For all you record collectors, what was the last Vinyl Records you found?


Goodwill had a ½ price sale, so I loaded up on 12" singles they had.  Some I didn't recognize, but for 75c each, I bought every one they had ...

Could This Be Love - Fun Fun
Seduce Me - Tiziana
Solid - Ashford and Simpson
Gimme Some - Pat and Mick
London Nights - London Boys
Boys Will Be Boys - Alisha
Starting OVer - Cyndi Cee
Use it Up and Wear it Out - Pat and Mick
Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
So Proud of You - Paul Varney
Love Your Body / Darnkess and Light - Amanda Lear
Tears Are Not Enough - Northern Lights
You're the One - 1000 Ohm
Send Me An Angel '89 - Real Life
Baby Love - Dannii Minogue
Step Back in Time - Kylie Minogue
What Do I Have to Do - Kylie Minogue
Je Ne Sais Pas Pourqoui - Kylie Minogue
Hot Girl - Sabrina
Back in My Arms (Once Again) - Hazell Dean
No Fool (For Love) - Hazell Dean
They Say It's Gonna Rain - Hazell Dean
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
Never Trust A Stranger - Kim Wilde
You Really Touch My Heart - Amii Stewart
Everybody Dance - Ta Mara and the Seen
Come Back and Stay - Bad Boys Blue
Dancing Under A Latin Moon - Candi

8)

I found a 45 RPM copy of Amy Grant's song "Find a Way" ("Angels" on the B side), with the picture sleeve in decent condition, the last time I visited a thrift store.

  I slimed a sealed copy of the Cars' Panorama at a local thrift shop.  They had two of them.  Old Columbia House surplus...

  And "Bomb Iran" by Vince, Vance and the Valiants on .45...

  And "Bomb Iran" by Vince, Vance and the Valiants on .45...


Funniest part is that you really don't have to change a word of it.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Call the volunteers,
call the bombardiers,
Call the financiers,
better put their ass in gear...

Of course, with Citigroup down another 5% today, and reliant upon the Saudis for capital infusions every few months, that third one might be a stretch... even if the Saudis (who are mostly Sunni) probably want to see the Iranians (who are mostly Shiite) exterminated even more than even the redneckest redneck from Redneckistan, especially considering that the resulting conflagration would easily spike the price of oil to $200/bbl.

They're on CD, not vinyl, but I'm definitely thinking that our foreign policy is best described as a triple-tracker of MC 900 Foot Jesus, If I Only Had A Brain, Adventures in Failure and The City Sleeps.  We've got the first two tracks mixed in, and we're just waiting for the third.

None unfortunately. I loved to buy and collect records several years ago, but the nearest thrift shop that still had them has been closed down for about 6 years now. :-\\

A friend of my dad's gave me a huge stack of vinyl LPs. Big names too.

Including:

Dick Clark's 20 Years Of Rock n' Roll (With a little booklet that tells you about the history of rock from '53 to '73)

Bob Dylan- Blood On the Tracks

Led Zeppelin I, II, and III and The Song Remains The Same

Frampton Comes Alive!

Jethro Tull-  Aqualung

Van Halen -s/t

Lynyrd Skynrd -Gold and Platnum

Queen - News of the World

AC/DC - Black In Black

The Best Of The Beach Boys

And other good stuff.  8)

I also got a box full of 45's at a garage sale.

I have about a hundred of records...

Believe it or not, they can be converted onto CD. Though for good (personal use), not evil (bootlegs).

I have about a hundred of records...

Believe it or not, they can be converted onto CD. Though for good (personal use), not evil (bootlegs).


Vinyl Records blow CDs out of the water.  CDs are more convenient, but I'll listen to vinyl over CD anyday 8)

When you transfer vinyl to CD, you tend to lose some of that sound quality

Vinyl Records blow CDs out of the water.  CDs are more convenient, but I'll listen to vinyl over CD anyday 8)

When you transfer vinyl to CD, you tend to lose some of that sound quality


   I think an audio file that ran around 1200 - 1500 k/bps may come close to the audio on a good record.  The only way I can describe the sound of a record on a halfway audiophile set-up is warm, rich and crisp like a baked Alaska.  CDs can sound "tinny" but I do have more invested in my vinyl set-up so the CDs sound okay...

   And although I don't believe in Jesus, I do have a tendency towards the ethereal and that is the ritual of vinyl.  Especially since I keep getting older and the world keeps getting more and more convenient, user friendly and hassle free.  I welcome some good old fashioned hassle which vinyl affords.  It's no chore keeping it old school...

   Let's go have a beer, Dog...

  Oh, that and ladybug's favorite Stones .45, Emotional Resue.  eBay thing.  Got it today...

  "You will be mine, you will be mine, you will be mine-all-mine, Shannon..." :P

My latest is Justin Haywards Soingwriter in mint shape bought off e bay for 1.04

It's been about a month but here's some of what I picked up last time I went record shopping:

Hot Tracks Series 6 issues 5, 6, 7 & 8 (from 1987-ish, remix service comps)
Razormaid's "This Is Only A Test!" series (Another remix service - three issues - one single vinyl issue with "test pressing' label on record; one double orange vinyl issue and one double red vinyl issue)
Ultimix Issue 25 record 1
Mix Factor Volume 3

The rest are 12" singles

"I Touch Roses" - Book Of Love
"Narra Mine" - Genaside II
"Savin' Myself" - Eria Fachin
"Magic Carpet Ride" - Bardeux
"Dreamtime" - Daryl Hall
"Early In The Morning" - Robert Palmer
"Object Of My Desire" - Starpoint
"Breakin...There's No Stopping Us" - Ollie & Jerry


There's probably more but I can't remember. :P

I recently got a few at Goodwill

Harpers Bizarre -- Feelin' Groovy
Monkees -- More Of The Monkees
The Knack - Get The Knack  (lost my original and had to replace it)
The Searchers -- Hear! Hear!

