I treasure my box sets from the Vinyl On Demand label
for single LPs, 1st Jandek and 1st Sun City Girls are up there, also the 3rd Nurse With Wound LP
I used to have an original copy of Intersystems' "Free Psychedelic Poster Inside" but sold it, and kind of regret it
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
i posted this one before on some other thread but this is the most valuable thing that i've got. cost me 50p
https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=33CX+1399
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
Most valuable rock record i have would be this one...
https://www.discogs.com/Keith-Cross-Peter-Ross-Bored-Civilians/release/3223440
...but tragically my copy skips a bit on the first track :(
After that i guess it would be the Faith / Void album w/ the inserts
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
Most valuable 12" i have is NM copy of this, which again cost me 50p:
https://www.discogs.com/Freeez-Stay-Hot-Footing-It/release/350213
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
Somebody asked me this question recently and I immediately thought it must be something indie from the 90s. Like my original presses of the few albums I have by The Divine Comedy, Tindersticks, Denim, Supergrass, Stereolab etc. When I got home I realised the correct answer was probably this Miley Cyrus RSD exclusive from a few a years ago.
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10170138?ev=rb
I have my collection on Rate Your Music but I've never got round to listing it on Discogs. I guess now would be the time do it.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
my most valuable records by median price (assuming I've actually added my most valuable records - about half of it I haven't got round to adding to my discogs):
The Carpettes - Small Wonder? 7" - £84.82 - did actually pay about £40 for this, it's the rarest single on Small Wonder records iirc which I was collecting at the time as I lived round the corner from where the Small Wonder record shop wasVarious - London Popfest 2009 CD-R - £81.00 - ??? WTF ??? I would try and sell this but my copy skips. why would someone pay £81 for this? it's all previously released stuff!Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth LP - £77.88 - one of my grandpa's recordsTwilight Zoners - Hospital 7" - £77.40 - paid 25p for this iircThee Oh Sees - Help LP - £68.85 - splatter vinyl, got it at a gigThe Seize - Everybody Dies 7" - £63.33 - paid a fraction of this but it's not a great copy tbhThe Bleach Boys - Stocking Clad Nazi Death Squad Bitches 12" - £60.86 - bargain for this one apparentlyPuncture - Mucky Pup 7" - £57.12 - cost me a tenner. another Small Wonder single, best known for being covered by the Exploited, probablyTall Dwarfs - 3 EP's 3x10" - £57.10 - think I paid £5 for this off Ebay years agoBlack Easter - Ready To Rot 7" - £56.94 - this one is on Killed By Death #5 which is probably why it's so much
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
Not to BRAG (incoming brag) but I got in on Duster before it became a cult hit. Nabbed Stratosphere back when it was a $10-15 LP via mailorder (can't remember if I got it somewhere dull like Amazon or something about 10+ years ago). But yeah kept putting off checking out the new one. Saw them live a handful of times in recent years ramping up to this release too.Luna is associated with Tobin Sprout right? I asked him where I could get Let's Welcome The Circus People and he said ask the Luna shop. They got back to me many months ago and said they were putting one on sale for $85. Since that's $40 more than I was hoping to spend I declined and sure enough it's still sitting there in the discogs marketplace today.I used to manage a store in NJ but rarely would my co-workers be on my wavelength, sounds like I'd have fit in better over there with you guys!― Evan, Monday, March 30, 2020 10:16 AM
Luna is associated with Tobin Sprout right? I asked him where I could get Let's Welcome The Circus People and he said ask the Luna shop. They got back to me many months ago and said they were putting one on sale for $85. Since that's $40 more than I was hoping to spend I declined and sure enough it's still sitting there in the discogs marketplace today.
