Post your Discogs user profile for discussion/bragging/desperate attempt to bond with like minds

https://www.discogs.com/user/razenave/collection

Quite the collection!

https://www.discogs.com/user/mark.emsley/collection

just checked, i have only put 88 releases in my profile.
now that i have re-digitised most of the archive i may have to use the current downtime to add a few more.

Hey thanks! xp

I try to keep up with it. Helps when you're good at forgetting what you just got as soon as you file it away.

https://www.discogs.com/user/ZZSS/collection

i got really bored a few years ago and added everything i had. then i merged my partner's collection as well, recently. now i don't buy so many records, so it's just a matter of entering in a couple news ones, every once in a while

Damn I'd wish I'd know those Topdown Dialectic LPs were such limited releases.

yeah, topdown dialectic releases kind of remind me of being into grouper back in the day - she would only press like 500, but the releases were soooo good that you just had to get them. i have only been on top of the topdown game since vol 2, but i am ready to instantly scoop of whatever they release right now

https://www.discogs.com/user/Erebora/collection

Many added manually before I located the wonderful bar code scanner in the app. Very few CDs scanned so far. UK Garage and dubstep heavy.

That was almost still the case even with the latest Nivhek, then it seems there was a repress. I look at the sales history on here often and I wonder if that person that spent the "Max" amount of say $100 on a release that for the most part is pretty easy to find for $20-30 ever since whenever-that-was feels extra silly in hindsight. I've been caught up in the frenzy now and again (mostly on bandcamp), but I've only screwed myself out of saving like $20 at most in the long run.

xp

ehhh there’s so many hundred dollar records from the past few years that I want, I’ve just given up

Wow Pyschocandles some of those 12"s must be rare and/or pretty sought after. What are your favorites?

Didn't know about the bar code scanner, thanks for the tip.

I pretty much only buy used vinyl, so my collection basically only covers up to 1991 or so:
https://www.discogs.com/user/3nochroot/collection

The Ghost, Tempa, Big Apple, DMZ nexus was great to hear unfold at the time. The sound morphed from release to release in fascinating ways. Some of those tracks, even the simpler ones have definitely stood the test of time for me. El-B 'Give a Little Love', Touchdown 'Baby Love', El-B 'Never Say Never' Brandy flip. Those rimshots ;)

i've got a huge bunch of classical records that aren't on this but but this is me:

https://www.discogs.com/user/Mount_Analogue/collection

Cool stuff! Reminded me I need to pick up the CFCF LP still...

Fully caught up on mine...it's the daily want-list email that I should ignore now:
https://www.discogs.com/user/dronestreet/collection

Wow way too many things to talk about in there. I love a ton of that. Do you shop at CommendNYC? Also how's the new Duster?

Howdy--great thread idea:
https://www.discogs.com/user/craigdunsmuir/collection

Wow way too many things to talk about in there. I love a ton of that. Do you shop at CommendNYC? Also how's the new Duster?
― Evan, Monday, March 30, 2020 8:37 AM

Thanks! Definitely order/visit Commend everytime I'm in the city, and always peep what they post! I also work/moonlight at a shop called Luna Music (www.lunamusic.net) in Indianapolis – we have a comparable "left-field" section, and my coworkers are on that wavelength.

If you like the Duster boxset...new Duster falls right in line. Remarkably similar!

I've slowed down buying recently and have whittled it down a bit (so it mostly still fits on this old Ikea Expedit), here you go: https://www.discogs.com/user/stadtwerker/collection

Great idea, and still going through folks' links above but so much great stuff in there.

Here's mine: https://www.discogs.com/user/neiljstewart/

Not added CDs yet, though maybe now's the time.

If you like the Duster boxset...new Duster falls right in line. Remarkably similar!

― dronestreet, Monday, March 30, 2020 9:19 AM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Not to BRAG (incoming brag) but I got in on Duster before it became a cult hit. Nabbed Stratosphere back when it was a $10-15 LP via mailorder (can't remember if I got it somewhere dull like Amazon or something about 10+ years ago). But yeah kept putting off checking out the new one. Saw them live a handful of times in recent years ramping up to this release too.

Luna is associated with Tobin Sprout right? I asked him where I could get Let's Welcome The Circus People and he said ask the Luna shop. They got back to me many months ago and said they were putting one on sale for $85. Since that's $40 more than I was hoping to spend I declined and sure enough it's still sitting there in the discogs marketplace today.

I used to manage a store in NJ but rarely would my co-workers be on my wavelength, sounds like I'd have fit in better over there with you guys!

Apparently Meitei is popular among ilxors huh

xp

hah picked that one up on a bit of a whim, need to give it another listen, I loved the cover!

Same! It's very serene but it also floats out the window

This is a fun thread idea.

My collection profile is here:
https://www.discogs.com/user/GoodRecordsOakland/collection

My store is here:
https://www.discogs.com/seller/GoodRecordsOakland/profile

Looking forward to checking out everyone who's posted so far!

love the record descriptions in your shop Sparkle Motion!

