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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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dekay
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Not weird is an 1980's box set of Fred Astaire recordings by The Easton Press (mono).

Weird:

-1950's educational LP of jump rope rhymes recorded in NYC

-a 1960's set (6) of "official" figure skating music LP's.

If I listen to the figure skating LP's during a heat wave the temperature in the listening room seems to drop 15-20 degrees.

Looked for other recordings of jump rope rhymes, but struck out.
  
Thought about contacting Jonathan Demme to see if he had any interest in doing a documentary on such, but never got around to it (too late now).

DeKay 
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oregonpapa
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When I was in Junior High, I worked part-time at the old Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles on Olive Street. The pay was 65 cents per hour. The minimum wage at the time was 75 cents per hour, but they deducted ten cents per hour for your meals.

Long story short ... my first record purchase was a 78 rpm record of the great tenor saxophonist Joe Houston that I bought for fifty-cents, which was almost an hour’s pay.

I still remember the tunes. On the first side ... it was "Go Joe Go!" The second side was "All Night Long."

Take a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7RMsNYvKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGdohgbuRqY

Frank


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rshak
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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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dweller
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10 years old walking down the alley north side of Chicago. Some old timer must have kicked and building landlord through their stuff In the alley. Found huge stack of 78s from years gone by. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition", "Bocha-Me-Bocha-You" (Rosemary Cloony - 1952). Must have been 30 of them. Long lost but fun at the time.
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path2one
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Santana “Lotus” Japanese pressing. The most elaborate folding and art ever done on any album. The Japanese must really love Santana. It’s a true masterpiece of Love and “Live recordings” I cannot find an American pressing that is as complex in the fold outs. It’s very beautiful 🙏🏻
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