Records/Vinyl etc...anyone into it?collecting/listening etc

[retinal orbita]

Definitely a better experience on CD....

[frodog]

Just got OFF! Wasted Years, and die kreuzen Cows & Beer LPs on a trade, and Oiltanker / No Tomorrow split lp when I sold a bunch of 7"s to local shop. All three awesome hardcore, and some sweet color vinyl w the Oiltanker split.

Copies of LOSS and Coffins double lps on the way. Missed out on the 1st press of both. DOOM!

Yo, I have that Oiltanker/No Tomorrow split as well! Can attest to it being a gorgeous color (mix).

I don't have a huge collection, most all of it is newer stuff, late '90s to present day, hardcore/crust/skramz/emo and the like. I'd guess about 150 LPs and as many 10/7-inches and tapes. Don't live near a record store now, so I usually order from small labels/distros in the UK, US and Europe. I try to balance buying records I've wanted for a long time with picking up new bands, sometimes without listening to it first if it's from a label i trust.

My setup is a Rega P2 with an Ortofon 2M Red pickup, a Technics RS-TR212 double tape deck and a Sansui G-301 amplifier from the late '70s. Speakers are just plain Philips from the mid-'90s, but they sound good. I don't like listening to music digitally half as much now as I did before, it just sounds like something's missing... not as engaging as vinyl or (properly dubbed) cassettes.

[christianatl]

I have a few.

[D.o.S.]

Just recently came into repossession of an old Pete Seeger concert vinyl from the 50's.


^not my copy, but this one. Has an note to my (deceased) grandfather from my (not deceased) great-uncle in the gatefold. Glad to have it back.