Rare Records

Um....about four copies of Famous Blue Raincoat on vinyl (including three-disc 45rpm analogue remaster).

Actually - not that rare then.......

Not in the Duncan household anyway..........

I have U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One on 12 inch - numbered limited release. Did a rummage around the internet a couple of months ago and saw one had sold for about £70 - was quite chuffed and felt like someone on Antiques Roadshow being told their painting was worth several thousand

Sold off a few recently; Genesis "Trespass" 1974 US white label on the ABC label. Also had a test pressing from Speciality Records in Sacramento of the Abacab LP.

And a pile of others....!

My Wife has the Led Zepp 3 LP with the disc that turns giving different pics in the holes on the front. She also has a Pink Floyd album that's a supposed rare pressing, but I can't remember what album it is, or what makes it rare.

I have Faith No More's 'Angel Dust' CD, but the one without their cover of 'Easy (like Sunday morning)' on it. Everyone else I know has the version with 'Easy...' on it.

My CD of Megadeth's 'Rust In Peace' is signed by the band.

I've got quite a few limited edition bits of vinyl and CD including:-

Higher Ground and Taste the Pain - Red Hot Chili Peppers (12" pop out sleeves which make up a chili pepper and the bands logo)

All I Want - U2 ( boxed 12" with poster)

Def Con One - PWEI (12" Doomsday Powermix)

More - The Sisters Of Mercy (CD single in 12" double gatefold sleeve. It folds out to make a large eye of horus)

One - Metallica (12" gatefold single with a 4 page 'A day on the road' tour diary insert. tracks are side 1 One (demo) Side 2 For Whom The Bell Tolls and Creeping Death Live)

We Care A Lot and Anne's Song - Faith No More (12" singles)

Nothings Shocking - Janes Addiction (Album in ribbed rubber sleeve)

Drill Your Own Hole - Gaye Bykers On Acid (Limited edition album without a hole in the centre)

Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd (CD Single)

I was lucky enough to have day release at Leeds College Of Building which is very close to the city centre. They had a large HMV and Virgin Megastore as wel as a couple of good indiependent shops. Most of the limited stuff was easy to come by.

Buckacre - Morning Comes [CD from vinyl master]

i have the dire straits promo disc brothers in arms this was used to promote cd as a new format in 1985 by phillips i think only 200 were made .
i also have the first cd single released onto market the late john martyns angeline.
and quincy jones cd single the dude

NSYGrinner:

Def Con One - PWEI (12" Doomsday Powermix)

Dammit, now I'll have to check my collection but I think I've got that one, got pretty much everything else by them, managed to get Love Missile F1-11 Remix 12"  and, finally, the Very Metal Noise Pollution buzzsaw picture disc EP, which I've been looking for for years, less than a tenner for both of them, so possibly rare, but not valuable really. Got the red vinyl X,Y and Zee boxed 12", and the yellow vinyl version, but, oddly, NOT the black vinyl 12"! Got a few boxed cassette singles of theirs as well (by boxed, I mean in 7" size boxes).

I think I've got pretty much everything by them, but I've actually got more of their t-shirts than records!

I've got loads of Mo'Wax stuff on CDs (also a few vinyls) including their "Jazz Hip Jap Project" double-album (reference "MWCD0001") plus some other early compilations they did.

One question: how do I know my CDs are considered "rare" and what they're worth?

hi all,i have the number of the beast by iron maiden on pic disc as well as piece of mind pic disc from canada signed by bruce dickinson.

I have various Cure rare records, 10", boxed singles, multicolour etc.

Favourite 12" is The Cure - Lullaby on pink vinyl

Used to have 7" Killing an Arab on the Small Wonder label, however when I moved house 7 years ago it was never seen again!

I doubt anyone here has heard of a band called HIM. I have a EP by them called '666 ways to love you' There was rumoured to be only 100 copies ever pressed back in 98' I think. I put it on Ebay last year with a reserve of £650 but it only managed £490. It's still in my HIM collection with their '..And Love Said No' 12" Vinyl Boxset, it's NO.207 out of 666. My rarest collection is my Oasis stuff.

 Oasis - Familiar to Millions(Triple Vinyl)

 Oasis - Rare Vox Box Promo Set

 Oasis - Whatever, 7" white label test pressing

7" vinyl of U2 - One tree hill (only released in New Zealand I believe)
White vinyl of Simple Minds - Sparkle in the rain (numbered)
7" vinyl - Madness - Night boat to Cairo EP

numerous other collectibles for fans but nothing worth much money

Big Chris:

My Wife has the Led Zepp 3 LP with the disc that turns giving different pics in the holes on the front. She also has a Pink Floyd album that's a supposed rare pressing, but I can't remember what album it is, or what makes it rare.

I have Faith No More's 'Angel Dust' CD, but the one without their cover of 'Easy (like Sunday morning)' on it. Everyone else I know has the version with 'Easy...' on it.

My CD of Megadeth's 'Rust In Peace' is signed by the band.

Got that Zep 3 lp as well Chris, great packaging indeed. Also have all the other Zep albums on vinyl, including Physical Graffiti with the cut-out windows and In Through The Out Door in the brown paper sleeve. Not sure about their rarity.... Got most of the Genesis and Yes back catalogue on vinyl too - those glorious Roger Dean gatefolds.

I used to have a (vinyl) copy of Joni Mitchell's Hejira which had 2 of the the songs duplicated on both sides (i.e. side 1 tracks 2 & 3 were the same as side 2 tracks 2 & 3) Strange.