Top Vinyl Finds of 2020!

[@re_i_gn]

I love how you also showcased the rare records you got as gifts! Wish I'd also make friends within the vinyl community in the future, but for now I'm just a newbie with 10 records lol.

[@re_i_gn]

@Bud Green My favorite right now is the limited Cranberry colored edition of Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We by the Cranberries! It's pressed by Analog Spark so it sounds really really good and that's one of my favorite albums of all time.

[@tkahres]

Keep going dude. The hunt is the fun part.

[@almaginnes7385]

I love digging through the crates. I've acquired a good stack of vinyl without spending too much. And I'm slowly getting to prefer vinyl to CD, which is too bad because I have thousands of CDs.

[@danakimborowicz5812]

Hi Dillon, some serious fire there! What a great year. Love those Rodriguez albums. Thanks for the shout out. Take care😀

[@NicoMalcolm]

Hey Dillon! That's quite the stack of finds you got there. You did good in 2020. Let's hope 2021 is even better. Thanks for the shout out and happy new year! Take care. Nico

[@noblerecords]

Of course man! Thanks so much again!

[@TLA1014]

Lots of sweet stuff, Dillon! Thank you for sharing! Love to see you get SO excited about your rare finds!!! ❤️🎶❤️

[@noblerecords]

It’s hard not to! Thanks!

[@maximumrnb66]

Fantastic to share...really appreciate you taking the time from the shop to do this...Ive tracked down various lps youve shown and added to my collection..some stuff youve shown ive never heard of but checked out and been stunned..Great stuff...Many Thanks from here in the UK Dillon..really appreciate your efforts to share 👍👍👍

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@BOBBRADLEYCHANNEL]

Grailz papa! Heat! Happy new year!

[@_Vinyl-zs8fe]

That Howlin’ Wolf.... you should have sold that to me that day...😂 .. but I did put my fingerprints on it. Such a COOL record and find man!

[@brcmiami]

Awesome finds in 2020. Here’s to more awesome finds in 2021. Happy New Year!

[@almaginnes7385]

That Townes Van Zandt album was the first TVZ album I ever bought. Gave it to a friend who had a turntable back in the 90s. Got it on CD. Maybe one day I'll find it on vinyl.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Dont worry about going over on your time man I enjoy your viddies and I'm learning alot

[@kieferhurt4918]

Found a Alice In Chains Facelift promo. Talk about a grail pretty good year for vinyl.

[@noblerecords]

Ooooo man!

[@kait-9939]

Sick

[@eddyvan7782]

2021. . . bring it on . . . Happy New Year!!!

[@rich3506]

Hey, great posts for a newbie collector. Just started to add to my collection after many years and in the last couple of weeks have got hold of Led Zep Physical Graffiti, The Who Quadrophenia, Iron Maiden first album and Iron Maiden 2010 Final Frontiers Picture Disc. Not in your league but a good start ....

[@NextPlayRecords]

What a year. Like all years, some good times bad times... keep diggin’ Dillon!

[@noblerecords]

Thanks man!

[@SublimMedia]

Insane!!! I'm so happy for you. What a year and even with an pandemic you seem to keep things going with the store, building your brand and both selling and buying insanely cool records. It's not hard to look up to you Dylan.

[@vinyllova9879]

Duuuude come oooon! Soooo many amazing albums! Holy moly🙌🏻 Congratz and happy new year from Denmark

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@raggeragnar]

Man , this got funny almost at once. When I started the video , I thought I would comment that my wife got me ”Here are the Sonics” reissue as a christmas gift , and then you pulled up yours. I laughed out loud. Small world indeed. Happy new year and stay safe.

[@noblerecords]

Ha! Great gift!

[@markspooner1224]

Another very good watch, best of luck for 2021. Looking forward to being pointed to more stuff I didn't know. (I just ordered that Triana LP because of you!).

[@noblerecords]

Awesome! Enjoy!

[@LeeSaintLewHiss]

Nice pile of favs! Gotta say my favs from the past year gotta be Crabby Appleton (self titled debut), The Millenium ‘Begin’ and Pink Floyd ‘Ummagumma’, and Rammstein ‘Herezeleid’...none incredibly hard to find but love them nonetheless

[@noblerecords]

Great ones!

[@jamesmcmillan6350]

Wow love the TVZ- favorite singer/songwriter

[@ab3000x]

enjoy the Townes, brother. happy new year!

[@noblerecords]

Thanks again!!!

[@sammeister6181]

Jealousy Generators across the board! Man, you had freakin great year. Hope we can hang out in 2021!

