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Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I've bought more vinyl in the past few weeks than I have in the past decade:

New stuff:

Genesis - The Last Domino? A 4-LP set of hits. Lots of pics inside of the band on their last tour.

Another ELO compilation. I'm a sucker for colored vinyl.

ABBA - Voyage. Their first new album in 40 years.

Now some old stuff:

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside. The record company released this with several different covers.

Got these a local church yard sale:

Roger Williams - Songs of the Fabulous 40s. I actually recognize a few of the titles.

The Melachrino Strings - Music for Reading

Knuckles O'Toole Plays Honky Tonk Piano Volume 3. I bought this because of the dude's name.

An assortment of Jackie Gleason 45s. The cover of Lonesome Echo was done by freaking Salvadore Dali!

As you can see, I was missing Part 3. Being a completist, I had to get the missing part, so off to ebay. Rather than spend too much for just one record (which I couldn't find by itself anyway), I went down the rabbit hole:

I got the whole set, but now Parts 1 & 2 are in a single set.

I bought a whole batch of these things:

All of the vinyl from the yard sale was pretty clean for its age, but I'm going to clean it all anyway.

Now I want to complete the Jackie Gleason stuff.

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 22:03

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Got the new Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album. It's a double.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2021 00:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Turbinosamente posted:

And I'm pretty sure wood 12 x 12 cube shelves with feet have been a furniture item since the 1960s, you don't necessarily have to go to IKEA to find one. I'm basing this solely off of my Mom's memory of her parents keeping their records in one though.

A few years ago, I bought a bunch of these:

Made by Foremost, but they seem to have been discontinued. I have a mix of black and white ones. They cost between $16-18 depending on where I got them (mostly Amazon). They're laminate over a wood-ish core held together with screws and dowels. They can be stacked together with smaller dowels.

The closest non-IKEA thing I've seen recently is made by Way Basics:

quote:

zBoard is a material made up of 99 percent post-consumer recycled paper (the remaining 1 percent is paper as well), completely recyclable and less than half the weight (with the same strength) of particle board.

These are a bit pricier at $35 each. They're held together with dowels and double-sided tape.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2022 02:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

petit choux posted:

I scrolled past this too quickly and thought it was Abacab.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2022 02:07

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Picked up a couple of new releases this week:

Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean

Christine McVie - Christine Perfect (reissue on white vinyl)

I have the 1976 reissue called The Legendary Christine Perfect Album. Original copies from 1970 are a bitch to find cheap.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2022 03:39

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Turbinosamente posted:

I saw a Tool CD in a thrift store once. However it was so beat to poo poo I did not buy it. This is my sole encounter with Tool, thanks for reading.

I have a copy of Tool's "Parabola" video from 2002 on my computer. I know it came with some software, but I cannot remember what it was.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 03:26

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Went to an "antique mall" today.

Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot

Yes - The Yes Album

Styx - Caught in the Act Live

ELO - Can't Get It Out of My Head

# ¿ May 7, 2022 17:37

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CPL593H posted:

White hot stampers are a whole other scam that is way more niche than the CGC or the video game one.

They are basically saying this in the FAQ.

quote:

Are Hot Stampers a good investment?

Hot Stampers sure sound better than other records, but do they have any real "collector" value?

Not really. On the surface they look just like any other pressing, so their market value cannot be established or verified in any meaningful way. The value of a Hot Stamper pressing is almost purely subjective: they exist only to provide listening pleasure to their owner. Yes, a Pink Label Island pressing of In the Court of the Crimson King is worth big bucks, but is it worth the $850 we charged recently if you were to try and resell it? Probably not.

I understand why a record collector would be confused by this notion of subjective and limited value. Collecting records is mostly about buying, selling and owning various kinds of records.

# ¿ May 14, 2022 23:47

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Turbinosamente posted:

Nah play that ELO record instead. You know the one.

Fine, I'll do it.

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 00:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

marjorie posted:

Okay, now do Boston!

I don't have that on vinyl, so instead have more Out of the Blue:

Blue vinyl

Clear vinyl

Promo label

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 01:20

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

More color

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 22:42

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

Jeff Lynne is a good proof that ugly guys can get pretty far in show biz

The only negative things I've ever heard about him were business-related with bassist Kelly Grocutt over royalties and later with drummer Bev Bevan over buying out 100% rights to the band's name.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2022 00:09

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Cemetry Gator posted:

But have you heard the Move?

https://youtu.be/2I5kH0klENs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JwVZYa1KSk

Pre-shades Jeff!

Also:

# ¿ Jun 10, 2022 02:11

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I got an email letting me know this will be available in August:

Blondie's first six albums plus a bunch of extra tracks and some booklets. It will be on black vinyl ($300), red vinyl ($330), & CD ($100). The bonus stuff will be available by itself on vinyl ($100) or CD ($35).

I love the first four albums. Autoamerican is okay and The Hunter is not so good.

Soooooo tempting.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2022 01:55

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CornHolio posted:

Are slipmats worth it? As in, do they do anything?

I got an MST3K slipmat, but it (and all slipmats) interferes with my turntable's automatic size detection.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2022 02:20

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

As a birthday present for myself, I went ahead and got the Blondie box set. Rather than me take crappy pics, here's an unboxing video (it's long):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK4GPofqFuw

I got the red vinyl set because I'm a sucker for colored vinyl.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2022 21:24

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Boinks posted:

Nice titles, hope you got a good price on them.

