Most expensive piece of vinyl you acquired is?


I will start with Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii 1972 Unofficial Greek pressing in Mint condition for 200eu...im interested how far do you folks are prepared to go for something you love on vinyl...
raindog031
I haven't bought vinyl for a very long time. But I don't value the most expensive ones the most. I have a bunch of pseudo direct to "disk" I bought in the eighties for around $30 bucks each but the one I prize the most is a true direct to disc Mingus jazz 45 I found in a bargain bin for $3 bucks. They are truly right there playing for you.
The most expensive i have that i know of is Mercury Living Presence Janos Starker SR-90303 dvorak bruch cello concerto. I have seen sold prices on this from 120.00 to 175.00. I got if for .49 cents a white label promo and mint.

Most i paid or over paid was $30+ for an 80's Rolling stones Exile in Main Street. it was unopened.
I considered $100 for an original 'Kiko' from the UK but held off. Now, I'm waiting for the MoFi release.
Japanese pressing of The Wall, from a vendor at CES a long time ago. It was $200, but sounds wonderful! I seem to reach for regular old vinyl the most. Some of my best sounding stuff was not expensive. Most recently Lowell George: Thanks I'll Eat it Here. For new vinyl, Nick Drake: Pink Moon sounds excellent.
Orpheus10. Sadly, there is little i nthe way of price performance ratios to guide the buyer.
Plenty of low cost vinyl is great, and more than enough of the expensive stuff sucks.
The one pressing plant to avoid is Scorpio. Which does mostly sub $10 reissues.
Other claim 4 Men With Beards suck also.
Most major rereleases you do not know the pressing plant offhand.
Though RTI often has a sticker mentioning they pressed the item on the cover. (RTI is usually pretty good)

I have purchased about 150 new records in the past 5 months, no complaints at all from me about quality.