Vinyl

JD wrote: Catcher10 wrote: A little shopping on my recent business trip. Found a bookstore that had a nice record room, most of it was new pop/rock/indie stuff. But I found a few gems, super cheap too. The store had them marked VG or VG+, after running them thru my record vacuum cleaner, I play graded them: The RLJ record is NM = $4.99 Sugarhill Gang 12" Single Rapper's Delight is VG+ = $4.99 Arc Of A Diver is easily NM++ = $4.99 Back In the High Life is STILL SEALED w/original hype sticker = $3.99 (WTF!!) [IMAGES REMOVED FOR SIZE] Holy crap...Nice score! Are you leaving it sealed? That's one of those questions I'm not sure how I would answer. I guess if it's only a moderately valued LP it really doesn't matter. But this also begs the question... What 'noise' criteria do you assign to the various classifications? For Me, unless it's sealed it can never be Mint, once the seal is broken it drops to NM. It drops to VG+ if there is between three and five instances if low level static on any 'in-between' on any one side. It drops to VG when the low level bacon frying can be heard in two or more tracks across the album It drops to G as soon as there is one or more loud Pop's or Tick's anywhere on the album.

Hi gents - wanted to share my most recent vinyl binge. Not all of these are in great condition (though most are), and all but the Faust were under $10 (Faust was $15 - reissue, but still sealed - and probably would go for at least $75 on Discogs). Would love any comments on these.

Graham Parker | Heat Treatment
Henry Kaiser | Hope You Like our New Direction
Faust | s/t (clear vinyl)
James Blood Ulmer | America - Do You Remember the Love?
Trio | Trio and Error
Edgard Varese | Offrandes //Integrales /Octandre /Ecuatorial
George Crumb | Ancient Voices of Children
Procol Harum | Grand Hotel
James Blood Ulmer | Freelancing
Don “Sugarcane” Harris | I’m on your Case
Stanley Clarke & George Duke | The Clarke/Duke Project
Steve Hillage | Rainbow Dome Musick
Utopia | s/t
Nina Hagen | Nunsexmonkrock
George Benson | Good King Bad
Oregon | Winter Light
Oregon | In Concert
The O’Jays | Ship Ahoy
It’s a Beautiful Day | s/t
Gabor Szabo | Rambler
Nick Lowe | Pure Pop for Now People
The O’Jays | The Year 2000
Gabor Szabo | Best Of
Oregon | Crossing
George Benson | Give Me the Night
Utopia | Swing to the Right
Vangelis | Heaven & Hell
Mr. Hageman | Twin Smooth Snouts
Tin Huey | Contents Dislodged During Shipment
David Sancious and Tone | Transformation (The Speed of Love)
David Sancious & Tone | True Stories
The Lodge | Smell of a Friend

Catcher10 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Catcher10 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Hit the local kid's shop...he has a nice collection of things for sale...good prices also...found these at a low price and all original first press most in VG+ shape..some of the vinyl was NM..some covers were VG.   ...and there are more waiting to be puchased....going back with a fist full of cash on Monday or Tuesday  Oregon-Distant Hills Manfred Mann -Solar Fire (my second copy...) Carmen-Fandangos In Space Still- Sinfield Pat Metheny Group- st (Phase Dance lp) Bruford-Earthworks Solution-Cordon Bleu Beefheart-Spotlight Kid If-st Brian Auger and Trinity-Befour Vangelis-Heaven and Hell Steve Miller- Sailor Nice score Doc....really nice. Hoping to get a chance this weekend to hit the Tacoma record stores, or maybe Monday since that is our observed July 4th holiday. Good luck at the Tacoma shops.....I'm heading over to the local shop on Sat....been busy with family stuff. It's amazing what this kid has had the last 6 months or so...he has a supplier in Chicago...a guy who is slowly selling his whole collection to this kid who sells them cheap to us locals unless they are rare ones ,like Mighty Baby or Gracious. He told me this guy says he hasn't even sold him the 'good stuff' yet...I can't imagine what he has left but I do know this Chicago connection man had over 10,000 pieces...all good rock things and some obscure stuff also. I'm hoping to get some more obscure prog eventually. I forget to mention....he has 2 copies of Yezda Urfa (from that guy in Chicago I think...)...both are VG+ to NM...he wants $1,500.00 for each. Super nice!!! Those are gold mines, you need to stay in good graces with your guy. I always tell those people selling off stuff that "I'm not a reseller, I am a music lover and will gladly pay a fair price so I can enjoy the album for life." That $1500 is probably in the ball park, a grand to 1200 is more like it.

