sure am glad i discovered this site! i have been having a great time here.alot of you have got some great record collections,whats some of your most prized vinyl?

Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks", white label promo copy in mint condition.

ive got an old promo myself,the yardbirds,never have played it.

All of my half-speed masters. They sound ten times better than a standard mastering.

ive heard of these mentioned before,what exactly is a half speed master?

Out of the top of my head:

Mint copy of Kind Of Blue, six eye with the inverted tunes error side 2 label.

Mint copy of Mingus Ah Um, six eye original pressing.

VG+ copy of Vytas Brenner's La Ofrenda, original pressing.

VG+ copy of Trane's Giant Steps, stereo "bullseye" pressing

NM copy of Silvio Rodriguez's Dias y Flores, british Hannibal pressing

NM copy of Charly Garcia's Piano bar, original Argentine pressing.

NM copy of Coltrane's Blue Train, original blue note

and a few more around my collection... :D

ive heard of these mentioned before,what exactly is a half speed master?

like the name implies it means everything is done at half speed. Original master tape is played back at half speed and so is the cutting lathe. Claims include greater headroom from the amps driving the cutter, and a more accurate "carving" of the groove by the cutting stylus (it has twice the time to do so).

thanks for the info!were these readily available to record buyers? i dont remember ever seeing one.

My autographed Ernest Tubb Story.
Aum- Bluesvibes
Every John Hartford album I have
A test pressing of Taj Mahal's Music Fuh Ya
A Japanese pressing of V. Morrison's Into The Music

and a bunch more

thanks for the info!were these readily available to record buyers? i dont remember ever seeing one.

Yes, they were first introduced by such firms as Sheffield Labs & Telarc in the late 1970s. MFSL or Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs pretty much made their reputation on them. Nautilus was another label devoted to half-mastering.

Even CBS/Columbia and RCA had some special releases done in half-mastering.

I do believe these discs provide exceptional fidelity, way beyond a regular pressing. I particularly prefer the MFSL and Nautilus ones.

Slowly unboxing long stored LPs and I 've run across these these prized albums so far:
Dave Mason --- Alone Together (mudpie)
Nazz --- Nazz (red vinyl, mono, Todd Rudgren's first band)
King Crimson --- Dr. D (live bootleg recorded in Atlanta 6/23/73 with unreleased track Dr. D)
The Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet --- Breakthrough (direct metal mastering, digitally remastered, audiophile edition, premium quality vinyl--bougth it unopened for $6 years ago and it's the best sounding record I have.

Still looking for that laser etched Split Enz record. . .

i've got a laser etched ultravox,and several red vinyl.what does red vinyl signify anyway.

Aum- Bluesvibes

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Interesting.


Carl

Strangeband,,,,did you get the King Crimson boot leg at the place off 285 and 85 just about? circlesky records i think?

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Interesting.


Carl

For the record, I have no idea why I posted that.

red vinyl signifies red dye added to the naturally clear vinyl. that's about it. however, i am a sucker for colored vinyl, and will buy it whenever i see it.

Uh huh, yeah sure. :lmao:


Carl

i dont know,,,I have so many that I just like so much...

but if i had to choose...

Uk plum label of Yes's Fragile
Bootleg "In The Round"...Yes at Long Beach 1974
All my Richard Thompson LP's
Opus 3 classical releases, especially the guitar ones.
Steve Howe's Turbulence on LP, signed by him.

Strangeband,,,,did you get the King Crimson boot leg at the place off 285 and 85 just about? circlesky records i think?


Actually, it was a gift many years ago, and I'm not sure where the giver got it. I'm not familiar with circlesky records but perhaps I should be. WUXTRY has lots of interesting LPs (North Decatur and Clairmont)

yeah, I wished I hadnt moved to SOuth GA....all internet buys lately...

"A Christmas Gift To You" (a/k/a The Phil Spector Christmas Album), '63 test pressing, white hand-written label. Mono, of course.

MoFi Grateful Dead "American Beauty"
MoFi Beatles "Abbey Road"
MoFi Little Feat "Waiting for Columbus"
"Charlie Byrd" (Crystal Clear 45-rpm direct to disc, white vinyl)
"Buddy Knox" (promotional copy of his first -- only? -- album)
Grateful Dead "AOXOMOXOA" (original mix, green W7 label)

Pet Sounds (mono) - Beach Boys

The Mothers Of Invention _ Freak Out.1966.
Pink Foyd _ The Piper At Gates Of Dawn. 1967.
Pink Floyd _ A Saucerful Of Secrets. 1968.

clint.

I have a pristine copy of the Rolling Stones Satanic Majesties Request in Stereo with the hologram intact. The record is perfect. Been played about a dozen times. My Mono copy is totally trashed.
I aso have an unopened copy, still with the clear plastic wrap and green Record World sticker($2.49) of Sgt. Peppers.