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LordNoob

LordNoob

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Nov 16, 2003
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I recently bought an audio-technica AT-PL50 automatic turntable from J&R refurbished for a mere $50 plus $8 shipping. Since then, I have been to my local record store (Plan 9 in Richmond, VA) countless times thumbing through the seemingly endless stacks of $1 records.

The other day I picked up The Steve Miller Band's fifth album entitled 'Number 5' (this is after Bozz Scaggs left). From my amazon search it seems that this was never rereleased on CD (correct me if I am wrong), and I have to say, Side 1 is absolutely amazing. I love finding some amazing old music that people seem to have forgotten, especially for $1!

Anyone else on ATOT love vinyl/records? Know of any good places to get good deals on used vinyl? Or perhaps you have suggestions on good records to look for that are pretty much unknown. I am definitely looking to expand my record collection so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,
:beer::thumbsup::beer:
 
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Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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I have a pretty good stack of them.

Two actually.
They fall over if I stack them all on one stack.

I like saying STACK!
 
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Jzero

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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I have oodles of them. I need to get a turntable. I've found the best thing to do is to buy a lot of discs (not "a lot" as in many, "a lot" as in "a whole bunch for sale as a single unit) and then take out the ones you want and resell the rest. You can often turn a profit doing this even if you only charge a buck or two per disc.

The other best way, you've already happened upon - find a store who realizes that most records just aren't worth ALL THAT MUCH and go to town.
 
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jalaram

Lifer
Aug 14, 2000
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I have > 60 of them (as well as > 200 cassettes, > 600 CDs, and 2 8-Tracks), but they're in FL at my parents' place with my turntable. When we get a house (with enough space to store them as well), I will bring them up.
 
IronWing

IronWing

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Jul 20, 2001
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I buy vinyl when I can't find the music in other formats. We have a huge record store in town so the selection is good. I gave away my turntable awhile back so I have to rely on friends to burn the music to CD. I sold the bulk of my vinyl collection, ~300 albums, when I was in grad school and I needed money for food. I really did buy groceries with it too, sad.
 
nakedfrog

nakedfrog

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Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I have a pretty good stack of them.

Two actually.
They fall over if I stack them all on one stack.

I like saying STACK!
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You have them stacked on top of each other?
That makes baby vinyl jesus cry :(

I have a few, but I need a better turntable. Mine was a freebie, and it's got a wobble.
 
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deftron

Lifer
Nov 17, 2000
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Plan 9 is an awesome record store.


Just wish their blues records were a little cheaper, but
those are usually hard to find anywhere else



Here's my collection


 
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Analog

Lifer
Jan 7, 2002
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I have all of my old albums, and a few 8-tracks too. Haven't played them in more than a decade.
 
Squisher

Squisher

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Aug 17, 2000
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I have a very small collection. I haven't hooked up my turntable since we moved into the house in July (bows head in shame).

 
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imported_Condor

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Sep 22, 2004
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I have some that I kept. Beatles Love Me true from Parlophone for one. Estate sales are great for vinyl. I thought I would make my fortune selling them in 1999, but the market just wasn't there. I gave 800 of them to a high school kid that was trying to make money for a trip of some such. I kept a lot of the very best. Bought a whole pile of great, early jazz at a yard sale in Ottawa for $25.00 Cdn in 1991. I sold turntables on Ebay for a couple of years. Hard to pack and ship. Kept a couple of great Sony ones (one belt drive with a good, heavy disc and another that is automatic) and am ADC Accutrac 4000 that looks like new.
 
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MX2

Lifer
Apr 11, 2004
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For whatever reason, I like the way vinyl sounds on a decent turntable.
 
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conehead433

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Dec 4, 2002
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I have several hundred albums and a very nice Kenwood KD550 direct drive turntable. I used an old Sony D5 cassette recorder as a pre-amp and patched the signal into my computer. Then I was able to convert some albums not found on CD into CDs. Recorded it to the computer then dehissed and denoised. The results were pretty good, although it was pretty time consuming.
 
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LookingGlass

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Jul 8, 2005
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I still have my vinyl records, love them dearly. Need to see about getting my turn table worked on. Belt slipped, can probably get it done, needs a new needle though.

Vinyl is still cool as hell. :)
 
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Lonyo

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Aug 10, 2002
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Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
i wish.

but i was born in a cd age.

i have few hundred cds though :0
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Vinyl is all over the place.
In the UK at least. A heck of a lot of new singles (generally most stuff but pop/rock) gets released on vinyl, both singles and albums.
We're in the "non-casette age", ie: mp3, CD and vinyl age.
 
Slacker

Slacker

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Oct 9, 1999
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