Why Do People Collect Vinyl Records?
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I might be weird but I find visiting record shops therapeutic. When I'm flipping through records I find I'm 100% completely detached from any stress/worries I have. I'm fortunate I can walk to my local shop. I'm there all the time.
100% agree go bills!
Yessss
I feel exactly the same. I can go to my favorite local record store and start flipping through the stacks and I’m in another world for that moment in time. It’s almost therapeutic.
And it is exciting when you find a record you have been looking for or find a cool record you never new about. I enjoy the hunt almost as much as I enjoy the music.
But I used to be able to flip through CDs the same way in their heyday. I just miss record stores and glad to see that folks like Dillon are opening stores and bringing back that feeling of community.
To quote Marge Simpson: "I just think they're neat!"
And that’s enough!
I dont even call it collecting. I buy the music I like... one record turns into 10 which turns into 50 which turns to 100.... and so on...somehow it evolves into a collection over time but I never considered myself collecting records. If I want the music, i buy the music. The collection is a secondary thing.
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Don't think my self as a Vinyl Collector ?
Probably... more as a Vinyl Listener ⚫
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Exactly. Do we call them "CD collectors"? "Download" collectors? I buy records because I like listening to them. I'm not thinking about building a "collection" or future value. I buy what I like listening to.
Records are more personal.
Yes! 🤙
compact discs are too
I compare it to holding a book or writing with a pen/pencil. It's not the most efficient process, but it makes it all mean more.
Yea!
Tru Dat!
Holding a record in your hand, looking at the artwork and wondering what it will sound like; that’s my favorite part of vinyl collecting.
Always hear people collecting records for nostalgia , lots of young people like myself collecting these days that don’t have that nostalgic tie to vinyl like the older generation do , it was completely alien to me learning about vinyl for the first time I thought it was crazy you could fit music on a giant disc like that
The memories of those great teen years and party years were brought back by vinyl for me. We have a couple records a show where I live close by and seeing the same group with tables and friends who go there is also fun. Like the video maker said; it's the same bond that baseball card collectors and stamps and coins collectors have
I was raised on records. We used to have listening party's in. The si,xties.starting with singles. Will always sound the best. Dan the vinyl man. Peace and love....
The Blaze Foley story sums it all up perfectly... When you buy vinyl at a store you get the full experience of the cover art, the physical feel of of a real item & often an awesome back story of how that LP came to be!
But the main reason... It sounds better👍😁 If you don't belive me try listening to an original version of Foghat's 'Slow Ride' on 'Fool For The City', or The Beatles track 1 on 'A Hard Day's Night'. Both tracks, most people would have heard before & both sound like a new track on vinyl.😊
@@DanSPsych67 I just had MTV and trying to record it from our phones when I was a kid hahaha had to hold your phone up to the tv and tell everyone to shut up while I try record this song
Hey Shane, I think it is amazing that younger people are getting in to records. Like Dillon says, it opens. Up awider range of music. I myself have always loved British blues rock and sixties psych . Sitting down and listening to a record is really experiencing art at its fullest...keep digging discovering. Dan the vinyl man....
When you tell someone about your large record collection and they ask "what do you do with them?" That boils my blood.
I absolutely love watching your videos. Man, you were spot on. Just the feel of a record in hand is pure bliss. My kids think I'm I'm residulous and crazy for collecting vinyl. I have started a collection for my granddaughter. She absolutely loves vinyl. We make lots of memories in record shops and just listening at home. Thanks for your videos. We love watching you!
The so so much!!! 🙏
Record collecting was a completely different ball game when I first started collecting. There was no internet, so it was all physical in person hunting at record stores, thrift stores, flea markets, yard sales, garage sales, and making connections with other collectors.
Anyone remember pen pals? lol…That’s how you had to trade stuff over seas before the internet! I feel old now, lol 😎
I think the artwork is huge but also just having something tangible. I enjoy having something I can see, touch, hear, smell and if I choose...taste.
From going to a good record store, to setting down with a clean favorite record. Then finally building your own hifi. Its all about the experience.
Agree!
Nothing sounds like vinyl, especially after an ultrasonic cleaning.
Agreed!
A good SACD recording with a quality CD transport and DAC plugged to an audiophile quality Hifi system could blow you mind and ears like it happen to me.
One reason I still collect after 50 years is that there is so much music that was never released on CD’s or streaming platforms. I know I have albums that you can’t find in any other formats. BTW, I still have the first two records I ever bought; Santana’s first, and Allman Brothers “Idlewild South”. Still play them.
