Vinyl Oddities: The Holy Grails of Record Collecting

[@reccollect]

PART 2 is the next upload (50 more) Let me know what records you want to see featured in future parts! I'm specifically looking for records with interesting backstories, not so much super gimmicky releases.

[@Jonag__M]

The Flaming Lips released an album in 2012 called "The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends" and the vinyl was filled with the band members blood. Mentioning Jack White reminded me of his newest release, "No Name", where it was randomly released on July 19, 2024 in Third Man Records stores in Nashville, Detroit and London. Love to see some background on why it was randomly released.

[@sawsily]

A limited edition release of "The Chopping Channel" by Negativland came with a small baggie of the REAL ASHES of dead member Don Joyce. Negativland also had an EP called "U2," named after the Lockheed fighter jet; which they were then sued over by the band U2, afterwards releasing an album named "The Letter U and the Number 2" about the lawsuit. The original cover of the album "Meet the Residents" by The Residents was just the cover of "Meet the Beatles" but with doodles drawn all over it, they got in trouble with Capitol Records and had to change it soon after. A promo EP was produced shortly before the album came out but only sold 40 copies as nobody thought the album was real, because it was set to release on April 1st. Also I'm surprised you mentioned Aphex's RDJ Album coming with hair but not the extra-wide sleeve for Drukqs, or the recent acid-etched copper box-set for Selected Ambient Works vol. II.

[@dontaddme2114]

"Artaud" by argentinian band Pescado Rabioso

[@JimblesNotronbo]

The inner sleeve of most of DEVO's vinyl releases starting with Freedom of Choice was actually an Order Form for Club Devo, where you could buy things like the energy dome hats, the yellow devo radiation suits, or an Easy Listening Cassette of their hit songs The sleeves of the Oingo Boingo Demo EP from 1980 were all spray painted by hand by members Charlie Unkeless and Sean P Riley in a garage in Venice Beach. Also, The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys by Traffic, the versions with the snipped corners!

[@davidulrich9798]

Super interesting video! Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull is my favorite record sleeve idea, being a 12-page newspaper the band spent more time designing than the music itself. The newspaper has a crossword and a dot by dot which a lot of people filled out on the original release. This makes an original one without markings super rare.

[@V.semirrr]

Ur Video Editing style is so satisfying. The Music, the fast pace switches from album to album, the floating head, everything. Really a breath of fresh air

[@G-G._]

Played out style. Every second video essay creator uses this style. Cookie cutter. And no he wasn’t the first

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[@kombatpath8605]

The clash - London calling. The greatest double album ever. The group found a loophole, and had both LPs stuffed into a single sleeve. So people wouldn't have to pay the full price for a double record/gate fold.

[@Humpless]

great watch, subscribed and looking forward to pt.2

[@AtomHeartLark]

Love the video! Here are some of my favorite vinyl oddities. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull. This album cover is in the style of a newspaper, when opened up the gatefold reveals multiple pages of stories, puzzles, and illustrations. The contents of the 12 pages were all fabricated by the band and add background to the concept of the one 43 minute continuous title track. RRR 500 This record is composed of 500 locked grooves featuring material by 500 different artists, including the band Sonic Youth. A Giant For A Day - Gentle Giant While not there most appreciated by there fans, Giant For A Day is unique since the sleeve instructs the listener to cut out the picture on the cover, and use it as a mask. Black Moses - Isaac Hayes When folded out, the albums reveals a poster-sized picture of Isaac Hayes. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery The records pictures a grim portrait in a skull-shaped machine, most of the mechanism covers the portrait. The record opens from the middle, and when opened reveals the uncovered body. Below the chin, there is rumored to be an airbrushed out phallus. The cover was drawn by H.R Giger. Any album by the Slovenian-Italian band Devil Doll. Most albums made by the band were made in extremely production. Some albums only had numbers in the single digits produced. One of the albums, The Girl Who Was Death, had 500 copies. 150 of those had a note from the band leader Mr. Doctor, written in his own blood.

[@Luke-1296]

The cover of thick as a brick was actually inspired by the four seasons the genuine imitation life gazette in 1969 with a newspaper cover and 8 pages inside the gatefold.

[@karfan2290]

Another Jethro Tull album with a great gatefold cover is Stand Up.

[@feIon]

love this video topic and every single video on your channel is an undisputed BANGER. can't wait for part two :)

[@xdef1ne]

Great video man!

[@Stumpfization]

As a Scott the Woz fan, i just stumbled across your channel yesterday and couldn't figure out why you looked so familiar... Until it struck me this morning xD But independent from this, awesome stuff! Definitely sticking around to see what's coming next.

