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

04-30-07: Restock
My almost complete collection of Tom Waits Records.

Yeah, I had no idea. A minty fresh copy of Swordfishtrombones fell into my possession recently, and it blew me away, both sonically and artistically.

Is it just me, or is this one of the best recorded and reproduced albums in *any* medium--analog, tape, direct-to-disk, digital, reproduced to tape, vinyl, CD, DVD, or SACD?
Frank Sinatra's albums on Capitol (the ones recorded in the 50s). Of these, I think In the Wee Small Hours is one of my favorites. Listening to them is a Sunday tradition.
My original Mono Beatles Parlophones (Rubber Soul, Help, Beatles for sale, Revolver). 45 RPM Fantasy jazz reissues. Bootleg Ry Cooder in concert. Bootlegs of Tom Waits, the Stones and a radio promo show of the Dead..... And about anything from when I was a kid (sentimental value).

Chris