The great Vinyl in the sky (aka record collectors thread)

It seems there are a few lovers of vinyl records on here so thought I would start a thread where we can jam.

To start...

My Fav vinyls (not in any order)
White Album - Beatles (1st Press)
Levellers - Levellers (1st Press)
Full House - Fairport Convention (2nd Press)
Bandages - EBB (1st Press)
Oora - EBB (1st Press)
Live after Death - Iron Maiden (1st Press)
Killers - Iron Maiden (1st Press)
Seventh son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden (1st Press)
Harvest - Neil Young (not sure what press - prob second)
Crosby Stills and Nash (not sure what press - prob second)

 

sheesh it would take me a week to dig out all my stuff (they are packed up in boxes ready to go when we move house)
But I was a big ABBA fan as a kid in the 70's so all of their singles and albums for a start! (Sorry folks uncool I know ...but do I care.....)

 

nothing wrong with ABBA cough hmmmmmm...... Only joking I dont mind them either, good fun at parties.

 

my fave is the carpenters... hahahaha

 

Do you still wear platform heels ?

 

A very nice tactful answer -but you are talking to the person who worked around the corner from the Hacienda and wondered why all those people were so stupid to queue around the block to get in on a Friday/Saturday night when I finished my shift!

 

nooo Ozzy and Maiden - lost, thats bad

 

Sing, Sing a song, sing out loud.

 

Erm ............well I have to admit I do and I also put Seggs in when I remember to, but the trouble is I have gone all trendy Italian, so the heels are not the same!
Sorry we are going off at Tangerines here - lets stick to Vinyl more interesting than my life in the 70's!

 

I've got about 3500 vinyl LPs at the moment. Everything from 16&2/3rpm spoken word discs through to some early 78rpm jazz. Although the bulk of the collection is from the sixties & early/mid seventies. Never bothered with 45s, they were never my thing

 

What are your top treasures?

 

I kept most of mine from the golden era of british music that was the 80's.
The Wendy James - Transvision Vamp picture disk LP must be worth almost the £4.99 I paid for it, then there is all the Adam and the Ants stuff. Not all of it is as good as those though!

 

Transvision Vamp, mmm good stuff

 

Occasionally one of those idiots would have been me!

 

The 3 Nick Drake albums, all still sealed & a copy of Leige & Lief signed by Fairport Convention & the production crew, quite a few others signed by the artist.

 

My favourite vinyl records are the old jazz ones. Dizzie Gillespie 'Have Trumpet, Will Excite' original pressing. Also an original Bill Evans, but that got broken when my wife threw it at me (older vinyl is much more brittle).

 

Still got my old LPs . Was never into 45s but look out for them since I got an old juke box. LPs started off with James Taylor Sweet Baby James

 

looove james taylor.....

frozen man is one of my faves my uncle played james taylor all the time ....

oh i love my simon and garfunkle record too