[@asherfilms923]

bro you just blew my mind

[@nathanbickhart4942]

As a complete Vinyl nerd, this is my favorite video you’ve ever made!

[@ptownmib664]

Another banger vid from reccollect!!

[@feIon]

he never misses

[@IainJChrist]

Awesome video man, another cool area of exploration for the channel.

[@scouttf2meansbuisness.396]

The coolest Vinyl I got was probably King Gheedorah’s Take Me To Your Leader. It comes with multiple cutouts that are able to mimic the actual cover, as well as extra cutouts like a mic and some other stuff.

[@feIon]

hope he mentions this in part two! such a legendary album

[@the135joker3]

Definitely recommend looking into Soviet bone records. Underground records produced in the Soviet Union were printed onto used XRay sheets, leading to unique and often interesting images on each vinyl.

[@tmtmtg]

Dude when a reccollect video comes out I drop everything to turn that shit on

[@certainlyshiny]

Loved this video!!!! Watched the entire 39 minutes and this comes from someone with a short attention span :)

[@DrPepperone]

One of the most underrated channels. Great stuff!

[@reyzespeyzes]

Great video; one of my favorite vinyl fun facts is that the original pressing of Brockhampton’s “Ginger” contained a booklet with the names of everyone that ordered the vinyl

[@CrisisMoon7]

Ooo Brockhampton fact

[@hooblysnoobly5305]

This goes so hard, keep it up!

[@Gommes]

most underrated youtuber + amazing video probably a new favorite of mine

[@orgyonmyown]

This video was done so so well. As a vinyl collector working at a record shop my eyes were glued to the screen all the way through!

[@CheesyMcEasy280]

In his floating head era

[@MIITRIN]

Best era

[@sidmcmillan926]

2:17 ... American punk band "Feederz" (sometimes listed as "The Feederz") released an album titled "Ever feel like killing your boss?" in 1984, that was also covered front and back with black 180 grit sandpaper and included a message "to damage your other records" 😎

[@miljk4296]

Wonderful video! Shocked there's no inclusion of the Flaming Lips blood vinyl or the Thick as a Brick newspaper though. Maybe in part 2.

[@miljk4296]

Don't know if your taking suggestions for this but: Faust - Faust (A clear vinyl, with a transparent lyrics sheet on top) The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Future Is Your Past (Features a colouring book esque cover, and comes with a packet of pencils to colour in the cover) Christian Marclay - Record Without a Cover (take a guess what the gimmick of this one is. Any damage done to the record via like shipping or stuff was apart of the artwork) Graf Orlock - Doombox (Folds out into a boombox) Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love (Blood infused again) Ensemble Kluster - Klopfzeichen (Limited to only 300 copies, this came in a neat plastic embossed cover) The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money (May be a stretch to include here, but the cover photo drama is a real neat bit of history)

[@SorcererOfSoup]

one of my favorites is the parappa the rapper vinyl that includes a bus that acts as the needle and goes around the record

[@mettiewashere]

18:56 you forgot the best part of this pressing! the b-side of the vinyl has the final three tracks of "the downward spiral" (reptile, tds, hurt) playing in reverse.

[@ForcedRhubarb]

Love this video. You have to include one of Private Function’s vinyl records in part 2. They’ve done vinyl with drugs pressed into them, scratch card record sleeves and even records filled with band’s urine.

[@RadioactiveKetchup]

i love you reccollect

[@marcel1372]

the early cd copies of Jar of Flies had plastic flies in the spine of the cd case

[@CrisisMoon7]

15:00 Heyyy Mr Blue Sky 20:10 first watched this movie like two weeks ago 23:22 Supermega music 26:11 oh hey I listened to this this year 30:42 34:05 oh my god I love there “Remind Me” song. It’s so beautiful and have been listening to it since maybe 2021 35:45 I wish someone would make a Jimi Hendrix iceberg

[@dumpwoodhere]

My mum knows the Hendrix cover. She was going to town and I asked her to pick it up from caroline music.handed her the money and note for Robin and Kyle not knowing that was the cover artwork. They had great fun bringing that cover to her very loudly and waving it about so everyone in the shop could see. She was furious with me but did get it, that and a loud shouting at. Bastards!

[@Rivmic]

23:31 Dutch psych band Group 1850 also did this but in 1968 on their debut album Agemo’s Trip to Mother Earth.

[@JimmyStrummer]

Proud owner here of both a zipper-sleeve Sticky Fingers pressing and a Lazaretto Ultra LP. Also might have to double-check my dad’s copies of Synchronicity and School’s Out 😅

[@ZykovEddy]

New vinyl reissues of Mother Earth's Plantasia contain a sheet of paper with seeds pressed into it, making it possible to use it to actually grow flowers.

