Hey. Bare with me, longish comment. I don’t have any real rare, expensive albums like you showed, but I do have a story regarding my most expensive. UK pressing of unknown pleasures. Guy puts on a local ad to sell the album for $25. I got lucky cause the ad had just been put up. I took it. When we were figuring out the details he asked if I wanted UK copy of closer. $25 as well. Took him up on the offer. When I picked them up they were both mint first pressings. Turns out the guy lived in London in late 70’s early 80’s and picked them up when they first came out. I thought I’d got a steal of a deal so I was happy. A few months later I was telling a friend and he said imagine if it was the first UK copy that when you hold it to a light it shows a red tint. Got home and sure enough it was that variant. Medium value about $300. Love your channel. Keep it up.
Rarest record in my collection is an original press of Ode to Quetzalcoatl by Dave Bixby. I found it in a Kansas thrift store for like $2. I had it in my collection for around a year until I looked it up online and saw that perfect copies have sold for over 1k. Apparently 500 copies were pressed and sold to fund a cult the artist had fallen in with after burning himself out on LSD in the 60s. There's a short documentary on UA-cam about the album. Although I was a broke college student, I never sold it and it's my favorite record in my collection!
I had quite a similar experience back in the 70s in a (straight/lol) bookstore in Berkeley. I caught sight of a rack full of underground comix that had obviously never aroused any desire in that bookstore's customers. The books had the original price tags on them (mostly 50 cents). I bought them all and the people there were so happy to finally get rid of their shelf warmers, not knowing that the books were sold meanwhile each of them for several dozen dollars. The best of them was "Slow Death #1" which was 50 cents as well - however "outside" it was sold for 50 dollars/LOL!
You sum it up perfectly. I love my collection and have no desire to sell. You’ve inspired me me to get more - supporting my local vinyl seller. No room for any more but just enjoy it.
Memories: I actually saw Orange Wedge in concert many years ago. They opened up for Iron Butterfly. Before the concert, The guitarist and lead singer were interviewed on our local TV station. They showed a copy of the first LP and I have lusted after a copy ever since. If you ever find a copy of that first LP please show it on your channel.
Orange Wedge are a Baltimore band. They privately pressed their only 2 albums. Both very low quantities. Reissues are available. I too saw them in concert at Dundalk Steelworkers Hall in Dundalk, Maryland. Great show !
I've been collectin' records since age 12 'n have worked in record stores most o' my life. I watched this video 'n listened to many tracks from the rare albums you recommended. Every song I heard was fantastic! Thank you for sharin' yer musical knowledge 'n turnin' me on to these incredible artists I would never have heard. You rule O.K.!
By far the rarest and most valuable record in my collection is an original pressing of Sol. Found it at an antique shop of all places for a steal of a price!
I checked out the Trevor Dandy tune and yep it's awesome. I been digging through my collection trying to think of stuff you may not have heard. One that I forgot about is Rachel Sweet - "It's so different here" from the album "Fool Around". It was sampled by the Beatnuts a long time ago and it's great! Rest of the album not so great lol. The most mind-blowing sample I found so far routing through my 7" singles has to be Labi Siffre - "I got the...". When the Eminem break kicks in half way through the track it's quite something, I don't have the LP but it's off "Remember My Song" (1975). I wish Discogs had a section for records without covers, a section for covers with no records and maybe a section for signed items. It would be so much more useful if they did that! Take it easy dude!!!!
Just curious if any of these ring a bell. Henry Gross: “Plug Me Into Something”, Trapeze: “YouAre The Music We Are The Band” , Trapeze: “Hot Wire” , or a band Called “Baby” from the texas panhandle i do believe? All these were early 70’s just good ol rock and roll around about the same time as the first rush album and aerosmith “Get Your Wings” era!
My most valuable records are classical, but nothing over $1000. My most valuable one is probably the Mahler 2nd blue-and-silver SAX, worth about $750. No Kogans, unfortunately - I remember back in the 90s they sold for $200-400.
So nice to see Placebo featured here. Great record, by the late great Marc Moulin. He is also the guy from Telex, another great Belgian band, and apparantly an inspiration for ZZ Top in the 80s.
Dryewater and Truly And Janey both sounded like something I listened to on my Emerson headphones 🎧 back in the day on FM radio and zoned out just fine. The value is in the sound.
i saw a population II album that sold for over $1,100 on ebay. it had a large X in marker on the back cover. i paid $35.00 for an original copy in the late eighties. i got it, silver metre, and mint tattoo because of the blue cheer connection. i would never sell my randy holden either. it has that same poke hole through the record label
Excellent collection! Nice to meet music obsessed people like myself. I think searching for the albums are as fun listening To them. I am always On the lookout for new or old undiscovered music. Great channel!
Could you please do a video on selecting a phonograph/record player? Also, the receiver/amplifier, or anything else needed to get back to playing my albums? I have kept them all these years, but no longer have a record player. Thanks!
OK Dylan, I just listened to The Dog That Bit People all the way through...normally, this early 70's stuff doesn't do too much for me, but damn...this really resonated with me. It's beautiful. It's fantastic. There's serious talent behind it. Everything about it is absolutely phenomenal. I can see why this is a desirable record. It's fan-friggin-tastic! I may have to buy that German reissue from 2012 asap. Sometimes you only get the chance to make one artistic statement, and fi so, if this is the one you get to make...amazing.
