WANTED
Mad Margritt – Cold Sweat (1997, Rock Hard Records)
I came across an ad for COLD SWEAT in a fanzine back in the late Summer of 1997. I knew nothing about Mad Margritt, never heard their music, but I wanted to pick this album up based on the album cover. Black & white newsprint didn’t do the cover justice but I figured that an image like that was inspired by the Hard Rock music from a decade earlier. Two months later, and I got a dial-up connection to the Web via AOL and I looked for more info on Mad Margritt. Based on the positive reviews I read, I decided to pick this CD up.
My first encounter with the CD was on this new site I discovered called Ebay. There was a copy of it at auction but I was unfamiliar with Ebay and afraid that I would pay way too much, I passed. My second encounter with COLD SWEAT was at my favorite record store in Warwick, RI…..2 Guys Music. I found a single copy of this on CD but it was $25! Even though the band was from the U.S., the album was priced as an import because it was a limited independent release. I passed on it and I went back for it the next weekend…..gone! There have been many scenarios like this over the years: see an album you want, pass because of the price, and it’s gone by the next trip. That’s why I just buy it now because I’m afraid CDs like this won’t be there the next time around.
So I’m still on the hunt and I still haven’t picked up a Mad Margritt CD yet. The band has released three albums since COLD SWEAT and they have a website and MySpace page to preview songs and buy CDs. I just haven’t gotten around to it, I want to start from the beginning…..
Hey, never seen the site before, but I got here somehow (seems to be how I find my way through a lot of life). Anyway, found this link, which seems a bit dodgy but has the CD for sale for $8 bucks, which is worth the risk. Check it out.
http://gemm.com/search/artist/MAD-MARGRITT/MAD–MARGRITT/COLD–SWEAT/CD/
[...] Mad Margritt – Cold Sweat (1997) – $25: This album has been on my want list for a long time but the price usually goes through the roof on Ebay. I was browsing on Ebay a couple of weeks ago and I typed in the band name but misspelled the word “Margritt”, I left off the 2nd “T”. Good thing I did because I was able to win this CD for $20 & $5 shipping with no competition. There was another copy from another seller up for sale at the same time but the band name was spelled correctly in the listing title, everyone was after that one and the bids rose. This takes COLD SWEAT off the WANTED! list. [...]
wow what a loser on dialup LAWL