Stylus Vinyl has to be someone from ILX
― van smack, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
here's Hurd, a "vinyl and craft drinks subscription"
weird name for a UK company whose prospective audience may partly be able to recall the 1990s Tory govt but OK
their first release is by a band called Trudy & The Romance who feature no women, called Trudy or otherwise
kindest thing to say about it is probably that it's just somewhat, rather than insanely, overpriced
― The Codling Of The London Suede (Legal Warning Across The Atlantic) (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
Not quite getting what this is, exactly, but it probably belongs here: http://repress.qrates.com
if i'm reading this right they'll straight up bootleg anything?! wtf
― andrew m., Wednesday, 2 November 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
"QRATES gives artists, labels and brands the tools..."
It's aimed at artists and labels, not just random people. How much checking they do is open to question though.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:46 (seven years ago) link
"One of 2007βs most critically lauded albums, Person Pitch is the Record of the Month at Vinyl Me, Please. Get this special edition 10th anniversary edition with plans starting at $23."
"plans"!!!
http://www.colonytitle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/home-loan-documents.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
better get that credit score up!
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
All you need to do is sit through this 4 hour listening session of unsigned bands and we'll send you home with 6 180 gram LPs.
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Did not know this was a thing: http://www.vinylvac.net
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 January 2017 07:37 (seven years ago) link
It's basically like the arm in a VPI cleaning machine, it looks like. If it works it's not a terrible idea, maybe used in conjunction with a Spin Clean or something, it's like a VPI for $110 instead of $600+
― πππ-BAM-O BAM A β ππ-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 January 2017 08:36 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bchFnudYu5U
nice juxtaposition of nina simone and artisan privilege everything going on in this video
― nomar, Friday, 6 January 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
I love this thread, now whenever I go to the thrift store I try to design the world's most unoriginal vinyl set based on the lps that never seem to leave the shelves. So far it's:
Judy Collins - Hard times for loversAndy Williams - anythingAnne Murray - anythingBarbra Streisand - GuiltyFirestone xmas
― musically, Friday, 6 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
Honorable mention: west side story ost
― musically, Friday, 6 January 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
"Every month, you'll receive one of these classic LPS that collectors the world over know at a glance!"
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
haha do we have a "in every thrift store vinyl bin ever" thread?
― sleeve, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
subscribe now for our special holiday-theme collection!
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― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
i'm starting a mail order business. we'll send you 20 records per month, but it's all copies of the same common album. if you're lucky, after cleaning them, one copy will be actually playable and only moderately scratched
― mh π, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link
It's basically like the arm in a VPI cleaning machine, it looks like. If it works it's not a terrible idea, maybe used in conjunction with a Spin Clean or something, it's like a VPI for $110 instead of $600+β πππ-BAM-O BAM A β ππ-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, January 6, 2017 2:36 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β πππ-BAM-O BAM A β ππ-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, January 6, 2017 2:36 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OK. I was actually looking at getting a basic Spin Clean in their Xmas sale, but ultimately didn't. Maybe I misunderstood the video, but it just seems weird to me that it's being pitched as a supplement to a cleaning process/machine--"You only thought they were clean..." The thought of using a vacuum cleaner on them seems like overkill.
You never had to do this shit with CDs
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Unless you attach the Vinyl Van to an analog tube-driven vacuum cleaner, you might as well be listening to an MP3.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Vinyl Vac, even
Hm, but Vinyl Van...like a bookmobile or an ice cream truck...that gives me an idea...
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f2/aa/61/f2aa61042c02e81e3e830daf9ea69c03.jpg
― Evan, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Shady vans and other etc
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Shady vans and other silly bus ideas
― Evan, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
haha do we have a "in every thrift store vinyl bin ever" thread?β sleeve, Friday, January 6, 2017 3:13 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
β sleeve, Friday, January 6, 2017 3:13 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Least Collectable Records of All Time
― enochroot, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
ah, thank you, I see I posted on that 3 years ago...
― sleeve, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
i think i forgot that simon r. started that thread. before he ran screaming from this place. he's a good dude.
so insane that i've been seeing the same exact records in thrift stores for over 30 years. you'd think all those damn 50's and 60's goopy records would be gone by now.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
all I can think is "man, a lot of people bought this stuff, huh?"
― sleeve, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
it's endless. people still bring me boxes and boxes of that crud. all those records have been in boxes for decades. then someone dies and there you go. thrift store. i don't think i'll live long enough to not see andy williams records in thrifts.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
Also, *nobody* wants them. I mean a handful of course get picked up by newbies seeking cheap laffs and irony, but that's gotta be a drop in the bucket versus the sheer quantity produced and still washing around, never ever getting actually listened to. Anything anybody likes gets picked out and the bins grow ever lamer. I was 18 in the year 2000 and someone born that year is now old enough to be a vinyl fan, walk into certain enduring Goodwill stores, and be annoyed at having to thumb past the same damned copies of the same damned Andy and Mitch records that plagued my own college years. Mind you, I think this builds vinyl character, but.... man.