One thing I would be interested to see is a discussion of your rare records that have been reissued and maybe if they're available. Some of these titles I'd be interested to get in my collection, but I don't need to have the OP of it. I'm assuming that in some cases you are familiar with the reissues. I totally slept on that reissue of No Rest for the Wicked by Truth and Janey, I wish Rockadrome would do another run of them.
i finally clicked tha tSUBSCRIBE button after spending the last few nights "looking around". im not a record collector, but i am a sports card collector, and appreciate the knowledge you share. i love learning, no matter the hobby. I enjoy your accent, reminds me of Jason Isbell
You can tell the Mighty Baby record has an eastern tinge to it because they're sitting on rugs. I can imagine that conversation. "What would best symbolize what this album is about?" "Let's get some rugs and sit on em' "
NEVER saw a Sainte Anthony's Fyre original for sale and I've been looking for one for 25-30 years. Lucky that you found one. Didn't you say you found a copy of Maggot Brain late one rainy night, in an out of the way house, out in the middle of nowhere ? I thought you mentioned that in another video ?
Wow, I am drooling here!! I want them all. Ok, here’s my top 10: 10. Andromeda - s/t, CBS 9. Dr. Z - Three Parts…, Vertigo 8. Locomotive - We are everything u see, Parlophone 7. Cressida - Asylum, Vertigo 6. My Solid Ground - s/t, Bacillus 5. The Human Beast - Volume one, Decca 4. Tudor Lodge - s/t, Vertigo 3. Zarathustra - s/t, Metronome 2. Zakarrias - s/t, Deram 1. Linda Hoyle - Pieces of me, Vertigo
@@noblerecords Thanks! But as you say, the median on Discogs can be a bit misleading. I have both an original German pressing of Fuzzy Duck and a Swedish original of Blueset that should be in the top for sure...
Love your videos. Also love reading the comments on here. My most valuable record (not just Discogs but also love having a piece of vinyl history) original 12" LP pressing Nathan Milstein - Mendelssohn: Concerto In E Minor For Violin And Orchestra Op. found at local thrift shop. The envelope is in decent shape still too.
My top ten is probably: 10. Arcadium - Breath awhile, Middle Earth. 9. Locomotive - We are everything... Parlophone. 8. Bobak, Jons... - Motherlight, Morgan Bluetown. 7. Fresh Maggots - s/t, RCA Victor. 6. Czar - s/t, Fontana. 5. The Human Beast - Volume One, Decca (Black rimmed sleeve). 4. Andwella's Dream - Love and Poetry, CBS. 3. July - s/t, Major Minor. 2. Pussy - Pussy Plays, Morgan Bluetown. 1. Room - Pre-flight, Deram. There were other contenders for the list such as The Parlour Band, Spring, Comus, Sam Gopal, Cressida, etc etc. Seems to be mostly UK stuff from around 67 to 72 that I have.
I like the Placebo records, but nowhere near as much as Marc Moulin's solo record, SAM SUFFY, from 1975, worth many hundreds of dollars and rarely turns up anymore - *that's* a grail for me. I used to have the 90's UK vinyl reissue, and even that goes for $40+ now. Unbelievable jazz-funk - "Tohubohu" gets my vote for Dopest Song Of All Time.
Dillon, I just want to say I’m so happy for you and your family and you’re growth between the record store and the content you put out. Thank you for taking us all on this journey with you through your UA-cam videos. I live in Jersey but one of these days I need to take a trip down there and empty my wallet out haha. Stay safe out there man 🙏
Rare to me. At a pawnbroker in 1984 I bought Dark Side of the Moon, $2 that had: "Not 4 Sale Promotion use 5KA Adelaide" (A radio station in South Australia) The cover is Harvest logo...
My top 10 (I think) Victor pereinos kingdom come - no man's land Leaf hound - Growers of mushroom Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat Pussy - Pussy Plays New Dawn - There's a new dawn Norman Haines Band - Den of iniquity (closely related to Locomotive) Ya ho wa 13 - I'm gonna take you home Human Beast - Vol 1 Nosferatu - Nosferatu Dr Z - Three parts to my soul That Victor Pereino album & Nicholas Greenwoods Cold Cuts(UK original) are known to Arthur Brown fans, well some of them, but are two of the rarest albums on the planet. I had to pay a fortune for no man's land, and quite a bit for a French copy of cold cuts. Never regretted either purchase though.
@@noblerecords I've been buying records since 1979, and more obscure records since 1982 when I found out how good some of this stuff was. Most of these I bought in the 80's when prices were a lot more reasonable. But no man's land I thought I would never find until a few years ago when I finally found someone who had it, but at a price!
I brought a whole record in an auction and it's cover is clean it's industry from Capital records and it has a stamp since property of Capital records this album is a loan for promotional use only holder agrees to return it on demand attempting cells are voided and violation of law with a goldenseal what does that mean is it viable for me to return to Capital records
Dillion serious question, are these albums rare because the music and the musicians make it a great album or is it the fact there was only a limited amount that were even pressed to begin with? I understand when a first pressing of a Columbia or Atlantic label is valuable but when only 300 is pressed it seems that less people even get to hear it.
My mum has always told me that her brother had an original copy of David Bowie's first album. I never believed her because she does not know about records and I thought she was just confusing it with Space Oddity, but this week she described the cover, said she remembered it from being a child in the 60s and she is 100% sure he had it. I looked into finding it but sadly it got water damaged and thrown away a long time ago. ) :
I got an original copy of Blitz 'Second Empire Justice' in near mint shape for 45 yesterday. That would cost about 110 bucks on Discogs, so no complaints here!
