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What was the best vintage LP you have ever found and why was it so?

I am a prolific vinyl collector.  I think that I have almost every album that I ever purchased but I often wondered what happened to an album I used to play a lot in grade school.. 
Some of mt records are collectible.  However, one of my very best memories (not just LP related!)
was when a friend visited me from out of town.  It was snowing and most shops downtown had closed.
We found a thrift store and as I thumbed through a box of albums they had sitting on the floor, I spied
a treasure from my childhood.  It was an old Christmas album that I played over and over in 6th grade.  
When I saw the album cover I couldn't believe it.  I had forgotten the name of the record, but I instantly recognized the cover.  It was in excellent condition and I think I paid something like fifty cents for it.  I play it a lot at Christmas, and even pull it out and play it a few times during the year.  Music therapy!
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RCA LSC-2436 - Respighi:  Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome - Chicago Symphony cond. by Solti.  I have a 1s/1s copy, which is exceedingly rare - Canfield's 2000 edition cites NM value at $750.00.

I paid $10.00 for my copy which I found several years ago at a used record store.  It isn't NM (marred by a scratch on Side 1 that's audible for 2 or 3 minutes), but - aside from the scratch - it plays beautifully.
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