Vinyl Junkies

Vibrationbaby wrote: Viny is actually making a bit of a comeback. I`ve seen reproductions of Floyd albums with original packaging and posters. I`ve seen some ELP albums as well.being reissued on vinyl . Tubular Bells and Omadawn. as well.

^Not to mention the fantastic Arkama reproductions of the really rare stuff, like Catapilla, Leafhound, Dr. Z and May Blitz

Good thread, vinyl truly rocks.Picked up minted conditions of Neil Young's ' After the Goldrush,Free's ' Fire and Water ' James Taylor's ' Sweet Baby James' and  Alice Coopers's ' Killer' all from a Oxfam Charity store near where I live.

I have hundreds of vinyls, my prize possessions are my Yes collection up to Drama.
Genesis from Trespass to Wind and Wuthering.
Uriah Heep 'Very 'Eavy Very Humble to Sweet Freedom.Are you reading Easy Living?
The only Refugee album..
Renaissance from ' Prologue to Scherrezade'

Vinyl is magical, it wreaks of imagination and mystery.Nothing better than from all those years ago standing in the schoolyard comparing album covers.

Great days and sadly they won't be repeated.

Maybe he just lost the remote?  

T.Rox wrote:   I spent some six hours going through every album in a second hand record store in Singapore recently. I don't recall seeing one Herb Alpert album while in there. What I do recall is the plethora of Tom Jones, Val Doonican, Andy Williams and Glenn Campbell albums this guy had on the shelves. It is amazing just how many different compilations of the same songs can made!

I have no idea who Val Doonican is, but I have seen my fair share of Tom Jones, Andy Williams, and Glenn Campbell albums.  But I think the record for most records here has to go to Mantovani.  Dude must have had a million different albums.  Either they all sold a billion copies each or they all came down to Florida and moved into thrift stores when the old people here moved into condos.  Either way he's all over the place.

Easy Money wrote: I once ran into a full B J Thomas (he's awful) discography at a thrift store. I couldn't believe how many albums he put out. I used to be such an obsessive collector that almost bought it so I could have his full discography, ha ha ha.

I once ran into what must have been an almost complete discography of the Bee Gees.  They were selling them 10 for a dollar and I thought about getting them but decided not to because I'd never listen to them and they'd just take up space.  That and my mother has an unhealthy hatred towards the Bee Gees, and she'd disown me if I bought them.

But at the same place I did run into a bunch of Elvis records and bought them.  I acutally ripped mp3s of them so I could put them on a CD for my grandmother.  They were all from the early 70's and quite boring, although the live albums were marginally entertaining.  Well the first one was, and the other two were exactly the same...

Vibrationbaby wrote: Even Elvis didn`t like BJ Thomas. I think he was one of the guys he would fire off shotgun rounds at the TV whenever he came on. Tony Bennet was another guy on the King`s hit list.

I thought that was Robert Goulet.  And I've run into a few of his albums as well.

If only I could have such luck with prog...

I once ran into a full B J Thomas (he's awful) discography at a thrift store. I couldn't believe how many albums he put out. I used to be such an obsessive collector that I almost bought all of them so I could have his full discography, ha ha ha.

Edited by Easy Money - July 21 2008 at 18:56

Hmm ... well there are some some songs I like by Alpert and Tom Jones, there might even be a song or two by ol Glen I can handle. I guess this is enough to get me reported to forum abuse ha ha.

Vibrationbaby wrote: Just noticed this thread.  I`ve been collecting vinyl since 1973. At last count I got to 3,500 and gave up. I don`t keep anything in anty particular order and keep on discovering stuff that I didn`t even know I had. Some of it is still in the original wrapping. Perhaps the biggest haul I ever made was buying this guy`s entire Amon Duul collection for 50 bucks back in `79. All German imports no inferior North American crap. I don`t buy albums because they`re rare or anything but for the love of the music. Long live vinyl.

Rubidium wrote: Here's something that I was wondering about fans of vinyl.  I was in an antique store a few weeks ago and they had a bin of vinyl that contained a bunch of Kansas and Rush records (judging by the covers I'd guess somewhere in the VG range) for $10-$12 each.  How many vinyl fans would be willing to pay this price for vinyl when you can get the remastered CDs for less?  Or how many would just be buying those albums as collectors items, with no intent of playing them?  Or how many just think they are overpriced?

Record stores seem to generally overcharge, but it depends.  It seems thrift shops and large book sales are the cheapest place to get vinyl (at an annual book sale here, there are boxes and boxes of LPs that go for 50 cents each, no matter what).  Rarer LPs you probably have to use eBay or something, I don't really like spending much more just for an LP when I can get a CD but if they're the same price I usually go for the LP.

My experience with cheap vinyl has been positive so far.  I don't take the albums out and look at them, I just try to judge by the cover.  I've only gotten a few that don't play really good, but they're not bad at all.  The selection seems to be pretty subpar, so I browse through stuff really fast.  Certain things, like Moody Blues, Rush, Kansas, ELP, etc. are extremely easy to find cheap but after a while it becomes harder and harder to find cheap LPs that you care about and don't already have.

The Rock wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: Just noticed this thread.  I`ve been collecting vinyl since 1973. At last count I got to 3,500 and gave up. I don`t keep anything in anty particular order and keep on discovering stuff that I didn`t even know I had. Some of it is still in the original wrapping. Perhaps the biggest haul I ever made was buying this guy`s entire Amon Duul collection for 50 bucks back in `79. All German imports no inferior North American crap. I don`t buy albums because they`re rare or anything but for the love of the music. Long live vinyl.   I started buying records back in the late 70's.Then switched to Cd in the 90's and only recently did I came back to LPs--but still buying Cds. I always purchase LPs or CDs as a mean to add up to my ever growing library of mostly prog records.I always have in mind to listen to the album,be it on CD or vinyl.No point in purchasing a record for the sake of it,like stamps or sports cards collectors do.At least that's how I see it.A record is a media made to be listened to.I don't care if it's rare or not, either. I don't see my records as trophies.As long as I like what I ear,usually it's enough to make me wanna buy it.

I have to admit that I'm guilty of buying some records for the sake of having them as collectibles (collectible to me at least, since they're not in great condition and hence not worth much money).  The other day I got copies of Close to the Edge, Point of Know Return, and The Grand Illusion even though I own all three on CDs.  But they cost me 10 cents each, so I didn't exactly dent my wallet...