CDs aren't as bad as some people here are making out. I respect people's love of vinyl. But it was always a pain in the backside for me to clean and maintain vinyl records. I hate the crackling and skipping on vinyl records and having to constantly clean and be careful. That's just me, I'll stick to CD format thanks. I respect vinyl collectors but I hate vinyl snobs and audiophiles who insist their preferred format is better. I've compared CD and vinyl and I don't hear what some people are hearing (and I know people who insist on this who have messed up their hearing from loud concerts), I think it's psychological personally when it comes to sound quality.
Agreed, some, cds can be very good recordings, Telarc are beautiful recordings, many SACDs are great also, but not all cds sound good, equipment is important a good DAC and a good CD transport make a difference in sound, when it comes to vinyl recordings it's the same situation, not all recordings are good, many are really bad, but the good ones like MoFi and others are really good and enjoyable, yes vinyl is more time consuming and work, cleaning etc, cassettes and reel to reel have some of the best sound with the right equipment, I personally own more cds than records but I enjoy them a lot, I keep up with the times, I stream, I have wav, flac, mp3 files in my hard drive etc, I love music in all formats, and what I have a listen to, I don't hoard or buy just to have it I play and rotate my music from my shelves, thanks for your comment.
i think cds are harder to keep from getting scratched. cds sound good though
@@cleftturnip7774 I own about 2,000 CDs and I have only ever scratched one when I was careless and dropped it, my bad. I've bought plenty of second hand CDs and never have scratch or skipping issues. If you are careful with CDs they have greater longevity than vinyl, you can play them thousands of times and they still have the same sound quality they had when you first bought them.
@@jimmycampbell78 fair enough. i think you'd be in the minority
@@cleftturnip7774 I guarantee people who own a vinyl record will never get as many plays out of it without inevitable wear and tear over time from the stylus, as they would from a CD over decades. Just don't use the CD as a frisbee or eat your dinner off it 😂I know many vinyl collectors who spin the record once and then stick the record on their shelf to look at; they play the CD version to actually listen to the music. In defence of vinyl, the main advantage of it that I have always seen is that you have full size album sleeve artwork, and/or the art without any cropping, and you can get cool picture discs too.
People often ask me why i collect records- i often say don't forget CD's, Cassettes, SACD, reel to reel, minidisc etc. They get puzzled, but i tell them i love crate digging for records and finding some is soooo satisfying. True, collections and audio equipment take up a lot of space but what the heck. You also make friends whilst crate digging ( sorry, i forgot 8-tracks well). Great subject you have brought up.
Collecting records is the best education about music, I'm in my mid 50s now but I am always finding out more about the artists and finding records I didn't know about,it never ends.
I collect records because not only is the music a spiritual experience for me, but the album artwork is fun to study and look at. You can't do that with a cd or cassettes artwork.
Great video! I love the nostalgia of vintage LPs, the “realness” of holding that vinyl in your hands....it feels so much more “legit” than a CD...and I love the artwork, and as you said the community. I do find collecting can a bit challenging for me, as I tend to be anal and don’t want to hear any static, pops, ticks, etc so finding those clean copies is more difficult (if you don’t want to spend a fortune). I have to thank you Dillon for introducing me to a number of artists that I never knew existed before, whose albums I now own. So great to be finding “new” artists....that I never knew from decades past!
Thanks so much for watching!
I just turned 60-years old, and I can tell you for a fact, that I have experienced all the music formats first-hand as a buyer. I was even onboard for digital because it allowed me to have access to more music than I could ever hope to have access to, much less be able to buy. However, after experiencing the inevitable hard-drive failure numerous times, and losing years worth of collecting, I've returned to the original. Nothing beats owning a hardcopy of the actual music, and vinyl is absolutely the best for that!
Great video man, love your passion and knowledge. Awesome 😎👍
Hey Dylan, I started watching your videos a few weeks ago, and my first view was with the self-titled Betty Davis album i just bought at my local record store in NH! I fell in love with it when the store owner was spinning it, so I had to get it. I would love to get down to your record store ! Keep these videos coming! From where I reside, there’s not a whole lot of passionate vinyl collectors! And it’s good to know I am not alone! Thanks!!
Many reasons why. It's the tactile experience of holding that 12 x 12 piece of art in my hands. It's the warm sound. It's the nostalgia of taking me back to my youth and picturing where I bought that particular album, or where I heard it for the first time. And, they're pretty f***ing cool!
