Very Good Plus - Vital Vinyl (Collector's Edition)
by Jimmy Dread

I'm currently in my second phase of buying vinyl, having acquired a fair bit at the start of the 21st Century and only starting again at the start of 2015 when my wife bought me a shiny new turntable. I wonder if she realised what would happen as a result...

Amazingly some of the LPs I've acquired during my last vinyl buying phase and over the last couple of years (either from second hand record shops on the cheap or car boot sales) are now worth a packet. Here's a list of the records I have in my collection which according to Discogs are worth the most. Pour scorn over my taste if you must, or make me an offer (although can't see me selling any of these in a hurry). Just get out your anti-static record cleaner, record brush and micro-fibre cloth and go bananas! All original presses here unless stated/good reason or story behind them - take you coloured 180g represses taken from a CD source and put them on your Crosley Cruiser record player like I imagine some here do. Jimmy, September 2019.

• Chart updated: 09/14/2019 14:45
• (Created: 01/15/2015 12:16).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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1. (3) 2

It'll All Work Out In Boomland 

 T2

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Record Fair. Original Decca press of (along with Court Of The Crimson King) my favourite prog LP. I first saw this for sale for £200 in the rather charming Land Of Grey and Pink Records in Chester, but obviously passed due to the price. A little while later I picked up a repress in South East London which I was more than happy with. That was until I saw another original press at a record fair in my traditional record buying stamping ground of Guildford. For a tenner. [First added to this chart: 07/06/2016]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

297

Rank in 1970:

82

Rank in 1970s:

776

Overall Rank:

4,693

Average Rating:

 75 (52 votes)

Comments:

1

2. (14) 12

Long Season 

 フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]

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Yahoo.co.jp Auction. Something of a coup. After falling in love with this record trying to find it for a decent price proved a real pain, until one day I spied it on a Japanese auction site for a reasonable price. Luckily a good friend of mine has a Japanese wife and family in Nagasaki, so I asked her to put a bid on. The expected bidding war never materialised, I got it for about 1/8 of the price Discogs hawkers are selling it for, and had to have my photo taken opening said parcel when it finally arrived to send back to Japan to show my (obvious) delight. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2018]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

5,623

Rank in 1996:

6

Rank in 1990s:

57

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

 86 (511 votes)

Comments:

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3. (6) 3

Showcase 

 Jackie Mittoo

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EBay. You'll notice as you navigate your way down the list there's a bucketload of reggae in my collection, and a fair bit of it commands a decent price. None more so that this stonking Studio One LP from Skatalites member and keyboard king Jackie Mittoo - an album I'd been after for ages especially as I couldn't find it anywhere to stream on-line. Cheapest price of this on Discogs at time of writing is £230+. [First added to this chart: 07/21/2017]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

16

Rank in 1980:

517

Rank in 1980s:

5,320

Overall Rank:

44,475

Average Rating:

 73 (3 votes)

Comments:

0

4. (1) 3

Stargazer 

 Shelagh McDonald

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EBay. I first heard Shelagh McDonald via a fantastic psych-folk compy called Gather In The Mushrooms. I'd tried for years to track down this LP, from which the compy track (Liz's Song) is culled from, however it's as rare as the hills. So imagine my delight when I found it on eBay, won with a last second bid (I think I outbid someone by 50p) and was finally united with a record which - alongside albums by Sidan and Sister Nancy - was probably the one piece of wax I was the most ecstatic to obtain. [First added to this chart: 04/30/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

126

Rank in 1971:

143

Rank in 1970s:

1,406

Overall Rank:

9,547

Average Rating:

 75 (28 votes)

Comments:

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5. (7) 2

Dub Store Special 

 Dub Specialist

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Record Shop (In The Groove, Henley) [First added to this chart: 09/14/2019]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

1

Rank in 1974:

1,131

Rank in 1970s:

11,656

Average Rating:

 73 (1 vote)

Comments:

0

6. (5) 1

Demonstration Tapes 

 Dolly Mixture

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Private sale (well, Discogs really, but negotiated a better price as the guy selling it lived locally). Now officially the most I've ever spent on a record (£65), but worth every penny. Numbered original with insert, records immaculate, and better still bought from a soul nut in Bracknell who saw the Dollys supporting the Undertones in Guildford back in the day, and promptly bought the record as a direct result. The best records always have stories. [First added to this chart: 03/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

174

Rank in 1984:

110

Rank in 1980s:

1,045

Overall Rank:

7,242

Average Rating:

 73 (43 votes)

Comments:

1

7. (2) 5

Rapso Take Over 

 Brother Resistance

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Record Shop (Liquorice, White Waltham). My job takes me all round the country, but oddly enough the most valuable record I've found 'in the wild' was at one of my local haunts, located on an industrial estate in the middle of nowhere at the back of a bric-a-brac shop. I spied this out of the corner of my eye due to the red, gold and green edging on the cover. "Ahhh, Caribbean vibes" methinks, so I ask owner to stick it on. "I can't find it on eBay anywhere, you can have it for a fiver" he says. Hmm, it sounds like a calypso cross between Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fela Kuti. Sure, why not. Get back to car, check price on Discogs. WTF? Sold for £500+ on eBay. Best random purchase ever. [First added to this chart: 10/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

16

Rank in 1986:

533

Rank in 1980s:

5,254

Overall Rank:

43,822

Average Rating:

 73 (3 votes)

Comments:

0

8.

Super Eight 

 George Faith

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 1977:

883

Rank in 1970s:

8,589

Average Rating:

 74 (3 votes)

Comments:

0

9.

Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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REPRESS. Mail order (direct from artist)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,156 charts

Rank Score:

28,630

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

5

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (2,479 votes)

Comments:

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10. (11) 1

Grand Prix 

 Teenage Fanclub

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Discogs [First added to this chart: 09/14/2019]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

1,074

Rank in 1995:

25

Rank in 1990s:

289

Overall Rank:

1,582

Average Rating:

 77 (201 votes)

Comments:

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Very Good Plus - Vital Vinyl (Collector's Edition) composition

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From RoundTheBend 07/01/2017 19:47 | #193536

Very cool find with the Skatalites. Quite a few other gems I'd love to have. Fantastic concept. Might just do my own.

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From Graeme2 05/16/2016 09:06 | #166128

Sidan on vinyl. Blimey. One for £150 on eBay.

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From meccalecca 01/15/2015 16:10 | #131602

Great chart idea. I'd love to own any of these. Oddly enough I don't. That's also my least favorite Spiritualized record. Love that you have Belly's Star. That album seems to be one loved by folks who were around when it came out, but the kids don't know how good it is.

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