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CPL593H posted:Lately I've found more and more that even with international shipping a lot of poo poo is actually cheaper to buy from European sellers. Yep noticing that too. I recently went ahead and ordered a copy of Limp Bizkit 'Significant Other' and got it from Japan because the price was overall cheaper and even with shipping was cheaper than US sellers. It's like the hype bubble hasnt affected overseas sellers much.
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I guess I had a major score today, but it was mostly in finding a pretty nice stereo. But my understanding is that goons love Rumors more than any album under the sun, so take a gander at this baby. It's like NM:  And this album encapsulates the 70s to me better than any other record, although it's partly because I had a crush on Ann when I was about 14:   Never really cared for Journey much myself, but it's quintissentially 80s. 
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Nice. Dreamboat Annie is such a good album.
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Ayyyyy shout out to my dudes over at Ranch Records in Bend, who threw a Parental Advisory poster in their window as a way to play whatever the hell they want in the store, which is pretty hilarious. Managed to snag The Roches' self-titled and Garbage's Version 2.0. 
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And here's a few more quintessentially 80s records from today:    And though I've never gotten around to it yet, I just might sell these, I don't really care much for any of them. stealie72 posted:Nice. Dreamboat Annie is such a good album. Ann might have been my first childhood crush. Then I discovered Crissy Hind.
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Jul 6, 2022 23:36
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 Got this yesterday and still don't have time to play it today. Woo?
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I'd woo but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Oh what the hell, WOOOOOOO! Now, what am I looking at? Here is my new record player too, maybe. I'm trying to decide whether to make this the basement stereo. $35 for all of it.  
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petit choux posted:I'd woo but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Oh what the hell, WOOOOOOO! Now, what am I looking at? Understandable as I live in a black hole of a house. It's this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8v_FKonkkM
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petit choux posted:And here's a few more quintessentially 80s records from today: I'll give ya a nickel for the maddona's
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dorium posted:Yep noticing that too. I recently went ahead and ordered a copy of Limp Bizkit 'Significant Other' and got it from Japan because the price was overall cheaper and even with shipping was cheaper than US sellers. It's like the hype bubble hasnt affected overseas sellers much. The only downside is that the US shipping prices out of the country are so high that if you try to send it back for a refund you're going to pay more than the value of the record to send it back. Thus far I only had a problem once but the record wasn't expensive and the seller refunded me a bit. I was more disappointed that the record (It was Replicas by Tubeway Army) is significantly scuffed than I was about the money. caligulamprey posted:Ayyyyy shout out to my dudes over at Ranch Records in Bend, who threw a Parental Advisory poster in their window as a way to play whatever the hell they want in the store, which is pretty hilarious. Managed to snag The Roches' self-titled and Garbage's Version 2.0. That's weird to me because in all my years of collecting I've never once seen a child in a record store. It hasn't occurred to me that anyone is bringing kids in them or that they'd restrict what kind of music they're playing. I suppose that has a lot to do with the "vinyl revival" and I'm sure more than one Karen yelling about their kid hearing a swear word for the three seconds they weren't watching porn or Nazi videos on their phone. petit choux posted:And here's a few more quintessentially 80s records from today: I say this as someone who loves David Bowie. That album is trash. It has one really good song (Cat People) a couple of alright songs and the rest is forgettable junk. It blows my mind that this was his follow up to Scary Monsters (which is the last of his 80s albums you should hear and one of his best overall). Bowie himself didn't like Let's Dance and years later when he was asked about that period of his career he said (paraphrasing a bit) "My shows were full of Phil Collins fans when what I wanted were Iggy Pop fans.". Cat People is the great track from that album and even then the non-album version released as a single from the movie Cat People is the superior version of the song. I've listened to the entire Let's Dance album all the way through one single time.
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petit choux posted:I'd woo but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Oh what the hell, WOOOOOOO! Now, what am I looking at? That’s a pretty killer rack of Sony gear. That would be a great stereo for your basement. Clean it up and see how it goes.
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CPL593H posted:The only downside is that the US shipping prices out of the country are so high that if you try to send it back for a refund you're going to pay more than the value of the record to send it back. Thus far I only had a problem once but the record wasn't expensive and the seller refunded me a bit. I was more disappointed that the record (It was Replicas by Tubeway Army) is significantly scuffed than I was about the money. if you buy through PayPal, you can get them to cover the return postage cost (up to $30 USD) 12 times a year: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/returns I only used it for the first time recently but it was great. I just had to send them a picture of the package and a picture of the receipt and I had my money back within like 4 days
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strap on revenge posted:if you buy through PayPal, you can get them to cover the return postage cost (up to $30 USD) 12 times a year: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST? Good to know. Thanks. edit: To be clear I didn't have a problem with the record getting here intact. The problem was the seller called it a VG+ when it very clearly wasn't. Even with the most cursory visual grade you can tell. Though I will say that for some reason European sellers have a tendency to use these thin mailers that are barely better than just putting the disc in a cardstock envelope and those do make me nervous. However I've only had a problem once with something from overseas getting smushed and it was years ago and the warp it made in the record was very minor and didn't effect the playback. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jul 7, 2022 |
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My Spincare record cleaner has arrived, just need to get some de-ionised water. I ordered some of their inner sleeves as well, but the second Amazon driver decided to deliver them somewhere else, so I put an order in directly with Spincare. It seems silly to clean a bunch of records and put them back in their old, paper inner sleeves, so I'll wait until I've got everything. I am very excited.
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CPL593H posted:I say this as someone who loves David Bowie. That album is trash. It has one really good song (Cat People) a couple of alright songs and the rest is forgettable junk. It blows my mind that this was his follow up to Scary Monsters (which is the last of his 80s albums you should hear and one of his best overall). Bowie himself didn't like Let's Dance and years later when he was asked about that period of his career he said (paraphrasing a bit) "My shows were full of Phil Collins fans when what I wanted were Iggy Pop fans.". Cat People is the great track from that album and even then the non-album version released as a single from the movie Cat People is the superior version of the song. I've listened to the entire Let's Dance album all the way through one single time. Let's Dance has a bunch of great songs. The opening three songs is a great run - Modern Love, China Girl, and Let's Dance - these are career defining songs for Bowie that he kept bringing out in his shows until the end of his touring career. As far as his opinions on the album - he didn't hate this album. He did what he set out to do with this album. It's just that because it was such a big hit, EMI wanted more hits, and that led to Tonight, which Bowie wasn't really that involved in based on accounts. He also was never quite satisfied with Never Let Me Down Again, but honestly, I think he's too harsh on that album. Bowie was deeply involved in Let's Dance and it was an independent production. He had set out with the intention of making a big hit record, one for the masses. It's just that what came after wasn't what he wanted to do and was more of him trying to appease people.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Let's Dance has a bunch of great songs. The opening three songs is a great run - Modern Love, China Girl, and Let's Dance - these are career defining songs for Bowie that he kept bringing out in his shows until the end of his touring career. Let’s Dance is fine but it’s not what I look for in a Bowie record. Id rather listen to Never let me down most of the time.
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CPL593H posted:Bowie himself didn't like Let's Dance and years later when he was asked about that period of his career he said (paraphrasing a bit) "My shows were full of Phil Collins fans when what I wanted were Iggy Pop fans." My only fav on that Bowie album is China Girl. nitsuga posted:That’s a pretty killer rack of Sony gear. That would be a great stereo for your basement. Clean it up and see how it goes. I powered it up last night and it mostly worked, but I couldn't get the record player to turn. I have about 4 turntables that are as good or better so it's not crucial but I'd rather it work as a complete unit. I think there's something weird about that, it spun once the first time I powered it up and now it's dead. Also, the disc changer opened once, I took out all the old CDs, closed it and now it won't open at all. Everything else I've tried has worked and the speakers are pretty good. Thanks for the kind advice, the only response I got in the vintage stereo thread was scorn for bringing such a lowbrow offering.
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The belts go on those after 30 years. Easy to replace if you are comfortable taking things apart. The fact that they worked once means they didn't melt into black goo too so that's a win.
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petit choux posted:Thanks for the kind advice, the only response I got in the vintage stereo thread was scorn for bringing such a lowbrow offering. Early 90s Sony gear is not very highly regarded. Particularly the speakers.
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Boinks posted:The belts go on those after 30 years. Easy to replace if you are comfortable taking things apart. The fact that they worked once means they didn't melt into black goo too so that's a win. My best TT is one like that, it had apparently been in such hot, dirty storage that the belt kind of became a stain on the metal. Took a little work to get that one going, but not much.
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BigFactory posted:Early 90s Sony gear is not very highly regarded. Particularly the speakers. I'll try to get at least $36 for it. petit choux fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jul 7, 2022 |
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petit choux posted:I'll try to get at least $36 for it. Definitely better than throwing it away. Is it the type of component system that uses proprietary cables or is it just rca cables?
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BigFactory posted:Definitely better than throwing it away. Is it the type of component system that uses proprietary cables or is it just rca cables? It has proprietary ribbon cables on the back. The one going to the turntable is the only connection to anything besides the RCAs. It's a 3 conductor so Imma go out on a limb and say it provides power. I'm probably going to keep it for my basement, I can't see getting much for it. But you lot have talked me into selling that Ion anyway. It's in great shape, should make somebody very happy. I have not played it very loud, but I can't understand the low opinion of the speakers. They seem like the best thing about this stereo, at least visually. Are the speaker elements themselves just low quality or is it the enclosure, or what? Any substantial reasoning?
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petit choux posted:It has proprietary ribbon cables on the back. The one going to the turntable is the only connection to anything besides the RCAs. It's a 3 conductor so Imma go out on a limb and say it provides power. I'm probably going to keep it for my basement, I can't see getting much for it. But you lot have talked me into selling that Ion anyway. It's in great shape, should make somebody very happy. I’ve never heard a sony speaker I like. Those will sound better than a lot of bookshelves just because they move more air and have bass, but they’re going to have low grade components and if you open them up they wont be braced or insulated well (if at all). I imagine they’re fairly light for their size, right?
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BigFactory posted:I’ve never heard a sony speaker I like. Those will sound better than a lot of bookshelves just because they move more air and have bass, but they’re going to have low grade components and if you open them up they wont be braced or insulated well (if at all). I imagine they’re fairly light for their size, right? Hard for me to estimate. They seem pretty heavy but that is a lot of masonite too. I will take a closer look later. And Bigfactory, here is a question regarding those other older ones I found. What happens if I play them with the foam rotten as it is (view photo in new window for higher res)? Actually not just Bigfactory, anybody? 
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petit choux posted:Hard for me to estimate. They seem pretty heavy but that is a lot of masonite too. I will take a closer look later. You won’t damage them any more but you’ll notice a rattle. It will be varying degrees of “sounds like my speakers are farting”.
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CPL593H posted:The only downside is that the US shipping prices out of the country are so high that if you try to send it back for a refund you're going to pay more than the value of the record to send it back. Thus far I only had a problem once but the record wasn't expensive and the seller refunded me a bit. I was more disappointed that the record (It was Replicas by Tubeway Army) is significantly scuffed than I was about the money. I already posted this extremely scorching hot take in another thread but I’ll be happy to do it here too. I don’t like scary monsters and would rather listen to let’s dance, which has an absolutely flawless side A
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quote:Thank you for your patience. Unfortunately, the backordered item Ween - The Mollusk (180g Vinyl LP) has been discontinued and will not be available any time soon. 
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Wow, I actually found a VG+ copy of Fleetwood Mac Rumors at the thrift store today. It was in the middle of a $2.99 bag of records filled with thrift store trash and some random 80s staples like Huey Lewis and Hall & Oates.
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Boinks posted:Wow, I actually found a VG+ copy of Fleetwood Mac Rumors at the thrift store today. It was in the middle of a $2.99 bag of records filled with thrift store trash and some random 80s staples like Huey Lewis and Hall & Oates. Did you not grab the Hall & Oates?
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I'm a fan of Let's Dance, fun album to throw on and dance around the house to, and sometimes that's all an album needs to be
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CaptainBeefart posted:Did you not grab the Hall & Oates? It was a bag of records staples together for $2.99 so I got the Hall and Oates. There was also a Whipped Cream & Other Delights inside the bag so double score.
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Megabound posted:I'm a fan of Let's Dance, fun album to throw on and dance around the house to, and sometimes that's all an album needs to be Well I'll have to do that then. Maybe in tighty whiteys.
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CPL593H posted:That's weird to me because in all my years of collecting I've never once seen a child in a record store. 
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I'm interested to know what they think the worst one is, because since I stopped keeping up with that band, they've put out like twelve records
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My kid has come to the record store with me twice. He mostly just wants to listen to stupid rear end YouTube songs about being scared now but there was a time when I could get him to put on daft punk alive 2007, or as he called it “mountain music” His albums are that, cut copy, wavves because it has a cat on it, and big fish theory. The boy had good taste He also used to listen to Bad Brains with me in the car on the way to preschool and called it “yellow cd”. He would scream Attitude with me. This has been my kid post
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hexwren posted:I'm interested to know what they think the worst one is, because since I stopped keeping up with that band, they've put out like twelve records  (Listen to whatever. Everything's cool. Mostly.) DORK ALERT:  
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caligulamprey posted:DORK ALERT: My man
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I still laugh sometimes at me wandering into this thread asking for what Ween songs to check out if the only one I know is "It's Gonna Be a Long Night"...and y'all going "None, because that's literally their only song that sounds like THAT."   Ah poo poo, misread "Weezer" as Ween for some reason. Whatever, I stand by my post. Boinks posted:Some random 80s staples like Huey Lewis and Hall & Oates. Great find! Huey Lewis is definitely one of my favorite "dad" bands. I got to explain the whole Ghostbusters theme thing to my in-laws the other day, they had no idea. Read After Burning fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Jul 8, 2022 |
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caligulamprey posted:There were a couple of kids, the place was swamped mostly by teens on summer break. The best thing I heard out of them was one kid shouting to another kid at the other end of the store "AW MAN, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE WEEZER ALBUM AND IT'S THEIR WORST ONE." Doesn’t Weezer only have one good album though?
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