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I don’t even like shopping in record stores. I only really enjoy thrift shops and yard sales. My record collection is terrible.
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Mar 23, 2019 00:20
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kingcobweb posted:
I consider Bananas Music in St. Pete, Florida a "large" record store (they boast something like 30,000 records for sale across two locations), and in that regard being large means they have so many copies of used records that they wind up in the $3 bin where I'd see the same records typically go for $10-$20 elsewhere. One example I can distinctly recall is Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life." I used to see multiple copies of that in the $3 bin, but everywhere else I've found it was $15 at least. I recall reading an article about the owners, and they apparently have a warehouse lot filled with boxes of records they bought in the 1990s that they haven't even touched since then. They slowly go through them and occasionally find rare poo poo that they'll put out at a reasonable price. They once found a bunch of the infamous Mom's Apple Pie record with the uncensored cover art -- still sealed -- while another time they found a box full of Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters. They all went up on the shelf for like, 12 bucks. The sheer quantity of records they have can be a bit daunting, but if you have the time, especially if you can make multiple trips, that place is totally worth it. Their new record selection is admittedly not nearly as impressive, but St. Pete is a town with at least three amazing record stores all within a 10-minute drive of each other, so you're covered pretty well. It's probably the biggest thing I miss about living in Florida.
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Mar 23, 2019 00:22
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BigFactory posted:I don’t even like shopping in record stores. I only really enjoy thrift shops and yard sales. My record collection is terrible. 
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Mar 23, 2019 00:38
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bananas is cool
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Mar 23, 2019 02:49
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CPL593H posted:I've noticed that newer stores are the ones that price things too high, in fact I know of a few that opened in the last couple years that basically just see what the highest discogs price is and slap that number on there. Places that have been around a long time don't do that. Totally agree, any real new record stores invariably seem like they're just in it for the money to capitalize on the trend and their prices are wacko. Strangely, I feel like super old places are the same for a different reason. They have the same 10 beat to poo poo copies of Boston ST that have been sitting on their shelves since the Clinton administration for $30 because they never adjust prices.
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Mar 23, 2019 03:44
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CPL593H posted:I've noticed that newer stores are the ones that price things too high, in fact I know of a few that opened in the last couple years that basically just see what the highest discogs price is and slap that number on there. Places that have been around a long time don't do that. With my old stores, it's the opposite. The bigger, older record store price gouges like crazy (which made me laugh when I read the earlier post about paying for represses of popular records) in the sense stuff like Ozzy is $30-40 for a beat up, used copy. The smaller store will sell used copies of the Zeppelin Mothership set for less than $40. I even went into the bigger one to see if they'd match the price on their discogs listing and the owner jacked up the price $5 on the spot. Now that I'm in Michigan I haven't found any shops in my area that aren't charging an arm and a leg for older copies.
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Mar 23, 2019 03:53
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Bloodplay it again posted:The bigger, There's your problem. But truthfully the whole market for records used and new is completely hosed up because everybody hopped in the bandwagon and now people can price gouge suckers. I keep thinking the bubble has to burst soon, but I've been saying that for at least five years.
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Mar 23, 2019 04:21
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CPL593H posted:There's your problem.   Then she got excited at this Etsy find, much more reasonably priced at $12.27. Then saw that was the price per divider and peaced out It’s just so frustrating that these cretins are taking suckers for wads of cash for anything related to vinyl. With monster cables there’s at least paragraphs of flowery prose about oxygen-infused gold-plated interconnects which purify the signals; the gently caress is the justification for these? Made from REAL WOOD 
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Mar 23, 2019 05:51
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There are probably generic sheets of plastic you can buy at Home Depot or some such place and just cut them to size.
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Mar 23, 2019 06:18
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Yeah I went through the same poo poo with dividers last year. Ended up buying blank dividers and a sheet of vinyl letters on Amazon for like 25$ or so. Which was still too much, but not 75$ at least holy poo poo.
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Mar 23, 2019 14:22
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esperantinc posted:Yeah I went through the same poo poo with dividers last year. Ended up buying blank dividers and a sheet of vinyl letters on Amazon for like 25$ or so. Which was still too much, but not 75$ at least holy poo poo. I did the same. I will say they’re real assholes for making it a pack of 25.
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Mar 23, 2019 15:13
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Not such a big deal, there's a few letters that never get used. *buys Goodbye Horses* fuuuuu-
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Mar 23, 2019 16:09
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kingcobweb posted:.On the other hand, I live up the street from a couple record stores including Bop Street, which loving sucks and wants $35 for like a Johnny Cash greatest hits record even though they have inventory literally to their two-story ceilings That’s unfortunate!! I used to live in Ballard too, but I don’t remember Bop Street having ridiculous prices. I found it way too disorganized/overwhelming to spend that much time in there though, so maybe I missed it. You should go to Singles Going Steady in Belltown, if you haven’t for some reason. That was my favorite record store in Seattle.
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Mar 23, 2019 16:10
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My Lovely Horse posted:Not such a big deal, there's a few letters that never get used. There's actually a really nice repress of it that I just found out is going for $60+ on discogs Time to sell that one too lament.cfg fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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Mar 23, 2019 19:49
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The Senator Giroux posted:I did the same. I will say they’re real assholes for making it a pack of 25. Oh my god, they seriously do packs of 25? Even though some letters aren't used as much that is still really awful.
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Mar 23, 2019 19:59
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I guess with that I’d do # A thru W individuals X/Y/Z And keep one as spare.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:16
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I'm about to make some record shelves/ledges for displaying albums in heavy rotation on my walls. Can anyone tell me if there's any concern for storing records in sleeves at a slight angle like this for a number of months potentially? Hoping to be able to use it as wall art but not have to worry too much about if I forget to swap them out for a while. https://www.etsy.com/listing/458571612/vinyl-record-ledge-record-shelf-vinyl
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Mar 23, 2019 20:36
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Mods please make this the FAQ for the thread
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Mar 24, 2019 00:25
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If I did alphabetical I think the Z section would be the largest.
