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Man love your list. The company I work for actually has some of the records on it like Mazzy Star's ‎- So Tonight That I Might See: https://www.merchbar.com/merch/195385/mazzy-star-so-tonight-that-i-might-see-ogv-vinyl

Check us out, I'd love to help you find albums you're looking for.

 

Personally, my list includes any Jeff Buckley (I know so typical), Otis Redding and for a long time it was the white vinyl pressing of The Promise Ring's Nothing Feels Right but I finally got my hands on that one.

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Man love your list. The company I work for actually has some of the records on it like Mazzy Star's ‎- So Tonight That I Might See: https://www.merchbar.com/merch/195385/mazzy-star-so-tonight-that-i-might-see-ogv-vinyl

Check us out, I'd love to help you find albums you're looking for.

 

I'm assuming that this is the Plain press?

I stay away from Plain after having two different albums be the worst pressings I've ever heard.  They source from low quality digital files (like mp3 or something), have bad pressing practices, and horrible QA.  I'll never buy Plain again, even when people try to refute the claims. :(

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Basically these are just incredibly hard to find or way too expensive to justify a purchase:

Susan Christie - Paint a Lady

Rev. Jim Jones - Thee Last Supper

Charles Manson - Live At San Quentin

Eyedea and Abilities - E&A

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

Ween - The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD

The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray For Boobies

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Sunset Mission

Brujeria - Matando Güeros

The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

Danger Doom - The Mouse And The Mask

David Allan Coe ‎- Nothing Sacred and Underground

Death Grips - Exmilitary

The Dust Brothers - Fight Club (Original Motion Picture Score)

Gerhard Heinz ‎- Sex Fever / Die Insel Der Tausend Freuden

Gorillaz ‎- Demon Days

He 6 ‎- 인기 정상을 달리는 여러분의

John Zorn ‎-Naked City

Kaizers Orchestra ‎- Ompa Til Du Dør (2LP edition)

Kaizers Orchestra ‎- Våre Demoner

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Story Written And Narrated By Broderick Smith - Eyes Like The Sky

Kon & Amir ‎- Kon & Amir Present Off Track Volume III: Brooklyn

Leak Bros - Waterworld

Marilyn Manson ‎- Portrait Of An American Family

Mazzy Star ‎- So Tonight That I Might See

Melvins - Stoner Witch

Melvins - Houdini

Mindless Self Indulgence ‎- How I Learned To Stop Giving A Shit And Love Mindless Self Indulgence

Mischief Brew ‎– Songs From Under The Sink

Moistboyz ‎– Moistboyz III

Mr. Bungle ‎– Goddamit I Love America!!!$ɫ!!

My Bloody Valentine ‎– Loveless

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Lovage ‎– Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By (and Instrumentals)

Nuclear Rabbit ‎– Bowling For Midgets

Nurse With Wound ‎– Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella

Ogre You Asshole ‎– Dope

Perfect Pussy ‎– Say Yes To Love (blood pressing)

Primus ‎– Tales From The Punchbowl

Red Hot Chili Peppers ‎– Stadium Arcadium

Sausage - Riddles Are Abound Tonight

Sharon Tate Experience, The / Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Christmas Killer / Blow Up The Xmas Tree

The Shaggs ‎– Philosophy Of The World

Shpongle - Are You Shpongled?

Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost

Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland

Shpongle - Tales Of The Inexpressible

Sigur Rós - Takk...

Slash's Snakepit ‎– It's Five O' Clock Somewhere

Sleep ‎– Sleep's Holy Mountain

Slight Slappers ‎– Very Best Of Slight Slappers

Spazz ‎– Funky Ass Lil´ Platter 1" Noise E.P.

Sublime - 40oz. To Freedom

Ugly Casanova ‎– Sharpen Your Teeth

Various ‎– The Rise And Fall Of Paramount Records 1917-1927, Volume 1

Various ‎– Almost Famous Soundtrack

Kids OST

Captain Murphy - Duality

Yo Gabba Gabba! ‎– The Super Music Friends Show Album

Melvins / Patton Oswalt - Split

Gronibard / Anal Penetration ‎– Gronibard / Anal Penetration

You can find a copy of almost famous under $60 but it might be a promo copy. I scored one on eBay for that last year....just setup alerts and keep your eyes peeled. Still pricey but better than $200 people list it for all the time. Thrill of the hunt...oh yeah and ... The HOBBY
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Not a true white whale, but I just bought a copy yesterday. Should have it tomorrow in the mail (Monday at the latest). I'm very excited.

 

How'd you get a copy? The bay?

 

Regardless; my post was an attempt at a joke. I think the way people use 'white whale' on this thread is super liberal. I guess I should have used 40oz to Freedom or something.

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How'd you get a copy? The bay?

 

Regardless; my post was an attempt at a joke. I think the way people use 'white whale' on this thread is super liberal. I guess I should have used 40oz to Freedom or something.

My list is less of a "white whale" list and more of a "list of incredibly hard to find or way too expensive to justify a purchase" albums.

My only true "white whale" is the Voyager Golden Record - Sounds Of The Earth.  With only eleven copies in existence (two of them in interstellar space) , it is probably never to be owned by the likes of me.

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Former white whale:

Pulp - Different Class

First pressing with the reversible artwork inserts...took several years to find.

 

White whale CD:

Bat For Lashes ‎– Who Stole Petretski's Thunder?

Don't think it has ever been sold on discogs. Only one user reports owning it.

 

It's complicated:

Emmy the Great - Edward EP

This one isn't entirely a white whale. i have the EP itself on vinyl, but what I cannot find for the life of me is the Rough Trade pre-order edition, which includes a short story book "The Wet and Windy Moors and other trials by E.L. Moss." Never seen it online anywhere. 

 

Readily available, but nowhere near my price range:

Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse (on blue vinyl...only a hundred pressed but there's usually one on discogs for an unsurprisingly high price)

Beck - Sea Change (this has been pressed three times...its continued scarcity/high price confounds me)

 

White unicorn (doesn't exist but wish it did):

Asobi Seksu - s/t

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Former white whale:

Pulp - Different Class

First pressing with the reversible artwork inserts...took several years to find.

White whale CD:

Bat For Lashes ‎– Who Stole Petretski's Thunder?

Don't think it has ever been sold on discogs. Only one user reports owning it.

It's complicated:

Emmy the Great - Edward EP

This one isn't entirely a white whale. i have the EP itself on vinyl, but what I cannot find for the life of me is the Rough Trade pre-order edition, which includes a short story book "The Wet and Windy Moors and other trials by E.L. Moss." Never seen it online anywhere.

Readily available, but nowhere near my price range:

Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse (on blue vinyl...only a hundred pressed but there's usually one on discogs for an unsurprisingly high price)

Beck - Sea Change (this has been pressed three times...its continued scarcity/high price confounds me)

White unicorn (doesn't exist but wish it did):

Asobi Seksu - s/t

18 posts and you do this thread better than most. Respect.
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