Well not the oldest record I own but definitely one of the oldest that I can still put on and listen to fully each time.
I was a HUGE Doors fan at age 15 and would hunt anything I could find down at record stores, op shops, fairs etc… I went into Batman Records in Melbourne one day on the weekend and found a copy of this album. I had never seen or heard of it before (and I thought I knew it all at that age). I spoke with this old guy at the counter, John and he put it on for me…. As soon as I heard Morrison singing Van Morrison’s “Gloria” I was hooked!!!
I ended up spending the afternoon with old John, talking records and listening to some great albums and ended up getting a job at Batman Records a few years later working with old John.
To this day, Alive She Cried is still one of my favorite Doors records to play with such a raw feel and great selection of tracks, its like you are there in L.A in 1968!

I travelled to Seattle from Sydney, Australia on a US trip in Jan 2018. Seattle’s Pearl Jam was and is my favourite band and I searched high and low for an original pressing of Ten across Seattle’s many amazing independent record stores. The last store I searched, Sonic Boom Records, had a single copy behind the counter. I instantly recognised it and purchased it. It was worth every dollar and sounds absolutely amazing. There is a lot of personal memory and sentiment stored in that record and every time I spin it I think about trailing across Seattle in search of my favourite record. It isn’t the oldest record, but it is the oldest in my collection as I predominantly collect new records. This will always remain my favourite, however.

Although not my favourite Beatles album of all time and not my oldest record, purchasing this record takes me back to my very first experience flicking through vinyl in crates and the stoke when you find something you didn’t know that you were looking for – it was real when I found this one. This record had been through a few sets of hands but it plays really well and the picture book was still in good nick. This is a real moment in time and feels like a piece of history. Really just epitomizes the feeling of a good vinyl purchase and why my collection is ever-growing!

As a gigantic Tolkien nerd, I knew these existed, but they’re not easy to find! I was lucky enough to find someone selling one at an antiques convention of all places, and it’s just magical – Tolkien’s reading of Elvish is amazingly nerdy and super cool all at once.

Black Sabbath Sabotage 1975. Found under my highly religious great grandmothers bed, much to her distraught I cranked this during her bible reading group. 2.5 minutes into ‘Hole in the Sky’ and she was swiftly removed from the church group. Never the less, it ended up in my hands through inheritance, she was never mad about it.

I always liked Beatles music but when John Lennon died my interest intensified. Radio stations were playing Beatles songs 24/7 and this set me on a 4 year odyssey to get all there LP’s. Extra chores, saved pocket money, radio station competitions, they all played a part in my collecting. Even had to hide my $$ from my mother who had a habit of borrowing it and not giving it back. A tough job but I got there.

Possibly in 80% of every vinyl collection however this Australian Quadrophonic pressing saved me from listening to poor quality MP3 digital source music and rekindled my passion for analogue formats. I even got back into cassettes and have my very first reel to reel. Thanks to my local record store for allowing me to experience this fantastic album on a format it was designed for.

Original Philips pressing, before he signed to CBS. I was working at Target, back in 70’s, when they had a record bar, actually like JB Hi Fi in the 2020’s 🤣🤙🏻

I was in primary school 1980 and kiss was the biggest deal here in Australia then. I loved them and saved up months of pocket money and 20 cent bottle refunds from the milk bar to come up with the 6.99 special price promo they had, making this the cheapest, most affordable kiss record. I still have it and it’s my most memorable purchase.