Welcome @craigsmith. That’s a whole bunch of records! What do you like to collect, beyond KGLW, of course? (I’ve personally been stuck on cheap Ohio private pressings of late.)
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@RattleRattleRattle thanks! There isn’t a whole lot of new stuff that I collect, but looking at discogs it looks like the biggies are: The Monkees (336 pieces), Duran Duran (186) and McCartney (83, Beatles 80). Stuff that stayed from childhood really, Monkees and Duran are the ones that I venture out into pressings from other territories, mostly for the artwork. On the lower end of stuff I collect, Floyd, Prince (mostly the singles), Phish and Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree. The rest are all pretty much random. Private pressings are awesome, have a friend into collecting that kind of thing and I’ve been flirting with the idea.
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@craigsmith Always cool to hear what others collect. I have some random Monkees sleeves. PMd ya about 'em.
Grateful Dead on vinyl here in Australia is very rare, so much so that I only found them for the first time a few weeks ago. It was only this random compilation which turned out to be pretty decent if you’re only looking to listen for a normal album length. But then yesterday I was at a market and found a guy with two copies of Live Dead (and a very battered Skull and Roses), so very pleased to pick one up.
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How’d I miss this? Great finds, man! Live/Dead is the stuff.
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still coveting this slipmat so hard 
Tangential: does anyone else like to take note of a particular musician’s neighbors on your shelf? My collection of Gizz is nestled between King Crimson and Rahsaan Roland Kirk 
The spoor was on the air this weekend. Hit garage sales and a fleamarket. Spent about $45 and bagged the following:
Booker T. & the M.G.s - Melting Pot (VG)
Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective (VG+)
Teresa Brewer - Best Of (sealed)
Larry Coryell / Philip Catherine - Twin-House (promo, VG+)
Deep Purple - Deep Purple (VG/VG+)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (G+/VG)
Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime (VG+)
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (VG/VG+)
James Gang - Yer Album (Pickwick reissue, VG+)
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (VG)
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (G+/VG)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (VG+)
The Monkees - Changes (VG+, Rhino '80s reissue)
The Monkees - The Monkees Present (VG+, Rhino '80s reissue)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (VG, Rhino ‘80s reissue)
The Oak Harbor Boys - The Way We Are (VG+)
Dolly Parton - Love is Like a Butterfly (VG+)
Sly & the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On (VG+)
Traffic - When The Eagle Flies (VG+)
Joe Walsh - The Confessor (VG+)
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Ha, mine goes King Crimson > King Gizzard > King Tubby.
Pretty cool that you managed to pick up Changes. (am I not funny?)
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My copy of Live Boogie! finally landed at my doorstep! Excited to spin it
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I’m just staring to collect physical media again after a looooong time. Last year my son was gifted a turntable and a few Gizz albums, but now we are looking to complete the collection. I’m hoping to find them from some record shops to make it more of a scavenger hunt, but p(doom) is so tempting to hit buy.
We did pick up the re-release of Mind Fuzz recently and we’re loving it.
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Pisces Aquarius is a killer record. That pressing is a mixed bag of mono, stereo and 80s remixes but it’s the one that I grew up on. Amazing haul there.
Yeah, I really like that one. Certainly the most cohesive Monkees record. “Listen to the Band” is such a jam.
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The deep cuts in their catalog are fantastic. A lot of the outtakes from 68/69 are even better.
Glad i got to see Nesmith before he passed, quite a few times and met him once (and had a zoom meet and greet during the pandemic). Truly was a cosmic out there dude who weirdly fell into a made for television band. Never thought he would tour again, but he spent the last ten years of his life being VERY accessible.
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Pick-ups from the past weekend…
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (w/ promo sticker)
Shakti w/ John McLaughlin - s/t
The Stooges - Metallic 'KO (wild bootleg!)
Sun Ra - Blue Delight (w/ promo stamp)
Sun Ra - The Other Side of the Sun (reissue)
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Nice! I just found a decent copy of Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire over the weekend.