Shady scams and other silly business ideas to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors

VNYL and their special turntable might be scams designed to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors, but there's nothing stupid about describing turntables as intimidating. They're a lot more delicate and complicated than digital music players. You have to make sure you've got your tonearm counterbalanced and your cartridge properly aligned etc. etc. or you might damage your records. Of course that's intimidating. You never had to worry about iTunes messing up your MP3s.

― JRN, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 2:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

FYI literally hundreds of millions of people throughout history have used turntables with very little trouble

i mean, is a bicycle intimidating? to a three-year-old, possibly.

that said, it's all relative, right? my mom would have no idea how to use an iPod. it's actually kind of tricky to turn on, turn off, figure out how to scroll through a collection, etc. if you haven't spent most of your life using GUIs.

In a tangentially related moment, Barnes and Noble is now featuring a $150 single speaker tabletop radio in their stores.

i mean, is a bicycle intimidating? to a three-year-old, possibly.

― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 10:59 PM

Bikes are usually intimidating the first time you try to ride one.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--13TFAQTi--/18ln3lx994ethjpg.jpg

https://www.chestergroup.org/stylusvinylshow/2016

there will be something for everyone no matter what their relationship with vinyl.
What's there for the 99.8% of people who don't give a shit about it?

popsicles

*998 people standing around eating Popsicles while 2 nerds go ape on the record bins*

99.8% is probably low.

TBF, if this show were designed that way, it would be called FREEZUS
And would probably have stood a better chance

your cynicism is refreshing and edgy

with my luck one of the members of death cab for cutie would send me a fugazi record. or the other way around.

― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2016 16:16 (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This guy did Steady Diet of Nothing for April...

http://keepersrecordclub.com/img/artists/twwalsh_500.jpg

Steady Diet is a great and overlooked Fugazi record

#VNYL strikes again with a heinous video ad on my Facebook feed. "Only VNYL curates based on your Spotify. All you need is an invite" (ambiguous hand emoji) - say it ain't so, Glenn!

Woman in video is rapturously embracing a fresh #VNYL copy of something called Blue Neighbourhood, which Wikipedia tells me was released December 2015 but which this woman is referring to as "one of my favorite albums ever - they know me so well." "3 new vinyls per month" sez the caption. I was thinking maybe they'd run out of England Dan and John Ford Coley albums but now I think maybe they've changed the model? It's $39/month, up from $25 last year... did the local thrift stores all ban them? Are they now getting unwanted no-name releases on the cheap and shipping them back out in random combinations supposedly keyed to your Spotify listening?

Haha ffs. Vnyl def a top 3 scam itt

$40 per month! sorry, I mnth

mnth is what a mnt to sy

This just opened near where I'm living. https://vinylarecordstore.com.au/

Fucking hate the aesthetic

' vinyl. '

All new pressings. I guess they think that's a selling point.

holy shit at those prices. $45 for 2009 kraftwerk reissues?!

Aus $

VNYL four capital letters

oh okay. well that still seems high! but i guess the cost of importing must factor in.

My Aussie friends say imported vinyl is very high. Cost of shipping is extortionate so ordering direct isn't an option.

Not quite getting what this is, exactly, but it probably belongs here: http://repress.qrates.com

my Crosley died. well its not dead but it is playing slower and slower. yesterday i tried fixing it and got it working for w minute. was testing Led Zeppelin II cos "Whole Lotta Love" is in E. anyone the record player soon slowed down again, and was playing a whole tone flat, in D. opened it up and tried again and now it plays the song in C#!

so yeah i got to get a new record player. ive been to a million thrift and antique stores and it seems like the old ones are vanishing.a

get a philips 212. there's some on ebay and they sound ridiculously awesome for the price. i am literally in love with mine.

Adam have you checked out estatesales.net?

wow that site is amazing thanks

http://www.stylusvinyl.com/

"Enjoy classic albums on vinyl paired with great wine: a curated experience delivered to your door."

Loooooooooool

http://traxnwax.com/

"Trax & Wax is the first vinyl subscription service focused on Dance Music."

A magazine featuring listening and tasting notes

"take a sip at every D augmented seventh chord"

am sure you get some cool things with trax & wax, but this is all such a weird way to buy music

Stylus Vinyl has to be someone from ILX

here's Hurd, a "vinyl and craft drinks subscription"

weird name for a UK company whose prospective audience may partly be able to recall the 1990s Tory govt but OK

their first release is by a band called Trudy & The Romance who feature no women, called Trudy or otherwise

kindest thing to say about it is probably that it's just somewhat, rather than insanely, overpriced

Not quite getting what this is, exactly, but it probably belongs here: http://repress.qrates.com

if i'm reading this right they'll straight up bootleg anything?! wtf

"QRATES gives artists, labels and brands the tools..."

It's aimed at artists and labels, not just random people. How much checking they do is open to question though.

"One of 2007’s most critically lauded albums, Person Pitch is the Record of the Month at Vinyl Me, Please. Get this special edition 10th anniversary edition with plans starting at $23."

"plans"!!!

http://www.colonytitle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/home-loan-documents.jpg

better get that credit score up!

All you need to do is sit through this 4 hour listening session of unsigned bands and we'll send you home with 6 180 gram LPs.

Did not know this was a thing: http://www.vinylvac.net

It's basically like the arm in a VPI cleaning machine, it looks like. If it works it's not a terrible idea, maybe used in conjunction with a Spin Clean or something, it's like a VPI for $110 instead of $600+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bchFnudYu5U

nice juxtaposition of nina simone and artisan privilege everything going on in this video

I love this thread, now whenever I go to the thrift store I try to design the world's most unoriginal vinyl set based on the lps that never seem to leave the shelves. So far it's:

Judy Collins - Hard times for lovers
Andy Williams - anything
Anne Murray - anything
Barbra Streisand - Guilty
Firestone xmas

Honorable mention: west side story ost

"Every month, you'll receive one of these classic LPS that collectors the world over know at a glance!"

haha do we have a "in every thrift store vinyl bin ever" thread?