Brag About Your Vinyl Collection

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"Miles Davis was a racist A-Hole". Will you just settle for a black man with attitude who just happened to be one of the greatest musicians EVER? I didn't think so. You are entitled to believe whatever you want. I just wish you would share such views somewhere else.

Miles Davis was not alone in objecting to having white faces only on his albums. There was a time when the record industry thought it wiser not to advertise the look of some of its artists. This happened with both jazz and pop artists. They felt it would hurt distribution and sales. Later in his career Miles Davis was quite specific in having black faces on his covers. Before you make harsh judgments you should have some knowledge of the overall situation and be able to put things in perspective.

95% of the EMI UK classical catalog, 80% of the Decca catalog, and a ton of Columbia, DG and Philips; mostly classical LPs,

then there are the 50s jazzz lps................

All sorts of first pressings and the like.

Off the top of my head:

U2 Live Under a Blood Red Sky on red vinyl Australian Tour Edition signed by the band.
Original pressing of Velvet Underground on Verve records, unfortunately no banana!
A couple of Small Faces original pressings I bought recently - Autumn Stone and From the Beginning.
Many vinyl bootlegs of Pink Floyd.
Original pressing on Blue Thumb records with gatefold cover of Captain Beeheart's Strictly Personal.
Complete collection of the Australian Prog band Spectrum's albums.
An original mono pressing of Beatles Revolver and a mono of Sgt Pepper (bought for $2 as condition was described as "cactus" - after a clean it don't look great but it plays fine!).

All of the above, except the U2 as I have other copies, are played when the mood takes me.

I saw a copy of that Jethro Tull Stand Up with the paper cutout inside at a record fair last year, looked nice and wasn't cheap. Great album too.

The Tull album with the pop-up is rare... to save money Chrysalis did not include it in subsequent re-issues. Poorly engineered recording however, even for the era.