Anybody been Record Shopping today?

[mgkwackerd]

Magnum ~ Wings of Heaven

Balaam & the Angel ~ Days of madness

 

[DIB]

[Even on CD their albums sound superb.

Regards.

Babur

Great music ALWAYS sounds good on CD, just as it does on vinyl.

As for myself I've bought more music this year than I can remember, the whole equipment side of things has taken a complete backseat for me I'm glad to say. I just concentrate on listening to stuff rather than worrying about what it's playing on. Long may it continue says I.

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[mgkwackerd]

Tesla ~ Mechanical Resonance

My first ever charity shop puchase, best £1 I've spent in years, great condition, may become a frequent visitor !!

 

[DIB]

I keep reading about people buying great LPs in charity shops for 50p or £1 etc.

I must be unlucky, but the odd time I've been in charity shops I can't seem to find anything remotely good anywhere near this price.

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[Jim-W]

I think, no, I know, that the days of a charity shop being a source of rare records are long gone; they usually employ or have contact with a valuer so I wouldn't expect to find anything of any real value that has been unintentionally or unwittingly underpriced. You'll get your best-sellers at a reasonable price but they are acutely aware of just what pink Island, blue :Liberty, Greensleeves and Blue-Note, for example, mean in terms of collectibility: they use the Record Collector 'bible' and often grade slightly higher than I would. I know one of these valuers and I've seen him, on many occasions, 'in action', trying to get stuff on the cheap from a market trader to sell at a charity shop; it used to be, and still often is, the other way around where a market trader or dealer will look to pick up something of value from a charity shop, but, as I said, they now have an acute awareness of the market.

Better by far to find a market with 'a record man' and get to know him/her and establish a relationship which will lead to you getting favourable deals and this works both ways of course because you'll keep going back. It's also better than buying stuff online because you can see what you're getting and, if the record has a fault, ie a sharp warp or a scratch that stops the stylus in its tracks, you can take it back and get a refund next week. Well, that's my experience. I like to haggle, argue and barter and I'm quite prepared to walk away with a VG copy of a rare record at a knock down price and clean it up: I don't care about perfection if it's something I want: I'm a collector first and a hifi freak second!

We're all junkies; we find our fix where we can

 

[mgkwackerd]

DIB, to get that one LP, I went in about 16 charity shops, in Stourport and Kidderminster, Worcs.

I searched through hundreds of LP's and would have purchased another 10-12, if the condition had been acceptable, they are usully quite rotten, but perseverence pays. There again I have lots of time on my hands, so that isn't an issue, and I'll do it again.

The same day I also bought a "Sky 2" gatefold double album, (also £1) the vinyl was very poor and has gone in the recycling, but the Sleeve was almost mint, so has replaced my old "worn one" and now makes for a very aesthetically pleasing album.

Really is luck !!

 

[Frank Harvey]

If you have the opportunity, i can recommend Angus & Julia Stone's LP's. Usually great song-writing & always first-rate sound quality. Even on CD their albums sound superb.

Regards.

Babur

Agreed - I've bought two copies of Down The Way recently!

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I keep reading about people buying great LPs in charity shops for 50p or £1 etc.

I must be unlucky, but the odd time I've been in charity shops I can't seem to find anything remotely good anywhere near this price.

It's getting harder and harder to find anything these days, though I have found a few decent ones recently. I'm lucky, there are a couple of charities that have industrial units near me, so they have loads of everything, and if you're prepared to spend a bit of time searching through the records, there is the odd bargain to be had. I'd also built up a built of a rapor with a vinyl loving guy who worked in a out of the way charity shop, but the last few times I've been in, he hasn't, and the vinyl is now not on show, so that route might well have been closed.

Car Boots can pop up the odd gem, but you have to be prepared to get up very early, be very vocal, and occasionally a bit aggressive towards other buyers. Personally, I can't be bothered to do it, I just go late, and hope they've missed something good. Last year, I saw a guy buying over £200 worth of records from one seller, though I got there just as the transaction was taking place, and just too late to be nosey to see what he was buying. Must've been good though.

 

[Babur72]

If you have the opportunity, i can recommend Angus & Julia Stone's LP's. Usually great song-writing & always first-rate sound quality. Even on CD their albums sound superb.

Regards.

Babur

Agreed - I've bought two copies of Down The Way recently!

You know it Dave,

But why two?

Sadly. My own secondhand copy of Down the Way is marred by a few pops & clicks as it's a bit worse for wear.

You must get through a fair few albums every month, judging by the number of your posts here.

Any less well-known artist's work you - or anyone else - would recommend for consistently high quality of recording/mastering & songwriting?

I can recommend The Civil Wars' albums Barton Hollow & The Civil Wars aswell as Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles by Suzanne Vega.

Regards.

Babur.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

A visit to the weirdly priced charity shop today, and got two albums for 80p each.

Propaganda - A Secret Wish

Jean-Michel Jarre - The Essential

Not quite sure why I bought the JMJ album, but it's in great condition, and it does sound great. Pretty awful music though, like a sub-standard Blade Runner soundtrack, with the odd even worse track thrown in for good measure, the track "Orient Express" is particularly awful. *smile*

 

[thescarletpronster]

Ha ha. I bought two Jean-Michel Jarre albums from a record club when I was 13. Loved them. But not for long. I can't imagine what I'd think if I heard them now.

