Vinyl enthusiasts?

[Conor44]

Have been collecting records now for two years. It's strikingly similar to coin collecting, even the grading system is pretty much the same. I think the two hobbies go hand in hand quite nicely!

Only thing is if a coin looks it's grade then it is, with records they may look lovely but sound s**t, many dealers don't have time to play them. So it's a little more difficult in that respect. Due to the pandemic, I'm doing most of my record shopping online, and like coins, the amount of over-graded cr*p out there is astounding. Have spent more money on returning worn/scratched records than I actually paid for good ones methinks! I collect mainly late 70s, 80s electronic music, new wave, synth etc, as well as some prog from earlier.

I have a Technics sl1500c with an Audio Technica VM95ml stylus. Great turntable .

Other record collectors please feel free to get a nice chat going!

Edited September 2, 2020 by Conor44

[copper123]

An even larger subject than coins  it is at least quite fun poking around trying to find obscure singles long deleated , I take my hat off to you ., have fun!

Nice thing to leave the kids / grandkids

[Peckris 2]

Most of my vinyl worth anything was 'collected' (bought) long before record collecting became a thing. My prized records include :

The Who - The Last Time 45,  Ready Steady Who EP, original My Generation album

The Deviants - Disposable album, bought from Woolies bargain bin for 25p !!

Genesis - Nursery Cryme on original plum label

Fairport Convention's first on Polydor - wish I had the cover

and quite a few other things. I don't think I've ever bought vinyl purely as  a collectable though.

[Fubar]

My wife calls me a "collectomaniac" so I have a collection of coins mostly acquired by accident, a collection of bits of crashed aircraft, a collection of books mostly left over from book dealing, a large collection of photographs of ships, a collection of 78rpm shellac occupying about a metre of shelf space and a collection of vinyl that's mostly purchased when it first came out occupying slightly less shelf space.

That's just scratching the surface. 🙄 And most of it not worth storage space.

Luckily I have now finally retired after being "let go" from my part time auction house involvement. By "luckily" I mean I will no longer be tempted by stuff that nobody else wants.

I don't think there's anything in my vinyl collection that stands out. Normally just stuff that I enjoy or holds memories such as The Shadows, Gordon Lightfoot, Chicago Transit Authority double albums and Bert Weedon. 😮

Normally played on either a Technics SL-J110R with a stack of same make or a Kenwood stack, unless I've already transferred them to digital.

Oh! plus a reel to reel tape deck and a collection of tapes mostly recorded when I was at sea.

Sad or what!

[secret santa]

4 hours ago, Fubar said:

Gordon Lightfoot

One of my favourites - had the chance to see him in Oxford a couple of years ago (aged 80-ish I believe). I'll always regret not getting tickets.

[Peckris 2]

5 hours ago, secret santa said:

One of my favourites - had the chance to see him in Oxford a couple of years ago (aged 80-ish I believe). I'll always regret not getting tickets.

If you find your birth certificate, that should tell you exactly how old you are.

[blakeyboy]

Oh wow- I bought a box of records from a friend this month who said "gimme 50 quid" so I did.

Buried amongst the usual stuff that a 60 year old man has lying about, there was:

The Modern Revolutionary Ballet by the Red Detachment of Women (DM 6166)- a 1971 Chinese propaganda LP,

The Legendary Skatalites-  (Jam Sound JLP555),

Tangerine Dream 'Poland' (Zomba HIP22)- never knew it existed,

Jimi Hendrix 'Band of Gypsys' (Capitol STAO-472)

Jimi Hendrix 'Electric Ladyland' Part 1 (Track Record 613010)

And Jimi Hendrix 'Electric Ladyland'  'Vol1 and 2' (Polydor SLPHM 184719 and SLPHM 720), for the South Africa market.

I told my friend about them and he said he didn't care- they were just old records.

