• The Record Collector/Listener Thread
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So right now my fledgling collection of vinyls has risen to about 15 pieces or so, many of which are 2 lp sets. I'll take a picture of this collection and show you guys later today (after school) probably. Tomorrow I'm heading off to San Francisco and I'll be checking out Amoeba Records, so I'm expecting my collection to increase by quite a bit. I spent the most on my copy of Draft 7.30 by Autechre, 23 dollars. The most valuable record I have is either Cherry Tree by The National (limited to 500, I believe) or a colored vinyl copy of Tago Mago by Can. Lets talk about records. I'm willing to share some advice to newbie record collectors.
I'd love to collect vinyl, but I don't have a record player.
I have Lambs Anger by Mr.Oizo and i plan on extending my collection.
I have a bunch of stuff my dad found in the garage, and a while ago I got a few Bruce Springsteen and Roy Orbison singles from Ebay. I've also got a Roy Orbison best of LP.
In the last 6 months I've collected about 25 LPs, the problem is that I have a really shitty record player. I need to invest in one with good quality. Anyone know any really good record players?
I need some money. I recently found a place with a good amount of vinyl, at good prices. When I was there they had a buttload of King Crimson in, and I want it all. I only picked up Discipline while I was there.
Let me see... [B]Van Halen[/B] Van Halen I Van Halen II Fair Warning - Idiot before bought it but the record slipped out of the case, bought it without one. :smug: 1984 - Virtually Mint [B]ZZ Top[/B] Eliminator - Sounds brand new. [B] AC/DC[/B] Back in Black - Damaged Sleeve (water) For those about to rock. - Damaged Sleeve (water) [B] Tom Petty[/B] Damn The Torpedoes - Damaged Sleeve (water) Long After Dark [B]Boston[/B] Boston [B] Bengals [/B] Different Light - Damaged Sleeve (water) [B] .38 Special[/B] Tour De Force [B] Michael Jackson [/B] Thriller - Bought it right after MJ died, also Mint. Any of these worth anything and I am also looking to buy some rush records.
Well, I just made a list, then firefox crashed just before I posted. But here I go again. [B]The Band[/B] The Last Waltz [B]The Beatles [/B]Abbey Road Let it Be The Beatles (White Album) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Oldies but Goldies [B]Bob Dylan [/B]Planet Waves Highway 61 Revisited Blood on the Tracks Saved New Morning Another Side of Bob Dylan Oh Mercy [B]Bruce Springsteen[/B] Born to Run [B]Cat Stevens [/B]Teaser and the Firecat [B]Chris Rea[/B] The Road to Hell Dancing With Strangers [B]David Bowie[/B] The Best of Bowie [B]Deep Purple [/B]Nobody's Perfect [B]Dire Straits [/B]Brothers in Arms On Every Street Love Over Gold [B]The Eagles [/B]Hotel California [B]Jethro Tull [/B]Aqualung Crest of a Knave [B]Joe Cocker [/B]Mad Dogs & Englishmen [B]John Lennon [/B]Rock 'n' Roll Milk and Honey [B]Kansas [/B]Point of Know Return [B]Led Zeppelin[/B] Led Zeppelin - Remasters Led Zeppelin (IV) [B]Neil Young [/B]Harvest Freedom [B]Nils Lofgren [/B]Code of the Road [B]Paul Mccartney [/B]Tug of War [B]Peter Gabriel [/B]So [B]Pink Floyd[/B] Dark Side of the Moon Delicate Sound of Thunder [B]Rainbow [/B]Straight Between the Eyes [B]The Rolling Stones [/B]Sticky Fingers [B]Rod Stewart [/B]Atlantic Crossing [B]The The [/B]Infected [B]Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [/B]Southern Accents [B]The Traveling Wilburys[/B] The Traveling Wilburys, Vol 1. [B]Wings[/B] Wings Greatest [B]U2 [/B]Rattle and Hum I have more, but not worth listing.
[QUOTE=PinkRhino;20980202][B]The Traveling Wilburys[/B] The Traveling Wilburys, Vol 1.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=84193&dateline=1262122422[/IMG]:hf:[IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=89412&dateline=1264801400[/IMG]
[QUOTE=dirty harry;20981557][IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=84193&dateline=1262122422[/IMG]:hf:[IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=89412&dateline=1264801400[/IMG][/QUOTE] One of the best albums out there. Fantastic group.
Yeah, what's the most you guys would spend on a record? I think I'd go 35 or 40 at the very very max. On a normal record I'd spend up to 25 at the max, but I aim for around 12-15 dollars.
