The vinyl collecting thread...

Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy 2 LP with bonus CD
Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis

King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas (12" picture disc single)
Thin Lizzy - Live '77 (gatefold/clear vinyl)

Holy Grail - Dark Passenger - 7"

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (Warner/Reprise). Early pressing that still has the original pop-up figures of the band members when you open the gatefold. I used to have a later pressing of this LP and that feature was removed. According to what I could find on the internet the pop-up figures were only included in the '69 and '70 pressings.

Found this photo online:


2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM Records) - one of my favorite soundtracks, I actually owned a copy of this in my pre-teen years but it was lost sometime around 1981, so it's nice to find another copy.

Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode
Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Loudness - Lightning Strikes

Eyesore wrote:

Latest vinyl.

If you dig this guy, I highly recommend anything Nick Curran has released. He did this kind of stuff for years. Unfortunately he died recently from cancer.

ultmetal wrote:

I kick myself in the butt sometimes for not getting 12" singles way back when/then. The sleeve artwork on alot them are rippin'.

Nice score

Are the b-sides single tunes or two ? Album tracks or other ?

James B. wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I kick myself in the butt sometimes for not getting 12" singles way back when/then. The sleeve artwork on alot them are rippin'.

Nice score

Are the b-sides single tunes or two ? Album tracks or other ?

Dio (2) ‎– Holy Diver
Vertigo
Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM
1983
A Holy Diver
B Evil Eyes [exclusive track]

Of course Evil Eyes was re-recorded for "Last in Line" a year later.

Dio ‎– Rainbow In The Dark
Vertigo
Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM
1983
A Rainbow In The Dark
B Stand Up And Shout [B-side recorded live at Castle Donnington 1983]

I also have the 12" single of Rainbow in the Dark

Dio ‎– Rainbow In The Dark
Vertigo
Vinyl, 12", Single
1983
A Rainbow In The Dark
B1 Stand Up And Shout
B2 Straight Through The Heart
[B-side tracks recorded live at Castle Donnington 1983]

Thanks Scott

thought those were 12" at first glance

is "evil eyes" much different than Last In Line version ?

It's different, but not vastly different. You can just tell it's not the same recording, though the song structure, etc. is exactly the same. I think the guitar solo might be a little different. It's more of a collector's thing than anything else.

Here's the 12"

Interesting how they did the "creature" in a lighter color than on the album covers.

Which leads me to this question, anyone know if there ever was a name for it ?

James B. wrote:

Interesting how they did the "creature" in a lighter color than on the album covers.

Which leads me to this question, anyone know if there ever was a name for it ?

I believe the Dio camp informally referred to the critter as "Murray"

Fat Freddy wrote:

James B. wrote:

Interesting how they did the "creature" in a lighter color than on the album covers.

Which leads me to this question, anyone know if there ever was a name for it ?

I believe the Dio camp informally referred to the critter as "Murray"

Somehow, I knew you'd be the one with the answer

Thunderfire -s/t
DC Star picture disc

I have a U.K release of Slayer Show no Mercy that although being a Roadrunner release has the Music For Nations logo on the back cover. It also has a lyric insert rather than a lyric sleeve. I live in the U.K and have owned various copies of this record since 1985 and have never come across this release before and have tried to find info on it but have failed miserably Anyone know whether this is an early or later release?

As for rare records owned, I would guess that some of the rarest are

Bathory - Bathory (Black Mark 2nd pressing, 1st with white goat with insert)
Megadeth - Youthanasia (Korean black vinyl)
Celtic Frost - Tragic Seranades (Noise pic disc)
Black Sabbath - Volume 4 (Vertigo Spaceship label)
Dark Angel - We have Arrived - (Skull cut out pic disc)

[quote="Boris2008"]I have a U.K release of Slayer Show no Mercy that although being a Roadrunner release has the Music For Nations logo on the back cover. It also has a lyric insert rather than a lyric sleeve. I live in the U.K and have owned various copies of this record since 1985 and have never come across this release before and have tried to find info on it but have failed miserably Anyone know whether this is an early or later release?

My understanding is that Roadrunner was initially set up for U.S bands to get distribution in Europe and maybe Music For Nations was licensed to have those releases released in Britian at that same time period. I think the same scenario was done with Music For Nations in Britain for Combat and some Enigma releases as well.

Thanks, that must be the case. It was just that in many years I have never seen any other copy like this.

XINR - s/t (white vinyl)
Pÿlon - Harrowing of Hell (gatefold/blue vinyl)

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Except the great music, Tyton has probably my all time favorite cover!

Aerosmith - Come Together/Kings & Queens (Japanese 7")
Saint Vitus - Lille: F-65
Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (w/ lyric sleeve)
Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy (gatefold/Light in the Attic 180 gram reissue w/ poster and booklet)

ultmetal wrote:

Aerosmith - Come Together/Kings & Queens (Japanese 7")
Saint Vitus - Lille: F-65
Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (w/ lyric sleeve)
Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy (gatefold/Light in the Attic 180 gram reissue w/ poster and booklet)

great haul

I have that Savage Grace on picture disc

Is "come together" the version from that movie or "greatest hits". I had thought they were different, but perhaps I'm mistaken ?

Thanks for posting the cover of that....great live photo

James B. wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Aerosmith - Come Together/Kings & Queens (Japanese 7")
Saint Vitus - Lille: F-65
Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (w/ lyric sleeve)
Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy (gatefold/Light in the Attic 180 gram reissue w/ poster and booklet)

great haul

I have that Savage Grace on picture disc

Is "come together" the version from that movie or "greatest hits". I had thought they were different, but perhaps I'm mistaken ?

Thanks for posting the cover of that....great live photo

It's from the movie. There is another "Come Together" 7" with a picture of the band wearing their Future Villain Band outfits.