How many and whats your fav Vinyl

[grumpy]

Lets see how many pieces of vinyl you guys have. I am sure most of you know what I have. I love Imports and cant find nearly enough to satisfy my need ! So tell me how many and whats your prides and joy. Mine is not just one piece but my entire hendrix collection which includes a modest 70-75 pieces. I prolly have atleast couple of grand atleast in them.

Dave

[Wardsweb]

My collection is very broad and covers a couple of decades. I guess my favorite band, if you count by the most albums by one artist, would be Steely Dan. Majority of type would be Jazz and of course, a heavy dose of good old rock n roll. Favorite song Kashmir and lot's of early Moody Blues. Most worn out album has to be Dark Side of the Moon.

[car67]

Favourite would have to be Rickie Lee Jones's debut LP on Mofi. So worn out now I'm convinced I need to replace it.

I like imports too and have more than a few US pressings. I have found them to be of excellent quality. In fact amost anything seems to be better than Aussie pressings!:p:

Jack

[steamshooter]

Whoops:eek: I want a re-count!
I did not see the part about 10",45, and 78. I only voted LPs!:smilemad: That would have added another four hundred or so to my vote.
They are all favorites depending on the mood I'm in. I have a broad variety. I don't really like opera, but just about everything else will do.
Wardsweb I have a first edition DSOTM on Mo-Fi that probably has less than a dozen plays on the clock!:yippy:
I taped it when I bought it years ago, by the time the tape wore out CDs were in and I didn't want to play it until I got a new turntable. I played it the other week. Man, that was some trip!:guitar:
Brad

[Don]

I have just started collecting them so under 250 for me. My faves are my ac/dc group. I'm trying to get as many ac/dc as I can on LP

[Drybasement]

Hi Grumpy,

Very impressive Hendrix collection. I bet it was fun tracking down all that vinyl. For your money spent, I'll bet there are some rarities in there too.

It has been fun for me collecting Jethro Tull vinyl. I have around 50 pieces and there's tons more. I have alot of artists in my vinyl collection but Tull captured my attention and I focused on that.

My oldest record is an original stereo release of The Beatles - Rubber Soul on Capitol records. The mono is worth more money but this is quite nice and not very valuable.

I really like picture disc LP's and have acquired a few of them also. Pretty cool. Not worth a shite for sound but they weren't meant to be played anyway.

[VinylHanger]

I have really cut down on my LP collecting lately. Nothing has really hit my hot button. As for the most collected group, it would have to be Fleetwood Mac, I have 2-3 of most of the ones I have, of course I have never found a Heart/Dreamboat Annie that I could pass up either. My absolute favorite album, that would be Men Without Hats/Pop Goes The World, I just love it, Phil Collins/Abacab is a close second. Very nice sonically also. I guess you can tell when I grew up :)

[Wardsweb]

VinylHanger - I absolutely love the new live version Big Love on The Dance. Cranked up through my electrostats it is truely awesome.

[bully]

Absolutely no idea how many albums I have. They have been in their crates for so long. Mebbe 6-1/2 linear feet. Don't know what happened to the others over the years. Probably at my brother's. Well, they'd be his by now. Even though I doubt they play them anymore.
My listening, so my collection, was eclectic to say the least.
I was really taken by the jazz-rock fusion music during the mid-70s.
Don't think I ever bought a Pink Floyd album.
Remember Ragnorok?

pete

[del1225]

I have under a 100 LP's / EP's .. I only stated collecting when vinyl was going out here in Australia. I have a quite a few AC/DC and The Cure records. My favourite LP is Tori Amos - Under the Pink and my favourite EP is The Cure - A Forest..

[eThink]

I have approximately 650 LPs.

I worked in a record store for 2.5 years while I was in college in the early 1970s. I left college with 400+ LPs! Fortunately, these LPs were moved by a professional mover.

