yeah same here.

i think bikini kill is the only band that i have everything on vinyl.

I wish I collected... things.

crypto, you collect experiences!

A complete collection? Is that possible? There are so many variations of releases, re-issues, etc. This is the point at which you could get really obsessive, as in collecting vinyl with different matrix numbers in the runoff portion and crap like that.

Sadly, I don't know the sadness you speak of nor do I think I ever will.

I have ocd so I have to have everything... usually.

yeah, but yr a sick puppy gmku!

It is nice to have specialty releases and such, but I am talking about justhaving the MUSIC, once you have all the officially released music.

I am not too into getting every possible issue of the white album or stuff like that, but I like to have colored vinyl.

with bands that ahve broken up, like polvo, or unwound, there is only so much stuff out there that they put out and it is fairly easy to get to the point where there is nothing else for you to get, no music of their sthat is "new" to yr ears, you know?

Oh, well, in that case, I would say I have close to a complete set of the Stones. Trouble is, there's some sweet bootlegs out there of late 60s, early 70s shows that I know I will never own in the original vinyl release format. I do have a few of those, and they're some of the better ones--but truly, even though I have every official Stones album, including several in various LP releases, knowing there are all those boots out there, I could never think of it as really complete.

I seriously still think it's nearly impossible to own a complete collection. Even if you just stick to the official releases, you're still talking about an awful lot of merchandise, in a lot of cases.

I gots it!

hence the sadness/joy!

At the same time, it keeps it interesting. I'm always thinking some day I'll walk into the store and see Welcome to New York (from the 72 stones tour) on the original bootleg wax and the storeowner has ignorantly priced it at 6 bucks or something. A man can dream.

My friend found this John lennon bootleg, rare indeed, at a store where the owner had it marked for $15 ha ha ha ha!

Seriously?! What period Lennon is that? Is it live stuff or studio outtakes?

good luck with those.

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i really can't collect everything from bands i like because they are too many, some are worth the try and some aren't though; i don't obsesses though.

that vinyl of winston O Boogie was re-released as a Two CD thing a few years ago. I have NO idea where it originally came from!

Mkultra is a great track, you bought yourself a right treat there, I have it on a singles and rarities compilation, but does that count as 'having it'?

I rarely have enough money to spend on collecting records.

I'd only really make the effort to complete my collections of the following bands:

The Cramps
Pussy Galore
The Ramones

The same for me, Rob.
But most of the time, I get into a new band just before finishing a collection. And most of the time, I can't finish a collection, 'cause it's difficult to find good albums here, except if I order it on the net (what I don't like to do).

Lack of money/job to complete any of my collections. However, there are a lot of things (not music-related) that I would put on my "Things I Have A Lot Of" list. That sentence was awesome.

I had a shedload of Ramones records before I realised that most of them were appalling.

Rob, can you post pics of the Dinosaur jr. collection?