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Mar 24, 2019 00:30
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Boinks posted:If I did alphabetical I think the Z section would be the largest. For CDs mine definitely is. Haven't put quite the same effort into duplicating the Zappa collection on vinyl.
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Mar 24, 2019 00:38
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Enos Cabell posted:For CDs mine definitely is. Haven't put quite the same effort into duplicating the Zappa collection on vinyl. I haven't quite caught up to my Zappa CD collection, but it's getting close. My want list between Freak Out and Broadway the Hard Way has 23 LPs on it and only 16 CDs.
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Mar 24, 2019 00:54
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Paul ReiserFS posted:There's actually a really nice repress of it that I just found out is going for $60+ on discogs The label that put that out released an EP with Goodbye Horses and a few songs from a recently unearthed Q Lazarus demo tape which you can still get for 20 bucks or something.
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Mar 24, 2019 01:29
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BigFactory posted:I don’t even like shopping in record stores. I only really enjoy thrift shops and yard sales. My record collection is terrible. I love shopping in stores but my favored genre is not well represented in most shops I can get to (same for thrift) so I have to buy online.
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Mar 24, 2019 03:23
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alphabettitouretti posted:I love shopping in stores but my favored genre is not well represented in most shops I can get to (same for thrift) so I have to buy online. I almost never see pornocore records out in the wild either. I did pick up Blowfly's Party at a record store a few years ago.
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Mar 24, 2019 03:57
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kingcobweb posted:Mods please make this the FAQ for the thread 'The Best For Less' I bought the Antony & The Johnsons album The Crying Light on vinyl and it was the same price as the CD release and actually came with the CD as well. So, I guess it was true on that one occassion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xPIFLAo6wo
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Mar 24, 2019 04:01
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Dissapointed Owl posted:'The Best For Less' quote:Disappointed Owl sent me a three-disc set. It was the first mix I've gotten in a swap whose artwork was cooler than mine. Only took five swaps. Similarly, I got The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter for under $20 in 2008, and it came with a CD copy. Buying records in the 2000s owned.
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Mar 24, 2019 04:34
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So I wanted to make the photos nice, in respect to their awesomeness, as well as for myself, since I needed a personal photo project. Without further ado, presenting...
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Dunno if this is of interest to anyone here, but one of my favorite albums of the past decade is on sale and literally the same price as the CD version right now: https://www.amazon.com/ArchAndroid-...%2Aentries%2A=0 Janelle Monae's ArchAndroid is very, very good and arguably her best work in my opinion.
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Mar 24, 2019 04:47
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Currently in poo poo-Next-Check-is-a-Rent-Check mode so I'm not buyin' anything, but goddamn I love Janelle Monae.
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Mar 24, 2019 05:54
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pwn posted:Antony and the Johnsons fuckin own, thanks for exposing me to it in a mix ten years ago Holy walk down memory lane, Batman! That’s a trip and a half. I’m old as balls. Also, that track list is definitely something.
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Mar 24, 2019 06:16
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I wish we still did CD swaps. They were one of my favourite things to do on the forum and I found a ton of great music through them, but the GBS revolution killed them stone dead and now when you bring it up people are just like "uuuh we just send people Spotify playlists where I come from, in the present day".
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Mar 24, 2019 08:37
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I bought three packs of these dividers awhile ago and only used two https://www.sleevecityusa.com/ultimate-lp-storage-box-dividers-p/3strdiv13.htm Super cheap. I just use white out if I need to change a label (those House 12” wont be just tossed in with the Techno or Jungle 12”, everyone gets a label!)
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Mar 24, 2019 11:10
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Framboise posted:Dunno if this is of interest to anyone here, but one of my favorite albums of the past decade is on sale and literally the same price as the CD version right now: Thanks for the heads up, I love this album and the price is too good to pass.
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Mar 24, 2019 15:44
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I just went to a local record store and asked if they had spare dividers. They sold me as many as I wanted for like $2 each.
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Mar 24, 2019 17:04
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dorium posted:I bought three packs of these dividers awhile ago and only used two 
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Mar 24, 2019 18:35
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:I just went to a local record store and asked if they had spare dividers. They sold me as many as I wanted for like $2 each.
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Mar 24, 2019 18:43
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Just buy a bunch of gospel records for 50 cents at a thrift store and write on them with a paint pen, I see a lot of places use those for dividers.
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Mar 24, 2019 19:08
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dorium posted:I bought three packs of these dividers awhile ago and only used two How sturdy are they? I worry about the tab getting bent and thrashed with. That's why those plastic ones are nice. LooksLikeABabyRat posted:I just went to a local record store and asked if they had spare dividers. They sold me as many as I wanted for like $2 each. I bought a pack of 25 on Amazon a while back for $25ish I think. BCW Supplies 33 RPM Record Divider https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VLEZTE6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_3x9LCb9FW49HF I still think they should cost a quarter each but it's the cheapest I've seen in a while. I made some of these but they are too thick to be used for letter dividers so I use them for genre.  
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Mar 24, 2019 20:37
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I built a new record holder this week to go along with the stand I built 2 years ago. Its nice being able to flip through records.  
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Mar 24, 2019 20:39
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Flaggy posted:I built a new record holder this week to go along with the stand I built 2 years ago. Its nice being able to flip through records. That looks great did you follow a plan or just freestyle it?
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Mar 24, 2019 20:50
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That GYBE collection  The whole setup looks amazing, super clean and useful, great job!
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Mar 24, 2019 20:53
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