Where do you look for rare records and pressings ?

Aside from select Estate Sales , we have Vintage Vinyl and recently, CD Warehouse here in St Lou that have hidden gems if you want to put in the time or days to browse.  I have been lucky on finding some Japanese JVC Direct to Discs, EMI Toshiba Pro-Use DD, and some extremely well made GRP Digital Masters.  Stumbled upon a very rare Ray Manzarek sealed copy of the "The Golden Scarab"  last. It is his first solo album and I have my open copy to listen to.   

I’ve had consistent good luck at antique malls locally. There’s always a good-sized selection from a number of dealers, who must have no other place to sell. I came close to purchasing someone’s well cared for lifetime collection of classical albums at a dollar a record there once. I found them in the back corner of the antique mall. After discussing the purchase with my wife, I went back the following day and all several hundred were gone. Maybe a dealer got them. That’ll never happen again.

Mike

I rummage through my 61 year old collection. 

@wcfeil,

I heard that!