Purchases and acquisitions

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Klabautamann: Our Journey Through the Woods -CD
Klabautamann: Der Ort -CD
Klabautamann: Merkur -CD
Klabautamann: The Old Chamber -CD
Klabautamann: Smaragd -CD
I had never heard the band until a month ago and I bought their entire discography. I guess I was really impressed with Merkur!
It might be too soon, but Smaragd is very likely a contender for album of the year imo.

Klabautamann are excellent. Check out Valborg as well. Some of the same guys as Klabautamann, but a more Celtic Frost sort of vibe.

Iron Maiden: The X Factor -2LP (EU pressing)
Iron Maiden: Virtual XI -2LP (EU pressing)
For the sake of completion, of course, but I won't bother with the live albums. Did they really have to include 4 live albums?

Yes they absolutely needed to include those 4 live albums :-)
Lots of fanatic Maiden fans out there (myself included) and I don't see it going over well had they skipped the 4 live albums.
Actually, I've already seen a lot of complaining about "A Real Live/Dead One" and "Live at Donnington" not being included...