Here is the approximate breakdown of my collection:

- Rock: 250
- Folk: 50
- Classical: 250
- Jazz: 50
- Comedy: 15
- Soundtracks 30

Among my favorite vinyl albums are:

- "Judith" - Judy Collins
- "Pet Sounds" - Beach Boys
- "Songs for Beginners" - Graham Nash
- "Bridge over Troubled Waters" Simon & Garfunkle
- "The Circle Game" - Tom Rush
- "Blow by Blow" - Jeff Beck
- "Kind of Blue" - Miles Davis

I have all of the above on both Vinyl and CD.
Yes, I prefer the vinyl versions.

I have a sealed copy of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono "Two Virgins" album. Definately NOT my favorite, but I thought is would be a collectors item some day.

[steamshooter]

I have one of Judy Collins-"Judith" that has send in the clowns. Very Meellllllooooooowwwwwww.

[Upstateaudio]

I haven't ereally counted, my guess ~600 LPs

Rickie Lee Jones- debut album
Pat Metheny - American Garage
Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsies (Classic Records)
Jimi Hendrix-The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8 LP box set
Harry Belafonte- Live at Carnegie Hall
Oregon- In Performance
Shadowfax- Dreams of Children
Old and New Dreams- Playing
Quincy Jones- Quintessence
Miles Davis-Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel (Mosaic LP set) :D

[Felix]

http://members.aol.com/fear3000/images/room%201.jpg

I have about 4,500 LP's and about 350 CD's.

Best Wishes,
Felix

[bully]

Far out, Felix! I know people like you with a wall or more of vinyl. Beautiful view :D
What's that big speaker over on the side?

pete, more than a little envious ;)

[Fear3000]

Originally posted by bully
Far out, Felix! I know people like you with a wall or more of vinyl. Beautiful view :D
What's that big speaker over on the side?

http://www.dunlavyaudio.com/products/SC5/images/SC5_new.jpg

Thanks for the kind words, Pete. The speakers are Dunlavy SC-V in a dark cherry finish, unlike the pic which shows them in oak. I've had them for about five years, and I don't think that I'll be replacing them anytime soon.

Best Wishes,
Felix

[bully]

Nice.
I have only heard about/read about the Dunlavy's.
<drool, slurp>
So, what was that record player on the other side, the one with the wooden base? It looks familiar, but I just can't make out these pictures, dang old rheumy eyes of mine :mad:
Well, getting older beats the alternative.

Pete

[Fear3000]

Originally posted by bully
So, what was that record player on the other side, the one with the wooden base

http://members.aol.com/fear3000/images/kuzma%20rack2.jpg

It's a Kuzma Stabi TT, Kuzma Stogi Reference arm, and a Transfiguration Spirit LOMC cartridge. You can also see the Kuzma's outboard PSU on the shelf below. The oak plinth houses a suspended sub-chassis damped with silicone fluid. One can literally bang on the plinth with one's fist, with the stylus resting on a stationary LP and the gain all the way up, with total silence eminating from the speakers. I use the phono stage integrated into an Ayre K-1 preamp (60 dB's phono gain, 18 or 24 dB's line gain).

Best Wishes,
Felix

[bully]

Very, very nice!
Uh, when are you going on vacation, and where do you live :D

That is a gorgeous TT, Felix.
Enjoy,
Pete

[car67]

Pete, I'll come and help :p:

excellent setup Felix! Enjoy the music.

Jack

[akshobhyavajra]

Originally posted by Fear3000



It's a Kuzma Stabi TT, Kuzma Stogi Reference arm, and a Transfiguration Spirit LOMC cartridge. You can also see the Kuzma's outboard PSU on the shelf below. The oak plinth houses a suspended sub-chassis damped with silicone fluid. One can literally bang on the plinth with one's fist, with the stylus resting on a stationary LP and the gain all the way up, with total silence eminating from the speakers. I use the phono stage integrated into an Ayre K-1 preamp (60 dB's phono gain, 18 or 24 dB's line gain).

Best Wishes,
Felix

Must sound wonderful - good luck with it!

~Michael~

[Fear3000]

Thanks, guys. I can see myself trying some different cartridges when the Spirit wears out, but overall I'm very happy with the system. I would like to get a bigger CD rack, though, but that's another story....

