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Congratulations on finding your Holy Grail Rick ! I searched and listened to that song and do remember it with memories of the roller skating rink, being played on the jukebox
We used to have a few skating rinks in my area. Sadly, they are all gone now. It doesn’t seem that long ago either that it was the place to go after school.
Lee Michaels live in studio-one of my all time faves. The sound he pumped out of that B-3 through the Leslies rocked like an earthquake, and Frosty's drum solo just kills. Love those guys.
I'm 71 and I enjoyed the song Do You Know What I Mean. but my most favorite from Lee is his rendition on the Hammond B3 of Stormy Monday. OMG, him and that organ wail in that song. Way back when, If I remember correctly, many of his fans were upset when he changed from the Hammond to the Piano. He was a Master on that B3.
My personal "grail" type record is my dad's original pressing of Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. He played that song for me when I was a little kid and it blew me away! Sadly my dad passed away so that album is sentimental. I have that album in one of those display type frames where it pops open and you can take it out and still play it.
I completely get the sentimentality and I'm really happy to hear you have it. Alot of the records I inherited from my dad's old collection are some I may never play but they mean the world to me. That's a great record too by the way. I have a reissue copy if it - very cool to hear you have an original pressing. (now that song will be stuck in my head all day...)
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I met a girl from SoCal about the time I bought that record. She was just visiting. She said, "Yeah man, there's a club where I live that plays that album 24/7." I thought that was the coolest thing I ever heard. Until I aged a few more yrs and thought that was the dumbest thing I ever heard...lol.
@djsoul--They played at my high school gym in Los Angeles. My guess, the contract was signed 6 months earlier, and then they exploded! "In the Garden of Eden"(that's what it meant) was played a longer drum solo.
Back in 1971 as a 16 yeat old I disntictly remember hearing the single on my 65 corvair car radio and immediately new I had to get that record...not only was it a great song with a great groove but it was the first time I had ever been able to hear a bassline on that tinny system...and what a basslline it was, walking into my heart and starting the seeds of my becoming a bassist. This song means the world to me, thanks for reminding me of that.
"It's been 14 days since I don't know when. I just saw her with my best friend, do you know what I mean!" How brilliant is that song!! I loved it immediately, when I first heard it. And I still love it 53 years later!! Does it get any better? !! More Hammond organ, baby!! Thank you for that. What a brilliant blast from the past. I was 14 years old when that song made my life a happier place. What a unique talent, Lee was back then. The other thing for me about that album/song was that it was pressed on A&M...so you had to know, even before giving it a first spin on the turntable, that it was going sound excellent. I've never had an A&M pressing that didn't sound superior to the rest of the labels out there. Enjoy your newly located treasure, Rick. If I had one I'd be heating up the grooves through continual play. There's so much to love about it. Do you know what I mean? 😁
Lol - I sure do know what you mean 😂 The Hammond is what hooked me on that album when I was younger - and that was before I even knew what it was. Such a great sound and such a great talent.
"Better find yourself another girl Better find another girl Better find, uh, another place" Woo. What a great song. 'Murder in my Heart for the Judge' a good one too.
Congratulations! I love that feeling. My grail was a more recent release, “Resigned“ by Michael Penn from 1997. It wasn’t a popular release, and obviously during an era in vinyl production was at an all time low. On the entire Internet I only ever found ONE copy and it was $300. I searched again a few months ago and found that Amoeba Records had a used copy for $125 and I bought it immediately. The amazing thing is that it was signed by the artist! The cover was VG and the vinyl is truly near mint and doesn’t look like it had ever been played.
I found a sealed copy of Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits from the 1960's and it sounds excellent. Found it in a used record store. One Holy Grail down. I'll keep searching.
Hello Rick, one of my grails is to find Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Pronounced..." on the original Sounds of the South label to companion up with my "Second Helping" , that may not sound like much to some, but here in central NY, it's a struggle in Yankee territory to find a copy of that original Rebel label...Long live the South!!
Love those records as well. The copies I have of those two are reissues (maybe early 80s pressings). I had to laugh at the "yankee territory" comment. Same difficulties here in NH as well.
I'm seeking that same pressing as well. You can find it, but usually the cover is beat up and the record isn't far behind. It was a HUGE party album, so finding a clean one won't be easy. Good luck!
Great story! I can only be very glad for that you can secure this valuable memory, everyone deserves such a personal victory in whatever form it can be meaningful for them. I also own this record and greatly appreciate Lee Michaels strong voice and straightforward songs. His 1969 self-titled live album showcased the awesome powerhouse he forms with his drummer Frosty, a real party record!
I did have a holy grail record but I finally tracked one down in a North Carolina record store online, I live in Oklahoma. It was Bob Segers album The Fire Inside which had been long out of print. The reason it was a holy grail for me was my dad has co-writing credits on the last track on side 2 which my dad and his keyboard player wrote. My dad performed the song locally in Tulsa for a long time and Bob Seger's on and off again drummer David Teegarden was my dads drummer for a ling time in Tulsa. Unfortunately my dad passed before I had aquirred the album but I'm sure he could sense my joy when I finally found one on vinyl.
Thank you for sharing that. I have a feeling the joy you felt did reach him. And wow - writing credits in it too. Just reading this (and I read it twice for it to fully sink in) makes me want to track this down too. Happy New Year, Shannon. Toast to your dad 🍺
Great story Rick! I can’t think of any holy grail records on my wantlist at the moment, i guess i always let myself be surprised by what i walk into. That would also explain my eclectic collection :) Happy new year and cheers from Amsterdam!
Glad you got it. My HG was a record of George M. Cohan songs done by a Broadway chorus in the 1950s, which my mother bought me as a kid. I saw it for $25 once, passed, got it for 25 cents at Salvation Army. I spent a year wet cleaning it, drying it, being disappointed, forgetting it, and then the whole show twice more. After the third cleaning, finally all the dirt rose in mounds under a dry brush, and now it plays like it came out in the vinyl revival.
Great video. The memories attached to music is what makes it so enjoyable and meaningful. I love the song Know What I Mean - my friend Lenny had it on 8-track and we would play it incessantly driving around in his car. Great song - great memories.
Sometime in the 2010s when I started buying old LPs again (you know -- the ones I'd replaced with CDs in the early 1990s), I began reliving the joy of the early CD era, when you got to experience the pleasure of buying your favorite albums all over again in a different format. OK, it wasn't always a pleasure to be paying for virtually the same music a third or fourth or eleventh time, but at least you knew what you were buying and that you liked it when you bought it (yet) again. One record I remembered but never actually owned was this Lee Michaels album ("5th") the single from which was everywhere in record stores and on radio in 1971, when I was 13. I got tired of it back then, but it had a warm, unpretentious sound that I missed. So, I bought it for the FIRST time (on LP) in about 2014. Glad I did -- and glad you found your copy!
That’s awesome man. I forgot all about that song. I’ve had and still have my own personal grails. I just received one of them today, in fact. There’s nothing like getting a record you’ve been searching for, for years in the mail, cracking it open and spinning it. Agreed! That’s what it’s all about.
Back in 1970 when I was 6 I came home from school and it was my dads birthday.He had a brand new copy of frank Sinatras Songs for swinging lovers- I remember looking at the cover and thinking who is this singer ? A few years later my dad then told me that when he was in the army in Aden back in 1957 one of his mates had a copy of this record and played it in the barracks so that’s what he ended up owning a copy. Sinatra from my teens to this day has had a massive influence on my life I and I have amassed a life times of record ,CDs and other memorabilia of his recordings. A few years back I remember my dad telling me that he had given away most of his vinyl collection to a charity so I obviously thought that meant his copy of swinging lovers too ,so I never questioned the records whereabouts. Back in 2019 my dad passed away and my mother handed me my dads copy of swinging lovers. Can you imagine how that made me feel to be in possession of the very record that gave me a profound interest in Sinatra ? The record had literally gone full circle nearly 50 years later. Needless to say the record is at the pinnacle of my collection and can never be replaced. The record still has the original label bearing the cost of 17 shillings and sixpence and of course no bar code
*LOL* "it's mine, it's all mine"... genious 🙂 Very nice story with a happy end :-) Congratulations, Rick, for the end of the search 😉 (for this record).
it seems odd that in English, the syllable ‘lac’ rather that the ‘shell’ part is stressed. Shellac is a lac (lacquer) made from a resin secreted from a bug, dried and processed into shell-like flakes.
I know the feeling just found a mint copy of the soundtrack of Goodbye Columbus. The record holds personal memories for me so very excited. I guess you had to be there.
I had the great fortune of seeing Lee Michaels with Frosty as openers for Grand Funk Railroad in May 1970. They put on such a fantastic unforgettable show!
