What is your most prized vinyl record in your collection?

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,348
    bought a nm copy of og indy pressing of rise and fall of ziggy stardust today.....
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited September 2020
    I live on the other side of the country from my parents.  4 or 5 yrs ago i was trying to find a clear copy of David Bowie’s Blackstar.   Barnes and Noble exclusive.  My local store held a copy for me and then sold it to an employee as i drove there.  I called another store, had a person try to find copies.  None in my state.  Then he said “yeah the only copy showing in our entire system is all the way at so and so.  So 2000 miles from you”(An hour from my parents!).

    Called my dad.  My dad left work, drove an hour to a Barnes and Noble, and purchased the very last copy at any Barnes and Noble in America lol.

    never selling that thing. My dad is the man.   
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    cp3iverson said:
    I live on the other side of the country from my parents.  4 or 5 yrs ago i was trying to find a clear copy of David Bowie’s Blackstar.   Barnes and Noble exclusive.  My local store held a copy for me and then sold it to an employee as i drove there.  I called another store, had a person try to find copies.  None in my state.  Then he said “yeah the only copy showing in our entire system is all the way at so and so.  So 2000 miles from you”(An hour from my parents!).

    Called my dad.  My dad left work, drove an hour to a Barnes and Noble, and purchased the very last copy at any Barnes and Noble in America lol.

    never selling that thing. My dad is the man.   
    That is cool!

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    pjpjpaul said:
    My original copy of Thriller that the garbage man had to take because I wore it out when I was 3. I may not have it now but it started my music obsession and I aptly said "garbage man took my Beat It!" 

    I still have mine. It's in bad shape though, scratches obviously and I colored the inside "booklet" with markers. I was 10 :lol:
    I also have Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA (original copy, I think). That one is in better condtion

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,976
    I've got every damn PJ record so pick any one of those but my most prized is a recent add on.

    QOTSA Self Titled.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    F Me In The Brain said:
    cp3iverson said:
    I live on the other side of the country from my parents.  4 or 5 yrs ago i was trying to find a clear copy of David Bowie’s Blackstar.   Barnes and Noble exclusive.  My local store held a copy for me and then sold it to an employee as i drove there.  I called another store, had a person try to find copies.  None in my state.  Then he said “yeah the only copy showing in our entire system is all the way at so and so.  So 2000 miles from you”(An hour from my parents!).

    Called my dad.  My dad left work, drove an hour to a Barnes and Noble, and purchased the very last copy at any Barnes and Noble in America lol.

    never selling that thing. My dad is the man.   
    That is cool!

    Thanks!  He never even questioned why his 30 something year old kid was asking him to drive an hour to buy a record lol.  

    I still havent forgiven my local Barnes and Noble.  An employee knew it was going for $400 and took the copy they had behind the counter with my name on it.  They basically told me that word for word. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,976
    Zod said:
    Benny
    All the X-Mas Singles
    Almost Famous - Untitled - Soundtrack
    Tom Petty Wildflowers
    Live on Two Legs
    Lost Dogs
    Audioslave - Revelations
    AIC - Facelift on Tripod
    Soundgarden - Superunknown - Original orange press
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Original orange press

    Stuff I bought when I was younger, that is kind of rarer now.

    Is wildflowers the OG or the reissue?
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,008
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Zod said:
    Benny
    All the X-Mas Singles
    Almost Famous - Untitled - Soundtrack
    Tom Petty Wildflowers
    Live on Two Legs
    Lost Dogs
    Audioslave - Revelations
    AIC - Facelift on Tripod
    Soundgarden - Superunknown - Original orange press
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Original orange press

    Stuff I bought when I was younger, that is kind of rarer now.

    Is wildflowers the OG or the reissue?
    Reissue is the superior one.  The original is digital.  I expect the new box coming to be analog like the 16.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,008
    - pair of original US Exile on Main Street both NM
    - Coltrane Blue Train 45
    - Coltrane Blue Train SRX
    - Some Girls original Monarch (the only good version I’ve found)
    - Wildflowers reissue
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,970
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Zod said:
    Benny
    All the X-Mas Singles
    Almost Famous - Untitled - Soundtrack
    Tom Petty Wildflowers
    Live on Two Legs
    Lost Dogs
    Audioslave - Revelations
    AIC - Facelift on Tripod
    Soundgarden - Superunknown - Original orange press
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Original orange press

    Stuff I bought when I was younger, that is kind of rarer now.

