Dream Theater DTIFC 001 International Fan Club Christmas CD 1996

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Dream Theater DTIFC 001 International Fan Club Christmas CD 1996. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
The holy grail for any serious Dream Theater collector!  The first fan club "Christmas CD", DTIFC 001!  Numbered 1600 (out of 1600).  You can see how the gold sharpie was on its last legs numbering this last CD of DTIFC 001.
Personnel
Dream Theater
Mike Portnoy – Drums
John Petrucci – Guitar
John Myung – Bass
Derek Sherinian – Keyboards
James LaBrie – Vocals
Guests
Barney Greenway  – Vocals on Damage, inc.
Tracklist
Opening Message (4:19)
Red Hill Mining Town (U2 cover) (5:44)
Tears (Rush cover) (3:48)
Damage, inc. (Metallica Cover) (4:35)
Oh Holy Night (4:11)
Closing Message (3:54)
Length: 27:24
About the album
This album was the first fan club exclusive release of Dream Theater, released in 1996. Neil Elliot who ran the international fan club oversaw the production. The cover was deliberately sparse, to make it look like a bootleg pressing.
The plan was to make 1500 copies (approximately the number of members in the club at that time), but an error in the process led to 1600 copies being produced, with 100 copies having to be paid out of pocket by Neil. Every single CD was hand numbered from 1 – 1600.
The CD contained three tracks recorded at the Ronnie Scott’s club in London on January 31st 1995. In addition to this, a Christmas song was recorded at Roseland on June 9th 1993, at sound-check. Finally the CD was book-ended by two hilarious Christmas messages from the band.
Shipping to the US via media mail.  International shipping at actual cost (message me after the sale to get a quote).  All sales final.  I try to be as descriptive as possible about the condition of the CD.  I rate the condition of the CD as very good and the case has typical scratches on it.  I bought this right here on Ebay sometime in the 2000s and I'm just not into collecting anymore.  Check my other auctions for other DT collectables including Japanese imports, promos, singles and radio edit editions.