Huh I guess I slept on that Bedhead live album when it came out.

The Bedhead reecord is pretty good. Based off this it seems like they translated their live sound to the studio quite well.

xpost to Neil S- thanks a bunch. they're laborious but fun to write and it adds something to the shop, I believe.

I turned off the "browse" feature for other users after getting spammed a few too many times but hey I'll play, turned it back on

https://www.discogs.com/user/DJsleeve

oops

https://www.discogs.com/user/DJsleeve/collection

wow Sleeve, that's a massive collection!

lol I know. seriously trying to pare it down to 5K but obviously that's been put on hold.

also, NickB still beats me :) <3

https://www.discogs.com/user/blackirish/collection
haven't logged a lot on discogs but I'm a very active buyer. that old fave artists list needs updating and the wantslist is mostly outdated too. I logged a lot more on RYM where my user name is corcomroe.

the wantlist feature sends me daily emails about the same LP, every single day

it's the worst... like, I have 500+ items on this thing (most of which I just use because I don't want to forget to investigate them) but it sends me notices for the same 5 records from the same 10 sellers day after day.

I switched off the wantlist notification emails - I think maybe some sellers re-list their stock regularly to get peoples attention.

I deleted everything out of my wantlist having realised there was stuff that had been in there for ages, was inexpensive but I hadn’t bothered getting.

xp yeah I fucking take those out of my damn wantlist cuz I hate it so much, the re-listing trick. I wish you had a way to block sellers that do it.

PS if anyone has anything on my mostly ridiculous wantlist, I happily accept YSI options, mostly I just wanna hear them. it's been ruthlessly pared down to things that basically never get sold, so I never get emails.

Here's my seller profile: https://www.discogs.com/seller/akmonday/profile

Here's my mess: https://www.discogs.com/user/dinkytown/collection.

Wanted to get collection insurance, so had a go at cataloging a couple years ago and got through maybe C in rock/etc. and one box of singles before bailing. I don't have the patience to put a bright bare bulb on and look at the runout grooves for Humble Pie's third album to see which plant it was pressed at.

Now I just occasionally enter a record while listening, which makes it all the more futile, if I ever want to have a go at the rest.

Thanks akm, do you have a collection profile too?

"I don't have the patience to put a bright bare bulb on and look at the runout grooves for Humble Pie's third album to see which plant it was pressed at."

Major label albums from the 60s-70s in particular are such a chore to correctly add for exactly this reason. Sometimes runout isn't even enough to narrow it down (or it feels that way).

exactly. 77 variants of a record that (even today) is only worth $4. but my OCD won't let me just pick a close-enough option.

here's my very non-comprehensive work in progress - https://www.discogs.com/user/Emsworth/collection

oh god no, either do it right or don't at all!

xp

https://www.discogs.com/user/biznotic/collection

I've sorted this A-Z (I think), but this is about 90% of my vinyl, and about 50% of the CDs.

It's fun to check out other collections. Some nice stuff in there.

I highly recommend Discogs Enhancer Chrome extension.

https://www.discogs-enhancer.com/

Sleeve I checked your wantlist. I wish I had some of those Hurley rarities! And I wish I could help you out otherwise.

I wonder where anyone even finds cassettes NOT online... if a physical store even has cassettes they're common 80s titles or they're brand new indie titles. Never seen anything in between.

Wait, I lied I have some Swirlies cassettes I found in the wild. So besides that.

Oh wow I love it thank you for that tip! First thing I did was turn on the "everlasting collection" mode.

xp

That chrome extension is gold! The demand rating feature has already told me that I have on offer some EXTREMELY undesirable records

dang Citroën that is my kinda collection, nice

Evan the Hurley tapes I actually have on CDR (Hurley's homemade versions) but thank you! I try to be completist with him so I'd love OG tapes some day

honestly though the current World Situation is making me re-evaluate a lot of things including wantlists. I don't really "need" any of it.

likewise, Sleeve. looking through yours now, good stuff.

The demand rating feature has already told me that I have on offer some EXTREMELY undesirable records

if i understand the feature correctly, it means you have some records that are so desirable that everyone has them already! :)

Indeed, I read it wrong. Nevertheless I am ready to make DEALS on Leon Russell records.

Haven't finished up adding the last of the CDs. I converted to digital/lossless early on.

https://www.discogs.com/user/quartzcity/collection

https://www.discogs.com/user/flamingrev/collection

All of my vinyl. Never got around to adding CDs.

what's everyone's most rare, most treasured or most expensive item in their collection?

