The rarest and most prized record in your collect is?

[wyldwolf]

I have original 78s of "Earth Angel" and "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" among others...

[CanuckAmok]

1. Different Era, but...

Echo and the Bunnymen's "Songs to Learn and Sing" Autographed by the whole band, including late drummer Peter de Freitas.


or possibly

Various Artists - An Afflicted Man's Musica Box, with a hand-painted cover by Stephen Stapelton (saw one go on Ebay for around $400 once)

or possibly

Zovietfrance's "Burlap" EP, limited to 500 copies, each in a hand-sewn, hand-screened burlap bag.

[quispquake]

5. Zoviet France

I used to have their roofing shingle 10"!!! Wish I hadn't dumped a lot of my records in the early 90's...
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[Coventina]

35. Way cool!

I love Echo & the Bunnymen.
I never got Pete's autograph, but I have Mac's & Will's & Les's!

Anyway, my most cherished piece of vinyl would be my autographed 45 of the B-52's "Legal Tender". It has all of the orginal member's sigs except Ricky, who had unfortunately already died by the time I met the band. :-(

on edit: remembered Les's name!

[Caution]

2. Jello Biafra

Die for Oil, Sucker 45, with the poster.

[Caution]

3. ...And a ton of very rare stuff by The Sisters of Mercy

[damnraddem]

27. Were they anything like the ...

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence? I got my picture taken with them.

[CanuckAmok]

40. I have Die for Oil w Poster.

I had tons of Sisters stuff at one point, including Canadian Promo CD-single copies of everything from "Vision Thing", and an autographed "Anaconda" 7". Sold 'em all!

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. I got that one too!

I had the poster mounted in 1991 or so.

[damnraddem]

26. Yay, Jello!

I voted for Jello Biafra for mayor of San Francisco. He came in fourth. Some unknown finally won: Diane Fein-something. Feinstein, that's it.

[Xandor]

4. Autographed albums -

Signed when I met the artists. One signed by Mike Bloomfield, the other by all of Herman's Hermits (yeah, I know -- they're hardly in the same league).

[kmla]

7. Yeah, I Know!

Peter Noone rocks!

<kmla ducks, dodges lamp thrown at head>

[morningglory]

6. Every Leon Redbone CD.

People keep catching us drunk and stealing them.

[quispquake]

8. Let's See...

I'm a record collector, mostly of indy & psych stuff...

Rocket From the Tombs LP 'Life Stinks' (only 600 made)

Arthur-Dreams & Images (1967-Beautiful psych...found in Thrift Store last year!!!)

Helen Kane-I Want to Be Loved by You (Mae Questel did Betty Boops voice based on Helen Kane) (Early acetate!!)

A whole bunch more...I LOVE records...(I even buy them now...a lot of indy stuff still comes out on vinyl...I prefer the 'warmer' sound).

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[meegbear]

9. It's small but ....

I have the first day release of Roger Waters "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" on cassette.

The picture is a rear shot of a naked woman hitchhiking. Subsequent releases put a black line across her butt. Sexist, sure, but you can't get 'em anymore.

[Bossy Monkey]

10. Is an mp3, 'cause I could never find it on record in 20 years of looking

And it's "The Resurrection Shuffle" by Ashton, Gardner, Dyke & Co. And no thank you RIAA, I won't be signing the amnesty and deleting my mp3s from my hard drive. Note to record industry: maybe if you'd put out what people actually want to buy instead of spending billions to promote no-talents like Britney you wouldn't be having this problem.

[Wickerman]

11. Thats a rough call

Jesus Lizard/Nirvana split 45?
Butthole Surfers 45s?
Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory numbered copy?
Manfred Mann Earthband test pressings?

I love vinyl!

[CanuckAmok]

41. Jesus Lizard "Puss" b/w Nirvana "Oh the Guilt"? That's a good one! n/t

[Wickerman]

44. Yep, that the one

Bought it and shoved it in a box so I could save it mint. Wish I had done that with someother stuff - like my minutemen tourspiel Ep set, which I have played the heck out of:


then again, would've missed some great music!

