My Most Valuable Vinyl Albums According To... Me

Vinyl records I hold dear to my heart. Not worth the most money, not most collectible, mostly ones I had as a kid. The flipside to my "according to Discogs" video. Includes The Beatles, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Dick Clark, and more. Please comment and subscribe.

[@keytrackmusicreviews]

Your story about The Wall is probably the best vinyl-related story I've heard since I started watching VC people. It reminds me of being that age (in '94) and recording 107.9 The End WENZ onto cassettes. And my grandpa gave me tapes by Warrant in fourth grade after my foot was run over getting out of a van. Good times.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! I couldn't believe I got the actual copy that I had recorded.

[@elliottcrews4997]

This is what record collecting is all about! I think I'll have to do one of these type videos as well. I really enjoyed it!

[@jasonelwoodphoto]

Good job holding on to your records for 35-40 years. I wish I had all of my old records. Trying to rebuild a collection is depressingly expensive these days. Great video! 😊

[@RobertFithen]

I've had to replace quite a few, too. Of course at 10x the price I paid originally.

[@Pauldjreadman]

Yes it is. I ran a record shop 94 - 05 and yes prices have reached EVEREST EST EST EST? Proportions :)

[@AK-xd5oo]

Great story how your copy of Pink Floyd The Wall on vinyl made it to your collection.

[@jar111raj]

That was a rad story!!! How cool is that!! Big sis and I used to record our favorites off the radio early 80's...

[@urwholefamilydied]

Imagine being a kid as a teenager loving the beatles.... and then imagine re-listening to the beatles all over again when I started smoking weed in the late 90's. Damn. That was a crazy trip. Love the beatles. So many layers upon layers of music and intricacies. So subtle and so many nuances.

[@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM]

I spent my childhood listening to a LOT of Beatles, and then started smoking weed full time around 2000. Still haven't taken that journey though. I know most of the catalogue pretty well, but I really need to do a full on light acid trip/incense/hash/Beatles/DMT trip before I die.

[@Ckom-Tunes]

I get a buzz from the sonic assault of the Beatles through a stereo/speaker system that can melt concrete. There’s nothing like sitting in the dark and letting the music wrap around you!’

[@urwholefamilydied]

@@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM what?? In the last 20 years you haven't revisited the beatles high??? Ya, that's basically when I started smoking weed, probably around 2001 actually. And I would have been in my early 20's. (did a light dose of DMT semi recently and my friend put on magical mystery tour... that was fun).

[@pwc9222]

Great video! Damn that copy of the wall is so meaningful. Congrats! Its also cool that your parents documented your love of music back in the day. Good content man.

[@seanbeckett4019]

Just discovered your channel this week, its a ton of fun to watch, even though the only vinyl I have ever bought was last year, Joan Jett's 1983 album (the yellow one). I don't even have a record player 😆 First music I ever bought was a Def Leppard Hysteria CD around 1991. First band I got really obsessed with was Guns N Roses after I randomly bought their tapes for my new car in 1995, so my earliest driving memories were of constantly speeding around town and missing stop signs, listening to those GnR tapes 😅🤪

[@williamdouglas1977]

How cool that you have the actual album that you recorded ... that’s awesome !

[@johnbellamy3406]

Hi Robert, I really enjoyed your stories here. I can recognize myself in a lot of what you had to say. Amazing story about the Wall. I love the way that it comes full circle like that. Cheers

[@tonystephens6858]

Love the Pink Floyd story - how cool is that? New to your channel, checking out your past videos and loving everything you've done. Keep Rockin'

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@timevans4942]

One of your best videos, thanks for sharing your memories of your childhood

[@GamingCookster]

Great video as always. Love hearing your stories, they are so interesting as a younger collector! My prized possession is probably Exile on Main Street my mother gave me and it’s like one of the first pressings I believe so it means a lot to me :)

[@overlooked45s]

My favourite video of yours (next to the 'atrocities' one)! It's sharing these personal stories that make people love the records they already own, instead of the ones they're supposed to own, but don't :-). Also asks for a review of your favourite record sleeve graffiti - which must also be there in your large collection.

