Musical items of note

[RustyCage]

With so many music lovers on this forum, I'm sure some would own some valuable, rare, sought after or just down right bizzare musical items or memorabilia. What are the highlights of your collection?

[Pseudo]

"Numa Records: Year 1", a compilation of stuff released on Gary Numan's ill-fated own label. 4 of the 10 tracks are by Numan himself. Haven't listened to this in ages, don't remember thinking that much of it. Have kept it mostly as a curiosity.

The first three "Mind/Body" compilations. These compilations were put together by musicians having a presence on the rec.music.industrial usenet newsgroup in the mid-nineties. Each contained two discs: the first disc "Mind" being composed of more ambient, experimental and discordant tracks, while the second disc "Body" was composed of more dancey stuff and EBM.

Over the years I have collected as much obscure The The material as I could muster, either by taking it from B-sides of 7 and 12 inch singles, or downloading tracks from old compilations. Unfortunately no "The Pornography of Despair" yet.

[Leaping Lindner]

I've sold all my vinyl over the years (just have CDs now) and I had some ripper stuff in there. The highlights of the Rare stuff I have are Dead Kennedys set list from Thebby Gig and Backstage Pass. New Race set list from 1981. Boys Next Door Set List from 1979. As far as posters go I have stacks but the rarest would be an original Radio Birdman one from their 1977 Adelaide tour.

[zipzap]

I have Ghostbusters on 'slime green' vinyl

[CK]

I used to have a vinyl copy of the Moonshine Jug and String Band single "That's All Right With Me", signed by all band members on the label. The band later morphed into the Keystone Angels, then The Angels.

[southee]

- Kiss signed tour book I got when I went to the convention around 1994. Met all the guys
- Rare Japanese versions of vinyl albums (I collect these as a hobby)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John on "yellow" vinyl (Dont know how rare it is but it looks good anyway)
- Heaps of Kiss figures ...stagesets/models etc...
- Signed vinyl album of the band The Church inc. signed Marty Willson Piper solo album
- Ozzy Osbourne framed album cover of "No More Tears" and picture. All signed by the band that played on that record. Looks great but Ms. Southee makes me keep it in the cupboard.
- Paul Stanley guitar pick. (from solo tour)
- Go - Go's picture disc 45rpm of My lips are sealed/ We got the beat...ahhhh Belinda.
- Heaps of Beatles stuff.....posters etc from solo days.
- Nirvana "Hormoaning" CD

.....just to name a few anyway

[toot toot]

Signed regurgitator drumstick from their show last year.

[The Sleeping Giant]

I've sold all my vinyl over the years (just have CDs now) and I had some ripper stuff in there.

Any regrets?

[nowerman]

Autographed Cold Chisel book from their first greatest hits album in 1991. Its for sale if anyone would like to buy it.
The Beatles White Album on white vinyl.
Split Enz True Colours album with holographic images
Spandau Ballet Parade album gold vinyl
Elvis Presley box set By Request of Japanese Fans.....bought it for $40 years ago and saw one recently for $200

[Royal City]

Pearl jam tambourine from 2004 Adelaide concert

[zipzap]

Few coloured vinyls (Hummingbirds, U2, Deerhunter, Spandau!)
Signed records / LPs (Models, Mentals, Love Will Tear Us Apart 7" signed by Peter Hook from Joy Div, Lloyd Cole, Hummingbirds again...)
Lots of set lists (Go Betweens, New Order, Lloyd Cole, Hummngbirds..can't think what else right now)
Promo CDs / LPs / limited edition stuff (mainly REM and New Order, quite a few oddities there. Am a member of the REM fan club and have got most of their Christmas singles they send out every year)
U2 first day issue boxes of Achtung Baby & Zooropa from Virgin Megastore - worth quite a lot now, sold one on eBay for a couple of hundred and that was about 10 years ago
U2 Singles collection - box set of CD singles released in the 80s, pretty rare these days
Nirvana - Hormoaning CD
Neil Kerley - Wandrin' Star 7"

[zipzap]

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- Nirvana "Hormoaning" CD

I wonder if reissuing it will devalue it?
http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/55616

[Crack]

Amongst a heap of other Kiss stuff...

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Got Paul Stanley too, but no photo..

Xmas hats only for December of course..