    Is wildflowers the OG or the reissue?
    OG.  One of the owners of a local record store sold it to me a number of years back.  Was superstoked when he called me about it.
  • Guy Dudebro
    Guy Dudebro Posts: 1,491
    Hard choice but I guess two of my most irreplaceable records would be an Australian EMI black label copy of the Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The UK" and an original copy of the first Bad Religion EP that I paid $2.50 for back in '83. 
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,971
    While it has no market value, my copy of Led Zeppelin IV is probably my most prized vinyl. I bought it when I was sixteen and it has definitely been played more than any other album I own- most of those spins being when I was a teenager. It even endured being played backwards a bunch of times in order to hear the supposed Satanic message embedded in Stairway. It survived 4 1/2 years of college and somehow didn't get lost or thrown away when I left it at my parents house for twenty odd years. Over thirty years later I occasionally throw it on and it still sounds great. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,976
    Guy Dudebro said:
    Hard choice but I guess two of my most irreplaceable records would be an Australian EMI black label copy of the Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The UK" and an original copy of the first Bad Religion EP that I paid $2.50 for back in '83. 
    You win for me ya dickhead...

    You always have the cool shit.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,976
    mrussel1 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Zod said:
    Benny
    All the X-Mas Singles
    Almost Famous - Untitled - Soundtrack
    Tom Petty Wildflowers
    Live on Two Legs
    Lost Dogs
    Audioslave - Revelations
    AIC - Facelift on Tripod
    Soundgarden - Superunknown - Original orange press
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Original orange press

    Stuff I bought when I was younger, that is kind of rarer now.

    Is wildflowers the OG or the reissue?
    Reissue is the superior one.  The original is digital.  I expect the new box coming to be analog like the 16.
    I have the box set version.  What is that?
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,008
    tempo_n_groove said:
    mrussel1 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Zod said:
    Benny
    All the X-Mas Singles
    Almost Famous - Untitled - Soundtrack
    Tom Petty Wildflowers
    Live on Two Legs
    Lost Dogs
    Audioslave - Revelations
    AIC - Facelift on Tripod
    Soundgarden - Superunknown - Original orange press
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Original orange press

    Stuff I bought when I was younger, that is kind of rarer now.

    Is wildflowers the OG or the reissue?
    Reissue is the superior one.  The original is digital.  I expect the new box coming to be analog like the 16.
    I have the box set version.  What is that?
    That's the analog reissue.  It was only available in the box set.  The OG is still supposed to be very good and the prices are quite high, presumably just because it's the original.  I have seen people say that the OG is actually analog, but used the DMM process.  Not sure if that's true or not.  
    All of this should become moot next month when the Wildflowers box sets come out.  I presume it will still be the Bellman mastering and there are options from three records to a Super Deluxe set.  I went with the 7 record set.  I have been waiting for this project for years.  Tom always said it was coming but it never did.  He was probably too particular.  
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Mine would be my Chris Robinson, live in Paris 2LP. Album was set for release and record label went under. Recall on the album but some store employees grabbed a few. They say maybe 30 of these actually made it out and that was back in 2002. I’m sure there are a lot less out there now. Discogs shows 6 people admit to owning it.


  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,919
    willbarclay said:
    Mine would be my Chris Robinson, live in Paris 2LP. Album was set for release and record label went under. Recall on the album but some store employees grabbed a few. They say maybe 30 of these actually made it out and that was back in 2002. I’m sure there are a lot less out there now. Discogs shows 6 people admit to owning it.


    Is it a solo show by him????
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited September 2020
    Benny

    PJ’s and Brandi Carlile’s 
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    May 30th said:
    willbarclay said:
    Mine would be my Chris Robinson, live in Paris 2LP. Album was set for release and record label went under. Recall on the album but some store employees grabbed a few. They say maybe 30 of these actually made it out and that was back in 2002. I’m sure there are a lot less out there now. Discogs shows 6 people admit to owning it.


    Is it a solo show by him????
    Ya he and Paul Stacey acoustic duo
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    mrussel1 said:
    - pair of original US Exile on Main Street both NM
    - Coltrane Blue Train 45
    - Coltrane Blue Train SRX
    - Some Girls original Monarch (the only good version I’ve found)
    - Wildflowers reissue
    You need to sell me one of those Exiles...  ;)

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