Vinyl Records

[onthebusesfan]

Hello Everyone how are you all ? . i was was just wondering if any of you collect or collected records?

i was brought up on vinyl i just love the sound the album covers etc.

i think they are better than cds In my opinion?
what about you guys?

[tex]

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I have hundreds of LPs but alas i no longer play them,in fact i don't have a deck, i now listen to all my music via Spotify but i miss the ritual of removing an album from the sleeve being careful to hold it only by the edges and then using the anti static cloth to dust it,placing it carefully onto the turntable and placing the needle onto the record
My wife keeps saying "why don't you flog em?" but i would never do that...too many memories, many of them bought as a teenager...happier times

[amethyst]

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We sold our vinyl in a car boot sale 25 years ago.

[Mulletino]

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Yup, as a teenager I was massively into Hip Hop and used to get the bus into town after work weekly on payday to see what new Import 12"s or Albums they had. Each 12" import was about 5 quid which was a fair whack on my 80s apprentice wages, but i had to get the latest stuff so i could make a mix tape (as in actually mixed, not just lots of songs) with my new tracks for me and my mates to listen to in the car on the way to/from clubs.
I didn't just have Hip Hop, I also used to trawl shops for Rare Grooves / RnB / Disco / Funk / Soul / Reggae to find breakbeats or loops I could use in my own tunes.

I still have all my vinyl, as Tex said, I also wouldn't part with it for the world due to the memories is holds. Plus back in those days, a DJ really needed to hunt down rare grooves to be able to play them, none of this stuff nowadays where the music is so readily available. The kids nowadays will never know the feeling of dusty fingers from searching through old crates.

I also still have my Technics 1210MKIIs which i will also never get rid of, they're the only thing i ever bought which retained their value. I sometimes still chuck some tunes on, we have "Discos" for our kids and friends' kids in my Games Room, which also has disco lights. The kids love a bit of Ghostbusters but get a bit bored of everything else and we resort to kid's music from youtube vids for them. But at least they get to experience "listening to records".

[Richard1978]

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We sold our vinyl in a car boot sale 25 years ago.

Me & my Dad bought up a lot in the second half of the 1990s this way when hardly anyone wanted it.

[Moonraker]

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Last one purchased was an album by the band Marillion.
Around late 80s. But I was more of a cassette tape man. Last one purchased was by The Doors in early 90s

[onthebusesfan]

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We sold our vinyl in a car boot sale 25 years ago.

what ....... some of them are worth a fortune now mate.

[tex]

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i HAVE A MINT CONDITION COPY OF NTWICM NO1 ON VINYL, I HAD HOPED THAT WHEN NO 100 WAS ISSUED A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH A FEW BOB BUT IT SELLS ON E BAY FOR ABOUT £15 ON AVERAGE

[Zincubus]

Vinyl Records

The only vinyl I kept were a photo sleeved copy of Long Tall Sally by the Beatles plus a red ,heart shaped single ( can’t recall what it is but it was a LOVE song or valentine track .)


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[amethyst]

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what ....... some of them are worth a fortune now mate.

I know but we sold deck amps and speakers because we were moving house to a smaller place and we didn't have the room for the vinyl

[Cartimand]

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Absolutely!
Still have all my old prog rock and heavy metal albums from the 70s and am always on the look-out in charity shops to add to my collection. Found a copy of the Yessongs triple album in perfect condition in an Oxfam shop for £4 just before Coronavirus changed everything. Love the music and the classic Roger Dean artwork!
Vinyl is definitely my preferred medium for listening to music at home and, with a turntable with USB out, it's easy to transfer my favourites onto iTunes so I can play them on my car's media player too.

[tex]

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Absolutely!
Still have all my old prog rock and heavy metal albums from the 70s and am always on the look-out in charity shops to add to my collection. Found a copy of the Yessongs triple album in perfect condition in an Oxfam shop for £4 just before Coronavirus changed everything. Love the music and the classic Roger Dean artwork!
Vinyl is definitely my preferred medium for listening to music at home and, with a turntable with USB out, it's easy to transfer my favourites onto iTunes so I can play them on my car's media player too.

A man after my own heart...Prog rules! ,i bought Yessongs about 1974 and still listen to it regularly (now on spotify alas) my vinyl copy has sure seen better days

[amethyst]

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Santanas Moonflower album was a beautiful design,my daughter kept Eagles Hotel California that is her pride and joy with the black and white poster of the band inside the record,she also bought a Joe Walsh vinyl from a record shop in Exeter in 2014 I cant remember what it's called,but apart from that me and my partner sold our collection to the boot sale.

[onthebusesfan]

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Going Through My 45's last night and forgot i had this classic .
Mistura (Featuring Lloyd Michels) (Trumpet) - The Flasher



https://youtu.be/F3aPQ4o9v0w

[Zincubus]

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A man after my own heart...Prog rules! ,i bought Yessongs about 1974 and still listen to it regularly (now on spotify alas) my vinyl copy has sure seen better days

Omg I played Yessongs to death and drove my poor dad crazy !!


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