^ i had that ELPowell album on CD way back when. I kind of miss it, and I should pick it up again (vinyl this time, preferably) next time I come across it.

JD wrote: Recent Discogs acquisitions arrived on Friday... Priced around $4 - $6 ea. Rated as VG/VG+ but I haven't listened to them yet. Still working on filling in the gaps in my collection.

HolyMoly wrote: That reminds me… one artist’s albums I’ve have had a hard time finding used in good condition? Joe Walsh. I gather his fans like to party a bit, and sometimes the LPs have suffered some rough treatment over the years.

black midi - Schlagenheim

TCat wrote: Catcher10 wrote: HolyMoly wrote: That reminds me… one artist’s albums I’ve have had a hard time finding used in good condition? Joe Walsh. I gather his fans like to party a bit, and sometimes the LPs have suffered some rough treatment over the years. Funny you mention that, I agree. Round these parts Steve Miller albums are tough to find in VG condition also, was playing Book of Dreams and Fly Like An Eagle yesterday, those two are really tough to find. I suspect on Discogs you can find VG+ records of Joe Walsh here is a list of VG+ sorted, all about $10 delvd. Steve Miller is one of those sentimental favorite artists because "Fly Like an Eagle" was the first 8-track that I ever bought with my own money.  Ever since then, I have been on a quest to own all of his studio albums on vinyl (collections not applicable).  So, since the mid-70's, here is a list of what I have accumulated, and it still isn't complete, but it's close.... Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden Anthology The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Italian X-rays Living in the 20th Century Bingo Let Your Hair Down So I'm still missing.... Rock Love Abracadabra Born 2 B Blue Wide River They have not been easy to find and it's taken almost a lifetime.

dr wu23 wrote: Recent trip to the 'kids' record shop yesterday .....all original vinyl... IF- 2 Flo and Eddie- Illegal Phlorescent Leech and Eddie Santana-Welcome Joe Walsh-Smoker                  Barnstorm                  Consfessor                 There Goes...                  Got Any Gum more to be had soon............ ...he's asking $300 now for the Mighty Baby...do I pull the trigger..or not? ------------------------------ My guy is Walsh so I have beeen getting all the old vinyl he did....have most on cd. Also like the 'early' Steve Miller lp's I have Sailor, Brave, Grace, and 5...need Children for the early batch.. the later ones are a bit too top 40 for me but they are still good. Next Sat is another record store day....record show here with 15 vendors from the midwest.

Catcher10 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Recent trip to the 'kids' record shop yesterday .....all original vinyl... IF- 2 Flo and Eddie- Illegal Phlorescent Leech and Eddie Santana-Welcome Joe Walsh-Smoker                  Barnstorm                  Consfessor                 There Goes...                  Got Any Gum more to be had soon............ ...he's asking $300 now for the Mighty Baby...do I pull the trigger..or not? ------------------------------ My guy is Walsh so I have beeen getting all the old vinyl he did....have most on cd. Also like the 'early' Steve Miller lp's I have Sailor, Brave, Grace, and 5...need Children for the early batch.. the later ones are a bit too top 40 for me but they are still good. Next Sat is another record store day....record show here with 15 vendors from the midwest. RSD.......bahhhh!! Have not been a fan the past couple years. My best years were like 2013-14 for RSD, now it's just a bunch of picture discs and pop/indie releases. I'll probably go and see after the crowds in Tacoma stores die down. Now you can offer him cash at $250, is what I would do.....You still buy a lot from him so push that fact too.