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Friday, 6 January 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
what's terrible is how goodwill stores at least around me have become hip to the vinyl craze and have started selling everything for $3, and most of it is the aforementioned unsellable dumpster fire of '50s and '60s LPs. if you're lucky enough to see a VG- copy of 'heart like a wheel' or 'pickin up the pieces' it'll set you back a fiver.
― nomar, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/label/956425-Jazz-At-3313-rpm
This jazz series seems to have slowed down, or is it that this Discogs page is not being updated enough?
― Mark G, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Orange County Goodwill does $1.99 for vinyl. I still think it's too much.
― Austin, Saturday, 7 January 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
i've lucked out. Goodwills here run 77cents for a LP. all the Andy Williams you can handle!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Williams-Days.jpg/220px-Williams-Days.jpg
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 7 January 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
Vinyl Me, Please
Person Pitch, Panda Bearβs landmark 2007 album that inspired all of Chillwave, has been out of print since it came out. Thanks to Vinyl Me, Please, you can get it for as low as $23.
― nomar, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
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― mh π, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:06 (seven years ago) link
all I've had for ages is a DiscWasher brush, but it definitely doesn't get the deep-down trouble stuff. Something is oddly tempting me about the Spinclean today.β Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, August 10, 2015 2:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Thanks muchly to those who encouraged me on this; I finally bought a SpinClean this week and am soooo happy with it. It can't work magic on records that really got their dirt worn into permanent damage to the grooves, but what it does for your average kinda-dirty record is like an infomercial gadget in its prepared ideal-circumstances demonstration where, holy cow, the stain is gone! The bits of crackle that remain are nice warm coloring, the kind I like in my vinyl listening, but the top-level scratchiness/distortion/fog is gone. With albums that I've only ever known from my one vinyl copy of them it's revelatory, comparable to discovering that a beloved record is a great 'headphone album.' Makes me kick myself for all the dirty records I've unthinkingly listened to over the years!
The only bummer is now I basically want to SpinClean every record I own before listening to anything again... which is kinda daunting since the two cloths that come with it really get soaked through way before the 20-50 records you're supposed to be able to clean with a single batch of wash. Will any old lint-free cloth work? Should I shell out the twenty bucks for five extra cloths, or what?
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Monday, 16 January 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
IMO yes, they are handy to have - I bought some kind of set that had extra cleaner and 7-8 cloths, it is so worth it for records that have actual surface dirt and/or fingerprints. I personally wouldn't waste it on anything that doesn't have actual visible dirt of surface noise.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
what the hell is this goddamn thing
https://comingsoon-tech.com/love-the-first-intelligent-turntable
Love Turntable redefines and simplifies the way music lovers interact with vinyl through smartphone control. Also completely eliminates the need to buy a bulky & expensive record player.
The World's First Smart Turntable
Provides the intimacy of vinyl with modern day convenience. Pairs with any bluetooth audio device including speakers, headphones, & stereo systems.
― nomar, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:22 (seven years ago) link
aahahaahaaha now THAT is the kind of shit this thread was made for, if it's not a parody. love that one of its features is displaying the album art. gee I always thought there was something missing from the vinyl experience. besides "if only this could be made digital somehow," of course.
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
it has no wired outputs and only does streamed audio via Bluetooth/wifi, looks like.
― mh π, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
I mean, if you have a small place and a Bluetooth speaker and no inclination to buy anything else but want to listen to records, it'd probably be fine.
― mh π, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:30 (seven years ago) link
the forced artisanal quirkiness of every ad for every vinyl scam is really something to behold
― nomar, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:31 (seven years ago) link
it looks like a japanese stapler
― nomar, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
Once LOVE is synced with your audio device, put any size vinyl on one of the two complimentary 7" record bases. LOVE then scans the vinyl to determine its size and number of tracks. If you'd like to start your listening experience with track 3 simply Press LOVE's top shell three times or select the track through the app. From there, sit back, relax, and enjoy your record
or you could skip all that and drop a needle on track 3 like a caveman
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
Press LOVE's top shell three times and whisper "there's no place like home"
― THAC0 Pastorius (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
they're really doubling down on calling records 'vinyls'. ugh.
― PURE, BEAUTIFUL OIL (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Revolutionary Design
LOVE was finely crafted by experts who aimed to design a timeless high-end turntable. The beauty and uniqueness of LOVE also lies in its movement. LOVE turns counterclockwise on a still record, and does so in the outmost religious silence.
― nomar, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
LOVE turns counterclockwise on a still record, and does so in the outmost religious silence.
I thought this was a joke comment
― musically, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:18 (seven years ago) link
no way is pancake batter getting anywhere near my records https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cominsoon-tech/campaign-products/LOVE_Turntable_revolutionary_smartphone_controlled_turntable_crowdfunding_Agency2.0_Gallery_b-compressor.jpg
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
that's one dusty ass record i wonder if they designed a smart brush too
― just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 02:52 (seven years ago) link