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caligulamprey posted:Sparks syndrome. Or it's probably the other way around, Sparks might have Kinks syndrome. Either way, listen to The Kinks and Sparks. I think I've just given up on ever finding a Sparks album in the wild, especially in anything-south-of-Chicago Illinois. I do come across Kinks albums though at my nearby record store, but they're usually 70's releases. I have a loose copy of Greatest Hits from '66 that made its way into my collection, that's about it.
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King Vidiot posted:I think I've just given up on ever finding a Sparks album in the wild, especially in anything-south-of-Chicago Illinois. I passed up both Sparks and 60s Kinks records at the most recent record fair in town (Austin TX) because the jackets didn't meet my impenetrable-to-me-even condition standards. I've passed up copies of Muswell Hillbillies both in the States and on a trip to Europe for the same mystical reasons. I did pick up a copy of the third Badfinger album-- which is the best one and seemingly impossible to find among all the copies of Magic Christian Music-- for $18 at that record fair. 1000 umbrellas fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Jul 9, 2017 |
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Jul 9, 2017 19:27
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I thought I could wait for a mythical mono copy of Rubber Soul in the wild that didn't have a split jacket but I gave in last year.
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Jul 9, 2017 19:33
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What's the rarest or most seemingly impossible to find thing in the wild that you've actually found in the wild? I think mine's Hawkwind's debut album, which I got at a Goodwill.
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Jul 9, 2017 20:07
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RC and Moon Pie posted:What's the rarest or most seemingly impossible to find thing in the wild that you've actually found in the wild? According to discogs, the most valuable thing I've found in the wild was a sealed copy of this single, but it's not something I was looking for or had even heard of. I also bought a couple from the same label that were similarly expensive (though not sealed). After that, the three best records I've found at thrift stores are Pet Sounds, Master of Puppets, and The Pixies' Doolittle. Pet Sounds in particular was one I had wanted for a long time. And since we're talking about The Kinks, I actually found Arthur in a Goodwill a few years back, but it's in pretty bad shape. In general I think the theory about Kinks records in America is pretty accurate. I haven't had much luck finding anything in the past couple years. Our Goodwill started cherry-picking records and marking up anything by a recognizable artist. I did manage to find a Funkadelic best-of album for $1.35 yesterday though.
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Jul 9, 2017 20:32
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RC and Moon Pie posted:What's the rarest or most seemingly impossible to find thing in the wild that you've actually found in the wild? Same place had a copy of Crispin Glover's The Big Problem, but it had a corner cut and I just couldn't justify the $35 for it. In retrospect, I was being dumb.
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Jul 9, 2017 21:39
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caligulamprey posted:Same place had a copy of Crispin Glover's The Big Problem, but it had a corner cut and I just couldn't justify the $35 for it. In retrospect, I was being dumb. At least now you realize it. I'd probably punch a toddler in the face to find someone selling that for 35 bucks.
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Jul 9, 2017 23:01
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Maybe the mono copy of Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel, which I purchased because I'm like a vinyl gollum.
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Jul 9, 2017 23:02
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I am thinking Chumbawamba's Jesus H Christ is somewhat rare. I also found first pressings of stuff like Pink Flag, Zen Arcade, or Paranoid Time. Those aren't necessarily rare, but I think they're not often for sale because people keep their copies, or when they are, they sell pretty quickly. I saw a copy of Unknown Pleasures, which I wish I had bought, but I didn't really feel like spending $80 at the time.
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Mine is a first US pressing of zombies - odessey and oracle. Not sure how rare it actually is, but I've only seen one and looked for it in the wild for years. Mine isn't in great condition:(
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I think the rarest things I've seen in the wild were a mono copy of Pink Floyd's Saucerful of Secrets and a first pressing of Evol by Sonic Youth. I didn't buy either of them because they were too expensive. edit: I just remembered another time I saw a psych-rock album that was made by a cult in the 70s, and that's most likely the absolute rarest thing I've ever seen. I really wish I would have bought it. I can't remember the name of it so I can't look for it online. I've been kicking myself for that one for a long time. I think it was 50 bucks or something, but whatever it was at the time I didn't have enough money for it. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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CPL593H posted:edit: I just remembered another time I saw a psych-rock album that was made by a cult in the 70s, and that's most likely the absolute rarest thing I've ever seen. I really wish I would have bought it. I can't remember the name of it so I can't look for it online. I've been kicking myself for that one for a long time. I think it was 50 bucks or something, but whatever it was at the time I didn't have enough money for it. Sounds like it was probably Ya Ho Wha / Father Yod / Source Family?
