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moshkito 
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 Posted: February 27 2015 at 08:35 |
Hi,
Haven't been to a record store in years. In Portland, since Django's died, it kinda went down hill and the other store that was near them, used to have a lot of old stuff and all of a sudden they have newer stuff mixed with it (I'm OK with that) but the amount of old stuff disappeared, and some of their prices went ridiculous to get closer to the newer stuff.
Done with that one!
In general, for the past 2 years I have done nothing but replace the LP's in my collection and more than 300 of them are gone in that time replaced by CD's.
All in all, in terms of looking for things, nowadays, this is what PA is good for ... and about the only band I have not given a good listen to, and is on my list, is The Enid, that Dean talks about so much. I just haven't gotten there yet, but will pretty soon. About 150 more LP's to go this year first! In general, you might not find this or that, but something else comes up instead, and this is how I have always found music for my "collection", though, by looking at it, I would confuse anyone ... that I am not a "collector" other than of "experiences" and the stuff I have is the best for it, and it tends to bust right through labels and ideas easily!
NP: Bonzos - The Sound of Music
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: February 27 2015 at 05:55 |
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I found the Artcane album at salvage store many years ago, but I don't usually go to those kind of places.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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TODDLER
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Posted: February 27 2015 at 04:48 |
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At a yard sale last fall..I picked up a second hand copy of Blodywn Pig "Ahead Rings Out" ..then at the Heritage convenience store I picked up Genesis Live and Foxtrot.
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martinprog77
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Posted: February 27 2015 at 04:12 |
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Once i got from amoeba new trolls concerto grosso for 1and 2 $ 2.99
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
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Always live for today.
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AreYouHuman
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 23:19 |
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How about dollar stores? A few years back, a local one had several
copies of the first Richard Sinclair’s Caravan of Dreams CD for $1, all
presumably new. I just checked on Amazon
and the cheapest seller wants $23.88 for it new.
Edited by AreYouHuman - February 26 2015 at 23:32
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody!
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zwordser
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 16:55 |
 Progosopher wrote:
I picked up Wind & Wuthering as well as Asia Minor's Between Flesh and Divine (a real find!) from the dollar bin at a record store once. I also found Alive in an Ultra World by Steve Vai for a couple of bucks at a thrift shop. I always look when I can, but rarely find good Prog. |
I also picked up a Wind and Wuthering cassette at the Baja Prog Festival in Mexico last year (one of the few Genesis albums I didn't yet have). At $2.00 it was a little more than I normally pay for cassettes (I rarely pay over a dollar, but W&W was worth it). It has become one of my fave Genesis albums, and you reminded me, I gotta get the CD or digital! Agreed about rarely finding good prog at thrift shops--I often gotta wade through a lot of crappy (and often unorganized) stuff to find anything worth taking. My list above represents a few years worth of collecting, and most times I've gone looking, I haven't found any prog at all. But usually I'm hoping to find good stuff from other genres too--classical especially seems to be more common at thrift shops. Some places have a lot of good jazz or folk as well.
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Raff
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 14:19 |
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We found a couple of interesting albums (Kate Bush's Lionheart and Led Zeppelin's Presence) in secondhand book stores that also stock some music. Luckily, there are still a few secondhand music stores left here in the DC metro area, and in the past few years we have found some really great stuff there (even rare, out-of-print albums).
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HolyMoly
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 13:53 |
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I don't go to thrift stores much, and I've never found any music of value in there when I have. But a few years ago I was at a garage sale the the lady's kid had a decent Porcupine Tree collection for sale. I picked up the 2 disc version of The Sky Moves Sideways for $1. Even though it was missing the 2nd disc. I went up to the lady and asked if she had the 2nd disc somewhere, and she gave me a look like, "are you kidding?" Good thing I didn't ask for a discount.
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Michael678
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 12:03 |
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i went to nearby thrift shops in the past; the only i found the most interesting were ELP's debut & Yes' 90125, both of which on vinyl (and kind of beaten up from what i can remember).
