Let's Talk Vinyl
 

Any other collectors out there?

Today I got the following six LP's for $10

The Doobie Brothers - Farewell Tour
Alan Parson's Project - I Robot
The O-Jays - Back Stabbers
The Who - Happy Jack
Dr. Hook - A Little bit More

Anybody else get anything anytime lately?

Nice JayJamJah! I have a few boxes stored away with albums I have inherited from numerous people. I think I am the only person among my friends and family who still owns a turntable. I admit I haven't listened to them lately but my collection includes music from the likes of Dean Martin and Elvis to disco and metal bands. I purchased the metal albums when I was younger but the other stuff was given to me. I think alot of them have scratches though. I haven't really thought about my records in a while, perhaps I should dust off my old stereo and give them a listen. Props on Dr. Hook. I love Dr. Hook. I even have them on 8 track!

I'm not a collector myself but some of my friends are. Maybe when I'm not so broke. Anyway, I heard some Black Keys on vinyl and it sounds great.

I have about 500-600 records, all 12" maxi singles of 80s new wave/synthpop/rock/goth and a tiny bit of r&b & maybe a handful of 90's stuff(like 4 records). I only collect the maxi singles if i can help it, and of course, Mine are in VG/EX+++++ condition.

Here's some recent stuff I picked up:

Arcadia-Election Day-12" maxi uk ps
Cult-She Sells Sanctuary(Long Version)-12" maxi uk ps
Madonna-Like A Virgin-12" maxi ps
Michael Jackson- Dirty Diana-12 " maxi ps
Morrissey-Thats Entertainment-12" uk ps
Smiths-Ask+2-12" uk ps
U2-(Pride) In the name of love 12" + 2 ps

Love vinyl, slightly embarrasing but just recently picked up Boney M "Night Flight to Venus"

Well, my dad has pretty much all of Bob Dylan's records up to the 80's.

I, myself picked up some records at this thing called "Fun Fair" at my school, for one ticket apiece (tickets are 25 cents). I got a Loverboy album, and a Stray Cats album. Too bad we don't have a record player.

i recently picked up lee perry on vinyl. . . also got the pop group, some pere ubu. . . i'm looking for "this heat" either album or both. . . if anyone has it, i'll buy it from you!

New Records today

Mose Allison
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
Joe Jackson - Night and Day
Dr. John's Gumbo

I grew up with CDs (just at the tail end of vinyl and cassettes being the main form of music), but I have to admit record albums are always very alluring and tempting, mostly for the huge, beautiful album art. CDs seem a bit cheap by comparison, as physical artifacts.

But the idea of building a whole new music collection in vinyl is pretty daunting. If I became inordinately wealthy, I think buying music on vinyl would become a top priority.

Sorry, just thought I'd share my longings and fears and desires for the future.

What are the benefits of having music on Vinyl? I have heard of so many people that collect Vinyl and im just wondering?

For me it's more of a nostalgia thing

The sound quality is worse, but not much, and the graining sound feels authentic and somehow closer then the production of digital sound.

The jackets are great, photography, artistry, poetry, cool little tid-bits about bands\artists. Plus there is the thrill of finding a used record that's been tough to come by.

Hold up a CD and and LP one in each hand, same band, same album and see which one looks\feels more interesting.

good thread. For me, born mid-80s, vinyl wasn't the popular medium when I was growing up. I got it now just because it's a hobby that allows me to collect something that I love, and that I don't just stare at (baseball cards, stamps et al) but that I get to interact with. The sound quality is not the best, but again it's the event of sitting down and listening to a record straight through, side by side - and not skipping around. It's nice to hear the album as the artist intended!

Recently picked up:

Beatles - Abbey Road
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Rise and Fall of the Spiders From Mars
Zep - Houses of the Holy

all for about 18 bux at a little shop down here. I think my gf bought me Smashing Pumpkins' - Siamese Dream for no reason really at a pretty awesome record shop in Lawrence, KS... I'm not supposed to know though.

As for starting a whole new music collection - go to garage sales, yard sales, ask your friends' parents - just get a nice base going and then you can start picking and choosing. Or go slower and get the albums you really want, it's great either way.

Think I'm gonna put on some Mothers right now, actually!

Some releases are only on vinyl, they're harder to lose and the liner notes are much cooler. I think the sound is extremely close. I have a few out of prints that are like 20 years old and sound better than any mp3s I've ever found.

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Hmm i always thought i heard people swearing that the sound quality was better..... perhaps it was the authenticity that they were talking about. I dunno would i have the patience for vinyls really, i would end up leaving them out of there sleeve on the floor somewhere. And as far as i know Vinyls are more susceptible to dust than cd's right?

I love vinyls :). I'm a big-time collector on a small-income basis. I do what I can ha. It's not much but it's coming along. I've got Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane. I believe I have Axis: Bold as Love by Hendrix... or another Hendrix one that completely blew my mind. I've also, on the other hand, got 2 Frank Sinatras... and something called Boomerang? That I mistakenly bought, because it was in the Jefferson Airplane section... anyhow. Also have Stones Got Live If You Want It. Great fun, six flags.

I got really into vinyl sometime last year. I like them so much better than cds. One of my favorite vinyls is a Dead Kennedys one for some reason, possibly because the sound makes me feel more like it's live.

