Do you own any hard to find or out of print vinyls or CDs?
Lemme see some lists y'all

Some of this stuff is rare-ish:

Rick James - Bustin' Out Of L Seven (CD)
Sly & The Family Stone - Life (CD)
Eddie Hazel - Game Dames And Guitar Thangs (LP)
Bootsy Collins - Live In Louisville 1978 (CD)
Ohio Players - Angel (CD)
Ohio Players - Contradiction (CD)
Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6 (LP)
Rick James - Garden Of Love (DJ promo copy) (LP)
The Gap Band - II (CD)

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

"stone of sisyphus"-Chicago. This thing, if it ever does turn up on ebay, goes for over $100 each time.


It is a boot though, but a full studio album one, which infact, like "the black album" got cancelled at the very last second by Warners. A few real copies did get out apparantly.

Jam & Lewis: The Hits

Not too rare, I guess but it'll catch a pretty penny on eBay.

Blam- Brothers Johnson
The Concept- Slave
7- ConFunkShun
Electric Lady-ConFunkShun
Banging The Wall- BarKays

Sure. Lots.

phunkdaddy said:

Got it on CD. I've got Just A Touch Of Love and Stone Jam on LP but I guess they ain't so rare

Some of my rarest CDs

"Everything is everything" by Diana Ross

"Surrender" by Diana Ross

"Diana! tv soundtrack" by Diana Ross

"Natalie Cole live"

"Hot! live and otherwise", "Love at first sight" by Dionne Warwick

"Fame" by Grace Jones

Prince - The Black Album
The War cassette
All of Sheila E's Paisley Park albums
Madhouse - 16

MikeMatronik said:

I've got The Black Album and a copy of Sheila's Romance 1600.

Apparently Life has been remastered so it isn't that rare anymore

Several years ago, while down South, a friend of my husband's bought him a Jimi Hendrix album at a flea market. The Genius of Jimi Hendrix. The album was released in 1981 with songs that were from 1966 (according to the jacket cover).

The rarity is the album that was actually inside. It was not The Genius of Jimi Hendrix, but an unlabeled fan recording from some concert that he did. There's no markings at all on the album, no numbers or anything. Whoever made it, simply cut out a white circle with "1" on it for side one and "2" for side 2.

I'm sure there's no way of ever telling what concert it was from or when it was recorded. He starts out tuning the guitar, introducing Mitch Mitchell and then goes into Spanish Castle Magic. There's no break between songs, just the entire 78 is the whole concert, straight through.

Sounds pretty rare, right? I just wish I knew more about it.

vanity - wild animal
rick james - cold blooded
rockwell - somebody's watching me
apolonia 6 - apolonia 6
milli vanilli - girl you know it's true
rainy davis - sweetheart
madame x - madame x
the girls - girl talk
grace jones - fame
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Icicle said:

i'm just curious to know what you think of fame by grace jones?

dancerella said:

You know, i don`t like it as much as i thought i would...

There`s two songs i like, "Autumn Leaves" and "Am i ever gonna fall in love in New York City"

Do you want an orgnote?

Oh, i didn`t see that you have the cd

Camouflage-Rufus Ft. Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan-Chaka Khan
I Dare You To Love Me(Her Infamous Shelved Album)-Chaka Khan

All in CD format.

Harlepolis said:

How is the Be-Bop medley?

Icicle said:

Overproduced,,,not really what I expected, intersting none the less. But I was supriced that the late Jazz diva Betty Carter was digging the hell out of the song,,,it was reported that she would play it in her concert(during that time). Sarah Vaughan too wanted Arif Mardin to hook something up for her and Chaka to sing,,,but sadly, the duet was never settled.

Harlepolis said:

Just ordered it from Amazon.com a couple of days ago

I've got a rare Cowboy Junkies EP in mint-condition, signed by Margo Timmins.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Oh no wait, it was Chaka not Chaka Khan. Stupid me

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You scared me there for a minute I thought the damn thing was re-released without my knowing.

Harlepolis said:

The rarest CD I own is 'Lost Sides' by Doves.

There's a copy currently on sale for £125.00, here: http://eil.com/shop/morei...gid=176625

There were only 1,250 copies pressed and I can't believe I own one.



This was a promo from 2001 and isn't the similarly-titled B-Sides collection from 2003.

All my Paisley Park associated artists' albums:

Madhouse: 8 (CD and LP), 16 (LP), 10 (12" single LP)

Jill Jones: Jill Jones (CD)

The Family: The Family (LP)

TommyRoss said:

Got that one too, what a great set!

GangstaFam said:

Care to expand on that?

I have lots of 'rare' albums, but they're really only rare because most people couldn't be bothered to listen to them. Though I was a fairly hard-core vinyl buyer through most of my twenties to the extent my collection pretty much took over my living space, I only own two collectables:



PiL's Metal Box (on vinyl, of course) probably doesn't even qualify as a true rarity - I've seen a few copies float around the dingy backwater where I live, so it's out there to be found if one has the initiative. My copy has only been played twice and the canister is in perfect shape.

I also own a Japanese boxed set of the first six Clash singles on 45 7" vinyl that's never been played. I have no idea what this is worth, but I paid $60.00 for it back in '89 and I've kept it in perfect shape.
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I have a lot of things which are rare-ish...prolly similar to what damosuzuki said...

this is one album I know is more rare than most I own and one of my faves:



I believe this was only a dutch pressing...when I came across it YEARS ago at the local shop, the cashier guy (who I knew ummmm intimately) freaked out. He couldn't believe he hadn't seen the vinyl come in as he had been looking for this record. Lucky at that time I was digging Mr Record Store Man so I visited daily and flipped thru the vinyl

yeah, apparently my Madonna - Bye Bye Baby CD single is worth $56 according to EIL. I guess I should have taken better care of it.



I'm sure there are others.