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SeXReX posted:
What does Kenny Loggins have to do with exotica?
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So I recently moved into a new place and need to downsize my furniture. Used to have a separate table for the player and equipment and the records but now looking to get something for both. Any recommendations? I have like 200+ records at this point so prolly need something sizeable
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Jun 5, 2016 15:19
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Gravel Gravy posted:So I recently moved into a new place and need to downsize my furniture. Used to have a separate table for the player and equipment and the records but now looking to get something for both. Any recommendations? Kallax holds about 300 records. http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/40275813/
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Jun 5, 2016 15:25
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The scene from High fidelity where Jack Black's character refuses to sell the goon the record he wants, but then sells it to the record store regular that he likes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwjVVSNOtY What always bothered me is he has whipped cream and other delights in his hand, but knows enough to offer $40 for Safe As Milk. That guy either already has whipped cream or will never buy it. I am unable to suspend my disbelief at this oversight. I special ordered Phosphorescent Harvest by the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Came in this weekend on some nice trippy colored vinyl with a bonus 45 in the sleeve I wasn't expecting. Really well-done package. 
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Jun 5, 2016 17:01
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I dunno, it took me quite a while to finally buy a copy of Whipped Cream, I already had a couple hundred records when I got it. It's really not a bad record! The thing that upsets me the most about High Fidelity is how quickly Wicker Park devolved into yuppie stroller hell.
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Jun 5, 2016 18:03
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What is it with record dealers who price things ludicrously high? There's one guy at a flea market I go to who has a fantastic selection of records but everything is priced either two to three times what it's worth or he actually just adds a zero on the the end of the value of the record to arrive at a price. I'm just completely baffled. It's like he doesn't want to actually sell anything. Here's some examples of his prices: First two B-52s albums - $50 each Joy Division - Les Bains Douces vol. 2 -$300 New Order - Blue Monday 12' - $70 This is just a few I can remember but all of his prices are this ridiculous.
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Jun 6, 2016 03:46
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I remember seeing this guy on eBay who sold all his poo poo at beyond ridiculous prices. Like, 200 dollars for Journey and Foreigner. But then I saw he sold a Boston album for 200 dollars and I figure, if he's able to make one of those sales every so often, it's better than trying to sell it for the actual value.
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Jun 6, 2016 04:04
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The Senator Giroux posted:I remember seeing this guy on eBay who sold all his poo poo at beyond ridiculous prices. Like, 200 dollars for Journey and Foreigner. That sounds like a guy in on---or at least selling to---the White Hot Stamper cult.
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Jun 6, 2016 04:20
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Allen Wren posted:That sounds like a guy in on---or at least selling to---the White Hot Stamper cult. How exactly do I take advantage of that whole scam? I'd be glad to take money from people dumb enough to pay high premiums for copies of poo poo like Glass Houses or Born in the USA.
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Jun 6, 2016 06:40
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CPL593H posted:How exactly do I take advantage of that whole scam? I'd be glad to take money from people dumb enough to pay high premiums for copies of poo poo like Glass Houses or Born in the USA. loving wish I knew. I've got some prime 70s white people stuff I got when my girlfriend's father gave me all his records that I'm never going to listen to.
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Jun 6, 2016 06:55
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JehovahsWetness posted:Haacks are local buys, originally from a nearby school in VA (I think my copy of Dance to the Music is from there too). I bought the two Haacks and Shadow from a local record guy from his "randoms" bin at a hotel record show here. Skynyrd Street Survivor flames cover = $50, Bruce Haack = "i dunno, five bucks?" lol there's a hotel record show here in roanoke too, i dont think they do it anymore though? or something? i dont know.
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Jun 6, 2016 21:10
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So I post in here every time my band releases a record because I love records, and because I've gotten positive reinforcement in the past (and a couple of orders, no less), I want to share pics of our latest, out on 7/22. They came in the mail today and I just can't resist sharing:    This color configuration is limited and you can get it in the Vinyl Me, Please members store if any of y'all are members. Otherwise, the records are white. If you're into art pop/smart pop/experimental pop/noisy pop, this may be your stuff. You can listen to the first single at this link: http://bit.ly/1UdEeWs And grab a copy if you're into it at this link: http://bit.ly/1PgBO3L Thanks for the support and encouragement over the years of releasing records/posting them here!
