My vinyl collection

My vinyl collection started almost accidentally in the spring of 2012. My wife, Victoria, texted me from New York City asking me if I wanted her to pick me up a couple of records she had noticed at a street sale in Greenwich village. The two she ended up selecting were Oasis’s “Definitely maybe” and Talking Heads’ “Talking Heads ’77”, not a bad beginning in my opinion. And despite not having a turntable to play them on and much to my wife’s chagrin, I continued buying more and more vinyl.

I began to get excited about shopping for music again, reawakening that enjoyment of flipping through stacks of music in record stores and also the appreciation of the physicalness of music that was lost with the advent of the MP3. That excitement was only increased exponentially when I finally got my turntable in the summer of 2014 and I began to work my way through all the vinyl I had purchased and really started thinking about all the albums I still needed to purchase.

And these days, I have a collection that I am quite proud of and it will only get bigger and better (though I think my wife now regrets ever buying those first two records).


10″/12″ (LPs or EPs)*

A

B

C

  • Camera Obscura “Underachievers please try harder” (2003) [180 gram]
  • Camera Obscura “Let’s get out of this country” (2006)
  • Camera Obscura “My maudlin career” (2009)
  • Camera Obscura “Desire lines” (2013)
  • Camera Obscura “Making money (4AD b-sides & rarities)” (2022) [RSD2022, mint green]
  • Johnny Cash “Early singles” (2018) [free, RSD2018 exclusive, limited edition]
  • Catherine Wheel “Ferment” (1992) [180 gram, gold, limited edition, number]
  • Chapterhouse “Whirlpool” (1991) [180 gram, blue and silver marbled, numbered 820/1500]
  • Chapterhouse “Blood music” (1993) [2 x 180 gram, red translucent, numbered 881/2000]
  • Chapterhouse “The best of Chapterhouse” (2007) [2 x 180 gram, purple and pink marbled, numbered 915]
  • The Charlatans “Between 10th & 11th” (1992) [2 x LP, clear, includes “Isolation 12.2.91”]
  • The Charlatans “The Charlatans” (1995) [2 x LP, yellow marbled]
  • The Charlatans “Tellin’ stories” (1997) [Deluxe 2 x LP]
  • The Charlatans “Us and us only” (1999) [RSD2019 exclusive, limited to 1000, clear vinyl]
  • The Charlatans “Wonderland” (2001) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Charlatans “A head full of ideas” (2021) [3 x LP, white opaque]
  • The Clash “London calling” (1979) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Clash “Combat rock” (1982) [180 gram, green]
  • The Clientele “Suburban light” (2000) [180 gram]
  • The Clientele “Strange geometry” (2005)
  • The Clientele “God save The Clientele” (2007) [10th anniversary, 180 gram]
  • The Clientele “Bonfires on the heath” (2009)
  • The Clientele “Music for the age of miracles” (2017)
  • The Clientele “I am not there anymore” (2023) [2 x LP, red in black, Peak vinyl]
  • Leonard Cohen “Greatest hits” (1975) [180 gram]
  • Leonard Cohen “I’m your man” (1988) [180 gram]
  • Leonard Cohen “The future” (1992) [180 gram]
  • Leonard Cohen “Live in London” (2009) [3 x 180 gram]
  • Leonard Cohen “You want it darker” (2016)
  • Coldplay “Parachutes” (2000) [20th anniversary, 180 gram, yellow translucent]
  • Coldplay “A rush of blood to the head” (2002) [180 gram]
  • Concrete Blonde “Bloodletting” (1990)
  • The Coral “The Coral” (2002) [180 gram]
  • Cracker “Kerosene hat” (1993) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Cranberries “Everybody else is doing it, so why can’t we?” (1993) [25th anniversary, Abbey Road remaster]
  • The Cranberries “No need to argue” (1994) [2 x LP, deluxe, remastered, clear]
  • Cranes “Forever” (1993) [180 gram]
  • Cranes “Loved” (1994) [blue & gold marbled, 180 gram, numbered 892/1000]
  • Crash Test Dummies “The ghosts that haunt me” (1991)
  • Cuff the Duke “Cuff the Duke” (2005) [Limited edition, clear]
  • Cuff the Duke “Way down here” (2009)
  • Cults “Cults” (2011) [10th anniversary, gold foil, signed]
  • The Cure “Standing on a beach: The singles” (1986) [180 gram]
  • The Cure “Kiss me kiss me kiss me” (1987) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Cure “Disintegration” (1989) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Cure “Mixed up” (1990) [2 x 180 gram]
  • The Cure “Wish” (1992) [2 x 180 gram]