[@wastelanderone]

this is absolutely my jam thank u

[@kevinmccunemusic]

I'd love to hear u cover Propellor by Guided by Voices! I think the story behind the original covers for that album is super interesting. Also, u should cover The Locust's puzzle pieces EP. love ur vids btw!!

[@darladoon]

The term “holy grail” is repeatedly abused

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

Have the zipper Sticky Fingers and the original Some Girls, picture disk of Hemispheres by Rush, EP of Ace of Spades, Mama by Genesis, Twistin' By The Pool by Dire Straits, autographed copy of Permanent Waves by Rush, and In Through The Out Door by Led Zepplin with the watercolour cover, and an LP of The Message by Grandmaster Flash, and of course Garage Days Re-re-visited on record and on tape. Have the debut album for Richard Betts, and also have the Green Bullfrog record, an EP by David Gilmour called Let's Get Metaphysical, and the Rod Stewart record shaped like a whiskey glass. I have the Beatles record too, but it has the safe cover, no sticker although it actually looks/feel like one, but I have the not safe Blind Faith cover too, and quite a few other rarities

[@ImthePaulshouldnotbeallowedtod]

The Butcher cover was re releaseed in the US CD box sets with the trunk cover slick included

[@jeremyccc]

There used to be a New York punk band called Perfect P***y - with their debut album they had a limited coloured press which was made using the lead singer's period blood. Don't know what happened to them, the album wasn't all that memorable

[@warhorrorspondent]

I remember having the Murphy's Law album that had a really cool bright green color, but that's easily beat by the period blood coloring 😅

[@raycathode]

If you're not already aware you might want to look into the Monty Python records, they did some really fun things with the first pressings, most notably - Another Monty Python Record (1971) Monty Python's Previous Record (1972) The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973) The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

I have the first one, it's a classical record all scrawled over with a black crayon, it has the Spanish Inquisition and the Sheep sketch on it iirc

[@fivedayweekattack4248]

One of my favorite albums is the 1968 debut album "Ptooff!" by UK psychedelic proto-punk band the Deviants. The album featured a pop art comic book style cover with original UK pressings of the album folding out into a six panel poster. 8,000 copies were put out on the bands private label, Underground Impresarios and an original copy in excellent condition will set you back a few Benjamin Franklins. Fortunately, in 2014, the album was reissued in the original six panel poster form on splattered blue vinyl, which I happily own a copy of (previous reissues didn't feature the poster concept).

[@ImthePaulshouldnotbeallowedtod]

I had my original American copy signed by John Cale in Seattle at his concert at the Showbox. My original Canadian copy didn't have the banana and the back cover was the front cover

[@andresimone648]

Very interesting video!! Thank you

[@calgateart]

LOVE THIS I SHARED IT TO EVERYONE I KNOW (WOULD BE INTERESTED) sorry for caps, im excited for this video

[@deetsitmeisterjd]

Coolest vinyl I've seen is a rare version limited Edition of Choose your Weapon by Hiatus Kaiyote, it has bioluminescent sea water from the Sea of Stars in the Maldives sealed within the vinyl. When you shake it, it glows very bright. Similarly, the vinyl record for the Saltburn movie is filled with "semen" filled bath water, yes...really.

[@beauwilliamson3628]

Chris Houston's 'Hate Filled Man' was one I searched for for years. The record jacket reused old record sleeves (turning them inside out and finishing with a spray stencil) and then having a 12x12 patch of astroturf applied to the back. When I finally got a copy, it was missing the turf, but turned out to be a prerelease promo, so had a press-kit included. And the music? Deeply weird country-punk.

[@judesingleton9089]

If you're looking for records w/ interesting histories, I'd check out some of the pressings done by Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy. He's probably best known in the record-collecting community for the 2017 release of "The G.A.T... (The Gospel According to...)", which was allegedly limited to 28 copies for ~ 3,000 dollars a piece (I've heard several price estimates). This record was a 2xlathe cut with three spindle holes per disc, requiring you to recenter the record to play a new song. Info and pics are scant, but what I've seen is super impressive.

[@bloodorange6713]

Wow artificial scarcity, super impressive

[@shortfilmfinn6806]

oh yeah big fan of this

[@johncollier9280]

The original lp release o' Rameses-Space Hymns on Vertigo records featured a 6 panel fold out sleeve by Roger Dean.

