Any vinyl users out there.

just ordered the second pipettes album from them on Discogs.

 

Good lad. Not been in for a while. Visited Wax & Beans in Bury a coupla weeks back - nice shop, some decent stuff, but no organisation at all - everything just lumped in together!! Aarrgh!!!! Quick trip to Five Rise in the morning..... Warrington-Runcorn pickup ...

 

Five Rise is a great shop. Got some lovely stuff and the nice lads that run it. Was in on Tuesday picking my goodies up

 

Had my first couple of listens to Warrington-Runcorn today. Predictably brilliant.

Was gonna take a trip to Wax & Beans. Surprised they are disorganised they are super efficient when you order on line. Might give it a swerve.

 

No don't. Coffee was off-the-scale good, Ben was really helpful & doled out a few freebies, plus it was an excuse for a proper crate-dig!

 

Yup, terrific shop. Aidy lives just round the corner from me. Often drops stuff off on his way home...

 

Yeah I understand that but they were cleaned and played a few years ago.

I think 2 are Lumpy Gravy and Freak Out by the Mothers.
Have to have a trip in the loft tomorrow.

Cheers to y’all for tips on styli etc

 

I’ve got one. Spent 4 weekends cleaning my collection that had been in the loft for 20-plus years. Reasonable results but wonder if a more expensive solution might give better results.

 

it would but the pay off would have to be pretty high to justify it. I’ve taken a couple of expensive ones to shops to clean and they were relatively inexpensive and came up really well. Good always experiment with different solutions rather than an upgraded machine.

 

My parents have alot of the old Rolling Stones 45s. I remember making my own greatest hits tape with them when I was a teenager - paint it black, get off of my cloud, mother’s little helper, etc. Reckon they might be worth a Bob or two. Rescued my own original guns’n’roses lp from the loft last week with the art work which was banned from subsequently printed copies, seems that might be worth something n’all.

 

My mate JP owns 5 Rise Records. I'm off over there next Saturday, as I've stuff to drop off at Victoria Hall in Saltaire.

 

Yeah, great shop. Aidy & JP are top lads. Spend way too much time (& money!) in there.

 

Don't always assume that old = valuable with records. This is the mistake most charity shops make these days, hence the laughably-priced tatty copies of Rumours you can usually find in there. Such items sold in their multi-millions! You can pick up a brand new reissue for less than I've seen that particular album in some charity shops.

Same would apply to the Stones 7's - to even scrape the charts back then meant shifting some serious numbers, so there were lots of these things around. Mint condition on those, you're probably looking at £10-12 a pop. Well-played? You can probably halve that. The Guns & Roses might just tip you into three figures with a fair wind - usually lots of interest on that and as with everything, it's worth what someone's prepared to pay!! Condition is everything - even the slightest scuff on the LP or damage to the sleeve will bring the resale value down.

 

Vinyl Record Cleaner Kit by SPINCARE | Record Cleaning Machine Includes Washer Solution Drying Rack & Accessories | Cleans 500 LPs & Protects Labels

£49.99 from Amazon,

 

Solution - Groovinator. Tried many others, none have come close. Oh and having been a massive sceptic of the people using distilled or de-ionised water for the rinse process, I'm now a convert. It makes a huge difference.

 

Not sure whether this should be on here or Mr. C's thread, but I got this from Discogs earlier this week.

 

Weirdly the Gloria Jones original was one of tbf ones I sold because my randomly I had 2.

 

Which one do you help out in? 5 rise or the Keighley one?

 

Good Lord, could have been an excuse for an Aire Valley Reds meet up. But I'll be in Whitby on the pop.

5 rise records is literally a 15 minute walk down the hill for me.