brian davison- every which way-mercury- (former drummer for The Nice, set up 1 off band after Emerson left; great vocals by Graham Bell, sounds like old Traffic, blues shouter hard rock, good sound, not big $);
blast furnace- s/t- danish polydor- buy the RSD reissue from Denmark, original pressings are $$$- great mix of psych and melody;
lucifer’s friend- german philips- zeppy sabbath, with hues of deep purple and heep vocals- classic proto-metal; don’t bother with the universal reissue;
first 4 sabbath albums- UK vertigo swirl- $$$$, but if you buy the early WWA releases, they used the metal parts from the Vertigos, check the deadwax, a fraction of the cost of the Swirls;
scorpions- lonesome crow- brain- the second german issue on metronome with the small brain logo is a fraction of the price of a first pressing
Tull- Benefit & Aqualung- steve wilson remixes- cheap, benefit actually sounds better than any other issue due to remix; the Aqualung is close to the best sounding at a fraction of the price of the more recherché copies;
Opeth -Damnation from Deliverance and Damnation (twofer) also a Steve Wilson remix (Deliverance is classic Opeth, crunchy vocals, Damnation is more lyrical, prog + metal sound and my preference);
Mountain-Climbing- Bell Records- usually marked RL or LH in the deadwax, either is fine, condition is the key-most are trashed;
Little Feat- Waiting For Columbus-Warners- TML in the deadwax
captain beyond-s/t- capricorn- lenticular cover
alice cooper- love it to death- straight records- the earliest pressings on Zappa’s straight records label sound better than the later versions with the green warner label- difficulty is condition;
alice cooper killer-warner- EU reissue with CB (Chris Bellman) in the deadwax (these may also be available in Canada)
lynyrd skynyrd-sounds of south/mca- some have been reissued; the pressings vary in sound quality, but are generally good, worth owning all the pre-crash records;
king crimson- Toronto 2016- well recorded live concert- covers most of their best known work- far cheaper than original early islands for the ’70s material or if on digital, get the Wilson remixes of the early albums, particularly In the Court, which was not a great recording but has some great songs.
truth jeff beck-UK columbia/emi- first or second UK pressing- sonically far better than domestic Epic label pressings;
hendrix in the west- uk polydor- has the long version of Red House- decent sounding; french barclay sets have decent sounding UK version of Are You Experienced at a fraction of the cost of original UK;
taste- on the boards- uk polydor- rory gallagher’s band
free- all of the early albums- island UK- now pricey,
leaf hound- growers of mushroom- forget the vinyl, stupid money, the see for miles CD issue from the early ’90s was made from the tapes- it is like Zep 1.5;
bowie- man who sold the world-first japanese pressing- mick ronson, hardest rocking bowie, good sound.
Enough for now. Lot’s more out there. Most of these are old copies with exceptions noted.
