I bought myself a record player for my birthday a few years ago, and have really enjoyed collecting records since. My collecting started out with me buying cheap, interesting looking vinyl, whether I knew the artist or not. If it was less than a fiver and had a fun looking cover, I bought it. There have, of course, always been records I specifically look for, artists whose music I want in my collection and exceptions to the ‘fiver or less rule’, but I have discovered some pretty interesting music by buying based on price.
Here’s a fairly comprehensive list of the records I own at the moment. Maybe people are interested. Mainly I just want to keep track for myself. I’m leaving out the weird compilations and 7 inches.
- Nat King Cole’s Christmas Songs
- The Sound Of Christmas
- 3 Ships – Jon Anderson
- The Friends of Mr Cairo – Jon and Vangelis
- The Best of Jon and Vangelis
- Private Collection – Jon and Vangelis
- Hergest Ridge – Mike Oldfield
- Crises – Mike Oldfield
- Touch – The Eurythmics
- Revenge – The Eurythmics
- Classical Gold – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Les Miserables
- The War of The Worlds
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Magician’s Hat – Bo Hansson
- The Lord of The Rings – Bo Hansson
- A Collection of – Styx
- Paradise Theatre – Styx
- Universal Soldier – Donovan
- What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid – Donovan
- Living in the USA – Linda Ronstadt
- Alex Campbell and His Friends – Alex Campbell
- Folk Session – Alex Campbell
- Presenting the Ian Campbell Folk Group
- Discovery – ELO
- A New World Record – ELO
- Walking Under Ladders – Joan Armatrading
- Human Racing – Nik Kershaw
- A Golden Hour – Buffy Saint Marie
- Buffy – Buffy Saint Marie
- War Child – Jethro Tull
- A – Jethro Tull
- This Is – The Moody Blues
- In Search of The Lost Chords – The Moody Blues
- Sylvia’s Mother – Dr Hook and The Medicine Show
- Greatest Hits – Roxy Music
- Under The Influence – Mary Coughlan
- 1969-1973 – The Carpenters
- 1974-1978 – The Carpenters
- The Best of Joan C. Baez – Joan Baez
- Hits/Greatest and Others – Joan Baez
- The Best of – Joan Baez
- Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
- Goddess of Fortune – George Harrison
- Venus and Mars – Wings
- Band on the Run – Wings
- Spiral Staircase – Ralph McTell
- Live After Death – Iron Maiden
- Whales and Nightingales – Judy Collins
- The Singing City – The Spinners
- Volume One – The Spinners
- Another Spinner – The Spinners
- Love Is Kind – the Seekers
- Almanack – Steeleye Span
- Trilogy – Emerson, Lake, Palmer
- Five Songs – Crumbling Ghost
- Pieces of the Sky – Emmylou Harris
- Elvis’ Golden Records – Elvis Presley
- Lift the Lid and Listen – Dave Swarbrick
- Watermark – Enya
- Shepherd Moons – Enya
- A Thing Called Love – Johnny Cash
- Gentle Giant of Country Music – Johnny Cash
- Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega
- The Times, They are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
- The Monkees – The Monkees
- 17-11-70 – Elton John
- Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits
- Making Movies – Dire Straits
- Dire Straits – Dire Straits
- Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
- Expecting to Fly – The Bluetones
- Luxembourg – The Bluetones
- Science and Nature – The Bluetones
- The Trick to Life – The Hoosiers
- Bedlam – Kelly Oliver
- A Salty Dog – Procol Harum
- Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell
- Blue – Joni Mitchell
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell
- The Doors – The Doors
- Kings of the Wild Frontiers – Adam and the Ants
- Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
- Tango in the Night – Fleetwood Mac
- Darkside of the Moon – Pink Floyd
- Relics – Pink Floyd
- Meddle – Pink Floyd
- Catch Bull at Four – Cat Stevens
- Foreigner – Cat Stevens
- Back to Earth – Cat Stevens
- Buddha and the Chocolate Box – Cat Stevens
- Tea for the Tillerman – Cat Stevens
- Crisis? What Crisis? – Supertramp
- Breakfast in America – Supertramp
- Crime of the Century – Supertramp
- Even in the Quietest Moments – Supertramp
- Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
- Let’s Dance – David Bowie
- Space Oddity – David Bowie
- Stage – David Bowie
- Babbacombe Lee – Fairport Convention
- Full House – Fairport Convention
- Liege and Lief – Fairport Convention
- Red and Gold – Fairport Convention
- The Whole Story – Kate Bush
- Legend – Clannad
- Macalla – Clannad
- Magical Ring – Clannad
- Imagined Hymns and Chaingang Mantras – The Little Unsaid
- Olympia 1961 – Edith Piaf
- Just An Old Fashioned Girl – Eartha Kitt
- In The Silence – Asgeir
- Afterglow (black vinyl) – Asgeir
- Afterglow (coloured vinyl) – Asgeir
- Dýrð í dauðaþögn – Asgeir
There are some very obvious ones missing (particularly, I think, in the David Bowie section) but I’m pretty pleased with the way my collection is going. Some real gems in there.
I’ll update it as I buy new ones, but that’s it for now. What ones do you think I need to add to the list? Which are your favourite ones on my list? I’d love to know.
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