So many albums on that list, but just one off the top, the original pressing of the Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist with the Winston Smith poster. That'd be a grail album.

Great choice of records 👍 led Zeppelin first with turquoise is a big grail for a lot of people....had mine for many years now.

I am so glad you showed that Randy Holden album. I've been going through a recent collection I just purchased and remember coming across that one and just pushing it it off to the side. Definitely going to have to dig it back out!

Nice, Piper at the Gates and Danzig one are two of the very most incredible albums of all time.

love that you mentioned cold fact that and coming back from reality are 2 of my fave albums ever!

Constantly discovering new (to me) music from your videos. Amazing work, Thanks!

Bought my copy of “Maggot Brain” in 1971. It is the “Unipak” album cover. It is in excellent condition, both the pressing and cover. Glad to hear of its value. It has been played on good equipment over the years thank goodness. It’s one of those that I played on certain occasions.

Channels like yours have become a source of finding new material to listen to. Just got done listening to the Fraction album via Tidal..... Wow, love it !!! Liked and Subscribed, looking forward to listening too more of your suggestions.

Enjoyed this.... sound advice on going after stuff you actually enjoy playing. Still a few in this list that were new to me which is always great.

Court of the crimson king was one of my favorites back in the 70’s. I played mine so much my mother gave me crap about it. Great album!

FARM! I lived in Mt. Vernon 1976-1983. They had come and gone before I lived there. They are still the pride of Mt. Vernon. I used to jam with drummer Mike Young and have met their other members way back then. I still regularly talk to people who are friends with the guys, and it was a great suprise to see their album on your list. The record shows up at the local record store (located in the building that once housed Red Fenton's music store, the store that George Harrison bought his first Gretsch guitar from in 1962). They recently had a vg+ to M- copy that they sold to one of their friends for $30.

Morning Dillion, great way to start my Sunday morning, coffee & a top 20 list of rare LP’s. Lucky me, I have the MC5, Zeppelin II & the King Crimson original pressings from my youth. Since I grew up listening to classic rock, I bought them & kept them together all thru decades. Also saw MC5 twice, live in concert at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, Ca.

Great video as usual👍 On a personal note....went to a local record show yesterday and picked up one of my holy grails that I have been looking for now for almost 4 years.....the self titled original US pressing of a band called Glass Harp. This album and band were truly amazing and have never seen one in the wild! The best thing was I was getting ready to leave the show with my bag in hand and noticed a dealer tucked away in the corner that I had not seen....was already WELL over my budget for the day but bit the bullet and paid a pretty penny for this masterpiece! Keep up the great work with your channel👍

Thank you for sharing! I really enjoy your program!

As an Alice Cooper collector living in London some of my holy grail records are the Record Store Day Live From The Astroturf, Alice Cooper singles & LP's from Good Records in Dallas. I have become friends with Christopher Todd Penn & met him in the UK a few times with Dennis Dunaway & Cindy Smith Dunaway. The Live From The Astroturf, Alice Cooper movie has had 3 screenings in the UK. I own 2 Willy Wonka split pink/white vinyl singles & 2 Willy Wonka split pink/white vinyl LP's. Also a Confetti LP as well as all the other single & LP pressings.

Boy!! That Was Fun Seeing You Show Those Records...Great!!! I Think I Mentioned, That I Did Find " Changes" by Catapilla from 1972... Very Surprised.... I remember You Played Their First in The Shop.. Both So good... Thanks my Friend..

i am new to vinyl and just started my collection, thanks for sharing

My mom found a BB King gospel record at a thrift shop. It was with about 20 original Donovan and Bob Dylan records etc. 10c each she bought a shopping cart full. The BB King record is red like the gospel/Hawaiian records from the late 40s early 50s.

Cold Fact is a great pick! Glad to see it in this video.

Dude - thanks so much for your channel! Your enthusiasm and knowledge is incredible - and has helped me find new gems after nearly 50 years of collecting. Unfortunately, like many others, I sold a big chunk of my collection at one time. One album I got rid of that is my present holy grail is Love - Forever Changes - the original 1st press mono. Not even because of value as much as it’s one of my top desert island LPs!

