Official CD/LP purchases thread

[bmack86]

I HAD to take my brother and his fiancee to Amoeba today because she'd never been:

Aphex Twin - Classics (I think R&S just repressed this?)
Mike Wexler - Dispossession
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression

[ialvarado2]

Also, I hadn't realized how much mp3s have impacted the way I parse 'albums' -- I'd gotten to the point where I stopped paying attention to what album a track was on, where I have no sense of its context in relation to the rest of the album. So I'm really enjoying listening to albums in full again.

Amen! One of the most annoying things for me is listening to random songs, I feel the exact same way.

There's nothing like being able to listen to an Album from beginning to end and getting the full grasp of what the artist tried to do. It's just a completetly different experience.

My friends hate me when we go on road trips because I play full albums while they rather play 3 hours of random crap.

[send me ctrpllrs]

Oh man, fuck that. Albums all the way, especially on road trips. Very rarely do I listen to random/individual songs.

Earlier I ordered...
Nathan McLaughlin - The Refrigerator is Emotional LP

[zircona1]

Aphex Twin - Classics (I think R&S just repressed this?)

'Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix)' is one of the scariest songs I've ever heard.

In fact, most of the songs on there are kind of scary. I love it though.

[Coachella Bound]

So i presented the question about vinyl inventory a few weeks ago, and someone mentioned just using Discogs. Ive decided to take a stab at it, but wanted any insight that might be available. If im going to sit here for hours, i want to make sure im doing everything correctly. I figure this way everything will be online and much easier to offer to some of you that may be interested.

[nosurprises12]

I recently added everything I have to Discogs, and the most challenging aspect was finding the exact version I had of a record which has been pressed and repressed multiple times. Thankfully most of the entries are very detailed in terms of matrix runouts, catalog numbers, pictures, etc., so I'm sure you'll figure it out. There were maybe 20 or so releases (mostly LPs, but some CDs too) that I either couldn't find or that weren't there, but it was a very small percentage of my overall collection.

The process, while time consuming, was actually pretty fun, so I hope you enjoy it!

[faxman75]

I probably only have about 50 records or so at this point. I should probably inventory on Discogs before the taks seems too daunting.

I also listen to full albums even on MP3. I might shuffle it up but I usually won't even do that until i've listened to it so much I get sick of the tracking order. I never got into playlists much for some reason. I used to love making mix cassettes but something about playlists isn't the same to me. When I used to make mixes on cassette I did spend a silly amount of time on it though. I used to have my stereo hooked up to my VCR and I would make my own soundtracks with dialog from my favorite movies. Man I miss those days and I can't seem to figure out how to do the same with MP3's evne though it seems it all should be easier now with music and movies on the same computer.

Any advice on that? heh. Any advice for making my own music videos with random movie clips would be great too though this probably isn't the thread for that, i've asked on the board in the past and came up empty.

[bmack86]

Yeah, the matrix numbers are great for finding the specific pressing on multiple press records. I probably only have 10-15 things that aren't on discogs in some format. And it's a good idea to catalog before it gets too huge. It'd be such a huge task for me at this point.

[bmack86]

Nobody else picked up the Misfits repress? I've never really cared about Walk Among Us because the CD sounded so tinny, but if this is remastered they did a kick ass job. It sounds every bit as good as Static Age now.

[chiapet]

I've been putting all of my stuff on discogs too for inventory, it's been really time consuming but at least now hopefully I will stop buying second or even third copies of the same damned album that I forgot I owned.

[send me ctrpllrs]

Yeah sometimes I forget what I have and have to check discogs from my phone before buying. I've been lazy about updating it recently though, should do that before it gets any worse.

A Place To Bury Strangers - Onwards To The Wall 12"

[greghead]

Yeah, the matrix numbers are great for finding the specific pressing on multiple press records. I probably only have 10-15 things that aren't on discogs in some format. And it's a good idea to catalog before it gets too huge. It'd be such a huge task for me at this point.

Really, this few? I have three or four times this amount not represented on discogs.

Nobody else picked up the Misfits repress? I've never really cared about Walk Among Us because the CD sounded so tinny, but if this is remastered they did a kick ass job. It sounds every bit as good as Static Age now.

Fuck. I was worried about this. Didn't buy it because it never sounded good on CD. Balls.

[bmack86]

The really obscure stuff I search out tends to be punk, Krautrock, psych stuff and kiwi rock, all of which is extensively documented on there.

And, it is still a bit patchy (some muted parts) but the energy level is higher and it sounds like they really pumped the mix.

[greghead]

The really obscure stuff I search out tends to be punk, Krautrock, psych stuff and kiwi rock, all of which is extensively documented on there.

Oh right, I forgot that people really obsess over the obscure stuff. Usually the stuff I can't find is really old classical LPs from the 50s and 60s. Lots of European imports. The classical stuff in my collection that IS represented on discogs are usually worth waaaaay more than I would have ever guessed.


Good to know about Walk Among Us, I'll keep my eyes open for it now.

[kitt kat]

Ebayed the two RSD LPs I wanted...

