result.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
mark e OTM, CDs are the new LPs, but don't tell anybody
― sleeve, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
i love CDs.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
perfect sound forever
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
I went to the record shop last week and ignored all their hip heavyweight vinyl at £30 a pop (actually quite a lot of pops and crackles for your £30 amirite) and came home with an armful of £1 90s and early-00s CDs instead. hurrah!
although I wonder if the tide is turning, the record shop's new release CDs were not as cheap or as hidden away as previously, plus I was at an all-dayer recently and went to buy an album from the merch desk (Taman Shud if anyone cares, prob not) and they'd run out of CDs and only had vinyl left, even though the vinyl came with a free CD
but I still didn't buy the LP+CD bcz it cost slightly more and was inconvenient for the bus home
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
I scored 4 for $10 the other day including the Modern Lovers "Songs Of Remembrance", a CD boot on the Punk Vault label so rare it isn't even on Discogs
I think the word is getting out, better buy now
I am so so grateful that I had some spare money 10 years ago and relentlessly filled in all of my vinyl gaps and upgrades with VG+ $5 Beatles LPs and the like
― sleeve, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
The only problem with cds is the good music is rarely on it
― saer, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Shopping for used vinyl is depressing--I was one of the big reputable shops here a couple months ago, and they had multiple copies of Rumours starting at $15--RUMOURS!!! I didn't inspect further, but I'm sure they weren't all vintage half-speed remasters or anything.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, December 10, 2015 3:50 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i do too! i also love the irony of a guy who sells vinyl for a living making this observation. (i don't mean that as a dig; it's an admirable irony!)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
What town is that?
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&limit=25&master_id=38722&ev=mb&format=Vinyl
― saer, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link
What town is that?http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&limit=25&master_id=38722&ev=mb&format=Vinyl― saer, Thursday, December 10, 2015 4:08 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― saer, Thursday, December 10, 2015 4:08 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Man, look at all these rumours, surroundin' me every day....
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link
We sell NM Rumours for $10
Because they sell NM Rumours for $25 and up in L.A. and dudes were buying us out and selling them in their stores.
― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
XPS Houston. I should go back and check on them...perhaps they really were old audiophile editions.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
shit.my cheapskate cd glory times were bound to end at some point.hey ho.fact is, i have way too many silver discs as it is.thankfully it matters not if my needle needs a tweak/recalibration etcso far i have only worn out one internal cd disc drive, and external replacements are pocket money level replacements.long live silver discs.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c4/ee/36/c4ee36ea5ca825ee10ff44ad7daf4581.jpg
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
GOTT PUNCH where's your store?
i can't find cheap fleetwood mac anymore, though i got lucky with a sweet 2 dollar copy of Tango in the Night a few months back.
― nomar, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
shops even sell old tapes for £5-10 now
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
rumours sounds great on CD. you can get it for $7 at amazon! and yeah, oddly, the mp3s there cost more.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
I recently stocked up on the first five Byrds albums on CD with bonus tracks for less than $40.
― Austin, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
yeah! on a similar tip, there are a bunch of tom petty CDs on amazon currently for under $5 if that's what you're into. not sure whether petty's vinyl prices have soared though.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
Up until they cut their stock back recently, I could go to Fry's and get almost the whole Byrds catalogue for under $50.
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
This was about £15 when it first came out http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Album-Collection-Byrds/dp/B005APT8A8/
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
thats the boxset i have.it is bloody briliant.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
it is
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
Those Original Albums Classics and artist album box collections are music in crack rock form. They seem to be really cheap buying from UK and Germany in the US via Amazon marketplace. I've gotten a boodle of those over the past 5 years or so. I got a bunch of soul albums on CD that way, but they have done those collections with all sorts of artists.
― earlnash, Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:09 (eight years ago) link
I started this one!: Hey Physical Media Lovers! Original Album Classics, Original Album Series (Budget Mini-LP Album Box Sets): Search & Destroy
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link
One of the funniest things about buying records before the latest wave hit was how much really great stuff you could get for $1. Anything that was a hit in the 80s, and anything that was a mega-hit or was massively oversold in the 70s, all that stuff was a buck forever. Bargains are thin on the ground right now, but I'm seeing signs we're in for a bonanza of brand-new stuff at massive discounts like it was in the early 90s: piles and piles of record store day fodder for $5, last year's darlings for $10... I'm saving my $ for when it all comes a-crashing down. I live in a not-hip city of a million people & we have 9 full-service record stores (i.e. Not counting the HMVs or the Urban Outfitters). Something's got to give.
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 11 December 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
maria recently brought home a new record from urban outfitters that was originally priced at $30 for...$2.99. there is way too much stuff out there.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 December 2015 00:54 (eight years ago) link
Shopping for used vinyl is depressing--I was one of the big reputable shops here a couple months ago, and they had multiple copies of Rumours starting at $15--RUMOURS!!!
That is whack.
We (by which I mean people who didn't grow up with vinyl) all started out as stupid vinyl newbies at some point but my mistakes were for $1.99 or $2.99, not $15...
― skip, Friday, 11 December 2015 02:55 (eight years ago) link
How hilarious would it be if the represses at Urban Outfitters end up being less expensive than VG copies of the originals at Goodwill.