D

E

  • The Early Years “The Early Years” (2006) [10th anniversary, orange]
  • Echobelly “On”  (1995) [180 gram, orange, numbered]
  • Editors “The back room” (2005) [15th anniversary, white]
  • Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Up from below” (2009) [10th anniversary, 2 x 180 gram]
  • Elastica “Elastica” (1995) [translucent red]
  • Elbow “Asleep in the back” (2001) [2 x 180 gram, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “Cast of thousands” (2003) [2 x 180 gram, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “Leaders of the free world” (2005) [2 x 180 gram, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “The seldom seen kid” (2008) [2 x LP, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “Build a rocket boys!” (2011) [2 x 180 gram, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “The take off and landing of everything” (2014) [2 x 180 gram, 45 rpm]
  • Elbow “Little fictions” (2017) [180 gram]
  • Elbow “Giants of all sizes” (2019) [clear, heavyweight]
  • Elbow “Flying dream 1” (2021) [green]
  • Elephant Stone “Elephant Stone” (2013) [numbered 29/500]
  • Elephant Stone “The three poisons” (2014) [white]
  • Embrace “The good will out” (1998) [2 x 180 gram]
  • Engineers “Engineers” (2005) [2 x 180 gram, white, numbered 502]
  • The English Beat “I just can’t stop it” (1980) [2 x LP, clear, RSD Black Friday 2023]
  • Erasure “The innocents” (1988) [Erasure 30 limited edition, 180 gram]
  • The Essex Green “Cannibal sea” (2006) [Peak vinyl, limited edition, opaque light blue]
  • The Essex Green “Hardly electronic” (2018) [Peak vinyl, limited edition, red & orange swirl]
  • The Exbats “Kicks, hits, and fits” (2020)
  • Ex Cops “True hallucinations” (2013)
  • Eyelids “A colossal waste of light” (2023) [Purple lightning]

F

G

  • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds “Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds” (2011) [180 gram]
  • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds “Chasing yesterday” (2015) [180 gram]
  • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds “Who built the moon?” (2017) [180 gram]
  • Gateway Drugs “Magick spells” (2015)
  • Gateway Drugs “PSA” (2020)
  • Gene “Olympian” (1995) [20th anniversary, 180 gram, blue]
  • Gene “Yours for the taking (The best of)” (2020) [2 x LP, blue]
  • Glasvegas “Glasvegas” (2008) [10th anniversary, 180 gram]
  • Goat Girl “On all fours” (2021) [2 x LP, transparent pink]
  • José González “Veneer” (2003) [Deluxe 15th anniversary reissue, 180 gram, olive, light grey]
  • Great Lake Swimmers “Bodies and minds” (2005) [Paper Bag Vintage, limited, clear]
  • Great Lake Swimmers “Ongiara” (2007) [Paper Bag Vintage, limited, clear]
  • Great Lake Swimmers “Lost channels” (2008) [2010 reissue, 180 gram, incl 7″ single]
  • Great Lake Swimmers “New wild everywhere” (2012) [2 x LP, deluxe, hand numbered 910/3000]
  • Great Lake Swimmers “A forest of arms” (2015)
  • Great Lake Swimmers “The waves, the wake” (2018)
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1978) [green translucent]

H

  • The Happy Mondays “Pills ‘n’ thrills and bellyaches” (1990) [25th anniversary remaster, 180 gram, yellow]
  • Ron Hawkins & the Do Good Assassins “Garden songs” (2015) [180 gram]
  • Headlights “Kill them with kindness” (2006) [180 gram]
  • The High Dials “Anthems for doomed youth” (2010)
  • The High Dials “Primitive feelings (part I & II)” (2019) [magenta]
  • Hot Hot Heat “Make up the breakdown” (2002) [20th anniversary, Loser edition, yellow]
  • Hot Hot Heat “Elevator” (2005) [Translucent red, 180 gram, numbered 981/1500]
  • The Hotrats “Turn ons” (2009) [2 x 10″, hot pink translucent, 10th anniversary, RSD2020]