I used to manage a store in NJ but rarely would my co-workers be on my wavelength, sounds like I'd have fit in better over there with you guys!― Evan, Monday, March 30, 2020 10:16 AM
Nice! I was pretty unawares till the reissue – that Mark Richardson piece about rediscovery tipped me off, I think: https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/22/18233366/duster-reissue-discogs-rare-music-vinyl
LUNA's longtime owner is from Dayton, and did a lot of GBV and related releases for a long time. So yeah...that's us :) Shop is temporarily closed, but we're still selling online!
It's funny how people's tastes coalesce working in a store...maybe it's personalities/age/interest? A few of us are long-time friends/bandmates as well, and the manager has worked there 20 yrs (the store turned 25 in December). If you're ever in Indy, pull through! :)
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
So weird to imagine ebay existing at the same time that anyone would have valued original Tall Dwarfs records to be that cheap, at least not without major defects. Even if demand for NZ rock was low something like that would surely be at least £15. Or the vinyl boom of the past 12ish years has just calibrated me to such an extent I can't even remember anything different.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
I would/will totally visit if I'm out there! I only have a very few friends with (varying) taste overlap "IRL". Jealous.
xp
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
I bought Weeville, Fork Songs and Dogma at the same time as the 3 EP's, same seller on Ebay. Paid £8.62 for all 3 of them total. tbf this was 15 years ago
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
Nuts
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
I don't have my stuff in Discogs, but a quick lookup of what I figure are my most valuable items by median:
The Chameleons - Tony Fletcher Walked On Water CDEP, $63.86Jazz Butcher - In Bath Of Bacon CD, $70.00Jazz Butcher - Big Questions CD, $92.50 Bill Nelson - Trial By Intimacy CD box (from 2012), $86.42Scott Walker - In 5 Easy Pieces box (from 2006), $92.86Colourbox - Colourbox CD box (from 2012), $137.90
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
One of my most valued and valuable records is the Air France 2x10". In 2010 I knew that was going to be a tough one to get in the future so made sure I did then.
Maybe way less "cool" but I remember killing myself trying to get that Calexico boxset. Mostly because it contained all of their more experimental leaning tour exclusive albums, and their sonic desert atmosphere evoking experiments are what appeal to me. Don't know how motivated I am to track stuff down like that these days but the biggest thrill might just be stumbling on anything underpriced. Everyone is hip to the online markets and the going rate on anything these days.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
Hey Cow_Art with another huge collection! Great stuff. When it gets that massive I wonder what you come back to the most.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
I ended up with 2(!) copies of DMZ02. One has been sold. Pretty good appreciation on that one! https://www.discogs.com/Digital-Mystikz-Loefah-Dubsession/release/341298
― Psychocandles (Pyschocandles), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
Frank Ocean vinyl is probably some of the most valuable stuff I have.
Evan, I’ve listened to everything at least a couple of times. There’s definitely things I return to and things that I’ll probably never play again.
Marty Robbins Hawaiian albums get a surprising amount of replay.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
My most valuable items are the ones I paid the most for in the first place, although some of them have appreciated considerably in value, notably the VOD box sets.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
I also have a lot of signed LPs which I imagine increases their value quite significantly, including a NWW LP which Steven Stapleton drew on specially for me.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
While we’re at it: what do y’all have complete collections of?
I more or less have complete vinyl collections of everything put out by:
Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman (probably took the most time and $$$)The BreedersSmog/CallahanSilver Jews
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
Glenn Jones! The guitarist
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
complete:Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
almost complete:UnrestVirgin PrunesMichael Hurley
I used to have some more extensive/impressive collections of stuff like Coil, C93, NWW, Legendary Pink Dots, Muslimgauze, etc but gave on "completism" regarding those artists long ago and have sold lots of it at this point
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
I have almost every Biota release, missing the super rare 1st LP
any luck getting a hold of a copy of hurley's nz/aus tour tape? he must have sold out of them by the time he got to dunedin unfortunately!
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
Think I managed to keep up with tful282 until about '95. Well everything except the leonard cassette anyway. Don't think I have a complete run of any band that has more than like 3 releases tbh
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
my desert island tful282 song is Hurricane
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
I did get the Hurley AUS/NZ tape right around when it came out.
