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I was just wondering how many of you all still have or buy vinyl? I did not get rid of mine when cd's came into prominence, and still buy vinyl when I find a good deal on something still not available on cd or if the cd is really scarse it's too cost prohibitive. If you already had a record and then the music was released on cd, did you still go out and buy the cd? (i'm not counting expanded scores, but thinking of a cd release that replicates the original lp release) Not just soundtracks, but any genre of music. i seem to buy cds that contain music i do not already have.
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I generally buy CD equivalents of my LPs, if for no other reason than for the convenience they offer in playing when I am not near my turntable. Since there are still more than a thousand soundtrack LPs that have never been released on CD, I do occasionally pick up a rare LP on eBay.
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Nov 1, 2010 - 5:34 PM
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Michael24
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I still have a bunch of my dad's vinyl soundtracks from the late-70s/early-80s, which I used to listen to as a kid. Most of them have since been replaced by their CD counterparts, but I've still keep the vinyls because of nostalgia.
A few years ago I started getting back into them. I found a used record store nearby, and two others in Sacramento, which I started going to about once or twice a year. Most of what I've bought are titles I don't have on CD due to rarity/price (such as Lethal Weapon, The Last Starfighter, and The Golden Child), but I've also bought scores I do have on CD just to have the original release that harkens back to my childhood.
I've done the same with non-film scores, too, buying up some '80s rock albums that I already have on CD (or don't) just for the nostalgia trip. I bought a Sony turnable in 2003 after I'd purchased a rare Star Wars record from Japan, and it plays great.
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Nov 2, 2010 - 12:50 AM
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ToneRow
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I was just wondering how many of you all still have or buy vinyl? I did not get rid of mine when cd's came into prominence, and still buy vinyl when I find a good deal on something still not available on cd or if the cd is really scarse it's too cost prohibitive. If you already had a record and then the music was released on cd, did you still go out and buy the cd? (i'm not counting expanded scores, but thinking of a cd release that replicates the original lp release) Not just soundtracks, but any genre of music. i seem to buy cds that contain music i do not already have.
I buy the CDs which both expand the LP albums and merely replicate their original programs.
Yet, I keep most all of the LPs I have ever gotten since the 1980s, when I started collecting soundtracks.
I sold off a number of LP titles in 1990 which I thought at the time had music which didn't appeal to me (too much source music, or too pop-oriented, etc.), but if I didn't sell them, I would have probably kept them to this day as well...
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I still have almost every lp that I acquired over the years -- and it is a fairly large, but manageable, collection (almost every type of music -- pop, classical, rock, blues, calypso, jazz, broadway, soundtracks, etc.) since I was a radio DJ for many years. I gave away close to 300 lps when I left for college to friends and teachers because I had so damn many as a teenager -- and that was actually quite fun.
I continued buying lps well into the CD era (I bought a first generation Denon player so that goes back to the very beginning of CDs). I also inherited all of my Mom's and Dad's 78's. I've put most of the collection into storage -- with current shelving in my apartment now holding only about 6 ft of lps.
I still listen to them frequently. But I haven't purchased a new lp in a long long time. Like many lp fans, I love the artwork and have long since become immune to the sound of pops and ticks.
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"I still have thousands."
Yup! Me too.
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Still have thousands of LP's.
Used to buy the CD versions until realised hardly would listen to the new remastered CD's.
So for the past 5 years just lissten to the LP instead of buying a CD of it.
Love most of all the vinyl have and will not get rid of them anymore.
Yet will not buy a new LP if it's a recent release (EG the new 2 LP of Elvis Costello) and buy the CD only.
Alex
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thank you...it's good to hear that i'm not the only one who cannot part with the lps. the only drawback for me is that it takes up so much room, and takes a lot of effort to move it all. i'm addicted to the artwork too. there's a whole wall of mine devoted to cover art (aquired over many years from many thrift shops when there was a cover but NO record, or when i scored a better copy) . everybody who sees it comments on it. i'm in berkeley (CA) and so both amoeba records are close, but they are phasing out vinyl, so it's back to the goodwill, garage sales and all the secondhand stores i know that have lps. i think i should consider moving to the l.a area since there are many more stores per square mile there.
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Amoeba is getting rid of their vinyl section? I'm shocked!
yes, i'm really bummed about that. it was fun browsing the 1$ section and leaving with 20-25 $ worth of lps. really would make my day! there is more vinyl (new & used) at the s.f store, but not as much as years past.
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Quite a few years ago, I had approximately I decided to just throw them out my 2,000+ lps, and called my trash company to arrange pick up of them. I put them out at the curb, and late that evening, my oldest son came home for a visit from college. He absolutely freaked-out when he realized my albums we being thrown away. He loaded the lot of them into his car and took them back to school with him. I never knew what became of them, after that, nor did I care. There are only two albums I wish I had saved, because they were never released. One I actually found on Youtube, but the other...
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Nov 4, 2010 - 10:19 PM
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ANZALDIMAN
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Quite a few years ago, I had approximately I decided to just throw them out my 2,000+ lps, and called my trash company to arrange pick up of them. I put them out at the curb, and late that evening, my oldest son came home for a visit from college. He absolutely freaked-out when he realized my albums we being thrown away. He loaded the lot of them into his car and took them back to school with him. I never knew what became of them, after that, nor did I care. There are only two albums I wish I had saved, because they were never released. One I actually found on Youtube, but the other...
2000+ LP records thrown out in the trash? Geez. No special attachment or memories of more than just a few of them John?
It looks as though you spent quite a bit of money throughout the years on that collection.
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Still have several thousand LPs. Have been in the very slow process of converting the titles not yet on CD to digital form (on my computer hard drive), even title that ARE on CD but that I can't afford. I buy vinyl only occassionally now, usually something that isn't on CD or that I can't afford on CD. For instance, picked up a Zacherle album and the soundtrack to DINO the other day. A new vinyl store has opened and it's an old-fashioned type operation, bringing back many memories of the "hunt." The temptation now is to visit frequently in search of rarities and to fill gaps.
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Artwork in jewel cases just looks so inferior.
