What is the most $ you have spent on vinyl?


Just curious how much some members might have spent on an album?
So to qualify I mean a regular single/double album not a box set.

I am wondering as I have just one album to buy to complete a collection but I am baulking at the high price tag.

Maybe if I get some perspective it might not seem so bad!
uberwaltz

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The OP's question stipulated the price for a single LP, not a boxset. Ignoring that stipulation if I may, my taste in music and the resulting LP's I have looked for has not required me to spend more than I care to for any single disc. But I HAVE spent much more for some of the great Mono boxsets that have come out in the recent past---The Beatles, Dylan, and some of the great boxsets that some of the UK (ACE) and German (Bear Family---fantastic!) companies put out in the 80's-90's, of 1950's Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Hillbilly, Bluegrass, R & B, and Blues artists. Money MUCH better spent than the audiophile reissues that sell for $30-$50 (and more) /disc.

I admit the Analog Productions reissues are really well done, and well worth their selling price. My dilemma is, do I REALLY need the AP version of Cat Steven's Tea For The Tillerman? The sound of my original UK Island (yeah, the pink label one) is astounding, and though the AP reissue may be even better, I don't like the music enough to care. My funds are not unlimited, and I'd rather spend the $50 on three or four LP's of new music. 

I like to see people have more invested in their music libraries than their hi-fi systems.
Damn whart (and you others), your bank account must be mighty healthy! Luckily, my taste in music is not that of most people’s, so anything I’m looking for is not that high in demand. I still need an original UK Sire (9103-251) pressing of the Flamin’ Groovies masterpiece Shake Some Action (produced by the great Dave Edmunds). Mint or Mint- only!
Assuming you are speaking of an out-of-print collectable/rare LP, $30 for a Mint UK copy of an early 70’s album, the price I have set as my ceiling. I’ve learned that if you can muster a little patience, and just pass on an over-priced copy of an album you want, another reasonably-priced copy will eventually come along. Same with an over-priced component!