I remember this so well. Back in the late 80’s I got back into buying records. The gem for me was a guy opened up a record shop and bought people’s records. I was in there all the time! He teases me when I come in and said you can just smell them records coming in 😂 he always let me look at new arrivals before he cleaned and priced them. The best thing about his store was nothing was priced over $7.00 unless it was a sealed album. I really miss those days.
Hello Ken I agree with the golden era late 80’s to 2005 . I’m 52 I started collecting in the late 90’s build my collection I’m very happy what I have . It’s crazy the record I’ve seen in the shops in the late 90’s until 2000 killer pieces now you don’t see them now the prices are outrageous IMO you still can find gems for killer prices but a lot tougher everyone is a collector now . Awesome subject Ken love it .
Thank you for a wonderful topic. We share the same experience. My golden era for records was mid-80s -around 2010 as well. My collection was built on thrift stores, and every album was in excellent condition in general. We will not see this again for Vinyl. Maybe next time it will be CDs in the next 10 years to dry up. I remember when cds first came out in rectangular box sets. Again, thanks so much for such a shared experience. Al
I am 57 I pride myself of a good collection of records and cds...records? Feel bad for new collectors😢 I live in south California... 4.99 for used beat up records at the locals Goodwill or Salvation...sad, cds are getting tough too
I wasn’t alive in the 80s and most of the 90s, but my dad was smart enough to stick with buying vinyl and he built his collection during that time. He bought the majority of his records at local record shows and some stores, his collection being primarily Elvis records. I started collecting records about 7 years ago, and my best source was a small store in buffalo NY. The owner bob had fabulous prices ranging from about 5-15$ each for all his records great rock and pop music! And in excellent condition. I’ve been watching your channel since last year, and you have become my favorite audiophile record channel on UA-cam! God bless and I hope you have a great year Kenny.
For me, the 90s. The stuff was still new enough to be in great shape, plus they really werent aging, because nobody owned a turntable. They just sat in used record stores and thrift stores, and barely sold there. I wish i had better taste in music back then. All the jazz i probably passed up. I still do have luck every once in a while, i got Cosmic Thing and Downward Spiral both for a dollar. Back then, i got complete discographies of Ramones, Talking Heads, REM etc all for a buck apiece
@elvis.p1973 I got everything up to Animal Boy for a buck, Acid Eaters and Adios cost me big bucks. Those were so limited, chances of finding those in a thrift store were unlikey
The thrill of the hunt is what it used to be about rather it was record collecting or coming across a new artist that wasn't on your radar. The anticipation of discovery in the music world is what used to push artist to produce quality within the albums we were buying. We truly need this kind of thing back especially amongst the youth. It may also spark a return of actual artistry at the A.M.A.
I almost succumbed to the cd craze in the mid 80s. I sold a few records and bought cds. Quickly realized that cds were truly hyped. Stopped selling and started buying lps. Great vid!
I still find great records at goodwill all the time. Bought a stack of classic rock last month, about 40 records, all Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, et ceteta. Found a cello album called “songs my mother taught me” for a dollar, it’s worth hundreds. Pharaoh sanders wisdom through music at another thrift store for a dollar. You just need to be there before the resellers get to them, and every thrift store has at least one resident reseller
That's right...I noticed when I go the some thrift stores there are the same people there waiting to get items of the carts before they are put on the shelves.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews sometimes they’ll kick them out every hour and they can’t come back for two hours at my goodwill or else they’d literally just be in there all day. Gotta be the most boring job. I think I’d rather wash dishes than do that
I bought 80% of my library in the early 90's. I stumbled upon a great used record store, Desert Shore Records. Every Saturday I'd take $20 and go home with three, four or five records. Never looking for anything in particular, but I always found gold, original copies or real early represses, the classic rock albums everyone is killing for. Some with posters and other odds and ends. Occasional colored vinyl...RUSH , "Hemispheres" , Canadian press on red vinyl, I think that was $5 in 1991
My "golden" era for buying records was from 2003-2015; and I think this whole vinyl craze startet in ca. 2015 and really went insane when covid startet in 2020 ... Investors have killed my hobby.