I love blind buys. I love finding something I've been looking for for a while (I only hunt in the wild). I love the artwork. But the biggest draw for me is that every single time I buy a record I feel like I'm 14 years old again!
Yes!
Great video! I got back into collecting vinyl during the pandemic and really enjoyed it. I have purchased a lot of new pressings but I also enjoy as you say "the thrill of the hunt" in finding used LP's...
Awesome!
Great video- as always! I love collecting records! Finding, bring home , cleaning, listening, and looking at the art. I love used records with someones name scribbled - makes me think about the history of that piece. Some teenager decades ago likely saved up their babysitting or lawn cutting money (like I did back in the day) so they could buy and play this when it was new. Our local record store closed this last year so this made me sad. Every time you walked in you met someone eager to talk about music.
Thank you! 🙏
I just recently started to collect records because I like old jazz and country and just want to own and preserve and listen to all my favorite tunes.
Its an addiction,thats my reason.i was around five years old when I started collecting,
Gimme the needle, gimme the needle!!!!
A nice 78rpm stylus would do me great lol
I was 5 and 2 quarters when I got my first record 🤐
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@@trevordoolan5011 my first record was when I'm dead and gone by McGuinness Flint,I still have it.but its worn out.and then I had paranoid by black sabbath.
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My 1st record; "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor"...
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@@trevordoolan5011 yeah iv heard that song,I have never really been a drinker,the last pint of beer I had was about three years ago and it gave me a migraine then also,so I dont bother,I prefer to smoke a joint.
I like the part when he goes “what is going on in here?” Hahaha Hilarious. It’s a store that sells records!
Hahahaha
Not only do I prefer the sound of records, but it’s nice just to hold a record and really analyze and appreciate the work that went into it. I personally believe that the enjoyment of records isn’t just in the sound but it’s having a representation of the music in your hands that you can touch.
Agree!
Vinyl to me is more natural sounding and human. I remember you raving about how good the Zombies - Odessey album was and couldn't see why. I had only listened to it on cd and streaming. I saw it cheap on vinyl and decided to give it a try and was blown away with the sound. It was amazing and a confirmation on how vinyl can enhance any album.
Tower records is still big in Japan. I visited their flagship store in Tokyo - 9 floors of records and CDs, 54,000 square feet
I started collecting albums around 1971 although I started loving music with The Beatles in 64. I would have started collecting sooner but I was a young kid and didn't have any money. I couldn't agree with you more that the thrill of the hunt, going into record stores and flipping through them for hours on end , then finding something that looked interesting just because of the artwork... never hearing it before, buying it, taking it home, opening up that record for the 1st time and laying that needle down on the turntable was just something that was never reproducible on CD. I didn't have an older brother or sister or even friends that had older brothers or sisters that collected albums so much of my discovery came just from my own shopping. Many bands that I had never heard of became big later when I bought an early album having no idea what they sounded like. Chicago, Black Sabbath, Montrose, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, Rush, Moodg Blues, Queen and on and on. I would have never discovered the Firesign Theater had it not been for record store shopping and taking a gamble. Even later... XTC, Oingo Boingo, and bands from the late seventies and early eighties...many discovered just by taking a gamble.. I still have my entire vinyl collection and will never give them up. People have been telling me for years sell them, sell them... but, no way!!! So thrilled to see vinyl come back and the enthusiasm of the folks that are collecting them. Even more so to see folks like you promoting them, selling them, and most importantly talking about them and sharing that knowledge with everyone else. Love you folks!!!
Thanks!!!
...and there're no ads or commercials to listen to. :)
The loudness wars killed cds. Vinyl sounds more alive to me over a good system. I collect both. But vinyl is more hassle. One interesting thing no one mentions much: Records were designed with side one and two and a lot of thought went into song placement and the different sides, one slow, one fast, or like chapters in a novel or short story collection and you caught your breath when you flipped over the record etc. You don't get that with cds. It's just one long player.
Excellent point. Nebraska (1982) by Springsteen is a great example. The last song of side 1 and the first song of side 2 are literally two sides of the same story.
My reasons for collecting vinyl are two fold. I collect because I am a musician and music lover. I love constantly being introduced to new music, even though some of it is older than I am. I'm 53 years old. Secondly, I just am a collector. I love having the debut albums of artists and in the cases of my favorites, their entire discographies.