Theoretically, the sound quality of vinyl is better when new. The signal is analog, which means the sound wave is "drawn" unbroken on the vinyl. CDs use digital, which is basically numbers representing a bunch of point-samples of the music. Since the points are finite in number, it can't be continuous, so is only an approximation. A very good approximation, but not perfect.

However, vinyl sound quality degrades in quality over time, as the needle distorts the grooves more and more over repeated playings. CDs don't degrade in sound quality (at least not for many decades).

Of course, what with varying quality of needles and such, it's not a given that vinyl will sound better even when new. With a perfect needle, it should. But not much better and not for long.

I recently started my vinyl library. Every Tuesday I purchase a two LPs from my favorite artist. These are the LPs I have now.

Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Good Health
- The New Romance
Elliott Smith
- New Moon
- Either/Or
- XO
Sleater-Kinney
- Dig Me Out
- All Hands on the Bad One
- One Beat
- The Hot Rock
- The Woods
The Shins
- Chutes Too Narrow
- Wincing The Night Away
Sage Francis
- A Healthy Distrust
- Personal Journals
- Human The Death Dance

Can't get enough vinyl, I just started collecting it this year. Here's what I got so far:
Beach House~Devotion
The Shins~Wincing the Night Away
A Flock of Seagulls~ A Flock of Seagulls
David Bowie~Alladin Sane
David Bowie~Changes One Bowie
David Bowie~Changes Two Bowie
Accordian De Paris
Eight Frozen Modules~Crumbling and Responding
Siouxsie and the Banshees~Hyaena
Statues~New People Make Us Nervous
Soundtrack to the Original "Shaft"
Tower of Power~Back to Oakland
Joy Division~Unknown Pleasures
Jens Lekman~Night Falls Over Kortedala
Neutral Milk Hotel~On Avery Island
Sex Gang Children~Fall
DJ Shadow~Entroducing
Tickley Feather~Tickley Feather
Mojave 3 7"
Tiny Tim 7"
Spitboy 7"
Tickley Feather 7"
Dame Darcy 7"
Kate Bush 7"

Is that spitboy 7" an Ebullition release?

Where are you getting these?

Nah, it's Mi Cuerpo Es Mio

I purchased most from insound, tower.com and "Personal Journals" from access hip hop. I can't post links yet but they come right up on google.

I have about 30-40 vinyls, and they are awesome. Unlike tapes and cds, there is something classic and beautiful about the vinyl albums. It was like when you bought a vinyl you bought a piece of art, from the music to the album cover. Cassettes are a complete ****ing joke, and if we put the CD in MP3 format anyways whats the ****ing point. Some people realize this, this is why modern artist still have albums pressed in vinyl, not audio cassette. To be honest I dont buy any modern physical medium for music unless a small-time/local band is selling their own CDs at shows and dont press vinyls. Lars UlRICH can take his $50,000,000 and shove it up his ass (thanks for starting a revolution napster)! Wake up and smell the **** YOU greedy ****suckers, music is about art not how many zeros follow the one in your bank account.

My personal collection is of some good stuff like Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV, The Beatles - The White Album, The Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach, Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Rush - 2112, Steven Miller Band - Brave New World, Kraftwerk - TransEurope Express, Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record, Yes - Close to the Edge, amongst others.

These are my latest purchases.

Spoon
- GaGaGaGaGa
- Gimme Fiction
RJD2
- Dead Ringer
- Since We Last Spoke
The Butchies
- Make Yr Life
Mirah
- C'mon Miracle
Cannibal Ox
- The Cold Vein
El-P
- I'll Sleep When You're Dead
- Fantastic Damage
Iron & Wine
- The Shepherd's Dog
- In The Reins
DJ Shadow
- Endtroducing.....

I'm only purchasing LPs by my favorite artist. I don't want a large vinyl collection, just something like a tasty treat.

Today I found a 2 album compilation thing for some benefit concert way back. Might I add all of it is live, too? :love:

Record 1 has:
It Don't Come Easy - Richard Starkey
Beware Of Darkness- George Harrison
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- George Harrison
Jumping Jack Flesh- Jagger/Richard
Here Comes The Sun- George Harrison

Record 2:
Wah-Wah- George Harrison
My Sweet Lord- George Harrison
Awaiting On You All- Harrison
That's The Way God Planned It-Billy Preston
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall- Bob Dylan
It Takes Alot To Laugh/It Takes Alot To Cry- Dylan
Blowin' In The Wind- Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man- Dylan
Just Like A Woman- Dylan

YES.

just got Bright Eyes~I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, over the weekend...good ****.

I have about 30 to 40 as well. I collect them just to have. I used to listen to them on my dad's old turntable, but the speakers stopped working and I couldn't find any speakers that would work with the turntable. Alas, it ended up in the dump. I think I might keep them for a while, and look back on them one day when I have forgotten about them.

Well gee, I certianly listen to my vinyl, I just ****ing put on Entroducing a second ago.

Here's the LPs I've picked up recently. Only a few more months and I can actually hear my collection!

Aesop Rock
- Bazooka Tooth
- Labor Days
- None Shall Pass
Fugazi
- The Argument
- Repeater
The Pixies
- Doolittle
Husker Du
- Zen Arcade
Le Tigre
- Feminist Sweepstakes
Dinosaur Jr.
- Beyond
Burial
- Untrue
Pinback
- Summer In Abaddon
Saul Williams
- The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!