Great video. I managed to get originals of Rockadrome and Plastic Cloud and a sealed copy of the Big Star album you showed. Great bands, all.

Hank Mobley OG Soul Station wow yours look awesome that’s definitely my most wanted grail love you choice love to find that Lee Morgan Cooker is another one👍 .Lovellandrew

MY ALL time favorite album I WISHHH I could find is Original Death Roadrunner Symbolic 1995 Album iddddd Cry to just hold it in my hands even If i can't get it Or Megadeth 1992 Burbank California Countdown To Extinction Album

Got the same VU&Nico Set up as you except my original pressing had the top of the banana but the last 3/4ths of the banana sticker is gone, usually it’s the inverse. I have a bulk of these gems and am glad I bought them in the early mid 00s, Stay GRoOovy record collectors!

Great record collection! I'm always interested in learning about new rare Psych records which were in the past (for us collectors who started in the 70s and 80s, were not well known about). That said, I'm glad to have started collecting when I did, when I see the prices of many of the 60s albums that are now considered to be "grails". Still so much yet to discover though! The internet has made awareness of and availability of so many rare Psych records possible now! Even young folks collecting 80s stuff, are interested in really cool stuff now (often not realizing that those bands were not what most people were listening to at the time, which actually was mostly mediocre top 40 then).

Greetings from the UK and thanks for a most interesting and enjoyable video. One of my all-time favourite bands is Little Feat and in my vinyl collection I have a couple of the Feat's bootlegs you might be familiar with - "Aurora Backseat" (live in 1973) and "Rampant Synchopatio" (live in 1976). Also have a Capitol Records triple vinyl set of three classic albums (STCR-288, open ended box cover): Steve Miller, "Sailor"; The Band, "Music From Big Pink"; Quicksilver Messenger Service, "QSM". One more to mention is the 3-LP box set, "Fillmore - The Last Days" (Columbia, 1972) - complete with the colour brochure, poster and repro concert ticket. (Not sure if this last one is all that rare). All excellent albums, though, and a few highlights from my collection.

I’ve got quite a few of the albums you’ve shown, that I got as they came out in the U.K. So great that you guys still value this great music and the albums are still loved by younger people, there’s a lot of albums I have that maybe valuable, but I will not ever part with them and they will be passed on to my kids in my will! My 2 boys love 60’s and 70’s music they will treasure them as well and for future generations! You should mention the 2 great Jeff Beck albums, Truth and Beck-Ola albums, both are some of the best rock music of the late 1960’s imo!

Cool list! Several of these bands I've never heard before. I'll give them a digital listen before I start shopping around for the vinyl copies.

Great records Dillion, few of those I have yet to find, someday!

Great video as always. Love oddessy & Oracle. I'd love to find a new copy of Bee Gees 1st. I also have an original Court of the Crimson King.

In 67 I had a mono version of Traffic's Mr Fantasy, bought in error for the stereo. The b side label was blank white instead of pink. It went missing with a box of LP's when I moved house. I curse the removal company even now, nearly 20 years later.

Great video. Some of these I have, some I wish I had. My biggest grail is an original copy of Peter Grudzien’s The Unicorn

Awe to get some of these recommendations! I just started collecting, not long ago. Either way I’ll be listening to these albums, as I’ll not likely find them on vinyl

Great video. The Rodriguez album is definitely on my grail list as well. Recently picked up a solid repress in the meantime. Would also add Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt on Poppy to the conversation. Tough to find a nice original for a reasonable price.

My father in law gave me his records recently. I was surprised to see Zeppelin II RL Monarch in his collection. It is in decent condition and sounds great! Love your videos Dillon.

That Fraction records blows my mind on a regular basis, and I have you to thank you for it!!!

Great choices Dillon love your taste picks and insight

Nice records! Thanks!

Excellent selection 😊

Thanks Dylan awesome podcast buddy

This is my list for sure. Great video.

Dark - Round the edges original colour gatefold. Hope to find it in a junk shop for peanuts! Being more realistic McChurch soundroom - Delusion.