I have a copy of this, bought at a record fair for £2 in Bristol in 2000:
https://www.discogs.com/Suicide-Suicide/release/429836

Likewise picked this up for not much in the late 90s, there has been a real run on Fall records lately apparently:
https://www.discogs.com/The-Fall-The-Infotainment-Scan/release/469738

I treasure my box sets from the Vinyl On Demand label

for single LPs, 1st Jandek and 1st Sun City Girls are up there, also the 3rd Nurse With Wound LP

I used to have an original copy of Intersystems' "Free Psychedelic Poster Inside" but sold it, and kind of regret it

i posted this one before on some other thread but this is the most valuable thing that i've got. cost me 50p

https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=33CX+1399

Most valuable rock record i have would be this one...

https://www.discogs.com/Keith-Cross-Peter-Ross-Bored-Civilians/release/3223440

...but tragically my copy skips a bit on the first track :(

After that i guess it would be the Faith / Void album w/ the inserts

Most valuable 12" i have is NM copy of this, which again cost me 50p:

https://www.discogs.com/Freeez-Stay-Hot-Footing-It/release/350213

Somebody asked me this question recently and I immediately thought it must be something indie from the 90s. Like my original presses of the few albums I have by The Divine Comedy, Tindersticks, Denim, Supergrass, Stereolab etc. When I got home I realised the correct answer was probably this Miley Cyrus RSD exclusive from a few a years ago.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10170138?ev=rb

I have my collection on Rate Your Music but I've never got round to listing it on Discogs. I guess now would be the time do it.

my most valuable records by median price (assuming I've actually added my most valuable records - about half of it I haven't got round to adding to my discogs):

The Carpettes - Small Wonder? 7" - £84.82 - did actually pay about £40 for this, it's the rarest single on Small Wonder records iirc which I was collecting at the time as I lived round the corner from where the Small Wonder record shop was
Various - London Popfest 2009 CD-R - £81.00 - ??? WTF ??? I would try and sell this but my copy skips. why would someone pay £81 for this? it's all previously released stuff!
Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth LP - £77.88 - one of my grandpa's records
Twilight Zoners - Hospital 7" - £77.40 - paid 25p for this iirc
Thee Oh Sees - Help LP - £68.85 - splatter vinyl, got it at a gig
The Seize - Everybody Dies 7" - £63.33 - paid a fraction of this but it's not a great copy tbh
The Bleach Boys - Stocking Clad Nazi Death Squad Bitches 12" - £60.86 - bargain for this one apparently
Puncture - Mucky Pup 7" - £57.12 - cost me a tenner. another Small Wonder single, best known for being covered by the Exploited, probably
Tall Dwarfs - 3 EP's 3x10" - £57.10 - think I paid £5 for this off Ebay years ago
Black Easter - Ready To Rot 7" - £56.94 - this one is on Killed By Death #5 which is probably why it's so much

Not to BRAG (incoming brag) but I got in on Duster before it became a cult hit. Nabbed Stratosphere back when it was a $10-15 LP via mailorder (can't remember if I got it somewhere dull like Amazon or something about 10+ years ago). But yeah kept putting off checking out the new one. Saw them live a handful of times in recent years ramping up to this release too.

Luna is associated with Tobin Sprout right? I asked him where I could get Let's Welcome The Circus People and he said ask the Luna shop. They got back to me many months ago and said they were putting one on sale for $85. Since that's $40 more than I was hoping to spend I declined and sure enough it's still sitting there in the discogs marketplace today.

I used to manage a store in NJ but rarely would my co-workers be on my wavelength, sounds like I'd have fit in better over there with you guys!
― Evan, Monday, March 30, 2020 10:16 AM

Nice! I was pretty unawares till the reissue – that Mark Richardson piece about rediscovery tipped me off, I think: https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/22/18233366/duster-reissue-discogs-rare-music-vinyl

LUNA's longtime owner is from Dayton, and did a lot of GBV and related releases for a long time. So yeah...that's us :) Shop is temporarily closed, but we're still selling online!

It's funny how people's tastes coalesce working in a store...maybe it's personalities/age/interest? A few of us are long-time friends/bandmates as well, and the manager has worked there 20 yrs (the store turned 25 in December). If you're ever in Indy, pull through! :)

So weird to imagine ebay existing at the same time that anyone would have valued original Tall Dwarfs records to be that cheap, at least not without major defects. Even if demand for NZ rock was low something like that would surely be at least £15. Or the vinyl boom of the past 12ish years has just calibrated me to such an extent I can't even remember anything different.

I would/will totally visit if I'm out there! I only have a very few friends with (varying) taste overlap "IRL". Jealous.

xp

I bought Weeville, Fork Songs and Dogma at the same time as the 3 EP's, same seller on Ebay. Paid £8.62 for all 3 of them total. tbf this was 15 years ago

Nuts

I don't have my stuff in Discogs, but a quick lookup of what I figure are my most valuable items by median:

The Chameleons - Tony Fletcher Walked On Water CDEP, $63.86
Jazz Butcher - In Bath Of Bacon CD, $70.00
Jazz Butcher - Big Questions CD, $92.50
Bill Nelson - Trial By Intimacy CD box (from 2012), $86.42
Scott Walker - In 5 Easy Pieces box (from 2006), $92.86
Colourbox - Colourbox CD box (from 2012), $137.90

One of my most valued and valuable records is the Air France 2x10". In 2010 I knew that was going to be a tough one to get in the future so made sure I did then.

