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It's been said before and I still believe it. Record collectors are pretentious assholes. I'm not excluding myself from that assessment, either.
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Some people got problems records won't solve.
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Apr 14, 2012 23:04
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Blendy posted:Just wanted to post I got the Soul Generation today from JohnnyMondo. Looks great, sounds even better. Nice, pretty quick. Clean copy, right?! great record, perfect summertime BBQ soul. I'm going through my storage unit slowly but surely, so I'll keep you updated with soul recs you might like. Leave me some good feedback on discogs! Thanks mane!
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Apr 15, 2012 01:59
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CPL593H posted:It's been said before and I still believe it. Record collectors are pretentious assholes. I'm not excluding myself from that assessment, either. Is there a difference between a record collector and a person than listens to records?
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Apr 15, 2012 02:48
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JohnnyMondo posted:Nice, pretty quick. Clean copy, right?! great record, perfect summertime BBQ soul. Yeah nice and clean. And yeah it got here pretty quick, right on Media Mail. Actually right after I started listening I texted my friend and told him we should have a Soul Grill day. Pot luck dishes and soul records (or loaded ipods) and just grill and listen to soul with people. I'll be bring this record for sure. Already left the feedback! Looking forward to your recs.
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Apr 15, 2012 03:04
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hatelull posted:Is there a difference between a record collector and a person than listens to records? Yeah. Someone who buys albums just to have them or multiple reissues because of slight differences. Henry Rollins did a good article on record collectors.
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Apr 15, 2012 03:14
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WASDF posted:Yeah. Someone who buys albums just to have them or multiple reissues because of slight differences. Henry Rollins did a good article on record collectors. Is that online? Got a link? I'd really like to read it.
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Apr 15, 2012 03:22
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CPL593H posted:It's been said before and I still believe it. Record collectors are pretentious assholes. I'm not excluding myself from that assessment, either.  Here's some stuff I've gotten recently:   Why did I buy these? I hate picture discs. And here's all of my Lips 7"s:  I only need five more.
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Apr 15, 2012 03:47
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hatelull posted:Is there a difference between a record collector and a person than listens to records? I meant record collector as a general term for people who buy them for whatever reason. I consider myself a record collector because I buy lots of them, but it's not for the sake of owning a bunch of records and all their variants. I own them to listen to them. To answer your question more directly, yes I consider someone who hoards records (many of which they'll most likely never play) solely for the purpose of having lots of records to be an entirely different category than myself.
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Apr 15, 2012 05:00
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hatelull posted:Is that online? Got a link? I'd really like to read it. Here ya' go: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/01/henry_rollins_collector_scum.php
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Apr 15, 2012 05:11
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hatelull posted:Is there a difference between a record collector and a person than listens to records? Yes, watch this documentary if you can find it. About half the people here are hoarders, and most of the rest are just straight-up mentally ill.
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Apr 15, 2012 06:29
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Ron Burgundy posted:Yes, watch this documentary if you can find it. About half the people here are hoarders, and most of the rest are just straight-up mentally ill. What emotion is the opposite of suprise? Because that's what I felt when I saw Harvey Pekar's name in the cast list.
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Apr 15, 2012 07:56
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Went to a record fair today and blew a quarter of my paycheck. I also found a dude that will buy my excess Psychic TV records! Stoked on getting Christ: The Album and the first Poison Girls record.
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Apr 15, 2012 08:05
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So I don't have enough Kraut Rock in my collection, and we were in some supposed hipster town in Louisville and I snagged this for 10 bucks. The vinyl itself sounds great. But what is this engraving?  It says AL- 34427-1A and them some weird squiggle that could be anything really, looks like 3 letters, but they're squiggles. And then the back side says BL-34427-1D and those squiggles. Its hard to get a picture of with my phone. Either way, added a little Kraut Rock to my collection. I also snagged a duplicate copy of The Final Cut because the original pressing my dad has from Japan is getting a little worn because I listen the gently caress out of it. RizieN fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Apr 15, 2012 |
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Apr 15, 2012 16:08
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RizieN posted:But what is this engraving? Some "collector" mark his poo poo?
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Apr 15, 2012 16:16
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Just opened up another record, and yes... they do. Hahaha, how have I never noticed this before? I've literally listened to Vinyl Records for the last 20 years and own a couple hundred of them... and just now noticed. Or maybe I did notice before and its just early in the morning for me...
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Apr 15, 2012 16:20
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RizieN posted:But what is this engraving? Some "collector" mark his poo poo? It's a matrix number. They're etched on the lacquer for internal tracking/use by the mastering and pressing plant for internal tracking/record keeping of the stampers. They can also be used to determine which press something is if catalog numbers don't change.
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Apr 15, 2012 16:22
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I kind of feel like I've lost my mind considering all the records I've handled since being a little kid and then just now noticing it... But I guess I just buy my vinyls and listen to them, I rarely inspect them unless the sleeve looks like poo poo and I want to make sure the vinyl will produce a decent sound.
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Apr 15, 2012 16:28
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The Doo Do Chasers posted:Went to a record fair today and blew a quarter of my paycheck. I also found a dude that will buy my excess Psychic TV records! Stoked on getting Christ: The Album and the first Poison Girls record. Was it CHIRP record fair in Chicago? That would be an a amazing coincidence, because I was there and picked up the album of your avatar. Among others.
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Apr 15, 2012 16:31
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RizieN posted:I kind of feel like I've lost my mind considering all the records I've handled since being a little kid and then just now noticing it... I love you man, but yeah it's mind boggling that you didn't know those were there if you've been handling records for 20 years. It's ok though, man, it's about the music, not the labels and etchings:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_DPrSEOEo
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Apr 15, 2012 16:41
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hahaha, I hate the permanence of the internet. Oh well I can laugh at myself  I'm sure I've seen them before, but I just woke up and wanted to listen that vinyl, so I'm blaming sleep & coffee deprivation.
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Blast Fantasto posted:Was it CHIRP record fair in Chicago? That would be an a Haha nah, it was the Night Owl in Portland. For a city that has a million record stores you'd think we would have more than 1 record fair
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Apr 15, 2012 20:56
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RizieN posted:hahaha, I hate the permanence of the internet. Oh well I can laugh at myself Sometimes they leave little messages there too.
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Apr 15, 2012 22:39
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The first message I saw was in the groove for Rancid's Radio Radio Radio EP. On side one, it said "That's a lot of radios." Side 2 said "There's 2 l's in Feeling," referencing a mistake that was made on the sleeve where a song was listed as "Just a Felling." It was the coolest thing ever to my teenage brain.
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Apr 16, 2012 01:50
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Sorry to bring it up again but anyone in Canada want to get me a copy of Death From Above 1979 on RSD?
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Apr 16, 2012 01:53
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Harry Privates posted:Sorry to bring it up again but anyone in Canada want to get me a copy of Death From Above 1979 on RSD? 
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Apr 16, 2012 01:57
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Could that just mean a bigger non-RSD exclusive reissue?
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Apr 16, 2012 02:06
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I think I read somewhere that the release might have been canceled.