8:36 Hello Kenny! Most of my LPs are from thrift store purchases. When I was living in Kentucky (we moved away at the beginning of 2023, so this was recently), the local thrift store had an abundance of vinyl at a quarter a piece.... some were a little beat up, but even then, I was able to find some good albums that played just fine for my purposes. I may have shared this before, but even now, I get excited about it. 😊
I would like to think I see my Future self in your video!....Dope!!...& Yes Love the Adventure of New music...New record stores,..& the smell of vinyl 😄😆
CDs are 10 for £1 in my local charity shop, 99.99% are rubbish though. The best time to pick up vinyls was 12 years ago... all 70p to £1 each... loads of great stuff. Then vinyl became trendy and that dried up, CDs aren't worth looking at in charity shops, If anything it's the golden age for DVDs... because everyone streams, it's like the 15 years ago when people thought vinyl was junk....
Thoroughly enjoy your presentation Kenny, subscribed! I used my vinyl from childhood and 90s in college / younger adulthood to reboot again (finance lol) in the past year to start a collection again. I agree, it is more difficult to pull diverse older releases in top shape.
Good video. I am really into classical and jazz. For jazz, the golden era is long gone, but I think it's still a golden era for used classical. Here in Central Texas I find great classical records in clean condition very cheap, sometimes even $1.
I can remember attending the Austin Record Convention back when I lived there in the 90's. While there were still plenty of great buys to be had back then, I thought the prices for the older Blue Note releases in particular were nuts as I'd been buying LPs since the 70's. Of course back then they were selling for a fraction of what they sell for today. Some think they are worth it, others don't. Such is life eh?
great discussion. I'm in my late 50s and I've just started getting back into vintage stereos and turntables for vinyl. I go to thrift stores and can find 5 album sets for $.50, but their of the swing era like Benny Goodman and Count Basie. Still amazing for great music. Some of them have not really been played, so the condition is great and with a little clean-up, they sound amazing. Just having lots of fun at an inexpensive price. I can't figure out how the younger generation can afford to shell out $20-$40 per album. I'm just cheap.... Also, I did find a few K-Tel albums from the 80s with the hot songs of that year. Some are really great and those were the albums you would have to order from TV by calling the 800 number and paying with a credit card.
I remember those K-Tel albums well and I see them every now and then. I hope that you enjoy being into records a stereo equipment and I hope it goes well for you 😊
it's the same in the UK, charity shops (thrift stores) always sold records for 50p / £1, that was the usual price to expect. then in early 2000's they stopped putting them out with prices, you would have to go to the counter & ask how much something was, they would disappear through the back & look it up online & come back with some crazy price, that one is £5 & the other one is £15, oh thanks i'll just leave them!. I used to give records to the charity shop, stuff I didnt listen to & duplicates, but once they started charging internet prices I stopped giving them anything & I sell them online myself.
@@Sbradyman yup - decent store (for Edinburgh - not exactly vinyl central :)), but that one was ridiculous. Although if someone pays it, then fair play i guess
What was true for vinyl in the 90's and early 2000's is now true for CDs. If your interest is in exploring the neither reaches of the repertoire you can pick CDs up for a song and get to discover a lot of great music in the process.
I hit my teens at the end of the 80s, took an interest in older music and records and started collecting at that point. In hindsight it was just about the perfect time to get in. Vinyl was ‘dying’, most older people were dumping all their LPs for CDs and everything was pretty inexpensive and there wasn’t much competition for them. Of course I didn’t really have that perspective about it at the time. I was just an Xer who came of age at the right time. There were still plenty of adults with records when I was a kid so I was peripherally aware of the culture around it. I did realize it wasn’t exactly the trendy thing to be collecting records in my teens in the 90s. And not just records themselves but older music in general. Other than my best friend, none of the other kids we knew were doing it. I was able to buy up most of the key classic rock (Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Zeppelin, VU, etc) for $5-15 in our local record shop. I also hit up flea markets, garage sales and some thrift stores for bargains. I moved out of state and my collecting tailed off for a few years until I picked it back up in the early 2000s and times were still good. At places like Half Price Books, The Exchange, they always had hundreds of $1-3 LPs that almost no one else was buying. I bought several hundred of those over a few years (‘01-05) and then my collecting tailed off again for over a decade until my 3rd big wave of collecting started up in 2017. By then the vinyl resurgence was in full swing, a lot more people were collecting and prices are not what they had been. I sometimes kick myself for not buying a lot more of those cheap records back then while I could. There are some fairly common records I never got around to that I’ll now have to pay several times what I would’ve back then. But there was really no way of knowing that good times weren’t going to last forever. And I did ultimately get to take advantage of that golden age and accumulated so much music at great prices back then so I’m grateful for that. It all evens out and I’m still hooked and a lifer regardless, no matter where the industry goes. Great subject!