I have Led Zeppelin II on Angus label, I think it’s 1970 Singapore press, and just been recently added to Discogs as unofficial release. I found it in a bootfair and took to record shop once for a valuation but because it had deep scratch and skip on Whotta Lotta Love it was valued only £30. Another one is Miles Davis Kind Of Blue mono 1961 repress I found in a charity shop alongside few other mono 60’s represses like Thelonious Monk (vol 1+2) I think they were £5 a pop but now worth in hundred + pounds and they are in great condition. These finds are priceless for me because of a memory of a time and place where they were found.

I have that promo Big Star, along with the originals of their next two albums. I also have the Safe as Milk and the Catch a Fire. One album which may have deserved a mention is the Alexander "Skip" Spence LP, 'Oar', which is very hard to find a good copy of, as only approx 1000 were sold upon it's release. I have a pristine copy of it, which is my most expensive album.

Back in the late 70s, buying some used vinyl in a shop in town took a chance on a album ,turned out to be a favorite for life ,fat mattress, check it out .might be hard to find.

I have over 20 different pressings of In The Court Of The Crimson King, including all 4 pink Island variants, and the best sounding one is the first German press, IMO.

These records need to be seen on a regular basis, luckily there's someone to show them!

Number one grail of mine was the Residents' "Santa Dog", an original 1972 pressing of the double 7-inch. I was able to find a copy last year with the sleeve and, as a plus, it was one of the few where the inside gatefold wasn't torn up. The actual singles are in great condition as well.

Just recently got a copy of Odyssey and Oracle (reissue of course) after someone told me my music reminded them of that album. Btw Pink Moon is hands down my all time holy grail wish list.

Superb amazing collection.

Hi Dillon, I really got into funk & jazz in the 70's. Gato Barbieri, David Sanborn, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Lenny White, Tower of Power, But I really enjoyed Brothers Johnson, Bootsy, Dr. Funkenstien. I have been keeping all these old records in a storage locker for the past 12 years. Would you think any of these 1970's funk and jazz albums are collector items? Thanks for your time. Rob

Watching this for the first time, great video, and rip Rodriguez ☝🏼

My awesome find was found at Goodwill. It is a OG white label promo of Halfnelson. The same year of release, Halfnelson changed their band name to Sparks.

You included my grail … Catch a Fire on island (or tuff gong) with the flip back zippo. Was expecting to see the butch cover on the list. Thanks for sharing :)

My holy grail record is Barbed Wire Sandwich by Black Cat Bones. I have many of the ones you posted, but reissues. Amazing collection you have!!!

A friend of mine found a copy of Ory's Creole Trombone (look it up on wikipedia). He paid $2 for it at a thrift store, his is one of the super rare ones that have the Nordskog label and not covered over by the Sunshine label. Amazing find in a thrift store.

I've nothing to say on your picks. Pretty much nailed it.

I've been getting into jazz, funk and hip hop a lot lately, gotta save some money to get some new albums, would love to get some Funkadelic, Maggot Brain, the self titled and Free Your Mind are legendary stuff

I started buying records with the Vertigo label about 1970 and never found one I didn't like. I still have all of them in pristine condition. From Black Sabbath's first album to Kraftwerk to Rameses & his wife Sel. Unfortunately, the local record store quit carrying them about 1974. I haven't actually played any of those albums in over 30 years.

I have a zep II RL, super clean. I juat spun it over the other night, amazing. My cover is not as nice, but i was told that after the recall, some of released inferior masters used the same cover. If true, i would love to search for it. I did have another copy with same catalog numbers on the cover, but it wasnt a match.

Some cool albums you got there. I wasn’t able to see the Sabbath Masters of Reality album. Is it the very original first U K press that was the flip top box cover? As far as the poster goes. The US one is a four panel poster and the UK one is a larger six panel one. That being said, I’ve seen them both side by side and it looks they just enlarged the picture for the bigger poster. The resolution on the US copy is much better. I have about half of the albums you showed. I have the uncensored MC5 on the gold Elektra label with the John Sinclair liner notes. One grail that I thought you might mention was the Alice Cooper love it to death thumb cover on the Straight label. Also, a bit obvious, but Zeppelin 1 with turquoise letters or UK Electric Ladyland with the blue letters. Oh and apparently the leafhound album growers of mushrooms is going for some crazy numbers. Cheers.

