Anyone else here collect vinyl? I love music and find vinyl to sound better than any other format(analog or digital). Plus records are just so fun to collect; huge artwork, cheap, and obscure. I only recently got into this scene but my collection is growing, unfortunately my bank account is shrinking :D. Anyway here's some pictures:
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"Kick out the jams, motherfucker!". Man, gotta play that when I get home.
I have a few records, but currently have no way of playing them :(
I'd collect records if I had a record player. I love it when present-day artists release their new album in both vinyl and CD format. Looking at the huge vinyl prints are really cool.
Edit* Actually, I forgot I have a sealed Snakes & Arrows album. I got it since it was a limited release. I remember I also got Different Stages on CD too that day.
Top Gun on vinyl!! Get in!
I have the Dragon Quest 2 OST on vinyl, and Thriller and Bad but that's about it. I want The Terminator OST on vinyl.
Got 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother & Heidi - Portuguese Vinyls, haven't tested but seems all fine, last I saw they're condition.
Not with me atm so no photo.
I have a few records but I never play them since my music needs to be portable.
Quote"Kick out the jams, motherfucker!". Man, gotta play that when I get home.
MC5 rules, underrated when it comes to 60s rock.
Quote from: L___E___T on April 19, 2010, 02:34:52 pm
Top Gun on vinyl!! Get in!
I have the Dragon Quest 2 OST on vinyl, and Thriller and Bad but that's about it. I want The Terminator OST on vinyl.
I actually think the Top Gun soundtrack isn't great. Kenny Loggins, Berlin, Loverboy, and of course the theme are the only good songs on it, but I got for a dollar so no complaints. I need to get "Bad", as well as "Off The Wall" and "Dangerous". My dad has "Thriller", which is incredible on vinyl.
I agree 100% that vinyl sounds better (though in some cases a poor original master on a vinyl may get trumped by a CD re-master [if no vinyl re-master is pressed]--Megadeth's "Killing is My Business" vs. the newest CD release is one example in my opinion).
I don't have photos of my vinyls off-hand (nearly 1000), but here are the 3 players I have (the Technics plays off my home theater, and the old, portable Newcombs sound surprisingly good). The last Newcomb pictured is tube powered and Mono.
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1000 damn! Very nice, those turntables are sexy too. Is that "Mob Rules" is see peaking in the last picture?
Quote from: son_ov_hades on April 19, 2010, 05:16:58 pm
1000 damn! Very nice, those turntables are sexy too. Is that "Mob Rules" is see peaking in the last picture?
Ha ha, yes it is ;) Didn't even notice it found its way into the picture :P
Haha That album is great, I prefer Dio Sabbath to Ozzy Sabbath.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on April 19, 2010, 05:26:21 pm
Haha That album is great, I prefer Dio Sabbath to Ozzy Sabbath.
My avatar may suggest that I also have a preference for the Dio era material. I've seen him live a couple times as well (once for Dio, and once for Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell). Looking at the records you've shown in this thread, I believe we have a fairly similar taste in music ;)
Sweet vinyl player.
Vinyls and Laserdiscs FTW! lol.
Quote from: Mi5terDNA on April 20, 2010, 10:50:28 am
We used to have turntables just like your Newcombs in my elementary school! super awesome stuff.
Yes, the Newcombs were generally used in schools (yet also built like tanks). You can see in the photo that my larger, stereo player has "Moorhead Music Dept." engraved on it. That particular model is fairly rare to find.
I love vinyl.
I started a collection from various albums my parents had, then a couple of years ago i bought my first 45rpm ("Pick of Destiny" by Tenacious D [the b-side was "Kong"])
and i've been collecting mostly new vinyl (like from the 90s onwards)
so far i only have like 20 records (33s & 45s) that i have bought myself, but I'm still collecting.
I love Vinyl, but don't have a Record Player
I used to collect 'em. I had a few hundred -- everything music genre. Then... I liked my iPod more. Not as heavy to carry around.
Aw hell yeah! Vinyl collectors unite! Like others, I've got a lot of stuff so I'm not going to take pictures. Actually just refitted my system with some nice new speakers and it sounds soooo good. Seems that I hit that point where the 40 years of technology that was crammed into one small space decided to stop talking to one another. :P
Last week's find was good. Nabbed Led Zeppelin I, II, III, and IV for 20 bucks. It was a good day. :D
I just picked up Dream Theater's "Images and Words". So pumped about this one, its on of my favorite albums ever and the vinyl is not easy to come by.
