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The Civil Wars - Barthon Hollow.

Had never heard or seen these guys before.

My fucking god. Yesterday three dudes make really great first posts (one guy outs a scam artist, one dude donates money to a poster whose mom is sick, and another gives away a free record). Today the idiots are out. Are friday posters like sunday drivers?

I'm sorry. =/ I'm just trying to get us talking about buying records instead of being über anal 'bout everything.

Hey guys! I know that we do have Ebay and so forth, but I was thinking -- are there any special websites that you use to get a hold of "special" albums or artists?

I myself use Burningshed a lot to get my hands on Steven Wilson's drone music, PT music or his solo project.

Anything you'd like to share? =)

Oh, I see. So because I live in Sweden you are unable to send me this beloved piece of art. Well, I'll send Papa Emeritus II on you and he'll punish you, catholic style!

On the other side: this is very nice of you!

Honestly.

Subjective and stupid

I agree. When we all were infants we knew everything about vinyl 101

In addition, 2 points:

1. This topic is not in the "New to Vinyl FAQ"

2. In my 5 years on this board, I've never seen this topic before.

Thus, all of this butthutrness from a few people, for nothing.

yeah!

he's right. i have nothing better to do.

yeah! this too!

basically guys. if you have a vinyl related question. assume it has been discussed on these boards. use the search function. read an old thread, educate yourself. still have a question? bump that old thread.

"vinyl enthusiasts" are popping up everyday, it's the new cool thing to do i guess. so new members are popping up often posting the same questions & threads. so, yeah, peeps are gonna get dicky. myself included. common questions that could be answered with a simple google search, should be answered via that google search.

it's not an elitist thing, i consider it a common sense thing. last year i wanted to stretch my ears. didn't know 2 dicks about the stretching process, healing times, what to expect, how to know if i've damaged my ears, what to do if i did.... so i found a message board specializing in body mod, lurked it for 2 weeks, any questions i had, they had answers to already in existing threads. didn't even need to join those boards or post at all. in my mind, this is how ALL message boards should be approached. lurk, lurk, lurk, join in on the action when you're ready. gives you a chance to see if that's a website you'll actually check often or if it was a fleeting interest.

You do seriously think that a forum placed on the world wide Web should have a filter for things that are already out there? Why do we have the sell / trade sub forum? (because we'd rather trade in a community than to random strangers.) I do agree on that it is a smart solution to just use the search function. But he didn't. Worst thing is people who are tired of these threads read the title, enter the thread read and act like assholes. THEN act all anal when people tell them to stop being such Douchebags.

you should always clean your vinyl....

yes I am. I was talking about some of the tips Google provided.

For Sale/Trade: http://boards.vinylcollective.com/index.php?showuser=13242&tab=collection&type=sale My Wants: http://boards.vinylcollective.com/index.php?showuser=13242&tab=collection&type=want

because it's an irrelevant question. some people collect used records, some people collect new records. why should anyone tell this person what they should collect? surely this isn't a real question. 

Yes it is a relevant question.

He is asking Vinyl enthusiasts (that being us) if he should collect new or old. Normally you'd have the understanding that old = worse quality. Maybe he does not trust google that much, since it is not to be trusted. I mean, if I had cleaned my records (as some google links tell me to) i'd have a non-functional vinyl collection.

I despise this kind of atmosphere here. Why should people look something up on google when they prefer direct communication with more experienced enthusiasts?

I was happy to answer the question. I'm happy to continue the discussion. I like these types of discussions.

Just because a discussion doesn't appeal to you, that doesn't mean you have to be a dick to person who asked the question. I don't like/read 90% of the threads here about bands I don't care for. I don't go into them and chastise Blink-182 fans for their lame taste of music. It's childish.

The real problem with the Internet and here is 20ish male immaturity. Grow up, people.

edit: this wasn't directed at you, Soundboard. Just a general grievance.

I could not agree any more with you.

This is a forum, at a forum, you talk about things. The whole meaning of this forum would almost cease to exist if we were not allowed to ask like minded individuals questions.

If i'd ask something about an artist, I'd rather hear somebody else tell me about it, rather than reading a long boring wikipedia article.

I am quite surprised at many of the hostile responses, seeing as there is a difference to new vinyl and old vinyl. Newer vinyl (newer pressings) most of the time has a bit worse sound than older ones. If you are not an audiophile then it really does not matter, if you like vinyl, you buy vinyl. 

My boyfriend is not an audiophile and does not hear the difference between a CD and a LP being played, but he buys vinyl because he thinks they look cooler plus they always come in a bigger package.

So when it comes to old vs new, just listen and find your preference.

Sungrazer - Mirador
Miike Snow - Happy To You
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Jimi Hendrix - People, hell & angels
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

This will be quite a story, So I'll add a Tl;dr for you guys

I have been collecting LP's for well over seven years now. I used to hang out at the vinyl subreddit (at reddit..) and Everything was nice and all. I thought though, In the end -- that you were not really able to socialize that much with the people of the subreddit. It was only people posting pictures of their newly bought turntables, turntables they found at a flea market, turntables everyone should avoid & pictures of their latest LP purchase.

Not saying that it is a bad thing, but you never really could engage in a discussion there. There was this one guy who had gotten a Sun Ra LP (the magic city) and he simply asked "what is this?" He didn't know anything about the artist and thought he could get some insight from the members, instead he got slandered, and he got hated for not liking the music. I myself owning that album, do agree with his feeling to the music completely.

Either way -- I thought in the end that the forum was only hostile after seeing what went down in that thread. People would post pictures of an LP they had bought on their turntable and would be treated terribly for owning a budget turntable and that they shouldn't listen to vinyl at all, and so forth. I am really looking for a forum that is into socialising, talking music & willing to listen & learn.

So I used the power of google and i got here!

TL;DR: Reddit subforum was bad.