Best Wishes,
Felix

www.audioannex.com

[akshobhyavajra]

Some of my favorite LPs:

1. Adderley / Evans - Know what I mean? - Riverside
2. Boston - Boston - (UK 180 gr) - Epic
3. Brubeck - Time Out - (180 gr) - Columbia
4. Butterfield Blues Band - East West - Sundazed 180 gr
5. Carter meets Peterson - Pablo (1987)
6. Coltrane - Blue Train - Blue Note
7. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia
8. Dylan - Hwy 61 Revisited - Sundazed Mono 180
9. Grappelli/Grisman - Live - WB
10. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Black Orpheus - OJC
11. Tull - Thick as a Brick - Chrys 1972
12. Midnight Oil - Diesel & Dust - Columbia
13. Charlie Parker - April in Paris - Verve
14. Peterson, Pass & Brown - The Giants - Pablo 1977
15. Floyd - Wish you were here - (UK press) - Harvest
16. Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - OJC
17. Sinatra - Come fly with me - Capitol
18. Steely Dan - Aja - ABC 1977
19. Vollenweider - Caverna Magica - CBS 1983
20. Yes - 90125 - Atlantic 1983

[djronc]

After Dee Jaying for amost twenty years I have collected thousands of LP's, 45's and 12" singles. The music is composed of Rock, R & B, Standards, Latin, Big Band, Fusion, Jazz, Techno and Disco.

djronc

[Moogfan]

Greets everyone, I'm new here. As my username suggests (maybe) I collect Moog synth records from the late 60's/70's and have about 40-45 records. That's the core of the popular releases & I'm just getting into the rarer (more expensive) stuff about now.

I'm also discovering the sound quality of vinyl in general, and have started buying a few non-Moog records simply to listen to. My current turntable is a Hitachi HT-1 belt drive (decidedly lower end mid-fi) with a Grado Prestige Black cart, through a vintage Technics SU-C01 preamp. I've been haunting the "turntables" category on Ebay lately looking for something better, since I really can't afford a Rega (and don't want to deal with Music Hall QC issues)... plus, I really like some of the "mass market" vintage 'tables! I'm thinking about maybe a Harman-Kardon or even one of the better Yamahas.

Anyway, I've gone well off-topic here. I'll be floating around the board, looks like a good one~!

[Jack Keck]

My favorite vinyl album is my copy of "Star Dance" by David Friesen. If there is one record in my collection that, IMHO, matches or beats cd, this is it.

[bully]

Hi, Moogfan,
The built like a brick Technics SL-1100-1950 models are great, cost-effective tables.
You would have your choice of full-auto, semi-auto (arm return at end of album), or manual.
The upper-tier of Pioneer TTs are very fine. The upper-tier of the major brands sold in the late-70s, early-80s are uniformily better than decent!
When the LP was THE way to listen to music, the competition to get folks to buy 'their' TT was fierce, and we benefitted.
Some brands, like Denon, made great TTs, but they seem to have a considerable favor among buyers, and sure seem high to me for a used table! And I love MY Denon DP-47F, but still, used is used.
Dual, Thorens, many fine models out there.
Budget you're looking at?

pete

[Moogfan]

Originally posted by bully
Hi, Moogfan,
The built like a brick Technics SL-1100-1950 models are great, cost-effective tables.
You would have your choice of full-auto, semi-auto (arm return at end of album), or manual.
The upper-tier of Pioneer TTs are very fine. The upper-tier of the major brands sold in the late-70s, early-80s are uniformily better than decent!
When the LP was THE way to listen to music, the competition to get folks to buy 'their' TT was fierce, and we benefitted.
Some brands, like Denon, made great TTs, but they seem to have a considerable favor among buyers, and sure seem high to me for a used table! And I love MY Denon DP-47F, but still, used is used.
Dual, Thorens, many fine models out there.
Budget you're looking at?

pete
Yep I'm looking at budget 'tables, but I'm iffy about spending much over $100 on Ebay (on ANYTHING) -- too many bad experiences. I've checked Audiogon.com, but everything there is "high end." Maybe I should start hitting thrift stores.