[@tartarsocks]

Fuckin banger of a video as usual!! Here are a couple of my favorite odd vinyls: Monty Python: The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief: Comedy album that was said to be a "three sided record". There were two grooves on side 2, both sides were marked as "side 2" and no track listing at all so the listener would be surprised when they listened a second time and heard material they didn't hear on their first listen through. Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open: The Vinyl, CD, and steaming releases all have straight up different versions of each songs (besides a few) that are only available to their specific releases. PANCHIKO: D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L: Since the band was rediscovered 20ish years after they quit making music by someone finding one of their CDs in a charity shop with the disk having succumbed to diskrot, all rerealeases of the album feature some of the songs in their rotted format, just in case you prefer to listen to them that way.

[@EvolutionSummit]

I love the background music later in the video. It’s from sheep raider…

[@vollsticks]

Btw it's pronounced "Dur-root-ee" after the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist Buenaventura Durrutti

[@AstralKreep]

Need a part 2 to this

[@henrys3629]

I have 2 of the ELO punch outs not used. I also have a record that a band made with used covers of other bands painting over the OG artwork. My copy was Emerson Lake & Palmer cover.

[@kelechi_77]

Also the Soft machine's first album has a cool gimmick where it's like a circle you spin with the real album cover behind it, but with a few holes in the circle so its like the pictures keep changing/moving. I wish interactive album covers became popular again, it's why vinyl will always be more interesting than streaming.

[@tartarsocks]

would be funni if you had floating hands to do the air quotes i think

[@johndef5075]

Alice Coopers Billion Dollar Babies album is nice too. Large Dollar Bill with Alice and trading cards of the band.

[@riley4905]

hell yea

[@Luke-1296]

Pink Floyd’s wish you were here album originally came shrink wrapped in black plastic with a small sticker on the front. It was the bands way of taking a dig at people who just made a slit in the side of the plastic and never took it off their albums as they’d never see the proper artwork, also fitting into the albums themes of the music industry being a machine and isolation also fitting with the postcard included. In some territories the album art was the original shrink wrap with a black sleeve and what was the sticker printed in the middle. This was removed soon after but made a return in modern vinyl releases with the black shrink wrap being replaced with a resealable black bag with the same sticker on the front.

[@lou_gubrious]

love this idea, maybe start adding how much these presses usually sell for on Discogs? just an idea!

[@dapaintgoblin]

Taking talking head videos to the next level

[@ImthePaulshouldnotbeallowedtod]

I had the original Lynyrd Skynyrd album with a fan club leaflet inside and I had the burning cover on cassette

[@dylanmcintyre0502]

Oh fuck yeah, I can’t wait to watch this

[@ShutUpJer]

I can’t seem to find it at the moment but there was a merzbow 7 inch that had a nail hammered through it?

[@goldenglazed3767]

Someone should press the audio from this video onto a Vinyl

[@larryinc64]

One of my favorite weird albums is "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief", since it's a vinyl record with 3 sides. The back side has 2 sets of grooves so depending on where the needle comes down it will play something different.

[@Turkeyham11]

I like the idea that Jeff is wearing a green morph suit for all of this.

[@seanarey9918]

I have a few of these. Living all over me and big bambu with the paper. Possibly more but too lazy to check.

[@petchiropractor9713]

Apparently I’ll watch this guy talk about anything

[@audiencesmember]

Cool video!

[@EyoItsPop]

Good vid!

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

1:55, why not just double wrap it? Like put an extra packaging to protect the disc, could be transparent as well.

[@kelechi_77]

They didn't get a mention in this video, but Caroliner has to be the funniest and most crazy vinyl gimmick, their album ''Rear End Hernia Puppet Show'' if you order or buy it comes with random items packaged inside. Someone on an online review said they bought the album and it came with a wrench which scratched the whole record and they couldn't play it LMAO. Someone else said they got used tampons with dried period blood, it's insane.

[@swiftdeparture]

Please continue this series man, this is such a cool concept

[@rodimusmaximus3912]

Pronouncing "Illinoise" without the S when it's clearly meant to be pronounced as part of the album title is like the complete opposite of most people pronouncing the S when you're not supposed to in reference to the state of Illinois.

[@GibusWearingMann]

Similar to Fall Out Boy's "crynyl" release, another odd liquid-filled limited release is the Flaming Lips's "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends", which is filled with "a diluted mix of blood contributed by several of the collaborators".

[@LuxuryPossum]

I thought the Skynyrd Street Survivor cover was more rare than it actually is. I got a copy of it, and I was looking around on Discogs. It seems at the time, both the original art, and the swapped back cover version were being produced. If I recall, they made a different insert for the post crash Flame covers. The original insert had their tour dates and merch, and I think later versions had a memorial for the deceased band members, from their respective families, or something along those lines. My copy has the tour dates.

