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[Al ears]

Yeah, this is brand new rather than pre-owned. I had a list of three Dylan albums that I wanted, and this was the only one in stock.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how good the pre-owned Muddy Waters LP was that I picked up on the same trip. Thinking about it (big generalisation here), I suspect that most people who play vinyl are extremely careful with it, so buying pre-owned records and Hi-Fi kit just feels like a "safe" thing to do.

I have had some trashed LPs but buying from selected second-hand dealers helps .

 

[iceman16]

Radiohead - The Bends 😉

View: https://youtu.be/MoQKGWReFDo?si=ce6Bx00sk26p3U9R

 

[RTHerringbone]

A bit more contemporary than my usual stuff, but still 30+ years old 🤦‍♂️

The guy who bought my old turntable earlier in the week mentioned to me a record shop in town that I didn't know about, so I'll see if they can help me to start building my Blues collection as there's an incredibly meagre offering of that genre in the shop I have been using.

 

[RTHerringbone]

So I popped to that record shop and it's a delight - a "proper" shop. I picked up a couple of modern Blues pressings which will be shared here in time, but also took punt on an £8 1965 copy of Dylan's "Bringing It All Home" and that unfortunately was a swing and a miss.

Lots of popping, constant hiss and a fair bit of skipping, but the owner was great and said "It's just me here and I can't listen to everything (as two big boxes of LPs were delivered!) so I just eyeball them and price accordingly". He was happy for me to bring it back if there were issues and he'd just send it off for a proper clean and let me pick something else.

 

[RTHerringbone]

After the issues with the Bob Dylan record, it was always a safe bet that a still-sealed 2018 pressing of a classic LP would be fine and it was. My dad introduced me to Blues in general and I remember him getting me a Howlin' Wolf Chess compilation on CD years and years ago, and then a great London Sessions double CD too.

I don't know how the shop I got this from makes money. I had been eyeing this up on Amazon for the same £14.99 I paid today. I said to the owner that his pricing was very keen and he just said "I price stuff to sell" and then talked about how the shop round the corner (that I also use) sells new limited edition stuff for £50+ and he just feels that it's wrong. I think I'm going to end up spending a lot of time in that shop.

In the half hour I was there, he had two large boxes of vinyl delivered and says that he gets several new deliveries in almost every day and it all shifts. Must be a high volume, low margin setup and I'm not complaining.

 

[RTHerringbone]

Another fantastic album - this one is my wife's and I used the upcoming Mother's Day as an excuse to go back to the record shop earlier today to buy her something for Sunday. Maybe picked up another one as well 😇

 

[RTHerringbone]

Swapped the damaged Dylan original for this modern pressing of more Howlin' Wolf. I'm keen to get some T-Bone Walker next but there weren't any options in store for me today.

 

[RTHerringbone]

So I popped to that record shop and it's a delight - a "proper" shop. I picked up a couple of modern Blues pressings which will be shared here in time, but also took punt on an £8 1965 copy of Dylan's "Bringing It All Home" and that unfortunately was a swing and a miss.

Lots of popping, constant hiss and a fair bit of skipping, but the owner was great and said "It's just me here and I can't listen to everything (as two big boxes of LPs were delivered!) so I just eyeball them and price accordingly". He was happy for me to bring it back if there were issues and he'd just send it off for a proper clean and let me pick something else.

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But, as luck would have it, my wife came back from her parents house with another collection of records, including a perfect original copy of the same album 😎

 

[RTHerringbone]

More Dylan, and I've never even heard of this album.

Another pressing from the 60s and goodness me I love this new turntable. It's just so composed and solid.

 

[Freddy58]

More Dylan, and I've never even heard of this album.

Another pressing from the 60s and goodness me I love this new turntable. It's just so composed and solid.

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I think for the money, Rega take some beating. They’ve been making great turntables for decades 🙂