Yes, I have my holy grail record! It's a Bert Sommer's 1969 debut LP "The Road To Travel" in mint condition, sleeve is good, but the media is more important. Really hard to find and now, after I got this I think it's impossible. No reissues, nothing, just this 1969 pressing only. It isn't available for streaming and download also. Absolutely gorgeous, very musical and beautifully mastered LP. One of a kind for sure. The real Holy Grail
Hi Rick, glad you finally found the record. I do agree that retaining the plastic outer cover with its advertising blurb is a a good idea. I don’t have a real “Holy Grail” record but would like to complete my collection of Clifford T Ward (Home Thoughts from Abroad). He’s not greatly collected but his output was quite regular but in small numbers. Happy New Year to you and your family. Rgds Pat
*Twenty seconds in and I knew who you were talking about, can't mistake the owner of that great head of hair! And I knew which song you were referring to, Do you Know What I Mean was considered a throwaway song by Lee, he didn't think much of it but I'll bet he was pleasantly surprised by its popularity. Its a damn shame that Lee Michaels isn't more well known today, as with a few other musicians from that time, like David Crosby and Eric Burdon, Lee was a bannerman for the counterculture. I've been listening to Michaels since Recital, Heighty-Hi is one of my favorite songs. FWIW, Lee's third album with just him and Barry "Frosty" Smith on drums is phenomenal! Congrats for finding a sealed copy of Fifth, my copy is an original pressing but not nearly in new condition.*
Eric Burdon - what a talent. I remember his solo hit "Spill The Wine" after he left the Animals. Another song I've always loved. You're a true Michaels aficionado 🍺. Thank you for weighing in!
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords If you haven't yet listened to them, try Eric Burdon and the Animals, "The Twain Shall Meet" and "Winds of Change". They are two of his best and a good representation of his commitment to the counterculture!
I know what you mean about sealed records from decades ago. I bought a copy of "Pretzel Logic.". My old copy was in pretty bad shape. The seller stated that it was sealed and he was not sure if was warped. It was. I got another copy (too much money), and though it's not perfect, it's better than my two previous copies. Anyways, have a good new year.
I was at the Record store today & I found a copy of 5th for 1.99 in Mint - condition. Can't wait to listen to it. Thanks for Turning me on to this album. I'll let you know what I think of it after I listen to it.😎
Do you know what I mean is the funkiest grooviest song ever from the '70s! I've loved that song ever since I was a kid. So happy for you that you found the vinyl!
That is a really great story, Rick. I can't say that I have any Holy Grail records I'm searching for. When I got rid of my original collection back in the early 2000's I thought I would never buy vinyl again. By then I had a pretty large CD collection and I just felt like CD's had taken over and replaced vinyl. So I moved on. Then lo and behold I got back into vinyl again about 5 years ago. This time I decided not to try to duplicate everything I had before. Since I had pretty much done that with CD's, I figured I would start fresh and just buy stuff I really knew I wanted to hear on the vinyl format and start collecting artists that I didn't have before. I did buy a few albums that I used to have as reissues but I didn't seek out original copies. I guess I just decided not to over obsess about it. I've come to embrace all the different formats and appreciate them all for different reasons. Vinyl does seem to hold some kind of magic in it. I can think of a hundred reasons why it really isn't as good a format as CD's or Hi Res Digital Streaming. But, it's also the same with my Tube Amp. There are a hundred reasons a solid state amp is better or should be better, but I prefer the sound of the tube amp now. I've tried to figure out why this is and I've settled on this explanation. How do you explain your favorite color? Why do you like one color better than another? Mine is Blue. Is Blue better than red or green or brown or black, or any other color? How about turquoise or magenta? Purple? There is no explanation except......., that is what I like. I don't dislike the other colors, but I prefer blue. I don't dislike CD's or Streaming, but I prefer vinyl. So back to the Holy Grail record. There was one that I looked for for a while and finally bought it on Discogs, which was the Scorpions Unplugged Live in Athens. One track on the album has a crackle in it. So there you go. I play it once in a while and sometimes just move forward to the next track, sometimes I suffer through the distortion. I probably won't seek out another copy on vinyl. I may just buy the CD which is way easier to find. That way I'll have the option of listening on vinyl, cd or streaming.
Always love reading your comments Neil. Good way to explain it using favorite colors as an analogy. But of course Blue is better than red, and especially better than burnt orange 🤣 I saw that Scorpions album once and almost bought it. I have most of their discography. I also have to say - their new album is quite good and stands up very well against their 80s output post (and including) _Blackout_ . I know what I'm listening to tonight now...
I do have a record that means so much to me and I searched high and low for it for years. I finally found it when a radio station was selling all their vinyl as the station was out of business. It’s the band Boomerang and it wasn’t a huge seller at the time and I don’t even know how many were printed but there was a song on it titled Cynthia Fever that blew me away. I had a copy of the song on cassette but that was it. The singer and keyboard player was Mark Stein from the Vanilla Fudge it was very similar to Deep Purple ver3 with Coverdale/ Hughes . Strangely enough Mark played with Tommy Bolin after. Small world.
Wow. I’m a huge Tommy Bolin fan and have been for decades. Especially his two solo albums. I actually include him in an upcoming video. You must have read my mind!
My father-in-law gifted me a small collection of vinyl he had lying around since he was a teen. And that Lee Michaels is in there. As a millenial, I had never heard of him before, but wow is that an amazing album.
I am a Dad and my grail is a mint copy of " It's a Beautiful Day" both for me and for my wife... Way to go to get your Grail.Mine gets played a lot on Lp and CD..
I just received an album by RVG called "Brain Worms". It's only 6 months old, but it's my holy grail. It's an original first pressing. Enjoyed your video, kind sir.
Meshuggah's Catch 33 and Allan Holdsworth's Road Games EP. Managed to find the latter last year in pristine condition, a promo copy that was played perhaps a handful of times. Congrats on finding yours, and may it bring you many more decades of happiness.
Interesting story. I know how you feel. I had this feeling after receiving a postcard, I bought at auction. It’s a card written by Paul McCartney to his aunt Milli in 1989. He was on holiday in the US and she‘s in a nursing home in England. Being a Beatles fan, it was the holy grail for me. Just holding it in my hand gives me a push.
I found 2 of my holy grail records both soundtracks 1. A fist full of Dynamite 1972, which I've been looking for since 1981, i finally found it in a charity shop in 2016 in near mint condition for 20p! 2. To sir with love 1967 in a charity shop that specialises in vinyl for £6 in very good condition. I still collect vinyl but the 2 records I've been looking for I have.👍
Two great soundtracks right there as well, Lennox! Lulu sings the title on To Sir With love correct? She did a great version of that song with Soul Asylum on Unplugged years and years ago.
No idea why UA-cam’s algorithms put this in my feed. But a great video. Thanks for making it. Also, never heard of the mentioned artist. Will check him out. 👍
Great video. In the 70’s a lot of albums that were so called Sealed, were actually re- sealed by people who just wanted to rip people off. You would open them finding that the record was obviously been played. A lot!! Scratches. Dings. Paper marks from taking it in and out of the inner sleeve.
Don’t laugh, please… my grail record was Def Leppard - Hysteria original pressing. They have always been my favorite band and my first concert back in ‘88. It eluded me for quite some time then one day out of the blue I’m crate digging and find it! I bought it immediately. Two weeks later I find exactly the same pressing still in shrink! Bought that one too!
I will never laugh at someone else's music - especially Def Leppard. Although not from that album - their song "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" has always been a favorite of man.
I have all four of mine. All by Jethro Tull. Stand Up with the pop up in the gatefold. Living in the Past with the booklet in the gatefold, Thick as a Brick with the newspaper and A Passion Play with the playbill. Not rare or particularly valuable but all very important pieces of my musical past. ☮️
I still have a copy of the first Hour Glass ( Greg and Duane Allman) that my older brother had in 1967. Great blue eyed soul! and psych classic "Cast Off All My Fears"
3:03 Funny, if I could share a picture here…bottom of the record shelf…front and center. If you know what I mean. 😉 My HG record was The Tragically Hip, Day for Night. Mrs B-side found it on eBay. It was spendy. We had it about 4 yrs before they reissued the whole catalog. 🤷♂️🍻
My "Holy Grail" album was VanHalens (A Different Kind of Truth). I finally got it last year & it was sealed as well! I paid out the nose for it, but after a run through the sonic cleaner, it sounds BEAUTIFUL!! 🤘🏻
Sure do! I've bought just as many records from my local record shop (less than 10 minutes away). Whenever I'm in an unfamiliar city I usually scope out the used record shops if I have time as well.
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I was not clear when I asked: "Do you buy from anywhere other than discogs?" (what I am thinking and what I am typing are not always in sync). ;-) I meant to ask if you buy from other "on-line" sellers, such as eBay, or Amazon, etc. Or do you stick to discogs when it comes to on-line purchases.
