Anyone want to share their vinyl collection?

Although I bought mainly classical LPs, I did buy 'A Picture of You' by Joe Brown and the Bruvvers and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which, of course, had an iconic cover designed by Jann Haworth and Peter Blake.

I’ve always wanted the Pink Floyd album that has a picture of them on the cover. I’ve only got A Saucerful of Secrets (the first album I ever bought) and Atom Heart Mother ( a gem of an LP that is largely ignored).

I have a few

Stones
Beatles
ELO
Mike Oldfield
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Donovan
War of the Worlds
Lots of 60/70s 45s

We have lots of those on the wall of our 'playroom' - minus the vinyl.

Indigo8

A bit off topic but does anyone else miss the twelve inch square LP covers? Many of them were destined to become iconic works of art.

I bought some special picture frames that were designed to put LP’s in them because I think they’re works of art. But, annoyingly I could put the sleeve in but not with the LP inside so I never used them.

Nandalot

Beatles
Moody Blues
Joni Mitchell
CatStevens
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Al Stewart
Supertramp
Smokie

I feel really sad that I made DH sell some of our vinyl. We don’t have a record player but it still feels a loss.

Al Stewart is touring the UK later this year. I’m tempted to get a ticket to see him.

All our vinyl is boxed operas and some other classical music. In the next few weeks it will be taken to the tip

Ooh Donovan, wasn`t he pretty?

My juke box is very much working.

The collection of LP's include

Joni Mitchell
Incredible String Band
Beatles
Stones
Bob Dylan
Donovan
Joan Baez
Fairport
Traffic

TerriBull

VelvetVinyl I was kind of complicit he did ask me, with something like this "you know you'd want me to have them once you're dead" I suppose I would and he's the one with the turntable now!

Makes sense. I do a lot for my children too.

I have lots of classical music, but also a few Beatles, Elaine Paige, Carpenters, Seekers, New Seekers etc.

VelvetVinyl I was kind of complicit he did ask me, with something like this "you know you'd want me to have them once you're dead" I suppose I would and he's the one with the turntable now!

My first vinyl was West Side Story but we have a wide range of albums including the Wombles, Bob Marley and loads of Motown.

Same here Grandma. My first LP was Mozart operatic overtures. I also bought Petrushka, The Planets and as many as I could afford with my pocket money.

Indigo8

A bit off topic but does anyone else miss the twelve inch square LP covers? Many of them were destined to become iconic works of art.

Yes, some of those were lovely.

Sadly, I don’t suppose it’s of much interest here if I name my first vinyl, because all my records were classical. My first ones were the ballet music from La Fille Mal Gardée, and Highlights from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. I had recently seen performances of both these in London.

Beatles
Moody Blues
Joni Mitchell
CatStevens
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Al Stewart
Supertramp
Smokie

I feel really sad that I made DH sell some of our vinyl. We don’t have a record player but it still feels a loss.

A bit off topic but does anyone else miss the twelve inch square LP covers? Many of them were destined to become iconic works of art.

crazyH

I gave them all to my youngest son.

A lot of my 45s went to the First Blue Peter Bring and Buy Sale in the 1970s. We were moving house and needed to get rid of a lot of 'unnecessary stuff'.

I did sit on a pile of my brother's 78s when I was a child 😯

Elton John is hands down one of the best! He’s such a diva though. I’m not fond of his behavior. He recently did an album with Brandy Carlisle (wonderful artist) and there were so many stories about his temper and breaking iPads, etc. Anyhow, keep that 1928 safe!

I have quite a lot of 60's and 70's albums, but my best thing is a 78rpm of my Dad's dated 1928. I have a couple of other 78's nut not quite as old as that.

There was a programme on Sky Arts about Elton John's Yellow Brick Road album - supposedly his best, which reminded me that I have his Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy - great album.

My vinyl collection consists mainly of David Bowie, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Simon and Garfunkel and some Tamla Motown which I love.

My son has snaffled one or two for his collection though!

TerriBull

My son purloined my collection which included Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Tamla Mowtown, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Pink Floyd amongst others. All gone! Left me with Puccini, Mahler and Tchaicovsky and a few others of a similar vein

You need to get that back

BridgetPark

Hi, this is an interesting thread, thankyou vinyl!!
My L.P. collection is quite large, and is kept in my loft. My middle son who lives in Australia has his name on them, to inherit.
I can't remember specific titles, but I have some from:
The Carpenters
Elton John
The Isley Brothers
Stevie Wonder(about 10, I love him)
Diana Ross
Demis Roussos
Linda Lewis
Simon and Garfunkel
Rod Stewart
George Michael
Fleetwood Mac
Joni Mitchell
The Beatles.......
and a lot more, too many to mention..

Love yours too. I love that easy yacht rock stuff.

Mt61

Seen Fleetwood Mac/ Dylan in the 80s
Tom Petty
Neil Young
Led zeppelin
Rush
The eagles
Styx great in concert
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Porcupine Tree
Jeff Buckley
Radio Head
Some David Bowie/ Black Star
I like French lounge music
& a lot of classical stuff 😊

Love your taste. Very similar to mine. I am a big fan of Pink Floyd especially. Not to mention that David Gilmore was/still is a fox!

boheminan

I'm the proud owner of a 1957 juke box, so collect 45's/7"/vinyl.

I've also a stack of LP's, all original from the 60's/70's. There's a poem Pam Ayres wrote on the lines of 'I wish I'd looked After Me Teeth', well, that's how I feel about all my records now

That sounds cool! Does it play?