What album have you bought in the most different formats.


As I reflected on my musical journey, it occurred to me that I have owned one recording in the following formats over time:

Album original release
Cassette - prerecorded
Cassette - recorded from my vinyl
Reel to reel (recorded on my own R2R from vinyl)
Reel to Reel 4 channel - prerecorded purchase
CD
SACD

And NO, I never did 8 track

Also I now own the recording of the entire tour from which the original vinyl was created

The album - Live at the Fillmore East, by the Allman Brother Band

Does anyone have a similar attachment to a singular musical release?
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PF, DSOTM. I have the MFSL CD and LP, SACD, original Harvest pressing on LP, 3 reissues on Both LP and CD, Blu-Ray, Immersion box set, colored white vinyl LP, Russian Version LP and CD. HD Tracks download. 
That makes 16 versions.  Is it a new world record?
Cool discussion!

 Judas Priest - sin after sin, lp, 8 track, cassette,and cd

 many Venom releases, LP, cassette, ep, cd

styx.  8 track, LP, cassette, cd

foghat, Ted nugent,..., cd, cassette, LP, cd, 

 many others


   Still have a huge box of cassettes, 8 tracks, etc.  in storage
@stereo5 ,

"That makes 16 versions. Is it a new world record?"

It might be. The only other album I can think that might have as many versions is Kind of Blue, but I’ve not heard of anyone having 16 variants of it! (unless there’s someone over on the Steve Hoffman music forums)...

I mean I must have had 3 versions of KOB and 3 of DSOTM and 3 of Led Zep IV (the best was the last).

Maybe this is another trait of being an audiophile, multiple copies of the same album. Although I guess it’s partly unavoidable if you’ve been around long enough due to regular changing of the formats.

Just how many have there been?
Here’s the ones that I know of.

78

LP (45 rpm LP)

Cassette
R2R

8 track

CD / SACD / DVD - Audio / Blu-ray

Minidisc

MP3 Download / HD download

I wonder if we’ve finally reached the end of the format road?
One more format would have been the short lived video disc, not sure about music on them.  I was not trying to make this a contest, LOL.  It is more about a favorite piece of music and evolution of formats over time.  Being 72, I have been buying music for 60 years... how did I get this old?