I agree with the mid 80s, I remember buying Black Sabbath Headless Cross for $1. I started collecting again in 2018 and payed $10 for a original Rush First album. 2 days ago same record $50.
Here’s the lowdown on things for many of us “old schoolers” these days. As you yourself stated, the used vinyl market has assuredly been packed up, loaded into locked crates and been sent on its merry way. What is left over the thrift stores are attempting to sell for 3 and 4 dollars, which is Barbra Streisand, Mitch Miller and badly dated soundtracks. That’s it. However, good vintage Rock, Jazz, Country and much more is still quite plentiful at many places. For awesome prices…99 cents, sometimes even 50. But what’s the catch? You gotta take ‘em in COMPACT DISC form. Oh yeah, I can see you’re disappointed in that revelation. Yeah, you want vinyl. But that ship has largely sailed, folks! The smart ones who want good music for less money are here, not the vinyl racks. Too bad…..
I still score great vinyl thrifting.. I've been doing it so long that Im pretty locked in around my region.. Where to go, and networking with the workers at the stores and meeting other pickers that might want to sell ! Good topic, and it was awesome, thrifting back in 2001-05 or there abouts. 😊
The used record store was my hang for many years. Then has the interweb developed the little brick and mortar shops disappeared. Now I bid on line a little for albums, live rural. Guess one advantage of city life there are customers for a shop to make it.
yes I remember the flood of used vinyl in the mid 90s. and agree i see easy listening and some classical in 99 cent bins now, all jazz and rock have been picked out and priced up
With thrift stores, It's a bit of luck and a friendly reasonable owner or employee there. I had so much good luck with a local thrift shop, picking up great used records for a buck. The reason is that it was close to me and one of the employees would notify me if a large collection showed up. Being first to check them out b-4 a hundred greasy hands touched the surfaces. Not so much anymore though. These days there are so many places to check the value of something online and they learn well how to exploit that info. I think one thing people collecting records don't realize is that the latest and greatest reissues are cut possibly from a sixty-five-year-old or older magnetic tape that has definitely declined in quality compared to a nice, original shaded dog that was cut the year the tape was made and the vinyl was of good quality. Original record equals pristine master tape on old vinyl, new reissue equals superior quiet pressing from the degraded master tape. I guess it comes down to what you value more.
You make some great points about the older records from years past were produced closer to the creation of the original master tapes....I see some RCA shaded dog records ever now and then but they are often in subpar condition.
I have a friend of mine who I met at a record store Where I live and he's an older Guy, probably in his as little '60s but he's been into records basically his whole life and I remember him telling me in the '90s you would find so many great albums for pennies on the dollar. I remember him telling me he bought all the Beatles albums, the original pressings of the first US releases from a record store in Austin in the early 90s and he paid about 40 bucks for them. If you look up that stuff now it's worth thousands. I agree with another guy though now is the Golden age for CDs and I've been collecting again and getting what I consider to be rare unique titles
The hype that vinyl enjoys today isn't far from the hype that CDs enjoyed back in the 80s. (The big difference being that CDs didn't have to compete with streaming music when they were released). These days I think vinyl collecting for a lot of people is mostly about showing off how many LPs they have amassed via social media and UA-cam. I'm not a format warrior and enjoy music via LPs, CDs, and streaming. Depending on how much money you are willing to spend on hifi gear, you can obtain good sound from them all. I've been buying LPs since the 70's (and never gave up on the format) but was a bit late to the CD party as a lot of the early CDs sounded less than stellar to me. For me it's all about balance - owning 20,000 LPs with a dismal system makes no more sense to me than owning a $20,000 system with very few LPs or CDs. (Though I do stream some of the time, when I'm buying new I would rather purchase a LP or CD as the musicians wind up with more money in their pockets this way. If the artist is no longer with us, royalties might go to whomever the artist designated.) Perhaps the most exciting thing for me as of late is the fact that some musicians are actively working towards going entirely analog for the recording/mixing/mastering of their LPs. If you are into jazz, I recommend that you check out the NYC-based tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh. Not only do I enjoy his music, but his last two LPs are entirely analog. The response to his efforts have been so positive that he is now starting his own record label to produce LPs for other artists in the same all-analog fashion. If this catches on, it might signal the beginning of a new golden era.