Maybe way less "cool" but I remember killing myself trying to get that Calexico boxset. Mostly because it contained all of their more experimental leaning tour exclusive albums, and their sonic desert atmosphere evoking experiments are what appeal to me. Don't know how motivated I am to track stuff down like that these days but the biggest thrill might just be stumbling on anything underpriced. Everyone is hip to the online markets and the going rate on anything these days.

Hey Cow_Art with another huge collection! Great stuff. When it gets that massive I wonder what you come back to the most.

I ended up with 2(!) copies of DMZ02. One has been sold. Pretty good appreciation on that one! https://www.discogs.com/Digital-Mystikz-Loefah-Dubsession/release/341298

Frank Ocean vinyl is probably some of the most valuable stuff I have.

Evan, I’ve listened to everything at least a couple of times. There’s definitely things I return to and things that I’ll probably never play again.

Marty Robbins Hawaiian albums get a surprising amount of replay.

My most valuable items are the ones I paid the most for in the first place, although some of them have appreciated considerably in value, notably the VOD box sets.

I also have a lot of signed LPs which I imagine increases their value quite significantly, including a NWW LP which Steven Stapleton drew on specially for me.

While we’re at it: what do y’all have complete collections of?

I more or less have complete vinyl collections of everything put out by:

Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman (probably took the most time and $$$)
The Breeders
Smog/Callahan
Silver Jews

Glenn Jones! The guitarist

xp

complete:
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

almost complete:
Unrest
Virgin Prunes
Michael Hurley

I used to have some more extensive/impressive collections of stuff like Coil, C93, NWW, Legendary Pink Dots, Muslimgauze, etc but gave on "completism" regarding those artists long ago and have sold lots of it at this point

I have almost every Biota release, missing the super rare 1st LP

any luck getting a hold of a copy of hurley's nz/aus tour tape? he must have sold out of them by the time he got to dunedin unfortunately!

Think I managed to keep up with tful282 until about '95. Well everything except the leonard cassette anyway. Don't think I have a complete run of any band that has more than like 3 releases tbh

my desert island tful282 song is Hurricane

I did get the Hurley AUS/NZ tape right around when it came out.

Thinking Fellers last album "Bob Dinners" is super excellent, highest recommendation

sleeve what's the deal with this release:

https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Hurley-Pals-Armchair-Boogie/release/14959679

"Test Pressing of Michael Hurley & Pals* - Armchair Boogie with hand-painted cover." - had not seen that one yet, thanks. Pretty cool looking, from 2019.

My favorite pressing of that is actually the LITA CD version, I think it sounds incredible. Have that and an OG, used to have the Mississippi LP reissue as well but sold it.

That is a badass cover.

it really is

dang I didn't realize there was an 8-track version from 1971!

Poked around a little and didn't see any info about the hand-painted one anywhere else.

I have a feeling the year and the fact that it is its own release as apposed to categorized as a version of the main one are results of a sloppy listing.

nah if it's really a test pressing for the 2019 reissue then that's a separate entry from the LP reissue itself

Yeah but normally it just goes in the list among the versions of the album, in this case next to the retail release version of MR-018.

OK so yes the year would be correct in that case.

ohh yeah I see what you are saying, yes that's in the wrong place

I thought my most valuable record was:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10960799?ev=rb
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs reissue of Dark Side of the Moon

but it could be my sealed Let it Be from 1970 with Korvette's $2.99 price tag going by the asking prices.

Beatles collectors can be insane. How much you think it would go for?

It's kind of hard to tell. First, it's sealed, so I don't know which version it is exactly. Second, sealed/mint copies listed up to $350, but not seeing that copies have sold that high. My guess is I might be able to get $100-$150?

Of course there are a couple copies on ebay between $200-$500 as well.

Well yeah people can ASK for whatever amount they want.

It's kind of hard to tell. First, it's sealed, so I don't know which version it is exactly. Second, sealed/mint copies listed up to $350, but not seeing that copies have sold that high. My guess is I might be able to get $100-$150?

― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, April 1, 2020 7:12 AM

Popsike archives sale details for reference.

Ha, slow down- you have to add "1970" and sort by new to old, then pick the most recent sale(s) of copies that match yours.

Beatles collectors can be insane

No kidding. I'm shocked to find out that the most (potentially) valuable record I own is this 1978 reissue of the White Album on white vinyl.
https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-The-Beatles/release/2024459

to be fair:

"New lacquers were cut for this release."

and from the comments:

"The sound quality on this particular pressing is the very best you'll find, and in my estimation, better than the original UK stereo (I have both). It has a luminous quality that is really compelling."

so it's kind of like that reissue pressing of Bowie's Hunky Dory, where the stars all aligned properly w/r/t sound quality, I hate to sound like a Hot Stamper huckster but sometimes certain pressings really do shine

I've never heard of that White Album on white vinyl. Ha!