Great info love it mate

I have recently came across two early 1950’s Elvis Presley albums. Found them hidden in my house that I purchased new in 2003. Have no idea how they got there. The sleeves have a little water damage but the albums themselves appear to never been on a phonograph,appears to be no scratches at all!

I have an original Canadian pressing of, In The Court Of The Crimson King I got at age 10 in 1974 . It has a unique non gloss textured album cover which makes the artwork stand out and also has the band name and title on the cover with the solid red Atlantic label. Its in "good+" condition . I have a few original rare gems in a free 1960's to 80's 400+ collection I acquired in 2002. The Mule Skinner Blues. West Coast Pop Art Band vol 2. Strawberry Alarm Clock Wake Up Its Tomorrow, all in near mint condition. Id love to find that 13th Floor Elevators LP.

LOVED the video and loved meeting you! Would you mind mentioning value a little more? I liked how you gave a ballpark value for the Led Zeppelin album.

Love the channel man. Just curious why you hadn’t mentioned the current in print all analog reissues of some of the records in this video. I think it would help to inform the viewers that great all analog versions of these records are readily available if they weren’t aware. - John Coltrane “A Love Supreme” via Impulse Acoustic Sounds Series/Cut by Ryan K. Smith - Sonny Rollins “Saxophone Colossus” via Analogue Productions Prestige Mono Series/Cut by Kevin Gray - Big Star “#1” via Craft Recordings/Cut by Jeff Powell - Hank Mobley “Soul Station” via Blue Note Classic Series/Cut by Kevin Gray - Lee Morgan “The Cooker” via Blue Note Tone Poets/Cut by Kevin Gray

I have a couple of those on your list. Several in another pressing or lable. Seems all the albums I really want are very hard to find and go for a mint.

I have King Crimson -- In the Court of the Crimson King, but I think it has the red polidor label. So pretty common. However, I love this album.

Nice one Dillon. Most of those are pretty spot on. One that would come to mind immediately for me is Can Ege Bamyasi. It seemed, at least for a while, everyone was looking for that one. I got a decent price for maggot brain a few years ago, wish I would have bit the bullet and got a better copy back then before they skyrocketed. I could say that for a lot of records though. I traded an original Manduka record for Nick Drake Pink Moon US first press. Sort of regret it though those Manduka records are now impossible to find. Thanks for the video. Cheers!

That's for the class/ education. Big Star has been on my list for 25+ years. Just to listen if not to own. Now I want to hear the FARM album as well.

I have a 1958 vinyl 1st pressing of the 1st Ritchie Valens record, with the blue label & black writing.

Hey Dillion, I recently picked up a copy of Beatles Revolver. I guess it's what you would call a misspress. Side one is as it should be but side two is the band America the first track being I Need You. Worth anything to a collector? Thanks!

Nice list. I've been looking for the Liquid Liquid LP for years now.

Glad you didn’t blow up my holy grail blues album! Maybe you have it. I just realized you’re in NC! I live in Pittsboro. I’ll get over to the store soon and if you have a good copy of “goin away” Lightnin Hopkins set it aside for me! Cheers-Ryan

The 2x45 DMM pressing on Music For Nations of Ride the Lightning is my favorite copy of the album

#1 grail is Chet Baker, Chet. Finally purchased a nice stereo listening copy. Worth it, but like any album ever, would love a crazy clean mono. Maybe one day!

I have 10 of those albums on vinyl. Similar tastes here! Shout out to Big Star!

VU with nico was issued in germany, with the original usa unretouched gatefold, peelable sleeve. Series number stickered over with code stereo 710 004. Worth checking out!

