I started collecting mine around 1970.

I am currently listening to "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull. Bought it off a very young guy at a Sunday Market in Balmain about 6 years ago for $4 in mint condition. He was probably selling off his dead dad's collection and had no idea what it was really worth.

My collection numbers about 100 and includes the following:-

Four disc boxed album "Chicago, Live at Carnegie Hall" with original posters. Bought new in Hong Kong 1972 for about $10

"Concert for Bangla Desh", the very first "Live Aid" concert featureing Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Jim Horn, Don Preston and Bob Dylan. Bought new H.K 1972.

"Woodstock 1 & 2", 5 discs bought new, "Tommy" the first rock opera, by The Who, "The Atlanta Pop Festival, Isle of Wight", "Hair" the original London recording and the original movie sound track, "War Child" Jethro Tull, "Soft Parade" the Doors, "Daddy Cool" recorded when Ross Wilson had long hair and baggy pants, "Cheap Thrills" by Janis Joplin and oficially endorsed by Hell's Angels, Frisco, "Easy Rider" songs as performed for the movie, "Welcome to my Nightmare" Alice Cooper, "Greetings from L.A." Tim Buckley, "Blind Faith" by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech, "Duelling Banjos" from the movie Deliverance, "Stone" original movie sound track featureing Doug Parkinson and "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield from the Excorcist movie.

There is a heap of "Stones" albums in there and some other lesser known music too up to some more contemporary such as Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows "Hold on to Me" and "Harley and Rose". He is probably one of the last in Aus to record on vinyl.

I do believe music on vinyl (analogue) is better than that on CD (digital).

Am I having a brag here?? Yes unashamedly so for those who know what I am talking about.

What is mentioned above though is less than half of the collection. My Dear Mammy left me her wonderfull collection of music on vinyl and her taste in music was impeccable.

Many of the discs in her collection were recorded by Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, then the finest classical music recording company in the world.

Amongst that side of (now) my collection are boxed albums with "The Five Piano Concerti" by Beethoven and the "9 Symphonien" performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker. Who needs "heavy metal" when you have Beethoven???

The collection covers Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Greig (one of my most loved), Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.

The whole collection occupies the bottom shelf of my book shelves and are stored on edge as they should be and is 1200 mm long.

I would not put a price on it as to me it is priceless. I love to share it though.

If anybody has "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull (mint), I am interested.