Thanks for the suggestions on turntables... I have some experience with middle-end vintage Pioneer tables (crappy) but admittedly no experience with the higher end. I prefer straight, tonearms to "S" arms, and belt drive over direct drive, so both of those are gonna be a factor. I'm still thinking about a Harman-Kardon if a good one comes up, they aren't in high demand and some of them look very high quality.

Most of the Thorens I've seen tend to go up in price fast, and I'm not sure I want to fiddle with a Dual... from what I understand they can require a complete overhaul for smooth operation & good sound quality.

Tim

[DingusBoy]

Bump:

Let's see what newer members have:

I now have about 700 lps, garage sale specials to recent Steve Hoffman remastered stuff.

[jerrymrc]

About 1300. I started in 64 and the biggest spurt was when i was in Europe 81-85. Bought 300+ in 3-1/2 years. The good thing was i had been buying "imports" way before then. I also am lucky to have alot of MFSL disks and some "direct to disk" albums.

Some of the covers are not in the best of shape having gone from Oregon to Colorado to Belgium to Georgia to Colorado to Kansas and back to Colorado. :yikes: I still buy. 3 last month. and 300 or so CD's

Im 46 and not moving until 21 guns are saying "Goodbye" :thmbsp:

[Kim G]

Well I guess I'll chime in and see if we can keep this thread going a while longer. Currently I guesstimate 5,000 to 6,000 - I really don't care to count them :no: . I started out collecting Pink Floyd, then on to Jethro Tull and just about any rock from early sixties to early eighties. Then I discovered Classical. Started with RCA LSC's, Mercurys, and Londons . Then went on to collecting certain composers, conductors and performances. I guess my favorite albums at this time are:

1. Albeniz: Suite Espanola Decca SXL 6355

2. De Falla: El Amor Brujo Columbia MS 6147

3. Prokofieff: Lt. Kije Chesky RC10

4. Orchestrations Astromantic RCA RDCE-6

Of course these are subject to change at the drop of a hat.

Kim

[dshoaf]

and a house fire that saw all my collection from the 70s lost. Slowly getting back some of those that I love and never went to CD.

Favorites are:

* Bud Shank: 50's/60s West Coast jazz sax guy who's still playing.

* Super Session: Al Cooper/Steve Stills/Mike Bloomfield. Just as awesome today as it was in 1969.

* Lights Out San Francisco: Collection of SF musicians assembled by a local late-night DJ. Superb Tower of Power and John Lee Hooker cuts among others from the early 70s.

* All those 60s Blue Note jazz LPs.....

Cheers,

David

[carpinus7]

My vinyl and shellac is close to 5000. Over half is jazz the rest is classical, rock, blues, bluegrass, comedy, avantgarde, spoken, and everything in between.
Some favorites:
Coltrane: A love supreme
Davis: KOB, Sketches of Spain, Jack Johnson
C. Berry: Twist
R. Clooney & Prez Prado
Bach Cantatas
Gregorian Chant
Borodin
Satie
Stockhausn
Berio
Rotta
Taj Mahal
J. Hooker
Don Cherry
Mingus
Stitt
C. Brown
E. Ameling
B Holiday
Big Mama Thorton
Sonny Terry & Browni Mcgee
Eno
New Riders Of the Purple Sage
C. Atkins
Ry Cooder
Beth Orton
Cabaret Voltare
K. Jarret
D. Ellington
C. Basie
Dead can Dance
A. Krause
Doors

It really depends(on the latest finds), I listen mostly to instrumental jazz, vocals both classical and jazz, and everything in between. I also have seveal hundred cds.

[colortrakker]

At or near 2000, counting the 45s, 78s, and the couple of Edison discs. I've got a thing for cover versions of hit songs. Especially covers that are way out of character for the performers who did them - Sammy Kaye's Swing & Sway band doing (I Want You) She's So Heavy, for example. Or Sammy Davis Jr. doing the Plop Plop Fizz Fizz song from Alka Seltzer. I've got a lot of '60s and '70s rock and just as much '60s and '70s easy listening (Reader's Digest box sets, anyone?). Some country, jazz, foreign, and a little classical too, but I can't get into that. Just my g-g-g generation, I guess.