[@RobertFithen]

Probably the Andy Williams I showed in the "I passed on These" video. lol

[@blackhawk606]

No one can put a price tag on memories and impressions. That's what records collections are all about. Those are the little dreams of a young boys and girls come true. Stories behind those LPs and 45s. I dig this, man, I really do =).

[@jasonadams371]

I enjoyed this video and can relate with what you are saying. I grew up with music everywhere. Every dime I made was spent on music as a kid and teenager. My mother said I was the easiest kid to watch even before I could walk they put me in front of the record player and stayed there all day long and was able to run the record player before I could walk

[@terrynak]

Beautiful video Robert! Still kinda new to the vinyl online community, but this is the first one I've seen where someone is talking about, and showing their earliest albums they bought. The first LPs I bought (all new) were Beatle records (starting at age 10), after hearing "The Beatles 1962-1966", which my brother borrowed from a friend and played constantly. My first 8 albums were all on the Apple label, starting with my first LP ever, "Yesterday and Today". The final Beatles studio album I got was "The White Album", by which time the vinyl shifted to the red Capitol label. I also got the Capitol "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" and Lingasong's "Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962" when they both came out in 1977. Also picked up "Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan" on Pickwick the same year I think, but the final Beatles vinyl LP purchase was the import "With the Beatles". Sometime in 1978, I became a Stones fan and started buying their albums, but all on cassette. My brother gave me all his Beatle albums a couple of years later ("Revolver/Abbey Road" on the Apple label, "Yellow Submarine/Magical Mystery Tour/Hey Jude" on the red Capitol label, the "Beatles Beat" on the German Odeon label, a counterfeit Vee Jay "Introducing The Beatles"). I just exhumed these albums from my rental storage space a few weeks ago. They were stored in milk crates (along with many other vinyl LPs) and buried under a pile of books, VHS tapes and DVD movies for over 20 yrs, but now they are back at home...

[@RobertFithen]

Awesome! Glad you found my channel.

[@PJLeo-sp4gn]

Great sincere sentiments. Of course my list & stories would be different, I certainly understand how much specific albums mean to us bc of how or when we got them! Your story of The Wall album coming full circle for you is just simply the definition of Cool! Keep ROCKIN!

[@rocdocs]

Really cool video, man! I enjoyed hearing about your favorite records.

[@anthonydrayton3673]

I have an original pressing of The Beatles For Sale album, the cover & album are a well worn but I love listening to it still. My other favs originals are Kiss Alive & 4 Way Street (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). I’m 63 now & still collecting (NSW Australia)

[@LRogersPhoto]

You are great, please don't stop making these videos.

[@Angus_T]

Now THIS is interesting stuff. Makes me feel like making my own list, but I'm affraid I'll get into a violent fight with myself over what should go on there and what shouldn't. One album is a given though. Just like your list, The Wall would be on mine, but then there's The Beatles, I already feel the fight coming on. Better leave it alone. Thank you for the great videos. Oh wait ... One Size Fits All would definitely go on the list as well.

[@19Gardens]

Nice video. I have early memories of playing with my dads records. Alice Cooper album had a little door you could open, Hawkwind one opened out into a big thing. Ramones had a cool die cut one I think

[@ElrohirGuitar]

Great stories. I have a special place for "Best Of" and "Greatest Hits", and other compilations. They gave you a chance to get great music cheaply and then you could get more of the albums that you liked. The first album I ever bought was Buffalo Springfield. I saw my first concert with The Nice before Keith Emerson left for Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and bought "Nice". I special ordered the album "Fusion" by The Hello People for their anti-war song, "Anthem" since I was fighting the draft and actually succeeded. I doubt if there were more than a thousand of those albums sold, but it was special to me.

[@Thomasgene]

CoolStories, Thank you for sharing!

[@strawb4639]

Just found this channel this morning and I'm loving it! Keep up the great work man, congrats on 1000 subscribers.

