Buying Vinyl?

I'll add turntablelab to the list. Good for downtempo, new disco, hip hop:

http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/

dustygroove is okay for some stuff but I've really soured on them over the years - their selection can be really spotty, particularly when it comes to stuff I used to rely on them for (like jazz and Brazilian music). They always seem to have some crappy post-peak stuff in stock, but never the canonical works (for ex. check their Coltrane catalog)

and the always entertaining

http://www.anti-naturals.org/swill/maincat.htm (click on 'Reviews' for the lists)

I swear I don't recognize any records listed on both sites you suggested but those surely are some entertaining reviews in there.

Forced Exposure isn't sketchy, they've been around since the '80s

Forced Exposure might not have everything they say they do, but they're very reliable and a quick email to check the stock is simple enough.

FE actually does distribution, don't they?
I've had a few items from orders not be in stock, but they're good about communication and letting you know if things are back.

Wicked. Thank you and sorry, it's just I found it suspicious that none of their items are marked as out of stock, I suppose they erase them from the catalogue when they dont have it. I'm mailing to doublecheck and ordering a couple from there.

Does anyone know a good place to find 'the Zombies' reissues? Are there any reissues at all? I haven't had any luck with these. My father is a crazy Zombies fan and I want to buy him anything I can find.

There are no currently available Zombies reissues on LP.

and Amazon is selling vinyl now too. Kind of strange, maybe.

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I highly doubt this url will work, but hell, even best buy is selling vinyl now

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=ccat02001%23%23-1%23%23-1~~q70726f63657373696e6774696d653a3e313930302d30312d3031~~nf207%7C%7C56494e594c&list=y&nrp=15&sc=musicSP&ks=960&usc=cat02001&sp=&list=y&iht=n&st=processingtime%3A%3E1900-01-01

newbury comics' in-store vinyl section has gotten pretty big lately. not sure how their on-line service is, though.

http://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=103&deptnr=596

A Zombies "Odyssey and The Oracle" re-issue from a couple of years back is still floating around, I believe. The 2LP "Time of the Zombies" compilation is the easiest to find used Zombies record (check ebay)and it contains most everything a Zombies fan would want.

when I was looking at new vinyl in newbury comics the other day I realized I went from buying records for $6-$8 to CDs for $10-$15 and now back to records for $18-$20.

There are no currently available Zombies reissues on LP.

I was expecting this, they should definitely do some sort of special reissue this year. After all 2008 marks the 50th Anniversary of Odessey and Oracle, am I wrong?

A Zombies "Odyssey and The Oracle" re-issue from a couple of years back is still floating around, I believe. The 2LP "Time of the Zombies" compilation is the easiest to find used Zombies record (check ebay)and it contains most everything a Zombies fan would want.

I'm still to find any trustworthy place to sell the odessey reissue. The 'time of the zombies' is in fact available on ebay and at a reasonable price, but damn that is an ugly cover. Did the people selling this actually listened to the zombies before doing the artwork?

I was expecting this, they should definitely do some sort of special reissue this year. After all 2008 marks the 50th Anniversary of Odessey and Oracle, am I wrong?

It's actually the 40th anniversary, my bad.

http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/

great selection + service

I've bought a few LPs from Bullmoose and found them very fast, with cheap shipping to boot. Also when they sent an LP that turned out to be defective I emailed them about it and they just sent out another copy; I didn't have to return the bad copy.

I would just recommend Ebay ... there are a ton of small indie stores that are on there. Some folks charge a bit extra to cover ebay and paypal fees, but you can sometimes contact these places directly and get cheaper off-ebay prices. And these mom-and-pop shops probably need your money more that Insound, Turntablelab, Forced Exposure etc. Or maybe you could just see if your local shop does special orders.

Also, Discogs is great for dance music (especially out-of-print stuff).

I can't stand Gemm with their crappy layout and search function, and Musicstack is only slightly better.

But I do use a lot of the other store/distro sites mentioned above for research purposes. It's great that so many of the big online stores write up reviews and post audioclips.

I wasnt aware Discogs sold vinyls :S

discogs is the means with which independent sellers reach buyers.

gemm is awful for usability but amidst the overpriced crap you can find some deals there sometimes

i have gotten many a good deal on gemm and musicstack, and also found stuff there i've never seen on ebay. don't discount them out of hand...