Here's what I have:
Technic model: SL-3350
Fisher: Model MT: 720(C)
Albums All complete:
Burlesque Humor: Redd Foxx
Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
Neil Diamond: Headed for the Future
The Police: Ghost in the Machine
SGT. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band
Billy Joel: Innocent Man
Billy Joel: Glass Houses
Elvis: Almost in Love
Neil diamond: his 12 greatest hits
Neil diamond: his 12 greatest hits: Volume II
Paul McCartney: Band on the Run
The Doors: Greatest Hits
Little Anthony and the Imperials: The Best Of
Disney's Songs from the Jungle Book
Jimminy's Cricket's Multiplication and Division
And my favorite: American music Library (Yellow Album only... has In the Hall of the Mountain King! had the holder thing but lost it.)
I believe I still have a Space Invaders record kicking around, as well as another shooter-based LP. I'll have to dig those out and listen to them again, they're hilarious. When I get an Atari you can bet they'll be playing in the background.
Other than that I don't have a record collection to speak of, although I do keep my eye out for certain old 78s. If anyone ever stumbles across Layton and Johnstone's recording of Glad Rag Doll, let me know.
Oh! Got the Venture Bros. soundtrack on vinyl as a gag... it is unspeakably awesome. :D
Bumping this to shamelessly promote my record collecting blog. Just updated a few minutes ago with a really awesome 4xLP/DVD/Poster/Sticker release.
http://vinylrecordnerd.blogspot.com/ (http://vinylrecordnerd.blogspot.com/)
Going to buy more. The record player I have needs to be grounded.
I also have some covers.
Don't worry Hades, I would've bumped this sooner if I remembered it existed. I recently just caught the collecting bug. As of this post, I own seven records, and they are:
Deadmau5- Ghosts n' Stuff
Deadmau5- Some Chords (12'' single)
Obie Trice- Rap Name
Jethro Tull- Aqualung
Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses
The Beatles- Abbey Road (not the recent re-release either. Mine's the 1976 release.)
Flying Lotus- Pattern+Grid World
I don't have any local record stores, so I got most of these on Discogs.com. Man, I've come to love that website recently. My biggest wants right now are a few necessary albums like The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, a few Zeppelin albums, and I also want to get some good metal and rap records. I just don't know where to start! :D
I do, But I don't have a Turn Table to play it on
Went out and added three more albums to my collection. Today, I got Sublime's self-titled album (2xLP), Steve Aoki's I'm in the House EP, and my favorite record I got today, my first colored record, a teal-ish marble colored press of Red Fang's Murder the Mountains album. Only 300 of my particular color were released! I'm excited to listen to these! :D
Colored wax for some reason is just really cool isn't it? I always go for colored wax if I have the choice.
The Smashing Pumpkins put out painted vinyl for their newest release. I still have no way of playing it, but it looks cool ;D
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713 (http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713)
I have a Technics (SP-10) wooden-frame console and an Empire 598: I used to have thousands of LPs, and then, like a bonehead, I stored them in a non-refrigerated outdoor locker, and they all warped int he heat. Now I have a lot of ruffles crisps and only a handful of playable vinyl.. At least some of my Promo albums, such as my radio-station release of the first Elvis Costello & The Attractions album are still intact, mostly because they never left my closet.
Does anyone have any 'Blind Guardian' albums on vinyl? :bomb:
Quote from: son_ov_hades on July 29, 2011, 05:34:29 am
Colored wax for some reason is just really cool isn't it? I always go for colored wax if I have the choice.
Very! My favorite album by my favorite band was released in three different colors (red, blue, and green, no regular black), and they were all limited releases; 197 red, 600 blue, and 700 green. It's the only record I want enough to justify it's high price. The album is (of course) called
Colors by Between the Buried and Me.
Quote from: UglyJoe on July 29, 2011, 06:08:30 am
The Smashing Pumpkins put out painted vinyl for their newest release. I still have no way of playing it, but it looks cool ;D
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713 (http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713)
Painted vinyl is awesome too. I saw a few of those at a record store in Omaha the other day. I was tempted to buy them even though I had never heard of the bands just because they looked really neat. :bomb:
Quote from: UglyJoe on July 29, 2011, 06:08:30 am
The Smashing Pumpkins put out painted vinyl for their newest release. I still have no way of playing it, but it looks cool ;D
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713 (http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2586713)
That looks awesome! Picture discs are cool as hell, I have a few myself. I've wanted to mount them on walls for awhile and use them as artwork.