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zwordser
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 09:18 |
sublime220 wrote:
All the time. It's my favourite way to find them too. Hard, but it feels really good afterwards for some reason in ways I cannot describe properly. You've also got a nice collection up there. Shadowfax, man, I thought they had disappeared from everyone's brains. Amazing band, truly. |
I think I know what you mean: its like finding hidden treasures. Often like some kind of good-feeling serendipitous moment when you find something good you didn't realize was there--an album or albums that you really wanted, but didn't know it until you found them. I got my first Shadowfax cassette (I think 25 cents) only because I liked the name--I had actually never heard of the band. Was surprised to find out they were listed on this site. That first cassette was light and new-agey, but I was fortunate to find Watercourse Way shortly after. What a great album! I've written reviews for them now.
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Walton Street
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 07:12 |
thrift shops and garage sailing - although for the most part - by the time vinyl gets to a thrift shop they are not fit to play. I get a ton of CDs in thrift shops anywhere from $3 to 25 cents each. I'm sure that since the mid 80's 75% of everything I have was bought this way. (while buying books and movies as well) strictly prog - most of the vinyl was bought new as it was coming out, most of the cds were bought used except for the few I bought on Ebay to fill in the holes.
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"I know one thing: that I know nothing"
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octopus-4
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 04:04 |
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I had to convert myself to digital music because of lack of space at home. I'd love to spin my thousand vynils if I could. Sometimes I purchase a vinyl even if I know that it will never spin.
However, bandcamp is a source of great music if you have the patience to search between the rubbish.
Just try this as example
1974.bandcamp.com (i don't know how to link a url with a smartphone)
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Atavachron
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 03:28 |
Hercules wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
Do people still shop for albums? You guys must be old.
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Yes I do, and yes I am. |
Me too on both counts, my little local b&m closed a few years ago and I miss it terribly.
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Stool Man
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 03:15 |
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Vinyl LPs I bought for one pound in the last ten years include Aqualung, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, and Tales From Topographic Oceans.
Why pay ten or twenty times as much when these classics can be found for less than the cost of the bus ride to the shop?
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Hercules
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 03:09 |
Atavachron wrote:
Do people still shop for albums? You guys must be old.
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Yes I do, and yes I am.
Vinyl only. Why? Because it sounds better. Therefore, any second hand purchase is a bit of a risk, but I've found some great albums in good condition at car boot sales and in charity shops.
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richardh
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 01:33 |
^ More to the point does anyone shop in the traditional way any more? I quite like the record fayres you get regularly but I've never spotted a bargain as yet. One day I hope to see Monsoon - Third Eye for a not stupid price. That's about the rairest CD I would love to have but buying stuff on the off chance it might be good and because its cheap is something I tend not to do if I'm honest
Edited by richardh - February 26 2015 at 01:36
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Atavachron
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:46 |
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Do people still shop for albums? You guys must be old.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Progosopher
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Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:43 |
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I picked up Wind & Wuthering as well as Asia Minor's Between Flesh and Divine (a real find!) from the dollar bin at a record store once. I also found Alive in an Ultra World by Steve Vai for a couple of bucks at a thrift shop. I always look when I can, but rarely find good Prog.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 25 2015 at 22:30 |
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A few years ago, my wife found The Decemberists' The Crane Wife in a Rite-Aid Pharmacy discount CD bin and bought it for me. To this day we are unsure how it got there.
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Floyd Steely
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Posted: February 25 2015 at 22:25 |
There's nothing better than finding an incredible bargain in the bins. I've paid $20+ for a disc plenty of times, but getting something for nothing is the more memorable event. On New Years Day 2015, I stopped by a local thrift shop, not even knowing if it'd be open. Besides a few non-musical treasures, I scored a near-pristine copy of Pink Floyd's Pulse for a dollar. (Not to mention a near-mint 25th Anniversary Edition double-CD of Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run, also for a dollar.)
I also recall visiting a Reckless Records in Chicago and picking up two CDs I didn't think I'd like much (but did!): Magnification by Yes for $1.99 and ELP's Tarkus for $2.99.
Oh yeah, a couple months back I stopped into a store and saw Focus III used for $7. Three days later, I came back fully intending to buy that CD. It wasn't until I set it down by the register that I realized it had now been marked down to $2. I felt a bit guilty paying so little when I'd have gladly paid the previous price.
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