Any vinyl (records) collectors here?

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  • chainsnuser
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 1389

    #16
    Not really a collector here, but I still buy vinyl records from time to time, mostly used ones. It's a rare occasion though. I guess 9 out of 10 purchases nowadays are CD's. Most of my approx. 400 LP's are ones that I bought in my youth.

    Digital music, as it is now, is nonsense. One cannot record music, where every single instrument produces an indefinite number of over- and undertones, on a medium that cuts them from the outset into a very limited number of digitalized frequencies. No doubt that a vinyl record as well can not store music in it's entirety, but it delivers far more informations to our ears than a CD. A CD is still the same as in the 80's, at the very beginning of digital technology. No progress at all. MP3 is even a bigger joke.

    I understand if someone likes CD's better and modern CD's are mostly mixed in a way that makes them enjoyable (some of you probably know the CD-crap that was sold around 1987, when I bought my first CD-player), but they by far aren't the ideal solution for music-lovers. It's definitely not esoteric to enjoy music on vinyl records.

    Cheers!

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    • cj
      Member
      • Jul 2009
      • 1563

      #17
      i love lp's i have around 250

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      • Premium Parrots
        Super Moderators
        • Feb 2008
        • 9764

        #18
        Originally posted by amdusias View Post
        ....... I like to watch the record spin around, I know it may sound silly but I do sit and watch the record spin while I listen to the music.
        so....watching the corn grow in Iowa has suddenly gotten too boreing and you've resorted to watching your turntable spin?


        time to take your blood pressure
        Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I killed because they were annoying......





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        • justintempler
          Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 3090

          #19
          Originally posted by Premium Parrots View Post
          so....watching the corn grow in Iowa has suddenly gotten too boreing and you've resorted to watching your turntable spin?


          time to take your blood pressure
          atleast it's a step up from watching the paint dry.

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          • amdusias
            Member
            • Jul 2009
            • 265

            #20
            No, they harvested all the corn this year and the paint has dried, so now I'm watching my beard grow. I think I might have a hair growing, oh wait thats a zit.

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            • precious007
              Banned Users
              • Sep 2010
              • 5885

              #21
              I've got a couple dozen, maybe 100 or so...

              They're from the late 70' and 80' .. Never been a collector though. In those times, my dad used to buy them regularly until audio tapes came out.

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              • muddyfunkstar
                Member
                • Aug 2010
                • 967

                #22
                I don't buy vinyl any more, but I have boxes and boxes of records in storage at my parents house, dating from the early 80s to the late 90s.

                Loads of old school metal, rock, pop, hip-hop, indie, house, techno, rave and drum n bass (I used to DJ a bit). I have eclectic tastes

                As well as my own collection I also have a vast amount of pop dating from the 60s through the 80s that belonged to my Uncle, who was a mobile DJ - there's a lot of crap in there (mobile DJs have mainstream crowds to please, after all), but some real gems as well.

                When I live in a big enough house of my own, I'm going to relieve my parents loft of the lot, get some new decks and give everything an good airing again!

                I mostly buy CDs and MP3s these days, mainly for space and convenience, but there's nothing like the feel and sound of vinyl. I'm old fashioned like that.

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                • tom502
                  Member
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 8985

                  #23
                  We used to get those record club things, I think it was Columbia House. I remember getting KISS, The Carpenters, ELO, the Star Wars soundtrack, then later I remember getting The Pretenders, ... and more I'm not recalling. The good thing about my age, is I did live through the good time, before the fall of the nation.

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                  • devilock76
                    Member
                    • Aug 2010
                    • 1737

                    #24
                    I have a bunch, mostly inherited from my father's estate. Couple choice ones in it.

                    Richie Valens La Bamaba - original issue
                    David Bowie Rise and fall of ziggy stardust - original issue
                    Two copies of Iron Butterflie's Inna Gadda Davida - both original issue, one still in the plastic

                    I gotta really get through archiving these.

                    Other than that I have some reissued Misfits vinyl and the original purple rain single on purple vinyl.

                    Ken

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                    • myuserid
                      Member
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 1645

                      #25
                      I don't really collect vinyl, but I do have some Elvis stuff.

                      I pick up any Elvis vinyl I might find at a Thrift Store or yard sale.

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                      • Mr. Snuffleupagus
                        Member
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 2781

                        #26
                        Yeah I still have all my vinyl. At least 1000. Lot's of '80s "New Wave" LOL. Punk, noise core, speed core, evil gabber, hip-hop battle records, etc. I have MJ's Thriller on picture disk haha. I have two Vestax pdx2000 and a Technics 1200. Shit's all set up in my living room collecting dust

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                        • Veganpunk
                          Member
                          • Jun 2009
                          • 5382

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Mr. Snuffleupagus View Post
                          Yeah I still have all my vinyl. At least 1000. Lot's of '80s "New Wave" LOL. Punk, noise core, speed core, evil gabber, hip-hop battle records, etc. I have MJ's Thriller on picture disk haha. I have two Vestax pdx2000 and a Technics 1200. Shit's all set up in my living room collecting dust
                          Collecting dust?? Give them a spin!!!

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                          • wadetheblade
                            Member
                            • Jul 2009
                            • 572

                            #28
                            all I buy these days is vinyl and mp3s. Insound is a good site, where lots of albums come with a digital download immediately then your vinyl comes in the mail.

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                            • Condor
                              Member
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 752

                              #29
                              I enjoy the rich sound of vinyl

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                              • CultLeaderLettuce
                                Member
                                • Nov 2009
                                • 97

                                #30
                                Vinyl? Been collecting since the 90's, and I love to collect classic rock, punk, and other music that makes my ears happy. I like to buy from local stores, from bands at shows, and sometimes ebay for the harder to find gems (latest ebay winning was a Geza X 7" that I'm hoping arrives soon).



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