In a sense you are at a disadvantage collecting or being fond of the more pop/rock/psych vinyls. More demand for these, so the prices tend to be a lot higher than most genres where only a few hundred or few thousand were pressed
My rarest and most valuable records are- 1) Julius Watkins Sextet-New Faces New Sound Lowest 160.00, Med- 360.00 Highest 449.95 Jazz very rare 2) Skid Row- Subhuman race Lowest-110.29 Med-235.29 Highest-300.00 3) Chuck and Mary Perrin- The Chuck and Mary Perrin album Folk rock- Lowest-199.99 Med-200.00 Highest-399.99 only 500 made. only 3 sold on Discogs 4) Thunderpussy- Document of Captivity- Lowest- 30.00 the record had a crack from the label all the way across unplayable Med-299.97 Highest-1000.00 only 1000 made. I saw Dillion showed Mighty Baby I just picked up a reissue of the first album I would have never got my hands on the original so this will do me what a fantastic album no regrets here.
Good looking out on the record you got from me. I was hoping it would be featured. Glad it made it to #2. If you don't have Rojay North "Punch Mellow" - check it out!
Odd question, but: do you keep all your records together in the collection, or do you have like a special place where you keep the most valuable ones in your collection?
Because of you, I got a reissue of the Dryewater album and really like it. A lot. The lead singer's voice reminds me of early Meatloaf in a good way. Thanks for the videos!
It gets tedious when people constantly come out with the old quote 'it's only worth money because it's rare... musically it's rubbish'. There are so many rare records that contain some of the best music ever made. I wish they had been pressed in the hundreds of thousands as I'd rather pay $20 for every record I crave rather than $500! Your copy of The Dog That Bit People does look stunning. That cover is fragile as you know. Along with the Locomotive you need to get Norman Haines Band as well for the holy trinity. Very cool top 10 Dillon.
My rarest record is debut album by Gunesh (Гунеш) - super rare and super cool jazz-fusion based on Turkmenistan folk melodies. Also I had Aspid - Extravasion, one of best technical thrash metal albums ever, but sold it for 300$
I have a lot of albums from the ‘70s. Mostly rock and roll. I want to sell them. But I am afraid I am not sure of the value of each one. I’d hate to sell for a few dollars to someone who knows it’s real value. Can you advise on this?
These videos are fascinating, even though I own ZERO records that are worth anything. The rarest ones I have (and by rare I mean NOT rare) are probably Blondie's first album on Private Stock that I bought new at JC Penney's of all places when it came out when I was 16 and I had no idea who Blondie even was, but I was smitten by that cover photograph. I guess it might be worth a little bit because I took good care of it all these years, but I could never sell it because I'm still in love with that album. The other one I don't see around much anymore is ZZ Top's "Tejas" on London. Likewise, I'm still in love with that album as well, so I'm hanging on. I know neither of those albums is worth much, but it's still interesting to me finding out about all these variations that I had no idea about, and it's crazy to me when I find out what some folks are apparently willing to pay. I'm not a collector, and I'm glad I'm not, because if I were, I'd be broke.
I don't know how rare it could be, but I have a misprint of a Johnny Cash record that has an Elvis label. And a Chicago record that the inside of the bifold was applied upside down.
Interesting that all of these, in addition to being rare, are mostly obscure records. There are many, many more valuable records by major artists out there. I guess those by obscure artists would be more likely to turn up due to the fact that most people have never heard of them.
top three valuable/rare albums I've picked up are Bill Evans "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" first press MONO - bought it for $1.07 and I sold it for a lot, lot more (it paid for the complete refurbishment of my 1978 ROTEL turntable)... and Townes Van Zandt (S/T) on Poppy that you now have and Charles Manson's "LIE" that is also in your collection. I also got an original copy of "The Sacred Mushroom." Sold it to a guy in Italy and got a re-issue - the re-issue pretty much looks and sounds just the the original copy. I also snagged a copy of Nick Drakes "Bryter Layter" first US pressing on Antilles for less than $15 (including shipping and tax) - the vinyl is NM and the cover is VG++. The eBay listing said NIKE DRAKE LP and the description said NIKE DRAKE LP - I guess nobody was looking for a pair of NIKES in the vinyl record section and Drake fans didn't know what it was. Fun stuff. Good times.
I'm the guy who asked if you had been to Canada on your live feed. Do you enter your collection on Discogs to keep track of records and collection value?
So many of these albums I would have just thumbed over as the art work did not grab me. You knowledge is wonderful, you know what your looking for. Very interesting. I really thought my Christopher Cross albums would be going up in price, pretty disappointed with that investment. I have been planning on doing one of these videos also, some day.
I know this is off topic but if anyone has Information as where you can buy LP covers without the record to use for a few records that don’t have sleeves or need a new sleeve that would be awesome
How about the Beatles Record. I have a Harris vinylr still in the shrink never opened from 70' s or earlier given to me by someone who had worked for a record company at one time.
gonna look for that montgomery express record now. hopefully i find it out in the wild. always looking for florida based records in the wild cause people here in south florida basically just give away their records
It should be worth that! Have you bumped into Northern Soul 45's that go for thousands, yet the music is often 'shit'. Vinyls can be like paintings, shockers go for millions , lovely ones for $1.
my most valuable on Discogs is a double vinyl version of Aaliyah's Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (UK pressing) at $780 USD. find it hard to believe but that's what Discogs says. I paid 8.49 British Pounds.