Everything you said is correct, but for me it's 80% about the sound quality. The ability of a well pressed and mastered LP to fill a room with it's presence and aural ambiance I just can't get with CD's or even Flac
theres no record stores near me so I get all my vinyls online, so the record store trip isn't it for me. I don't know what it is but just owning a physical piece of the album is just so satisfying to me. I also love putting them up in my room to show I love the album and/or the artist
To me it's having a piece history like an artefact that you interact with and I love the sound
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I listen to records, eight tracks, cassettes, cds, music television, radio, concerts, my phone, and especially utube music channels like Noble Records. Collecting records is part of a good life.
People don't realize how bad many CDs are. Some of the masterings are really terrible - I have a copy of Fuaim by Clannad that sounds like a cheap cassette tape - totally muffled, no bass, no treble, no dynamics. If you want to hear what the music really sounds like, you have to buy the record - the original Irish pressing is what I would recommend.
Personally, if anyone asks this question, I don't think that they will ever understand the answer.
Record collecting is like comic, book & card collecting!!
I'm with you regarding going to a record shop or fair, you meet like minded people & you instantly have that connection. I used to get so excited every Saturday morning, getting up and heading off to my local town centre where there were at least 6 shops to immerse myself for the best part of the whole day... This was what I lived for. Nowadays, I have to travel to a major city for my fix, thank god for FOPP !
Don't get me wrong, I still have a great respect for the CD, but especially with the '70s Yes albums, Roger Dean's artwork is lost on a CD, as opposed to the vinyl. The other huge plus is when you start to become an old fart, your eyes start failing you and you try to follow the lyrics... With a CD, forget it, or get a bloody good magnifying glass !!! .... So the vinyl wins hands down.
Great post 👌 😊 👍
I started buying records in the late 90s because they were cheaper than cds and tapes and it was fun to dig through them at antique stores. You could pick something up simply because you liked the cover. That was something that you could not do with a cd since it was too expensive to take a chance. I found many bands I now love that way.
A few years ago I bought a cheap(but good) cd player from goodwill $15 and I was amazed at the quality. I hooked it up through an external dac ($100 schiit)and the sound was even better. Now my records really dont sound that great in comparison and I cant even listen to them any more. I have a 300 dollar turntable and a $100 dollar cartridge that has to be replaced a couple of times a year. Once a record is played 5-10 times the quality diminishes so you have to be choosy about how many times you play them.
Cds are now where vinyl was in the late 90s in price and they dont diminish in sound quality like records do.
I just got my first turntable from a thrift shop for $5, it's a pretty decent one for the price, it even has Bluetooth lol. I bought my first vinyl album a couple of days ago and it's awesome! I already bought 5 more albums. It's just so different than streaming, there's just something so satisfying about seeing the record spin and admiring the artwork, it adds a mechanical element to music. I'm only 25 but I get the nostalgic feeling I used to get when I opened my first CD as a kid 😁 I haven't listened to physical media since I was probably 10 and it's amazing how much you miss the artwork and the lyric page or any other extras you get with the album. I personally don't see the difference between my mp3s and my records as far as audio fidelity but I'm not an audiophile (: but that's my take on listening to vinyl.
Beautiful video dylan. Yet again the most articulate and charismatic voice in the vinyl community
Thanks! Don’t know about that but I try!
The sound you get from vinyl is why I buy the albums and artists I love. Digital even if it's mastered correctly just has something missing that listening to a record gives you, which to me is things sounding more natural and like they're in the room. I don't have the best set up but it's decent. Still made my jaw drop when I first listened to Analogue Production's Pet Sounds reissue just filling the room with a fantastic stereo soundstage that isn't in the mono, like Dolly Parton was playing her guitar in front of me, or Chili Peppers were jamming in my living room.
Whenever people come over to my house and hear a record playing, they wonder why it sounds much better than they thought or remember, or I'm just playing Spotify
Yes!
I'm from the generation that went to the record store every Saturday and started my collection. I liked vinyl but we were forced into CD'S because record company would only release new music in that format. I miss the days of the record shops and the interaction with the people who worked there because they were the ones who new what I liked and what I was looking for. When the digital format era began I got rid of my vinyl except for a chosen few. My collection is all digital with over 30k of CD's and counting. I'm thankful for channels like yours where I get to see old and new stuff that I might have missed but I totally miss the old days of true record shopping and talking music.
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i collect for the art and history of it all
Cool video and good job articulating it.
Thank you!
I have gone from vinyl to CDs to back to vinyl. The packaging of vinyl is awesome.
I remember as a kid my mom taking me to Collectors Records in Garland Texas in the 90s to go through the bargain bin. I found so many good albums. My first copy of De Ja Vu by CSNY I found in their bargain bin.
There really is nothing quite like finding albums in person. There really isn't.
