I've been starting a collection of vinyl LPs........the guy who sells them at the nearest Flea Market sells them for $3 each.........I got my first 4 last month now I have about 10 and 2 are coming from Ebay.

http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac127/nrt4/?newest=1


The 2 that I bought on Ebay aren't included there. But both are by The Band. "Northern Lights-Southern Cross" and "The Last Waltz" got em for $2.99 plus S&H

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Just a amatuer looking for tips

Current Gear:
1968 Kay Strat
Kramer Focus 111S
Johnson 15w amp
Squier Black and Chrone Special Tele

I've been thinking about starting this kind of collection. It would be kind of cool

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi

Owner of:
-2008 American Standard Strat in Candy Cola Red
-Vibro-Champ XD
-Fender CD-60 Acoustic (Sunburst)

I have several hundred of 'em scattered about, but I've been trying to
unload them all. All of the ones I wanted to save I converted to mp3s
and keep on an archived drive.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Nice score on The Band LP's Robbie Robertson doesn't get enough credit for his chops. He's still kickin around at 66. Wonder if he's gettin all those invitations to join the AARP like me?

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I'm not slow... and I'm not fast... just sort of halffast...

He's workin on a new album ya know! So far I've heard that Eric Clapton ,Steve Winwood and the Kings of Leon have played on it

To Mike: My brothers thinking about getting a converter so I'll convert mine. I just like the sound of the vinyl better and I also like knowing I listen to what other kids my age (13 , almost 14) normally don't.

To Fenderseeker09: I think its worth it if theirs a guy like the one I buy mine from nearby.......It's interesting looking through and the feeling you get when you find a album by your favorite band........Saturday was such a great day for me when I was searching through

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Just a amatuer looking for tips

Current Gear:
1968 Kay Strat
Kramer Focus 111S
Johnson 15w amp
Squier Black and Chrone Special Tele

I hear ya, I always liked analog tape recorders better than digital.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I may make this into a new hobby yet-collecting albums on the old vinyl. It'd be neat!

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi

Owner of:
-2008 American Standard Strat in Candy Cola Red
-Vibro-Champ XD
-Fender CD-60 Acoustic (Sunburst)

Congratulations on your new adventure in music; it is a wonderful way of listening to new(old) stuff and expanding your musical horizons; what's good about records is lack of compression at the top and bottom ends. NICE CHOICES BY THE WAY. I have approx 500-600, including a bunch of Zeppelin and Hendrix bootlegs and imports, and just about all the albums I've bought when I was a bit younger I was in NYC this weekend and stopped at Bleeker Bob's in the Village...bought Chunga's Revenge by Zappa, Volunteers and Surrealistic Pillow by the Airplane, the self-titled Psychedelic Furs, an original cover Some Girls by the Stones, and the owner threw in Projections by the Blues Project. As long as you have a good turntable, you'll realize that it is a never ending quest...like GAS but with albums...


then once you have amassed (and that is what it is!!!) a nice collection, you are going to have to get album frames so you can display the covers, which is a huge joy
Top Row left to right
Original cover Blind Faith, Sgt. Pepper/ original wiggly cover of Her Satanic Majesty's Request, Cheap Thrills cover by R. Crumb for Big Brother and the Holding Company
Bottom Row: London Calling, The Who Sell Out

here are some websites re: LPs and turntables
http://www.popsike.com/
http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/
http://www.recordcollectormag.com/
http://www.needledoctor.com/
HAVE FUN

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

Cool to see that vinyl is making a comeback! I think its true records have a certain warmth that's lacking in CDs and MP3s. There also seems to be mounting evidence that vinyl is more durable and longer lasting than compact disks.

Hopefully a resurgence in LPs will mean a resurgence in great album cover art!

Last year my friends grandmother died and while I was helping him clean out her house we found a stack of records. He was going to throw them away so I went through them. Lots of Chet Atkins and Duane Eddy and a few others that I had never heard of. He let me keep them for helping him clean out the house! Since then I have been searching yard sales and flea markets for old vinyl. It's so much fun collecting them. Just last Saturday I bought 18 albums for 25 cents each!