@@NoEgg4u Ahhh - got it. Occasionally Amazon for brand new releases if my local shop doesn't have it. I have purchased on eBay but I can count on one hand how many times. I think that's where I tracked down Brody Dalle's "Diploid Love" a couple years ago. Mainly it's Discogs and 90% of time from sellers I trust. I've also purchased through a guy who runs a Facebook auction but haven't recently.
I had a track that I had been looking for and I'd only heard it once in 1966 and it was Stop! an obscure single by the Moody Blues. I heard it/saw it on the Red Skelton variety show back in the day as he had a musical artist (mostly British bands) perform a number on his program (some times on a movie clip or video as this was) and I really loved the song. It only just made the Hot 100 in the 90s for a week or two, and I never found it on an album. Fast forward about 15 years and after having scrounged around for it for a long time I found it on a British pressing of their album when a friend traded me about 50 albums for a collection of baseball cards I was letting go of. It seems weird but I was elated on finally being able to hear it and enjoy it again. The late Denny Laine on vocals...
Yes. This is what a Grain is in my mind. Great video. Top of my list was the Muskrats, Soul Francisco, that I picked up newly remaindered for $6 when I was a youth. Lost that copy about 20 years ago. Been on the lookout ever since. It's not super rare or desired, so cheap I never wanted to triple the price by having it shipped. Found it last weekend in a local shop for $5. Worth it for the jugband Minor Threat cover alone. Now to go give Lee Michaels a listen.
I've had all those records you showed. I never really had any grails except one record. I was a Floyd, Zeppelin guy in the seventies just like all my friends. There was this rumor that Pink Floyd did a soundtrack in the early seventies. The movie was drive inn garbage. I looked for the movie in every vhs collection to no avail. Forgot about it for years. It was not on tape or dvd. One day I was at Barnes and Nobles during the great resurgence, in 2013. There it was Zabriskie Point. 40 years of looking for that record and they repressed it and it sounds fantastic! Gerry Garcia has a few tracks on it that add value. One of the Floyd tracks has riffs that sound great and were further developed for their big three records. Great find, for me!
That's unreal - I've never heard of it until you mentioned it. Just looked it up - the lineup of musicians who contributed to the soundtrack is incredible.
Is the cellophane seal an issue after many years? I hear keeping the cellophane leeches onto the vinyl through the cover & jackets. Sometimes I see ghosting on the vinyl and some say such plastic residue affects the sound?
While plastic residue will definitely affect the sound - it's more from the original plastic sleeve than the outside cellophane. That's why I recommend to swap the inner sleeve out for a new anti-static sleeve. Paper sleeves to (which leaves scuffs over time and degrade). I would keep the inner sleeve if it has release specific info on it (like band pictures, etc). Just keep the record in a new one. As far as cellophane bleeding - I don't think that's a concern at all. What could be is the theory that cellophane sleeves shrink with the weather and over time and could, due to added pressure, warp a record. I haven't seen this myself, so it's purely anecdotal.
Yeah I bought that Lee Michaels album in early 1972. Loved it then, loved it now. The whole thing is great. Has one of the best rock bass sounds ever. Great dynamics all around.
Congrats !!! it's been a good year for holy grails. Just got a Gentle Giant 'Power and The Glory' WWA label UK for $30 in awesome condition. happy collecting !
Nice video... Always nice videos on your channel 👍 So nice for you to finally find a perfect copy of that record you had been looking for so long 😁 The record I was looking for was "Imaginos" by BÖC. I wanted a NM copy of the record. And in the summer of 2022 I could sink my teeth into just that 😁 Bought it on eBay, The record had the original shrink wrap on, with the original sticker that said: The New Album From BLUE ÖYSTER CULT... INCLUDES: ASTRONOMY AND I AM THE ONE YOU WARNED ME OF. The record was perfect. Must have been played once or twice. I paid around 75 USD, incl freight and Norwegian vat. It was worth every cent/penny. All the best from a snow stormy and ice cold Kristiansand 😁😁😁
Hi Ole! Ahhh... _Imaginos_ . I bought my copy of that record the week it came out and I even remember doing so. My girlfriend at the time worked at a mall sandwich shop called Au Bon Pain and while I waited for her to get out of work I ran to the record shop a few doors down to grab a copy. Funny how the simple mention of an album brings back a flood of memories. No snow here in New Hampshire if you can believe it. Cold as ice but no snowfall, and we usually have at least 6" to a foot by now. I'm sure I just jinxed it...
Fanny's "Charity Ball" After seeing their blue screen Beat Club video I found an original copy of their first album. I'd like to track down Charity Ball from 1971 now. Great stuff!
I first heard Lee Michael's song "Do You Know What I mean" back in 1971. Great track and it was one of my Mum's favourites. The Australian singer Renée Geyer did a great version of this song back in 1981. Look it up. Top version.
Great album. I've always loved "Do You Know What I Mean" since first hearing it in the radio in the early 70s. About 4 years ago, I found a pristine copy save for a price label someone affixed to the front cover. It's an early pressing on the green label with the A&M logo on the left side. It sounds like it's hardly been played. I think i paid only $2. What a score.
I remeber hearimg Do You Know What I Mean for the first time. I was a freshman in High School. Fast forward 45 years I found the Album in a Thrift Store for $2 in Near Mint condition. It's a great record and leaves me wondering why his career was kinda short..
Love that song, But seem to remember a different singer that might have released it more recently(80s -90s?). Maybe a Motown Group or singer? So happy for you to find this! I can't think of a holy grail album but will come back here and post when I do! Keep up the great content!
It's not a Holy Grail record for me but I DO have 9 copies of the Mobile Fidelity pressing of Gino Vannelli's album Powerful People. Three of which are still factory sealed. Yes, I'm rather obsessed with it. It has a bit of a bump up in the bass response, which I love, as opposed to the original. I think it was very well recorded but for some reason I think it flew under most people's radar. I highly recommend it.
"Happy Nightmare, Baby" - Opal, 1987. That was one of my "Holy Grails" I was totally obsessed with spotting it! I am living in Greece and, for some miraculous reason, this gem was issued locally; however, it didn't sell and Greek copies are also scarce and sought-after here. I had lost one at the last minute from a local seller, so I was on a constant hunt for it. Suddenly, an original 1987 US copy emerged for sale on a local 2nd-hand-sales site, from a Greek seller. I grabbed it without a glance! It was a bit pricey for my standards (75 euros plus shipping), but it was worth every cent!!! A pristine US 1987 copy landed home a few days after, and it sounded fantastic! It may sound a bit trivial to US listeners, but getting a US copy here in the Mediterranean in NM condition was something out of my wildest dreams! So yes, I know how it feels. Happy record hunting everyone! And a Happy New Year!!!
Enjoyed that backstory, mate; a record find that helps to bring a little fuzzy warmth into your life. Lovely stuff. A nice contrast to the usual talking youtube heads blabbing about how amazing/valuable their most recent score is [yawn].
My biggest elusive holy grail recording was J.D. Blackfoot's The Ultimate Prophecy. I had two copies of the album slip away since it came out in 1970. I did find a CD of it 7 years ago that I still play along side of the worst condition copy of Nectar's Remember the Future CD that still sounds pretty clean.
So far, my holy Grail has been the "Tubthumper" album by Chumbawamba. Easy enough to find on CD, but the only vinyl I can find is the one with the arm and hammer logo and not the green background with pink baby.
I once owned a 1935 Terraplane, have the Foghat version of the Terraplane Blues and have the flamed album version. Ever heard Mike Harrison's Smokestack Lightning?
Great job. Congratulations. It is always nice to get something you have been after for a long time. I don't have any grail records at the moment. Although, just before Christmas I did manage a grail book I've been after for many years. I collect rare and signed first edition books as well. 😊
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords If you mean book… yes. First edition of Master and Commander signed by Patrick O’Brian. Also, a first edition of The Silmarillion signed by Christoper Tolkien. If you mean record… Signed by the band, Viva La Vida by Coldplay, and Joshua Tree by U2. These I would say are my favourites. I have many others though.
