Vinyl Junkies …

It's undoubtedly good for participating record shops but it's incredibly shit for those that buy physical music all year round.

Ebay is already awash with records at ridiculous prices - some of the RSD re-releases are more expensive than the original pressings making re-pressing them utterly pointless.

Record Store day is really just a way for wankers to make money. They're no better than ticket touts. (Grumble, grumble.)

alledgedly a 12" turns up in NYC on RSD, unannounced and not in stock list - has some weird matrix number, everyone says its new Boards of Canada release teaser

http://www.nme.com/news/boards-of-canada/69875

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qe4UCjjyr8U

enough cryptic shit, just release a new record!!!

they should have a charity shop record store day , i get all my gems for a £1 and dont have to queue !

Have a spin later of that.
Question is did anyone pick up the special reissue of Go Bang dinosaur.l that was sposed to have hit the sauturday record shops day??

I walked past Banquet in Kingston on Saturday at about 11. Queues round the corner, melts everywhere, interviews about how much people love their sweet vinyls - I decided not to stick around and went to Collectors which didn't have any RSD clusterfuck going on. Much better and I got The Isley Bro's 3+3 and Sly Johnson Is It Because I'm Black for peanuts!

I went back today to see what was left and there was tonnes of unsold stuff in there including stuff I've seen go for ridiculous P on eBay?!

No BJM and no Joe Meek EP though which were the only things I wanted. If anybody got spares lemme know!

Did anyone grab anything good?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/25/pete-hutchison-interview-new-vinyl-recording

Really more 'analogue junkies' than 'vinyl junkies', but hey ...

A couple of nice pieces:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22750933

Exploring Dance Mania's old inventory in Ray Barney's basement - YouTube

I'm also currently enjoying/feeling very envious of the iDigs Record Collecting Blog on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/IDigs-Record-Collecting-Blog/121514781221616?fref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRvB8lyRSM&feature=youtu.be

About the OCD nature of record collecting for some.

Want to own your own record shop - stuffed full of curiosities?

Well you can - On The Beat in the West End of London is up for sale:

As the listing says “If you’re at the stage in your life where you don’t have to worry about making money, but can live a bohemian life, meet interesting people every day and the occasional rock star, here’s your chance to take over the oldest record shop in Swinging London"

See the eBay listing here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/On-The-Beat-Records-A-Classic-Vinyl-Collectors-Record-Store-in-Central-London-/221305313500?pt=UK_B_I_Business_for_Sale_CV&hash=item3386d318dc

If only I had the £300,000 asking price.......

dibs

Next door to my work. Shame!

Helmets >>>>>>

just junkies right ?

or the re release of a classic re master on vinyl ?

I wanna grab a couple of things today but not gonna be able to make it to a store, any hook ups?

I wanted the Creation and Action singles box sets...

http://shop.peonfx.com/product/veloslip

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Very cute, I could do with a slipmat upgrade... Which reminds me, where are my fucking butter rugs?

Anyone got any record player recommendations? I managed to break mine when I moved house. Looking for something around £100 mark, not bothered about fancy pants functions like usb ports etc just want to play records, must have good speakers.

If you can stretch your budget (or track down a second hand one) then the Project Elemental is a great value turntable.

Funnily enough I was just looking at one of those.

The reviews are all very good and I don't think it can be beaten for the money. I was initially looking at one then found a Debut Carbon (with the Ortofon Red cartridge) that was ex-display for the same price so went for that instead.

Speakers are an entirely different issue, are they not? Turntables don't come with a set of designated speakers. (Or are you talking about it having a pre-amp?)

I advise you stretch your budget if you can; any hi-fi set up is only as good as the weakest link, so why scrimp on the turntable itself?
Anything by Project should do - that Elemental suggested above is about right. My Project Debut has lasted me years and is still going strong.

Yeah have no idea why I mentioned speakers, ignore that, it's Monday, I am still asleep.

Project stuff looks pretty slick, too - nice and minimal.

Cheers guys, have gone with the Elemental