What Is Your Collecting Holy Grail?

[gbmax]

I do need:

Weed - Weed (Ken Hensley), don't think would ever get original, re-issue would be good.
The Gods both LPs.
Funky Junction - Thin Lizzy plays Tribute to Deep Purple.
Smokie - Midnight Cafe - european, UK or German RAK LP(could be good if with poster). I do have US LP, but song "What Can I Do" isn't on US LP.
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, german RCA.
Deep Purple - Machine Head UK Purple Records

I might would buy ABBA on Polar Records.
If I come across, italian prog rock MATIA BAZAR LPs...

[ighten]

it is worth of notice that only 2 posts-desires are for classic music, and thats a great thing as our prices are relatively low, as compared to rock music

Not only that but 2nd hand conitions of classical stuff seems to be more looked after and lamost mint no matter how old it is.. Compare that to some discog sellers of rock music who seem to sell stock thats been sandpapered and dipped in the vacumn cleaner.

[Rob998]

I do need:


Funky Junction - Thin Lizzy plays Tribute to Deep Purple.

It's on Discogs for £2.75 VG, or a fiver for VG+. http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?releas ... 6503&ev=rb

My brother had this years ago, an aunt bought it for his birthday as he is a big DP fan. Apparently it was 50p in Woolworths. He doesn't rate it at all. I have to admit that it was news to me that FJ were in fact Thin Lizzy!! They got a grand for recording it. I suppose it was a nice bit of cash in 1973.

[tubthumper]

High Society - Untitled (SBRR 005)
http://www.discogs.com/High-Society-Unt ... ase/433745

£127!!!! I love the every track on the album, but as this is as rare as rocking horse muck, no chance of me affording it! I don't earn that much in 2 weeks!

Josh

[Rob998]

I do need:


Funky Junction - Thin Lizzy plays Tribute to Deep Purple.

It's on Discogs for £2.75 VG, or a fiver for VG+. http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?releas ... 6503&ev=rb

My brother had this years ago, an aunt bought it for his birthday as he is a big DP fan. Apparently it was 50p in Woolworths. He doesn't rate it at all. I have to admit that it was news to me that FJ were in fact Thin Lizzy!! They got a grand for recording it. I suppose it was a nice bit of cash in 1973.

I've just got off the phone with my brother and I mentioned this album. He laughed his head off. He still reckons it's "total & utter crap", even if it was Thin Lizzy.

We had a nice chat about music & he finds it most amusing that I am now buying records that he's had for decades, which I dismissed as outdated & irrelevant back in my salad days, when I was green in judgement & cold in blood.

[J Macquarrie]

One day I'm going to come across a whole box of Coxone Dodd unplayed original dub albums in a charity shop, complete with the silk screened sleeves.
Honestly I've probably got more chance of winning the lottery! But there's always hope

[starterwiz]

For me it's the first single, The Damage Done, by The Sisters Of Mercy. 1000 copies pressed in 1980 and rarely available now. If they do show up on Ebay they fetch around £400. I did see one last Autumn time that went for £720!!!???
Very good bootlegs of it are around for approx £20 but it's not like having the real thing, is it?

I assume that is the Sisters of Mercy referred to by Van Morrison on Veedon Fleece. An album I would not want to be without!

[Whssy]

No. It's not.

Actually the contents of the record itself are pretty dire.

But it's certainly rare.

[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.