I never heard of any of these records, super obscure, small pressing regional and. UK Harvest collector stuff ! I knew that Randy Holden was a guitar player in Blue Cheer for a short while, whew ! forget about finding anything in yard sales anymore !
You have to do it from desktop view. You can’t do it from the app if you have an iPhone, but you can go to the webpage and go to the bottom where it says “desktop view” and at the top it’ll have a bar that says low, medium, high, artist, all that and you can click on that to filter however you want
Not easy, I look at demand then look at sold prices over the last 5 years. You need to look at various data sources and network with a lot of dealers to get a rough idea.
I've rarely found a rare and obscure album that I really liked. The problem is that they are derivative and the music is not even close to being on par with the cost. I listened to the Sandstone album: the first track is based on Scarborough Fair, the second on Love Street by The Doors, the third on Monday Monday by the Mamas and Papa's. People generally buy rare records for emotional reasons first, the music second.
All great music is derivative of something. That’s a very general statement based on 3 songs you heard. Go listen to Randy Holden Population II. It’s derivative of nothing, totally original. Many times popular music is derivative of obscure music, popular musicians are notorious for stealing from small time acts.
@@noblerecords I listened to the whole album. I've heard the Randy album back when you first showed it. There's good derivative and dull derivative, and plagiarism and then there's something new with identifiable influences, like Astral Weeks. Of course it all ultimately personal taste and discovery is fun even if you don't like what you discover - it also emotionally satisfies curiosity. But there is a likely obvious reason why many artists only made one album.
@@noblerecords Its kinda like your attic contact. I have been buying a lot from their collection over the years and I just asked one day and they said yeah we have it. Never really considered selling. They asked me what I would give and I have not spoke to them since. Of course i would want to see it and listen to it before I would make an offer. I think most of my 70s blues rock has come from this same collection.
I'm happy to see these rare records are in the hands of someone who knows how to take care of them.
Thank you!
Hey. Bare with me, longish comment. I don’t have any real rare, expensive albums like you showed, but I do have a story regarding my most expensive. UK pressing of unknown pleasures. Guy puts on a local ad to sell the album for $25. I got lucky cause the ad had just been put up. I took it. When we were figuring out the details he asked if I wanted UK copy of closer. $25 as well. Took him up on the offer. When I picked them up they were both mint first pressings. Turns out the guy lived in London in late 70’s early 80’s and picked them up when they first came out. I thought I’d got a steal of a deal so I was happy. A few months later I was telling a friend and he said imagine if it was the first UK copy that when you hold it to a light it shows a red tint. Got home and sure enough it was that variant. Medium value about $300. Love your channel. Keep it up.
That’s amazing!
You meant to say ''bear'' with me, NOT ''bare'' with me.
Rarest record in my collection is an original press of Ode to Quetzalcoatl by Dave Bixby. I found it in a Kansas thrift store for like $2. I had it in my collection for around a year until I looked it up online and saw that perfect copies have sold for over 1k. Apparently 500 copies were pressed and sold to fund a cult the artist had fallen in with after burning himself out on LSD in the 60s. There's a short documentary on UA-cam about the album. Although I was a broke college student, I never sold it and it's my favorite record in my collection!
Wow that’s special!
Epic find!
Wow!
I had quite a similar experience back in the 70s in a (straight/lol) bookstore in Berkeley. I caught sight of a rack full of underground comix that had obviously never aroused any desire in that bookstore's customers. The books had the original price tags on them (mostly 50 cents). I bought them all and the people there were so happy to finally get rid of their shelf warmers, not knowing that the books were sold meanwhile each of them for several dozen dollars. The best of them was "Slow Death #1" which was 50 cents as well - however "outside" it was sold for 50 dollars/LOL!
SO LUCKY
You sum it up perfectly. I love my collection and have no desire to sell. You’ve inspired me me to get more - supporting my local vinyl seller. No room for any more but just enjoy it.
Memories: I actually saw Orange Wedge in concert many years ago. They opened up for Iron Butterfly. Before the concert, The guitarist and lead singer were interviewed on our local TV station. They showed a copy of the first LP and I have lusted after a copy ever since. If you ever find a copy of that first LP please show it on your channel.
Wow that’s crazy!
Orange Wedge are a Baltimore band. They privately pressed their only 2 albums. Both very low quantities. Reissues are available. I too saw them in concert at Dundalk Steelworkers Hall in Dundalk, Maryland. Great show !
Just "knowing" someone who has a copy of something super rare is awesome. I know that feeling of holding a grail...goose bumps!!!
I've been collectin' records since age 12 'n have worked in record stores most o' my life. I watched this video 'n listened to many tracks from the rare albums you recommended. Every song I heard was fantastic! Thank you for sharin' yer musical knowledge 'n turnin' me on to these incredible artists I would never have heard. You rule O.K.!
By far the rarest and most valuable record in my collection is an original pressing of Sol. Found it at an antique shop of all places for a steal of a price!
Very nice!
