Vinyl Junkies

I like to listen music on vinyl. Today is to easy to have something you want on CD, anybody can buy or copy a Cd, but to have something  real intristing and priceless among your collection must be some vinyls. I'm not saying that on Cd is bad contrary it's sound better and it's easy to listen to, but sometimes i prefer to listen like i was in the '70's.

Alien  Stole my Vinyl

 

I've only got a couple Vinlys that I bought from a couple of stores and garage sales (When my dad was yonger he threw his away after he got them all on cd )

BSS is quite rare where I live ... the only ELP album that I see frequently in second hand stores is Pictures at an Exhibition.

*mental approach*

Slartibartfast wrote: ClassicRocker wrote: Genesis Seconds Out (near-perfect condition) Jon Anderson Olias (near-perfect condition) Triumvirat Illusions I've got those three, too.  Olias is one of the best ones of those to have in LP format with the "booklet" built in to the cover.  My CD version reproduced it, but you need a magnifying glass to look at it. I also have a Living In The Past with a thick fancy cardboard cover and inner booklet. The first prog albums in my collection were Rick Wakeman's Journey To The Center Of The Earth and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur.  Both with excellent "booklets". There's a few more prized ones I'll be keeping.

Yeah, I adore my copy of Olias. It really showed how high-quality and intricate something as simple as a "case" for music could be.

Living In The Past also has a great cover/booklet. I've had several opportunities to buy it... but every copy I find is also like every copy of the Beatles' Let It Be in that the condition is completely awful... these albums are literally falling apart in the used record shops!

I can't say I've seen those Wakeman "booklets", but I do wish he had done that for the Six Wives Of Henry VIII. A&M could have done that record up beyond the "standard" gatefold!

Slartibartfast wrote: Don't forget the original Brain Salad Surgery Cover, it opened up in the middle to reveal the rest of the lady's face behind the skull.

I would nearly kill for a NM copy of that one! Somehow the mid-90s Rhino CD reissue with the "holographic" (reflecty?) cover just doesn't do it justice.

You know, what I miss more than second hand LP shopping is second hand CD shopping.  It seems to have gone downhill in my area.  Used to be several conveniently located places.  Now there's only one reasonably close by and their selection isn't too good.  May need to seek out new stores further away. 

The LP was a nice medium in it's time, and if they did a really good job on the package, those are the keepers, a few of which I'm glad to have.  Not to mention a small collection of autographed ones.

But the new devices have expanded the possibilities for enjoying music.  Not to mention being able to override the music that is often pumped in to public places.  Sometimes the head is no defense against this assault.   And lawnmower noise, etc.


Edited by Slartibartfast - June 13 2008 at 05:51

I miss the time when vinyl (and cassettes, but I prefered vinyl) was the main music medium. The entire ritual surrounding it, starting from going to the music record store. Sometimes it was to get a particular album, sometimes it was just to browse though and find something you've been wanting, or just try out something new. Also going to the used record store was fun, browsing the 'new arrivals' (the only section I needed to browse, because I went there quite often, and I already went through the rest priorly), finding a few gems (I was always picky on the condition of the album though). Then coming back home, putting on the record meticulously, and sitting down to enjoy it, and enjoying the album's art. Of course, back then I had the time to do all this, so the transition to CD's and MP3's was convenient for me (the main time I enjoy music nowadays is in the bus to and from work, so MP3 players are godsent for me - my entire music collection (well not quite, but lots of it) in the palm of my hand!).

I know that may sound redundant but for great bargains on used Lps,CDs ect try your local run of garage sales.I was able to snatch a few near-mint albums from local artists(I'm from Montreal) for mere pennies in the last few years.

Slartibartfast wrote: Here's something interesting about vinyls.  Ever look at them with a blacklight?  Some of you may know what I'm talking about.  Rubidium wrote: But for fifty cents, it's a risk I'm willing to make Fifty cents? Fifty cents?  The going rate for used vinyl in my neighborhood back in the day was $2 for a single and $3 for a double.  In addition to the cool cover art you usually got with a double, the cover was useful for a certain activity that another few you would know what I'm talking about. explodingjosh wrote: I think some of the most prized ones I have are the ones that I have framed on my bedroom wall: KC's Discipline, Mahavishnu's Birds of Fire, Pat Metheny Group Offramp and Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour.... I reallly reallly like the combination of fusion with vinyl, and I've really been keeping an eye out for Bruford's One of a Kind and Allan Holdsworth's Metal Fatigue. This will make you jealous, I still have my t-shirts from the Discipline and Offramp concerts I saw.  Both at the same venue (the Atlanta Agora) which I was too young to be at at the time, but got in due to attending with friends and family.