Getting into Vinyl!

[nota]

best turntables are just the table by a high end maker
then add a custom tone arm by a different maker
and another corps cartridge

so a clue is if the unit was sold as a single makers product
it maybe a good mid-range turntable
BUT not a top end unit

[sammyg2]

I saw this thread and said, HAY! I bet I still got some old albums around here somewheres. Haven't seen em in decades.
Not sure zackly what the collection says ....

Sgt. Peppers
DEVO
Joe Cockers' greatest hits
Santana Abbraxas
The ventures greatest hits
Get the Knack (i know huh)
Blondie parallel lines
Urban co-boy sound track
BOSTON (half-speed mastered)
Waylon's greatest hits (awesome)
George Harrison all things must pass (no idea)
Eagles greatest hits (rare )
Richie Blackmore's rainbow down to earth
The Beatles rock and roll music
Aerosmith rocks
Journey escape (must be the wife's)
Rod Stewart blondes have more fun (definitely the wife's)
Bowie fame and fashion (ditto)
The outlaws bring it back alive YEE HAW!
Billy Squire don't say no
Santana first album
Joe Walsh live you can't argue with a sick mind
Carpenters
Dire Straits making movies
Zep 1
Zep 2
Zep 4
Zep houses of the holy
Zep phys graffitti
Zep presence
TP and the HB's (petty) you're gonna get it
Talking heads '77
BOSTON third stage
Foreigner 5
The NUGE cat scratch fever live


But I doan have a record player.





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[intakexhaust]

Sorry for the record demo... ummmm as in demolished but this disco sux demonstration was the best! Hated disco just like c'rap' today.

[sammyg2]

LOL. just noticed on that Santana album I got, there's a sticker top right that says:

Fantasy records and tapes 2525 N. Grand Santa Ana
$1.99

How cool is that?

The cover looks kinda like this only older:

[IROC]

Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad

My next search will be some vital Beatles albums. I want to get the White album, Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Peppers to start.

My vinyl version of the White Album has never been played. It even has all of the posters, etc., that came with it.

[ramonesfreak]

Check to see if your led zep 1 is the rare turquoise sleeve. If it is, you'll be happy as they have sold for around 2 grand. Silly but they do. I have the first pressing USA release. Not rare but it does sound amazing

I saw this thread and said, HAY! I bet I still got some old albums around here somewheres. Haven't seen em in decades.

Not sure zackly what the collection says ....



Sgt. Peppers

DEVO

Joe Cockers' greatest hits

Santana Abbraxas

The ventures greatest hits

Get the Knack (i know huh)

Blondie parallel lines

Urban co-boy sound track

BOSTON (half-speed mastered)

Waylon's greatest hits (awesome)

George Harrison all things must pass (no idea)

Eagles greatest hits (rare )

Richie Blackmore's rainbow down to earth

The Beatles rock and roll music

Aerosmith rocks

Journey escape (must be the wife's)

Rod Stewart blondes have more fun (definitely the wife's)

Bowie fame and fashion (ditto)

The outlaws bring it back alive YEE HAW!

Billy Squire don't say no

Santana first album

Joe Walsh live you can't argue with a sick mind

Carpenters

Dire Straits making movies

Zep 1

Zep 2

Zep 4

Zep houses of the holy

Zep phys graffitti

Zep presence

TP and the HB's (petty) you're gonna get it

Talking heads '77

BOSTON third stage

Foreigner 5

The NUGE cat scratch fever live





But I doan have a record player.











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[ramonesfreak]

There is no reason to pay high prices unless your a serious beatles vinyl collector and know what your buying since all their stuff is now reissued and remastered at normal prices. The beatles box set did get slammed with bad reviews because of pressing and printing mess ups. But they can all be bought individually and they have all been reviewed on the net somewhere. A mono version box set was supposed to come out this year... No word on that yet that I can see

My next search will be some vital Beatles albums. I want to get the White album, Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Peppers to start.