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords 😂😂😂 Oh man, that’s a hilarious story. 2017 the band and production team were staying at what was then called The Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast. My wife and I were also staying there. Now understand; of course I knew of U2, but wasn’t a fan at all. Anyway, dinner time and I had to go to the loo. I was standing next to this bloke at the trough, then at the wash sink. We were the only ones in the toilets at the time. Washing our hands he told me he admired my wedding ring. I thanked him, exchanged a few more pleasantries and returned to our respective tables. Later, after dinner, it turns out this bloke from the toilet and his party were sitting next to my wife and I in the lounge area of the hotel enjoying drinks. We struck up another conversation and he introduced himself as Paul. I had no clue who he was. We shared some laughs and carry on for a few hours and headed to our rooms. By this stage it was getting late. Later I found out that they really enjoyed some normal company and conversation without being hounded as “fans”. The next morning we bumped into each other again at breakfast. I made a rash comment about how they were all together as a group again. After breakfast my wife and I were heading back up to our room to prepare for the day ahead, I noticed the group of guys all piling into huge limos at the hotel entrance. Well… again, that night we ran into them in the lounge, they seemed very flustered and I made another rather brash comment about the limos earlier. That’s when I found out who they were. They were in Australia preparing for their tour in 2019. Over time we remained friendly and kept vaguely in touch. We were the mad Australians they met in a hotel. Anyway, when they came to Australia on tour we were sent tickets to the concert, met them afterwards, and I guess the rest is history. I’m still not a fan of their music… mostly. I like some of their work, but, you know, they are truly fantastic people and I am grateful I met them. 😂 That I met Paul in a toilet… yeah… don’t get creepy about it!!!
For years I have been looking for a particular Pink Floyd bootleg. It's titled "Oink, Oink, Woof, Woof, Baaaa" and was produced under the Uninvited Mole label in 2015. It's a recording of the July 6th, 1977 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This concert is infamous in the band's history as it's the show where Roger Waters spit on a fan in the audience, thus sparking the creative concept behind "The Wall". I even did a mini-doc in college about the tour and the Montreal show. Between Discogs, eBay, CDandLP, and many other sites, I have yet to see a single copy for sale, of which only 100 copies exist.
Just made a note that if I ever come across it I'll let you know (if I can possibly find a way to message you 🍺. I see it is blocked from sale on Discogs (being a bootleg - as you mentioned)
I love his Fifth album that I got after Do You Know What I Mean came out, but loved his earlier album Barrel. A rare album where every song is great. His double live album is also good. I do not recommend his album Space and First Takes as it is best avoided, 4 long songs that are repetitive and sleep inducing. He was really popular in my home town of St. Louis and youtube used to have a live recording of him playing there that was worth a listen.
Ah, I have the "flames" version of Street Survivors... and I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live in the UK on the tour they did not long before the crash. Even now, I still have vivid memories of the inevitable Free Bird encore - I think the later events helped seal it into my brain. The original version of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick, with the multi-page mock-up newspaper on the cover, was a holy grail one for me - not worth a great deal, but I found a copy in excellent condition last year.
I have the 1971 pressing of that Lee Michaels record ... love it. My "Holy Grail" record was the second record named Real To Reel from early 80's NWOBHM band Dark Star. I didn't even know they released it until the early 2000's. I ended getting it off eBay from the record store in ... wait for it ... Denmark! That was a pretty big deal back then. Sad to say, the record was just ok.
Holy sh*t! This album was one of my “holy grail” LPs too! I found two decent copies, one is a German pressing. Neither have clean covers. But, at least I have it. Still looking for a super clean copy.
My "holy grail" record, which I finally acquired a few weeks ago at a very good price, is the "glow in the dark" vinyl release of "Creatures Of The Night" by KISS.
Your package should arrive today. The mats in the package were added for protection. I think I told you but side A is good, sides B and C are amazing and side D is disappointing. Not sure what they did differently but it seems flat and fairly lifeless to me? The best of it is track 2 side B! Enjoy🎶😎🎶
Though I'm perhaps old enough, my excuse for not having heard of Lee Michaels is being an European (Swedish). I don't think I have heard "Do You Know What I Mean" until about two minutes ago. Not bad though :). According to Wikipedia he is still, at 78, operating "his family-owned restaurant Killer Shrimp which he founded in 1988 in Marina del Rey, California". My "Holy Grail" is Scottish band The Headboys' only album from 1979 (until their second album finally was realeased on CD as "The Lost Album" in 2013). I used to own a copy until I around 1990 got rid of my vinyl collection. Bad bad mistake.
Hi Max. Wow - thanks for the info on Lee and his current whereabouts. If I'm ever in Marina Del Rey I might have to try Killer Shrimp out just to say I've been there. The Headboys sound oddly familiar but perhaps I'm mistaken. I'll have to check.
Yes, I collected every original pressings of all Engelbert Humperdinks records released on Parrot records....my parents favorite now mine....looking to find any original pressings of Big Country, London Calling, or The Skyliners...
Ah, yes Lee and Frosty on drums......wished l had kept my copy. Kind of a one hit wonder. Just sold Skynerd last year with the fire cover ...... You don't see it around in record bins much these days. Sold it for$30. It should also contain a paper insert of their tour schedule. Lee M. was a great find. Cheers!
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I didnt have the patience to find out what record. I skipped through, still couldnt figure it out. Such is the thirst to satisfy the youtube algo.
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Lee Michaels worth $1, he paid 50 for a sealed copy and made up a story for UA-cam.
Congratulations on finding your Holy Grail Rick ! I searched and listened to that song and do remember it with memories of the roller skating rink, being played on the jukebox
We used to have a few skating rinks in my area. Sadly, they are all gone now. It doesn’t seem that long ago either that it was the place to go after school.
Lee Michaels live in studio-one of my all time faves. The sound he pumped out of that B-3 through the Leslies rocked like an earthquake, and Frosty's drum solo just kills. Love those guys.
I need to find that Live album. It's also come up a number of times in conversation. Maybe my next search!
I'm 71 and I enjoyed the song Do You Know What I Mean. but my most favorite from Lee is his rendition on the Hammond B3 of Stormy Monday. OMG, him and that organ wail in that song. Way back when, If I remember correctly, many of his fans were upset when he changed from the Hammond to the Piano. He was a Master on that B3.
I'll have to track that down. Thanks Scotty!
My personal "grail" type record is my dad's original pressing of Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. He played that song for me when I was a little kid and it blew me away! Sadly my dad passed away so that album is sentimental. I have that album in one of those display type frames where it pops open and you can take it out and still play it.
I bought that album new as a teenager. I don't think I've played it in 40 years now......lol.
I completely get the sentimentality and I'm really happy to hear you have it. Alot of the records I inherited from my dad's old collection are some I may never play but they mean the world to me.
That's a great record too by the way. I have a reissue copy if it - very cool to hear you have an original pressing. (now that song will be stuck in my head all day...)
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I met a girl from SoCal about the time I bought that record. She was just visiting. She said, "Yeah man, there's a club where I live that plays that album 24/7." I thought that was the coolest thing I ever heard. Until I aged a few more yrs and thought that was the dumbest thing I ever heard...lol.
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@djsoul--They played at my high school gym in Los Angeles. My guess, the contract was signed 6 months earlier, and then they exploded!
"In the Garden of Eden"(that's what it meant) was played a longer drum solo.
Back in 1971 as a 16 yeat old I disntictly remember hearing the single on my 65 corvair car radio and immediately new I had to get that record...not only was it a great song with a great groove but it was the first time I had ever been able to hear a bassline on that tinny system...and what a basslline it was, walking into my heart and starting the seeds of my becoming a bassist. This song means the world to me, thanks for reminding me of that.
It really does have a great bassline. It's near perfect in my humble opinion.
"It's been 14 days since I don't know when. I just saw her with my best friend, do you know what I mean!" How brilliant is that song!!
I loved it immediately, when I first heard it. And I still love it 53 years later!! Does it get any better? !! More Hammond organ, baby!!
Thank you for that. What a brilliant blast from the past. I was 14 years old when that song made my life a happier place. What a unique talent, Lee was back then.
The other thing for me about that album/song was that it was pressed on A&M...so you had to know, even before giving it a first spin on the turntable, that it was going sound excellent. I've never had an A&M pressing that didn't sound superior to the rest of the labels out there.
Enjoy your newly located treasure, Rick. If I had one I'd be heating up the grooves through continual play. There's so much to love about it. Do you know what I mean? 😁
Lol - I sure do know what you mean 😂
The Hammond is what hooked me on that album when I was younger - and that was before I even knew what it was. Such a great sound and such a great talent.
"Better find yourself another girl
Better find another girl
Better find, uh, another place"
Woo.
What a great song.
'Murder in my Heart for the Judge' a good one too.
Do You Know What I Mean has such a unique vibe and melody. Simple but mysterious. One of the greats of the 70s.
Good way to put it - it is somewhat mysterious isn't it. Must be the dark sound of that Hammond organ.
Congratulations! I love that feeling.
My grail was a more recent release, “Resigned“ by Michael Penn from 1997. It wasn’t a popular release, and obviously during an era in vinyl production was at an all time low. On the entire Internet I only ever found ONE copy and it was $300. I searched again a few months ago and found that Amoeba Records had a used copy for $125 and I bought it immediately. The amazing thing is that it was signed by the artist! The cover was VG and the vinyl is truly near mint and doesn’t look like it had ever been played.
Wow! That's a "win" in every aspect - and signed! Happy to hear you found it and near mint. Can't ask for a better find.