[@oddboxTopper]

Loved this video! Great stories of what is really valuable. I wish more people had that philosophy instead of just trying to "flip" vinyl for the maximum dollar amount. Just subscribed and will be checking more of your videos. Peace...

[@vossierebel]

Aaaahhh flip! The Wall story... so cool! I have a copy too... also with a story! (For another day!) I really love the way you tell it and I've just realised that your passion rocks! Pardon the pun... 🤔😁 I think I will be pulling out some of my discs and begin doing vinyl videos!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!

[@peterx1957]

Hey Great video. The value of our records goes beyond money. Music is personal and I can totally relate to yours stories. One thing about the "Rock 'N' Roll Music" pair, it seems that Capitol were restricted to using their original 2-Track masters. Horrified by what he heard, Sir George Martin remixed, reworked and in some cases reversed the channels on the original mixes for the original double LP. However EMI in the UK had the channels corrected to how they were originally. It should be noted that EMI had an edict stating that The Beatles recordings 'not be tampered with in any way'. The interesting thing for me is that the Australian version of the double LP used US supplied tapes, BUT the tracks were channel corrected. EMI UK relented and their version of the 2 volume reissue used the remix from the double LP. The same here in Oz though the channel correction was kept. The 2 volume version was issued here on a budget Axis label. My first LP with my own money was a unique Australian TV special release on Apple called "The Essential Beatles" in 1972. I had previously won an LP called "That Motown Sound" which I still own plus I was given a Bee Gees LP for my 13th birthday however it was a reissue of their earlier 1960's Australian material as opposed to a 'hits' album. I still have it though some of it is a bit cringe worthy lol. I enjoy your videos mate. Keep them coming. I need to do more myself though I've done a couple recently. Cheers mate 👍😎

[@michiganrecordclub4484]

As an eight year old, they pushed the Beatles on you. I like the Beatles when they came out but I loved the Stones. As an eleven year old, I bought my own first record and it was Let It Bleed. Great video. I now love both sbout the same. I grew to like heavy metal in my teens. Bill

[@RobertFithen]

Pretty much the same with me.

[@Bruno90s]

I have this Beatles compilation in LP "Rock'n'Roll Music", is brilliant.

[@zim1966]

Thats actually the 2nd reissue The original one was a double lp silver foil gatefold

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

Man, your Pink Floyd Wall story is one of the most amazing record geek stories I've ever heard. Jesus, I nearly got emotional over it. That is just awesome.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!

[@williamhenderson8371]

Unbeatable PF the Wall story. Thanks for sharing. That is so cool!!! 😎

[@francisjamesrogers8343]

Great Video! Beatles Albums Are In Great Condition Since There From 1980s!

[@trondam]

Hehehe...my first band was KISS and they still are with me 🤘😍🤘 Great video btw, thanks. Full circle with ''The Wall'', fantastic 👍😀

[@realjaxon]

I feel the same way about my Beatles albums. They are priceless to me. My biggest treasured album(s) are my 5 copies of VJ records 'Introducing The Beatles'. They are all authentic and at least one of them is in very excellent condition, almost like new from the cover, to the inner sleeve, to the vinyl itself. Not bad for a nearly 57 year old record.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Nice collection and that Pink Floyd The Wall is a very good find with a great story behind it ...The mid 1970s had a huge retro vibe for the 50s and Capitol decided to put that retro look on that Beatles album and it just did not fit well and it is way out of place for the Beatles music ,.Ringo said John Lennon should have designed the cover... My most valuable one I have maybe is an original 1973 copy of Buckingham Knicks ...