I checked out the Trevor Dandy tune and yep it's awesome. I been digging through my collection trying to think of stuff you may not have heard. One that I forgot about is Rachel Sweet - "It's so different here" from the album "Fool Around". It was sampled by the Beatnuts a long time ago and it's great! Rest of the album not so great lol. The most mind-blowing sample I found so far routing through my 7" singles has to be Labi Siffre - "I got the...". When the Eminem break kicks in half way through the track it's quite something, I don't have the LP but it's off "Remember My Song" (1975). I wish Discogs had a section for records without covers, a section for covers with no records and maybe a section for signed items. It would be so much more useful if they did that! Take it easy dude!!!!
I’ll check em out! Thanks for watching!
Just curious if any of these ring a bell. Henry Gross: “Plug Me Into Something”, Trapeze: “YouAre The Music We Are The Band” , Trapeze: “Hot Wire” , or a band Called “Baby” from the texas panhandle i do believe? All these were early 70’s just good ol rock and roll around about the same time as the first rush album and aerosmith “Get Your Wings” era!
I just played the Henry Gross album yesterday ! I bought it in 75 for the song “Travelin’ Time” !!!!
@@jackwezesa1081 its great
Rarest record I have is a 1987 Prince Black Album from the original destroyed pressings last one sold for like 25k I think.
Very nice!
Wow that's a rare gem!
Hey man, just came across your channel and been binging on your videos. Great stuff!
I appreciate that you don’t mention price in most of your videos but it’s nice to do one of these videos every once in a while
My most valuable records are classical, but nothing over $1000. My most valuable one is probably the Mahler 2nd blue-and-silver SAX, worth about $750. No Kogans, unfortunately - I remember back in the 90s they sold for $200-400.
Yeah there are some mega classical pieces
So nice to see Placebo featured here. Great record, by the late great Marc Moulin. He is also the guy from Telex, another great Belgian band, and apparantly an inspiration for ZZ Top in the 80s.
Wow dude - you are the man thanks for turning me on to Placebo, The Dog That Bit People, and Orange Wedge that stuff is right up my alley incredible!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Trevor Dandy! Great music you shared. Priceless.
Dryewater and Truly And Janey
both sounded like something I listened to on my Emerson headphones 🎧 back in the day on FM radio and zoned out just fine.
The value is in the sound.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
i saw a population II album that sold for over $1,100 on ebay. it had a large X in marker on the back cover. i paid $35.00 for an original copy in the late eighties. i got it, silver metre, and mint tattoo because of the blue cheer connection. i would never sell my randy holden either. it has that same poke hole through the record label
That’s amazing!
Glad to find your vids brother! Very cool!
Dang! These are actually really good to listen to. Not just rare but quality listening material!
Excellent collection! Nice to meet music obsessed people like myself. I think searching for the albums are as fun listening To them. I am always
On the lookout for new or old undiscovered music.
Great channel!
Oh my god! I’m loving The Brief Encounter! Thank you!
Could you please do a video on selecting a phonograph/record player? Also, the receiver/amplifier, or anything else needed to get back to playing my albums? I have kept them all these years, but no longer have a record player. Thanks!
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OK Dylan, I just listened to The Dog That Bit People all the way through...normally, this early 70's stuff doesn't do too much for me, but damn...this really resonated with me. It's beautiful. It's fantastic. There's serious talent behind it. Everything about it is absolutely phenomenal. I can see why this is a desirable record. It's fan-friggin-tastic! I may have to buy that German reissue from 2012 asap. Sometimes you only get the chance to make one artistic statement, and fi so, if this is the one you get to make...amazing.
Glad you liked it!!! Thanks for watching! 🙏
One thing I would be interested to see is a discussion of your rare records that have been reissued and maybe if they're available. Some of these titles I'd be interested to get in my collection, but I don't need to have the OP of it. I'm assuming that in some cases you are familiar with the reissues. I totally slept on that reissue of No Rest for the Wicked by Truth and Janey, I wish Rockadrome would do another run of them.
i finally clicked tha tSUBSCRIBE button after spending the last few nights "looking around".
im not a record collector, but i am a sports card collector, and appreciate the knowledge you share. i love learning, no matter the hobby. I enjoy your accent, reminds me of Jason Isbell
Oh thanks! I love jason Isbell. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
You can tell the Mighty Baby record has an eastern tinge to it because they're sitting on rugs. I can imagine that conversation. "What would best symbolize what this album is about?" "Let's get some rugs and sit on em' "
My father’s record collection dates back to the 1940’s. Any chance there might be some treasure? How do I begin attempting to sell?
NEVER saw a Sainte Anthony's Fyre original for sale and I've been looking for one for 25-30 years. Lucky that you found one. Didn't you say you found a copy of Maggot Brain late one rainy night, in an out of the way house, out in the middle of nowhere ? I thought you mentioned that in another video ?
Wow, I am drooling here!! I want them all.
Ok, here’s my top 10:
10. Andromeda - s/t, CBS
9. Dr. Z - Three Parts…, Vertigo
8. Locomotive - We are everything u see, Parlophone
7. Cressida - Asylum, Vertigo
6. My Solid Ground - s/t, Bacillus
5. The Human Beast - Volume one, Decca
4. Tudor Lodge - s/t, Vertigo
3. Zarathustra - s/t, Metronome
2. Zakarrias - s/t, Deram
1. Linda Hoyle - Pieces of me, Vertigo
Holy moly! Your list is just as good as mine or better!!! I need several of those! Very nice!
@@noblerecords Thanks! But as you say, the median on Discogs can be a bit misleading. I have both an original German pressing of Fuzzy Duck and a Swedish original of Blueset that should be in the top for sure...