Quote from: nintendodork on July 29, 2011, 10:32:11 pm
My favorite album by my favorite band was released in three different colors (red, blue, and green, no regular black), and they were all limited releases; 197 red, 600 blue, and 700 green. It's the only record I want enough to justify it's high price. The album is (of course) called Colors by Between the Buried and Me.
Just scored the red release of this on eBay. I'm also watching a green one. If I get the green one, I may sell the red one, as I could get almost double what I paid out of it.
And I just won the green one. Woot!
Congrats Dork! I'd really like a vinyl copy of "The Silent Circus", the rest of their stuff doesn't do much for me. Those records are nice finds if you got them cheap though.
Thanks! I think I got the green one for a decent price, and I got a really good deal on the red one. I want to get all of their releases on vinyl eventually, but I'm glad I got Colors out of the way. I've seen a few of the Silent Circus on eBay, but they're never reasonably priced. BTBAM also hardly ever shows up on Discogs. Eh, all in due time I suppose.
Got my two copies of Colors today in the mail, but didn't see them til just now. I'm super excited to play these. (or at least the green one)
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There's a picture of me showing how excited I am. Also cheeseburger hat.
Hahaha awesome picture! :D Yeah that green one looks especially cool.
TW Walsh's new solo album on "milky clear" vinyl: http://twitpic.com/6f7fyw (http://twitpic.com/6f7fyw) Wish I could order this, but I'm not part of their record club. Looks pretty cool, though.
Oohh, I'll have to look at that at home. Twitpic's blocked here at school.
Since my last post in this thread, I got MF DOOM's Mm...Food? album and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I love 'em both.
Looks pretty cool, though I have no idea who TW Walsh is :-[.
I buy new records almost weekly so no way I can update this thread that much with my finds. I meant to do that with my record collecting blog but I just got really lazy. I'll update that soonish. But check this out:
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Extremely limited Beatles 7"/T-Shirt set which they're only selling at Target.
Spoiler
I really only bought them to flip on ebay :-X
Ooohhh boy. I really wish I lived closer to a Target now. I'd buy a couple of those for eBay and keep Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus for myself...and maybe Let It Be, too.
I have a really small collection of LPs that's growing all the time. Nowadays I mostly buy 45rpm records of 60's South American and European music.
Quote from: nintendodork on September 12, 2011, 09:34:54 pm
Ooohhh boy. I really wish I lived closer to a Target now. I'd buy a couple of those for eBay and keep Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus for myself...and maybe Let It Be, too.
I'm not much of a Beatles fan otherwise I'd keep them. I do love "Let It Be" though.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on September 12, 2011, 01:22:26 pm
Looks pretty cool, though I have no idea who TW Walsh is :-[.
I buy new records almost weekly so no way I can update this thread that much with my finds. I meant to do that with my record collecting blog but I just got really lazy. I'll update that soonish. But check this out:
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Extremely limited Beatles 7"/T-Shirt set which they're only selling at Target.
Spoiler
I really only bought them to flip on ebay :-X
I am so jealous, I'm a huge Beatles fan :o
Bought around 12 Beatles CDs at a flea market about a week ago for around 8$, but somehow CDs just don't have that "collector's feel" to them.
I'd like to get into vinyl collecting some day, but still, I hope I won't :D ( :coin: :coin: :coin: )
Well I did buy out everything the store had ;D. I can sell you some if you're interested. Though I understand your sentiment about :coin: haha.
I like collecting vinyl too, have a modest collection with some nice stuff on it (Lot's of Beatles, Zep, Purple and prog rock records from all eras). But my focus is my Boris (a band from Japan) collection, I have around 50 itens from them and they are all great looking stuff.
My last purchases were a Record from Seru Giran (proggish rock/pop from Argentina) and The Sentinel by Pallas (Neo-Progressive).
50 Boris records?!? I'd love to see some photos, I'm a big fan of "Pink" in particular.
50 itens actually, only 34 are Vinyl. I'll get some pics when I can!
Bumping this so everyone here can see this...some of you will appreciate it.
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(My old record player)
I received a record player about a year ago and it was all downhill from there. I have a small but slowly growing collection of emo/screamo/punk/post-rock/electronic music. Somewhere around 30 12"s and 30 7"s. And a 10"! I'm getting records I really want to listen to, though, instead of just collecting stuff for the sake of it.