[@gremmiehodad]

Another great video Robert! Funny you pulled out the Starland Vocal Band's Afternoon Delight" 45! I had that one along with Charlie Dore's "Pilot of the Airwaves! I think it was the combination of sexy female vocals along with an acapella harmony part? They both had that! One of favorites was when I bought Billy Joel's "The Stranger" album (2nd LP I bought! First was Styx "Grand Illusion"!) at Macy's in New York only to bring it home to Florida, unwrap it and play it and find out it had "Ghosts"! (For those who don't know what that means it is a mispressing where some songs have echoes and some have foreshadowing playing in the background! Sometimes it is the other side of the record playing!) Fond memories of all the albums I bought from the Columbia Record Club "15 for a Penny"! Some Greatest Hits LPs and albums from my favorite groups at the time (and to this day!) Styx. Journey, Chicago, REO, Toto, Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Boston...etc. My friend joined and bought Aerosmith, The Eagles, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Supertramp, Kansas and others! We took them around to parties in high school and played ""DJ"! Just remembered buying the 45s of Foghat's "Slow Ride" Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein"(Mom was not pleased) after hearing then when was on the Swiss Bobs and The Toboggan at the county fair! Isn't it one of the greatest things in life that music can bring up such strong memories?! "Does anybody wanna go superfast?!!"

[@bloqk16]

It's remarkable that in 2023 that KISS still has popularity. When thinking about all the other performing artists/groups of that era in the mid-to-late 70s that have vanished, yet, KISS is planning a concert tour in 2023. I was working in records retailing in 1977 where a co-worker in the store, [Wherehouse Records . . . yes! it is spelled 'W-h-e-r-e'] was a professional percussionist [part-timer working retail between gigs] that had done work with Carlos Santana when Santana needed additional percussionists in live performances. That percussionist was very opinionated and critical when it came to music, but he highly praised KISS for the concerts they did. He first discovered them in 1974 while in the Eastern US, as he was doing some music gigs, and attended a concert where KISS was the supporting act at the venue. He said that as musicians, the members of KISS were average, but as entertainers, *he was thoroughly impressed!* My recalling that guy as critical as he was when it came to music, his praise of KISS bowled me over; as it left a lasting impression on me all these decades later.

[@RobertFithen]

Kiss is a show. Paul Stanley even said it's become a thing that's passed down from generations. Parents, and grand-parents will take their kids to see a show.

[@BushcraftingBogan]

The Wall story is phenomenal!!!!❤

[@erics8757]

That's so cool that you got the copy off The Wall that you taped as a kid!! I genuinely feel so happy for you :)

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@alexnejako777]

KISS and the Wall were an older kid to younger kid thing in the mid to late 70s. we all discovered them because the big kids liked them. the Wall graphic was mysterious and the camp counselors would listen to it while we were eating lunch in 1980-1

[@alexnejako777]

Seven the Hard Way has one of the best drum parts in Invincible.

[@RobertFithen]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

[@300leothelion]

Greetings from Great Britain my friend. Love your enthusiasm for vinyl brother. I’m going to subscribe without watching your other videos. I’m sure they’re just as good. Can you lay out a few albums for us to see?. I’m always interested in someone else’s collection. I’ve got the Pat Benatar and Beatles vol 1+2 (1976). 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@vayres7512]

I like your choices. My list : Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon Supertramp - Crime of the century Steely Dan - Can´t buy a thrill The Smiths - The Queen is dead The Waterboys - This is the Sea Pavlov´s Dog - Pampered Menial Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood Television - Marquee Moon Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea Pixies - Doolittle Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Pink Floyd - The Wall Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Gang of Four - Entertainment!

[@RobertFithen]

At one point, I've got to check out that Neutral Milk Hotel album. I've heard so much about it.

[@grandpipco]

Enjoyed your videos. A lot like the way I enjoy my collection.

[@moonlightguitars]

Great story about the Pink Floyd album. I had the 60's box set also when I was a kid. Listened to it a million times. Hanky Panky!!

[@gravyjones8305]

That is a beautiful story of your life's journey w Pink Floyd's "The Wall." A tear rolled down my cheek, did a guitar solo, and drove off in a tourbus. Glorious.