[@michiganrecordclub4484]

You are the king Dillon. Oh yes you are. You are also my idol. Stonehenge! What a diamond. And the metal haul.... epic.

[@noblerecords]

Thanks man, I try man. Thanks for the kind words!

[@joeking5310]

At least one person had a good year in 2020. Unbelievable finds. My victor peraino cost a fortune, but I did once get an original Leaf Hound for £7.

[@beauwilliamson3628]

Two long time grails (for me) that I picked up in 2020 - Death Sentence - Not a Pretty Site -old school thrash, finally graduated from the 3rd gen dub tape to a real vinyl copy Tandoori Knights - Curry Up -every time I see a copy the price is higher, grabbed one before they go out of my price range I was faced with a first pressing of that 13th floor elevators a couple years back and it really tested my resolve on not paying crazy prices for one disc, especially a disc I have a repress of on my shelf.

[@noblerecords]

Nice!

[@vinylterry]

Happy new year! Great finds.

[@josephcontreras8930]

You cant describe that feeling of going into a record store and flipping through records that flapping sound oh that smell there's no smell like it and you can't replace that big stack holy grail feeling when you leave the store...

[@moonuni]

Nice scores scored some German reprints last year and the odd punk grail helps to have a great record store in town.

[@not1fromyourworld]

I don't know if what I have is all that rare or not but I have a 1977 USA print of Lynyrd Skynyrd street survivors ,flame edition , what I think is different is it is an original copy and their weren't that many copies with flames , not only that but I understand the reissue are a single jacket sleeve cover , I have a gate fold with tour dates and other info and an additional sleeve with order forms for previous Skynyrd albums , naturally as soon as the accident happened they discontinued the original cover and wether it's worth anything or not ,I'm so proud to have it that I won't even put it on the turntable ,it's flawless and I want to keep it that way 🤘

[@vibesandstuff76]

Great finds, man. I get jealous with each video because I've always told people, "If I could just have a record store and do that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy."

[@noblerecords]

It’s a lot of fun, but it doesn’t mean life is perfect 🤣 but I enjoy what I do which is awesome

[@alanburridge6947]

Skip Spence was with Moby Grape,I believe.

[@davidbeckerich]

Here Are The Sonics is a killer LP. Strychnine (covered by The Cramps) will blow your mind. The Sonics were way ahead of their time. Psycho and Have Love Will Travel are samples of garage rock. They were born to rock!

[@polycentric6726]

Townes van Zandt - Where I Lead Me. Brrr! With the Dutch Nits - Pockets of Rain! Grrr! NitS is 'maybe' the first good song to enter 2021 for you and your music followers. I have to agree with that Easter Everywhere album. Good choice. Best one from your pick-ups. Ive missed the 'Meat' album from, The Edgar Broughton band though ;).

[@polycentric6726]

And Yess. FunHouse next to that Easter album. Put it together, loopx2. Clean it, you name it. Happy christmas, merry birthday.

[@dmaster5556]

Oh nice, you got the copy of Pentagram's Day of Reckoning that's got the original drum tracks by Stuart Rose. When the album got reissued in 93 on CD, the drums were re-recorded by Joe Hasselvander. Personally I'm a fan of both versions, but I do wish we could get a CD reissue with all of Stuart Rose's drums.

[@jonnyvassvag]

The grail train is rolling !

[@markhoyle2275]

Great year. Lov3 the video

[@Heepster69]

Really enjoy your videos! I recently got a new reissue of the Asterix Lp. Good album. John Lawton went on to Uriah Heep after this and Lucifers Friend stuff.

[@tobbebonzo]

Wow! Killer finds! Very jealous of that Stooges promo copy. Speaking of Pappo’s Blies, my best find this year was a copy of Aeroblus, argentinian first press ✨

[@noblerecords]

Oh very nice!

[@sixfourrecords]

Awesome finds! I didn't get anything on that level, but I found a 1969 Japanese press of Sketches of Spain and an early press of The Giuseppi Logan Quartet s/t.

[@noblerecords]

Very cool!

[@switchflow5405]

Really enjoy all the great rare albums, so many great records. Do you, or does anyone have a album Speedy Keen "Fighting in the street" ? Have not seen a copy anywhere.