Thinking Fellers last album "Bob Dinners" is super excellent, highest recommendation
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
sleeve what's the deal with this release:
https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Hurley-Pals-Armchair-Boogie/release/14959679
"Test Pressing of Michael Hurley & Pals* - Armchair Boogie with hand-painted cover." - had not seen that one yet, thanks. Pretty cool looking, from 2019.
My favorite pressing of that is actually the LITA CD version, I think it sounds incredible. Have that and an OG, used to have the Mississippi LP reissue as well but sold it.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
That is a badass cover.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
it really is
dang I didn't realize there was an 8-track version from 1971!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Poked around a little and didn't see any info about the hand-painted one anywhere else.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
I have a feeling the year and the fact that it is its own release as apposed to categorized as a version of the main one are results of a sloppy listing.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
nah if it's really a test pressing for the 2019 reissue then that's a separate entry from the LP reissue itself
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
Yeah but normally it just goes in the list among the versions of the album, in this case next to the retail release version of MR-018.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
OK so yes the year would be correct in that case.
ohh yeah I see what you are saying, yes that's in the wrong place
― sleeve, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
I thought my most valuable record was:
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10960799?ev=rbMobile Fidelity Sound Labs reissue of Dark Side of the Moon
but it could be my sealed Let it Be from 1970 with Korvette's $2.99 price tag going by the asking prices.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 02:17 (four years ago) link
Beatles collectors can be insane. How much you think it would go for?
― Evan, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 11:48 (four years ago) link
It's kind of hard to tell. First, it's sealed, so I don't know which version it is exactly. Second, sealed/mint copies listed up to $350, but not seeing that copies have sold that high. My guess is I might be able to get $100-$150?
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 12:12 (four years ago) link
Of course there are a couple copies on ebay between $200-$500 as well.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
Well yeah people can ASK for whatever amount they want.
― Evan, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
It's kind of hard to tell. First, it's sealed, so I don't know which version it is exactly. Second, sealed/mint copies listed up to $350, but not seeing that copies have sold that high. My guess is I might be able to get $100-$150?― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, April 1, 2020 7:12 AM
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, April 1, 2020 7:12 AM
Popsike archives sale details for reference.
― felldownawell, Thursday, 2 April 2020 04:17 (four years ago) link
Ha, slow down- you have to add "1970" and sort by new to old, then pick the most recent sale(s) of copies that match yours.
― Evan, Thursday, 2 April 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
Beatles collectors can be insane
No kidding. I'm shocked to find out that the most (potentially) valuable record I own is this 1978 reissue of the White Album on white vinyl.https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-The-Beatles/release/2024459
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 April 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
to be fair:
"New lacquers were cut for this release."
and from the comments:
"The sound quality on this particular pressing is the very best you'll find, and in my estimation, better than the original UK stereo (I have both). It has a luminous quality that is really compelling."
so it's kind of like that reissue pressing of Bowie's Hunky Dory, where the stars all aligned properly w/r/t sound quality, I hate to sound like a Hot Stamper huckster but sometimes certain pressings really do shine
― sleeve, Friday, 3 April 2020 01:50 (four years ago) link
I've never heard of that White Album on white vinyl. Ha!
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Friday, 3 April 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link
The weird thing is that I didn't know it was on white vinyl until after I bought it. Music Mart (RIP) in Costa Mesa just reshrinkwrapped a promo version and put it out on the floor.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 April 2020 02:27 (four years ago) link
Behold my entirely middlebrow tastes!
https://www.discogs.com/user/mondosalvo/collection
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2020 03:56 (four years ago) link
I've never cared to do any discogs edit but I came across a version of a Swirlies 7" that isn't there... I feel like I could figure out creating the entry but I'm a little intimidated by it. Everything is relatively clear expect the part about how to add a version of a release rather than a standalone. Anyone have experience with this?
― Evan, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
bump
― Evan, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link