically mine - was sort of given to me in a 'I don't need it back I have other copies' kind of way)

Pin Badges = in box with other, non-meat loaf pin badges - as I can't think what else to do with them! keep forgetting i own them to be truthful

2/3 of a program from 3 bats tour = ex owns 1/3 of it and has custody of said program. I'm not really a great hoarder of memorabilia (as you can see), so sad as it is not to be likely to see it again, he would probably miss it more than I would

3 bats tour poster = last i saw, ex had it. no idea what he's done with it.

tickets & little bits from gigs/tours = in a general keepsakes box (along with other tickets, flyers, meaningful cards/letters etc)

I can't think of anything else that I have...though typing it out it appears I have more than I thought. Photos would be boring because frankly, not only is my collection a little boring but so too would be pictures of where they are stored!

Your ex gets a lot of post coverage...

Sat last night and collated all my ML press cuttings (task avoidence rather than having that much time on my hands lol) and got them all stuck in a big book, gotta love TK Maxx :p They look pretty fab actually, nice to have all the ML history recorded in there :up:

Oh and it suddenly came to me!!!

I have it and so does everyone else and is a main part in our collection - get ready for it - MEMORIES!

Good or bad, great or small... Memories are the most precious thing to have, photos being second are a source of memory, I guess :razz:

And how do you display those...

I guess you can't physically but you could mentally :lol:

What on earth have I turned into.... I dont think I've swallowed a dictionary:roll:

I prefer then partial lobotomy and display THAT part of the brain...however, it gets tricky after a while

My pins, badges and necklasses I don't have on display as I wear them, and my To Hell And Back book is on my book case as well. I have some clippings which I have to get around to putting into folders and my tour books are in a pile in the spare room. I am running out of room to put things only living in a 2 bedroom unit.

Carole

Then I suggest moving to a 3 bedroom unit :))

Pud :twisted: