Crate digging with DJ Shadow

Shadow drops some words of wisdom for all the DJ/producers. One of my favorite parts of the Scratch Hip-Hop documentary.
On a personal note, I'd like to say that shopping for music online doesn't even compare to the experience of digging through records. Sometimes I don't even buy anything but it just feels good to dig through the bins. It's very relaxing & I'll always love it! ;o)

[@creathechiboi]

to all the artists who lost their dreams, we appreciate your work and attempts

[@chadergeist]

Vinyl records stacked on top of each other in towers! That makes my sea sick. Oh, the damage they have to be in.

[@davew1531]

I immediately thought the same thing!

[@TheAirZeus]

Yeah, that causes warping and ring wear. Not that a DJ digging for samples would care about ring wear, but record collectors who value the condition the complete package is in would.
Records definitely need to be stacked horizontally. Either way, it'd be a blast to spend hours in there.

[@justinschwimmer]

You release the small time acts from small cities are the things diggers are looking for right? You can find Beatles records everywhere, nobody going through basements of records is looking for them.

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

@@BeeLeeBeats pfff you dont shit about diggin. diggin is t find new shit..obscurities.. not some cunty beatles shit.
also..all these new cats only think in worth in dollars..instead of worth in music. a lot of these records are still in good shape..you just dont know. Sheep talk, 'oh it is stackd bla bla' fuck outta here

[@biffboffo]

Shadow’s collection is legendary and that spot turned up a lot of his records. Also, records are tougher in general than a lot of people think.

[@frozenlake1215]

I met Shadow a while back and asked him about that place and its basement full of records. He said last he heard, the store was gone, did not know what happened to the vinyl.

[@funyspacemonkey1]

That store used to be "Records" on J street in Sacramento. I saw the record store once before they closed that location. The owners nephew or grandson took over and moved the business across town to a smaller building. It's a shame because the newer version of the store was such a dump. Records were just kind of scattered everywhere. I found out a couple of years later, they finally shut the place down for good. It was definitely a piece of history tho

[@hellodavidryan]

The Sacramento basement was legendary. We had something special in San Francisco too… North Beach represent 😉

[@bwcampbell7333]

Midnight in a perfect world

[@Angelina-bi1ld]

"CAN YOU IMAGINE IF A MAIN WATER PIPE BROKE OVERNIGHT?" OH MY!

[@strat3gic4u2c]

@Angelina: That would truly suck.

[@NickFlores_Music]

Hahah the Eddie Brickell in the beginning

[@jonathanj5728]

Shit I'd wanna just take all of them, Amazing I just want to go and find places like that

[@JoeBernard10]

In Civ5 terms: A great artist has been born in Silicon Valley, DJ Shadow :)

[@terrelldrayton]

This is a GoldMine!!!!!

[@armandochavez1117]

Amazing

[@SlomoVeggie]

I wonder if this places stacks is what inspired the name Crushed Grooves

[@mumu5013]

to search one
is fun 😊😊

[@JEANBRUCE1991]

Vinyl speleology !!!

[@techstyle123]

Wtf is all that in a basement.
Somebody needs to get their head sorted out n fast or rent a bigger shop them stackz are criminal

[@kobebryanthashops]

Tha rekkids!

[@wigsdanger]

Oh no, horizontal stacking of records is a crime.

[@deafbyhiphop]

Sample diggers dont care

[@milliganhickson-hayes7867]

what tune is playing

[@strat3gic4u2c]

Not sure but I believe that track is on the DJ Shadow Entroducing record. It’s called midnight in a perfect world.

[@gregorihlenfeld8663]

What’s that first track?

[@strat3gic4u2c]

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[@damirdedic8129]

Ju koliko ploča tu ima

[@strat3gic4u2c]

1000’s & 1000’s & 1000’s & 1000’s

[@damirdedic8129]

Ju prelepo imas narodne

[@bwcampbell7333]

Midnight in a perfect world