The weird thing is that I didn't know it was on white vinyl until after I bought it. Music Mart (RIP) in Costa Mesa just reshrinkwrapped a promo version and put it out on the floor.

Behold my entirely middlebrow tastes!

https://www.discogs.com/user/mondosalvo/collection

I've never cared to do any discogs edit but I came across a version of a Swirlies 7" that isn't there... I feel like I could figure out creating the entry but I'm a little intimidated by it. Everything is relatively clear expect the part about how to add a version of a release rather than a standalone. Anyone have experience with this?

bump

whoops- *except

I suggest a Discogs forum for this question.

this explains it just as well as i could, and with pictures:

https://blog.discogs.com/en/getting-your-records-submitted-faster-without-having-to-start-from-scratch/

if you're having a hard time with any of that i'm happy to help / clarify

I sympathise. I was all ready to add the new Cowboy Junkies album but I got stuck on which format to use, since it's only available on streaming services, not as a CD or a download. A quick look at the discogs forum confirms that albums only released on streaming services are not eligible for inclusion, since it's not possible to "own" them. Which leaves the Cowboy Junkies discography on discogs sadly incomplete.

you should just make bootleg CD-R versions of all the streaming-only stuff and then list them as placeholders until the band has the good sense to actually release their records, at which point some future nerd can merge those releases with yours

it’s not incomplete if they didn’t release it. streaming only is dumb.

some future nerd will probably not enjoy having to delete some random homemade CD-R from the database

it was a joke you dork

lol d’oh

it’s not incomplete if they didn’t release it. streaming only is dumb

no you're dumb, why is streaming it not releasing it?

This thread is so 2020 right now

so bands as “big” as the cowboy junkies are just streaming albums now, not releasing them? that’s totally awesome.

fine call it “releasing”, whatever

https://www.discogs.com/user/Austintayeshus

Collection as listed there is probably less than 20% of my physical collection. Oh well.

Thanks for sharing! Wow you're pretty active in the comments. Some hot takes there notably in your praise of Slovenly!

https://discogs.page.link/1a9Q <- does that work? Not really complete as I put all my collection into CLZ collector before I realised Discogs would be much better, and couldn’t face having to do it all again. Will get round to it at some point but for now this is mainly new purchases and a few of the bigger box sets and stuff.

Slovenly roolz \m/

Hey Ant1973 how's that Blue Notebook reissue? I really liked that album a lot when it came out. Should revisit.

I loved the Blue Notebooks when i came out, but I feel like it's been so completely subsumed into tv/movie soundtracks that there's no need to re-listen to it now... it's just kinda ambient in the culture at this point.

Yeah I have a general aversion to music that specifically sounds like a doctor drama theme. That being said, where has Blue Notebooks shown up?

I don't use Discogs to log my collection, so here's my seller profile, sorted from priciest downwards.

The most valuable record I own is the UK 7-inch promo of Martha Reeves - No One There, which I don't plan to sell unless I'm in dire financial need.

Only just got around to starting this. Fun. Frustrating.

https://www.discogs.com/user/carrosdd/collection

Hey I finally got around to adding that Swirlies release just like a real life archivist!

hey, nice job !

link ?

Well, it wasn't actually too confusing once I tried it. Just looked a little intimidating...

https://www.discogs.com/Swirlies-Error/release/15352879

starting to add stuff now (thanks to the bar code scanner, that is a great feature), are those condition/notes fields not outward facing? did I really just write a bunch of notes that nobody can see??

Yeah I have a little "price paid" column that is custom and just for me.

alright I'm finally done

https://www.discogs.com/user/JAMOOL/collection

Nice! What's the favorite in the collection?

frogbs we have a lot of overlap

sheesh, that's tough. I think Denki Groove's VOXXX may be it, that's a legitimately hard to find record from a group with basically zero presence in this country

from a personal standpoint maybe Datarock's Red? I saw them in 2009 and got right up front & the lead singer pulled me on up on stage for a couple tunes. bought the record and they all signed it. later got to party & smoke with them in some nightclub. unfortunately it doesn't play too well because my kids love it and have gotten fingerprints and scratches all over it

frogbs we have a lot of overlap

hit me up with some recs then :)

Hmm feeling a bit lonely as a music fan I think.

It's nice to feel like my passions are 100% due to my own explorations and not due to getting swept up in popular trends, but on the other hand I find chances to geek out with people over this stuff really hard to come by.

Obsessions:
- 80s-90s indie "pop perfection" (Sarah / Drive-in / Slumberland / Flying Nun)
- 90s American style indie rock (post-Sonic Youth / "bedroom" / shoegaze)
- Experimental / Ambient Balearic
- American Primitive

I've got to work really hard to gush about the little known Pam Berry side project 7" over here and the versatility of the Minecraft soundtracks as arguably legitimate ambient music outside gaming nerd context over there...

