when I bought the four cd set Crystal Ball at store in 96 or 97, they were selling them in a regular case and a round case, the cds were stacked, the store clerk said the round case was a rare case , and there were only a few of them, or something, my question is, does anyone else have, or have seen the round cases? if they are rare

Yea I have the round case one, and I think it is really rare but I dunno how much it could be worth these days. On Ebay they were goin for 50 in the round cases when I saw it last so....I dunno really. Mine was a lucky find at a used book,CD, and record store and I only got mine for 13.00 and it was hardly used. But if u find out how much its really worth today let me kno too!

Rhonda S.

Got mine off Amazon for $25 about 2 years ago.

the true value is in the music...not the case.

I have the square case I bought mine for 8 bucks! what a steal lol

I think the 5-disc version is also in a round case.

The 5 disc circular transparent case was the one sent out to those who ordered it from 1800 New Funk directly (It included Kama Sutra on CD). It did not have a booklet or cover. The square 4-disc case sold in stores had a cover and lyric booklet but no Kama Sutra.

metalorange said:

The 4-disc round version had a cover, didn't it?

I bought the 4 disc version from secondspin.com ($19.99) about a month ago and it came in the round case with a cover/booklet.
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doctamario said:

Yep. This was sold in stores along side the Jewel-Case version.

I have a square case


(...as if anyone cared )

thekidsgirl said:

As long as the CDs are round, it's all good.

The square cd may not have kama sutra but it has the accoustic version of The Truth.

btw what cover is this?


Mine looks a lot diff..

roddiekay said:

I think that was the cover you could download from the website.

The website was put up as a companion to the set, because the original 5CD version from 1800NF didn't have a booklet that came with it.

doctamario said:

The cover was the booklet.

roddiekay said:

The set sold through 1-800-NEW-FUNK did not come with a booklet, so P put one online. That cover is for the NEW FUNK one.

Here's a breakdown: There are three different versions of the CD out there. Retail had a round, petri-dish looking version that contained the three discs, plus The Truth CD and a booklet. Retail also had a traditional square jewel case that contained the same product as the round version.

Folks who ordered the album through 1-800-NEW-FUNK received the round case with no booklet, but all four discs of the retail version and the Kama Sutra album. This is, theoretically, the rarest version.