Thanks for sharing these! added some new ones to my want list. The hunt is on.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Great job my man! loved the Vid!
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Great video, as always - thanks, Dillon!
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Love your videos. Also love reading the comments on here. My most valuable record (not just Discogs but also love having a piece of vinyl history) original 12" LP pressing Nathan Milstein - Mendelssohn: Concerto In E Minor For Violin And Orchestra Op. found at local thrift shop. The envelope is in decent shape still too.
Nice!
My top ten is probably:
10. Arcadium - Breath awhile, Middle Earth.
9. Locomotive - We are everything... Parlophone.
8. Bobak, Jons... - Motherlight, Morgan Bluetown.
7. Fresh Maggots - s/t, RCA Victor.
6. Czar - s/t, Fontana.
5. The Human Beast - Volume One, Decca (Black rimmed sleeve).
4. Andwella's Dream - Love and Poetry, CBS.
3. July - s/t, Major Minor.
2. Pussy - Pussy Plays, Morgan Bluetown.
1. Room - Pre-flight, Deram.
There were other contenders for the list such as The Parlour Band, Spring, Comus, Sam Gopal, Cressida, etc etc. Seems to be mostly UK stuff from around 67 to 72 that I have.
Truth and Janey ERUPTS!! Maybe the greatest live album!
Oh yes. I enjoy it better than the studio
How rare do you think the first lp from Poobah - "Let Me In" is ? I have an original (1 of 500). Love to know your thoughts.
A nm copy sold for $650 in May 2021 on Discogs
I heard this one song that I can't quite remember the title of, jump through the Golden Ring or something..what an amazing old hard rock song!
I always watch your videos brother have been for what 3 years! 🤟🎸✌️
Thanks man!
I like the Placebo records, but nowhere near as much as Marc Moulin's solo record, SAM SUFFY, from 1975, worth many hundreds of dollars and rarely turns up anymore - *that's* a grail for me. I used to have the 90's UK vinyl reissue, and even that goes for $40+ now.
Unbelievable jazz-funk - "Tohubohu" gets my vote for Dopest Song Of All Time.
Yes that’s a mega one!
Damn. I can’t believe i’ve held that sandstone record in my hands !!!! so dope
It’s a good one!
The rarest in my collection are the first Rush album and single on the Moon Records label.
Nice!
That's something to be proud of. Congrats !
That's damn impressive. My holy grails to be honest.
Do you have anything in your collection from the mid to late 60's.? Like Traffic, Ten Years After , Uriah Heep etc....
Great video, it’s truly about the music!
Over the weekend saw a copy of The Brief Encounter on the wall of a store in Greensboro, NC, - $2500
Dillon, I just want to say I’m so happy for you and your family and you’re growth between the record store and the content you put out. Thank you for taking us all on this journey with you through your UA-cam videos. I live in Jersey but one of these days I need to take a trip down there and empty my wallet out haha. Stay safe out there man 🙏
Rare to me. At a pawnbroker in 1984 I bought Dark Side of the Moon, $2 that had:
"Not 4 Sale Promotion use 5KA Adelaide"
(A radio station in South Australia) The cover is Harvest logo...
That’s wild!
Do you have the 13th Floor Elevators and The Golden Dawn? I love those albums and I guess the original releases are rare.
My top 10 (I think)
Victor pereinos kingdom come - no man's land
Leaf hound - Growers of mushroom
Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat
Pussy - Pussy Plays
New Dawn - There's a new dawn
Norman Haines Band - Den of iniquity (closely related to Locomotive)
Ya ho wa 13 - I'm gonna take you home
Human Beast - Vol 1
Nosferatu - Nosferatu
Dr Z - Three parts to my soul
That Victor Pereino album & Nicholas Greenwoods Cold Cuts(UK original) are known to Arthur Brown fans, well some of them, but are two of the rarest albums on the planet. I had to pay a fortune for no man's land, and quite a bit for a French copy of cold cuts. Never regretted either purchase though.
Wow! Unreal!
@@noblerecords I've been buying records since 1979, and more obscure records since 1982 when I found out how good some of this stuff was. Most of these I bought in the 80's when prices were a lot more reasonable. But no man's land I thought I would never find until a few years ago when I finally found someone who had it, but at a price!
Man I wish I had these, cause I'd sell them all as fast as I possibly could.
I brought a whole record in an auction and it's cover is clean it's industry from Capital records and it has a stamp since property of Capital records this album is a loan for promotional use only holder agrees to return it on demand attempting cells are voided and violation of law with a goldenseal what does that mean is it viable for me to return to Capital records
Dillion serious question, are these albums rare because the music and the musicians make it a great album or is it the fact there was only a limited amount that were even pressed to begin with? I understand when a first pressing of a Columbia or Atlantic label is valuable but when only 300 is pressed it seems that less people even get to hear it.
Well, there’s lots of rare albums that aren’t valuable. It’s the combo of good music and limited release
My mum has always told me that her brother had an original copy of David Bowie's first album. I never believed her because she does not know about records and I thought she was just confusing it with Space Oddity, but this week she described the cover, said she remembered it from being a child in the 60s and she is 100% sure he had it. I looked into finding it but sadly it got water damaged and thrown away a long time ago. ) :
Ah! That’s a shame! Took me forever to find mine!
Is it the Ziggy Stardust album?
