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AN ADVANCE COPY OF A BLUES CD SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

Beatles-4 x 4 original Capitol Extended Play

MoFi Ultradisc Pink Floyd The Wall. Found it in a used record bin for $30 a few years ago. Astronomical sound. Astronomical price now.

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Eddie Duchin's Set C32 in a 78 RPM "Album". However, value is often in the ear of the beholder and I find great value in the recordings I continually revisit. These include Dave Grusin's Discovered Again and his NY - LA Dream Band, Rickie Lee Jones' Girl At Her Volcano, Elvis In Memphis, Abby Road, Bobby Darin's From Hello Dolly To Goodbye Charlie, Sinatra's Come Dance With Me, Bill Doggetts EP Collection, practically any version of The Nutcracker Suite or The Bolero and list list goes on and on. I have indeed, a most valuable collection.

The White Album (1968)&$151;Japanese red vinyl, mono.

Back 2 Back's self titled debut album. I recieved it as a joke for christmas, and I seriously doubt that anyone else on earth would ever buy it, hence making it rare. I still have trouble looking at the packaging, never mind listening to it. (Which I have not, in fact, done. Yet.)

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I have the MoFi Beatles box set, The MoFi Stones box set, and a ton of others, including original label rarities. On CD, I understand that my Traveling Wilburys is a no longer avaible and rare.

Tough choice... specially since I don't think my records are all that rare, but if I am forced to mention, it would be a tie between an original 1960s pressing of pianist Martha Argerich's debut on Deutsche Grammophon and a mint LP copy of Dean Elliot's weird lounge collectable "Zounds! What Zounds!" And perhaps some Czech 7" jazz EPs from the Seventies on the Panton label. See? I can't decide!

Wizard of Oz by The West Coast Workshop, a rare early-to-mid 1960s LP that is also possibly my favorite recording. It sells on ebay for $70–$100 generally, which is high on ebay. It is a fascinating modern orchestral work based on Oz music and characters, but carried to a parallel universe where everything is, well, different. The choral works, which are numerous, are excellent and the esthetic of a way-out groove of finesse and sophistication is continued throughout. It is unique and beautiful and it has lost none of its magical beauty in over 35 years.

Nimbus Supercut pressing of Sgt. Pepper (available mailorder to readers of Hi-Fi Today c1984). I saw it advertised on the web recently for

I have a live/bootleg recording of UK at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia,PA Recorded directly from the mixing board on 8/8/1978

It was a sealed copy of Casino Royale that I found in an antique store for $2. Unfortunately, the Classic reissue has allowed people to experience this record for $30, instead of paying me the thousands this supposedly used to go for.

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory, a Mint MFSL half-speed master.

MFSL vinyl pressing of Closer to the Edge by Yes.

I suspect that correspondents will refer to their vinyl gems in answer to this vote, and I commend those people because I have a few of my own. However, I wish to brag about my two sealed, and one open, copies of the fabulous MFSL motherlode of all CDs, The Wall in the longbox. Is anyone else feeling irrationally exuberant?

A double CD copy of the Peer Gynt Suites 1&2, Sigurd Jorsalfar from Deutsche Grammophon, which includes a full choral and vocal accompaniment. My mom bought it in Europe on a trip to Norway. All the US and new print editions are on 1 disc and do not have the nice thick book discussing the plays and the lyric translations (iClassic.com Catalog Number: 2894278072). I have yet to find the double CD version anywhere else. And since the Peer Gynt Suites is hard to find with the complete vocal accompaniment, this dual CD set is priceless to me.

The most recent one I've purchased.

An original 1982 pressing of Jean Michel Jarre's Concerts in China. It's also one of my best sounding records.

I like to think of my entire collection as "valuable". As any collector will tell you, value is in the eye of the beholder. When posed with this question I like to re-phrase it as "what are your most interesting titles". Titles in my collection that fall into this category include Ice-T/Body Count's debut album including the track "Cop Killer" (which was pulled from stores shortly after its release), all MFSL CDs, and many others too numerous to list.

Fleetwood Mac: "Silver Spring" on 45 single. I have yet to find this recording of the song on any other media.

Me in concert! I used to sing with the Schola Cantorum in Atlanta (the Seed and Feed Schola Cantorum, believe it or not) and the recordings made during that time would have to be some of the rarest around! On the other hand, "valuable" is not an adjective that immediately comes to mind—except for sentimental value.

All three Shaggs albums!

Don't laugh, but I have a Judist Priest Picture Disc (LP). There are only 5000 pressings in the world. It's worth a few dollars.

The most valuable recording is the one that I happen to be listening to at the time. Maybe it could be one of my direct to disc recordings: Brubeck, A Cut Above, For Duke on M&K, or Charlie Byrd on Crystal Clear (45RPM). I bought them because I liked the music. If they turn out now to be worth something, that's just an unexpected bonus.

I used to have a couple of cylinder records that my grandparents gave me, i bet those were worth a bit.

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I have a few: Munch/BSO Daphnis et Chloe, Reiner/CSO 1812 Overture, Gibson Witches Brew—all RCA 1S/1S, NM condition. Not for sale! It took me years to find them at reasonable prices.