To answer the question, its the thrill of the hunt, also nothing sounds like vinyl. Nice big artwork and sometimes booklet.
Oh yeah!
Blues and Blues rock.
I just found King Biscuit Boy due to an album that came in a Biscuit flour sack.
as it turned out, it was and excellent Blues Rock LP from a Canadian band.
It's so sad that guys like Tab Benoit have none of their work on vinyl.
One of my all-time Blues, Rock Cajun performers.
I think you nailed it. When I started to buy cd's as a 25 yr. old in 1988, it just wasn't the same. I do buy a cd every so often but I just started to get into albums again recently, it just seems more fun. We use 3 senses with an album right? The touch of an album is so much better than a little plastic cd case. We use our sight to look at the artwork. We hear the music. And the "hunt" is so much more exciting!
Thank you 🙏
Growing up in the 60s...records are the only way to build a musical library..love your show Dillon...excellent channel..
Thank you! 🙏
Love that Blaze Foley story! Good topic overall! An old time record collector told me years ago that "you will never find it all, it's a never-ending treasure hunt"...damn was he right! Love the hunt.
I can recall that I was looking
for Peter Frampton Comes
Alive. It was banged up.
I collect vinyl records for a number of reasons. I really like the artwork on album covers. Records have that natural sound that you're never going to get from CDs. Collecting records is more personal. I really enjoy going through the record store shelves and finding that album that I have been wanting for so long. I'm a bigtime fan of Progressive Rock and Classic Rock, and the artwork month covers is awesome. Keep spinning the vinyl!
Yep! Totally agree
Why are people asking why?! Bwahahahaaha. *I listen to records before I "collect" them so I buy records to enjoy the music.*
Hey Dillon! Love your videos like this I know you’ve been into vinyl for long enough to form an educated answer to this question that comes up a lot So for me Nostalgia was the draw! Nostalgia is a strong drug! I mean who doesn’t want to pursue something that takes them back in time Maybe to an earlier time filled with great memories Music on vinyl does that for me! And I do love the sound , the tone, the interaction with the record! I love the cover art and reading the liner notes! And now you’ve got colored vinyl which gives an even more colorful visual! Vinyl is amazing! Thanks for doing this vid Peace Brother! ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
Thanks man! 🙏
Theaters r to movies, what records r to music
It's the full experience, both theaters and vinyl immerse the listener/watcher
That’s a fair comparison
Adam Sandlers mom in Mr Deeds " don't go blowin your cash on some fancy record playa" lol
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Personal attachment, my grandmother and my father both worked in a pressing plant, the year I was born the no1 album at the time is now in my collection (it was my mum's)
There's a fair chance that either my grandmother or my father actually pressed that album.
You don't get that personal connection with an MP3 or streaming.
One thing about collection both Vinyl (and CD) is the level of interest you have. I'm not saying someone is a bigger music lover because they have 1ten vinyl laying around more than someone who only listens to Spotify or UA-cam but being musically interested put the focus on a higher level. Most people today wouldn't waste a dollar on music. Others happily spend lots of them.
I have a friend who said he doesn't "get" live music, he doesn't get me collecting at all (just think it's a waste of space) and when we walk past a local record store he just randomly says they should close down because it's pointless... Thing is though. How often does he post anything about music online? How much does he talk about music? He doesn't play any instrument... Right. His interest is limited and therefor he rather put time and money one something else.
Just being in a store is as you say. It's fun to talk about things most people don't get or just hear others talk about it. When I post something on Facebook about Pink Floyd, David Bowie or Guns N' Roses.. Bands or artists that are HUGE and still are played on the radio or people doing covers of.. The response is extremely limited. How fun is that? You post something massive that you love and almost nobody you know care? Go into a store and you can talk Pink Floyd with anyone.. Maybe some haters. But they still have something to say.
Another thing is that many today doesn't understand that musicians often live of their music. People just download for free and think that's great. They don't think for a second that spending a few bucks on something you love actually could help someone. It's all the Napster vs. Metallica debate I guess. I loved Napster when it came out and downloading as a important part of me really getting into music but the more my interest grows the less I care about the free media online.
All Things Must Pass is a great documentary. Another really awesome documentary, not necessarily about vinyl but the recording process, is Sound City. Directed by Dave Grohl. Definitely one of my favorite music docs. Check it out if you haven't. Highly recommended!