I

J

  • James “Gold mother” (1990) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Seven” (1992) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Laid” (1993) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Wah wah” (1994) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Whiplash” (1997) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Millionaires” (1999) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Pleased to meet you” (2001) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “Hey ma” (2008)
  • James “La petite mort” (2014) [2 x LP]
  • James “Girl at the end of the world” (2016) [2 x LP]
  • James “Living in extraordinary times” (2018) [2 x 180 gram]
  • James “All the colours of you” (2021) [2 x LP, black/red split]
  • James “Be opened by the wonderful” (2023) [2 x LP]
  • Jane’s Addiction “Ritual de lo habitual” (1990) [2 x LP, Translucent pearl, 30th anniversary, Rocktober 2020]
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain “Psychocandy” (1985) [Newbury Comics exclusive, clear with red and black swirl]
  • Joy Division “Substance” (1988) [2 x 180 gram]
  • July Talk “July Talk” (2012)
  • Just Mustard “Heart under” (2022) [Transparent blue]

K

  • Kasabian “Kasabian” (2004) [2 x 10”]
  • Keane “Hopes and fears” (2004) [Transparent green]
  • The Killers “Hot fuss” (2004) [180 gram]
  • Kula Shaker “K” (1996) [20th anniversary, 180 gram]
  • Kula Shaker “Peasants, pigs and astronauts” (1999) [180 gram]

L

  • Lanterns on the Lake “Gracious tide, take me home” (2011) [2 x LP, 10th anniversary deluxe edition]
  • Last Dinner Party, The “Prelude to ecstasy” (2024) [oxblood red]
  • Lemonheads “It’s a shame about Ray” (1992) [30th anniversary, 2 x LP]
  • Levellers “Levelling the land” (1991) [25th anniversary, 2 x 180 gram]
  • Levellers “Levellers” (1993) [Limited deluxe edition, 2 x LP, orange]
  • Jenny Lewis (with The Watson Twins) “Rabbit fur coat” (2005) [10th anniversary, red vinyl]
  • Library Voices “Summer of lust” (2011) [clear]
  • Gordon Lightfoot “Sit down young stranger” (1970) [RSD 2013]
  • Gordon Lightfoot “Sundown” (1974) [RSD 2014, 180 gram]
  • The Limiñanas “Shadow people” (2018) [180 gram]
  • Longpigs “The sun is often out” (1996) [180 gram, blue]
  • Lowest of the Low “Shakespeare my butt” (1991) [2 x LP, Shakespeare… My Box reissue]
  • Lowest of the Low “Hallucigenia” (1994) [2 x LP, Shakespeare… My Box reissue]
  • Lowest of the Low “Sordid fiction” (2004) [Shakespeare… My Box reissue]
  • Lowest of the Low “Do the right now” (2017) [Shakespeare… My Box]
  • Lowest of the Low “Thifty thrifty thrifty” (2018) [Shakespeare… My Box]
  • Luna “Lunapark” (1992) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “Bewitched” (1994) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “Penthouse” (1995) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “Pup tent” (1997) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “The days of our nights” (1999) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “Romantica” (2002) [RSD 2012, 180 gram]
  • Luna “Rendezvous” (2004) [clear vinyl, signed]
  • Luna “Lunafied” (2006) [2 x LP, white, numbered 234]
  • Luna “Rarities” (2016) [Long players 92-99 box set, white]
  • Luna “A sentimental education” (2017) [beer bottle colour, signed]
  • Lush “Gala” (1990) [Origami box, translucent vinyl]
  • Lush “Spooky” (1992) [Origami box, grey vinyl]
  • Lush “Split” (1994) [Origami box, red vinyl]
  • Lush “Lovelife” (1996) [Origami box, pink vinyl]
  • Lush “Topolino” (1996) [Origami box, yellow vinyl]