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Jul 10, 2017 00:16
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One time in a record store I saw someone who wasn't a total dork and actually had a sense of humor. Fake e. Recordings of local high school band performances
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Jul 10, 2017 00:18
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Haven't found any particularly rare LPs but I found Weird Al, Wendy Carlos Peter and the Wolf in NM condition on CD for $3.99. Someone at Half Price Books didn't know what it was and put it in the kids section.
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JehovahsWetness posted:Sounds like it was probably Ya Ho Wha / Father Yod / Source Family? That sounds about right, but I can't seem to find the album I saw on discogs.
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Jul 10, 2017 00:48
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can someone recommend me a decent, sub $100 phono pre-amp?
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Jul 10, 2017 00:53
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Dogen posted:Can’t really tell much difference between OK Computer’s last reissue and OKNOTOK. I guess they did a pretty good job with the prior reissue. Like having the B sides and “new” tracks on LP tho. I'm 99% sure the previous issue of OK Computer on vinyl used the 1997 master.
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Jul 10, 2017 02:21
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RC and Moon Pie posted:What's the rarest or most seemingly impossible to find thing in the wild that you've actually found in the wild? Frances the Mute and some solo Omar LPs. I'm assuming a hipster girl died and her parents dumped the albums at a Half Priced Books.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:What's the rarest or most seemingly impossible to find thing in the wild that you've actually found in the wild? A copy of Kraftwerk's third album, Ralf & Florian at a Half-Price. Stumbled over it completely at random. It's not like real-money rare or whatever, I doubt I have any records that I could sell to make rent, for example. However, it's a 70s pressing, not a bootleg, so I'm pleased. It's also probably my most-played Kraftwerk record (partly because it's fantastic but also partly because I don't have a copy of Trans-Europe Express.)
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As far as rare albums, while I dont think its super rare it was pretty cool to find Brian Eno's Ambient 1 & 2 in a north idaho record shop
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Jul 10, 2017 04:40
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Rarest for me was some TISM albums, the Collected Recordings was from Collectors Corner in Melbourne for 40 bucks about ten years ago, the records weren't technically from a shop, but from a dude who would buy up random lots from estates and old radio stations and stuff to resell from his garage, got them also for about 40 bucks for both. Discogs has median price for Truckin Songs at $84.62, no sales history for the others. Fun fact, one of the pressings for Truckin Songs had all 4 sides (purposely) sealed so you had to use a box cutter to open it up. 
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Jul 10, 2017 06:04
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I got a laserdisc double feature of Charles Bronson westerns at the goodwill. They were priced as vinyl instead of laserdiscs and therefore dirt cheap. Otherwise I've found a few shellac 78s of 1900s-10s. Don't know how rare they are but in some cases google searches of the artist and title turned up nothing and that points to rarity imo. Anyone know about playing 78s? I hear using a regular needle can damage them.
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screaden posted:Fun fact, one of the pressings for Truckin Songs had all 4 sides (purposely) sealed so you had to use a box cutter to open it up. The TISM sealed on all 4 sides was the 7" record in a 12" Sleeve for "Defecate on my Face", They had one (opened) at Rocking Horse Records for $100 and I couldn't justify it.
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Mace Bacon posted:The TISM sealed on all 4 sides was the 7" record in a 12" Sleeve for "Defecate on my Face", They had one (opened) at Rocking Horse Records for $100 and I couldn't justify it. Ah ok, yeah clearly misremembered, still hilarious though.