[kodi]

12. complete recording of Parsifal - Bayreuth 1952 / Knappertsbusch cond.

nothing like it.

[Must_B_Free]

13. Two Virgins with the naked cover?

Dave Mason "Alone Together" on marble vinyl?

[matcom]

14. sticky fingers

still in the wrapper. the one with the zipper on the cover

[Kat45]

23. I forgot about that one; I have it, but not in the wrapper.

[Must_B_Free]

28. My uncle has VU Andy Warhol

with the bananna unpeeled

Todd Rundgrund NAZZ on red vinyl

Sticky Fingers with unopened pants

Sgt Peppers mono

It's A Beautiful Day

David Crosby - If I could just remember my name

he has the coolest collection of the original releases that he bought back then.

[soleft]

15. BeeGees First

[Must_B_Free]

32. remember the

red crushed velvet album they had?

[soleft]

57. Odessa - I have it but its not the original cover unfortunatley

[Must_B_Free]

33. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - tobacco tin version

forgot that one, too

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. Original release of Buffalo Springfield's first album

Had a tune called Baby Don't scold Me on it that stole the riff from Day Tripper and was pulled off the market...don't know what it's worth lately though.

[mhr]

17. John Klemmer, Finesse

Never realesed on CD, great jazz and great recording.

[VelmaD]

18. Pac-Man Fever...

on vinyl baybee!

Also have the soundtrack from The Empire Strikes Back and a Steve Martin concert album with King Tut on it on vinyl.

Darth Velma

[Must_B_Free]

29. I have that one

Bucker and Garcia - also has "Do the Donkey Kong"

[VelmaD]

34. Hee...

yes it does. Also "He's the Defender" and "I think I'm going Berzerk".

Did you know there's actually a website where you can go listen to those songs and buy them on cd I think? I have the link at work and can send it to ya if you want. Just DUmail me so I don't forget before Monday. I'm kinda a spaz about that kind of thing.

God I loved that album when I was a kid. It's at my parent's house 'cause neither my brother nor I have a record player. Somehow I can see this being the only thing we fight over when my parents die. ;-)

[BarbaRosa]

19. It's A Beautiful Day

on vinyl and in real good shape.

Manhole by Gracie Slick is another, but it got a little hot one day and now has somewhat of a warp, BUT I see where it has been released on CD:)

[XNASA]

21. Got an real early "Love Me Do" 45.

You might think it was worth something, but it's not. Only about $10.

But......if I had the original picture sleeve, it would be worth about $500.

[Kat45]

22. I have 4 Beatles singles with picture sleeves

and miscellaneous other picture sleeves. And I think a couple of 'mono' Beatles albums.

Let's see, what else?

That album with the colored vinyl that was designed by Robert Rauchenberg, IIRC. I think it was a Pink Floyd album?

The first Fleetwood Mac album (w/ Peter Green). The Jethro Tull "Stand Up" album with the pop-up figures when you open the cover. I have some of the Angels (known as Angel City in the US) albums, Australian versions. (of course some of these are probably only 'rare and most prized' to me.) Frank Zappa's "Thingfish," which was meant to be a Broadway play.

And one that Bostonians might appreciate: "Live at the Rat," which I found at a flea market.

If I think of any others, I'll post.

[GOPisEvil]

24. Probably not worth much, but...

...Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" on vinyl...

I've got some Beatles, Jackson 5 and other 45s from the late '60s and early '70's too, but nothing spectacular.

[ornotna]

36. Velvet Underground -1969

The Mothers-200 Motels
Atomic Rooster
Ramsey Lewis trio-In crowd
Hell.....they're all valuble to me. :)



x( poop....posted this in the wrong location.....oh well, I'll live.

[damnraddem]

25. I have original 78s of 'Songs for Democracy.'

From the Spanish Civil War -- complete with an interruption in the middle of one of the disks caused by a bombardment.

[CanuckAmok]

42. I'd LOVE to hear that!! n/t

[BiggJawn]

61. Is your album autographed by Paul Robeson?

Mine is, with a clipping from the NYT describing the "debute" of the album on WQXR.

[sangh0]

30. The Good Rats

Tasty

[Must_B_Free]

31. Bill Wyman - Monkey Grip - sealed

forgot about that one.