[Stanton681EEES]

Hummmmmmmmmmmm my pride and joy is a Hendrix Classic records test pressing in Mono of Axis Bold As Love and I must add I've played it twice and it's scarry to listen to, you get the feeling that Jimi, Noel and Mitch are in the room with me. no BS no other Lp I own has that affect. Plus I got it for a very good price kept telling myself "Oh I'll never win this, when bidding was down and I had won I almost lost it I was so shocked" .
I also have a Yes Rhino autographed 4 CD set it's really cool only listened to it once all the way through. Plus tons of beatles stuff the rare stuff is a fourth proof copy of Sgt Pepper got it from a lady in the UK who is a distant cousin to Sir Paul. My mono white Album which I got for a song and with the prices being what they are these days for those suckers whewwwwwwwwwwww I'm glad i bought it when i did. Plus lot of other Beatles and some sealed first issues keep asking my self why leave em sealed but I just can't do it LOL. :thmbsp:
Stanton

[Jovinyl]

Well If I could Figure out how I can clean my avatar up you can see it is all records but you cant see the other wall just the edge of the book case which you modify with wood stiffeners to support. A lot of old Rock + Roll 60's 70' early 80's. dance,Jazz,C+w,Classical. I was putting them in order in Ca Then I came to Ma. so I know over 6000 Rock + Roll and about 6 or 7000 maybe more to go. Some people Collect Stamps,Some matchbook covers,Some stereo equip.

[twintwelve1484]

somewhere between 250 and 300, guessing. used to have many, many more, but...

Fave record? Badfinger - Straight Up.

[Tonedeaf]

I have about 650 LPs. Mostly rock, classic rock, and 80's rock with some blues and jazz for flavor. Lately, I have been collecting a lot more blues however.
Oh... and they are all my favorites :)

[mg196]

I have tons of my parents 60's rock collections, but my faves are the Lou Reed bootlegs I've been able to scrounge up.

Oh, and my Beatles "Alpha Omega" box set!

[Mike Gibson]

I have a little over 100 LP's. Most of them date from the 60's to mid 70's. I seem to have acquired a really odd mix. Must be because I'm an odd mix :) I go from Led Zep to Steeleye Span to The Gunther Kallman Chorus. Then there are the really strange groups that caught my ear, like Fever Tree, Wishbone Ash, 10 Years After and Robin Trower. Today I found a Heart Dreamboat Annie for .25 that is really nice.

[WhiteSE]

I have about 500, mainly classical, a few Jazz and some staple prog rock i like,,,like Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, etc,,

pride and joy LPs: hard to pick,,,but I would say that the Archive and Hungaroton LP's are the ones I enjoy the most,,,as well as my japanese Denon and RCA direct to disk LP's,,,

[WhiteSE]

4. Orchestrations Astromantic RCA RDCE-6


Kim

WHen ready, I can buy that one off ya.. :D

[melofelo]

i have about 500 LP's..bought from my mid teens to mid-20's...stopped buying vinyl once prices began soaring...but still pick up the odd bit of plastic going cheap in a charity shop every now and then..
fave ?..hm..too difficult to choose..maybe 'bitches brew - miles davis"..maybe "lush life - nancy wilson"...o wait.. :scratch2: maybe its "midnight blue - kenny burrell"..then again the worn grooves of" queen of soul - aretha franklin " desperately needs replacing....oh i got it... :thmbsp: " the immortal otis redding " ! :yes: ...o wait..then there's..."ballads - john coltra....

[gator]

My newly (within the last 4 years or so) acquired collection consists of maybe 1000 Lp's - quite eclectic mix of country/country-rock/singer-songwriter/soul/funk/jazz/latin/easy listening/bubblegum etc. - mostly originals from the 60's/early 70's, some recent reissues...i'm not after "rarities" but, however, I have nothing against owning original copies of perfectly good albums - whether it was the Flying Burrito Brothers debut or say, King-era James Brown...too many faves to pick from, though...

