The first two LP's by Blondie and Def Leopard come to mind.I agree with you about the Dusty Springfield...haven't seen one for years.Duran Duran Rio is getting really tough to find as well.

The Bowie dress cover is almost impossible now. The nineties vinyl are hard to find too. Bowie's first on Deram in mono is hard to find too.

The 2nd Strawberry Alarm Clock is one I haven’t found a good copy of.

Hey Dan you are the hardest original pressing to find!! So very relieved you are back! Woot!!🖖🚀

Sweet Uni shirt. I rarely see metal out and about, especially not those classic Priest albums. It took awhile to find a clean copy of Hunky Dory for me, and a friend ended up getting it for me in the Netherlands.

I just listened to all of Bowies studioalbums and did a best of. Love him. Space Oddity is a hard one to find.

For me the hardest Bowie album to find is Hunky Dory. I can't say I have ever seen Dusty, but have found a copy of " Trouble Man " and one Budgie album. Very happy also with my " Whats going on " anniversary double album. Cheers Dan.

I've seen that H.P. Lovecraft album in the wild twice. I lucked out and found a nice clean copy here in New Orleans a few years ago and the other copy I found recently was trashed. Love that record!

All of those artists are harder to find, true. In my region.. Commodores and Iron Butterfly are easier. I had to drive to San Francisco to find HP Lovecraft. I would add Savoy Brown records, and Clean Grand Funk to the "hard to find" Nice video. Are those 1st press Canadian for Bowie ? Man Who Sold The World on the original art would be a tough one to find.. And Bowie's debut on UK press. Nice video.. Cheers from Nevada ☺

Hunky Dory came to mind as soon as I read the title of this video, before you even asked the question. I started buying vinyl in ‘93 and never saw a single copy in the wild until about 2005. First one I ever saw was a VG+ repress from the mid-70’s, thought it was an original at the time. I feel like I’ve seen about 5-10 since then.

Great video and a good subject- I appreciate that this wasn't another endless "show and tell" video about records in your collection. The list for certain first issue records and specific pressings still available in 2024 is probably fairly long and only growing with each passing year. Some, like the first 2-3 Bowie LPs have been rare for decades already. In the US, Led Zep II- the infamous RL/SS cut is out there, but always beat to death, unless you are able to have deep pockets for a clean copy. Increasingly more often, what were once common titles have become hard to find rarities, like Buckingham/Nicks, some ELO albums, particularly the earlier ones, first 2/3 Little Feat LPs, Zappa/Mothers LPs, and yes, all manner of Beatles LPs, particularly the White Album. What I also never see in the wild are 90s LPs, as they were pressed in such small quantities that everyone hangs onto those. Some of these harder to find LPs can be found on-line, but you have to ask questions, look at seller feedback, hopefully see some pics and be willing to pay up for them. This differs based on where you live, of course.

It's funny you mentioned Troubke Man. That's the very first album I thought of. I've been digging for it for years. A few weeks ago, I finally found one. Extremely clean jacket. Checked the wax- first side pristine, flipped it over- 2nd side had a nasty scratch the length of the record. Bummer. The search remains.

Bob Seger Noah & Brand New Morning are very hard to find

The Man who sold the world in original Chris I could imagine goes with some handsome loot

I have a U.S. first press Ziggy Stardust promo with the timing strip on the cover. I saw one listed on Popsike, but it's not on Discogs as far as I can tell. I got mine back in the mid-80s and haven't seen one in the wild since.

I spent several years working for two of the biggest independent stores in Los Angeles & Low was never traded in as not many people purchased it but those who did loved it. Nick Drake albums were rarely traded in & were out of print new. The first two Quiet Riot albums were Japanese only & were highly sought after. Those are just a few examples .

Interesting topic, as always Dan. First UK issues of all Bowies' classic 70s albums in good shape always command decent prices here ( I guess even more so in US and Canada)..the prices went through the roof after his death, and I've seen many dealers cynically exploit this for artists that have passed. Princes' albums are getting harder to find at all in any shape..I occasionally see Sign o the Times but it is usually not great condition wise. Funnily enough, I saw a copy of Marvin Gayes' Let's Get it On at a recent fair, but the condition wasn't quite right for what the vendor was asking. Have a great weekend.

Chris Isaak's - Heart Shaped World seems really hard to find despite the song Wicked Game being a commercial success.

Hey Dan. Man, for some reason I purged What's Going On many years ago. Damn! Budgie lps are really hard to find. H.P. Lovecraft was harder to find several years ago. Television is scarce. Bowie The Man Who Sold The World and his debut are especially hard to find in good shape. Peace ✌ ☮ 🕊

Hey Dan. Hunky Dory for me; but it's also the one I'm still aiming for.

I have an OG What's Going On and actually just found a white label promo 80's pressing. One that took me a while to find is Verdon Fleece by Van Morrison.

In a Gadda Da Vida-Iron Butterfly,but the scarce 1st one on lavender/tan label!!