[@peteradams982]

Have you ever listened to Warts up your nose by Murtceps/Spectrum.The stand out track is "Some good advice" Fantastic Australian Band.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Hi Dillion, you got me really intrigued with that J K & Co album that I did some digging - you may know this, but for the benefit of your viewers - His name is Jay Kaye, and is the son of the great singer/guitarist Mary Kaye, a Las Vegas entertainment pioneer of Hawaiian background (see youtube Mary Kaye Trio). Mary played the first Stratocaster to come out of the Fender shop in the 1950's - in recent years Fender has issued a Mary Kaye model Strat. Jay went to Mallorca (Spain) and became a fantastic blues guitarist (see youtube for lots of videos of the Jay Kaye Band). Mary passed in 2007 (she has a wiki page in which Jay and his LP are mentioned). Jay passed in 2015. His sister has posted comments on youtube as recently as 3 months ago. Cheers.

[@noblerecords]

Yes! I’ve gone into that story a few times in the past so I didn’t want to get too deep into it, great story

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@@noblerecords 👍

[@baron5432]

I have pappos blues 1 but I really want to get volume 2-7

[@cebolaameaca]

Hey Dillon, What's that Charly Patton record on the shelf behind you? Im a massive delta blues guy and can't tell what it is

[@bobgoldesberry7740]

I have that Suddenly one Summer sealed as well. It is the most expensive record in my collection. I have streamed it and its good but not sure I will break the seal after seeing how much it has sold for sealed.

[@bobgoldesberry7740]

@HALF MT lol I know you can give me shit all you want. Its just that record really means nothing to me musically. If it was a favorite album I would have opened immediately.

[@ronniejames3681]

I finally found Ashburys Endless Skies and Ananta Night and Daydream.

[@treyrosenmeyer9097]

You could certainly do worse than having your favorite album be Townes. :)

[@noblerecords]

Yep! He’s amazing.

[@darryllougheed4699]

I’ve been watching your channel for about a year now and I just wanted to thank you for holding the record in one place long enough to read who it’s from and not constantly flipping it around so you can’t see who it’s from

[@newriverratsam]

OK, Dylan, you've done me proud with your realignment of your favorite LP. TVZ can do no wrong, great LP! However.....have you ever listened to TVZ; Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas ? Live, in a beer joint, 1977, nothing but the man and his guitar. I wish all his recordings focused on him, his guitar and an unholy amount of songwriting ability. Go ahead, give it a listen.....you won't be disappointed.

[@noblerecords]

I have for sure listened to those but I don’t think live albums qualify for top albums, just my weird rule 🤣

[@daveduffy2823]

My killer find was “It Came From The Garage” volume 1. It took years to find. Now I have both volumes. All that is left is “Rat Music for Rat People” , volumes 1,2 and 3. Great 80’s punk compilations. Hopefully I will find them this year.

[@ab3000x]

got an original Sacred Mushroom and flipped it for a really nice price - picked up a re-issue because the tunes are red hot

[@noblerecords]

It’s killer!

[@reagan-s-parrot]

Velvet Underground banned covers were used in Germany, so a German record in a USA sleeve, not retouched

[@ruthswinney299]

I think my coolest “find” was my Garth Brooks legacy box set! It’s also a limited edition and I was wondering how would you protect the box set?

[@noblerecords]

I don’t use sleeves for my box sets, I think you can get them but since box sets are all different sizes, I’m not sure!

[@ruthswinney299]

@@noblerecords thanks

[@nigel0434]

Great channel keep it up. I opened a record store in 2010 sold in 2018 still open!,

[@treyrosenmeyer9097]

Thx for posting, D.

[@noblerecords]

Thanks for watching!

[@Poppaneedsanap]

based on one of your previous vids, I nabbed some Pappo's blues LP's this year. Just the right amount of tuning IMO.

[@noblerecords]

Hope you’re enjoying it!

[@tomread5497]

I'm new to your site. Very informative. Do you also do Jazz vinal?

[@noblerecords]

Yep! Recently did a top 10 Jazz albums video

[@tarkovskijnoir]

As a German, I still feel like I need to correct your German ;P. The correct spelling is closer to the American SHH (like „be quiet“) PERR (like Spanish „perros“) MYLL... can’t find an equal sound there... oh, and there’s a short break between Schperr and Müll. I have an 80s reprint of this on black Brain, too really got lucky with the green. Also, a funny story on the Fun House: I recently found an eBay seller with a first press who said that all first prints of FH have a „sickle shaped depression that is inaudible“. Now, I found a second press a while ago, lacking the golden Elektra label. Got it relatively cheap, checked it at home... and it had the exact same depression!! That leads me to think that for Fun House, the label actually made the same pressing over a variety of years. I think this is only an occasion with the German pressing, but check yours, would be interesting to see if the American has the same thing too.

