Most Treasured C.D/ L.P etc. (soundtrack, bootleg, blues)

jackhammer · 11-26-2008, 01:47 PM

What are the most treasured in your music collection? Not neccessarily what the music is but what it represents. Had it the longest, signed, rare etc

A couple of mine:

I can remember my dad having these in the 70's and he gave them to me so they are around 35 years old I think. I rarely play them but obviously treasure them.

3 disc version with both mono and stereo versions with a disc of early singles and out takes. Plus a Syd Barrett replica scrapbook with his drawings, paintings etc

One of my very first C.D's. Nuff said. BTW-It's a Hawkwind album.

I know some of you out there are going to have some top quality stuff so get snapping and posting.

lucifer_sam · 11-26-2008, 01:49 PM

I found an original pressing of S.F. Sorrow ina 60's garage bin at my local music shop.

They were charging more for a vinyl copy of Pablo Honey.

CrackledNitro · 11-26-2008, 02:17 PM

My most treasured are all bootlegged concerts. But for official releases, The Smashing Pumpin's "Adore" takes me back to my Chicago days, particularly gray and snowy Saturday afternoons looking out over Lincoln Park, Diversey Harbor, LSD, and Lake Michigan. Life was good. It even makes me talk all poetic and sh*t.

**Janszoon** · 11-26-2008, 02:32 PM

Indio—Big Harvest
It's funny, the type of music on this album—which could best be compared to Sting or Peter Gabriel—is not a style I really have any interest in any more but this album is very close to my heart. Let me tell you why: I bought this tape in 1990 when it was only one year old and I was only thirteen. I loved this album and it was there for me during that awkward time of life, including one of my first experiences with heartbreak when the first girl I ever got to second base with dumped me. Anyways a few years later the tape deck in my car ate the thing and considering what a soft spot I had for the album, I was really bummed. What made it worse was my discovery that the album had gone out of print and was the only thing ever released by the band. And so began a several year search for the thing on CD. I started making it a habit, every time I passed by a used CD store I'd pop in and check to see if they had it. After three or four years of doing this, one day I finally struck gold. I couldn't believe my eyes, I nearly had a heart attack I was so excited. I don't listen to it much any more but it's still easily my most treasured CD. Interestingly, Eddie Vedder covered one of the songs off this album last year for the soundtrack of the movie Into the Wild, so I wonder if that has lead to the album being rereleased or not.

There's actually also a funny addendum to this story. Only a few months after I found the CD I stumbled across another copy of it on CD. I was kind of shocked that it took so many years to find the first one only to find a second mere months later by total accident. I bought it and gave it to the girl I was dating at the time because she was a huge Sting fan and thought she might like it. Now fastforward about six or seven years, that girl and I have long since broken up and lost touch and I had just started dating the woman who is now my wife, and I get a phone call from the girl I gave the CD to. She says she had taken the CD booklet out of the case for the first time and a little note from me that she had never noticed before fell out. So even though it's been over six years since we last spoke, she tells me how she's sorry for the way she broke up with me all those years ago and asks if I'm seeing anyone now. I tell her I am, but we continue to have a pleasant catching-up type of conversation during which she casually mentions that she's naked. I pretty much ignore the comment and continue having a friendly conversation with her for a little while longer, then we say goodbye and I never hear from her again.

So as you can see, I have a long and sordid history with Indio's Big Harvest and I guess that's why it's still near and dear to my heart.

jackhammer · 11-26-2008, 02:38 PM

^^

Great story. Enjoyable read.

Maddest_Hatter · 11-26-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

What are the most treasured in your music collection? Not neccessarily what the music is but what it represents. Had it the longest, signed, rare etc.

I have over 400 LPs. I love them all. I have all of John Denver's Albums, most of AC/DCs, Pink Floyd's and dozens of others... BTW, John Denver Rocks! Remember the 80's with Tipper Gore, John sat with Dee Snider in front of Congress and funded most of the lawyer fees.

Anyways, my most treasured album is my mint condition Welcome to My Nightmare. It was the first Alice Cooper album I owned and it hooked me. I consider it the greatest rock album of all time. I have it on Mp3, CD, Cassette and Vinyl. I'm still looking for an 8 track of it. lol

Second to this are my Beatle's Albums. I have original copies of the first 6 albums released in this country. My mother bought them new for 2 dollars a piece. One of them is in Monoral. The rest are stereophonic.

Lastly, there is my AC/DC Back In Black. First Rock album I ever owned. My uncle gave it to me! Need I say more?

kthedrummer · 11-26-2008, 05:51 PM

My Mom gave me every Beatles album she had on vinyl...all of them are first editions and the Sgt. Peppers even has the inserts and stuff...I also have all the Kiss albums up to Unmasked on vinyl as well...I have a pretty impressive vinyl collection now that I think about it but I don't have a record player at my house so I keep them stored away.

Alfred · 11-26-2008, 06:31 PM

My most treasured album is likely my copy of The Wallflowers' Rebel Sweetheart. It was the first album I ever bought for myself. Believe it or not, this was only two years ago (doesn't say much for my age). It's still one of my favorite albums, and I think that it is an absolute masterpiece.

Barabajagal · 11-27-2008, 09:15 AM

I have all the '60s, '70s, and '80s King Crimson releases on original print, near-mint vinyl. Definitely the most important pieces in my collection. Nothing in the world beats listening to "Fallen Angel" while watching the record spin.