Nobunny - Maximum Rocknroll 7"
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (clear red bundle dealio)

EDIT: And yeah, I try to keep up on my Discogs by entering in releases as I buy them...but I still have 200 LPs to enter in. It's so time consuming. I've been putting it off for when I go buy my new record shelving unit (which won't happen for a while now that my bass died).

[bmack86]

How much for Refused?

[greghead]

Ebayed the two RSD LPs I wanted...

Nobunny - Maximum Rocknroll 7"
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (clear red bundle dealio)

EDIT: And yeah, I try to keep up on my Discogs by entering in releases as I buy them...but I still have 200 LPs to enter in. It's so time consuming. I've been putting it off for when I go buy my new record shelving unit (which won't happen for a while now that my bass died).

Oh man, Kat, I actually have an extra sealed RSD copy of The Shape of Punk to Come. I would have sold it to you for face if I had known you were looking. Shoot.

[microcuts]

Got the following RSD stuff at Coachella last weekend:

Sigur Ros Hvarf-Heim
Florence + the machine Shake it Out 7"
Garbage Blood for Poppies 7"
Lana del Rey Born to Die/Blue Jeans 7"
M83 Mirrors

Also found Cure Entreat Plus 2x12" at a store when I got back, and am hoping Amazon can fulfill the Fleetwood Mac S/T 2x12" 45RPM release they have listed as it isn't in stock anymore.

[bmack86]

Damn, Amoeba still had tons of the Fleetwood Mac 12" yesterday. If I go back in the next few days, I'll check for ya and see if they're still there.

[kitt kat]

Oh man, Kat, I actually have an extra sealed RSD copy of The Shape of Punk to Come. I would have sold it to you for face if I had known you were looking. Shoot.

Boo! It was $40 after shipping

[chiapet]

I've been putting it off for when I go buy my new record shelving unit (which won't happen for a while now that my bass died).

Hah, yea, that's why I started cataloguing, I've been cleaning & inventorying everything as I put it away on new shelving.

I don't find too many problems with releases/formats missing from discogs, but when I do, it's almost always early 90's indie stuff. I've gotten about 1800 releases inventoried so far, and only about 30 weren't already in their db.

I also skipped the Misfits because I assumed it would sound like crap. Kept walking past it at Amoeba. Oh well. I really didn't need more stuff.


anyway, this week's haul:
Jamiroquai - Rock Dust Light Star RSD release, from fiopadp7791. I still can't believe he was so generous as to just give me his copy.
Tycho - Dive
Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Bowie - Hunky Dory
OMD - Organisation
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels + Sunburst & Snowblind LP+12" (2008 re-issue on clear dark purple 180g vinyl, it's delicious)
d.Forma - Amphlia Grey
Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To 2LP

I've been having crazy luck lately finding really good stuff in great condition for cheap.

[greghead]

Boo! It was $40 after shipping

Oh no! I haven't really been advertising my extra copy because I don't want to sell it to some dickwad I don't know or care about. But the people in here deserve to not get fucked in the ass over stuff like this. Ugh. Well, if you decide to flip your copy and get your money back out of it, you can buy mine at face.

[bmack86]

Oh, and according to a uncited piece of info on Vaya's wikipedia page, ATDI is going to continue the reissue, with 1000 copies at Hot Topic and about 3000 more spread between Europe and North America.

[greghead]

Eesh. Feel bad for all the kids on e-bay right now paying $70. That will only drive up the price of the hand-numbered Coachella version, right?

[kitt kat]

with 1000 copies at Hot Topic

[bmack86]

Definitely means that yellow is the rarest color of the EP, as well as (assumedly) the most geographically focused. If you found a crazy Euro ATDI collector, that yellow wax would be worth quite a bit in about 10 years.

[bballarl]

Definitely means that yellow is the rarest color of the EP, as well as (assumedly) the most geographically focused. If you found a crazy Euro ATDI collector, that yellow wax would be worth quite a bit in about 10 years.

Japanese ATDI collector*

[Coachella Bound]

Oh right, I forgot that people really obsess over the obscure stuff. Usually the stuff I can't find is really old classical LPs from the 50s and 60s. Lots of European imports. The classical stuff in my collection that IS represented on discogs are usually worth waaaaay more than I would have ever guessed.


Good to know about Walk Among Us, I'll keep my eyes open for it now.

what do you do in the event its not already listed/cataloged on Discogs....?? How do u validate the album.....?? I mean will Discogs somehow verify the information.....???

and in theory i never have to put a price on my records, correct...???

[bballarl]

what do you do in the event its not already listed/cataloged on Discogs....?? How do u validate the album.....?? I mean will Discogs somehow verify the information.....???

and in theory i never have to put a price on my records, correct...???

You can start a page for an album that isn't on there. Other people will contribute, update the information, and eventually something resembling the full story will be there.

You do not have to put a price on your records. But you can see prices for your collection based on high/low prices from past sales through Discogs, and it gives you a somewhat accurate picture of how much what you have is worth.

[chiapet]

They don't verify the album, it's community supported - if someone sees an error, they'll come by and fix it. When you edit a release, you can see others' edits and notes, so if I'm adding something, I state my source.

The collection 'value'/price thing probably works better if the things you own have actually been sold a few times on discogs.