M

  • M83 “Saturdays = Youth” (2008) [2 x LP, RSD Essentials, Orange, yellow, red marble]
  • M83 “Hurry up, we’re dreaming” (2011) [10th anniversary, 2 x LP, orange]
  • Dan Mangan “Oh fortune” (2011) [10th anniversary]
  • Manic Street Preachers “This is my truth tell me yours” (1998) [180 gram]
  • Kalle Mattson “Someday, the moon will be gold” (2014)
  • Menswear “Nuisance” (1995) [180 gram, 25th anniversary, orange vinyl, RSD2020]
  • Metric “Old world underground, where are you now?” (2003)
  • Metric “Fantasies” (2009) [180 gram]
  • Metric “Synthetica” (2012) [2 x 180 gram, white, numbered 188, 45 rpm]
  • Mew “And the glass handed kites” (2005) [2 x 180 gram, black & white marbled, RSD2020, 15th anniversary, numbered 1450]
  • MGMT “Oracular spectacular” (2007) [180 gram]
  • Middle Kids “Lost friends” (2018)
  • Middle Kids “Today we’re the greatest” (2021) [tangerine]
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Don’t know how to party” (1993) [180 gram]
  • Mimico “Hi-action” (2019) [red]
  • Mitski “Puberty 2” (2016)
  • Morrissey “Bona drag” (1990) [remastered & expanded]
  • Morrissey “Your arsenal” (1992) [180 gram]
  • Mumford And Sons “Sigh no more” (2009)
  • My Bloody Valentine “Loveless” (1991) [180 gram]
  • My Bloody Valentine “m b v” (2013)

N

O

P

  • Pale Blue Eyes “This house” (2023) [clear]
  • Passenger “All the little lights (anniversary edition)” (2023) [10th anniversary, sunrise yellow]
  • Orville Peck “Pony” (2019) [limited edition, red/orange]
  • Peter Bjorn And John “Writer’s block” (2006) [180 gram]
  • Phosphorescent “Muchacho” (2013)
  • Phosphorescent “C’est la vie” (2018) [limited edition, Canada version, transparent orange]
  • Piroshka “Brickbat” (2019) [signed postcard, handprinted sleeve]
  • Piroshka “Love drips and gathers” (2021) [180 gram clear, signed screen print]
  • Pixies “Come on pilgrim… it’s surfer rosa” (1988) [30th anniversary, 3 x 180 gram, gold]
  • Pixies “Doolittle” (1989) [180 gram]
  • Pixies “Bossanova” (1990) [30th anniversary, red translucent]
  • Pixies “Trompe le monde” (1991) [30th anniversary, green marbled]
  • The Pogues “Rum sodomy & the lash” (1985) [180 gram]
  • The Pogues “If I should fall from grace with god” (1988) [180 gram]
  • Porcelain Raft “Strange weekend” (2012)
  • The Postal Service “Give up” (2003) [10th anniversary edition, 3 x 180 gram]
  • Postdata “Twin flames” (2021) [Blue & purple splatter]
  • Primal Scream “Screamadelica” (1991) [2 x 180 gram]
  • Pulp “His ‘n’ hers” (1994)
  • Pulp “Different class” (1995) [180 gram]

R

S

T

U

  • U2 “U218 singles” (2006)
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra “II”  (2013) [LRS limited edition, limited to 1000, clear with white swirl]

V

  • The Vaccines “What did you expect from The Vaccines?” (2011) [180 gram, 10th anniversary, pink, numbered 2111]
  • Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend” (2008)
  • Vampire Weekend “Modern vampires of the city” (2013) [white]
  • Various artists “Help: The album” (1995) [2 x LP, 25th anniversary edition, limited to 2020]
  • Various artists “Tiny Changes: A Celebration Of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight'” (2019) [2 x 180 gram]
  • Various artists “Caught beneath the landslide” (2021) [2 x LP, clear, Indie exclusive]
  • Various artists “One great tribute – a love letter to The Weakerthans” (2023) [2 x LP]
  • Various artists “Pretty in pink soundtrack” (1986) [pink]
  • Various artists “Trainspotting soundtrack” (1996) [20th anniversary, 2 x 180 gram, orange]
  • Various artists “Fear and loathing in Las Vegas soundtrack” (1998) [21st anniversary, numbered 1303/2500, 2 x 180 gram, fourth side laser etched]
  • Various artists “Music from Vanilla sky” (2001) [20th anniversary, 2 x LP, white with orange swirl]
  • Various artists “Nick & Norah’s infinite playlist soundtrack” (2008) [15th anniversary, 2 x LP, Yugo yellow]
  • The Veils “The runaway found” (2004) [180 gram, numbered, signed]
  • The Veils “Nux vomica” (2006) [180 gram, grey marble, numbered, signed]
  • The Veils “Sun gangs” (2009) [180 gram, turquoise marble, numbered, signed]
  • The Veils “Time stays, we go” (2013) [red]
  • The Veils “…And out of the void came love” (2023) [2 x LP]
  • The Velvet Underground “The Velvet Underground & Nico” (1967) [180 gram]
  • The Velvet Underground “Loaded” (1970) [RSD 2014, pink white black spatter]
  • Venus Furs “Venus Furs” (2020)
  • The Verve “A storm in heaven” (1993) [180 gram]
  • The Verve “No come down” (1994) [RSD 2024, 30th anniversary]
  • The Verve “A northern soul” (1996) [20th anniversary, special edition, 2 x 180 gram]
  • The Verve “Urban hymns” (1997) [2 x 180 gram]
  • Violent Femmes “Violent Femmes” (1983) [35th anniversary, 180 gram]
  • Violent Femmes “Add it up (1981-1993)” (1993) [2 x LP, limited, aqua]