I think now is great era for record buyers. Lots of great reissues, and decent number of audiophile labels as well. Plus few great labels putting some things on the record for the first time ever (many of those are high res audio files and not AAA..but I dont care personally). New record players are also great, for mid range of 600-1000 bucks you can have really nice thing.
Here in eastern Kentucky there are no records I’ve got to buy mine on line or travel to Lexington a lot to find any.Ive went as far as Indiana to buy and had awesome luck there,but the guy has passed away now.Ive got 2000 vintage country records that I’ve managed to find
I just got into into this in '20. I did find decent to very good records (none great) for the first few years, then it all just collapsed after that. It coincided with everyone being stuck at home and wanting the media with new interest, and I still am not finding anything when I look. I imagine some are getting into the thrift stores, but the demand has them gone within minutes of being on the shelf. I guess you have to be at the right place at the right millisecond of time....
Yes, I definitely think that being in the right place at the right time plays a huge factor and I agree, these days there is a limited quantity of quality used records to begin with.
I have been buying records since the 70’s, and for sure they were very affordable in the 70’s and 80’s. That being said, the jackets were cheap, and the vinyl was very thin, compared to the newer audiophile releases. I do not mind spending more money for a higher quality product.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I agree, many of the old records sound great. I do own quite a few OG records, and most of them sound wonderful. Only a handful of them do not sound great.
One hundred!? In one year? Wow. When I've bought LPs recently, they've been new. I wasn't willing to trust used, especially if the cover was beat up. I've been to the Jazz Record Center in NYC and seen some really nice reissues and new things as well for reasonable prices; that was a couple of years ago. I said I wasn't buying any more LPs until I started playing what I have. We'll see if I stick to that, because I wasn't playing LPs when I went on my October spree and bought 18; it could happen again!
I got back into buying records in the late 90's and early 2000's. They were cheap and plentiful. The market has pretty much dried up. I buy mostly CD's nowadays.
Don't find much these days in charity stores,they are usually as you said easy listening records that no one wants but occasionally if yoh go in at tge right time you nay strike lucky. Second hand record stores though are a different story I'vd bought a ton of great records maybe not for a pound but for £3 still great bargains
I remember this so well. Back in the late 80’s I got back into buying records. The gem for me was a guy opened up a record shop and bought people’s records. I was in there all the time! He teases me when I come in and said you can just smell them records coming in 😂 he always let me look at new arrivals before he cleaned and priced them. The best thing about his store was nothing was priced over $7.00 unless it was a sealed album. I really miss those days.
They were the great days for sure for collecting records 😊
Hello Ken I agree with the golden era late 80’s to 2005 . I’m 52 I started collecting in the late 90’s build my collection I’m very happy what I have . It’s crazy the record I’ve seen in the shops in the late 90’s until 2000 killer pieces now you don’t see them now the prices are outrageous IMO you still can find gems for killer prices but a lot tougher everyone is a collector now . Awesome subject Ken love it .
I totally agree...thank you very much for your kind comments and watching my video 😊
Thank you for a wonderful topic. We share the same experience. My golden era for records was mid-80s -around 2010 as well. My collection was built on thrift stores, and every album was in excellent condition in general. We will not see this again for Vinyl. Maybe next time it will be CDs in the next 10 years to dry up. I remember when cds first came out in rectangular box sets. Again, thanks so much for such a shared experience. Al
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I am 57 I pride myself of a good collection of records and cds...records? Feel bad for new collectors😢 I live in south California... 4.99 for used beat up records at the locals Goodwill or Salvation...sad, cds are getting tough too
I agree...its getting more and more difficult
I wasn’t alive in the 80s and most of the 90s, but my dad was smart enough to stick with buying vinyl and he built his collection during that time. He bought the majority of his records at local record shows and some stores, his collection being primarily Elvis records.