Awesome video! Unbelievable grails!!! I guess the “RL” is a given huh? Well, I would like an OG UK Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Then, if the list can go on a bit, I would like an OG “Bryter Layter”, UK 1st pressing of “Diary of a Madman”, The 1st pressing of the Doors in Mono pressed in LA, JiMi Hendrix “Electric Ladyland” UK first pressing with that interesting cover, Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack (Red vinyl), and then the “Bozzio Levin Stevens” by Bozzio Levin Stevens supergroup. My Dad just went to the Banana Records warehouse and store in Florida, and couldn’t find that last one. I just don’t ever see it. Hey Dillion, sent you an email. Just an FYI about a new release. Peace!

Introducing Kenny Burrell deep groove Blue Note circa 1956 I believe. Paid $5. Water damaged cover but the Record is Immaculate and plays wonderfully. Also have Maggot Brains and RL Led Zeppelin II

I have Maggot Brain in Quad.. also the Rolling Stones promo lp from 1969.. as well as the early dj promo 7" of velvet undergrounds first release.

Just picked up a first UK press of In the court of the Crimson King on the pink Island label, like an hour ago haha! Yay!

Interesting picks. Funny don't have all on vinyl but do have digital on all but Danzig and Metallica. Like your tastes in music and your enthusiasm.

OMG Dillion...if you EVER, EVER, EVER decided to get rid of Love Supreme I need to be your first call. That is totally one of my top 10 grails along with that Stooges. So much great stuff here my friend! Great video. I just picked up an unofficial pressing of that Fraction this week. It truly is killer stuff. :)

Keep on the look out for: Punch label- 1009 - The Henchmen- Please tell me Hideout label - 1236 - The Bottle Company- Berkley square

I sold my early copy of Sabbath Vol.4 when I was young but I got a mint copy of the first press at a record shop called Swordfish Records in Birmingham, England a few years ago. The guy said ‘we see hundreds of these but never ever in this sort of condition’. Really glad I didn’t hesitate and it sounds AMAZING unlike the 3 later pressings I also still have; Nems being the worst.

My holy grail is Satori by Flower Travelin Band ! I finally found a repress that I could afford and am waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I found the name of the album ifrom your video "20 albums you have to hear". The story behind this quest is that I returned from Vietnam in Nov of 1971 with a reel to reel copy of an album I thought was called Suntory. I didn't know if that was the band name or the album. I got a copy of the tape from a fellow GI who went to Japan on R&R and brought it back. When I returned home I played the hell out of that tape and made several copies for friends. Everyone loved it. Somehow I lost my copy and have searched for the band or album for 50 years! Never knowing exactly what I was looking for. As soon as I saw you hold that copy up I knew. I did a quick KZfaq search and that was it. Thank you again from an old Flower Travelin' Band fan.

Like a lot of people I too sold the majority of my collection years ago now I spend a considerable amount of time trying to find my soul. I doubt I’ll ever find the original press of Mike Tay and the Scrotums Live at the YAP Club. It’s the pressing banned in the states with 2 pigs doing it on the back cover and Byron Vernon Feist on drums…the original drummer. Even been over to Europe in search of it to no avail but the journey continues. Love your listings 🎸

Very good picks. I have them all on other than orig. pressings though. What about Nirvana Bleach first pressing White vinyl?

Gday champ love ya channel. Is there a way of telling whether the rocord is a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or what number of presses it was similar to a book for the 1st edition?? Yes im a subscriber. Cheers

Mr. Noble you Rock!

I loved the MC5 and have that album.

Safe as Milk is definitely up there for me and I have not picked it up...yet!

Farm was recorded at Golden Voice Studios of Pekin IL, who also recorded Head East, Styx, and Starcastle. My friend Ed Howard helped Jerry build his echo chamber.

First press of Big Star is my #1 want.

I gotta check my Led Zep II. how do I know if it’s the RL? He did the mix or mastering?

superb choices, subscribed

Great selection

That shirt is fantastic! Fan from Canada

I've got Led Zeppelin II. The cover is pretty beat up because I played the crap out of it, but no scratches on the vinyl. Then my daughter bought me the re-release that has some added stuff.