W

  • Tom Waits “Closing time” (1973) [remastered, 180 gram]
  • Colter Wall “Colter Wall” (2017) [10 bands 1 cause, limited edition, pink]
  • Colter Wall “Songs of the plains” (2018)
  • The Waterboys “Fisherman’s blues” (1988) [2006 remaster, 180 gram]
  • Waxahatchee “Out in the storm” (2017) [silver]
  • The Weakerthans “Reconstruction site” (2003)
  • The Weakerthans “Reunion tour” (2007) [20th anniversary, brown with red splatter]
  • Weezer “Weezer (Blue album)” (1994) [Mobile Fidelity, 180 gram, blue translucent, numbered 011775]
  • The White Stripes “De stijl” (2000) [20th anniversary, VMP exclusive, red with black splatter]
  • The White Stripes “White blood cells” (2001) [20th anniversary, Limited edition, white/red pinwheel]
  • The White Stripes “Elephant” (2003) [2 x LP]
  • The White Stripes “Get behind me satan” (2005) [2 x 180 gram]
  • Wolf Parade “Apologies to the Queen Mary” (2005) [Deluxe ‘Loser’ edition, 3 x 180 gram, coloured]
  • Wolf Parade “Cry cry cry” (2017) [2 x LP, translucent red, etching]
  • Wolf Parade “Thin mind” (2020) [clear vinyl]
  • The Wonder Stuff “Never loved Elvis” (1991) [limited edition, HMV exclusive, brown)
  • The Wooden Sky “If I don’t come home, you’ll know I’m gone” (2009)

Y

  • Young Galaxy “Young Galaxy” (2007)
  • Young Galaxy “Invisible republic” (2009) [Deluxe, 2 x 180 gram, red spatter on clear vinyl]
  • Young Galaxy “Shapeshifting” (2011) [blue spatter on clear vinyl]
  • Young Galaxy “Ultramarine” (2013) [pink and blue vinyl]
  • Young Galaxy “Crying my heart out” (2013) [limited edition, 145/200]

Z

*Unless otherwise indicated, all albums were purchased brand new


7″ (singles) and 10” (EPs)

B

  • The Boo Radleys “Lazarus b/w Rodney King (Saint Etienne mixes)” (2023) [10″, 45 rpm]

C

  • Cuff the Duke “I guess this is life b/w Red shoes (for Glen)” (2009) [red translucent]

D

  • Dawes “Strangers getting stranger b/w Rest easy” (2021)
  • Dum Dum Girls “Rimbaud eyes b/w Girls intuition” (2014) [white]

E

  • Elephant Stone “Love the sinner, hate the sin b/w Strangers” (2012) [white, signed]

F

  • Frightened Rabbit “Things (live) b/w The wrestle (live)” (2020)

L

M

  • My Drug Hell “Girl at the bus stop b/w You were right, I was wrong” (1998)

R

  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples “Dull panic & Sunday gloom b/w Did you put your song up today?” (2023) [cream]

S

W

  • The Weather Station & Jennifer Castle “Collaboration session #3: I tried to wear the world b/w Midas touch” (2019) [Record Store Day 2019 release, white]

Y

Z