[@RobertFithen]

Excellent! That's exactly what I was going for.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I still have the first "album" I ever bought. It was Built for Speed by the Stray Cats and it was on cassette. I have it along with three other original cassettes from my youth in a shadowbox on the wall of my home bar. The other cassettes are Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind, Pat Benatar's Get Nervous and Rush's Grace Under Pressure. I wore out THREE Get Nervous cassettes...so the one framed is the first one I wore out.

[@lucalone]

rock'n' roll music is a beatles cover of an old chuck berry tune from the 50's, that's why that cover looks that way.

[@Protometal66]

I remember being at a skating rink in 1976 and the dj played Calling Dr Love. I was a shy kid but I had to know who it was. I became a fan at that moment. My mom bought the 45 for me ( I was 9) and I played it continuously. I want to say it came with a picture sleeve because my dad saw a picture of them and he said he never wanted to see another record by them in his house again. The following year my parents have split up , I'm living with my mom and my dad picks me up every weekend. He took me to Sky City and went to the record section and starts flipping through the Kiss albums asking me what I have. It would be Destroyer that would be the first album he would come to that I didn't own. He bought it for me, sitting here now thinking about it, I'd give anything to have that copy. He passed away in 2015. I'll never forget how he let go of his hatred of them at least enough to buy that album for me. Thanks for jogging that memory for me. I hadn't thought about it in years. I definitely agree with you...our most treasured doesn't have to be the most expensive.

[@RobertFithen]

Absolutely! Thanks

[@anthonyc9207]

Wow we have the same taste....KISS Dp Was my first albulm...great video

[@skiddlybop8]

Brother! At one point in my teens, I could remember every occasion in my life I ever bought a record because I was such a broke kid. I won a 45 of Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters from a radio call in contest. I also won an oldies LP on Bell, You Must Remember These. I used to listen to cassettes of songs I recorded from the radio, with DJ announcements at the top and tail of every one of them. Eventually I collected records or compilations with those songs, and I made cassette mixtapes from them segued like a radio station but with no announcer, using two Technic turntables and a little Radio Shack mixer.

[@RobertFithen]

I used to do a lot of the same. I still hear songs today and remember a piece of a radio announcer or jingle at the end.

[@samhill2450]

It's amazing that an album given to an eight-year old would be in such nice condition so many years later.

[@icatz]

Great stories! Thanks

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

I can still smell that double Rock and Roll Music album.

[@CBCDs]

I first heard the White Album the same way you heard The Wall. The classic rock station when I was a kid (Z93) would play an album all the way through once a week or so. They'd give you a choice of 3 albums and you'd call in and vote then they'd play the winner at like 9 or 10 o'clock. I'd usually listen before going to bed and sometimes record them to tape. I was late to the show one night and they were playing Glass Onion - I knew enough of the Beatles to know that it must be them but had never heard it before. Taped it and it's still one of my favorite albums ever. When you describe listening to 45s when you were a real little kid it reminds me of Ben Fold's autobiography. He describes listening to music all day every day when he was a kid. His dad fixed up old houses and would bring home a lot of records he'd find in the houses. Anyway - we're close to the same age but I didn't really start collecting tapes/cds/records until jr. high

[@RobertFithen]

Yeah, I ended up with quite the tape collection of albums played on the radio.. It would happen on Sunday nights here.

[@myleftthumb2294]

I was in the Columbia Record and Tape Club around '75/'76 (8th grade, i.e. a minor) where you got all these records for just a penny, and then you had to buy three at regular price and they automatically sent you the monthly selection unless you returned the reply card. Plus, they had this Ponzi scheme were if you signed up other people, you got three bonus records. So I talked my Bay City Rollers fan sister into it. One afternoon I'm sitting in my room across the hall from hers doing my homework and she yells out my name in a bloodcurdling scream. Guess who forgot to return the card and got....... KISS Double Platinum in the mail!! Mom chewed me out and made me buy it even though I wasn't a fan of them. But, still have it and got to see them at The Palace in Auburn Hills fall '96. NOW I'm a fan!! Best concert ever and it too is one of the sentimental faves in my collection.