[melofelo]

likewise i'm not too precious about owning originals..unless the grooves themselves are relatively unworn or its a cheap 2nd hand £0.50p gamble...
it frightening just how good a well preserved bit of 40 year old plastic can sound sometimes though..even through the surface noise :D ..or is that 'ambience ' ? :scratch2:

[Yamaha B-2]

About 1200 LPs and 400 CD/SACDs. Add in my brother and we jump up to 3000+ and 1000+.

My favs are about anything that is well recorded (MoFi, Nautilus, Sheffield, DCC, etc.). Most older stuff actually was pretty well recorded. Things went rapidly downhill for vinyl when the CD hit. But has returned to high-quality in the last several years. Japanese pressings for Jazz are also excellent, as are DG and Melodya from Germany and USSR (post and pre Russia).

[Andyman]

I've got over 700 lps and it's growing as now I'm scrounging the thrift and garage sale bins. I also have probably 200+ CDs and 400+ cassettes with a couple dozen reels too. Mainly bluesy stuff and classic rock, with a dose of country rock and folk tossed in and a spot of jazz. Probably about a third of it is original to the 60s and 70s when I bought it new.

You betcha I kick myself in the ass for selling some of it over the years!! :yes:

Faves are really hard to say; it depends on my mood at the moment. Most of it got packed up for storage as a result of the garage fire, but I did keep a dozen or so lps to listen too including Dylans "Blood on the Tracks" a couple Clapton collections, a couple early Wishbone Ash, Butterfield's "East West", TYA "Undead" and some live David Bromberg.

I also kept a copy of Arlo Guthrie "Hobo's Lullaby" that's one fine lp :thmbsp: , despite the fact he's reading a "Thor" comic on the back cover :lmao:

[foetusized]

I've got around 300 records, mostly from the 1980s. Probably split about 50/50 between LPs & shorter formats. Favorites would be a collection of UK imports on 4AD Records, including the Victorialand LP by the Cocteau Twins (plays at 45), and several Colourbox 12" singles & EPs with songs & mixes never released on CD. I'm also fond of my copy of the Magical Mystery Tour EP, a gatefold double 7" with a reduced size copy of the book that came with the LP -- Foe

[jwrags]

Hi Ya'll, just a reader here but wanted to chime in on this thread. I've been recollecting vinyl for about 4 yrs this time around. About 1500 pieces now, all clean. I started back in after I bought my son a turntable. Enjoyed looking thru old vinyl so much for him decided to go back into it for myself.

I've been able to put together everything released to the public on the Capricorn label according to http://bsnpubs.com/atlantic/capricorn.html thru CPN 0227 (1979) Sea Level. Some very strange stuff in there that you never expect from a southern label known mostly for the Allman Bros. There are four catalog numbers that have no titles and the Music Hall of Fame here has so far not been able to help, but we're still looking.

I'm now collecting Roger Dean artwork covers and believe me he did a lot more than Yes covers. Some of these covers are getting stupid expensive so I may just find some other area soon.

My music tastes vary with the day but always go back to Steely Dan and Jethro Tull. Enjoy Blues, Jazz, R&R from 50's thru 70's.

Throw in 600+ CD's, 500+ 8-tracks, 300+cassettes, about 100 pre-recorded R2R's and over 20 gigs of MP3's and I'm pretty much surrounded by tunes and allways looking for more.

Thanks to Ak and the membership I learn something everyday and it's a pleasure for a middle aged phart.

Best, John

[Mr. Snoid]

Wow...no Little Feat (w/Lowell George of course) fans...

[nitrous]

I've got about 5,000 LPs, a few boxes of 45s, & a few 78s.
Been collecting since the late 50s, starting with the Mickey Mouse
Club. Probably have more Beatles albums than any other group (including imports. mono, stereo versions), with Jimi Hendrix pulling in a close 2nd.
My collection spans rock, jazz, folk, folk rock, fusion, big band & classical.
In case you're wondering, I did not buy all of these records. I have friends in the record biz & friends who own record stores (it helps!) :smoke: