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CPL593H posted:Is that just a Butthole Surfers comp or is there material originally created for the film? I went to the record store because I can't stand bars so gently caress New Years and found a sweet Caroliner record (Their name changes for every album, this one is credited to Caroliner Rainbow Hernia Milk Queen). Their first album in fact, a box set - hand-crafted and full of things:     caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Jan 1, 2020 |
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The Barnes and Noble near me was having a big 50% off select vinyl sale.
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cosmicjim posted:The Barnes and Noble near me was having a big 50% off select vinyl sale. Fake edit: upon finding there is no B&N within 50 miles of me, i find their website... undesirable. Also,  I don’t want this, it’s just one of the first results in the deals category. Also Abbey Road is a steal at 5% off  I can’t find anything beyond poo poo like that and Billy Eyelash and 90s CDs that were kicking around my older sister’s room, none of this is much appealing. Please advise
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Jan 2, 2020 04:44
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That would be a really good deal if Barnes and Noble sold anything other than Creedence Clearwater Revival comps and reissues of Thriller for 35 bucks.
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Jan 2, 2020 05:06
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That’s too bad. The B&N here had lots of newer albums by smaller artists on sale like The Shins, Iron and Wine, and Sufjan Stevens. Personally I bought Jim James “Tribute to 2,” A Perfect Circle’s newest album and an Iron Maiden live double album.
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Jan 2, 2020 11:18
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If anyone is looking for a decent cartridge for their turntable I'm selling a couple in SA Mart: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3908917 Selling an ortofon 2m red now and probably a Nagaoka MP-110 in that thread tomorrow when my new cartridge arrives.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:35
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I got Beck “Colors” and A Tribe Called Quest’s new album for $25 total at the Barnes and Nobel sale 🤷♂️
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Jan 2, 2020 21:07
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TheJetCityFix posted:I got Beck “Colors” and A Tribe Called Quest’s new album for $25 total at the Barnes and Nobel sale 🤷♂️ Is the sale still ongoing?
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Jan 2, 2020 21:36
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Do the stores generally have a decent selection? Maybe I should do something constructive today and leave the house...
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Jan 2, 2020 21:41
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EL BROMANCE posted:Do the stores generally have a decent selection? Maybe I should do something constructive today and leave the house... Apparently the ones near everyone else in this thread do.The B&N around here is trash.
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Jan 2, 2020 21:51
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Yeah I went and there was two sides of the vinyl stand - the side with mostly boring crap that was 50% off (audiophiles can complete their Diana Krall collection tho) and the better side at ‘a bit more than full price’ stuff. I grabbed a Chvrches record ($10) and ATCQs Peoples Instinctive Travels ($15). They had the new Tribe record like the other poster grabbed too, so probably similar stuff at each one. Lots of meh soundtracks.
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Jan 2, 2020 23:34
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Are there any new recommendations/anecdotes on cartridges that are currently produced? The OP recommends Shure, but it looks like they're out of the game. I'd like to keep it under/around $200, I listen to all kinds of stuff so something that's an all-around performer would be great.
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Jan 3, 2020 15:58
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I don't remember specifically how I decided upon it but I bought a 95P Paratrace needle for my AT95E cartridge a few years ago and it sounds fantastic. It's ~$200.
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Jan 3, 2020 16:03
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I don't think you can really go wrong with an Ortofon red or blue.
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Jan 3, 2020 16:27
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Skip all that poo poo and get into vintage audio equipment, so that you can search the NOS inventory of four different parts websites in the hopes of finding the correct color of knob for your goofy-rear end rotating ceramic cartridge from 1973!
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Jan 3, 2020 17:12
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I got that Todd Rundgren collab double LP called Runddans and made it nearly all the way through the first LP before realizing it was meant to be played at 45 pretty cool tbh
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Jan 3, 2020 20:13
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I went to an incredibly too large vinyl warehouse with an attached record store only to leave after five minutes because after wandering around for a bit I asked the dude at the counter where the metal section was and turns out it was just one shelf with garbage on it.
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Jan 3, 2020 22:31
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Spanish Manlove posted:I went to an incredibly too large vinyl warehouse with an attached record store only to leave after five minutes because after wandering around for a bit I asked the dude at the counter where the metal section was and turns out it was just one shelf with garbage on it. lol sounds like Bananas in St. Pete.
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Jan 3, 2020 22:46
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Ballz posted:lol sounds like Bananas in St. Pete. ding ding ding nailed it. I guess I'm just incredibly spoiled by Mojo's selection and their coffee bar. i have the week off so I figured i'd make the trip out since my friends suggested I check it out, but it was both impressive and a massive let down. The only thing that kinda looked interesting was a ratty copy of Iron Maiden - Killers that cost the same amount as a new version at Mojo so it stayed on the shelf.
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Spanish Manlove posted:ding ding ding nailed it. I guess I'm just incredibly spoiled by Mojo's selection and their coffee bar. Hah, knew it! I have a soft spot for Bananas, but despite the sheer quantity, it is a bit lacking in some genres like metal and hip hop. And you might have thought you saw "the warehouse," but you really haven't; they have a second location a few blocks away that has tens of thousands of more records -- slightly more curated -- that you can get lost in for hours. But if you're on the Pinellas side of the bay, Planet Retro is a much better store to go to for your metal and punk needs. There's also Daddy Kool, and while they have a good selection, they tend to focus more on new over used albums and the markup in price those bring.
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Jan 4, 2020 02:52
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Spanish Manlove posted:I went to an incredibly too large vinyl warehouse with an attached record store only to leave after five minutes because after wandering around for a bit I asked the dude at the counter where the metal section was and turns out it was just one shelf with garbage on it. maybe broaden yr horizons a bit
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Ballz posted:Hah, knew it! I have a soft spot for Bananas, but despite the sheer quantity, it is a bit lacking in some genres like metal and hip hop. And you might have thought you saw "the warehouse," but you really haven't; they have a second location a few blocks away that has tens of thousands of more records -- slightly more curated -- that you can get lost in for hours. Oh yeah, I've heart of Planet Retro. I saw a few ads for a punk rock flea market there. Also i feel real dumb forgetting daddy kool exists, I'll check those out some day.
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Jan 4, 2020 03:26
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Banano posted:maybe broaden yr horizons a bit Maybe this place is better but every time I've seen someone selling records from a very large quantity like that it's just an unsorted pile of garbage which very occasionally has something decent in there. It's never worth the hassle of digging through thousands of Herb Alpert records and old showtunes to maybe find a good classic rock disc that you can get anywhere else.
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Not that I encourage anyone to go through my thread history, but a lot of my finds that I posted here circa 2014 came from the unsorted bins at Bananas and were pretty damned good for their price. Sadly when I last paid them a visit back in October I found the selection much less varied than it once was and barely worth digging through. Ballz fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jan 4, 2020 |
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Jan 4, 2020 05:57
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Got an immaculate first pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy today for $3. How can I get this stupid oranger sticker off the cover without ruining it? Do people really steal from record shops?
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Jan 4, 2020 18:25
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Jascum posted:Got an immaculate first pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy today for $3. Try a hair dryer, just make sure the record is out of the sleeve first.
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Jan 4, 2020 18:51
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VMP has finally shipped my December record. Or at least they've printed a shipping label and marked it as shipped, we'll see when it actually shows up.
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Jan 4, 2020 18:53
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Jascum posted:Got an immaculate first pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy today for $3. A place I use to go to would sometimes put the price sticker on the cover and the actual loving label. Anyway rubbing alcohol will work. You just have to go somewhat slowly and don't saturate it. I learned about that here quite some time ago and thought it was bullshit, but it works. It will not mar the paper, I've done this successfully a number of times on album covers and all kinds of other paper stuff. Use a Q-tip or a cotton ball. If you can peel some of the sticker off without tearing the cover do that first and get as much off as you can. Then dab what's left with the alcohol and roll that poo poo off with your finger, it's best to avoid smearing it too much but that's not the end of the world it just makes more work. Repeat the process a few times and you should be good to go.
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Jan 4, 2020 19:04
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Never tried it, but numerous people have told me lighter fluid is great for getting stickers off.
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Jan 4, 2020 19:30
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Schremp Howard posted:Never tried it, but numerous people have told me lighter fluid is great for getting stickers off. I'd just stick with rubbing alcohol. At this point in my life I'm way too lazy to even gently caress with any of this, but I rarely find records with stickers on them anyway. I think the only time I've come across it in a long time is in a flea market and even then those guys will have most of their records in sleeves with the prices on them or they other wise use stickers that are made to peel off without loving up the paper under it.
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Jan 4, 2020 19:33
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CPL593H posted:I'd just stick with rubbing alcohol. At this point in my life I'm way too lazy to even gently caress with any of this, but I rarely find records with stickers on them anyway. I think the only time I've come across it in a long time is in a flea market and even then those guys will have most of their records in sleeves with the prices on them or they other wise use stickers that are made to peel off without loving up the paper under it. This place has their records over $1 in plastic sleeves, but they put the grading sticker on the plastic sleeve and and the price on the cover. I guess it’s to combat people switching sleeves? 99% of their records are under $5 anyway...
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Schremp Howard posted:Never tried it, but numerous people have told me lighter fluid is great for getting stickers off. I've used it and it works very well, it dissolves the sticky parts and almost instantly evaporates off the cover itself.
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internet celebrity posted:VMP has finally shipped my December record. Or at least they've printed a shipping label and marked it as shipped, we'll see when it actually shows up. I supposedly have Mobb Deep en route, so that’s exciting. Two other remain unshipped and they refunded me on a third so who knows what will eventually happen there. In other news I did stop by Barnes and Noble, and the record selection was pretty much as expected: popular mainstream albums. I did pick up Bowie’s “Pin Ups” for $11 as that’s just one of those records I’ve been needing to add to my collection since forever but never got around to it.
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Jascum posted:Got an immaculate first pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy today for $3. depends on the paper stock of the outer sleeve. ive found the lighter fluid and goo gone can stain some of the more natural paper sleeves where the chemically treated ones can withstand a bit more liquid. I usually start off with a hair dryer at a low/med heat and pick at the edges with a slightly sanded down guitar pick (anything with a smooth tapered edge, probably best a thin piece of plastic) that gets under the sticker and I just take my time going at it till its gone. if there's still residue that's when i put a bit of lighter fluid on a quetip and dab it on the sticky bits and wipe it away immediately after. really depends on what im working on tho and how much i care for the quality of the product after im done. i also have a pretty good memory for which record stores use better price stickers than others for their used stock. Amoeba and Rasputin both suck in this regard as their stickers are impossible to get off completely unless they're fresh, but even then they put goddamn price stickers on the record label. what the gently caress 
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I always held it over a pot of boiling, steaming water to loosen it up enough to peel off perfectly.
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I'm loving autistic and even I don't care about this that much. All these things are so much work for something that doesn't really matter.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Because of Amazon, I’d kind of forgotten how to get stickers and stuff off products. I remember using Goo Gone to clean jewel cases in the 90s, which is probably just a solvent like alcohol or lighter fluid.CPL593H posted:I'm loving autistic and even I don't care about this that much. All these things are so much work for something that doesn't really matter. It doesn’t matter to you, but I didn’t want to look at a stupid day-glo orange sticker on the mostly black cover. Let’s go back to posting about music.
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Jascum posted:Thanks for all the suggestions. Because of Amazon, I’d kind of forgotten how to get stickers and stuff off products. I remember using Goo Gone to clean jewel cases in the 90s, which is probably just a solvent like alcohol or lighter fluid. Goo Gone is a bad idea here because it leaves a residue that needs to be washed off with soap and water. It also doesn't dissolve in the air like alcohol does.
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My music is good 
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Herb Alpert or GTFO.
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