What's the One Album That You Are Searching For...

[MylesBAstor]

That you would pay big bucks for?

For me might be a tossup between a FR1 pressing of HiFi a la Espanola on Mercury or maybe an ED1 of Ansermet doing Stravinsky's Firebird.

Not to say that's all I'm looking for. Man those early black label Contermporarys are a bear to find. What happened to all of them! Did they all get thrown out?

[allenh]

I'd like the Ansermet Firebird as well. Add to that Argenta's Espana. David Bowie's S/T LP on Philips would be pretty sweet, too. :-) A NM copy on Discogs is going for over $6K!

[Steve Lefkowicz]

A clean early English pressing of Van der Graaf Generator's Godbluff. The one I bought when it first came out in 1975 was stolen, and I've never found a good clean replacement. The 180 gram Back On Black reissue is heavily compressed and sounds like a digital source, closer to the CD issue than the original vinyl.

[lasercd]

A clean early English pressing of Van der Graaf Generator's Godbluff. The one I bought when it first came out in 1975 was stolen, and I've never found a good clean replacement. The 180 gram Back On Black reissue is heavily compressed and sounds like a digital source, closer to the CD issue than the original vinyl.

I believe it was sourced from the CD remaster series that Petter Hammill oversaw. The life was compressed out of it. Unlistenable.

[MylesBAstor]

Guess no one is into Tool.

You could pay this one off at $193/month for 24 months.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOOL-AENIMA-TEST-PRESS-ORIGINAL-1996-DEZEMBER-SEALED-MINT-not-Nirvana-Promo-/272053702274?hash=item3f57aa0e82:g:hpkAAOSwp5JWUhY7

This has come down from an original asking price of $1200.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=TOOL+lp&_dmd=2&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC2.A0.H0.XTOOL+aenima+lp.TRS0&_nkw=TOOL+aenima+lp&_sacat=0

One day left on this one and so far the asking price is cheap. Usually a five hundred dollar item.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unreleased-Tool-Aenima-2LP-Test-Pressing-SS-/401063374244?hash=item5d613d6da4:g:0AAAAOSwX~dWq~ha

[JackD201]

Some stuff from the 80's

Box of Toys - Precious is the Pearl
March Violets (The one with 16 Days)

[jazdoc]

Mint original "Sticky Fingers"

[MylesBAstor]

Mint original "Sticky Fingers"

Ha! Now there's an interesting choice. Any reason in particular Mark?

And a big welcome aboard!

[jazdoc]

Thanks Myles. Good to be here!

Need to complete my 'big 4' collection of original Stones in Mint to M- condition...

[MylesBAstor]

What's cool is that people are for records for so many different reasons!

[siddh]

My lp collection has gotten silly large. For months and months and months I have been receiving packages nearly three to four times a week. I now have so many new albums, I likely will never get a chance to listen to them all. An absurd and childishly spoiled compliant..I know. Yet, when record store arrives or a great box set is released the addictive urge has me reaching for the Visa. Fortunately, here in Milwaukee we have a few well stocked vinyl shops, with some of the most competitive pricing.

[MylesBAstor]

My lp collection has gotten silly large. For months and months and months I have been receiving packages nearly three to four times a week. I now have so many new albums, I likely will never get a chance to listen to them all. An absurd and childishly spoiled compliant..I know. Yet, when record store arrives or a great box set is released the addictive urge has me reaching for the Visa. Fortunately, here in Milwaukee we have a few well stocked vinyl shops, with some of the most competitive pricing.

My biggest issue are those 45 rpm LPs that take up 2X the shelf space of normal records.

I reckon by now must have paid for something that Chad has been lusting after.

[Steve Lefkowicz]

A clean early English pressing of Van der Graaf Generator's Godbluff. The one I bought when it first came out in 1975 was stolen, and I've never found a good clean replacement. The 180 gram Back On Black reissue is heavily compressed and sounds like a digital source, closer to the CD issue than the original vinyl.

Might be in luck. Just found a copy of this (UK Pressing on Charisma) listed in NM condition on ebay. Already ordered and should be here middle of next week. Hope it sounds good.

[Bill Hart]

The one I didn't buy yet, if that makes any sense.... There's always another "grail"- the Tool stuff you mentioned, including Ænima, is something I'd buy just to expand my horizons-- i really like Steve Wilson's work with Porcupine Tree as an example- but the Tool stuff seems to be too pricey to buy just to explore their music. On the stuff I know, I'm afraid to say I already have a lot of what I want. Wouldn't mind a first pressing of Odyssey and Oracle, but I don't want to pay the collector's tariff for one. I'm sure there are a few that I want, e.g. a real Psychedelic Mushroom, and some of those cool early prog records that Ken Golden has identified, but you know what? Eventually, I find them!

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