Bonkers.   My Thorens TD160 is going to be busy....:)

[blakeyboy]

On 9/3/2020 at 11:32 AM, Fubar said:

My wife calls me a "collectomaniac" so I have a collection of coins mostly acquired by accident, a collection of bits of crashed aircraft, a collection of books mostly left over from book dealing, a large collection of photographs of ships, a collection of 78rpm shellac occupying about a metre of shelf space and a collection of vinyl that's mostly purchased when it first came out occupying slightly less shelf space.

That's just scratching the surface. 🙄 And most of it not worth storage space.

Luckily I have now finally retired after being "let go" from my part time auction house involvement. By "luckily" I mean I will no longer be tempted by stuff that nobody else wants.

I don't think there's anything in my vinyl collection that stands out. Normally just stuff that I enjoy or holds memories such as The Shadows, Gordon Lightfoot, Chicago Transit Authority double albums and Bert Weedon. 😮

Normally played on either a Technics SL-J110R with a stack of same make or a Kenwood stack, unless I've already transferred them to digital.

Oh! plus a reel to reel tape deck and a collection of tapes mostly recorded when I was at sea.

Sad or what!

Fubar: I got rid of the half container full of spares for BMW 2002's a couple of years back.

I have my garage workshop stuffed, both lofts boarded out and stuffed, all other storage under the stairs etc stuffed,

a container on a farm stuffed, a long small barn stuffed, two workshops on another farm stuffed, and a large Lot n Store stuffed,

with old studio gear and parts.  I think I'm up to about five tons. Probably more.

I know how you feel....:)

Oh- and I worked on a studio session where Jim Marshall wanted to record a crooner album, and Bert Weedon turned up with his guitar.......

[Diaconis]

Blakey does this ring a bell?

 

[blakeyboy]

Extraordinary! How did I miss this??

 

The advertising for stuff is getting stupid now, and I don't use ANY of it - no children, no hair, no debt,

ex-girlfriend and family run a funeral business, I don't want a package holiday or a new car.

I don't want to gamble online or buy a mobility scooter.

I'm fine with my energy supplier and my bank.

If one more vapid harpie tells me about hyaluronic acid I'm going on a killing spree....

[Fubar]

12 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

Fubar: I got rid of the half container full of spares for BMW 2002's a couple of years back.

I have my garage workshop stuffed, both lofts boarded out and stuffed, all other storage under the stairs etc stuffed,

a container on a farm stuffed, a long small barn stuffed, two workshops on another farm stuffed, and a large Lot n Store stuffed,

with old studio gear and parts.  I think I'm up to about five tons. Probably more.

I know how you feel....:)

Oh- and I worked on a studio session where Jim Marshall wanted to record a crooner album, and Bert Weedon turned up with his guitar.......

Looks like my problem don't amount to a hill of beans compared to yours but it really isn't a problem. I keep telling myself that.
Somewhere I think I've got a copy of Bert Weedon's teach yourself guitar book.
I got rid of most of my computer kit to the local computer museum a year or so back to make room for more "stuff".
I wouldn't mind but kids don't really ever completely move out so their "stuff" is still taking up valuable space I could use.

[blakeyboy]

47 minutes ago, Fubar said:

I wouldn't mind but kids don't really ever completely move out so their "stuff" is still taking up valuable space I could use.

Tell them that you've just discovered Ebay.....:)

[Peckris 2]

15 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

Oh- and I worked on a studio session where Jim Marshall wanted to record a crooner album, and Bert Weedon turned up with his guitar.......

Not Jim "Mr Amplifier, Lord of Loud" Marshall?

[bagerap]

Back in the 60s, I was a "Saturday Boy" at Jim Marshall's shop in Hanwell Broadway. Once or twice we'd be sent out to watch over our hired amps at a gig, if the band was known to be clumsy.

[blakeyboy]

2 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

Not Jim "Mr Amplifier, Lord of Loud" Marshall?

Yes- I couldn't believe it when he and Bert Weedon walked in.....:)

[Peckris 2]

8 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

Yes- I couldn't believe it when he and Bert Weedon walked in.....:)

I believe it was The Who who prompted the invention of the famous 'Marshall Stack'?

[blakeyboy]

'parrently so.