I started collecting records about 7 years ago, and my best source was a small store in buffalo NY. The owner bob had fabulous prices ranging from about 5-15$ each for all his records great rock and pop music! And in excellent condition.
I’ve been watching your channel since last year, and you have become my favorite audiophile record channel on UA-cam! God bless and I hope you have a great year Kenny.
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For me, the 90s. The stuff was still new enough to be in great shape, plus they really werent aging, because nobody owned a turntable. They just sat in used record stores and thrift stores, and barely sold there. I wish i had better taste in music back then. All the jazz i probably passed up. I still do have luck every once in a while, i got Cosmic Thing and Downward Spiral both for a dollar. Back then, i got complete discographies of Ramones, Talking Heads, REM etc all for a buck apiece
The 90s were great for sure...its cool that you are still finding records at the thrift stores ✌️
That’s really cool. I’m into Ramones and I see stores asking fortunes for original pressings I’m talking 100$ plus.
@elvis.p1973 I got everything up to Animal Boy for a buck, Acid Eaters and Adios cost me big bucks. Those were so limited, chances of finding those in a thrift store were unlikey
The thrill of the hunt is what it used to be about rather it was record collecting or coming across a new artist that wasn't on your radar. The anticipation of discovery in the music world is what used to push artist to produce quality within the albums we were buying. We truly need this kind of thing back especially amongst the youth. It may also spark a return of actual artistry at the A.M.A.
I agree, the thrill of the hunt was huge in years past in seeking out albums...its was a fabulous time for sure.
I almost succumbed to the cd craze in the mid 80s. I sold a few records and bought cds. Quickly realized that cds were truly hyped. Stopped selling and started buying lps. Great vid!
Thank you very much I appreciate your comments 👍 😊
I still find great records at goodwill all the time. Bought a stack of classic rock last month, about 40 records, all Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, et ceteta. Found a cello album called “songs my mother taught me” for a dollar, it’s worth hundreds. Pharaoh sanders wisdom through music at another thrift store for a dollar. You just need to be there before the resellers get to them, and every thrift store has at least one resident reseller
That's right...I noticed when I go the some thrift stores there are the same people there waiting to get items of the carts before they are put on the shelves.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews sometimes they’ll kick them out every hour and they can’t come back for two hours at my goodwill or else they’d literally just be in there all day. Gotta be the most boring job. I think I’d rather wash dishes than do that
I am 62 and I always enjoyed
good music and I always will!
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I bought 80% of my library in the early 90's.
I stumbled upon a great used record store, Desert Shore Records.
Every Saturday I'd take $20 and go home with three, four or five records.
Never looking for anything in particular, but I always found gold, original copies or real early represses, the classic rock albums everyone is killing for.
Some with posters and other odds and ends.
Occasional colored vinyl...RUSH , "Hemispheres" , Canadian press on red vinyl, I think that was $5 in 1991
Thank you very much for sharing your vinyl buying and collecting experiences and watching my video 😊 ✌️
My "golden" era for buying records was from 2003-2015; and I think this whole vinyl craze startet in ca. 2015 and really went insane when covid startet in 2020 ...
Investors have killed my hobby.
I totally agree with you, the magic is not over and will never return due to demand of vinyl,
8:36 Hello Kenny!
Most of my LPs are from thrift store purchases.
When I was living in Kentucky (we moved away at the beginning of 2023, so this was recently), the local thrift store had an abundance of vinyl at a quarter a piece.... some were a little beat up, but even then, I was able to find some good albums that played just fine for my purposes.
I may have shared this before, but even now, I get excited about it. 😊
Brother Andrew thank you very much for your comments, it's always nice hearing from you ✌️
I would like to think I see my Future self in your video!....Dope!!...& Yes Love the Adventure of New music...New record stores,..& the smell of vinyl 😄😆
Thanks for those awesome comments 😀 😁✌️
Now is the golden Era for collecting CDS. They're virtually free.