I loved Michael Penn from the first time I heard "No Myth". "Resigned" is my favorite LP! Never seen a vinyl copy- great score!
I found a sealed copy of Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits from the 1960's and it sounds excellent. Found it in a used record store. One Holy Grail down. I'll keep searching.
Gotta love when that happens. Great find Dave!
Hello Rick, one of my grails is to find Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Pronounced..." on the original Sounds of the South label to companion up with my "Second Helping" , that may not sound like much to some, but here in central NY, it's a struggle in Yankee territory to find a copy of that original Rebel label...Long live the South!!
Love those records as well. The copies I have of those two are reissues (maybe early 80s pressings). I had to laugh at the "yankee territory" comment. Same difficulties here in NH as well.
I'm seeking that same pressing as well. You can find it, but usually the cover is beat up and the record isn't far behind. It was a HUGE party album, so finding a clean one won't be easy. Good luck!
Are you near Utica?
Great story! I can only be very glad for that you can secure this valuable memory, everyone deserves such a personal victory in whatever form it can be meaningful for them.
I also own this record and greatly appreciate Lee Michaels strong voice and straightforward songs. His 1969 self-titled live album showcased the awesome powerhouse he forms with his drummer Frosty, a real party record!
Always love to heat from a fellow Lee Michaels fan! Cheers Christiaan!
I did have a holy grail record but I finally tracked one down in a North Carolina record store online, I live in Oklahoma. It was Bob Segers album The Fire Inside which had been long out of print. The reason it was a holy grail for me was my dad has co-writing credits on the last track on side 2 which my dad and his keyboard player wrote. My dad performed the song locally in Tulsa for a long time and Bob Seger's on and off again drummer David Teegarden was my dads drummer for a ling time in Tulsa. Unfortunately my dad passed before I had aquirred the album but I'm sure he could sense my joy when I finally found one on vinyl.
Thank you for sharing that. I have a feeling the joy you felt did reach him. And wow - writing credits in it too. Just reading this (and I read it twice for it to fully sink in) makes me want to track this down too. Happy New Year, Shannon. Toast to your dad 🍺
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I have the RIAA award hanging on my wall for 1 million sales of cd and cassette.
@@shannondavis4380 That's incredible ❤
Great story Rick! I can’t think of any holy grail records on my wantlist at the moment, i guess i always let myself be surprised by what i walk into. That would also explain my eclectic collection :) Happy new year and cheers from Amsterdam!
And Happy New Year to you as well!!
Glad you got it. My HG was a record of George M. Cohan songs done by a Broadway chorus in the 1950s, which my mother bought me as a kid. I saw it for $25 once, passed, got it for 25 cents at Salvation Army. I spent a year wet cleaning it, drying it, being disappointed, forgetting it, and then the whole show twice more. After the third cleaning, finally all the dirt rose in mounds under a dry brush, and now it plays like it came out in the vinyl revival.
That's great! And glad you stuck with it and finally got it cleaned up. Cheers!
Great video. The memories attached to music is what makes it so enjoyable and meaningful. I love the song Know What I Mean - my friend Lenny had it on 8-track and we would play it incessantly driving around in his car. Great song - great memories.
Those good old 8 tracks. Thanks for sharing Mario!
Sometime in the 2010s when I started buying old LPs again (you know -- the ones I'd replaced with CDs in the early 1990s), I began reliving the joy of the early CD era, when you got to experience the pleasure of buying your favorite albums all over again in a different format. OK, it wasn't always a pleasure to be paying for virtually the same music a third or fourth or eleventh time, but at least you knew what you were buying and that you liked it when you bought it (yet) again. One record I remembered but never actually owned was this Lee Michaels album ("5th") the single from which was everywhere in record stores and on radio in 1971, when I was 13. I got tired of it back then, but it had a warm, unpretentious sound that I missed. So, I bought it for the FIRST time (on LP) in about 2014. Glad I did -- and glad you found your copy!
Thanks! It was a long time coming!
That’s awesome man. I forgot all about that song. I’ve had and still have my own personal grails. I just received one of them today, in fact. There’s nothing like getting a record you’ve been searching for, for years in the mail, cracking it open and spinning it. Agreed! That’s what it’s all about.
It really is Thomas. I couldn't agree more,
Back in 1970 when I was 6 I came home from school and it was my dads birthday.He had a brand new copy of frank Sinatras Songs for swinging lovers- I remember looking at the cover and thinking who is this singer ?
A few years later my dad then told me that when he was in the army in Aden back in 1957 one of his mates had a copy of this record and played it in the barracks so that’s what he ended up owning a copy.
Sinatra from my teens to this day has had a massive influence on my life I and I have amassed a life times of record ,CDs and other memorabilia of his recordings.
A few years back I remember my dad telling me that he had given away most of his vinyl collection to a charity so I obviously thought that meant his copy of swinging lovers too ,so I never questioned the records whereabouts.
Back in 2019 my dad passed away and my mother handed me my dads copy of swinging lovers.
Can you imagine how that made me feel to be in possession of the very record that gave me a profound interest in Sinatra ?
The record had literally gone full circle nearly 50 years later.
Needless to say the record is at the pinnacle of my collection and can never be replaced.
The record still has the original label bearing the cost of 17 shillings and sixpence and of course no bar code
I love this story, Timothy. I am extremely happy for you. I can only imagine the feeling, especially after having thought it was gone.
What a really refreshing video -great story too 🎉🎉❤
Thank you for that - made my day!
*LOL* "it's mine, it's all mine"... genious 🙂 Very nice story with a happy end :-) Congratulations, Rick, for the end of the search 😉 (for this record).
Thank you 😎
Another great Lee Michaels disc is "Nice day for something".Every track in my opinion is top drawer.The drumming is flawless.
I'll have to look for that one. Thanks Terry!
Lee Michaels 5th is a great album, every song's good!
I already had that one, but when Manifest in Charlotte closed a couple years ago, I picked up several more of his for dirt cheap.
Congratulations on your sealed copy!
My holiest of holies is…
Drum roll…
The Walker Brothers, Nite Flights. ❤️
Thanks Mark! Happy New Year 🍺
it seems odd that in English, the syllable ‘lac’ rather that the ‘shell’ part is stressed. Shellac is a lac (lacquer) made from a resin secreted from a bug, dried and processed into shell-like flakes.
I know the feeling just found a mint copy of the soundtrack of Goodbye Columbus. The record holds personal memories for me so very excited. I guess you had to be there.
It's really all about the memories. Something streaming will never provide. Thanks, Gary!
Congratulations. Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎👍♥️🔊🎶🎶🎶🎶🔊🎶🎶🎶💯
Cheers from New Hampshire, Mac!
I had the great fortune of seeing Lee Michaels with Frosty as openers for Grand Funk Railroad in May 1970. They put on such a fantastic unforgettable show!
Talk about an amazing double bill, Fred!
Yes, I have my holy grail record! It's a Bert Sommer's 1969 debut LP "The Road To Travel" in mint condition, sleeve is good, but the media is more important. Really hard to find and now, after I got this I think it's impossible. No reissues, nothing, just this 1969 pressing only. It isn't available for streaming and download also. Absolutely gorgeous, very musical and beautifully mastered LP. One of a kind for sure. The real Holy Grail
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Excellent video, kept me intrigued. You’re a natural.
I don't know about being a natural - but thanks!!
My Holy Grail record was of a Quebec folk singer Raoul Duguay (live) and after 30 years I found the live CD & vinyl weeks apart!!!
Very nice! Congrats!
I live in Canada and I also have a coy of that particular issue. Was around 15 or16 years old when that song came out. Love it!!
Greetings Canada and Happy New Year,!
Hi Rick, glad you finally found the record. I do agree that retaining the plastic outer cover with its advertising blurb is a a good idea. I don’t have a real “Holy Grail” record but would like to complete my collection of Clifford T Ward (Home Thoughts from Abroad). He’s not greatly collected but his output was quite regular but in small numbers. Happy New Year to you and your family. Rgds Pat
Happy New Year to you as well Pat. I always appreciate your comments and insights!
*Twenty seconds in and I knew who you were talking about, can't mistake the owner of that great head of hair! And I knew which song you were referring to, Do you Know What I Mean was considered a throwaway song by Lee, he didn't think much of it but I'll bet he was pleasantly surprised by its popularity. Its a damn shame that Lee Michaels isn't more well known today, as with a few other musicians from that time, like David Crosby and Eric Burdon, Lee was a bannerman for the counterculture. I've been listening to Michaels since Recital, Heighty-Hi is one of my favorite songs. FWIW, Lee's third album with just him and Barry "Frosty" Smith on drums is phenomenal! Congrats for finding a sealed copy of Fifth, my copy is an original pressing but not nearly in new condition.*
Eric Burdon - what a talent. I remember his solo hit "Spill The Wine" after he left the Animals. Another song I've always loved.
