One copy · original 1969 Canada pressing

The Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency!

Name: The Tony Williams Lifetime – Emergency!
Brand: The Tony Williams Lifetime
SKU: MLD-3833191
Price: 75.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$75.00 CAD · graded VG / VG

Now this one is pretty electric, erratic and loose. Tony Williams goes fully avant-garde fusion with Larry Young on the organ. Gary kind of music!

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The record

Artist: The Tony Williams Lifetime
Record: Emergency!
Label: Polydor
Released: 1969
Genre: Fusion, Jazz
Pressings: One of 34 (this is an original)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Grail ✦High Demand OG Gatefold

Ringwear on the outer sleeve, spine starting to go but still in tact. Scratch down the runout onto B2, small scuffs on B1.

Year: 1969
Country: Canada
Catalog #: 543.126/127
Format: 2× Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

Record VG 7/10

Sleeve VG 7/10

Demand483% 362 want · 75 have

Rarity2 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Discogs suggests (VG)CA$92a mint copy goes for CA$194

My price$75.00-18% vs Discogs

Tracklist

A17:55

A1 Emergency9:35
A2 Beyond Games8:20

B17:07

B1 Where12:09
B2 Vashkar4:58

C17:42

C1 Via The Spectrum Road7:50
C2 Spectrum9:52

D18:46

D1 Sangria For Three13:08
D2 Something Spiritual5:38

How I priced it

CA$75.00 CA$91.99

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG): CA$91.99
A mint copy goes for: CA$194.19
My price: $75.00(-18% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jan 23, 2023VG+/VG+ $139.00
Sold Jun 14, 2022NM/VG+ $139.00
Sold Jul 14, 2021VG+/VG+ $70.00
Sold Apr 12, 2021NM/VG $173.75
Sold Jan 17, 2020VG/VG $29.99
Sold May 25, 2019NM/VG+ $68.11
Sold Feb 17, 2019VG/VG $45.17
Sold Sep 28, 2017VG+/G+ $37.53
Sold Feb 15, 2017VG+/VG+ $60.88
Sold Oct 3, 2016VG+/VG $41.70

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (VG/VG). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Aug 14, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.

The fine print

Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.

Shipping & pickup

Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.

Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.

Returns

If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.

Otherwise sales are final.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

Matrix-matched

The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.

Graded Goldmine

Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.

Washed

Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.

Fresh outer

Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.

Packed apart

Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.