I wouldnt say I'm a record collector, as I buy all new music on CD and sometimes downloads - I will also often stream stuff to hear whether or not to buy. Having said that I have around 400 LPs bought from when I first started buying records in 1974 and there's no way I'd ever part with them , so I guess I'm a nostalgia/feel and look of an album person. I think I have also got a few LPs that I dont think have been released on CD or if they have they've been out of print for a while, so that's another reason to keep the vinyl.
I went over to CDs because at the time my record player was not great and the sound I heard from the first CDs I bought meant that I could better hear clearly what I was listening to - so I could theoretically place myself in the sound quality category of a collector - and after I retire from work I may just invest in a better record playing sound system (I only have a really cheap suitcase type that I got to listen to a load of old 45s I brought down from my loft). As soon as I buy a CD I'll copy it (usually FLAC rather than Wav or mp3) to an external hard drive that I then play through my laptop and attached logitech sound system.
Before we got locked down, though, whenever I went into a local record and CD shop - and noted that the number of vinyl albums for sale has significantly increased over the past 5 years or so - I would always go and thumb through the records - another nostalgic thing, and thumbing through 12inch sleeves is a lot easier and more pleasurable than thumbing through CDs - and whenever I watch You Tube videos where people, like you, are talking about albums I much prefer to see them holding up a copy of the vinyl than the CD as it just looks so much better.
I used to subscribe to the 'why bother collecting vinyl, surely its just the music thats important' view point, until I realised, mainly through watching UA-camrs, that I'm possibly a bit jealous of not being able to or not currently wanting to - or lets be honest, affording to - have the12 inch vinyl version.
I love that you said, “What are you? You are coming home with me. “ That’s exactly what’s happened to me a number of times. I’ve been attracted to the album artwork....often that colorful 60s or early vibe...and have felt the need to bring the record home. I can’t say I’ve ever been disappointed!
I love music and feel like a record is much more tactile than simply streaming. I also feel like an archivist. I’m confident that in 20 years someone will happen upon my collection in the desert wasteland. They will at least be able to enjoy the cool gatefold of “Eat a Peach” or some of my Lee Morgan records. They won’t be able to listen, because the machines destroyed our electrical grid years ago. But for a moment my obsession will give them comfort and they will move on, like they always do, under the cover of night.
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I collected records when I was young, but the 80s to the early/mid 90s I was buying CDs. Since the mid 90s I've gone back to buying records
Excellent as usual. There’s one other category of collector: old people like me who just never stopped buying records and mostly just accumulated them over decades.
I love lp’s the sound is more natural than cd. It’s an investment that I can pass on to my kids and friends when I’m gone. Mostly I love the artwork and it’s a tangible item your holding in your hand. I really enjoy the ritual of playing records. Pulling it out of the jacket, cleaning the record on my vacuum cleaning machine, cleaning the stylus and the sound of the stylus hitting the groove. Mostly enjoy playing records for friends and their blown away at how good a record can sound.
Been buying records since mid 70's. First of all because I wanted to hear my favourite songs whenever I wanted, there was no other way of doing that. I soon realised I liked a lot of the artwork, and later, that there was stuff not many people had heard of, that was as good or better than stuff everyone knew. Then I found that original pressings sometimes had gatefold sleeves and inserts/lyric sheets that re issues didn't have. Been hooked ever since. Never liked cassettes or cd's.
My reasons are the love of music, memories and investment value. I'm not a musician and never notice a sound difference. Selling records on Ebay on and off since 1999 as a fun side thing and there definitely are people who buy with the intent of someday passing on to their kids for the collectible value like me. Some of my rare Clash bootlegs from 1976 to 1981 in perfect condition can get $200 to $400, so I love the memories and music but figure it's also money for my kids as they rise in value(if they rise!). Hard to beat a vinyl live boot of a show I went to in the late '70's!
My Music Life...
Early in the 70s it dawned on me how good is music. I began acquiring albums though steered clear of the mainstream. Friends said your taste is weird! I hung around a lot of record stores, would study people's collections, did research & asked lots of questions. In 85 I met a fellow who was a newly ordained minister. He said: before his previous job was with United Artists Records Australia , had some 400 records that are mine if I wanted them. mmm I'll get some boxes. What a goldmine... By 88 I had around 2600 records. Loved them... hardly ever watched TV. Alas, came home 1 day to find the front door off it hinges. Only things taken where my LPs.... it would of taken over an hour to remove them all but typically no one saw a thing. Soon all my attention was wife, kids & work. I sought of lost my desire for music. Dark ages indeed. As the internet gathered speed I was shown file sharing & downloaded stuff I hadn't heard for years. How cools this. It was then I realised my favorite music is music I'm yet to hear! Soon after the turn of the century I was very happy with my 25,000 odd Mp3s. These blew quite a few computers over the years ... Began doing graveyard shifts at a local alternative local radio station. So much fun & definitely too hot for public credence!. After 6 years the station had to fold cause of the goose owner running it into the ground. Another DJ there gave me a parting gift of 2 x 500gig memory cards full of music. Currently my music library consists of 193,361 Mp3s & counting. I add around 500 new mp3s every week. I've actually got music I downloaded 6 years ago I'm yet to hear!... I'm so paranoid of losing them all I have them backed up 3 times. As I write I'm listening to Radiodread by the Easystar Allstars...