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Jun 8, 2016 01:03
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1000 umbrellas posted:So I post in here every time my band releases a record because I love records, and because I've gotten positive reinforcement in the past (and a couple of orders, no less), I want to share pics of our latest, out on 7/22. They came in the mail today and I just can't resist sharing: Nice vulvic symbolism. Also ejaculate-colored vinyl. Good stuff.
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Jun 8, 2016 02:07
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same i love vulvas
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Jun 8, 2016 03:42
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Should have done a yellow center label for that fried egg look
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Jun 8, 2016 12:03
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Any suggestions for sleek-looking, vibration-reducing speaker stands? I need a pair of stands to get my largish speakers off the ground, taking up as little space width-wise as possible. I have the KEF C series type SP3056.
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Jun 10, 2016 16:51
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I use the small version of these, and have been happy with them. https://amzn.com/B009NWX2WO
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Jun 11, 2016 06:52
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Just saw that Cornelius' Fantasma just got reissued, been looking for that one for a while.
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Jun 11, 2016 23:57
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Hot Topic is phasing out its vinyl selection and everything is $12 in-store. My local store was mostly cleared out but I was able to get Led Zeppelin IV and Blink 182's Greatest Hits for $25 total (they were marked at $28 each). They had some represses, if y'all are feeling lucky you might be able to stock up on the Bowie re-releases or something similar.
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Jun 12, 2016 00:24
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Barry posted:Just saw that Cornelius' Fantasma just got reissued, been looking for that one for a while. I have an original pressing but I see this has "Ball In Kick Off" on it as a bonus track and now am very tempted to double dip.
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Jun 12, 2016 07:18
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CRINDY posted:Hot Topic is phasing out its vinyl selection and everything is $12 in-store. My local store was mostly cleared out but I was able to get Led Zeppelin IV and Blink 182's Greatest Hits for $25 total (they were marked at $28 each). They had some represses, if y'all are feeling lucky you might be able to stock up on the Bowie re-releases or something similar. But now where will I be able to get My Little Pony picture discs? 
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Jun 12, 2016 07:36
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I'm going to Philadelphia tomorrow for a few days, any shop recommendations?
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Jun 12, 2016 08:24
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CRINDY posted:Hot Topic is phasing out its vinyl selection and everything is $12 in-store. My local store was mostly cleared out but I was able to get Led Zeppelin IV and Blink 182's Greatest Hits for $25 total (they were marked at $28 each). They had some represses, if y'all are feeling lucky you might be able to stock up on the Bowie re-releases or something similar. Wait, does this mean records aren't swick any more?
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Jun 12, 2016 13:20
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Schremp Howard posted:I'm going to Philadelphia tomorrow for a few days, any shop recommendations? Long in the Tooth AKA Repo
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Jun 12, 2016 13:51
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uncle spero posted:Wait, does this mean records aren't swick any more? It's always amusing when businesses think that a thing that's popular among people that like that thing is going to be popular with the general public, so they add a section of their store dedicated to that thing only to find out that nobody cares. As a guy who buys, and occasionally listens to, records I go to record stores or flea markets or online sellers. If I go into a Barnes & Noble or Hot Topic I'm not going there to buy records. So records are just as popular with Record People, the general public is probably just losing what little interest they had after the trend died down.
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Jun 12, 2016 15:28
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King Vidiot posted:It's always amusing when businesses think that a thing that's popular among people that like that thing is going to be popular with the general public, so they add a section of their store dedicated to that thing only to find out that nobody cares. As a guy who buys, and occasionally listens to, records I go to record stores or flea markets or online sellers. If I go into a Barnes & Noble or Hot Topic I'm not going there to buy records. Shorting Crosley tomorrow when the market opens.