I got an original copy of Blitz 'Second Empire Justice' in near mint shape for 45 yesterday. That would cost about 110 bucks on Discogs, so no complaints here!
Awesome! Thanks for watching! 🙏
In a sense you are at a disadvantage collecting or being fond of the more pop/rock/psych vinyls. More demand for these, so the prices tend to be a lot higher than most genres where only a few hundred or few thousand were pressed
I like what I like 🤷♂️
@@noblerecords Good thing you are a billionaire! But what is the most 'unfortunate' genre to like dollar wise? Northern Soul? You tell me?
My rarest and most valuable records are-
1) Julius Watkins Sextet-New Faces New Sound Lowest 160.00, Med- 360.00 Highest 449.95 Jazz very rare
2) Skid Row- Subhuman race Lowest-110.29 Med-235.29 Highest-300.00
3) Chuck and Mary Perrin- The Chuck and Mary Perrin album Folk rock- Lowest-199.99 Med-200.00 Highest-399.99 only 500 made. only 3 sold on Discogs
4) Thunderpussy- Document of Captivity- Lowest- 30.00 the record had a crack from the label all the way across unplayable Med-299.97 Highest-1000.00 only 1000 made. I saw Dillion showed Mighty Baby I just picked up a reissue of the first album I would have never got my hands on the original so this will do me what a fantastic album no regrets here.
Nice! Thanks for watching! 🙏
Very cool video man 🙏🙏 I have just found myself an original 'Mcchurch soundroom delusion' and a os mutantes over here in the UK .... very happy 👍👍
Oh very nice!!!!
I have David Bowie and Bing Crosby little drummer Boy record that is a red disc with a pic of them in the middle any idea of it’s worth ?
I have it , not much at all .
Good looking out on the record you got from me. I was hoping it would be featured. Glad it made it to #2. If you don't have Rojay North "Punch Mellow" - check it out!
I enjoy it a lot! Thanks again!
Odd question, but: do you keep all your records together in the collection, or do you have like a special place where you keep the most valuable ones in your collection?
Because of you, I got a reissue of the Dryewater album and really like it. A lot. The lead singer's voice reminds me of early Meatloaf in a good way. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome!
My rarest record is an OG copy of Terry Callier's Occasional Rain. I was blown away by the songs on that album.
Wow man, amazing record! I have one too, one of my favorites
@@noblerecords Come on Dillon; One of your favorites? I think you have hundreds of favorites. 🤣🤣🤣
Dillion, never thought to ask this...do you have a personal articles insurance policy on your collection?
Keep ‘em coming!
Being you're from North Carolina, how many copies of Christopher (one of my fave's) have you seen or own?
I have only ever found 1, and that’s the one I have. So good! Rare!
It gets tedious when people constantly come out with the old quote 'it's only worth money because it's rare... musically it's rubbish'. There are so many rare records that contain some of the best music ever made. I wish they had been pressed in the hundreds of thousands as I'd rather pay $20 for every record I crave rather than $500! Your copy of The Dog That Bit People does look stunning. That cover is fragile as you know. Along with the Locomotive you need to get Norman Haines Band as well for the holy trinity. Very cool top 10 Dillon.
Haha yes I need them both! Thanks for watching! 🙏
My rarest record is debut album by Gunesh (Гунеш) - super rare and super cool jazz-fusion based on Turkmenistan folk melodies. Also I had Aspid - Extravasion, one of best technical thrash metal albums ever, but sold it for 300$
Very cool! Thanks for watching! 🙏
Wanda Triplett really liked Dryewater by the looks of her name right across the front! Lol
I have a lot of albums from the ‘70s. Mostly rock and roll. I want to sell them. But I am afraid I am not sure of the value of each one. I’d hate to sell for a few dollars to someone who knows it’s real value. Can you advise on this?
These videos are fascinating, even though I own ZERO records that are worth anything. The rarest ones I have (and by rare I mean NOT rare) are probably Blondie's first album on Private Stock that I bought new at JC Penney's of all places when it came out when I was 16 and I had no idea who Blondie even was, but I was smitten by that cover photograph. I guess it might be worth a little bit because I took good care of it all these years, but I could never sell it because I'm still in love with that album. The other one I don't see around much anymore is ZZ Top's "Tejas" on London. Likewise, I'm still in love with that album as well, so I'm hanging on. I know neither of those albums is worth much, but it's still interesting to me finding out about all these variations that I had no idea about, and it's crazy to me when I find out what some folks are apparently willing to pay. I'm not a collector, and I'm glad I'm not, because if I were, I'd be broke.
I Have a David Bowie 10 piece 45 record picture disc any idea on how much it’s worth ? I paid 50 dollars for it back in the 80’s
I don't know how rare it could be, but I have a misprint of a Johnny Cash record that has an Elvis label. And a Chicago record that the inside of the bifold was applied upside down.
It’s a factory goof, I see them sometimes but they are usually one of a kind records.
Interesting that all of these, in addition to being rare, are mostly obscure records. There are many, many more valuable records by major artists out there. I guess those by obscure artists would be more likely to turn up due to the fact that most people have never heard of them.
Do you do anything but acid rock?