[@myleftthumb2294]

@21:00 - Ha ha ha ha - Man, you talk about synchronicity. I'm sitting here with a stack of LPs to price for a yard sale and I have that exact same Dick Clark album. Was going to sell it, but now I'm going to have to keep it. Has some goodies on it including Candles in the Rain by Melanie and the Edwin Hawkins Singers which is interesting because the preceding track is Edwin Hawkins himself singing Oh Happy Day.

[@kilgoretrout4707]

This weekend I found an original Parlophone Rubber Soul (record only) in a bin of dollar records at a garage sale. Looked through the whole box, but alas, couldn't find the cover. And I've got that same 45 box that looks like denim.

[@JasonVoorhees5713]

Hampton? I miss shopping at The Record Exchange on Hampton. Great video man.

[@JasonVoorhees5713]

K-she 95. Man this video is bringing back memories.

[@richardcrook2112]

When you said Dick Clark I thought "Dave Clark 5" then the next record - Dave Clark 5!

[@kevinjohnson8220]

I got Kiss Double Platinum for Christmas in 1978 and I found that a number of the songs had been re-recorded, particularly Deuce and that annoyed me to the point I lost interest in Kiss shortly afterward. Discovering Rainbow as well as punk rock may have had something to do with that too, because one of the albums I bought shortly afterward (and I ordered it, first time I'd ever done it) was Patti Smith's Horses. I could not believe the sounds coming out of my Sears record player and it was that point I shelved Double Platinum pretty much forever after that. I do like their first album and Destroyer though and have them in my collection

[@monkeyisland819]

i had that beatles album rock n roll music vol 1 and 2 too as a child + a beatles compilation called love ballads + the beatles rarities + the blue and the red collections omg and i had the beatles at the movies album too i forgot all about that one, those were the beatles albums i had and then my cousin had sgt pepper abbey road let it be the white album a hard days night etc, cool video thank you

[@Edwoodb3]

I have one record that I cherish. I won it when I was just 3 or 4. My parents entered me into a competition for the 'Bugs Bunny Show'. They'd have all their entries in a big drum which they spun around on TV. The host pulled out my name and I won, among other things, a signed copy of Seal's self titled album on vinyl. The cover is a little worse for wear because my parents decided to "look after it" and I was very young. No idea if it's worth anything.

[@RobertFithen]

Probably being signed. And it's from the 90's and records from then are scarce.

[@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM]

Two records I HAD TO HAVE from my childhood are in my small collection: I stared at Men At Work's yellow and black album cover every chance I got when I was about 3. And even though it didn't necessarily "turn me on" at the time, I also had to have both cassette and vinyl versions of Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking. I think my mom just had the edited versions. lol

[@Zockopa]

Personaly i grew up with the sixties/ early seventies music that came out of radios and tv`s. And while i liked some of what i heard i was never that interested in it. However,my little sister won a portable radio in la ottery but at the time was to young to make use of it. So i had to take care of it for the time being,which gave me the chance to listen to it late in the night,and boy i heard music i never heard before. Weird but fascinating music that took my mind on a journey. That got me hooked quick and deep.

[@PrankZabba]

Was just thinking, those 2 Beatles albums are probably better then the red album. As a kid, i loved the blue album more then the red one. I made a double cd mix of Beatles and called it The Purple Album. Not sure where I first heard Kiss but i remember Love Gun, Rock And Roll Over and Destroyer as a kid. I think i was 6 when i had my own album. Alive II. I remember old 45 cases like those. I dont have the actual ones i had as a kid, but collected new ones of those old ones. Good call on The Wall. Ive often wondered if i actually got that for Christmas when i was 4 years old? Or was it when i was 5. That was a huge album when i was a kid. I remember my dad had a few of them. Or somehow i remember being giving a copy of Dark Side. Put one of those kids suitcase players on the floor and and stand next to it and look down. Love those old rock and roll albums. Those 2 sound like they'd pair well with American Graffiti soundtrack.

[@johnwelch5132]

Love yer videos, but what is that machine you’re sat on?