I've given up on my local HPB:

Glass Houses in a good Billy Joel album. It is not THAT good.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2022 00:42

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Went clasical:

# ¿ Sep 20, 2022 01:24

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

The dangers of keeping your albums sealed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0yOEFfZlco

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 01:56

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CaptainBeefart posted:

Is this really an issue? I'm not buying it (aside from improper packaging maybe) and not watching the entire video.

I have seen other YouTubers talk about the same issue. It does happen, but how often, I don't know. There was one guy who opened a sealed gatefold album only to discover the inner surfaces had fused together.

I have set of sealed ELO albums and none of them are warped at all. I knew a guy who used to have a record store and he would cut a tiny opening along the open side of the cover for stress relief.

This is definitely an exception.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 02:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

dorium posted:

yeah you cant put a clean record back into a paper sleeve. its just barbaric.

If you replace generic factory-supplied paper sleeves (ie. no printing on them of any kind) with proper sleeves, does it affect the album's value?

# ¿ Dec 1, 2022 02:09

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Boinks posted:

I just keep the old one in the sleeve.

I figured as much, but how would anyone know if it's original?

Cue the expert on generic sleeves....

# ¿ Dec 3, 2022 02:42

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Techmoan checks out a device to make your records sound better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOeK4hdn_bQ

# ¿ Dec 10, 2022 17:35

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Found this guy using a record de-warpifier thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHfylB-u_QU

It's about US$300.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2022 01:26

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

joylessdivision posted:

I'd love to know what you think because an album of all Moog poo poo sounds like exactly the kind of weird electronic poo poo I'd be into

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYdCR335_-c

# ¿ Jan 18, 2023 02:55

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I usually have zero luck with records at charity shops. I mean, how many loving records did Ray Conniff make?

Anyway, I got these yesterday:

A five-LP set and, surprisingly, all five records were there AND they appear to have never been played.

Some 45s:

The b-side is just the instrumental version.

This appears to have been part of a box set (which was popular in the 50s)

Pretty much like most Ventures songs

I had no idea who these people were (apparently they were a "hillbilly" comedy act), but I got it for the b-side:

No, it's not a misprint. It's just the a-side played backward.

I only know of one other time this was done - Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming to Take Me Away".

Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jan 22, 2023

# ¿ Jan 22, 2023 00:16

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Got this today:

Klaatu 3:47 EST (although this is the US version and is self-titled).

There was a rumor going around that this was actually The Beatles. There are parts that are very Beatle-ly. At first the band and the label did nothing to dispel the rumors, but somebody did a little digging and found the copyright info on the songs only to discover that it was just a band from Canada.

The sound is very 70s.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2023 02:23

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Enos Cabell posted:

I've got a working SVHS player and these bad boys:

Glad I had dumb priorities as a young guy, spent a considerable chunk of my first Best Buy paycheck to buy that.

I see your SVHS and raise you some laserdiscs:

# ¿ Feb 3, 2023 01:32

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Records. How do they work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DdUvoc7tJ4

# ¿ Mar 25, 2023 01:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

wa27 posted:

I stopped by some record stores this weekend:

Go to YouTube and watch any "ranking the Genesis discography" video. Apparently Abacab killed these people's puppies on Christmas morning.

# ¿ May 3, 2023 12:37

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Nightmare Cinema posted:

This poo poo's getting really out of hand [one day haul]

That Neil Young album is...something.

He did a concert in Berlin and performed "Sample and Hold", "Computer Age", and "Transformer Man" live.

"Sample and Hold" kicks rear end.

# ¿ May 23, 2023 00:45

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

RC and Moon Pie posted:

I'm mesmerized by the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxl2r6GuL2w

That was the first time I ever saw anyone playing synth drums.

# ¿ May 30, 2023 23:32

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Best vinyl format ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzWaj_vDKBM

# ¿ Aug 19, 2023 14:32

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BigFactory posted:

Savers run yesterday.

Big Daddy is hilarious.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 01:52

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

pwn posted:

Beatles crap is going to keep being rereleased until there is no longer a market for it. Gotta beef up Paul McCartney's great-great-great grandchildren's retirement fund

One reason I've been seeing is that, by remixing the music, it will get the current generation interested in it. I doubt this is true.

Lennon was a fan of finding bootlegs containing outtakes and alternate versions because he felt the finished product was too polished. I have a bunch of bootlegs and it is interesting hearing how the songs evolve. I have heard remixes of previous releases (The White Album, Abbey Road, etc) and I guess I just don't have the ear for it.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2023 19:32

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Nightmare Cinema posted:

Nothing is ever going to sound better than a 1st or 2nd press original UK or German through a decent hi-fi system (though I'll admit the remixes get higher marks on the car test).

There's a YouTube channel - Parlogram Auctions - that compares various versions of the Beatles' albums. I had no idea there were so many variations.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2023 00:41

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcPy2ODqIgg

YouTuber orders the album you can't get.

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 22:03

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

hexwren posted:

It is totally my scene, tho, drat. I would have.

recent pickups:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWIZ3rWv18o

A video made up of animated gifs.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2024 03:03

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