I keep a running vinyl wish list, as can be seen here. In 2014, the top 5 albums on that wish list I was finally able to buy because they all got reissued. (My current #1 is now Over the Rhine's Ohio double LP. Last time I saw it on eBay it went for close to $200, and there is no way I am paying that.)
Most of these reissues' original versions were all around $100, well out of my budget. Thankfully they are now only around $20 each, and most have been remastered, have new and improved packaging and liner notes.
Top vinyl reissues of 2014:
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Mineral Reissues as displayed with my turntable. Gatefold with new liner notes. |
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2. Jimmy Eat World- Static Prevails (1996) The band also reissued other albums in their back catalog, but this is the only one I did not own the original version of.
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Death Cab put out an amazing yet outrageously expensive box set a couple years ago with all of their albums. It was way out of my price range, and I already owned about half the records in it anyway. Thankfully Barsuk reissued these albums individually so that I could complete my Death Cab collection; previously it started with Transatlanticism and worked its' way forward.
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The Biggest Music Comeback of 2014: Vinyl Records