My Rare Record Collection

Most people know the song "Venus" from Bananarama and those razor commercials, but it was originally performed by the Dutch band Shocking Blue. On the right side of the picture is the Japanese release of the Venus 7" record. The tracks are "Venus" and "Never Marry a Railroad Man." On the left is the Israeli release of the Never Marry a Railroad Man 7" EP. The tracks are "Never Marry a Railroad Man," "Roll Engine Roll," "Love Buzz," and "I'm a Woman."

You Give Love a Bad Name from the album Slippery When Wet was released on 7" vinyl in 1986. The tracks are "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Raise Your Hands." Born to Be My Baby from the album New Jersey was released on 7" vinyl in 1988. The tracks are "Born to Be My Baby" and "Love For Sale." Living in Sin (also off New Jersey) was released in 1989 on 7" vinyl. The tracks are "Living in Sin" and "Love is War " (which does not appear on the album).

These are Holiday on 7" vinyl and Know Your Enemy on 7" vinyl. Holiday, from the American Idiot album, was released in 2005 and contains the tracks "Holiday," "Wake Me Up When September Ends," "Letterbomb," and "Governator" (a non-LP track). Know Your Enemy, from 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009 and contains the tracks "Know Your Enemy" and "Hearts Collide" (which does not appear on the album).

Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For the Two of Us is My Chemical Romance's first single and their first vinyl release. It's really hard to find now, but when they first started they would sometimes hand it out for free. It's 7" vinyl and contains the songs "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For the Two of Us" and "This Is the Best Day Ever."

Headfirst for Halos is My Chemical Romance's second single and their second vinyl release. It's 7" vinyl and contains the tracks "Headfirst for Halos" and "Our Lady of Sorrows" (live).

Thank You for the Venom was released on red vinyl in 2004. It contains the tracks "Thank You for the Venom" and "Jack the Ripper" (live) (a non-LP track). I'm Not Okay (I Promise) was released on red vinyl in 2005 and contains the tracks "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Bury Me in Black" (which does not appear on the album).

My Chemical Romance's I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was released on vinyl in 2009. Nine hundred copies were released on red vinyl and 100 copies were released on white vinyl.

This record doesn't officially exist. There is no official word on I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love being released on clear vinyl. Only the red vinyl and white vinyl were up for sale, and apparently some people received clear vinyl. It is unknown how many copies exist.

There is a discussion about it in the comments of an entry on Cassie the Venomous's blog (she's a music blogger).

My theory (and this is just a theory - there is no way to verify if this is true) is that it was going to be released on clear vinyl but, after a few copies were made, it was decided to be printed on white vinyl instead because someone didn't like the look of the clear vinyl and the copies of the clear vinyl made it into the shipments when the online orders were being filled. That's just my best guess for what happened. Because of its mysterious origins, this is the prize of my record collection.



There have recently been two new releases of I Brought You My Bullets... on colored vinyl. There is very little information on these (they just sort of appeared on eBay and in other places), but I'll write about them as soon as I get more information.

My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys was released on vinyl in 2011. Twenty-five hundred copies were released on black vinyl and 500 copies were released on red, white, and blue swirled vinyl.

Tori Amos's Me and a Gun was released on 12" vinyl in 1991. The tracks are "Silent All These Years," "Upside Down," "Me and a Gun," and "Thoughts." "Upside Down" and "Thoughts" do not appear on Little Earthquakes.

Tori Amos's Boys for Pele was released on vinyl twice in 1996. This is the US release on a greenish clear vinyl.

Tori Amos's Boys for Pele on colorless clear vinyl. This is the UK release and is very hard to find in the US. I found it on eBay Germany through eBay Global.

Tori Amos released From the Choirgirl Hotel on vinyl in 1998. There is a single LP version and a double LP version. I have the single LP.