Brag About Your Vinyl Collection

I have a Helen Sheilds 7 in. EP. A local Indianapolis Band, although noone in the band is named Helen Sheilds. Still looking for any Bitch Head stuff.

VG++/EX version of a Brooks True Blue that some lucky mgh get soon for $2K.But for pure "cool' is my original Jazz West copy of Lawrence Marables "Tenorman".Find the CD or Japan re-issue.Prices have just enraged me lately.I bought the Tenorman for $300 5 years ago.I saw it go for $1200recently.I have many Mosaic collections ( 3 volume 66 LP Commodore is probably mos important-bummer Cuscuna has gone all CD now) but iwht I had bought more before the huge run up in about 2003 when every Korea and German not on Ebay went into collecting just wish I had gotten some BN's and now $800for a Freddy Hubbard "Open Sesame" isn't worth it.One dealer said "Just wait till the Chinese get in on it".So than Gof there's Classic Records and Speakers Corner Etc.But I guess my 3K plus jazz Lp's are my pride and joy.Now I need to broaden to funk,soul and even country and classical I have heretofore ignored.
Chazzbo (the jazz-bo)

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I have a lot of original Blue Note, original Prestige and other jazz labels from the fifties and sixties. Periodically I go to Ebay to see what they are selling for just for the heck of it. I've seen a couple of them selling for $300-$400. I would never sell any of my vinyl for any reason. My only hope is that my 10 year-old son learns to appreciate this music and this music format one day. When I'm six feet under, I hope my vinyl remains in the family as an heirloom.

......probably won't happen though....my son can't wait to get an Ipod .....
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John Klemmer - "Straight from the Heart" limited Direct to Disk, bought it when it first came out, fairly rare, fairly expensive now.
Many MOFI disks, some somewhat rare: (Steely Dan - Katy Lied, Earl Klugh - Late Night Guitar, Stefan Grappeli/Barney Kessel - I remember Django, Crusaders - Chain Reaction, Yes - Close to the Edge, CSNY Deja Vu and a few others)
How about these:
Jethro Tull - Stand up - original 1st UK Island label pressing with "stand up" paper cutout inside.
Jethro Tull - Benefit - original 1st pressing from Germany, rare Gatefold
Yes - Fragile - MINT UK 1st "plum" label pressing with booklet
Yes - The Yes Album - same as above
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound - very limited edition Virgin Vinyl Japanese pressing, from 1981.
Gentle Giant - some rare UK pressings: 1st album, Octopus, Three Friends, Glass House with special packaging.
King Crimson - Islands - original 1st UK pressing on Island label.
Traffic - John Barleycorn - original 1st pressing UK Island label, gatefold cover.
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstacy, Pretzel Logic - all on 1st pressing ABC black label
Also Can't Buy a Thrill on yellow vinyl CAN pressing.
Beatles - White album, German DMM on white vinyl
Gong - Expresso - UK pressing with different cover - pretty rare.
UK (the band UK) - Night after Night (live) - rare Japanese gatefold with embossed cover.
Santana - Lotus - Holland pressing - this used to be really rare but now I see 'em on ebay all the time now.
Happy the Man - 3rd album very short run, immediately OOP
Tomita - The Bermuda Triangle - on Coral colored vinyl
I used to have the Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues on clear vinyl with the Robert Rauschinberg special package.. wish I hadn't got rid of it!
Lastly, bought an original early mono pressing of John Coltrane's Africa Brass on the street in Greenwich Village back in 1983. Memorable experience. Noisy vinyl.
Have I bored you all?

How can the record Bad by Michael Jackson be rare. They made plenty of copies. Just because your friends don't have it doesn't make it rare.