― skip, Friday, 11 December 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
That would be a right and just world.
― Austin, Friday, 11 December 2015 03:48 (eight years ago) link
gonna start shopping at UO. Thanks, Maria.
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 11 December 2015 04:30 (eight years ago) link
In a few years there's going to be a lot of cheap second hand vinyl and much better charity shop stock as people ditch their records. All the old people still buying vinyl (like myself) will hang onto it forever, but a lot of the youngsters buying £25 reissues from Urban Outfitters will be looking to offload it as soon as they move into their first proper homes.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 December 2015 10:18 (eight years ago) link
stupid vinyl newbies at some point but my mistakes were for $1.99 or $2.99,
whats a mistake at 2.99?
youngsters buying £25 reissues from Urban Outfitters will be looking to offload it as soon as they move into their first proper homes.
how many records do UO stock though? I didnt think this was a particularly wide range? arent these the kinds of records which are £3 on discogs anyway, right now?
― saer, Friday, 11 December 2015 10:33 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I dunno, they sell a fair bit of "classics" and then hip contemporary stuff. Nothing obscure or anything. But, I mean, you've got young bastards buying all kinds of stuff from all different places who won't necessarily cling on to it forever. just generally, buying second-hand vinyl became a pain in the ass a while ago because everyone who was gonna get rid of their records had done so, and the resurgence of the format's popularity pushed prices up. There is just absolutely nothing of any worth in any charity shop across the land right now, no value to be had anywhere. Assuming this craze doesn't last forever, I'm kinda hopeful this will change.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 December 2015 12:01 (eight years ago) link
Well, you know, there are still lots of great records out there that are cheap on discogs. And as for in second hand or charity shops that just takes a bit of digging. I found some MBG records in a church hall in Accrington last year for under pound. I bought some other records I had no idea what they were. Most of them were unpleasant so I gave them to another charity shop. Buy it on discogs and its poor, sell it on discogs. Buy it in a charity shop and its poor, give it to another charity shop. Aim for a serene feeling
― saer, Friday, 11 December 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I've def heard of friends getting insane deals on nice reissues at the cutout bin at Urban Outfitters
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 December 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link
last time i was in UO (specifically looking for said deals!) all i could find was $27 reissues of Rumours. :'(
― tylerw, Friday, 11 December 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
Well, you have to find the sale bin. However 10-20% chance of finding anything good in my experience.
― Evan, Friday, 11 December 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
this is what i'm willing to spend 30 dollars on in 2015. got so much great stuff at the record show last saturday. been looking for a clean IRL copy of this record since....1992?
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12294789_10154376707042137_2357588617493357690_n.jpg?oh=1a329a8a737cbd33c8fa61ce0167edc3&oe=56D97F30
― scott seward, Friday, 11 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
you can get them cheaper in ebay auctions sometimes, but i always forget to bid on stuff these days. or i forget to bid again. or whatever. i just wanted to see one in front of me. only took 20+ years. i'm patient.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 December 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
There is just absolutely nothing of any worth in any charity shop across the land right now, no value to be had anywhere.
i disagree - it is out there but you've got to have quite diverse tastes and even then the half-decent stuff doesn't hang around for long, so it comes down to persistence/timing/luck/taking a chance on random stuff
― ghosted monk: new gaz in the 'combs (NickB), Friday, 11 December 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
things i picked up at a charity shop today, all for £1 each. nothing really that great tbh (probably total garbage to anyone else), but enough fun looking stuff to make it feel like it was worth bunking off work for:
Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz 12" (classic brit disco funk)Club House - Do It Again / Billie Jean 12" (immense obv)Black Beat Niks - One Day At A Time 12" (not sure but it's 2002 and on Champion so, um, garage right?)Marcia Raven - I Like Plastic 12" (hi-nrg iirc, couldn't resist that title though)V/A - The Fantastic Sound of Philidelphia compMarvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (v. clean shiny vinyl but no sleeve, but normally you find trashed copies of this in okay sleeves so...)Wilhelm Kempf - Schumann: Fantasia in C Major (on Deutsche Grammophon, still shrinkwrapped and with a Harrods(!) price tag)Randy Newman - Trouble In Paradise (i know i'll probably hate this but it was v. minty so what the hell)
― ghosted monk: new gaz in the 'combs (NickB), Friday, 11 December 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
On/Off Topic: When did Sundazed jack up their prices? I just checked into their online store because their doing a 20% off sale, and all their single LP's list for $25 now. It wasn't long ago they were $18 (and yes, that means the new sale price is still higher than the old list).
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Wow I hadn't noticed that re: Sundazed. That's a bit ridiculous, even considering the massive vinyl bubble.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Superior Viaduct's pricing seems to have increased as well, based on the cost of those new Illitch reissues
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
http://www.laweekly.com/music/why-ive-fallen-out-of-love-with-shopping-for-vinyl-6378229
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
wait, records were cheaper in the 90's? no way!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
You could buy 5 worn sleeved Bowie's then for price of one today.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
totally. but nobody wanted records in the 90's! other than the kind of freaks who always want records. and some indie/punk people.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link