  Lots of records being found at Goodwill...

  I spent a buck or two on a "Best of Country Banjo" record...

Goodwill is indeed a goldmine.  Loaded up on more 12"ers ...

Strut - Sheena Easton
Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
Missing You - John Waite
Swear - Sheena Easton
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Moonbeam - Men Without Hats
Swept Away - Diana Ross

Goodwill is indeed a goldmine.  Loaded up on more 12"ers ...

Strut - Sheena Easton
Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
Missing You - John Waite
Swear - Sheena Easton
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Moonbeam - Men Without Hats
Swept Away - Diana Ross


Good list.  The "Higher Love" 12" version is awesome.  :)

   i managed to score a vinyl copy of an AC/DC  colored  LP  "A Giant Dose Of Rock & Roll"  number 457 of 500   woohoo   :D

^ Now that's awesome 8)

12'' of "Speed Of Light" from Reimy, and two Deborah Gibson 12'' ("Foolish Beat", "Staying Together")


Also a Bugs Bunny read-a-long thing featuring the original voice Mel Blanc  8)

Whee!  I got all these 12" singles today for $42:

"2Wicky" - Hooverphonic
"Club Montepulciano" - Hooverphonic
"Life In Mono" - Mono
"Time After Time"/"Your Love Takes Me Higher" - The Beloved
"Hello" - The Beloved
"Slam" - Humanoid
"Eighteen Strings" - Tinman
"Got A Love For You" (Rave Mixes) - Jomanda
"Whatta Man" - Salt-N-Pepa
"Let The Music Lift You Up" - Loveland
"The Real Thing" - The Worldwide Message Tribe
"Lazy" - X-Press 2
"Ready To Go"/"Drop Dead Gorgeous" - Republica
"Put Me In A Trance" - Apotheosis"
"Are You Out There" - Crescendo
"Here With Me" (Remix) - Dido
"Dreamer" (Rollo Mix) - Livin' Joy
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" - Annie Lennox & Al Green
"Rappin' Duke" - Rappin' Duke  :D
"New Jack Swing" - Wreckx-N-Effect
"I'm Not Soupped" - Troop
"Axel F" (Remix) - Det Reirruc (from 1985, different mix from Faltermeyer's and it used to get played on Hot Mix back in the day)
"Take It While It's Hot" - Sweet Sensation (2 copies in the sleeve! O0 )
"Love, Truth & Honesty" - Bananarama
"Lullaby" - Book Of Love
"Put This Love To The Test" - Jon Astley
"Inside A Dream" - Jane Wiedlin
"Rhythm Of Love" - Yes
"AEIOU Sometimes Y" - EBN-OZN (my first copy is all scratched up
"Staying Together" - Debbie Gibson
"Insecurity" - Stacey Q
"Good-Bye Bad Times" - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder

Plus half of an issue of Razormaid's "This Is Only A Test" series and a Jonathan Brandmeier LP.  :)

^ Loveland.  Too awesome 8)

Oh yeah, I left one off...

"(You're My One And Only) True Love" - Seduction.  This copy has different mixes than the one I purchased 19 years ago.


^ Loveland.  Too awesome 8)


I dig the Loveland record.  Very energetic.  Then again, I've always dug "Don't Make Me Wait". :)

The Brandmeier LP is in excellent conditions and contains the "Party Animals" track which is awesome. :D  He used to be a DJ for KZZP-FM Phoenix in the early 80's.

I lost my mind on eBay and stocked up on some vintage Michael Jackson and Prince 12 inch LPs:

Michael Jackson:

Thriller (it's so beyond mint, it's virginal!)
Bad

Prince:

Prince self titled LP
Dirty Mind
Purple Rain (with poster of Prince and The Revolution)
Kiss single
1999
Controversy
Romance 1600--Shelia E.

I dig the Loveland record.  Very energetic.  Then again, I've always dug "Don't Make Me Wait". :)


It sure is a great song.  Loveland vocalist Rachel McFarlane has a fantastic voice, but man alive is she ever scary looking today.  In the 90s she was cute, but age has not been kind to her ...

Rachel in 1994:  'Turn Up the Power' by N-Trance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPC4-zwr_VA

Rachel in 2004:  'Take Me to the Clouds Above' by LMC vs U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuRHj_VDxhM

  Van Halen's groovy debut is being reissued in vinyl.  Of course, I'm there.  I expect the LP to shake this old house apart...

  Anyone who's interested - Purple Rain soundtrack has been re-released on 180 gram vinyl by Rhino records...

A fun project to do with album covers

Note: make sure it's a another copy and take the record out before laminating the cover

Recently found an LP featuring songs from animated  Disney films some days ago

In Philly, over the weekend, I snagged Divine Sounds' "What People Do For Money."    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGCtjBpWRA

   John and I went out to Rasputin Records (in the former Tower Records space) and I couldn't believe all the new vinyl pressings that are out there.  They had the entire Metallica catalogue on vinyl, the near complete REM catalogue, near complete Joy Division catalogue, near complete Talking Heads catalogue, near complete Motley Crue catalogue, near complete AC/DC catalogue among many others, and something that really suprised me - KISS Alive 2 LP.  I was never aware of these, even while searching online...

   So anyway, I walked out with REM - Document and a breath away from picking-up the Germs LP...

   

The Tremeloes - Here Comes My Baby

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"The Fools: Sold Out" with '45 of "Psycho Chicken"
"Here Comes Garfield" soundtrack
a '45 of Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl"