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About This List
If you're a newbie Cher Scholar, this list might help you get some traction on your obsession. As we discuss items in the blog, you can begin to conspicuously consume them. I don’t condone, but I do enable.

Cher Albums
This is the apex of Cher collecting, IMHO. Get a spreadsheet of Cher albums going. Start with this Cher Scholar list. Many Cher albums are available on DVD; but some are still unreleased, or some releases have yet again fallen out of print. These searches should help:

Cher CDs on Amazon.com
Cher CDs on eBay or Cher LPs on eBay or search "Cher album"
(late-70s Warner Brothers albums are the hardest to find; Vinyl copies or bootlegs from other Cher fans are your best bet)
eil.com
http://www.google.com (search album by album)
Jackson Highway album

Cher on TV
You can now purchase these Cher DVDs on Amazon:

The Sonny & Cher The Christmas Collection
The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (sort of a series pilot)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Ultimate Collection - handful of episodes from both early and late 70s TV shows
Cher Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage 1992
Cher Live in Concert 1999
Cher The Farewell Tour 2003
The Video Hits Collection 2004

Cher Movies
Any good Cher scholar worth his salt would have all Cher movies available and ready for emergency viewing purposes. All of Cher's major movies Start with this Cher Scholar list. That list includes all major supporting or main roles but not cameo appearances. All those have been released on DVD at some time or other. You should aim for a complete set and if you feel particularly obsessive, get the latest DVDs with the most special features (for instance Mask has both a studio (1998) and special edition (2004) with rare footage, and Suspect and the Moonstruck have been released twice, the second release with extra features including director's commentaries). Sometimes, these go out of print or a vendor stops selling them. Check these sources for new or used copies:

Cher movies on Amazon
Cher movies on eBay
Or, if nothing else, copy stuff off TV! Cher movies are playing all the time: check TV Now for showtimes.
I found Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean here: http://store.thesmallscreen.org/cobatofiandd.html

Books About Cher
You can now purchase these fabulous books about on Amazon:

The Cher Scrapbook by Mary Anne Cassata
Cher by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Items By Peripherals
You can find these new or used on http://amazon.com

Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood by Teri Garr
Born Standing Up: a Comic's Life by Steve Martin
KISS Behind the Mask by David Leaf & Ken Sharp
KISS and Makeup by Gene Simmons
KISS and Sell: The Making of a Supergroup by C.K. Lendt
The End of Innocence: A Memoir by Chastity Bono with Michele Kort (2002)
Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians, & Their Families by Chastity Bono with Billie Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick (1999)
Bonograph CD on Sonny Bono covers: http://www.bogusrecords.com/bono.html