H.P. Lovecraft II is a real nice mellow/laid back psych-ish classic. I'd of thought Bowie's "Man Who Sold The World", original dress cover, must be the hardest to find.

Hey, I featured "Dusty In Memphis" in one my videos earlier this year. I think it was the first time I'd seen it in the wild and I snagged it. I have two copies of The Kinks "Arthur." I found my first copy over a decade ago at Monster Music in Charleston, S.C. This is a US Reprise Stereo first press from 1969, Side One is NM and side two is VG for whatever reason. I recently found a PRT Spanish copy of "Arthur" at Sounds Good in Port St. Lucie, Fla. and that pressing sounds much better than the '69 Reprise one, but it doesn't have the gatefold or the cool cartoon lyric sheet insert. Sounds Good still has a sealed Reprise copy of "Arthur," but sadly and good for me that not many people in the Port St. Lucie area care about The Kinks or psychedelic music in general. I also have two MONO US Capitol rainbow copies of "Sgt. Pepper." Both are prob in solid VG condition. I'll prob sell one, but I have to keep the one I bought from my guitar teacher when I was 14, and it has all the inserts. Thanks for the video, I'll take a look around your channel today!

Bowie lps in my part of the world are still pretty common but the 70s RCA pressing plant being local probably helps in that regard. You can still get a first or early press clean copy for around £15 to £30 depending on the lp off the right local dealer. My pal just recently paid £10 for a Hunky Dory in the laminated sleeve at a record fair! He previously got one for £5! No such luck for me yet. A clean Dusty In Memphis was elusive for me and bearing in my mind I'm in the UK. Got a vg copy in the early 90s but finally got a nm about 2 years ago. Like buses I found another nm copy a couple of months later! The increase in certain lps in the last 3 or so years is very noticeable. I bought a perfect US copy of Troubled Man for £8 approx. 4 years ago off a dealer who uses Discogs median so judging on current Discogs median he'd now charge £25 to £30. Proof that the right records are a great investment Dan 😁. Cheers Nige

In fact their friend I just saw that reference in another vinyl collector podcast just a few days ago.

James Brown original albums when he was with King records are hard to find in any condition.

Searching for 10 years, George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag Love the Budgie drop. In all my years i have settled with only CDs of Budgie. PolyRocks self titled is also another consatant search, and believe it or not one you see all the time, but never get a good copy, even tho it looks pristine, Donovons Greatest Hits, up to buying at least 5 clean OGs, always disappointed to the point of giving up.

still got my HP Lovecraft i bought back in a cut out bin in ,78 at A & A records chinook. 1.99 !

Budgie albums are hard to find even in Wales where they were from.

I’m a little surprised nobody has mentioned original pressings of Van Halen’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge or Balance. Both sold millions of copies, but I’ve only seen a first US press of Balance once at a record shop. The cds are at every thrift store though. 90s presses in general I almost never see other than 12” singles

Dang...where do you get those great shirts?

Ah Dan these dots & loops videos are getting rarer to find SO SUBSCRIBE! Seriously though can it be that alot of records are trashed particularly those associated with drugs and alcohol through bad treatment? Punk, reggae, heavy metal to name three genres. How do they now decide what's repressed as some are in abundance others not so. In UK I'd say Black Sabbath in decent nick are rare whereas tons of deep purple. The 90s Bowie is tough to get here too as was either such small quantities or not pressed on vinyl.

i've noticed clean john fahey records are getting harder to find, see them around enough, but beat

Bob Marley and the Wailers OGs are hard to find.

People here are mentioning Nick Drake I think I didn't catch viewing it here. Now now if you see a Nick Drake tape on 8-track tape you got some BIG$$$$

David Bowie : Ziggy Stardust + Hunky Dory are hardest to find clean, Aladdin Sane as well, I see Diamond Dogs regularly though but not clean, I thought your video was called “Heart to find albums “ and you were going to show a lot of Heart, not that there is anything wrong with Led Zeppelin’s favourite band though, at least you can still find them easily enough

The first pressings of David Bowie albums are not very rare here in the Netherlands. Except for the David Bowie first 1967 album, 2nd David Bowie 1969 album or Man of words, man of music and the Man who sold the world ( dress cover)!!!! impossible!

The Man who sold the world , have a reissue of it , I have only one Budgie lp yes they are hard to find . do you think Van Halen riped off that cover of movin on from the Commodores ? I have found that lot of R&B also funk records are hard to find in clean condition. not played to death or party records.

O G Hunky Dory is a bit of an obscurity.

Diamond Dogs!

Low, for sure.

DAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's going on is the most overrated album of all time, besides Thriller I live in Australia, everything is hard to find.

Dude you think you know more than you do , now I’m 68 years old and did 2 tours of nam , July 2 1968 to September 9 1969 and December 23 1969 to August 6 1970, semper fii y’all get some marines get some !!!! USA USA USA !!!!!