this store has trouble with math
"i want 7 records."
"that'll be $56. but if you let us give you a dollar, we'll let you take 4 more records on the house."
"uh--"
"don't ask questions, pal."
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 1 July 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
You can see some of the other treasures here https://www.yelp.com/biz/records-new-york-new-york
― 龜, Sunday, 1 July 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
Specialties:
We sell second-hand vinyls.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
The fact that they are featuring ubiquitous dollar bin world champions Chuck Mangione and Joan Baez records in the window, and the fact that this store is in NYC, makes me think this is maybe some kind of elaborate art prank.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
all too real
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
"IT'S JUST A PRANK, BRO!"
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 1 July 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
makes me think the dump won't let them bring in any more albums and they have to get rid of them somehow
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 July 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
Their website has a link for "records we have" which actually takes you to a Discogs page which shows just about all of those records selling for way less than $10 a piece elsewhere.
― Ex Slacker, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
https://watape.com/
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
good god
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:09 (five years ago) link
lol
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
that is straight-up insanity
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
years ago i recorded a band and we did the tracking on computer and at the end ran it through someone's reel to reel for a mastering pass to get the tape compression and sort of pre-master the song. its kind of a common technique.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
ripoff that they only send you a 16 bit CD quality WAV tho
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
legowelt does this for his own music with cassette. go to 16:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCxBVu1-sE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
yeah, people do this. I wonder how often they replace the tape, though.
― scopin' VARs (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
CD-quality seems scammy, though. Can't imagine people only or mostly do it as a final step. I guess it depends on pricing. Maybe it's fairly cheap and intended for home recordists. I'm sure Jack White has his own steam powered tape machine to use.
― Impossible Burgermeat. Unlikely Seitan. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
i did it with a VHS once. sounded really cool. that's some thick tape.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
dear god. the vinyl movie sdtk reissue industrial complex has found a new revenue stream. pic.twitter.com/ZPQNj9WUSA— Bruce Levenstein (@BruceLevenstein) July 12, 2018
― 龜, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Oh man. That is fantastically tragic.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Friday, 13 July 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
https://corporate.hallmark.com/news-article/hallmark-introduces-first-ever-vinyl-record-greeting-cards/
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
It's just a reissue of a 45 with a godawful pun printed on the sleeve.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Brand new vinyl is one of this decade's biggest confidence tricks. pic.twitter.com/KXAPhZjBhQ— Billy Bell (@Billy_Bell99) September 16, 2018
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
holy shiiiiiiiit
remember when vinyl was cheap? that was cool.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
jeez
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
my local thrift store is now pricing anything on Deutsche Grammophon for $3.99, it's the end times
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
my wife comments: "is this his retirement plan or some shit like that?"
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
(re: McCartney)
But thanks to the economy of scale isn't vinyl much more expensive to produce?
― canary christ (stevie), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Than it used to be. I mean, obvs labels and stores are also trying to make £££s off the only music people actually pay for anymore.
It is, but small labels still manage to sell LPs for under £10 on much smaller pressings than Paul Mcfuckingcartney, so this is still a massive rip off
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
I had dinner at Cracker Barrel last night, and in the shop they have a line of "exclusive" picture discs, including the Walk The Line soundtrack.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
Holy shit, I'm standing in a Movie Exchange (what CD Warehouse turned into) which carries used vinyl now. The one closer to me has a totally random selection stuff all priced at $3.99 a title, but this "Flagship" location has a bunch of popular titles at the hugest gouging prices I've ever seen.
For example, not one but two used 2003 reissues of Dark Side of The Moon for $69 apiece.
And as a further obscenity, a vintage copy of Songs In The Key Of Life with both records and the EP but no book and there's a full split bottom seam on the back cover could be yours for a cool $100!
I'm about to barf.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
This price only available for the next 05:32 minutes!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
jfc
― sleeve, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
Actually, that’s not a terrible price for the 03 DSOTM. It’s pretty widely esteemed by the Hoffman nerds as being the closest you’ll get to an original pressing - and more likely to not be crackly. You can find em a bit cheaper on Discogs but not much - & likely by the time you factor in shipping... but that Key of Life price is donkulous.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
Maybe the Stevie is a HOT STAMPER.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 November 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
it sure ain't the NICE PRICE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 November 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
so I'm trying VNYL now on a lark, I realize they're legit now. i'm on the one record a month plan, set to #curate.
will need to be restrained if I get Bobby Caldwell record
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 July 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
what have you gotten so far?
― sleeve, Sunday, 19 July 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
Nothin yet. Waiting for my first.
My Spotify is full of 80s power ballads which might put them on the wrong scent
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 July 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
Err, good luck with that! https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/vnyl.org
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 19 July 2020 07:51 (three years ago) link
will need to be restrained if I get Bobby Caldwell record― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, July 18, 2020 6:34 PM
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Saturday, July 18, 2020 6:34 PM
what the hell's wrong with bobby caldwell?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 20 July 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
not exactly my thing, esp if they look at my playlists and my custom written "tastes"
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 July 2020 03:54 (three years ago) link
just joshin. looking forward to your updates on how it goes.
but jeez, that link that mike posted isn't too encouraging, is it? what are they doing?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 20 July 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
sounds like they're just really slow. i'm guessing I'll last one delivery on this thing cos I'm impatient as fuck, lol
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Monday, 20 July 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
Be prepared to receive the careful selections your blind grandma might pick out if you asked her to grab an LP for you while she happened to be at Goodwill shopping for nightstand doilies.
― Evan, Monday, 20 July 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
I just got rid of a bunch of crap that came with some curbside records. If you like throwing money away, you could have sent it to me and I could mail you a Mantovani or Ray Conniff record every month for a very long time.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Monday, 20 July 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
VYNL is hoping to take advantage of the popular trend of getting cool points to be among the first to reevaluate some bland popular hit artist of the past and/or novelty record as "actually really good" via thinkpiece or tweet.
― Evan, Monday, 20 July 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
― Evan, Monday, July 20, 2020 11:14 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
To expand on this, I wonder if VNYL ever shipped anyone an old calendar by accident. Understandable mistake when you're just mindlessly pulling things out of bins without looking, then packing and shipping.
― Evan, Monday, 20 July 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link