It's a lot of fun. Nothing like getting those big square packages in the mail.
Quote from: yobikata on January 11, 2012, 09:36:55 am
Nothing like getting those big square packages in the mail.
I hear you. ;D
What are some of your favorite albums you have on vinyl? My most prized are my two copies of Between the Buried and Me's
Colors. The reason I have two is because one is green (which I plan to keep), and one is red (which I eventually plan to sell since less than 150 were released). Another one of my favorite records is the very first one I got, Deadmau5's
Some Chords 12'' single.
Quote from: nintendodork on January 11, 2012, 04:54:10 pm
What are some of your favorite albums you have on vinyl?
Well some of my favorite albums I have are Rush's "A Farewell To Kings", Crosby Stills & Nash's debut, Dream Theater's "Scenes From A Memory", and Wolves In The Throne Room's "Diadem of 12 Stars".
But my favorite records in my collection are quite different, those would be Cui Jian "Nothing To My Name"(extremely rare outside of China), Type O Negative's "None More Negative"(12xLP box set), Burning Witch's 4xLP and DVD box set, and Summoning's "Sounds Of Middle Earth"(5xpicLP box set).
Is Summoninng's SoME set instrumental, or vocal? I wish that Blind Guardian would offer some albums on vinyl, as that would be quite delicious. :bomb:
Quote from: nintendodork on January 11, 2012, 04:54:10 pmWhat are some of your favorite albums you have on vinyl?
I'd say my most treasured records are Raein's "Il n'y a pas de orchestre" 12" and Raein/Daitro's Split 10". They're special because of a mixture of me loving the music and their rarity.
Other than those two, I own/love American Football's LP and EP on vinyl, and Loma Prieta's "Last City", and Oval's "Ovalcommers"...there's so many more but I'll stop for now.
Quote from: Xious on January 12, 2012, 01:46:12 am
Is Summoninng's SoME set instrumental, or vocal? I wish that Blind Guardian would offer some albums on vinyl, as that would be quite delicious. :bomb:
Most of Summoning's stuff has vocals, black metal shrieks mainly haha. Yeah I know what you mean, I've been looking for a copy of the picture disc of "Nightfall In Middle Earth" for years. :(
Aye. The problem is that I'd have major issues placing that on any turntable. I want standard releases, or even UHQRs of their albums, although I prefer the recorded sets versus the live sets.
By the way, there is also a Japan-only version of that album. 8)
I would buy every BG album on vinyl, probably in triplicate, just to have them all until the end of time. The same goes for 'Nightwish' and 'Inkubus Sukkubus'... :bomb:
You mean a Japan only vinyl version? As far as I'm aware the only release of "Nightfall" on vinyl is the 1998 German picture disc.
Just found close to 400+ 1920s era records in an abandoned homes attic. No idea what this stuff is, ancient music. Any of this worth something? they all are single Vinyls in brittle as hell old-ass musty paper sleeves...all are Victor RCA records, I dont even know if they are vinyl they are soooooo old and forgotten....much thicker vinyl then your typical 70s-80s era vinyl record...
Records that old might not even be vinyl, they're probably shellac. What size are they? I'd guess 10". They probably also play at 78 rpm which most newer turntables won't even play. Regardless that's a pretty amazing find and I'd love to see some pictures.
I'm also guessing they're shellac.
Did anyone else go to record store day today? It's always such a blast for me waiting on line for hours in the morning and talking with other record nerds. I scored some pretty sweet records as well.
I wish I could. There's just so much to do today.
I hope I can head out tomorrow and still find something.
I don't if you'll find a whole lot :(. That said, there were a few releases that I actually passed on this morning that seemed like they weren't going anywhere. One of which was a Sara Bareilles 7", I have no idea who she is but she looked so gorgeous on the cover...
I totally would have if prom wasn't today. Fuck school dances! :P
Priorities man, priorities. Obsessively collecting nerdy things such a records>getting with women. :P
Just got my Smashing Pumpkins flexidisc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc)! Can't wait to get my turntable back from the repair shop.
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I have a giant collection of Vinyl if anyone is looking for something in particular. Lots of 80s punk, early 90s grunge, some rare surf records like Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (Kids in the Hall theme), and early 2000s Rock and Folk. I also have a few Metal releases, but I'm not such a big fan of that genre.
Quote from: UglyJoe on May 03, 2012, 06:17:21 pm
Just got my Smashing Pumpkins flexidisc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc)! Can't wait to get my turntable back from the repair shop.