You're a true Michaels aficionado 🍺. Thank you for weighing in!
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords If you haven't yet listened to them, try Eric Burdon and the Animals, "The Twain Shall Meet" and "Winds of Change". They are two of his best and a good representation of his commitment to the counterculture!
I know what you mean about sealed records from decades ago. I bought a copy of "Pretzel Logic.". My old copy was in pretty bad shape. The seller stated that it was sealed and he was not sure if was warped. It was. I got another copy (too much money), and though it's not perfect, it's better than my two previous copies. Anyways, have a good new year.
It's always a crap shoot when they are that old and sealed. Almost like paying for an expensive mystery bag,
I was at the Record store today & I found a copy of 5th for 1.99 in Mint - condition. Can't wait to listen to it. Thanks for Turning me on to this album. I'll let you know what I think of it after I listen to it.😎
Nice! And yes - please let me know your thoughts on it - Cheers, Richard! 🍺
Do you know what I mean is the funkiest grooviest song ever from the '70s! I've loved that song ever since I was a kid. So happy for you that you found the vinyl!
Thanks @gambit7025 !
This is the only thing I could find as far as a "music video" on UA-cam. ua-cam.com/video/_NvZEXZTqLg/v-deo.htmlsi=R71tVEq9SVskOGGy
That is a really great story, Rick. I can't say that I have any Holy Grail records I'm searching for. When I got rid of my original collection back in the early 2000's I thought I would never buy vinyl again. By then I had a pretty large CD collection and I just felt like CD's had taken over and replaced vinyl. So I moved on. Then lo and behold I got back into vinyl again about 5 years ago. This time I decided not to try to duplicate everything I had before. Since I had pretty much done that with CD's, I figured I would start fresh and just buy stuff I really knew I wanted to hear on the vinyl format and start collecting artists that I didn't have before. I did buy a few albums that I used to have as reissues but I didn't seek out original copies. I guess I just decided not to over obsess about it. I've come to embrace all the different formats and appreciate them all for different reasons. Vinyl does seem to hold some kind of magic in it. I can think of a hundred reasons why it really isn't as good a format as CD's or Hi Res Digital Streaming. But, it's also the same with my Tube Amp. There are a hundred reasons a solid state amp is better or should be better, but I prefer the sound of the tube amp now. I've tried to figure out why this is and I've settled on this explanation. How do you explain your favorite color? Why do you like one color better than another? Mine is Blue. Is Blue better than red or green or brown or black, or any other color? How about turquoise or magenta? Purple? There is no explanation except......., that is what I like. I don't dislike the other colors, but I prefer blue. I don't dislike CD's or Streaming, but I prefer vinyl. So back to the Holy Grail record. There was one that I looked for for a while and finally bought it on Discogs, which was the Scorpions Unplugged Live in Athens. One track on the album has a crackle in it. So there you go. I play it once in a while and sometimes just move forward to the next track, sometimes I suffer through the distortion. I probably won't seek out another copy on vinyl. I may just buy the CD which is way easier to find. That way I'll have the option of listening on vinyl, cd or streaming.
Always love reading your comments Neil.
Good way to explain it using favorite colors as an analogy. But of course Blue is better than red, and especially better than burnt orange 🤣
I saw that Scorpions album once and almost bought it. I have most of their discography. I also have to say - their new album is quite good and stands up very well against their 80s output post (and including) _Blackout_ . I know what I'm listening to tonight now...
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Hard to beat a night of listening to the Scorpions.
Burnt Orange? Yuck! 😂
I do have a record that means so much to me and I searched high and low for it for years. I finally found it when a radio station was selling all their vinyl as the station was out of business. It’s the band Boomerang and it wasn’t a huge seller at the time and I don’t even know how many were printed but there was a song on it titled Cynthia Fever that blew me away. I had a copy of the song on cassette but that was it. The singer and keyboard player was Mark Stein from the Vanilla Fudge it was very similar to Deep Purple ver3 with Coverdale/ Hughes . Strangely enough Mark played with Tommy Bolin after. Small world.
Wow. I’m a huge Tommy Bolin fan and have been for decades. Especially his two solo albums. I actually include him in an upcoming video. You must have read my mind!
My father-in-law gifted me a small collection of vinyl he had lying around since he was a teen. And that Lee Michaels is in there. As a millenial, I had never heard of him before, but wow is that an amazing album.
Wow - thanks Owen. You have no idea how much that thrills me to hear that. Cheers my friend 🍺🍺
My Holy Grail was Planet P Project on pink vinyl, only went out to DJ's. When I found it I was amazed. $28 in perfect condition.
Great find!
I am a Dad and my grail is a mint copy of " It's a Beautiful Day" both for me and for my wife...
Way to go to get your Grail.Mine gets played a lot on Lp and CD..
Very nice, Dan!
I picked up that Lee Michael's album for my collection late last year. Good stuff.
I just received an album by RVG called "Brain Worms". It's only 6 months old, but it's my holy grail. It's an original first pressing. Enjoyed your video, kind sir.
Thank you and congrats on finding your holy grail!
Meshuggah's Catch 33 and Allan Holdsworth's Road Games EP. Managed to find the latter last year in pristine condition, a promo copy that was played perhaps a handful of times. Congrats on finding yours, and may it bring you many more decades of happiness.
The same with yours Tiaan!
Interesting story.
I know how you feel.
I had this feeling after receiving a postcard, I bought at auction.
It’s a card written by Paul McCartney to his aunt Milli in 1989. He was on holiday in the US and she‘s in a nursing home in England.
Being a Beatles fan, it was the holy grail for me.
Just holding it in my hand gives me a push.
Love that story - thanks for sharing that!
I found 2 of my holy grail records both soundtracks
1. A fist full of Dynamite 1972, which I've been looking for since 1981, i finally found it in a charity shop in 2016 in near mint condition for 20p!
2. To sir with love 1967 in a charity shop that specialises in vinyl for £6 in very good condition. I still collect vinyl but the 2 records I've been looking for I have.👍
Two great soundtracks right there as well, Lennox! Lulu sings the title on To Sir With love correct? She did a great version of that song with Soul Asylum on Unplugged years and years ago.
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Yes Lulu sings the title track, and the mindbenders sing it's getting harder. Both movies are in my top 10 all time films.
No idea why UA-cam’s algorithms put this in my feed. But a great video. Thanks for making it. Also, never heard of the mentioned artist. Will check him out. 👍
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know!
My first LP that suddenly changed a 13 year old boys life forever, 1968 Jimi Hendrix, Axis Bold As Love
Amazing record Lars. A favorite here as well.
Great video. In the 70’s a lot of albums that were so called Sealed, were actually re- sealed by people who just wanted to rip people off. You would open them finding that the record was obviously been played. A lot!! Scratches. Dings. Paper marks from taking it in and out of the inner sleeve.
Thanks David! I believe I ran into some of those in the past as well. Cheers!
Don’t laugh, please… my grail record was Def Leppard - Hysteria original pressing. They have always been my favorite band and my first concert back in ‘88.
It eluded me for quite some time then one day out of the blue I’m crate digging and find it! I bought it immediately.
Two weeks later I find exactly the same pressing still in shrink! Bought that one too!
I will never laugh at someone else's music - especially Def Leppard. Although not from that album - their song "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" has always been a favorite of man.
So glad you found your album
Thanks Jon! I was thrilled 😎
I have all four of mine. All by Jethro Tull. Stand Up with the pop up in the gatefold. Living in the Past with the booklet in the gatefold, Thick as a Brick with the newspaper and A Passion Play with the playbill. Not rare or particularly valuable but all very important pieces of my musical past. ☮️
Cheers Jim! That's what it's all about in my humble opinion. Memories trump value.
I still have a copy of the first Hour Glass ( Greg and Duane Allman) that my older brother had in 1967. Great blue eyed soul! and psych classic "Cast Off All My Fears"
Now that’s a keeper! I knew of the album but have never run across it.
Great!!!! I've got a few of these pieces. My holy grail sits in my collection. Mother Love Bone-Apple
So weird that you mention them. My brother and I were just talking about the Seattle grunge sound and influences and Mother Love Bone came up.
3:03 Funny, if I could share a picture here…bottom of the record shelf…front and center. If you know what I mean. 😉 My HG record was The Tragically Hip, Day for Night. Mrs B-side found it on eBay. It was spendy. We had it about 4 yrs before they reissued the whole catalog. 🤷♂️🍻
My "Holy Grail" album was VanHalens (A Different Kind of Truth). I finally got it last year & it was sealed as well! I paid out the nose for it, but after a run through the sonic cleaner, it sounds BEAUTIFUL!! 🤘🏻
I love that album. I landed a copy of that as well! If i remember right the one I have is on red vinyl. Congrats on finding it!