FOOTNOTE: had my records stolen in Sydney in 1988. Then in 2009 I moved to Canberra some 300 miles away. Settling in after the move one day I decided to check out a local pawnbroker. Oh goody some records. Lets have a look for old times sake. Started going thru the records when I picked up Marrying Maidens by Its a Beautiful Day. Oh I used to have this... looking further Sad Wings of Destiny by Judas Priest appeared. Oh I loved this when it came out... As I went to check out it's condition low & behold there's my nickname Pezman that I had written all those years earlier inside the sleeve. It was my stolen record , so was Marrying Maidens & 2 others Supertramps first album & You Won't Believe your Ears by Wess Harrison. These are the only 4 records I own. The mind boggles.
makes me feel good i get big rush buying a record esp record store day.....did it 5 years and feel of playin record for first time
I just love getting my hands on albums instead of cds. Vinyl sounds soooo good.
I’ll just make it short and sweet why I collect vinyl much more now then in the past. I’m 45 and last year I was just searching to expand my love of music more. I already had some vinyl albums. Maybe like 45. But In August of 2020 I got a new TT and started buying used and new vinyl from local shops and online stores. Then in March I added a new receiver and speakers to my system. All stuff that is entry level to mid level stuff. So I’ve kept building cause I love the sound and the tangible feeling of just putting a record on. I’ve got 320+ LP’s now and more to come. Looking at upgrading my TT to a Fluance RT85 or equivalent soon. Happy hunting everyone. Dillan is the the best.
Beyond just collecting vinyl, I just like having a physical representation of the music I love! I have cassettes now, and even a few CDs (for things that aren’t in vinyl, or cassette). CD sound sucks so much, I have like 5-6 of them because there are some things that you can’t get digitally and are only CD. Also, because even cassettes have gone up in price like crazy, now they are all selling for 4-12, or even more, when a year or two ago, you could them for a book. But of course the main reason, is the sound!
hi dillon great video in the late 60s early 70s i got 50p every saturday i would go to the record shop and spends hours picking 2 45s as they were25p each i loved that
thank you dillon
Some of my friends have done physical only releases. Where you can only listen to the songs on vinyl.
A couple of years ago, a record collector managed to convince me to let him look through my vinyl, unused since the 80's when cds came out. "Wow, these are in great shape!" he said. I had to be honest. "Yeah, I never scratched them and I cleaned them regularly, but you should know that a lot of them, I dragged a little chip of diamond around the grooves a few hundred times."
Do you have the spacers on your shelves that are behind you to keep all your lps uniform and flush? They look awesome
Yes I do! They are great!
@@noblerecords man I friggin love those things! One of the best accessories I've come across in a while.
Whenever I get asked about why people collect vinyl at my place, I try and keep it simple and just say, "because it's fun!" That usually gets a chuckle and some solid conversation and a potential new client!
It's like the stock market ....When LPs plummeted ,I Bought ,Bought ,Bought hundreds for a pittance .....I'm very much into the album art ,when it's in good shape .....Love Eagles art ...and Donna Summers has some great covers
Yeah I'm no hi fi buff, just love records, bands ,labels etc it's all fascinating and cultural history.
Agree with all the comments about the nostalgia and physical feel of a record. But for me there is another thing - records smell great! It's strangely comforting.
I agree 100%, if you put on a great record on a good system, the sound quality is much better. I have a CD player hooked up to my system and the main difference i hear is how unsmooth the subwoofer is mixed, I'm constantly having to readjust the powered sub to get the most out of a CD, I know it's the quality of the player that's causing it most likely. However with a record it's so smooth that you feel the sub and don't even notice it's on. That's when the listening experience is truly enhanced. BTW equipment wise I have a uturn orbit special with an external phono preamp, going though a hybrid tube amp with Klipsch floor standing speakers and a klipsch sub. It's an above average audio system and the sound quality with good cut records is amazing
...... because of all the reasons you mentioned and then some 💚✌️
Dillon, you are doing an
excellent job!