CDs are 10 for £1 in my local charity shop, 99.99% are rubbish though. The best time to pick up vinyls was 12 years ago... all 70p to £1 each... loads of great stuff. Then vinyl became trendy and that dried up, CDs aren't worth looking at in charity shops, If anything it's the golden age for DVDs... because everyone streams, it's like the 15 years ago when people thought vinyl was junk....
Thoroughly enjoy your presentation Kenny, subscribed! I used my vinyl from childhood and 90s in college / younger adulthood to reboot again (finance lol) in the past year to start a collection again. I agree, it is more difficult to pull diverse older releases in top shape.
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Good video. I am really into classical and jazz. For jazz, the golden era is long gone, but I think it's still a golden era for used classical. Here in Central Texas I find great classical records in clean condition very cheap, sometimes even $1.
I do see more used classical records in great condition than jazz.
I can remember attending the Austin Record Convention back when I lived there in the 90's. While there were still plenty of great buys to be had back then, I thought the prices for the older Blue Note releases in particular were nuts as I'd been buying LPs since the 70's. Of course back then they were selling for a fraction of what they sell for today. Some think they are worth it, others don't. Such is life eh?
yeah man, anytime before it went totally crazy! :) and before thrift stores started being aware of discogs :) peace n love
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great discussion. I'm in my late 50s and I've just started getting back into vintage stereos and turntables for vinyl. I go to thrift stores and can find 5 album sets for $.50, but their of the swing era like Benny Goodman and Count Basie. Still amazing for great music. Some of them have not really been played, so the condition is great and with a little clean-up, they sound amazing. Just having lots of fun at an inexpensive price. I can't figure out how the younger generation can afford to shell out $20-$40 per album. I'm just cheap.... Also, I did find a few K-Tel albums from the 80s with the hot songs of that year. Some are really great and those were the albums you would have to order from TV by calling the 800 number and paying with a credit card.
I remember those K-Tel albums well and I see them every now and then. I hope that you enjoy being into records a stereo equipment and I hope it goes well for you 😊
it's the same in the UK, charity shops (thrift stores) always sold records for 50p / £1, that was the usual price to expect. then in early 2000's they stopped putting them out with prices, you would have to go to the counter & ask how much something was, they would disappear through the back & look it up online & come back with some crazy price, that one is £5 & the other one is £15, oh thanks i'll just leave them!.
I used to give records to the charity shop, stuff I didnt listen to & duplicates, but once they started charging internet prices I stopped giving them anything & I sell them online myself.
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posted the other day by my local store - de la soul - 3 feet high and rising - £70!!!!! Bought in the store new in '89 for £5!
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was it VoxBox in Edinburgh? I saw that post too & thought cheeky beggers
@@Sbradyman yup - decent store (for Edinburgh - not exactly vinyl central :)), but that one was ridiculous. Although if someone pays it, then fair play i guess
@@harbars1 hat off to them for still having an independent record shop in Edinburgh when most have long gone, but yeah i'll pass on that one too ;)
What was true for vinyl in the 90's and early 2000's is now true for CDs. If your interest is in exploring the neither reaches of the repertoire you can pick CDs up for a song and get to discover a lot of great music in the process.
The music never stopped!
So true 💯
I hit my teens at the end of the 80s, took an interest in older music and records and started collecting at that point. In hindsight it was just about the perfect time to get in. Vinyl was ‘dying’, most older people were dumping all their LPs for CDs and everything was pretty inexpensive and there wasn’t much competition for them. Of course I didn’t really have that perspective about it at the time. I was just an Xer who came of age at the right time. There were still plenty of adults with records when I was a kid so I was peripherally aware of the culture around it. I did realize it wasn’t exactly the trendy thing to be collecting records in my teens in the 90s. And not just records themselves but older music in general. Other than my best friend, none of the other kids we knew were doing it.