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Surfingelectrode posted:I think I read somewhere that the release might have been canceled. Can you dig up where you read it by any chance? I was really excited about this and it was the only thing I was going to try to get on RSD. I couldn't find anything suggesting that it wasn't going to be released and it's still listed on Last Gang's website. LooksLikeABabyRat fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Apr 16, 2012 |
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Can you dig up where you read it by any chance? I was really excited about this and it was the only thing I was going to try to get on RSD. I couldn't find anything suggesting that it wasn't going to be released and it's still listed on Last Gang's website. From some store in Canada: "Also, to many other's disappointment, it is looking as if all or many pressings of the DFA reissue have been canceled for Record Store Day. We, of course, placed orders but have been given no confirmation as to this album even being available for RSD. Thanks for your interest. Edward @ SonicBoomMusic" Edit: Whoops, didn't see it posted above. Surfingelectrode fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Apr 16, 2012 |
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Apr 16, 2012 04:42
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RizieN posted:I kind of feel like I've lost my mind considering all the records I've handled since being a little kid and then just now noticing it... I go a little more crazy when someone says vinyls
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Went to CHIRP and got cut a huuuge deal by my favorite vendor. Pays to have record nerd friends. Ran into a bunch of people with leads on things I want and things I want to sell from my collection, then I turned around and ran into my friend who is a soul collector hitting boxes of 45's from the one legit guy. I say hi, we catch up (haven't seen each other in ages), then he says "man I know you collect punk help this guy out he can't sell this box." ..look through the box and pull out lots of indie, vermiform and powerviolence for 2$/pc that I turn around and sell last night for 50$ a pop. HAPPY TO HELP, SIR. Dude from Hozac got one of the two autographed JT IV records found at CHIRP this year too, ~500$/pop. edit VYNYLZ 
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Apr 16, 2012 14:48
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alg posted:I go a little more crazy when someone says vinyls Well I can buy an album in any format, the main format that you can kind of inspect and visually see if the audio is going to be warped is found on a disc made of vinyl. But CDs can have scratches and you can inspect those too. I mean I know its The Vinyl Thread so obviously I'm not inspecting CDs, but I also I kind of thought it'd be ok to say Vinyl.
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RizieN posted:Well I can buy an album in any format, the main format that you can kind of inspect and visually see if the audio is going to be warped is found on a disc made of vinyl. But CDs can have scratches and you can inspect those too. I mean I know its The Vinyl Thread so obviously I'm not inspecting CDs, but I also I kind of thought it'd be ok to say Vinyl. "Vinyl" is the material. It is grammatically incorrect to pluralize it. You either call them just "vinyl" or "records". That said, it can be hard to keep oneself from saying "vinyls" even if you know it is incorrect.
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Oh, yea I suppose that is annoying. Everyone loving says it though so it's kind of become the normal and I don't even realize I say it. Especially since people tend to just say vinyl instead of record, and you would say records. But in real speech I do say 'I have a lot of vinyl' and don't pluralize it, but I guess I unconsciously must say/type vinyls semi-often... Now its going to be a thing I notice all the loving time.
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RizieN posted:Now its going to be a thing I notice all the loving time. One of us. One of us.
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Ron Burgundy posted:Yes, watch this documentary if you can find it. About half the people here are hoarders, and most of the rest are just straight-up mentally ill. If you haven't seen this, you can watch the full thing online here: http://ww3.tvo.org/video/166862/vinyl (not sure if it's region locked). Pretty scary movie, probably should be a must watch for anyone who collects vinyl. I can see the appeal and challenge of having a huge collection, but at the end of the day it's just stuff. Cleaning out my Grandmother's house after she moved to a retirement home was a good reminder of this, and forced some rethinking of how much crap I want around me. Someday that record collection at Goodwill will be yours.
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Faxbart posted:If you haven't seen this, you can watch the full thing online here: http://ww3.tvo.org/video/166862/vinyl (not sure if it's region locked). Pretty scary movie, probably should be a must watch for anyone who collects vinyl. Someone some day will toss a Jack White album back onto a pile at Goodwill
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The "vinyls" thing never bothers me. I think it's kinda cute even
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Faxbart posted:Cleaning out my Grandmother's house after she moved to a retirement home was a good reminder of this, and forced some rethinking of how much crap I want around me. We're in the process of cleaning out our Grandmother's house after she passed away a couple of months ago. It's frustrating because there's a lot of good stuff there, we just don't know what her wishes for it were. Whether she wanted someone in particular to have certain things, or given to charity or what... I have made it clear to my relatives that I really do not care what happens to my records when I go. I will probably help them out by making a list of the more valuable ones with an estimated price, but the rest can go to landfill for all I care. I am, and will continue to enjoy them during my life, but after that I wouldn't want to burden anyone by making them think that they had to hold on to thousands of records because that's the way I would have wanted it.
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