I also love my psychedelic cover-art collection, albums like
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
Ten Years After - Ssssh
Led Zeppelin III
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Donovan - Sunshine Superman

One day when I have enough I'd like to line an entire wall in framed psychedelic cover art

dac · 11-27-2008, 10:16 AM

I don't have anything too special but I do have the European Version of The Strokes' "Is This It?" Different cover art and it has the song NYC Cops on it, kinda cool I guess.

11-26-2008, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Most Treasured C.D/ L.P etc. What are the most treasured in your music collection? Not neccessarily what the music is but what it represents. Had it the longest, signed, rare etc A couple of mine: I can remember my dad having these in the 70's and he gave them to me so they are around 35 years old I think. I rarely play them but obviously treasure them. 3 disc version with both mono and stereo versions with a disc of early singles and out takes. Plus a Syd Barrett replica scrapbook with his drawings, paintings etc One of my very first C.D's. Nuff said. BTW-It's a Hawkwind album. I know some of you out there are going to have some top quality stuff so get snapping and posting. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

11-26-2008, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	I found an original pressing of S.F. Sorrow ina 60's garage bin at my local music shop. They were charging more for a vinyl copy of Pablo Honey. __________________ first.am

11-26-2008, 02:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
CrackledNitro Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 65	My most treasured are all bootlegged concerts. But for official releases, The Smashing Pumpin's "Adore" takes me back to my Chicago days, particularly gray and snowy Saturday afternoons looking out over Lincoln Park, Diversey Harbor, LSD, and Lake Michigan. Life was good. It even makes me talk all poetic and sh*t. __________________ . . . . . . Follow me on Twitter... http://twitter.com/Glydezilla

11-26-2008, 02:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	^^ Great story. Enjoyable read. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

11-26-2008, 05:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
kthedrummer King of the Idiots Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The free love freeway Posts: 262	My Mom gave me every Beatles album she had on vinyl...all of them are first editions and the Sgt. Peppers even has the inserts and stuff...I also have all the Kiss albums up to Unmasked on vinyl as well...I have a pretty impressive vinyl collection now that I think about it but I don't have a record player at my house so I keep them stored away. __________________ Your brain has the shell on it.

11-26-2008, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Indio—Big Harvest It's funny, the type of music on this album—which could best be compared to Sting or Peter Gabriel—is not a style I really have any interest in any more but this album is very close to my heart. Let me tell you why: I bought this tape in 1990 when it was only one year old and I was only thirteen. I loved this album and it was there for me during that awkward time of life, including one of my first experiences with heartbreak when the first girl I ever got to second base with dumped me. Anyways a few years later the tape deck in my car ate the thing and considering what a soft spot I had for the album, I was really bummed. What made it worse was my discovery that the album had gone out of print and was the only thing ever released by the band. And so began a several year search for the thing on CD. I started making it a habit, every time I passed by a used CD store I'd pop in and check to see if they had it. After three or four years of doing this, one day I finally struck gold. I couldn't believe my eyes, I nearly had a heart attack I was so excited. I don't listen to it much any more but it's still easily my most treasured CD. Interestingly, Eddie Vedder covered one of the songs off this album last year for the soundtrack of the movie Into the Wild, so I wonder if that has lead to the album being rereleased or not. There's actually also a funny addendum to this story. Only a few months after I found the CD I stumbled across another copy of it on CD. I was kind of shocked that it took so many years to find the first one only to find a second mere months later by total accident. I bought it and gave it to the girl I was dating at the time because she was a huge Sting fan and thought she might like it. Now fastforward about six or seven years, that girl and I have long since broken up and lost touch and I had just started dating the woman who is now my wife, and I get a phone call from the girl I gave the CD to. She says she had taken the CD booklet out of the case for the first time and a little note from me that she had never noticed before fell out. So even though it's been over six years since we last spoke, she tells me how she's sorry for the way she broke up with me all those years ago and asks if I'm seeing anyone now. I tell her I am, but we continue to have a pleasant catching-up type of conversation during which she casually mentions that she's naked. I pretty much ignore the comment and continue having a friendly conversation with her for a little while longer, then we say goodbye and I never hear from her again. So as you can see, I have a long and sordid history with Indio's Big Harvest and I guess that's why it's still near and dear to my heart.

11-26-2008, 06:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	My most treasured album is likely my copy of The Wallflowers' Rebel Sweetheart. It was the first album I ever bought for myself. Believe it or not, this was only two years ago (doesn't say much for my age). It's still one of my favorite albums, and I think that it is an absolute masterpiece. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

11-27-2008, 09:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
Barabajagal Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 88	I have all the '60s, '70s, and '80s King Crimson releases on original print, near-mint vinyl. Definitely the most important pieces in my collection. Nothing in the world beats listening to "Fallen Angel" while watching the record spin. I also love my psychedelic cover-art collection, albums like Cream - Disraeli Gears Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance Ten Years After - Ssssh Led Zeppelin III Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle Donovan - Sunshine Superman One day when I have enough I'd like to line an entire wall in framed psychedelic cover art

11-27-2008, 10:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	I don't have anything too special but I do have the European Version of The Strokes' "Is This It?" Different cover art and it has the song NYC Cops on it, kinda cool I guess. __________________