 

[mgkwackerd]

I have all his albums except the last 2 on LP. and to be honest, I never listen to them now, I think electronica for me was a fad, although I think "Oxygene" has stood the test of time, and still play that and occaisionally "Equinoxe" as well. All the others are just in my "collection".

Got an Alison Moyet LP, today "ALF" great condition, see how it sounds when cleaned. £0.50p (not really my genre but hell it was cheap and looks mint)

 

[Frank Harvey]

You know it Dave,

But why two?

Sadly. My own secondhand copy of Down the Way is marred by a few pops & clicks as it's a bit worse for wear.

You must get through a fair few albums every month, judging by the number of your posts here.

Any albums I really like, I tend to buy two, as I know I'll play them frequently - you never know when some of these albums are going to disappear and rise steeply in price, so to replace one that is wearing out might end up being expensive. Used copies of the Down The Way album have been hovering around the £300-400 mark, but it has been re-released in France this month, and I hate to promote big corporations, but if you order from Amazon France you can get it for about £60 including shipping. It's a limited run of 500 on clear vinyl. I just hope the quality isn't too different to the original...

 

[Frank Harvey]

Deep Red - Deadly Avenger.

 

[Waxy]

Genesis - Invisible Touch

For a bargainous £2. *biggrin*

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Ha ha. I bought two Jean-Michel Jarre albums from a record club when I was 13. Loved them. But not for long. I can't imagine what I'd think if I heard them now.

I'd leave them filed away if I was you.

 

[thescarletpronster]

Oh they got binned when I was about 16.

I'm just goggling at the advice above to buy a bargain album for £60 - that's more than I could imagine ever paying for any album. Well, perhaps an original copy of Monster Movie on Music Factory...

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Went a bit bonkers at a car boot sale this morning, and bought:

Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed The Fish? (50p)

Human League - Dare (50p)

Psychedelic Furs - Book Of Days (£1)

Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha! (£1)

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (£1)

Kate Bush - Whole Story (75p)

Sade - Love Deluxe (75p)

Peter Gabriel - 2 (75p)

Peter Gabriel - 4 (75p)

Deep Purple - Stormbringer (75p)

Deep Purple - Made In Europe (75p)

Deep Purple - Burn (75p)

The DP albums are not in the greatest of conditions, but I'm hoping a good clean will at least make the vinyl playable.

Chubby Checker - Twist-A-Long With (nice original mono pressing) (50p)

Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is The Day........ (50p)

Cult - Love (£1)

And to sell, and hopefully make a bit of money:

V/A - Now That's What I Call Music 1 (50p)

V/A - Now That's What I Call Music 2 (50p)

V/A - Now That's What I Call Music 3 (50p)

Also bought another Pioneer PL-12D, working, in good condition, with manual, for £15.

 

[Waxy]

Gulp - Season Sun

 

[bigfish786]

more vinyl bought today off the tinterweb.

Skindred-Kill the Power

Avenged Sevenfold-Hail to the King.

Saturday, i bought :-

Machine Head-The Blackening, and The Burning red.

and Slipknot-All Hope is Gone.

looking forward to next weekend, and a few beers with my new vinyl.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Fuzzsplit Of The Century - Truckfighters vs Firestone (brown vinyl)

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

For anyone who is interested, Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li is currently available on Amazon. I'm not sure if this is a re-issue, but I have noticed the occasional copy showing on ebay recently, after it being really hard to find under £100. I have a feeling that they've found some copies in a warehouse somewhere, so it might not be around for long.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I won Can-Unlimited Edition on eBay, unfortunately the seller decided not to send it, and then cancelled their eBay account. *aggressive*

I've also ordered a couple of copies of the above mentioned Lykke Li album, it just hasn't arrived yet.

I found a bargain at a Car Boot whilst in Cornwall, Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 1st pressing for (wait for it), 50p. Admittedly the sleeve is knackered, but the vinyl looks really good after a clean in the knosti. *yahoo*

 

[ProgRockVinyl]

i buy at least a couple of records a week, have a very good oxfam books and music store and i know the guy that looks after the vinyl there. plus a great independant store about 40 mins from home that looks out for me.

i picked up these yesterday

genesis: the lamb lies down on broadway. original german pressing in near mint condtion. that will go alongside the 3 other copies i have in varying degrees of quality.

yes: 90125. cover a little tatty but the final is great.

duran duran: self titled. mint condtion.

marillion: clutching at straws. tatty cover but good vinyl.

Ian Dury: New boots and panties. orignal press in great condtion.

Rush: moving pictures. great condtion, needed a spare copy.

i stick them all through the spin clean then in nice anti-staic inner sleeves then into a blake sleeve.

monday i'm heading out to the store to pick up

Elvis Costello: This Years Model. Original Pressing in mint condition.

Pink Floyd: The wall. original pressing in mint condtion.

i have quite an addiction to vinyl.

 

[Freddy58]

Carly Simon - Anticipation £2.99

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing £4.00

Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill £4.00

South Pacific - Original Soundtrack £2.99

Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast £2.99

Tom Waits - Small Change £2.99

Groundhogs - Split £3.00 Took a chance on this, as I really wanted it. It had a few surface scratches, and since playing it, it crackles quite a bit. I'm hopeful though that a good clean will sort most of this.