The most I've spent is 30 dollars on a new Amnesiac record.
Metallica - Kill 'em All Slayer - Show No Mercy Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#(infinity) Judas Priest - Priest... LIVE! (rare not-for-sale promo) Dio - Last in Line Saxon - Denim and Leather Metal Church - Metal Church Voivod - War and Pain Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters Replacements - Tim, Pleased to Meet Me Cheap Trick - Budokan Kansas - Two For the Show (Live) There's a local record shop here that sells these for about $1-10 dollars. Great stuff. I'm looking to buy a shitload more, even though I don't have a player rofl! Seriously though if you're paying more than $10 for a vinyl it should either be SUPER SUPER rare or in MINT condition. Most I spent was on Kill 'Em All I think (around $15), because that's actually a new vinyl, though I am sure that Priest... Live is worth a lot more. I almost bought a rare promo copy of Diamond Head's Borrowed Time for $20 but I passed on it. Two for the Show I got for $5-7 and it's a double, same with Priest... Live. The guy also gave me budokan for free because he wasn't sure if it would play. It does.
How do you guys clean your records?
it's too late for me to start collecting vinyl, so i'm going to start collecting cd's by buying all my favorite albums from obscure websites
[IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02827.jpg[/IMG] My set-up. Usually I have a bean bag in front of these shelves. Upper shelf, far right are Aphex Twin and Autechre, the stack between the CD player and the rack consists of The Orb and Meat Beat Manifesto. The lower shelf consists of other CDs that I play often, along with a selected portion of my library of books. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02828.jpg[/IMG] A spine-view of my records. I believe this is all of it. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02829.jpg[/IMG] Most of my records laid-out. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02830.jpg[/IMG] Backside of Tago Mago, along with the colored lps [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02831.jpg[/IMG] Cherry Tree, limited red vinyl 7" [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02832.jpg[/IMG] The largest lp set I have. Refinement of the Decline by Stars of the Lid. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02833.jpg[/IMG] All three sleeves fit into the folder, like so. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02835.jpg[/IMG] Draft 7.30 by Autechre [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02834.jpg[/IMG] Draft 7.30 opened up, along with a better shot of the sleeves (the other side of each sleeve is plain black) [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02836.jpg[/IMG] My first two purchases (made before I even got a turntable). What you see here is The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld by The Orb (10 dollars), and Pt.2 of Cichlisuite by Autechre (~5 dollars I guess). The sleeves are from Ultraworld. [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02841.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02843.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/atomicfish14/DSC02845.jpg[/IMG] My main collection of CDs. The rest of my DVDs (movies and music) are underneath that shelf of ps2 games.
I've got quite a few of them but my favourite vinyl that I own is Kraftwerk's Die Mensch-Maschine.
I have around 200 - 300 records. I'll list them all in a minute. Putting it in notepad before I post. (Now that I think about it, I'll just list my favorites. :3 ) [editline]05:28AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Joshman;20986800]I have around 200 - 300 records. I'll list them all in a minute. Putting it in notepad before I post. (Now that I think about it, I'll just list my favorites. :3 )[/QUOTE] My Favorites: 33's The B-52s - The B-52s Elton John - Greatest Hits Head East - Head East LIVE! The Damned - Grimly Fiendish Hooters - Nervous Night Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres Molly Hatchet - Beatin' The Odds Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes Hooters - One Way Home Jefferson Starship - Knee Deep in the Hoopla Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery Boston - Don't Look Back Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night I Am Siam - She Went Pop Pink Floyd - Animals Rush - Exit Stage... Left. Willie Nelson - There'll be no teardrops tonight Willie Nelson - City of New Orleans Willie Nelson - Stardust Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper Willie Nelson - Always on my Mind Frankie Yankovic - Frankie Yankovic's Polka Party! Ramones - Rocket to Russia The Who - Tommy Blondie - Parallel Lines Van Halen - Van Halen I Van Halen - Van Halen II The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! Simon and Garfunkle - Sounds of Silence Rush - Permanent Waves Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Kansas - Leftoverture A-Ha - Hunting High and Low The Who - Hooligans The Damned - Phantasmagoria Rush - Rush The Cars - Greatest Hits The Cars - Heartbreak City AC/DC - For Those About to Rock Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Kansas - Vinyl Confessions Van Halen - Women and Children First Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Kansas - Audio Visions Kansas - Drastic Measures Rocky IV Original Soundtrack Tubes - The Completion Backward Principal Europe - The Final Countdown Deep Purple - When We Rock, We Rock. When We Roll, We Roll. The Knack - Get The Knack Rush - All The Worlds a Stage David Bowie - Peter and the Wolf Raiders of the Lost Ark Original Soundtrack Kiss - Alive II AC/DC - If You Want Blood Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Kiss - Dressed to Kill Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'leh-nerd-skin-nerd) U2 - The Joshua Tree Queen - Jazz Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Radiohead - OK Computer 45's Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire David Bowie - Blue Jean Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn
[QUOTE=Ragebeard;20985218]How do you guys clean your records?[/QUOTE] I just bought a record cleaning kit from a nearby music store. Brush, cleaning liquid, and a handy bag to keep it all in.