Problem is people see Beatles on something and the price quadruples. Maybe I'll get lucky at a garage sale or something.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by IROC

AWESOME album.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

Check to see if your led zep 1 is the rare turquoise sleeve. If it is, you'll be happy as they have sold for around 2 grand. Silly but they do. I have the first pressing USA release. Not rare but it does sound amazing

I have two copies of Zep 1. One is orange, the other red..

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

LOL. just noticed on that Santana album I got, there's a sticker top right that says:

Fantasy records and tapes 2525 N. Grand Santa Ana
$1.99

How cool is that?

The cover looks kinda like this only older:

Considering how Fantasy/Saul Zaentz screwed over several artists in the 70's with dozens of frivolous lawsuits and purposely withheld royalties, I'd say its not very cool.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Considering how Fantasy/Saul Zaentz screwed over several artists in the 70's with dozens of frivolous lawsuits and purposely withheld royalties, I'd say its not very cool.

Don't know anything about that, just thought it was cool that back then an album cost under $2.

[nota]

Originally Posted by IROC

My vinyl version of the White Album has never been played. It even has all of the posters, etc., that came with it.

I have a white vinyl copy of the white album [ limited reissue]

but unplayed virgin vinyl is worth alot [if there is demand]

[Nostril Cheese]

Somewhere, I've got an unopened copy of Sgt. Pepper my dad bought new. Might even be a mono pressing.

[shinrai]

If you're a stuff guy Technics SL1200. The younger crowd still use these as a go-to and anybody can fix them. I own a couple and have been solid for years.

I think there's a company called Audio Technica or something that makes awesome replicas...I've heard good things. Look into it.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

AWESOME album.

You sir, have good taste.

[Ayles]

VPI Traveler is worth checking out as a high end entry level table. I'm a big fan of their stuff.

Does the knock off technics 1200 weigh as much as real one? The best part of the 1200 is how solid they are.

[Nathans_Dad]

I tripped into a decent score today. I went to an estate sale on a whim because the ad said they had lp records.

I wish I had gone Friday when it opened, I bet a lot of the records had been sold already.

Anyhow, I found two I liked, bought them for $2 total.


I also bought a complete Kenwood system with turntable, amp and speakers for $25. I guess the tone arm had been upgraded, it was an audio technics tone arm which was not what was standard on the turntable according to the internet. The stylus is broken so I will have to buy a new cartridge for it. I'll probably end up replacing the belt as well.

Anyhow, I looked up the albums on ebay and was pleasantly surprised to find that the Kinks album is apparently pretty rare and is selling for about $90! The one I have is apparently the first US pressing based on the etching. The jacket has water staining on the top which would certainly devalue it some but the record itself is in excellent shape with no scratches.

Anyhow, pretty cool score I thought. The Monkees album is only worth about $7 though.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad

It started out as a whim on eBay. I'm a big Tom Petty fan and I noticed one of his vinyl albums was going for super cheap so I sniped it. One thing led to another and I found myself at Half Price hooks thumbing through the old vinyl. I walked out with a couple other Heartbreakers albums, some Clapton, Billy Joel and James Taylor. I just bought a Hendrix album off eBay today.

This could get expensive!

Here's the thing, I don't own a turntable, lol!

Any suggestions?

Anyone else rediscovering vinyl?

Hendrix: 'The Cry of Love' is a must have on vinyl.

I still have my original massive vinyl collection and have added some over the years...from A to ZZ Top!

[wdfifteen]

I've seen this thread every day for four days and I click on it every time, hoping for a video of Michelle Pfeiffer squeezing into her cat suit.

[johnco]

I have a an old garrard synchrolab 95B and an old Pioneer pl 200 turntable I'm about to toss out. picked em up somewhere long ago, don't know anything about them but don't want them. anyone want them, they're yours. also have a box of old old opera albums someone gave me I don't have a use for either