_frogbs we have a lot of overlap_


hit me up with some recs then :)

by recs I meant records. give me some of your records

lol

Oneida (krauty noisy post-Sonic Youth music, best before 2011)

Oof honey I just found some Oneida in the back of the fridge that we really need to toss

but yeah I do know of Field Music - not sure what I think of them yet. very clearly up my alley yet I've had trouble connecting with their music

Oneida I've heard one album by, remember liking it so I'll dig deeper

other two I've never heard of and will check out

thanks
-frogbgs

Psychic Paramount II is great, but i have to be in the right mood for it these days, one that i'm not in as often

can I just say that the wantlist is evil, one day you get a message saying that some store in Japan has 6 records you want and by the way if you order them all you'll save a bunch on shipping! long story short I've got a bunch of "never thought I'd own this" records coming to my house soon

its like that dollar-cost averaging thing crypto idiots do, the more I buy the less I've lost!!!

https://i.imgur.com/vQYL1yP.png

My problem is I get excited about discovering the low price/value of something I want, only to find out all the cheap copies are in Spain or Germany or whatever and shipping is $25 for the first LP. By the time you find a US seller down the list the price is 4x higher.

this from my wantlist made me laugh

8.80 USD
Media: P
Sleeve: NM or M-
LP: Cracked and broken ... COVER: In full shrink wrap, almost like new.

at least they're honest.

also i would assume it's a fairly in demand record if it's literally smashed and they're still trying to sell it. maybe someone has a cooy that's decent, but the cover is beat and they could use that to replace it?

its Thought For Food by The Books...20 bucks new. and the new cover is awful!

but yeah that's kind of a pet peeve of mine - finding something you really want at a good price and then having to read LP1 ONLY IN A BROWN PAPER BAG

just curious - if you bought something with this description, would you expect for the cover to be completely split down one side?

Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Good Plus (G+)
Some noise, mostly at beginning of side B, good fidelity. Priced accordingly. Ring wear on jacket, and edges. Inner sleeve included.

what about this one?

Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Good Plus (G+)
Some minor noise, plays well.

because i had my first ever bad discogs transaction a few weeks ago. besides some weird delays on their ends and no communication/responses whatsover from them, the main thing was that two of the records covers were completely split on the bottom side. i guess technically that falls under "G+" but it would be nice to call that out in the description?

rather than say anything negative, i have elected to just not leave any feedback. i am afraid they will send me more broken record covers in retaliation

but what's baffling is that they have a 100.0% rating across 450 ratings, which makes me think either i was insanely unlucky in my dealings with them, or that they beat up their downvoters

that sucks. hope it wasn't anything too expensive. I had something similar happen to me with a copy of Underworld's Oblivion With Bells - here was the description:

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
clean discs. Sleeve is VG+ with slight edge wear along openings. Spine is excellent, and front/back panels are excellent.

in reality, the sleeve looked like it had water damage and there was some crackle & pop throughout, particularly on Side D (which is my favorite side). maybe a good cleaning will fix it but who knows. didn't wanna leave bad feedback though because it was appropriately priced for the condition it actually was in

yeah, the records in question were band on the run ($6 CA) and beatles '65 ($10 CA). and both of them do sound really nice!

that's a bummer, and it certainly would have been nice for them to mention it, but i think ultimately they're not wrong so :/

what might make you feel better is to buy a couple new white disco sleeves and store the LPs in there, with the record cover "displayed" in front inside of the clear outer sleeve (does that make sense?)

i do that with some of the flimsier brazilian / african record jackets i have and always find it makes for a nice crisp presentation in those cases where the original sleeve doesn't really "support" the LP y'know

yep, yeah that's what i'm doing! it's ultimately not that big of a deal, and i mainly just care about the LP quality, so i'm good there! i'm trying to pretend that i've always owned a sweet copy of both of those records, but recently, as i was carrying them down the stairs to show to my friend on my stoop ("hey check out this LP Band on the Run, as well as "Beatles '65!", i tripped and both of the bottom edges slipped as we tumbled down into the doorway. oh well, at least they still sound good!

behold neighbor, i am a proud owner of this wings record for many years, see how i hold it in my fing — d'oh!!!!

*glumly demotes sleeve condition to G+*

alright this Dead Skeletons album is pretty tight

They're great, they sure achieve their aim of making propulsive music to meditate to. Don't sleep on their singles, I wish they had something new!

The Psychic Paramount are great but Laddio Bollocko (feat drummer Blake Fleming) were the absolute tits and unfairly passed over at the time for bands like Don Cab.

oof, got another one

Comments: Vinyl looks great, only a few storage and shuffle marks, no effect on sound. Labels display very bright colours, almost as if unplayed. Sleeve in near mint condition, practically no wear except for the front lower left edge, barely noticeable.

the vinyl was visibly scuffed up and there was audible surface noise throughout the entire thing, especially on the second record. do I just not understand what "VG+" means? I get that when buying used online there's some inherent risk there but still obnoxious when it's a holy grail type record you have to import while the $4 VG copy of the first Starcastle record I got actually sounds pretty much perfect

nah that's total bullshit, blatant lazy overgrading. I'd return it.

was considering that but it was from the UK and I'm in the US...the shipping is half the cost

harsh. I'd ask for a partial refund, then.

you know what's strange about this, of all the records I've ever bought online I've only had 3 that were clearly worse than their marked condition and all 3 of them were Underworld records

Let u know how i get on with the pink Rez VG+ i just ordered, lol. Their fancy new lithograph print of the thing pushed me!

I don't sell much, but more than one feedback thanked me for "conservative grading". i understand VG+ to mean looking and or sounding just a little worse than right out of the shrinkwrap (i.e, NM).

I've never been clear on how pressings that might be noisy to begin with factor into it.

what record was it?

haha, I nearly bought the pink Rez 12" this morning too! I have the official Cowgirl / Rez 12" so don't really need the pink rez, but that print made me want it. I also need a new copy of the Dirty 12". My copy looks perfect but sounds horrible.

also, on the UW merch tangent, could they have worse merch? The absolutely garbage "graphic design" they've been using is worse than amateur. Such a shame considering their connection to Tomato. I'm stunned at how incredibly shit their merch has become. Anyway, the music is what matters.

i like the pink tee! 25 squids plus shipping to Canada tho.............nah

it's Barking, sucks because that one is super limited, one of those albums where most available copies are shrinkwrapped ones for 5x MSRP. I guess the good thing is it's one of those albums where you can live with some noise since it's not exactly a subtle record. the only track it really bothers me on is "Louisiana". idk maybe I'll take it to the cleaner and see if that helps

totally agreed on the UW merch thing, it's weird b/c they have so many cool sleeve designs, like the gatefold OWB is breathtaking. then on the other hand you have Drift with a very visible Photoshop fail on the cover, and the boxset itself which just omits the photo entirely. like LCD Soundsystem's American Dream even when the thing's in your hands you can't believe that's the actual art and not a placeholder

Only just got around to starting this. Fun. Frustrating.

https://www.discogs.com/user/carrosdd/collection

― cooldix, Monday, 27 April 2020 16:19 (six months ago) link

I was looking back and feel bad I overlooked this collection. Great stuff! Lots of taste overlap. Some things jump out as "ilxor albums" to certain degrees.

Brings to mind how a few years ago I tried to buy Blue Nile's Hats off of a friend's MOM of all people. Not that it's unthinkable but I sincerely doubt she'd thought about that album in 20 years until that point. It made no sense sitting there in that bin of theirs. An industry friend gave it to her, she said. Still wouldn't give it up! That album has never really grabbed me the way I was hoping it would, but I thought I might come around sometime and it is pretty collectable AND this copy was mint. Oh well.

I still don't "get" The Blue Nile but ofc I have Rooftops in my collection due to ILM, found it cheap sometime in the late 00s

see also: Studio, Kelly Polar

I LOVE Studio. I very much get that one. But I don't "have", alas.

Thanks Evan! I’m not a prolific poster here, but I’ll admit to copping plenty of ilxor-bait - Blue Nile, Alabaster Deplume, 75 Dollar Bill, Gigi Masin, ECM stuff, for starters…

No Studio yet! But I keep buying D. Lissvik solo projects to fill that yawning gap.

Well Gigi Masin is another tip top favorite for me as well. Sometimes the hype is super justified!

OK getting a little worried about the market; worried that record shopping is going to be ridiculous moving forward.

I was looking at my collection on the discogs app which has the nice little feature of showing not only min/med/max prices of each album, but also shows you the price of the latest sale. Kind of neat so I kept clicking each one out of curiosity. Was a bit shocked to see that for like ~85%(?) of them the latest sale price matched (or was extremely close to) the literal max sale value. Example after example... it was incredible. Takeaway is that the averages prices for everything in every genre across the board are going to go way up. Brick and mortar stores that price based on discogs as gospel are going to just be silly... everything 2nd hand is going to be like $50 and up, but not because they're delusional but because they're savvy. The only stores that will be worth going to are the ones that are savvy but actually mindful about the important difference between online marketplace and local clientele.

We'll see.

Yay for my collection value though?

Yeah, the second hand vinyl market is crazy right now. The crazy and immediate price gouging when an artist dies or breaks up really bothers me. Even when i'm not adding stuff to my collection on discogs, I notice a daily increase in 'value'.

I've noticed that too, there are a lot of fairly obscure 70's and 80's albums that were routinely going for $20-30 back in 2018 but are now upwards of $70 and I'm starting to lose hope that reasonably priced copies are ever gonna show up again. otoh maybe the end of the pandemic will get people away from their stereos and quell the demand.

Basically, stuff that’s not common as dirt is going crazy. We’ve been asking “are we in a vinyl bubble” for at least a decade now, but this rapid inflation does feel like a huge bubble.

yep everything is a $20 record now, minimum

unless you go to stores that actually have a clue how inventory works. one of my local stores is actually looking for a bigger place!