[@dshafterh3897]

I watched,waited and paid close attention because I knew you would have something from the Talking Heads.

[@AlexanderFromTheStarDimension]

I actually have a rare copy of Panic! at the Disco's second album. It comes with a certificate, and for some odd reason, a puzzle haha. There's no interesting backstory, but it's a cool release

[@TwoGunToast]

I'd love to see anything by Longmont Potion Castle but I know his work is not everyones cup of tea so I get it if you dont.

[@rfustokvev]

Ha, I own that copy of Lungs with the mutant lobster by Big Black. I have yet to put it in water to see if it mutates, lol

[@williamfarr8807]

It should be noted that the limited edition of the Talking Heads “Speaking in Tongues” cover was designed by Robert Rauschenberg, a seminal figure in 20th century art.

[@icychill105]

Saw the original virgin killer cover in a record store and the mamas and the papas. Who knew a toilet had the same level of controversy as a naked child.

[@stephenlee1833]

Surprised you didn't mention the world's first record made of actual ice! Blue Ice by Shout Out Loud essentially comes as a mold that you fill with water and freeze! Other worthy mentions are Voyager One by the Verve which is an official release manufactured and marketed as a bootleg with most copies being destroyed during transit and only 300 left over. The singles from the debut album by Garbage all came in their own sleeves made of either metal, rubber, clear perspex, cloth, holographic board or textured white card with a lenticular image. And finally Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson came on transparent blue vinyl which when placed over the insert revealed hidden messages!

[@Sporeworlds]

This video was made specifically for me

[@GotWub]

amazing video well done

[@Theedoo]

really interesting! was expecting a lot of stuff about the records themselves but i'm glad to hear so much about the covers as well

[@sleddeddson6643]

One record that comes to mind is Arctic Monkeys' Suck It and See, the phrase in England is kind of a cheeky way of saying "try something before you judge it" but that's not really a thing in the US so it was perceived with sexual connotations. Vinyl releases for the album use an arctic monkeys sticker to just cover the title entirely (since its just the title in small words on a white background) Idk if they did a reissue ever but there's an updated album cover on streaming services which makes the title even bigger.

[@garage2887]

Petrooo

[@krilln_chilln9555]

First zombies now vinyl u are itching my itches!!!! ACK

[@voiceofraisin3778]

for anybody missing out on some of the details. The Durutti column were a load of anarchist fighters on the Government side in the spanish civil war, famous for infiltrating Fascist territory in one of their attacks. Tony wilson had the idea that a band named the Durutti column infiltrating record shelves and destroying corporate record companies material from within was truly anarchist. He may have been under the influence of mood enhancers when he came to this idea. It turned out to be a typical Wilson idea since the record was stacked with other Durutti column albums long before it ever got to a record shop, sand migrated from the sleeve into the inaccurately named dust jacket and the record ate itself long before it ever got onto shelves. Not one of his better ideas especially since noone can figure out why he thought Durutti columns experimental laid back sound needed that sort of aggressive publicty!

[@mountart2]

well done!

[@alicecarra]

The 3D effect From No Earthy Connection by Rick Wakeman

[@xylemtube]

Another Jeffrey Classic

[@chrisold97]

The locust releases an album consisting of 4 records which could be put together like a puzzle

[@almightysosa3007]

Love to see Flatbush zombies getting love

[@Turkeyham11]

You already mentioned one album by King Gizzard so it's a given you know, but for those who don't Gumboot Soup features a locked groove on the second side that will endlessly play the last bit of The Wheel until stopped. Also Laminated Denim had three variants in which the sleeve was completely made of denim. Also worth mentioning that most of their albums releases come in either a designed paper or cardboard protective sleeve in place of plastic wrap to cut down on waste.

[@nathann999]

Jeffrey make a bad video challenge (impossible)

[@zerazerazerazerazerazerazera]

THE HEAD IS BACK

[@ImthePaulshouldnotbeallowedtod]

Alice Cooper threw a bunch of the panties out.of a helicopter. I had the ideal for living joy division EP and it came with a sticker inside. And I had about seventy percent of these records but my original collection was stolen by a family member and sold for drugs in 1990 and at that time It was estimated at about 80 thousand dollars. I guarantee at least a half a million today,no doubt cause I had a record store in the eighties in Vancouver Canada and every week would go to Bellingham record stores on the way to Seattle record stores and LA record stores at least once a year. I got the joy division EP in LA

[@andrewbuchanan6524]

Sand paper cover.. love it