Glad you found it.
Scuffs are bummer. But the stylus should rub below the surface scuffs.
Do you buy from anywhere other than discogs?
Sure do! I've bought just as many records from my local record shop (less than 10 minutes away). Whenever I'm in an unfamiliar city I usually scope out the used record shops if I have time as well.
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I was not clear when I asked:
"Do you buy from anywhere other than discogs?" (what I am thinking and what I am typing are not always in sync). ;-)
I meant to ask if you buy from other "on-line" sellers, such as eBay, or Amazon, etc. Or do you stick to discogs when it comes to on-line purchases.
@@NoEgg4u Ahhh - got it. Occasionally Amazon for brand new releases if my local shop doesn't have it. I have purchased on eBay but I can count on one hand how many times. I think that's where I tracked down Brody Dalle's "Diploid Love" a couple years ago. Mainly it's Discogs and 90% of time from sellers I trust. I've also purchased through a guy who runs a Facebook auction but haven't recently.
I had a track that I had been looking for and I'd only heard it once in 1966 and it was Stop! an obscure single by the Moody Blues. I heard it/saw it on the Red Skelton variety show back in the day as he had a musical artist (mostly British bands) perform a number on his program (some times on a movie clip or video as this was) and I really loved the song. It only just made the Hot 100 in the 90s for a week or two, and I never found it on an album. Fast forward about 15 years and after having scrounged around for it for a long time I found it on a British pressing of their album when a friend traded me about 50 albums for a collection of baseball cards I was letting go of. It seems weird but I was elated on finally being able to hear it and enjoy it again. The late Denny Laine on vocals...
Wow - great find! I didn't realize Denny Laine had passed until you mentioned it and I had to look it up. RIP Denny.
Yes. This is what a Grain is in my mind. Great video.
Top of my list was the Muskrats, Soul Francisco, that I picked up newly remaindered for $6 when I was a youth. Lost that copy about 20 years ago. Been on the lookout ever since. It's not super rare or desired, so cheap I never wanted to triple the price by having it shipped. Found it last weekend in a local shop for $5. Worth it for the jugband Minor Threat cover alone.
Now to go give Lee Michaels a listen.
Hey = congrats on the find , Beau! Glad you found that.
I still have my copy and got to see him in 1972, just him, Frosty on drums and a wall of Marshall amps.
Wow! Now I'm extremely jealous.
There is an episode of the TV show "Everybody loves Raymond" with the title "Jazz records" which covers one important aspect of vinyl.
Now I need to track that episode down.
I saw Lee and Frosty play several times at the Fillmore East opening for other bands. Needless to say I became a fan. Just great shows and memories.
It almost goes without saying, Robert, but I’m extremely jealous to read that. Cheers!
I've had all those records you showed. I never really had any grails except one record. I was a Floyd, Zeppelin guy in the seventies just like all my friends. There was this rumor that Pink Floyd did a soundtrack in the early seventies. The movie was drive inn garbage. I looked for the movie in every vhs collection to no avail. Forgot about it for years. It was not on tape or dvd. One day I was at Barnes and Nobles during the great resurgence, in 2013. There it was Zabriskie Point. 40 years of looking for that record and they repressed it and it sounds fantastic! Gerry Garcia has a few tracks on it that add value. One of the Floyd tracks has riffs that sound great and were further developed for their big three records. Great find, for me!
That's unreal - I've never heard of it until you mentioned it. Just looked it up - the lineup of musicians who contributed to the soundtrack is incredible.
Is the cellophane seal an issue after many years? I hear keeping the cellophane leeches onto the vinyl through the cover & jackets. Sometimes I see ghosting on the vinyl and some say such plastic residue affects the sound?
While plastic residue will definitely affect the sound - it's more from the original plastic sleeve than the outside cellophane. That's why I recommend to swap the inner sleeve out for a new anti-static sleeve. Paper sleeves to (which leaves scuffs over time and degrade). I would keep the inner sleeve if it has release specific info on it (like band pictures, etc). Just keep the record in a new one.
As far as cellophane bleeding - I don't think that's a concern at all. What could be is the theory that cellophane sleeves shrink with the weather and over time and could, due to added pressure, warp a record. I haven't seen this myself, so it's purely anecdotal.
Yeah I bought that Lee Michaels album in early 1972. Loved it then, loved it now. The whole thing is great. Has one of the best rock bass sounds ever. Great dynamics all around.
It really does have a great bass on it. Totally agree.
Congrats !!! it's been a good year for holy grails. Just got a Gentle Giant 'Power and The Glory' WWA label UK for $30 in awesome condition. happy collecting !
Congrats to you as well! Happy New Year!
Nice video... Always nice videos on your channel 👍 So nice for you to finally find a perfect copy of that record you had been looking for so long 😁 The record I was looking for was "Imaginos" by BÖC. I wanted a NM copy of the record. And in the summer of 2022 I could sink my teeth into just that 😁 Bought it on eBay, The record had the original shrink wrap on, with the original sticker that said: The New Album From BLUE ÖYSTER CULT... INCLUDES: ASTRONOMY AND I AM THE ONE YOU WARNED ME OF. The record was perfect. Must have been played once or twice. I paid around 75 USD, incl freight and Norwegian vat. It was worth every cent/penny.
All the best from a snow stormy and ice cold Kristiansand 😁😁😁
Hi Ole! Ahhh... _Imaginos_ . I bought my copy of that record the week it came out and I even remember doing so. My girlfriend at the time worked at a mall sandwich shop called Au Bon Pain and while I waited for her to get out of work I ran to the record shop a few doors down to grab a copy. Funny how the simple mention of an album brings back a flood of memories.
No snow here in New Hampshire if you can believe it. Cold as ice but no snowfall, and we usually have at least 6" to a foot by now. I'm sure I just jinxed it...
Well, we have 100 cm (3.3 foot) by now. More to come...No you have NOT jinxed it 😁😸👍
Great story, I had that one as a boy but somehow it was lost along the way. You have inspired me to begin a new search!
If you have luck let me know!
The Chairmen of the Board - In Session, with the Single "Pay to the Piper". 😊
Another band I haven't heard in years.
I had Lee Michael’s “ 1:10 Barrel “. I’d like to have that again.
Since I'm old (66) I don't have any grails.... that I know of. Memory fails me tbh. But I still love the searches now and then.
The search and journey never ends, Jim.
I can relate; bought four copies of Bobby Darin's 1960, "This Is Darin" until I got that great copy...
This reminds me to pull out my Bobby Darin record. I haven't listened to it in ages. Cheers! 🍺
Fanny's "Charity Ball"
After seeing their blue screen Beat Club video I found an original copy of their first album. I'd like to track down Charity Ball from 1971 now.
Great stuff!
Cheers, Ken! And thanks!
I first heard Lee Michael's song "Do You Know What I mean" back in 1971. Great track and it was one of my Mum's favourites. The Australian singer Renée Geyer did a great version of this song back in 1981. Look it up. Top version.
Love it - just looked it up and found it on YT. She did a great job!
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords She was a great singer and greatly missed.
Great album. I've always loved "Do You Know What I Mean" since first hearing it in the radio in the early 70s. About 4 years ago, I found a pristine copy save for a price label someone affixed to the front cover. It's an early pressing on the green label with the A&M logo on the left side. It sounds like it's hardly been played. I think i paid only $2. What a score.
That is a score! Cheers, Sonny!
I remeber hearimg Do You Know What I Mean for the first time. I was a freshman in High School. Fast forward 45 years I found the Album in a Thrift Store for $2 in Near Mint condition. It's a great record and leaves me wondering why his career was kinda short..
I've wondered the exact same thing many times Steve,
Love that song, But seem to remember a different singer that might have released it more recently(80s -90s?). Maybe a Motown Group or singer? So happy for you to find this! I can't think of a holy grail album but will come back here and post when I do! Keep up the great content!
Thanks Glenn! If there was a remake I wasn't aware of it - I'll have to check that out.
It's not a Holy Grail record for me but I DO have 9 copies of the Mobile Fidelity pressing of Gino Vannelli's album Powerful People. Three of which are still factory sealed. Yes, I'm rather obsessed with it. It has a bit of a bump up in the bass response, which I love, as opposed to the original. I think it was very well recorded but for some reason I think it flew under most people's radar. I highly recommend it.
You're giving me quite a great list of things to listen to.
