What Is Your Collecting Holy Grail?

[Whssy]

My own collecting Holy Grail would probably be the Sub-pop original of "Party of Special Things to do" by the White Stripes, as reissued recently via Third Man Records Vault subscribers club.

Last "Holy Grail" was the "Rare Cult" 7 CD box set which arrived this weekend.... Problem for my wallet is my Holy Grails are never so out of reach that I don't get them.

[blackwaterrisin]

The Clutch self titled LP.

[brain_spo0n]

[bubba45]

Tindersticks - Simple Pleasure. My favourite Tindersticks LP with a stupendous cover of "If you're looking for a way out"

Dorris Henderson & John Renbourn - either of the 2 LP's they collaborated on would be fantastic. I love John Renbourn acoustic blues. His foray into 'hey nonny nonny' medieval folk songs was pants but I can forgive him.

Harold McNair - S/T 1968 LP. There was a posthumous '72 compilation of the same name but this is the one I want. I have a couple of his other LP's but this is a real collector's item.

Amancio D'Silva - Hum Dono with Joe Harriott. Mesmeric '60's british jazz

Eels - Souljacker or Beautiful Freak

Terry Callier - Occasional Rain. His other 2 cadet LP's were reissued on vinyl but I've never seen this one as an original or a reissue.

I'd be happy with any one of these LP's but they don't seem to come up very often and usually go for silly money if they do. I look around for some of them every few weeks but rarely have any joy.

[Northcote]

Well I guess that's off the list, a few beers and $200 US i got it.

Down : NOLA 1995 East west Pressing

Brought a copy on E bay UK years ago for 100 Pounds. It's a bootleg. Fork].

[Fishtails]

For me it is Gary Numan - Exile LP
Only 500 pressed.
Saw it once on ebay, but seller decided they couldn't part with it.
Comes in orange, blue or white vinyl.

[akb778]

For me right now it is...



Nice "various artists" album from 1973 that is just simply awesome. Has Santana, Mountain, B.O.C., etc... Bought a NM copy of this a few months ago.

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/Various/VA_guitars.html

[stevo873]

I love to own a copy of my bloody valentines loveless but I refuse to pay the amounts that they are going for on ebay.

[slr9589]

I would love to find a relatively inexpensive copy of Riding with the King,....BB King and Eric Clapton

[Squiffything]

Simple...Rush " Moving Pictures", unplayed copy or a sealed copy.

The ones on Ebay seem to be played to death and I can understand why...classic indeed.

I recenlty obtained a NM 1st Jap pressing of Moving pictures from a Japanese seller on Fleabay. Killer sound, dead quiet vinyl. I happily paid $80.00 USD.

I have found that the Japanese pressings almost always exceed American pressing quality by quite a fair margin. I have found some great Japanses sellers on Ebay with lots of great NM stuff. The Moving Pictures LP I ordered from Tokyo on a Friday night was in my hands by the follwing Tuesday.


My Holy grail would be a sealed or NM copy of Pink Floyd DSOTM solid Blue triangle, first UK press.

This made me laugh, I was round my Pa's the other week and he has a pretty good record collection but has absolutely no idea of their value. He's a 65 year old hippy, long hair jeans etc. One of his mates had told him about the first pressing DSOTM having a solid blue triangle and the second issue having a open blue triangle. He went home and had a look through his collection Yup he has both bought in the day.



This was him at Knebworth - Pink Floyd concert around 1972/3

This is the OAP hippy now



He was telling me about a charity gig that was recorded when Hawkwind first played live Freebird. The concert had a gap because of a powercut but the original recording has the gap in the LP He has two copies. God knows what else he has but he bought every PF release, has pretty much all of the Led Zep back catalogue and pretty much most of the 60's/70's rock that was released and as a fan would have purchased it when released. I really do have to go through it all with him. The thing is they're not valuable to him they're just his music collection and he plays them daily on an old stereo system.

If the project comes off then I think I need to donate it to him as a pressie

[lbgrrl]

Squiffything, your dad rocks.

My holy grail is, of course, the Butcher Cover. Too easy, I know.

[Squiffything]

It's true he does Off to see him tomorrow as he has found a TT in his loft that is coming my way to play with. Also going to give him a few pointers on how he should start sorting out his collection and logging what he has. If nothing else he will have it for insurance purposes.

His comment when I told him this was you cant insure the memories of what each and every album means to him.

Soppy ol begger

[lbgrrl]

Aw, I love him and I havent even met him. How cool is that?

[blackwaterrisin]

Alison & Viktor Krauss "Different Strokes" on the Fiddle Tunes label...
never even seen a copy for sale anywhere..my friend and guitarist in my Grateful Dead tribute band played banjo on this album...