[@kingofpoptarts321]

you got this, Dylan!

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

I saw Soundgarden behind you, I had to run off and listen to My Wave real quick. Sorry, I'm back now.

[@noblerecords]

I LOVE SG!

[@jimhart7553]

Huge Townes fan as well, I’m sure you’ve heard him, but by chance you have not. Check out Tucker Zimmerman. Great singer/songwriter.

[@baronofbeef]

The term when I make brownies downstairs???

[@lauher21]

Hi Dillon happy new year, I was wondering if I could by a flame soul survivor from you I am back in forth from Cali and Arizona and can’t find one

[@josephraker9835]

What do think about Bob Dylan boot leg album I got one and all his albums

[@vinyl1Earthlink]

If you buddy got a Furutech DF-2, he had the right idea. Only $3275, what a deal! You'd have to flatten more than 1000 records at $3 a pop to get your money out.

[@kevinogracia1615]

Always cool... Be safe... Peace on earth...

[@meanmrmusician9469]

Skip Spence also co-founded the psych rock group Moby Grape.

[@noblerecords]

Yes of course

[@thackerc]

I had a Moving Sidewalks record that Frank Beard's wife (zz top drummer) bought off of me on eBay last year.

[@noblerecords]

I feel like I’ve heard this story before, have we talked about this? 🤣

[@thackerc]

@@noblerecords if you posted this before then there is a chance I've already mentioned it. wouldn't be the first time I've repeated myself.

[@ivon1688]

I found some good stuff this year, but the best 'I don't know what this is, but I'll buy it for a buck' was Gravy Train's Ballad of a Peaceful Man original vinyl.

[@noblerecords]

Oh nice!!!! That’s a great one

[@Maicoczpenton]

@noblerecords Have you ever heard of a Jimmy Hendrix Are You Experienced album with a Frank Sinatra label on one side of the actual album? I have one around here that my cousin bought back when it came out. Hopefully SOMEONE out there knows the story on this old mystery. I cannot remember the title on the Sinatra side of the album off hand. But both playing sides of the record are pure Hendrix. I can dig it out if anyone knows any info. Thanks.

[@asupremelove5149]

Love the cover on the Ian carr album!

[@noblerecords]

The music is amazing as well!

[@asupremelove5149]

Just picked it up from a dealer in FL

[@ke6533]

Love it.

[@mylefttoe3368]

Waow I´m drooooling two of my bigest grails. Howlin Wolf and The Stooges and other fantastic stuff. Jim

[@noblerecords]

Thanks jim!

[@jacintodeoliveira9911]

Happy new year

[@analog_archive]

Awesome that you got some great gifts this year from people, especially the Townes Van Zandt self-titled! Killer record! Great pickups this year and I look forward to seeing more great stuff this year!

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@danielrhoden2973]

Hey man, can you tell your viewers to avoid oldies.com like the plague? I really wanted to do business with them but it got so bad I had to file a BBB complaint. You have any experience with them?

[@noblerecords]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@groverbaker6404]

Kingdom Come!!!!!

[@nikolajmadsen1002]

What is the name of the first album, can't quite hear it

[@noblerecords]

Townes Van Zandt

[@nikolajmadsen1002]

@@noblerecords thank you so much

[@bobgoldesberry7740]

I know I speak for everyone. Please let us know the flattener used. All of us need one.

[@noblerecords]

No clue, I know it cost thousands

[@sandrapelkie4520]

Sonics album is 👍

[@nufc1892kl]

Check out big wreck 👍🏼

[@erickdunlap6415]

Didn't Bobby of Pentagram go to jail for beating his mother?

[@erickdunlap6415]

great band though and they put on a great live show

[@miketomlin6040]

Brief Encounter and Formula 1, are good examples of cheesy banal mid 70's soul-funk, that go for money due to their rarity.

[@noblerecords]

I like them an awful lot. Also, DJs hunt them for breaks.

[@miketomlin6040]

@@noblerecords Would you like them as much' if they sold for $2? Some of these types of vinyls appeal due to their used or unknown breaks. One in 500 or so is actually very good.

[@hracional1]

First

[@malcolmlawrence8978]

Awesome and inspiratioal sensibilities, sir - and you have motivated me to get back into digging (90s,,,). But re Skip Spence, he played in 2 of the biggest Bay area bands: Moby Grape and J. Airplane, (guitar, drums, vocals - super talent) &, though he fell under the same bad star as Roky Erikson, re the times and the drugs, he died a family man. Just didn't want folks to think he was a nut who just happened to do an "outsider" record.