For me it has to be the Dave Clark Five’s UK albums*, preferably in their original mono mixes plus as bonus tracks in proper stereo re-mixes. There are bootlegs around of course.
Any others by other artists anyone?
I don’t have any long-lost favorites at the moment (although there are probably ten or so I’ve forgotten - damned old age!).
However, as a general comment to this thought, in the last few years I’ve started doing something that’s gotten me some musical prizes: Discogs’ marketplace.
I have the setup and knowledge to transfer music from vinyl LPs to files, normalize and clean them up, then copy to my server for playing anywhere, anytime (call that Nirvana for one who once listened to 10" 3-minute shellac discs in early life).
So, sometimes, when the music you want isn’t to be found from the usual sources, there’s Discogs’ marketplace, where you can find some really old and obscure LPs and CDs - if you don’t mind sending money to some exotic locations, at times.
Right now I’m waiting on delivery of two LPs featuring the great Mexican guitarist, Antonio Bribiesca. That will be a fun day of making good things happen.
Edit: Here’s one of your DC5 wanted LP items from Discogs Market:
https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=272404&ev=mb
Thanks TinPanFan - it’s not that I don’t have the tracks both on original vinyl and on various bootlegs from which I have been able to create my own CDs, but this is perhaps the only major (?) UK sixties artist for there has never been a proper CD re-issue programme. From what I’ve read the stumbling block is Dave Clark himself.
If my reading skills were better I’d probably have noticed that you titled the thread “CD re-issue …”
Have to work on that.
How about the complete-discography-box-set treatment for Badfinger?
Find it here?
https://www.discogs.com/artist/282064-Badfinger?superFilter=Releases&subFilter=Compilations
Yeah, I suppose all of their albums and soundtracks have been re-released over the years, but I would love a box set that collects them all - remastered with full sleve art, like the treatments given to Harry Nilsson or Simon and Garfunkel. Sadly, I think the difference is that their albums exist across too many different labels with too many legalities to make it happen.
Far as I know, only Rhino does that. How they get the rights to 30-40 years of releases, heaven only knows.