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Jun 12, 2016 15:36
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King Vidiot posted:If I go into a Barnes & Noble or Hot Topic I'm not going there to buy records. Why not? Are you too good to pay a five to ten dollar markup on reissues of albums everyone already has?
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Jun 12, 2016 16:40
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CPL593H posted:Why not? Are you too good to pay a five to ten dollar markup on reissues of albums everyone already has? Eh they suckered me into the trippy color reissues of Workingman's Dead and the first Cars album. In my defense the Barnes and Noble is on the walk home from all our bars.
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Jun 12, 2016 16:48
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I was about to ask if Crosleys were really the pieces of poo poo everybody claims, and then I found this: https://www.amazon.com/Crosley-NP1-Replacement-Needle/dp/B0002FO2IO/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1465746527&sr=8-26&keywords=crosley+turntable Fucker is like entirely plastic except for the "diamond" needle that's probably black ceramic. It looks like it would snap off if it hit the tiniest particle of dirt in a groove.
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Jun 12, 2016 16:52
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The most common gripe about the crosleys I read is the heavy tracking force and no way to adjust it. There is some vid making the rounds of some industry exec complaining about how people trying out records for the first time buy a nice new record and have it sound like crap after 5 spins on their crosley. Found this to be the case after my small study of one person/record player a couple years ago. They had bought a Crosley suitcase table and a half dozen 180 gram urban outfitters records. It looked very cute in their living room, but I put on their copy of Come Fly With me and it was in really rough shape, so there may be something to it.
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Jun 12, 2016 17:04
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King Vidiot posted:It's always amusing when businesses think that a thing that's popular among people that like that thing is going to be popular with the general public, so they add a section of their store dedicated to that thing only to find out that nobody cares. As a guy who buys, and occasionally listens to, records I go to record stores or flea markets or online sellers. If I go into a Barnes & Noble or Hot Topic I'm not going there to buy records. Hot Topic was selling records when I got into this 15 years ago. So this isn't a thing they were doing to jump on a trend. I imagine that because vinyl is more readily available, and Hot Topic is less and less and music, stocking records make less sense for them.
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uncle spero posted:The most common gripe about the crosleys I read is the heavy tracking force and no way to adjust it. There is some vid making the rounds of some industry exec complaining about how people trying out records for the first time buy a nice new record and have it sound like crap after 5 spins on their crosley. I looked it up and those things track at 5g 
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Jun 12, 2016 21:49
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Cemetry Gator posted:Hot Topic was selling records when I got into this 15 years ago. So this isn't a thing they were doing to jump on a trend. More to the point no one buys records at Hot Topic because the $12 Zeppelin and Blink records were each $28 normally
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Jun 12, 2016 23:23
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hatelull posted:What causes skipping/repetition? Interesting quandry, OP, not sure of the answer myself but I think once the goons get their heads together we can solve it!
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Jun 13, 2016 01:10
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I'd make fun but tbh I'd totally buy an LP that was just all the polka medleys compiled
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Jun 13, 2016 01:35
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I'm definitely not going to buy an accordion-shaped box set, but I do wonder what sort of bonus tracks lurk on that last record, yeah.
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Jun 13, 2016 01:39
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Is the 'Shazam this poster to learn more' thing a gag, or do they have things embedded in images now?
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Jun 13, 2016 01:49
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EL BROMANCE posted:Is the 'Shazam this poster to learn more' thing a gag, or do they have things embedded in images now? They have their own QR type thingy
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Allen Wren posted:I'm definitely not going to buy an accordion-shaped box set, but I do wonder what sort of bonus tracks lurk on that last record, yeah. That's what I'm wondering about as well. My guess is it will be all b-sides and things previously released on Dr. Demento tapes, but there's also some completely unheard material and live recordings from the late 70s and early 80s that would be perfect for something like this. Back in 2004 some fan put together a 5-disc compilation of rarities and it was kind of surprising how much material there was. I want to buy this set but I also don't want an accordion-shaped box in my collection. Also I'm sure it will be like $200 or something ridiculous.
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