What Is The Most Obscure, Odd or Rare Album We Own?

Music
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Let’s limit this to albums we own (versus on a streaming service).

Examples:

  • Considered obscure or odd to you.
  • Considered rare by the music community.
  • Extremely valuable (if you sold it).

Any and all formats.

Digital
Compact Disc, SACD, DAT, Digital Compact Cassette, Mini-disc, DVD-A, Blu-ray Audio, Files, Box Set

Analog
LP, 78, 45, 10 inch, Cassette, 8 Track, Reel-to-Reel, Wax Cylinder, Box Set

Pictures are appreciated.

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ooh, great topic - will have to think on that

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I used to have a Crime Of The Century 8-Track with the mis-printed track “Ruby”…

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Rather rare.

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Picked up my version from Sun Ra while the Arkestra was on tour. That particular copy is in a white generic sleeve that the Arkestra members added art work to during the tour, and Sun Ra personally signed it.
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FUN FACT:
The Tire section on the cover is scratch and sniff and smells of burning rubber.

Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock
Year: 1978

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Genre: Rock, Pop

Style: New Wave, Power Pop, Punk|
Year: 1979

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@DuneKidd Okay, the scratch and sniff is fantastic. That is obscure, odd and unique in my mind.

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Garland Hirschi’s Cows, a very fitting recording for an xcowdoc!

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Years ago we were in NY and stopped by Audio Classics to check out their McIntosh amps. Afterwards we went to dinner down the street and noticed a used record shop on the way. Of course, I had to stop in and found this rather odd gem in the dollar bin.

Being former military, I had to have it. Nothing like sitting back in your easy chair with a cold one and a cigar listening to the roar of aircraft engines. :rofl:

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One of my favorites from the 70’s…Automatic Man debut album.

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Well here is my most valuable record - not because of monetary value or rarity but because my Dad took his newly purchased Ambassador Satch LP to a Louis Armstrong show. He and his friend snuck backstage and got Louis and the boys to sign this. A treasure.

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cor that’s a nice one :slight_smile:

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That is a Cold War jewel. 1962 release according to Discogs.

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Do you tend to keep that in a display case or is it in your general library?

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It stays up above my album storage area on the wall :slight_smile:

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Back in the day, I bought a new copy of “Casino Royale” by Herb Alpert. I think I liked the album cover more than the music when I was a teen, but quickly discovered “The Look of Love” by Dusty Springfield. I still play the album, but it’s hopelessly scratched and not worth anything. I’ll keep it just for the memories. As my system got more revealing, I would play it to try to hear what Harry Pearson was clamoring about.

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Great story. Thanks for sharing!

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I have alot of old mint original pressings I think are pretty cool, including a “six-eye” copy of Kind of Blue, a mono promo of Lumpy Gravy by Zappa, Freak Out! by The Mothers, A Beacon From Mars by Kaleidoscope, and Balaklava by Pearls Before Swine.

I could snap some photos. How do I upload them from my phone to the site to post? Thanks!

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Also, I saw Jacqui McShee and the late John Renbourn of Pentangle 20 years ago at a church in Durham NC, and they signed my copy of the first Pentangle record. Good memories.

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In the world of Zappa, are promos kind of a big deal to have in one’s collection?