Could you possibly do a video on retail vs Columbia House and BMG Music service versions?
Hey, a shoutout! Haha. Yeah, the 12” medium is so great for art. When you think about the greatest album covers of all time, ain’t nobody thinking about a cassette or a CD.
I bought my first vinyl record when I was 7, and didn't stop buying them (I'm much older now and probably have too many)
It's never the thrill of the hunt--it's all the surprise catches!
Sometimes people ask me why do you even want vinyl and I say why not ?
Yes yes yes! I'm not an audiophile by any means. If I find a playable copy of something I've been wanting for awhile I'll grab it. I'd rather have a few crackles than not have one at all. (especially with singles) Love your videos!
I found something this weekend at a junk store in Boone, NC, I bought it because the jacket was so cool. But when I did some research I may have something interesting. The album title is "The Other Half". it is so clean (a little dirt (browning) on jacket" that I thought it was a re-issue. It is on the ACTA Label (Orange with black letters). The jacket and spine says A-38004 but record says A-8004. There is a sticker in upper corner that says MONAURAL. I have played it twice, it has ZERO scratches or pops. I know you can not judge without seeing but do you think I found something. Thank You MIKE
Oh heck yeah! That’s a great find! One of Randy Holden’s bands! Worth some money too!
I would think older people would get it; as opposed to younger people.
Love Blaze Foley, TVZ, Steve Earle.... the movie was great!
I collect records & memorabilia becuase music is apart of my heart & soul! My collection is a part of me. 🖤
I have to admit, I haven't bought a vinyl record since the 1980's. But I did keep all the vinyl records I bought up till then. Unlike other people I know, who got rid of all their old records. (One example-someone I knew had ll the Beatles American release albums in nearly miont condition, with Apple labels, and sold them to Bleecker Bob for dimes on the dollar. I would never have done that.) Vinyl was cool because of the packaging. You could do a lot of cool stuff with the package of a vinyl record. For instance, way back around 1980, I bought the import version of Devo's first album. The record itself was white vinyl, and it came with two large posters. I remember Public Image Ltd. put out a set of three records in a film can. I didn't buy it, because it cost about 15 dollars, but it was imaginative. What can you do with a CD? It's just a disk in a plastic case. So I see the attraction in collecting old vinyl. It's just too expensive for me.
Film Cans come in different sizes...
You could easily get a smaller Film Can that could accommodate CDs 😁
Think there where too many Beatles albums made, they generally don't make much cash.
What a band P.I.L. are though...
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The Beatle albums might not have fetched a fortune, but they were in very good condition, so they would have fetched more than Bleecker Bob paid for them.
I got to know Bleecker Bob himself pretty well. I actually used to be his mailman. Delivered to his store when it was at 118 West Third Street, which is one block up from Bleecker Street. He was a friendly guy from when I used to talk to him, but forget it when you tried to sell him your old records. You'd get skinned. You'd sell him a record for three dollars, and it was like pulling teeth even to get that, and next day you'd see it in one of the bins in his store for $25, LOL.
I had a friend and he wanted to sell some old records. He says to me, "You're friends with Bleecker Bob. Maybe he'll give you a better price." So he gives me one record to see what I'm offered, the original pressing of "The Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson. I'm no expert, but it looks to me to be in mint condition. I tell this friend, "Don't count on anything." He's hoping to get about 10 dollars. Bob offers me 2 bucks, "only because I'm a friend". So I tell my friend, and he says, "Forget it!" This is all around 1988, so records weren't worth much then, but even I'd have given more than two bucks.
Bleecker Bob died a few years ago and his store has been gone for a long time. They were the most famous New York store for record collectors. A couple of others in the neighborhood are Village Music World, which actually is on Bleecker Street (near Sixth Avenue) and Generation Records, on Thompson Street, a few doors up from the corner of Bleecker. Generation Records is like a super store, two whole floors of old records, while Village Music is a small shop, but jammed to the ceiling with stuff. You could spend all day in either one, so if you're in New York, you should check them out. But I wouldn't expect to find any bargains at either place. Bargains ain't a thing you'ret gonna get in New York City.
I'm at the point now, where I'm looking for Bob Ludwig pressings, just for the sound quality! Cheers mate!
Great stuff
A former staff suggested I get a computer to keep my music. I refused. Who wants to stream music that could be wiped out where there are record stores where you can go and get the records you want? I love to get records I love that I don't have.