Did an update to our mailorder catalog this morning.
http://academymailorder.blogspot.com/

Full list:
http://academymailorder.blogspot.com/2008/08/currently-available.html

vinyl vs cd. which keeps its value better?

vinyl, no question.

that is, for an example, you buy a cd for twelve bucks and you'll be lucky to get one or two for it if/when you decide you're done with it. some CDs gain value, or maintain their value, but the vast majority don't. OTOH, say I buy a record on ebay for $50, chances are that if/when I decide to sell it, i'll be able to get about the same as what i paid. this is in my experience.

^yeah i just dropped $25 on a mint orig press of "wonderwall music" by george harrison, was just curious basically but i'm sure i can ebay it later for that if not more if i get sick of it.

the thing is though that you spend £40 on a first pressing of are you experienced and then you never want to play it in fear of the value going down by you wearing it out.

aw, that's silly. if you know how to take care of an LP you should be able to play it hundreds of times without any noticeable damage to it. so long as your needle isn't damaged or blunted, the act of playing an LP doesn't do much to "wear it out."

Since 9 of the 15 items I ordered on Forced Exposure aren't in (for reference sake, they're techno 12"s from 06 and 07, stuff like Achso, Full Clip, and stuff on labels like Bar25 and Oslo). I want these records, would like to get the other stuff I ordered in like a month from now. Is there even a chance these records will ever be in stock again (I asked in an email they said they don't know when they'd be in)? Will they just hold my order forever?

It'd be wise to email them asking for their stocks before placing any orders. That's the first thing I did after I saw a vinyl I was looking for everywhere ('Lali Puna's Scary world theory') and that was supposedly available on Forced Exposure. Then I learnt they don't have any 'out of stock' Lps over there.

Prolly you should ask for a refund on those 9 Lps.

FE usually tells you they can't get what you want and offers to send what they can get. You shouldn't get charged for anything that's not in stock. I would tell them to just send what they have and ask if they can notify you on any of the other stuff if it happens to become available (and I would not be optimistic).

Well, I emailed them, and told them to hold it for about 3 weeks and then send my order but replacing the not in stock items with a bunch of other stuff that's definitely in stock. They shouldn't be charging me for those 9, unless somehow they all come in in the next while, but that's unfortunately doubtful.

It's disappointing though, because out of nowhere I suddenly had access to all these gems I missed out on and have been kicking myself since. You can't just play with someones emotions like that!

that happened to me all the time--seeing stuff in stores, passing it up because it's on order at FE, never materializes. they need some kind of 'in-stock/remaining copies' thing on their website!

Might as well bump thread. Anyone happens to know where can I get the LP version of "bavarian fruit bread" by Hope Sandoval?

I might know where, do you have an e-mail?

motelmoka(at)gmail.com

Hello fellows.

The web-store for Academy Records NYC is now up & working. The catalog is limited to about 300 items right now, but we're adding things every day. You can check it out & browse by genre (also searchable!) at www.academyannex.com

The catalog is all vinyl. Sorry for the self-promotion, but I've spent the last few weeks getting this shit together and am pretty psyched that it's operational.

xoxo
IJ

King Tubby : African Love Dub
Clocktower reissue

Price: $110.00

Wau! I will sell my copy for $100

hey ian nice job on that!

cool ian i will check that out.

btw. i have had a falling out with a certain local record store.

i will be pretty covered on most stuff, jazz, classic rock, folk, more mainstream indie stuff...however, is there any good place online to order new LPs...um...like say something like Blank Dogs or bands in that general realm?

any advice would be appreciated. thanks

M@tt, this is bad news because now that my record player is back up and running, i was going to ask you where you were buying stuff.

oops lol that's a typo. (re: king tubby)

matt we carry lots of blank dogs & related marchandise, though none of it is on the website yet. e-mail yer wants to academymailor✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ and me or arturo will take care of you.

errr. academy mail order at gmail dot come no spaces.

when I click on store, I get directions.

is it a wordpress blog? there's a great plugin you could use for audio samples that I use on the Acute site.

M@tt, this is bad news because now that my record player is back up and running, i was going to ask you where you were buying stuff.

