Couldn’t find a dedicated thread for this, so I’ll take it upon myself!
Anyone else here interested in collecting vinyl records? What’s in your collection? Any cool purchases lately? Dream records to own? Maybe tips for new releases? Questions about record player maintenance?
Let’s start a fun space for us crate diggers!
Today I went with Alicia to the twice annual record fair here in Stockholm. Big sports venue filled to the brim with record sellers from all over. Wow!
This is easily the highlight of the year for me, I have never left empty-handed in the 10+ years I’ve been regularly attending. This is what I got this time around.
Was real excited to find Riding the Rag. I already own most Ludus releases and they often include vastly different mixes and renditions of the same songs across their releases, so despite this being an odd Italian exclusive compilation it still carried some surprises. An absolute treat!
It’s biannual!? Gack! A friend of mine showed me a good bit of the last one, and I thought I might go to the next – but I figured it couldn’t occur more frequently than once a year :')
Gonna have to put a reminder in my calendar for that one!
I’m only now starting to get into record collecting–I kind of broke through the “interested but don’t have any yet” barrier by pre-ordering the release for The Stanley Parable–and I’ve been making lists of records I’m eager to pick up. Probably the one real stand-out at the moment is that SCIENCE FICTION got a 3xLP release and I know for certain I will import it.
But I don’t even have a player yet! Trying to pick out one that’s nice but also I can somehow hook up to my existing Sonos speakers. Recs welcome!
I remember at a certain point in ~2014 I gave up buying CDs because I just ripped them once and they essentially became dust collectors. At least that was my thinking at the time.
I started collecting records at that point. The extra cost makes me really consider more whether I actually want the album, and I love the larger physical form, and the whole ritual of putting one on. It’s just a pleasant way to enjoy music.
I bought a second-hand Rega P1 and have been using it ever since, though it’s definitely due for a tune up since it’s been skipping even on new records lately. Likely a realignment and new cartridge I suppose, but I need to chat to an expert to work this stuff out.
This is my collection after about a decade!
[edit] now complete with a working link! Didn’t realise I’d made it private when I set it up.
My power amp died and I can’t listen to records until I repair it or get a new one. Both things I don’t want to spend money on. I might just get a sonos port and run my equipment through it. What are your record player to speakers solutions?
i just got my turntable back yesterday after a repair. we have a bunch of records (too many) but i only really “collect” ty segall and boris records and i’m nowhere near “100%” on those. (and i haven’t bought any in over a year!)
I buy records a lot but I have calmed down a bit in the last year as I’ve felt somewhat of a shift in collecting punk/hc records becoming much more “big time” since covid. I really love finding anything from all eras of punk & hc but I primarily am after Chicago bands (where I am from), straight edge (all of it’s wonderful flavors), Cleveland bands surrounding the Non-Commercial/Bloodclot Records scene (h100s, Inmates, Cider, Darvocets, etc etc).
My most recent score was a “mosh cover” of the Charles Bronson/Spazz split, last CB rarity I need now is the Mike Sutfin JP Art Show 7" then I can die a happy suburban Chicago edgeman.
I would be remiss to not post an IC flavored score, this recently came in the mail too. I really am not a big VG music collector as it is too deep a well where I am already trapped in one. I love to find any VG 7"s or Flexis pertaining to games I adore but I just let those fall into my lap.
If you happen to live in Los Angeles or even just visit, please visit one of my closest friends record stores, Going Underground, located in Little Tokyo downtown. They have a really wonderful & wide selection that I think the IC audience would really appreciate :)
the other day i did my first “dig” in ages and came home with an otis rush/buddy guy compilation and a handful of 7 inches that looked interesting. and they all were! 45rpm sounds better. it is the 60fps of crunchy mushy analog audio.
@Chekhonte this is probably not helpful to you in the slightest but my record player to speaker solution is speaker wire, since my amp, record player, and speakers are all of similar vintage. At one point I had a newer amp and used a music hall mini as the go between and I dare say it was less than ideal. I just got another old amp instead.
I might go with a sonos port and a preamp. I already have two Sonos speakers. The room tuning feature does a good job correcting for my plaster walls which my stereo did not. The splash back made them sound tinny and harsh