Looks awesome! Too bad flexis generally sound like shit and wear out very quickly, still a really nice find.
Quote from: Phosphora on May 03, 2012, 06:57:20 pm
I have a giant collection of Vinyl if anyone is looking for something in particular. Lots of 80s punk, early 90s grunge, some rare surf records like Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (Kids in the Hall theme), and early 2000s Rock and Folk. I also have a few Metal releases, but I'm not such a big fan of that genre.
If you've got a list of records for sale I'll gladly take a look. ;D The only things that I'm desperately searching for are Dream Theater's first three albums and Wolves In The Throne Room's "Two Hunters". But I'd likely be interested in something...
Quote from: son_ov_hades on May 03, 2012, 07:03:56 pm
If you've got a list of records for sale I'll gladly take a look. ;D The only things that I'm desperately searching for are Dream Theater's first three albums and Wolves In The Throne Room's "Two Hunters". But I'd likely be interested in something...
I don't have any of those, but I'll see if I can type out a list in the coming days. Are you into pirates or just originals? As for 1st editions, I have a good amount of Ween 1st pressings that seem to be quite rare.
I'm not much into bootleg pressings, unless they're of something not officially released(demos, live shows, etc.). But yeah I'll eagerly await that list. :)
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Oh yeah ;D
Finally picked up the turntable from the repair shop. They spent months trying to get a stylus for it, but couldn't get one, so my wife and I decided to just pick it up and look for the stylus ourselves.
We got the turntable from my father in law, and he did have a stylus for it, but it was pretty worn. I popped in the old stylus anyway, went to the thrift store to get some cheap vinyl (mostly classic rock and big band), and tried it out. It's working! I searched for a new stylus on eBay and found one for like $5, so I'm not sure what the deal with the repair shop was. No big deal, though, it's just nice to have it finally working.
Looks like Square will be releasing a vinyl for Final Fantasy:
http://vgmdb.net/album/35035
Any FF fans?
Somewhat. I really only listen to vinyls. I don't have any CD's. All my music is either MP3 or vinyl. My friends joke that if it isn't on vinyl, I don't listen to it. I do have some interesting ones in my collection of over 150, but my iPad is being used at the moment, so I'll take some pics later.
A few items of note are:
-The Motels - Apocalypso. Orange vinyl. Apparently, only 1,500 were made of that particular color
-Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. Anniversary edition with black outer plastic cover.
-Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. 30th Anniversary Edition
My vinyls run the gamut from classic rock, to country, to pop. From Kiss to Katy Perry.
One piece of advice. If anyone lives in Jersey or New York and collect vinyl, check out Princeton Record Exchange. They have a warehouse FULL of vinyl and even carry NEW vinyl releases(yes they are still making them). You can walk in there with $200 and walk out with two full big bags FILLED with LP's!
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on September 09, 2012, 01:35:13 pm
One piece of advice. If anyone lives in Jersey or New York and collect vinyl, check out Princeton Record Exchange.
Yes, fucking yes! I went to The College Of New Jersey, only 15 minutes away from Princeton and I was there all the time. Other people spent what little they had on beer, I spent mine on records. ;D
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 09, 2012, 11:04:43 am
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Oh yeah ;D
I have that record too, I love Men At Work!
I recently scored a 19LP boxset of Richard Wagner's "Der Ring Des Nibelungen", needless to say it might be the most epic thing ever. I've recently thought about getting rid of my video game collection to help fund my ever expanding record collection. :-[ Last count was over 500, shit's getting expensive haha.
I agree, especially for the more popular ones. My general rule of thumb is that I usually wait for the 180gram re-release. Just like I did for the Derek and the Dominoes LP. It generally goes for $20 used, but I waited and got the 180g for $27. Same with ANY Pink Floyd or Beatles LP's. Although I NEED to see if I can get a repro "Butcher Cover". $400 for a legit one is too rich for my blood...
I always prefer original pressings, but if I can get a reissue much cheaper I'll go for it. Most of the expensive records I want are rare small print runs. One day I'll get a copy of Dream Theater's "Awake"...one day. :'(
Awake is a holy grail amongst DT fans, haha.
Bumpin this up because Godspeed You! Black Emperor's new album is up for preorder on 12" + 7". I've listened to it already and I actually really like it. Probably be picking it up somewhat soon!
I've listened to it once through, not sure how I feel about it. ??? The record looks gorgeous though.
I collect Vinyl 33's but mostly 45's because they sound better.