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I recently moved, and had to reconnect my turntable/amp/speaker setup. I tested the setup by putting a known good record, and starting it up. It would play for a little bit, but then the needle started skipping like mad. I figured, well maybe I screwed up setting the counterweight or anti-skating, so I tried that. Nope, needle still skipping and juddering like mad. Next culprit...maybe the azimuth is off, and I need to adjust the needle. Did that, and STILL dealing w/the skipping. I realized eventually, that even when the turntable wasn't rotating, that if I left the stylus on the record, it would start jumping like mad after a bit. Immediately, I thought to myself that maybe I didn't ground the turntable to the receiver, OR perhaps I wasn't getting good power from the outlet. I turned the receiver around to investigate and realized...I'd hooked up the speakers completely backwards: ground to hot, and hot to ground. Jesus loving Christ. The morale of the story: don't hook up your stereo in a poorly lit room if you are color blind. Also, be careful w/electricity.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:I got a laserdisc double feature of Charles Bronson westerns at the goodwill. They were priced as vinyl instead of laserdiscs and therefore dirt cheap. I don't know about damaging them, but a regular needle will make them sound terrible since they'll actually pick up a lot more noise. The groove on a 78 is wider than a microgroove record, so your needle will ride inside of it. Just get a needle for 78 records if you're interested.
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screaden posted:Rarest for me was some TISM albums, the Collected Recordings was from Collectors Corner in Melbourne for 40 bucks about ten years ago, the records weren't technically from a shop, but from a dude who would buy up random lots from estates and old radio stations and stuff to resell from his garage, got them also for about 40 bucks for both. Discogs has median price for Truckin Songs at $84.62, no sales history for the others. Fun fact, one of the pressings for Truckin Songs had all 4 sides (purposely) sealed so you had to use a box cutter to open it up. Holy poo poo! These are awesome, but mostly I'm just jazzed to see someone else who knows what TISM is 
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betterinsodapop posted:I recently moved, and had to reconnect my turntable/amp/speaker setup. That's really odd. I'm struggling to try and figure out why reversed polarity on your speakers would ever make your records skip.
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Glazier posted:Holy poo poo! These are awesome, but mostly I'm just jazzed to see someone else who knows what TISM is I'm actually very familiar with the 'tism.
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Barry posted:That's really odd. I'm struggling to try and figure out why reversed polarity on your speakers would ever make your records skip. Me too, the worst that would happen is that they would be out of phase and the sound might be thin; passive speakers don't have any electricity to send back into your receiver. Are you sure the turntable itself is level? 1000 umbrellas fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Barry posted:That's really odd. I'm struggling to try and figure out why reversed polarity on your speakers would ever make your records skip. The speakers are hooked up to the receiver, and the turntable power is plugged into the receiver. Once I fixed it, the jumping stopped immediately. betterinsodapop fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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I think there's some vital piece of information we're missing here because reversed polarity on passive speakers would (well, should) never cause that.
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Boinks posted:I'm actually very familiar with the 'tism. I find that a large percentage of serious record collectors have tism. betterinsodapop posted:Not just skip, the cartridge was violently jumping off the plinth/record even when stationary. poo poo was wild. Your house is haunted by the ghost of an audiophile who is angered by even the most minuscule of improper setups.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:Got something interesting. Ordered a flexi from a small artist a few months back and kinda forgot about it, and it never shipped. By way of apology she sent me 4 flexis instead of the single one I ordered. I gave two away to friends who have turntables, but that still leaves one. Anyone here want it?  It will be the first record I play when I finally get my table set up. Thanks!
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Sweet. Hope you like it!CPL593H posted:Your house is haunted by the ghost of an audiophile who is angered by even the most minuscule of improper setups. Stay safe turntable ghost
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CHICKEN SHOES posted:can someone recommend me a decent, sub $100 phono pre-amp? I use this one and haven't had any issues. http://www.guitarcenter.com/BBE/FJB...productads-adid
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Most valuable in my collection is clear pressing of Bowie's Blackstar but I bought that online day it was announced. Panopticon's Kentucky and Roads to the North are up there too. In shop maybe Fionn Reagan?
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MrSargent posted:I use this one and haven't had any issues. I used that one for a long time, but I would remark that the wiring on the included power supply is flimsy as poo poo. The actual unit is solid, though.
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Cemetry Gator posted:I don't know about damaging them, but a regular needle will make them sound terrible since they'll actually pick up a lot more noise. The groove on a 78 is wider than a microgroove record, so your needle will ride inside of it. I have a needle that I can flip over, so one needle is for 33/45 , and one is for 78. i ffell like the problem would be damaging the needle.
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Ben Carsons Ghost posted:I have a needle that I can flip over, so one needle is for 33/45 , and one is for 78. i ffell like the problem would be damaging the needle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLyHA7GO6s
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