I wonder if the "price history" tool is doing more harm than good. Sellers seem to be overreacting to the high price, thinking "well if one person paid that much maybe someone else will", or more accurately "maybe someone will pay 20%-50% more". I noticed the Sparks LP Hello Young Lovers was listed around $80 or so, then someone paid $110 for it, and now the only copy is listed at $250. cool economic ecosystem you got there

I mean that's what I was talking about, however the shocking development is that the higher price IS the accurate market price according to recent sales. That's why I'm begrudgingly forced to revise my long held view on these opportunistic vinyl sellers from "delusional" to "savvy" until this current value spike bubble bursts. Really difficult to fault someone for selling something at a price a buyer is willing to pay. Problem is we're at the beginning of that now. Median prices haven't updated yet because the mass rise in value is only a few sales deep on the majority of the examples in my own collection. But it's the case across the board, across genre. Vintage market looks like it's going to get very expensive once everyone catches on if sold prices continue to skyrocket, and all we'll be left with is the FOMO competition to buy the latest limited reissue or new release before it sells out and subsequently forever live at an inflated resale value.

well two things I suspect are driving that right now are 1) the pandemic, which is forcing people to take up insular and weird collectors' hobbies and 2) that lacquer factory burning down, which seems to have caused a shortage of new records, and from what I've heard it's taking albums up to 3 additional months to get pressed because there's such a backlog right now. which means things there's potentially a big market for can't get repressed - I can think of a lot of Bandcamp shit that would quickly sell out an additional run of 1000 or whatever but they're so backed up it's just not worth doing at the moment. so existing copies just go for 3-4x the original price and occasionally even sell which puts dollar signs in everyone's eyes.

Vintage market looks like it's going to get very expensive once everyone catches on if sold prices continue to skyrocket, and all we'll be left with is the FOMO competition to buy the latest limited reissue or new release before it sells out and subsequently forever live at an inflated resale value.

this feels otm. lately ive caught myself being tempted to pull the trigger on stuff for more than i want to pay, under the assumption that 5-10 years from now the market is only going to be more insane

...which of course becomes a self fulfilling prophecy

Yeah I've been resisting the urge to recalibrate what I find to be a comfortable price to pay for certain things. Too many variables to consider- rarity vs. general inflation vs. the market (covered above) vs. condition etc.

end of the day this is an pretty hot market right now so it seems inevitable that a bunch of pressing plants are gonna open up to ride the wave and perhaps even start undercutting each other. it might take a few years but I feel like there's too much money to be made right now for things to just...stay like this

Hello I still use discogs for cataloging my collection, indeed discogs still exists and has not imploded.

Come, look at all the plastic and junk I own

then show me your junk...

...

Brick and mortar stores that price based on discogs as gospel are going to just be silly... everything 2nd hand is going to be like $50 and up, but not because they're delusional but because they're savvy. The only stores that will be worth going to are the ones that are savvy but actually mindful about the important difference between online marketplace and local clientele.

this has absolutely held true, two years later. I'm finding the baseline price for your bog-standard 80's albums to be at a minimum $20, sometimes higher. Of course even new albums now seem to be priced at $39.99 half the time.

yep a used Gaucho was $20 at my local been-around-since-the-70s store the other day, we joked about it

it's probably gone now

i bought an album from a record store for $35 AUD yesterday that is normally $100+ when I see it at fairs - i think the store owner looked it up on discogs and saw “marketplace: 2 available from $30” so priced it based on that - if he had bothered to click through, the cheap one was badly damaged and the next one was $120

mentioned because discogs-influenced pricing at record stores is soooo boring and takes the fun out of it - so on the odd occasion a record slips through, it feels like a win

shops in more savvy markets (like the bay area) definitely price under discogs and ebay prices on the whole because they aren't stupid. I spent a lot of time in Rapid City SD over the last two years though and there were two record shops there; both with surprisingly good stock considering the location, but one in particular absolutely went with the highest prices on discogs for fucking everything. I mean, 80's issue Siouxsie records (which admittedly are kind of hard to find now) for $65.

I've been a little disappointed in my old boss from the shop I used to work at - he prices stuff 5-10 above discogs median with the thought that he can reduce aged inventory if need be and get away with better margins in the meantime, but it's deflating for consumers like me that are hip to actual going rates. Like, yes median discogs + shipping = comparable cost in the end but should go without saying you reward your in-store shoppers the ability to save hypothetical shipping fees to thereby facilitate more frequent visits. He's always been a bit too meticulous about margins at the detriment to a bigger picture strategy.

I will say that overall I've seen a little downtick in resale sold prices amongst stuff in my collection compared to my posts upthread from a couple years ago when people were pulling the trigger on really high sticker prices across the board. Hopefully things level off a little. Speaking about 2nd hand stuff specifically.