toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I'm going vinyl hunting at this huge antiques warehouse this weekend, and I have a few things I want to look for. I collected records when I was a kid but gave a bunch away, stupidly, when CDs were the rage. I kept all the ones that were really important to me at the time. I've seen a few lists online - 50 albums you must own on vinyl, etc. - but I wouldn't mind knowing what my TRF friends consider to be essential records to have on vinyl. I'm thinking of things that you sit on the couch and listen to, holding the album sleeve on your lap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 It's not an album collection without Van Halen's debut :haz: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 It's not an album collection without Van Halen's debut :haz: I have it on cassette - but yeah, it would be much better on vinyl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) What a cool place to go! I'm jealous! I kind of go by how they were originally issued- I love the convenience of cds, but if they were originally issued on vinyl I like to have a copy of that. Some of my favorites- just because the sound is great for whatever reason- you may already have some- Beach Boys- Pet SoundsThe Who- Who's NextDeep Purple- Machine Head, Made in Japan, In Rock, BurnElton John- 11-17-70Joni Mitchell- Blue, For The Roses, Court and SparkLinda Ronstadt- Heart Like A Wheel, Hasten Down The WindRolling Stones- Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main StreetAllman Brothers- Live at the Fillmore EastMarshall Tucker Band- Where We All BelongBruce Springsteen- Greetings From Asbury Park, Born to Run, Born in the USABeatles- RevolverLed Zeppelin II, III, IVSteely Dan- AjaJackson Browne- Late For The Sky, Running on EmptyNeil Young- HarvestChicago- Chicago IIGrateful Dead- Workingman's Dead, American Beauty I dunno, feel like all these are so obvious but maybe not. Heres some less obvious ones- Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus (live album that's excellent)Earth, Wind and Fire- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 Ok I'll try to think of a few more deeper track ones . . . Edited March 24, 2021 by blueschica 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 London Calling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 OK a few more; I feel like these are so obvious and there are a lot of people on here that could come up with a better list but I will try. :P Traffic- Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys; John Barleycorn Must Die Rod Stewart- Every Picture Tells A Story, Gasoline Alley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the list. I have some of these on vinyl: Beach Boys- Pet Sounds - will have to try that one again....The Who- Who's Next - good choiceDeep Purple- Machine Head, Made in Japan, In Rock, Burn - I don't have any purple at all except for that one comeback album (Perfect Strangers? shameful, I know)Elton John- 11-17-70 - good choiceJoni Mitchell- Blue, For The Roses, Court and Spark - I have Blue and C&S on CDLinda Ronstadt- Heart Like A Wheel, Hasten Down The Wind - never really listened to much of herRolling Stones- Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street - got 'em on vinyl!Allman Brothers- Live at the Fillmore East - got it on vinyl, and in an album frameMarshall Tucker Band- Where We All Belong - don't know itBruce Springsteen- Greetings From Asbury Park, Born to Run, Born in the USA - could never really warm up, but I do have the last twoBeatles- Revolver - good choice, if I can find itLed Zeppelin II, III, IV - got 'em on vinyl!Steely Dan- Aja - got itJackson Browne- Late For The Sky, Running on Empty - might look for RunningNeil Young- Harvest - got itChicago- Chicago II - good choice!Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead, American Beauty - I have no Dead at all I dunno, feel like all these are so obvious but maybe not. Heres some less obvious ones- Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus (live album that's excellent) - I remember owning a Little Feat album when I was younger, but what the heck was it? Possibly...Feets Don't Fail Me Now? Is that a title? I think it was a live album . . . so maybe it's the one you've mentioned.Earth, Wind and Fire- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 - cool choice, too. Ok I'll try to think of a few more deeper track ones . . . Thanks for the list. This place we're going to is huge - three floors of a massive warehouse, with tons of vendors and lots of albums. I'm going to come home with that sore neck you get when you've flipping through albums for hours! Edited March 24, 2021 by toymaker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 London Calling Got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 OK a few more; I feel like these are so obvious and there are a lot of people on here that could come up with a better list but I will try. :P Traffic- Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys; John Barleycorn Must Die - I used to have John Barleycorn Rod Stewart- Every Picture Tells A Story, Gasoline Alley - I've got Every Picture on CD - awesome album 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to?Well I have a lot of different stuff, RUSH obviously, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, Dio, loads of stuff actually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Oh dude, how cool! I'd love to go shopping in that environment...ideally with a lot of disposable cash, lol. Hmmmmm essential vinyl records eh? top tier:Rumors - Fleetwood MacHunky Dory - David Bowie (and Ziggy Stardust too)Abby Road - The BeatlesSongs In The Key Of Life - Stevie WonderPurple Rain - PrinceThriller - Michael JacksonIn The Court Of The Crimson King - King CrimsonSynchronicity - The Police2112 - Rush (duh)The Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And NicoClose To The Edge - Yes (gatefold necessary, that inner cover is to die for)A Night At The Opera - Queen honorable mentinos:She's So Unusual - Cyndi LauperOff The Wall - Michael JacksonInnervisions - Stevie Wonder And of course there are many more, but that's why collecting is a hobby and not a one time thing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to?Well I have a lot of different stuff, RUSH obviously, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, Dio, loads of stuff actually. What Thin Lizzy should I look for? Jailbreak? