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Archive for the ‘Vinyl’ Category

July 29th, 2007

Where to Hunt for Vinyl Albums

If you already collect vinyl albums you likely know what kind of shopper you are.

You like the hunt as much as finding the album and won’t do it the easy way.
You don’t care either way about the hunt for vinyl albums, you just love records and will get them however you can.
You like the hunt […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

July 29th, 2007

Do Vinyl Collectors Attract Crazies?

Seemingly so. I’ll let you determine if I mean crazy people or crazy vinyl.
People find out that I’m a vinyl collector and give me, what else, vinyl!
I don’t believe in turning down a box of records because frankly, you just never know what kind of hidden gem may be in that box. But […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

July 28th, 2007

Original Vinyl Covers

Ah, albums covers. They say so much; or at times so little about an album. There are some amazing original covers still out there. When you’re lucky you find them intact and with few tears and dings.
Vinyl covers comes in a huge array of flavors:
Well Known: My copy of this Dead vinyl is so beat […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

July 28th, 2007

Vinyl Albums Rule & CDs Drool

Vinyl rocks. Plain and simple.
Music sounds better on an old school record than on a new crispy CD. That’s my general take on the situation. If you dig a little deeper you will find that there are pros and cons to owning mainly records.
Pros:

Attention value: Listening to music on disc or computer is easy. There’s […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

July 9th, 2007

One Good Way To Freak Me Out

In my house there are three basic rules.

You don’t hurt other humans.
You don’t wreak books
And for gods sake you never, ever mutilate the albums.

Seriously, my son Cedar, has known how to safely use the record player since he was a wee babe. Obviously these folks of Saint John don’t live at my house because […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

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