Also James Brown - HELL - you should see how tripped out he was at that time.

[BarbaRosa]

43. Monkey Grip

I've got that one too, although not sealed.

Good old monkey grip

[TrogL]

37. A recording I produced of a choir

In University

I'm trying to get it burned to CD but my sound card isn't cooperating.

[nomaco-10]

38. Original High Tide and Green Grass. Most played, Darkside of the Moon

[TheBigGuy]

39. Dick Gaughan ...No More Forever.

actually its a CD.

The great Scots singer/songwriter at the beginning of his career doing some OUTSTANDING takes on trad tunes, like Thatchers of Glenrae, the Green Linnet, Come Ye All Fra France, etc....

[Duncan Grant]

45. Jimmie Spheeris "Isle of View"

A very obscure artist with a mellow poetic soul.

If you're a fan, here's the 'everything you ever wanted to know about' Jimmie Spheeris website:

http://www.jimmiespheeris.com/

[arwalden]

46. 45RPM Of Shirley Ellis "The Name Game"

And a picturedisk 33RPM LP of Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[Laughing Mirror]

47. "The Name Game" by Divine on a 33 extended play

[David Zephyr]

48. Original Beatles "Butcher Block" Cover of "Yesterday and Today"

There are others, but this is the prize.

[mitchum]

50. Oh David, that is a prize...

I remember in the mid-70s it fetched a then-astronomical $500. The latest listing I saw a couple of years ago was $10,000-$12,000

[David Zephyr]

52. My Cousin Steamed Off the Pasted Over Cover for Me

and I've treasured this for many years. I also have an original signed oil painting (not print or litho) of Jimi Hendrix by Grace Slick. It is toooo much. She paints in Malibu at her studio/home.

[david_vincent]

49. USED to have

Back when I had a vinyl collection. Rarest: the Flamin' Groovies "Live at the Roxy" bootleg on blue vinyl; only 200 copies were made but more than half were destroyed in a flood, leaving fewer than 100 copies extant. Most prized: a pristine copy of Phil Ochs' "All the News That's Fit to Sing" signed 'Good luck, Phil Ochs' on the back in green felt marker. Found it in a Florida thrift store and I think I paid a dollar for it.
I don't have a record collection any more, but do still have a copy of James Brown's first album, in the original "legs" cover, that's worth a bit.

[ButterflyBlood]

51. I have the original cover of the first You and I 7"

That might be most prized. Rarest is the Torches to Rome LP on red vinyl, limited to 167.

[librechik]

53. Blondie Parallel Lines Picture Vinyl Disc

wow, I ought to frame it.

I also like our Norman Granz 78s of Charlie Parker and Dizzie Gillespie--we have several "Books" full of them.

[NashVegas]

54. Dinah Shore

"Daddy-O" - on 78, no less.

Else for vinyl:

Love & Rockets - 7th Dream of Teenage Heaven - Belgian import.

Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again - 45

[CanuckAmok]

55. Two more I remembered, both quite rare:

on is a spoken-word record by Illuminati Trilogy author Robert Anton Wilson, called "Secrets of Power"

and the other one, which is truly disturbing, is

"The Rev. Jim Jones: Thee Last Supper", which is an LP recording made from the cassette recording made inside the Jonestown Temple as the Followers were committing mass-suicide. Jones is encouraging/comforting them, and there's barely enyone left alive by the end of side 2. It's too creepy, and I've only listened to it once.

[Must_B_Free]

56. that I would like to hear

the jim jones one...

[CanuckAmok]

58. It will be broadcast on Nov 15 on http://www.chly.fm

The 25th(!) anniversary is Nov 18, and I'm loaning the recording to the station for broadcast on the late-night show "The Process", the saturday beforehand.

[Wickerman]

60. Yikes

ever heard the David Koresh - Voice of Fire CD? Some of his sermons, but not liek the last moments...

[greekspeak]

59. The Ventures Play Telstar

[BiggJawn]

62. "The Marconi-Victor Course in Wireless Telegraphy"

Purported to be the first "code practice record" ever released. 10 discs, 1916.