I was able to buy up most of the key classic rock (Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Zeppelin, VU, etc) for $5-15 in our local record shop. I also hit up flea markets, garage sales and some thrift stores for bargains. I moved out of state and my collecting tailed off for a few years until I picked it back up in the early 2000s and times were still good. At places like Half Price Books, The Exchange, they always had hundreds of $1-3 LPs that almost no one else was buying. I bought several hundred of those over a few years (‘01-05) and then my collecting tailed off again for over a decade until my 3rd big wave of collecting started up in 2017. By then the vinyl resurgence was in full swing, a lot more people were collecting and prices are not what they had been. I sometimes kick myself for not buying a lot more of those cheap records back then while I could. There are some fairly common records I never got around to that I’ll now have to pay several times what I would’ve back then. But there was really no way of knowing that good times weren’t going to last forever. And I did ultimately get to take advantage of that golden age and accumulated so much music at great prices back then so I’m grateful for that. It all evens out and I’m still hooked and a lifer regardless, no matter where the industry goes. Great subject!
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I agree with the mid 80s, I remember buying Black Sabbath Headless Cross for $1. I started collecting again in 2018 and payed $10 for a original Rush First album. 2 days ago same record $50.
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Bro Kenny i wish I wouldn't have got caught up in the CD craze and bought up the vinyl like you did 😢
I was fortunate because I was buying records and CD's
Here’s the lowdown on things for many of us “old schoolers” these days. As you yourself stated, the used vinyl market has assuredly been packed up, loaded into locked crates and been sent on its merry way. What is left over the thrift stores are attempting to sell for 3 and 4 dollars, which is Barbra Streisand, Mitch Miller and badly dated soundtracks. That’s it. However, good vintage Rock, Jazz, Country and much more is still quite plentiful at many places. For awesome prices…99 cents, sometimes even 50. But what’s the catch? You gotta take ‘em in COMPACT DISC form. Oh yeah, I can see you’re disappointed in that revelation. Yeah, you want vinyl. But that ship has largely sailed, folks! The smart ones who want good music for less money are here, not the vinyl racks. Too bad…..
I still score great vinyl thrifting.. I've been doing it so long that Im pretty locked in around my region.. Where to go, and networking with the workers at the stores and meeting other pickers that might want to sell ! Good topic, and it was awesome, thrifting back in 2001-05 or there abouts. 😊
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@kennysaudiophilerecordreview Sure, no.problem. I have watched before , but I don't think I commented. You have a great channel. Keep it up ! 👍
The used record store was my hang for many years. Then has the interweb developed the little brick and mortar shops disappeared. Now I bid on line a little for albums, live rural. Guess one advantage of city life there are customers for a shop to make it.
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Great video you took the words out of my mouth I buy all my furniture clothing and always looking for vinyl treasures
Thrift stores are the best for hidden treasures 😊😁✌️
That mofi bitches brew rocks! Sent me to a different planet when I threw it on my turntable the first time.
It's awesome for sure 🎶 💯
yes I remember the flood of used vinyl in the mid 90s. and agree i see easy listening and some classical in 99 cent bins now, all jazz and rock have been picked out and priced up
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With thrift stores, It's a bit of luck and a friendly reasonable owner or employee there. I had so much good luck with a local thrift shop, picking up great used records for a buck. The reason is that it was close to me and one of the employees would notify me if a large collection showed up. Being first to check them out b-4 a hundred greasy hands touched the surfaces. Not so much anymore though. These days there are so many places to check the value of something online and they learn well how to exploit that info. I think one thing people collecting records don't realize is that the latest and greatest reissues are cut possibly from a sixty-five-year-old or older magnetic tape that has definitely declined in quality compared to a nice, original shaded dog that was cut the year the tape was made and the vinyl was of good quality. Original record equals pristine master tape on old vinyl, new reissue equals superior quiet pressing from the degraded master tape. I guess it comes down to what you value more.
You make some great points about the older records from years past were produced closer to the creation of the original master tapes....I see some RCA shaded dog records ever now and then but they are often in subpar condition.
I have a friend of mine who I met at a record store Where I live and he's an older Guy, probably in his as little '60s but he's been into records basically his whole life and I remember him telling me in the '90s you would find so many great albums for pennies on the dollar. I remember him telling me he bought all the Beatles albums, the original pressings of the first US releases from a record store in Austin in the early 90s and he paid about 40 bucks for them. If you look up that stuff now it's worth thousands.