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to?Well I have a lot of different stuff, RUSH obviously, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, Dio, loads of stuff actually. What Thin Lizzy should I look for? Jailbreak? Jailbreak is the essential one, absolutely. Forgot to put that on my list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to?Well I have a lot of different stuff, RUSH obviously, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, Dio, loads of stuff actually. What Thin Lizzy should I look for? Jailbreak?Live and Dangerous, Black Rose, Chinatown, Renegade, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation, Johnny the Fox, Thunder and Lightning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Oh dude, how cool! I'd love to go shopping in that environment...ideally with a lot of disposable cash, lol. Hmmmmm essential vinyl records eh? top tier:Rumors - Fleetwood Mac - got it!Hunky Dory - David Bowie (and Ziggy Stardust too) - will check it outAbby Road - The Beatles - got itSongs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder - yeah ... that's one that disappearedPurple Rain - Prince - no way that's gonna happen (ha ha)Thriller - Michael Jackson - my aunt gave me that long ago . . . it may have become a dart boardIn The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson - that's on the list, even though I've never been able to warm to itSynchronicity - The Police - got it2112 - Rush (duh) - got the 8 track, two copies on vinyl, the CD, the remastered CD, the other remastered CD, and the boxThe Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico - could never warm up to itClose To The Edge - Yes (gatefold necessary, that inner cover is to die for) - got it!A Night At The Opera - Queen - got it - what I need to look for is Sheer Heart Attack honorable mentinos:She's So Unusual - Cyndi LauperOff The Wall - Michael JacksonInnervisions - Stevie Wonder And of course there are many more, but that's why collecting is a hobby and not a one time thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the list. I have some of these on vinyl: Beach Boys- Pet Sounds - will have to try that one again....The Who- Who's Next - good choiceDeep Purple- Machine Head, Made in Japan, In Rock, Burn - I don't have any purple at all except for that one comeback album (Perfect Strangers? shameful, I know)Elton John- 11-17-70 - good choiceJoni Mitchell- Blue, For The Roses, Court and Spark - I have Blue and C&S on CDLinda Ronstadt- Heart Like A Wheel, Hasten Down The Wind - never really listened to much of herRolling Stones- Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street - got 'em on vinyl!Allman Brothers- Live at the Fillmore East - got it on vinyl, and in an album frameMarshall Tucker Band- Where We All Belong - don't know itBruce Springsteen- Greetings From Asbury Park, Born to Run, Born in the USA - could never really warm up, but I do have the last twoBeatles- Revolver - good choice, if I can find itLed Zeppelin II, III, IV - got 'em on vinyl!Steely Dan- Aja - got itJackson Browne- Late For The Sky, Running on Empty - might look for RunningNeil Young- Harvest - got itChicago- Chicago II - good choice!Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead, American Beauty - I have no Dead at all I dunno, feel like all these are so obvious but maybe not. Heres some less obvious ones- Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus (live album that's excellent) - I remember owning a Little Feat album when I was younger, but what the heck was it? Possibly...Feets Don't Fail Me Now? Is that a title? I think it was a live album . . . so maybe it's the one you've mentioned.Earth, Wind and Fire- Greatest Hits, Vol 1 - cool choice, too. Ok I'll try to think of a few more deeper track ones . . . Thanks for the list. This place we're going to is huge - three floors of a massive warehouse, with tons of vendors and lots of albums. I'm going to come home with that sore neck you get when you've flipping through albums for hours! Sounds like fun! I own about half of these on vinyl right now, I would guess. I've got to get the rest back! I've gifted most of these titles to my son over the years for birthdays and now I think he has a better collection than me! :lol: Had so much vinyl originally and lost most of it when our family room flooded. It was when cds where coming out so we replaced the vinyl with cds. Ive been rebuilding; the vinyl sound is so awesome! Edited March 24, 2021 by blueschica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Oh dude, how cool! I'd love to go shopping in that environment...ideally with a lot of disposable cash, lol. Hmmmmm essential vinyl records eh? top tier:Rumors - Fleetwood Mac - got it!Hunky Dory - David Bowie (and Ziggy Stardust too) - will check it outAbby Road - The Beatles - got itSongs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder - yeah ... that's one that disappearedPurple Rain - Prince - no way that's gonna happen (ha ha)Thriller - Michael Jackson - my aunt gave me that long ago . . . it may have become a dart boardIn The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson - that's on the list, even though I've never been able to warm to itSynchronicity - The Police - got it2112 - Rush (duh) - got the 8 track, two copies on vinyl, the CD, the remastered CD, the other remastered CD, and the boxThe Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico - could never warm up to itClose To The Edge - Yes (gatefold necessary, that inner cover is to die for) - got it!A Night At The Opera - Queen - got it - what I need to look for is Sheer Heart Attack honorable mentinos:She's So Unusual - Cyndi LauperOff The Wall - Michael JacksonInnervisions - Stevie Wonder And of course there are many more, but that's why collecting is a hobby and not a one time thing. Aww, I forgot Hunky Dory! Such a good album. I figured you would have some great ideas! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Sorry to hear about the flood. I had a similar situation where I lost all the artwork I did in school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Sorry I can't really add much to this thread - All my old vinyl is in the attic and I last owned a turntable 25 years ago.I guess vinyl is not really essential for me anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I kept quite a lot of my 80's vinyl and a few 70's ones. which ones are you most glad you held on to?Well I have a lot of different stuff, RUSH obviously, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, Dio, loads of stuff actually. What Thin Lizzy should I look for? Jailbreak?Live and Dangerous, Black Rose, Chinatown, Renegade, Jailbreak, Bad Reputation, Johnny the Fox, Thunder and Lightning.You missed Fighting. That's my favourite Lizzy album 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 You missed one! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Got it, got it, got it, got it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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