[QUOTE=King_of_Town;20987275]I just bought a record cleaning kit from a nearby music store. Brush, cleaning liquid, and a handy bag to keep it all in.[/QUOTE] I use an old Discwasher: Brand Record Care System..
I don't need to clean my records because I know how to handle them without making them dirty.
[QUOTE=PinkRhino;20980202]Well, I just made a list, then firefox crashed just before I posted. But here I go again. [B]The Band[/B] The Last Waltz [B]The Beatles [/B]Abbey Road Let it Be The Beatles (White Album) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Oldies but Goldies [B]Bob Dylan [/B]Planet Waves Highway 61 Revisited Blood on the Tracks Saved New Morning Another Side of Bob Dylan Oh Mercy [B]Bruce Springsteen[/B] Born to Run [B]Cat Stevens [/B]Teaser and the Firecat [B]Chris Rea[/B] The Road to Hell Dancing With Strangers [B]David Bowie[/B] The Best of Bowie [B]Deep Purple [/B]Nobody's Perfect [B]Dire Straits [/B]Brothers in Arms On Every Street Love Over Gold [B]The Eagles [/B]Hotel California [B]Jethro Tull [/B]Aqualung Crest of a Knave [B]Joe Cocker [/B]Mad Dogs & Englishmen [B]John Lennon [/B]Rock 'n' Roll Milk and Honey [B]Kansas [/B]Point of Know Return [B]Led Zeppelin[/B] Led Zeppelin - Remasters Led Zeppelin (IV) [B]Neil Young [/B]Harvest Freedom [B]Nils Lofgren [/B]Code of the Road [B]Paul Mccartney [/B]Tug of War [B]Peter Gabriel [/B]So [B]Pink Floyd[/B] Dark Side of the Moon Delicate Sound of Thunder [B]Rainbow [/B]Straight Between the Eyes [B]The Rolling Stones [/B]Sticky Fingers [B]Rod Stewart [/B]Atlantic Crossing [B]The The [/B]Infected [B]Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [/B]Southern Accents [B]The Traveling Wilburys[/B] The Traveling Wilburys, Vol 1. [B]Wings[/B] Wings Greatest [B]U2 [/B]Rattle and Hum I have more, but not worth listing.[/QUOTE] They all original press? BTW i do have more Vinyl it's just not "Mine". [editline]11:45PM[/editline] [QUOTE=TheChantzGuy;20985540]it's too late for me to start collecting vinyl, so i'm going to start collecting cd's by buying all my favorite albums from obscure websites[/QUOTE] Discogs is all you need.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;21001658]They all original press? BTW i do have more Vinyl it's just not "Mine". [editline]11:45PM[/editline] Discogs is all you need.[/QUOTE] Yeah, all original. Most of them in pretty good condition too, 95% of the vinyls are flawless, or have minor scratches. And around 70% of the covers are mint.
I've got a bunch of Slayer(Reign In Blood, Seasons In The Abyss), Sepultura(Arise) and The Gun Club(Pastoral Hide & Seek) records, all are rarities due to being from the original press. I'm not a record collector though, those records are just laying around, I don't even have a player to listen to them. My dog chewed on the Pastoral Hide & Seek cover though, so it's not flawless.
My mother has around 400-500 LP's(all of them 20+ years and in so to speak perfect health), I'm currently looking at players to get her, but I have no idea where to even begin.. Any ideas? I'll take some pictures in the morning :smile:
Vinyl. mmmmmmmmm.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;21001658] Discogs is all you need.[/QUOTE] discogs?
[url]http://www.discogs.com/[/url]
Anyone have any Doors albums on vinyl?
[QUOTE=PinkRhino;21001903]Yeah, all original. Most of them in pretty good condition too, 95% of the vinyls are flawless, or have minor scratches. And around 70% of the covers are mint.[/QUOTE] That's awesome.
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