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i totally endorse roadrunner, eclipse, hymies, even electric fetus and cheap have a lot of stuff.

i am pretty much done w/tr33h0use so there's just a small niche of more obscure indie/punk stuff that sort of isn't covered by those places...

but most of the stuff you need you can get at the places i mentioned.

and honestly i shouldn't discourage you from shopping at a local business even though i just happen to personally hate the owner, tr33house is a good store.

yeah it's a wordpress blog.

click on genres to get to the store--i dunno what's fucked up with the image map.

thank u guyss for helping me fix errors.

actually, clicking on "Store" on firefox here seems to take me to the store's display of recently added items...

the two things up on your site look real intriguing ian : )

that's awesome. Leonhardt's Bach harpsichord recordings are indeed transcendent

holy shit, yes! i have that same box! amazing

also, #onethread, try switching it up later tonight or tomorrow with this extremely glittery harpsichord-adjacent Catherine Christer Hennix keyboard interface composition:

https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/solo-for-tamburium

RSD release of Live Under a Blood Red Sky, which is retailing for $54.99.

i saw this...wtf, this is barely a full album's worth of music

budo jeru, I'm liking that Hennix quite a bit.

we are having kind of a joyous Hennix celebration across multiple threads at the moment!

Yeah budo, thanks for the Hennix rec (you had me at "harpsichord-adjacent" lol). About 10 minutes into it and I'm flying.

Also awesome that you have the Walcha WTC box. Desert island material for me.

i meant the Leonhardt box actually!

but i will definitely check out the Walcha recording

Oh sorry. The Leonhardt is just as awesome! I also love the cover design on that box, really suits the dark gothic vibe of the music.

I'm just gonna buy them both ;)

and yes, old used classical vinyl is absolutely one of the best bangs for your buck in terms of value for money

I love this thing:
https://www.discogs.com/release/4340406-Sibelius-Okko-Kamu-Herbert-von-Karajan-Gerhard-Stempnik-Radion-Sinfoniaorkesteri-Berliner-Philharmon

I'm just gonna buy them both ;)

This is the way.

Been meaning to get some Sibelius and that set looks lovely

I also wonder if/when the general shoddiness of new pressings is going to catch up with them

my new vinyl buying has dwindled to a trickle (those prices!) but the few i do pick up have been surprisingly/happily free of issues bar the occasional bit of distortion (grrr the reissue of ptah the el daoud notably), def not as bad as some of the rubbish pressings i have from the 2010s era looking at you 4mwb.

re classical scores: my shelves are BULGING with cheap & amazing classical lps... will forever bless the day i lucked into a mint copy of this for the equivalent of about 5 us dollars!

I picked up this from a National Trust shop the other day, unplayed and sounds amazing and has a lovely booklet as part of the box set:
https://www.discogs.com/release/10359578-Klemperer-Wagner-The-Philharmonia-Orchestra-Klemperer-Conducts-Wagner

I remember NickB provided some tips about what to look out for when buying second-hand classical vinyl, I will try to look those out and re-post

My main interest in classical vinyl is the 60s/70s avant stuff like Stockhausen and Xenakis, unfortunately the prices on those sets went through the roof years ago.

This is definitely one of the tricks to still enjoying collecting records - find stuff the general public don't want lol. Classical records are so plentiful and cheap at pretty much every store. There are a bunch of genres like that, too. I collect local country/folk/country rock records from the 70s and yeah there are the whales that command some money but so much is available for under $10. Many of them are miserable but sifting through is part of the whole thing, really.

xp no lime tangier, that Messiaen box looks incredible. I had no idea he recorded his own organ works! I'll have to track that down at some point, though I'm sure I'll have to pay a bit more than $5...

Another recent classical vinyl epiphany: Quartetto Italiano's 1965 recording of Debussy and Ravel's String Quartets on Philips (early Netherlands pressing). They're best versions I've heard of those magical quartets with surprisingly great fidelity for 1965; the recording sounds like it could have been made yesterday.

My main interest in classical vinyl is the 60s/70s avant stuff like Stockhausen and Xenakis, unfortunately the prices on those sets went through the roof years ago.

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it's been my experience that a lot of this can still be had for under $10!

xp*They're the best, that is

xp budo jeru Yeah I feel like almost every record store I've visited recently has a copy of this pressing of Xenakis's Metastasis / Pithoprakta / Eonta for under $10. But it's true the rarer Stockhausen, Xenakis, et al. pressings can be outrageously expensive.

I actually have had my eyes on a nice $45 copy of Stockhausen's Hymnen (mid-70s Deutsche Grammophon reissue) at a local shop for a while, but every time I go I find something cheaper that excites me even more.