Who is you go to for top quality vinyl


I use to buy so many Japaneese and German  pressings locally when i was a younger man.
Now I only see them shipped from japan for crazy shipping prices on ebay(and weeks away ),
I hear all the great recommendations on specific labeled vinyl or mixes.I know its a collection, but where is your go too.
Thanks
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Thanks . I have always had good luck with japaneese pressing and imports from holland ,germany etc . I stopped in the only record (lp) store within 75 miles of my house it was dismal .the used lps were cruddy with dishwash  fluid (guy says " if i told you they might not need to be cleaned i'd be lying ) etc and were priced at 6-10 bks new was half speed 180s ( which have been lack luster for the most part ) or U.S print remaster crap . My music goes from Brubeck to Mayhall to Genesis  to Herbie Hancock Zappa to Nora Jones . My mainstay is progressive rock and classic rock .. Thanks  for the tips.I am aware that many here have very deep pockets which is great I do just fine but 50-60 for an lp certainly changes my order lol
I buy only about 10 records a year, sometines fewer, so when I do I don't really care if the record plus shipping costs $30 or $90. I try not to go over $100, so far I was successful. I'd say, it's $50 for a record on average for me. But I chase the highest quality, it's worth it.
German, UK, Dutch pressings are usually okay, I won't pay much for them unless it's a very rare record.
Ole- for some prog reissues, reach out to Ken Golden who has a company called Laser's Edge (LP and CD). He has vast knowledge of older prog, especially the obscure Italian and German stuff, and can help you source reasonably priced reissues as an alternative. He also knows most of the folks dealing in progressive rock records, old and newer, and is a great resource for information. He is near Philadelphia, so shipping won't be a big deal. 
Good luck,
bill hart
mikirob ...

Did you ever shop at Arron's across from Fairfax High School?  Lots of DJ's used to sell their promo copies to that store. For awhile, they had tons of  "used" jazz recordings on the Pablo label in the bins. I cleaned up on those at $3.99 a pop.  They are among some of my most favorite records in the collection.  
My gold standard is Analogue Productions closely followed by Speakers Corner and ORG. The 45 rpm APOs are something else again. I have their 45s of Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt's "A Meeting by the River, Nat King Cole's 1957 "After Midnight" and the RCA Living Stereo's "The Power of the Orchestra" doing Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "Night on Bald Mountain".