xp kickstarter to press a record
― brendon urine (diamonddave85), Thursday, 12 April 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
i remember multiple copies of that Dead Man soundtrack too. oof...
oof indeed. this was my holy grail record til i bought a bootleg now i'm cool
― brendon urine (diamonddave85), Thursday, 12 April 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
Quality control on some domestic 90s Major Label vinyl was pretty iffy. I think I've told this story on here before (maybe even upthread?), but I remember my sister picking Stevie Ray Vaughan's The Sky Is Crying on vinyl (IIRC, it was his last LP to be released on vinyl stateside) on release day in '91. Back home on the turntable the record skipped numerous times, even after changing needles. She took it back the next day to exchange for another copy, but the clerk went through a few others off the rack on their system and they were all fucked the same way.
Fast Forward about 20 years: I'm in another record store with my sister, and we see them attempting to sell a couple sealed The Sky Is Cryings for $75-100* apeice. We look at each other all like "Somebody's gonna get screwed here."
*Checking discogs now, and the cheapest copy from an American dealer is a $60 used VG+ edition.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 April 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
poor seller doesnt realize he's actually selling mint dogpile
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 April 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
I've got a bunch of vinyl from that early-to-mid 90s period (Kyuss, various hip-hop rand records, death metal) and the quality is certainly patchy. My copy of Sky Valley sounds heartbreakingly thin and weedy.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
No idea what hip-hop rand records was supposed to be. A South African niche, obvs.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
I have to say my OG copy of Nevermind, purchased week of release, when I was 16, still sounds heavenly.
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Saturday, 14 April 2018 14:47 (six years ago) link
That rules. I have an OG copy that sounds splendid as well.
― brimstead, Saturday, 14 April 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
super jealous of yall. my og cd is no doubt scratched to hell in a landfill somewhere with the liner notes & packaging in another landfill and the plastic case long since shattered into a million fragments.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 April 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
my OG CD sounds better than the remaster imo, but it still doesn't have "Endless, Nameless" :(
― like æ duce says, smell my anvil vapre (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 14 April 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
woah, there were CDs without Endless Nameless?
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Saturday, 14 April 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
First 50,000 iirc
― like æ duce says, smell my anvil vapre (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 14 April 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
Yeah, theoretically quite valuable.
My 'In Utero' doesn't have that rubbing alcohol track, but hey its rub.
― Mark G, Sunday, 15 April 2018 10:18 (six years ago) link
It’s prolly not valuable (there’s 50,000 of them) but it’s cool to have,
― like æ duce says, smell my anvil vapre (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 15 April 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
I got the same when I bought it back then, no bonus track. Not valuable though
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 15 April 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
I'm always prattling on about this, but the Mobile Fidelity CD of Nevermind sounds amazing.
― brimstead, Sunday, 15 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/trntbl-wireless-turntable-review-2018-3
VNYL is back with a new TRNTBL
― omar little, Saturday, 19 May 2018 07:42 (five years ago) link
While it calls itself "wireless," technically this term solely refers to the fact that you don't need to mess with analog cables or outputs in order to connect to a speaker. You do still need to plug a cord into the wall to power your turntable.
https://media1.tenor.com/images/87c2a55f05fe4fa12b4730d7201f0f09/tenor.gif?itemid=4384766
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 May 2018 08:23 (five years ago) link
Saw these photos on Twitter, laughed really hard.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfLHv27X0AAIiv8.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfLHv2zX4AAAoVZ.jpg
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 10 June 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
I don't even know what I'm looking at.
They're using pants hangers to store their records?
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
as a bonus, now you can store all your folded up shirts and pants in your suddenly wide open record shelves
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
In a shower stall, no less? (xp)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
(Sorry, guess it’s just a closet; the rod threw me for a sec)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Looks like a lifehack invented by someone that's running out of ideas for lifehacks.
― Evan, Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
S O A E S T H E T I C
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
I was actually legit wondering why they didn't hang them with the spines facing out, but then I realized that makes sense and this person is a total fucking lunatic.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
kinda cringing at what those clips are doing to the record jackets
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
any adult that has balloons up as a decorative feature needs to have a long hard think about where their life is heading.
― mark e, Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
They look like thrift store records, who cares?
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
Also I'm pretty sure those balloons have the logo of Mind, the mental health charity on them. So possibly actually a charity shop. I mean, I still think it's a terrible terrible idea, but...
― emil.y, Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
yeah this is a classic uk charity shop move, pretty sure I saw this in norwich or nottingham or some other place beginning with NO
― my old man’s a wasteman (NickB), Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
appropriately enough
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
gotta be honest, that's a lot better than how some thrift stores treat their LP section.
― omar little, Sunday, 10 June 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fVNbWOZ.jpg
― 龜, Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
Brutal
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
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