What are the treasures in your vinyl library?


They don't have to be the collector's items, necessarily. I'm just asking, what is your short list of LPs in your personal library that you prize the most (maximum 5)?

I'll start:

Diana Krall: "From This Moment On" from Classic Records, mastered on a tube cutter

Buddy Rich: "Class of '78", Direct-to-disk recording of my favorite drummer leading the best incarnation of his band

Muddy Waters: "Folk Singer", not MFSL or German pressing or original pressing or anything fancy, just a Chess/MCA 1987 reissue LP that puts you in the room with Muddy

I also have a 35mm Everest recording of Mozart woodwind sonatas that I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul for $1. It's old and a little ragged, but that 35mm mag tape really puts the players right there in the living room.
johnnyb53
The Skatalites "LATIN GOES SKA" on Treasure Isle Records. I paid $0.50 many years ago; it may be "worth" $500, but I love it for its utter charm.

"Korea Blues/Everynight About This Time", Fats Domino on Imperial blue label. One of the Fatman's first single and believed to be his first on 45RPM

The Godz on ESP, my favorite label.

Julius Hemphill DOGAN A.D. on Mbari (original release), a rare classic by one of my favorite under-rated (but then, there are so many . . .) players and composers.

Mazeltov Mis Amigos by Juan Calle and His Latin Landsmen, featuring Doc Cheatem, Ray Barretto, Clark Terry, and Charlie Palmieri playing latinized versions of Yiddish chestnuts. On paper it sounds like a cheesy disaster, but they are playing it for real, and really hitting

The Cramps "Human Fly" Vengeance Records 45 with the glow in the dark cover.
horace silver - six pieces of silver deep groove blue note

Miles Davis - someday my prince will come six eye

coltrane - favorite things atlantic

monk - riverside box set

guster - latest one

many japanese pressings from early 80's Eno, Genesis, Bowie, Talking Heads, etc
Don Sebesky's "Giant Box". ALL THE CTI folks. Two record set, Recorded in 1973. Almost impossible to find sealed. Paid a pretty penny for my last one. Players include: Herbert Laws, Freddie Hubbard, Paul Desmond, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Jackie Can, Roy Kral, Joe Farrell, Grover Washington, Jr., George Benson, Airto, Milt Jackson, this is a record of the Gods. I've owned several copies of this recording dating back to the original purchase in 1977. If you get a chance, listen to it on CD, and then begin the search for the vinyl because you absolutely must possess this.
I remember my nephew had this and I remember enjoying it. A local used record store has a used one. I'll have to check out whether its condition is good enough for me to pick up. If not, I know of another used record store that probably has a few copies.

Thanks for the tip.
Miles Davis Vol1, Blue Note Lexington Ave press.
Introducing the Beatles.. Vee Jay stereo pressing
Songs Pictures and Stories.. Beatles gatefold
LSC 2446 Scheharazade Shaded Dog 10s 10s press
LSC 1817 Gaite Parisienne 1s 1s shaded dog press
LSC 2436 Pines of Rome 1s 1s shaded dog press
MSFL Ella and Louis again sealed
Casino Royale.. Colgems 3s 3s press
and many more..