Truth n Janey is Amazing Band Hard 70s... I love
top three valuable/rare albums I've picked up are Bill Evans "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" first press MONO - bought it for $1.07 and I sold it for a lot, lot more (it paid for the complete refurbishment of my 1978 ROTEL turntable)... and Townes Van Zandt (S/T) on Poppy that you now have and Charles Manson's "LIE" that is also in your collection. I also got an original copy of "The Sacred Mushroom." Sold it to a guy in Italy and got a re-issue - the re-issue pretty much looks and sounds just the the original copy. I also snagged a copy of Nick Drakes "Bryter Layter" first US pressing on Antilles for less than $15 (including shipping and tax) - the vinyl is NM and the cover is VG++. The eBay listing said NIKE DRAKE LP and the description said NIKE DRAKE LP - I guess nobody was looking for a pair of NIKES in the vinyl record section and Drake fans didn't know what it was. Fun stuff. Good times.
Haha! Yes sir! I appreciate your contributions to my collection! You’re the best!
I'm the guy who asked if you had been to Canada on your live feed.
Do you enter your collection on Discogs to keep track of records and collection value?
I do
I’m still looking for a Townes Van zandt self titled original press
That sandstone album, just listened to it.
Stellar
What other groups would you recommend with the same vibe ?
Check out Vos Cantu Monemus - Words Never Said
So many of these albums I would have just thumbed over as the art work did not grab me. You knowledge is wonderful, you know what your looking for. Very interesting. I really thought my Christopher Cross albums would be going up in price, pretty disappointed with that investment. I have been planning on doing one of these videos also, some day.
😜 thanks steve!
Chris Cross records make good frisbees!
@20:00 Sandstone. another great recommendation. thank you. anyone into this should also check out the band Folkal Point. Thanks again.
I know this is off topic but if anyone has Information as where you can buy LP covers without the record to use for a few records that don’t have sleeves or need a new sleeve that would be awesome
How about the Beatles Record. I have a Harris vinylr still in the shrink never opened from 70' s or earlier given to me by someone who had worked for a record company at one time.
Thnx. I'm going to peruse more closely a very eclectic, very old collection I have in between my basement & attic
gonna look for that montgomery express record now. hopefully i find it out in the wild. always looking for florida based records in the wild cause people here in south florida basically just give away their records
I hope you find one!!!
Hi, it's Sal again. My super awesome mail order guy has an mfsl rolling Stones vinyl box set number 009! For sale. Sealed.
Awesome!
Look out!! Bootsy is right behind you!!
🤣
Im loving that placebo record
So good!
Love your channel!! My rarest record is my second pressing of Ænima by TOOL!
Thank you!!!!
Question: will you add those LED lights to your record shelves?
Probably not, just don’t have patience for stuff like that 🤣
Don’t you want to be like everybody else and their grandmas?
Great video!
Thank you!
My rarest holy freakin grail is rick astley - never gonna give you up! Median is $500000 🥵
It should be worth that! Have you bumped into Northern Soul 45's that go for thousands, yet the music is often 'shit'. Vinyls can be like paintings, shockers go for millions , lovely ones for $1.
Wow well worth it!
Very Cool
my most valuable on Discogs is a double vinyl version of Aaliyah's Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (UK pressing) at $780 USD. find it hard to believe but that's what Discogs says. I paid 8.49 British Pounds.
Wow! Great investment!
What website do I go on to sell my albums? I am a broke widow and need the money
I never heard of any of these records, super obscure, small pressing regional and. UK Harvest collector stuff ! I knew that Randy Holden was a guitar player in Blue Cheer for a short while, whew ! forget about finding anything in yard sales anymore !
How do you filter by most valuable? I’m probably just dumb but I have not found a way to do that
You have to do it from desktop view.
You can’t do it from the app if you have an iPhone, but you can go to the webpage and go to the bottom where it says “desktop view” and at the top it’ll have a bar that says low, medium, high, artist, all that and you can click on that to filter however you want
@@noblerecords ahhh thats been my problem. Thanks for the help!
Not easy, I look at demand then look at sold prices over the last 5 years. You need to look at various data sources and network with a lot of dealers to get a rough idea.
I've rarely found a rare and obscure album that I really liked. The problem is that they are derivative and the music is not even close to being on par with the cost. I listened to the Sandstone album: the first track is based on Scarborough Fair, the second on Love Street by The Doors, the third on Monday Monday by the Mamas and Papa's. People generally buy rare records for emotional reasons first, the music second.
All great music is derivative of something. That’s a very general statement based on 3 songs you heard. Go listen to Randy Holden Population II. It’s derivative of nothing, totally original.
Many times popular music is derivative of obscure music, popular musicians are notorious for stealing from small time acts.
@@noblerecords I listened to the whole album. I've heard the Randy album back when you first showed it. There's good derivative and dull derivative, and plagiarism and then there's something new with identifiable influences, like Astral Weeks. Of course it all ultimately personal taste and discovery is fun even if you don't like what you discover - it also emotionally satisfies curiosity. But there is a likely obvious reason why many artists only made one album.
Where do you get these albums from dude?
All over. A lot of them I found in person. Only a couple online
@@noblerecords you’ve got a great collection. Inspirational 👏🏻
I am still waiting for you to tell me what a Farm Original Press in VG Plus is worth. I ran into someone who has one.
Depends on condition. $600-1200 depending. If love to talk to someone who has it!
@@noblerecords Its kinda like your attic contact. I have been buying a lot from their collection over the years and I just asked one day and they said yeah we have it. Never really considered selling. They asked me what I would give and I have not spoke to them since. Of course i would want to see it and listen to it before I would make an offer. I think most of my 70s blues rock has come from this same collection.