[@johnwelch5132]

It looks like half a jukebox and half a barbecue grill…

[@RobertFithen]

It's a 1976 Rock-Ola 463 jukebox.

[@jmad627]

My first Beatles LP was "Meet The Beatles" in 1970. Still have it. The original pressing and cover of ”Rock and Roll" is worth a couple of bucks btw. I have that one.

[@tomdavis6371]

Nice!

[@russkinter3000]

About '76 original Beatles Rock'n Roll music with the out of place '50s theme cover. It's marketing. In the mid 70s there was a huge fascination with the 50s and early 60s thanks to the movie "American Graffiti" and the band Sha na na. Although, I'll admit that '76 is pushing it for the 50s fad.

[@5150-for-music]

We share a lot of similar history! The first album I won off the radio was John Mellencamp's "Lonesome Jubilee" off KWK. Then, in 1988, when they became WKBQ Q106.5 I won a couple different cassette tapes off them, concert tickets to see Great White and Tesla. I also won ZZ Top concert tickets off them. My very first Beatles album was "20 Greatest Hits" that came out in October of 1982. I started buying up every Beatles album I could get my hands on. Did you ever listen to the "Meet The Beatles" radio show, Sunday mornings on 93.7 KSD? It was hosted by a guy named Joe Davis. He picked all the song, played rare stuff, a lot coming off recorder. Such a HUGE education for me on The Beatles!! I was the only person in my family that collected music. My parents would always tell me "it is a fad you will grow out of". I bought my first 45RPM at a grocery store in 1985! They would have a rack filled with like the top 10 singles out at the time.

[@RobertFithen]

Yes, very similar histories. I ended up working at both 93.7 and 106.5, but they were different formats by then.

[@petekutheis3822]

wow st clair square. Used to shop there all the time--cottonwood mall too--when I went to SIUE in early 80s.

[@danielking1850]

Record Bar! I remember that store well!

[@brushez]

Great video , the reason The Beatles rock and roll music has 50's themed art work is because those cover songs you spoke of were from the 50's rock and roll era .

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! It really starts to look strange on the second record with "Helter Skelter" and all.

[@konajinx]

Dude. We’re practically the same age and your first Beatles album was mine as well, except I bought it at Walmart on tape for five bucks. My mom then got me the Red album, and the next one I bought for myself was MMT with no booklet and the purple stripe on the cover. Good times.

[@RobertFithen]

The same version of MMT was my first Beatles' studio album. It came from K Mart.

[@konajinx]

@@RobertFithen Sweet! My red album came from Record Bar, and MMT I got a local joint called Cat's Music.

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

My most valuable album to me is Guy Clark’s Old No. 1 reissue. I ordered it early one morning in 2016. I then went to pay some bills. When I got home that afternoon I got on Facebook and discovered he had passed away.

[@scottboedy5299]

My most treasured album is my 1972 first RCA pressing of David Bowie's the rise and fall of (and you know the rest of the album title) track one is pretty much shot on side. So I have 50th anniversary edition. Which sounds fantastic. I will never part with my 1972 copy.

[@jamieturner6921]

Rock N Roll Music 1 and 2 were my first Beatle albums as well. They were hand me downs from my uncle and I agree a great starter. I never had "Reel Music" but I have the 45 released to promote the album when Capitol cashed in on the medley craze in the early 80s called "Movie Medley". Sure it's kitschy but the Beatles and not "Stars on 45".

[@RobertFithen]

I got that 45 at the time, too. I thought the best thing about it was the "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" B-side.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Much like you, I have a few Beatles LP's from when I was a kid, which were given to me when I first started having an interest in/collecting vinyl. Mind you, they're shitty Capital pressings from the 70's and are scratched to hell and back, so I wouldn't dare play them, but they make good "wall hangers". 😅 Not worth a dime, but they're still some of my most "valuable" records, to me at least. 😉 Great topic/video! 🍻

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! Yeah, to me they are one-of-a-kind irreplaceable.

[@realjaxon]

The first and only Elvis record that I ever bought was 'Burning Love' on a 45 rpm record at a local Kmart.