I agree with another guy though now is the Golden age for CDs and I've been collecting again and getting what I consider to be rare unique titles
I agree with you about the golden age of CDs, thank you very much for posting your comments ✌️
The hype that vinyl enjoys today isn't far from the hype that CDs enjoyed back in the 80s. (The big difference being that CDs didn't have to compete with streaming music when they were released). These days I think vinyl collecting for a lot of people is mostly about showing off how many LPs they have amassed via social media and UA-cam. I'm not a format warrior and enjoy music via LPs, CDs, and streaming. Depending on how much money you are willing to spend on hifi gear, you can obtain good sound from them all. I've been buying LPs since the 70's (and never gave up on the format) but was a bit late to the CD party as a lot of the early CDs sounded less than stellar to me. For me it's all about balance - owning 20,000 LPs with a dismal system makes no more sense to me than owning a $20,000 system with very few LPs or CDs. (Though I do stream some of the time, when I'm buying new I would rather purchase a LP or CD as the musicians wind up with more money in their pockets this way. If the artist is no longer with us, royalties might go to whomever the artist designated.)
Perhaps the most exciting thing for me as of late is the fact that some musicians are actively working towards going entirely analog for the recording/mixing/mastering of their LPs. If you are into jazz, I recommend that you check out the NYC-based tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh. Not only do I enjoy his music, but his last two LPs are entirely analog. The response to his efforts have been so positive that he is now starting his own record label to produce LPs for other artists in the same all-analog fashion. If this catches on, it might signal the beginning of a new golden era.
I think now is great era for record buyers. Lots of great reissues, and decent number of audiophile labels as well. Plus few great labels putting some things on the record for the first time ever (many of those are high res audio files and not AAA..but I dont care personally). New record players are also great, for mid range of 600-1000 bucks you can have really nice thing.
I agree with you on the equipment side...I very nice system can be achieved at a very reasonable price these days 👍
Here in eastern Kentucky there are no records I’ve got to buy mine on line or travel to Lexington a lot to find any.Ive went as far as Indiana to buy and had awesome luck there,but the guy has passed away now.Ive got 2000 vintage country records that I’ve managed to find
2000 is a nice collection 👌 👏 🎶
I just got into into this in '20. I did find decent to very good records (none great) for the first few years, then it all just collapsed after that. It coincided with everyone being stuck at home and wanting the media with new interest, and I still am not finding anything when I look. I imagine some are getting into the thrift stores, but the demand has them gone within minutes of being on the shelf. I guess you have to be at the right place at the right millisecond of time....
Yes, I definitely think that being in the right place at the right time plays a huge factor and I agree, these days there is a limited quantity of quality used records to begin with.
I have been buying records since the 70’s, and for sure they were very affordable in the 70’s and 80’s. That being said, the jackets were cheap, and the vinyl was very thin, compared to the newer audiophile releases. I do not mind spending more money for a higher quality product.
For me some of those thin vinyl records still sound great on my system...I appreciate your comments 👍
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I agree, many of the old records sound great. I do own quite a few OG records, and most of them sound wonderful. Only a handful of them do not sound great.
One hundred!? In one year? Wow. When I've bought LPs recently, they've been new. I wasn't willing to trust used, especially if the cover was beat up. I've been to the Jazz Record Center in NYC and seen some really nice reissues and new things as well for reasonable prices; that was a couple of years ago. I said I wasn't buying any more LPs until I started playing what I have. We'll see if I stick to that, because I wasn't playing LPs when I went on my October spree and bought 18; it could happen again!
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I got back into buying records in the late 90's and early 2000's. They were cheap and plentiful. The market has pretty much dried up. I buy mostly CD's nowadays.
I agree, the CD buying market and availability is a bit better
Don't find much these days in charity stores,they are usually as you said easy listening records that no one wants but occasionally if yoh go in at tge right time you nay strike lucky.
Second hand record stores though are a different story I'vd bought a ton of great records maybe not for a pound but for £3 still great bargains
It guess it appears to be the same regardless of what country that you reside in.
That was smart of you to be looking high and low for records in Thrift shops
I was blessed time to find records...and other items ✌️
Blessed your clever dude
It's over, the vultures and opportunists have set in.
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I think the opportunity to buy records from thrift shops was ok I had much better luck at estate sales