"Happy Nightmare, Baby" - Opal, 1987. That was one of my "Holy Grails" I was totally obsessed with spotting it! I am living in Greece and, for some miraculous reason, this gem was issued locally; however, it didn't sell and Greek copies are also scarce and sought-after here. I had lost one at the last minute from a local seller, so I was on a constant hunt for it. Suddenly, an original 1987 US copy emerged for sale on a local 2nd-hand-sales site, from a Greek seller. I grabbed it without a glance! It was a bit pricey for my standards (75 euros plus shipping), but it was worth every cent!!! A pristine US 1987 copy landed home a few days after, and it sounded fantastic! It may sound a bit trivial to US listeners, but getting a US copy here in the Mediterranean in NM condition was something out of my wildest dreams! So yes, I know how it feels. Happy record hunting everyone! And a Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year and congrats on landing the US copy! Some things are meant to happen 😎
Enjoyed that backstory, mate; a record find that helps to bring a little fuzzy warmth into your life. Lovely stuff.
A nice contrast to the usual talking youtube heads blabbing about how amazing/valuable their most recent score is [yawn].
Thanks Richie. Cheers!
My biggest elusive holy grail recording was J.D. Blackfoot's The Ultimate Prophecy. I had two copies of the album slip away since it came out in 1970. I did find a CD of it 7 years ago that I still play along side of the worst condition copy of Nectar's Remember the Future CD that still sounds pretty clean.
I just had to go find a track to remind myself who he was. Just listened to "One Time Woman". Good stuff!
So far, my holy Grail has been the "Tubthumper" album by Chumbawamba. Easy enough to find on CD, but the only vinyl I can find is the one with the arm and hammer logo and not the green background with pink baby.
I get that! For the Lee Michael's album I was after a specific cover as well.
I once owned a 1935 Terraplane, have the Foghat version of the Terraplane Blues and have the flamed album version. Ever heard Mike Harrison's Smokestack Lightning?
Hi Paul! I'd never heard, but just found it and listening to it now. Really good!
I remember. My girlfriend dated lee n I got stuck hanging out with his drummer frosty We had a wonderful time that’s all I remember ❤️
Now that's a memory! (or sort of a memory...)
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords I know more but it’s someone’s else’s story to tell not mine! ❤️
Great job. Congratulations. It is always nice to get something you have been after for a long time. I don't have any grail records at the moment. Although, just before Christmas I did manage a grail book I've been after for many years. I collect rare and signed first edition books as well. 😊
That's really cool. Do you have a favorite that you've managed to acquire?
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords If you mean book… yes. First edition of Master and Commander signed by Patrick O’Brian. Also, a first edition of The Silmarillion signed by Christoper Tolkien.
If you mean record… Signed by the band, Viva La Vida by Coldplay, and Joshua Tree by U2.
These I would say are my favourites. I have many others though.
@@kurjan1 I should have clarified - I did mean books but I am in awe of the U2 signed Joshua Tree.
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords 😂😂😂
Oh man, that’s a hilarious story. 2017 the band and production team were staying at what was then called The Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast. My wife and I were also staying there. Now understand; of course I knew of U2, but wasn’t a fan at all. Anyway, dinner time and I had to go to the loo. I was standing next to this bloke at the trough, then at the wash sink. We were the only ones in the toilets at the time. Washing our hands he told me he admired my wedding ring. I thanked him, exchanged a few more pleasantries and returned to our respective tables.
Later, after dinner, it turns out this bloke from the toilet and his party were sitting next to my wife and I in the lounge area of the hotel enjoying drinks. We struck up another conversation and he introduced himself as Paul. I had no clue who he was. We shared some laughs and carry on for a few hours and headed to our rooms. By this stage it was getting late. Later I found out that they really enjoyed some normal company and conversation without being hounded as “fans”.
The next morning we bumped into each other again at breakfast. I made a rash comment about how they were all together as a group again. After breakfast my wife and I were heading back up to our room to prepare for the day ahead, I noticed the group of guys all piling into huge limos at the hotel entrance.
Well… again, that night we ran into them in the lounge, they seemed very flustered and I made another rather brash comment about the limos earlier. That’s when I found out who they were. They were in Australia preparing for their tour in 2019.
Over time we remained friendly and kept vaguely in touch. We were the mad Australians they met in a hotel. Anyway, when they came to Australia on tour we were sent tickets to the concert, met them afterwards, and I guess the rest is history.
I’m still not a fan of their music… mostly. I like some of their work, but, you know, they are truly fantastic people and I am grateful I met them. 😂 That I met Paul in a toilet… yeah… don’t get creepy about it!!!
@@kurjan1 That has to be one of the best stories I've ever heard!
For years I have been looking for a particular Pink Floyd bootleg. It's titled "Oink, Oink, Woof, Woof, Baaaa" and was produced under the Uninvited Mole label in 2015. It's a recording of the July 6th, 1977 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This concert is infamous in the band's history as it's the show where Roger Waters spit on a fan in the audience, thus sparking the creative concept behind "The Wall". I even did a mini-doc in college about the tour and the Montreal show. Between Discogs, eBay, CDandLP, and many other sites, I have yet to see a single copy for sale, of which only 100 copies exist.
Just made a note that if I ever come across it I'll let you know (if I can possibly find a way to message you 🍺. I see it is blocked from sale on Discogs (being a bootleg - as you mentioned)
Thanks for featuring Lee Michaels 5th. I also really like and recommend his first two albums, The Carnival of Life and Recital.
Thanks for the recommendation!
I love his Fifth album that I got after Do You Know What I Mean came out, but loved his earlier album Barrel. A rare album where every song is great. His double live album is also good. I do not recommend his album Space and First Takes as it is best avoided, 4 long songs that are repetitive and sleep inducing. He was really popular in my home town of St. Louis and youtube used to have a live recording of him playing there that was worth a listen.
@@williamcarnell2251 I've seen references to the double live album. Must track it down!
Ah, I have the "flames" version of Street Survivors... and I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live in the UK on the tour they did not long before the crash. Even now, I still have vivid memories of the inevitable Free Bird encore - I think the later events helped seal it into my brain. The original version of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick, with the multi-page mock-up newspaper on the cover, was a holy grail one for me - not worth a great deal, but I found a copy in excellent condition last year.
I would love to be able to say I saw the original band. What a great memory to have.
I have the 1971 pressing of that Lee Michaels record ... love it. My "Holy Grail" record was the second record named Real To Reel from early 80's NWOBHM band Dark Star. I didn't even know they released it until the early 2000's. I ended getting it off eBay from the record store in ... wait for it ... Denmark! That was a pretty big deal back then. Sad to say, the record was just ok.
Cheers Stuart! I vaguely remember that band - or at least the name. Thanks for sharing!
COOL, LOVE THE STORY AND I LOVE THE SONG!
Thanks Thomas!
Holy sh*t!
This album was one of my “holy grail” LPs too!
I found two decent copies, one is a German pressing.
Neither have clean covers. But, at least I have it.
Still looking for a super clean copy.
That’s awesome! I’m not alone in this 😎. Cheers🍺🍺🍺
Glad you found your grail. Great video.
Thanks Mike!
My "holy grail" record, which I finally acquired a few weeks ago at a very good price, is the "glow in the dark" vinyl release of "Creatures Of The Night" by KISS.
Now THAT is a great find! Congrats!
Your package should arrive today. The mats in the package were added for protection. I think I told you but side A is good, sides B and C are amazing and side D is disappointing. Not sure what they did differently but it seems flat and fairly lifeless to me?
The best of it is track 2 side B! Enjoy🎶😎🎶
I'll keep an eye out for it! I'll give you a heads up when it's in my hands 🍺
@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Sweet!
Though I'm perhaps old enough, my excuse for not having heard of Lee Michaels is being an European (Swedish). I don't think I have heard "Do You Know What I Mean" until about two minutes ago. Not bad though :). According to Wikipedia he is still, at 78, operating "his family-owned restaurant Killer Shrimp which he founded in 1988 in Marina del Rey, California".
My "Holy Grail" is Scottish band The Headboys' only album from 1979 (until their second album finally was realeased on CD as "The Lost Album" in 2013). I used to own a copy until I around 1990 got rid of my vinyl collection. Bad bad mistake.
Hi Max. Wow - thanks for the info on Lee and his current whereabouts. If I'm ever in Marina Del Rey I might have to try Killer Shrimp out just to say I've been there.
The Headboys sound oddly familiar but perhaps I'm mistaken. I'll have to check.
Have you tried a record flattener e.g. the Record Pi to fix warped records?
Hi, Paul. I haven't tried one yet but am intrigued by it. There's also a product called Vinyl Flat which works in a very similar way.
Yes, I collected every original pressings of all Engelbert Humperdinks records released on Parrot records....my parents favorite now mine....looking to find any original pressings of Big Country, London Calling, or The Skyliners...
Great stuff Scott! Cheers! 🍺
Ah, yes Lee and Frosty on drums......wished l had kept my copy. Kind of a one hit wonder. Just sold Skynerd last year with the fire cover ...... You don't see it around in record bins much these days. Sold it for$30. It should also contain a paper insert of their tour schedule. Lee M. was a great find. Cheers!
Cheers and Happy New Year!