[@BlindArthurBlake]

I have a lot of memories involving records and Kmart myself

[@jar111raj]

My dads was our first. my sister and I Loved "the Witch Docter" '45 the most... My first records I bought was for my older sister, Cyndie Lauper - She Bop '45, and Joan Jett - "I Love Rock and Roll" "45... but she cried because she wanted the whole album, lol (for her birthday)... So we replaced it with the full album, lol... My first album wa Huey Lewis and the News - Happy To Be Stuck With You "45!!! lol

[@jar111raj]

My mom also made us replace the She-Bop "45, with "Time after Time", I believe... lol!!!

[@petekutheis3822]

kwk/kshe and kslq were THE stlouis area stations! yeah---the seventh day! yeah kshe was emmis and lots of buyers.. they were in union station last time I was thru the old stompin grounds.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

All about musical impressions and expressions.

[@williamthompson5504]

My personal most valuable album to me is my Division Bell lp on blue translucent vinyl. It was my first record. My second record was a sealed first pressing of The Beatles-Love Songs. $15 in 1994 at a record show.

[@RobertFithen]

"Love Songs" has that great poster too

[@Ckom-Tunes]

Note: This list could have easily been ten times longer. These are off the top of my head… -Johnny Rivers-‘At the Whisky à Go Go’ -Ringo Star-‘Goodnight Vienna’ -Elvis-‘68 Comeback Special’ -Cheap Trick-‘Dream Police’ -Madonna-‘True Blue’ -Dire Straits-‘Love Over Gold’ -Wings-‘Back To The Egg’ -Kim Mitchell-‘Shakin’ Like a Human Being’ -Buddy Holly-‘That’ll Be the Day’ -Elvis Costello-‘This Year’s Model -Ray Charles-Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ -Bonnie Tyler-‘Metropolis’ -Eminem-‘Curtain Call’ -Alice Cooper-‘Lace and Whiskey’ - Boz Scaggs-Silk Degrees -Divinyls-‘Divinyls’ -Chuck Berry ‘Chuck Berry Is On Top’ -Eric Clapton-‘Unplugged (Live)’ Peace and health to you and yours!

[@Stonecutter334]

I remember John in particular hated the cover of that rock and roll music collection.

[@jeffj266]

I have a sealed copy of the numbered, gold vinyl promo of "Reel Music."

[@RockinJohnny]

I wish someone would put out a Auto Changer but a decent one like the Technics ones we had in the 80s that I couldn't afford at the time lol

[@lukeissocool1094]

I have the help album magical mystery tour and revolver used 😃 there in awesome condition

[@nelsonmaud1]

I can relate to this I wasnt a kid but I loved peter frampton was a young adult still have him and saw him in 80 also the 10 year old in me still love the monkees I have albums ain't worth but 1 dollar each both have albums of alice in wonderland talking albums I have cause I loved the books so much as a kid

[@RobertFithen]

I still have my Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown talking record.

[@Crategainer]

DON'T GET THAT, THAT'S GOT DIRTY WORDS ON IT. LMAO, that shit cracked me up.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

Seven the Hard Way is a way-underrated album by Pat Benatar.

[@davidwinson2319]

I’ve got the album magical mystery tour the Beatles can anyone tell me is it worth anything ?

[@greghawkins229]

First records I ever bought

[@derekshorrock594]

Cool story

[@charlesmellick4729]

Ever seen a Sgt. Pepper picture disc with side 2 on both sides? I have one.

[@RobertFithen]

Never heard of that.

[@charlesmellick4729]

@@RobertFithen misprint I picked up at KMart and didn't even notice for a couple of years but def side 2 on each side

[@jeffj266]

John Lennon offered to design a cover for the 1976 pressing, but Capitol turned him down!

[@RobertFithen]

I heard that too

[@greenalishi222]

Harry Belafonte live at Carnegie Hall

[@jeff901]

John Lennon offered to design a cover for the 1976 release and he was turned down! WTF?