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I just added the 666th record to my collection so what better time to share my adult play area:
 

 

Dammit. I was going to make a joke similar to that.
 
Edit: Also, want this!

I've got the tape and CD, so the vinyl is a must to complete the triad.
Can I request  Clear? Oooh, this isn't Relapse!!
Dang, I guess I'll have to go to a show...
 

This topic is giving me such a woody.
 
I collected fiercely in the 1990s, in retrospect the best time possible since everybody was dumping LPs. I'd spend $100 or $200 at Jerry's in Pittsburgh or the various stores in Chicago, DC, the East Village, Vancouver, London, San Francisco ... and I'd come away with more LPs than I could carry. Sometimes I had to find a UPS drop-off before I got back on a plane. (There were no UPS Stores back then.)
 
The first of two kids arrived in 1999 and they took most of my time, so I've barely bought any vinyl in the last 15 years. But for her 17th birthday last year the older one got an RP-1 she can take to college ("university" for those outside the US), along with 50 or 60 duplicates from my stash. Seriously, nobody should leave home without Blood on the Tracks and Astral Weeks (green label, natch) at the very least. I've bought a few things here and there when I find nice stuff for less than $25 or even less than $20 per disk. (Seriously? $25 for a single LP? WTH?!)
 
I'm lucky enough to work from home, and we have a semi-finished attic, so the first shot is the view from my desk, and once or twice a day I climb into the chair to listen to one side as a break.
 
Rock and pop is on the left; jazz, blues, and a small batch of classical live on the right. We old guys have a lot of the gems, like the original Art Pepper on the rack to the left above the 'table. Warms my heart that so many youngsters are keeping vinyl alive.
 
https://imgur.com/08cq7ZW
 
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By the way, the plural of vinyl is "vinyl." You no more pick up "vinyl" (with an s) than you pick up "fishes" at the market for dinner. Stop me gnashing my teeth. Please.
 
Be good, kids. Enjoy what you've got. These are good times for music, if for little else.
 
If anybody cares: VPI Aries I with Lyra Helikon cartridge, Rowland Capri preamp, Rowland 102 amp (for summer), Mac Mini file server with Schiit Modi Multibit DAC and two hard drives (one a mirror of the other, backed up every day at 4AM), Quicksilver Audio Silver Sixty mono amps with stock EL-34s (for the cool months), Scansonic 2.5 speakers, Sunfire sub, DIY DH Labs cabling throughout. CDs in the background are all ripped to the server now, along with about 2000 live shows by various groups, especially the Grateful Dead. Anybody want the little silver disks?

It was released by TimeBomb and not sub pop, which is my guess to why we haven't seen this pressed since day 1. Gatefold and clear vinyl seems like a proper release though, can't wait to get it.

It was released by TimeBomb and not sub pop, which is my guess to why we haven't seen this pressed since day 1. Gatefold and clear vinyl seems like a proper release though, can't wait to get it.

It was released by TimeBomb and not sub pop, which is my guess to why we haven't seen this pressed since day 1. Gatefold and clear vinyl seems like a proper release though, can't wait to get it.

I haven't changed much with the set up recently other than location. Moved into our newly refinished basement,  the location is really hurting the sound, low ceiling and wide open on just one side of the listening area has made the sound thin and treble heavy.  Need to look into acoustics to rectify it.

 

Last week and a half
5 Seconds of Summer - 5 Seconds of Summer - CD
Behind Closed Doors - Exit Lines: The Brief History of Behind Closed Doors - Red with Black Splatter Vinyl 12" Single
The Chords - Maybe Tomorrow - 7" Single
Cocteau Twins - Otherness e.p. - 12" Single
Depeche Mode - Stripped - 12" Single
Justin Hurwitz - Whiplash (Original Soundtrack) - LP
N.W.A. - Efil4zaggin/100 Miles and Runnin' - LP/12" Single
Redd Kross - Third Eye - Orange Vinyl LP
XTC - Oranges and Lemons - Double LP
 

The "example picture" on the sale page doesn't do justice to how beautiful the splatter is. So good.
 

Now this is a Mars Volta thread.

Spent the last couple days remodeling my office / record listening / storage area. Still a couple smaller things to do, like waiting for my 7" wooden boxes, new speakers and a couple more frames to arrive, but this is pretty much it.
 

 
vis à vis:
 

I just got the last piece I needed to complete my Appleseed Cast collection, their first 7 inch, Tale of the Aftermath.  Managed to get a copy on Ebay for $35 after always seeing it for $65+ on discogs. Pretty happy to complete this collection, my largest collection from a single artist. Hoping to get a new album from them this year.
 
The Appleseed Cast complete vinyl discography 
 
The End of the Ring Wars (first press translucent orange /1,000)
 
Mare Vitalis (second press blue/white, black/gold /1,000) 
 
Low Level Owl: Volumes I + II (fourth press 3xLP Big School Records/Deep Elm Records - gold /1,000)
 
Lost Songs (first press half blue/half black 154/500)
 
Two Conversations (fourth press 2014 electric blue vinyl with blood red splatter /?)
 
Peregrine (second press - graveface record club exclusive hand poured hand numbered 228/333)
 
Sagarmatha (first press maroon with purple splatter /1,000)
 
Middle States (first press baby blue /?)
 
Illumination Ritual (second press swamp green on aqua blue /1,000)
 
Tale of the Aftermath (first press black /500?)
 
North Star Ordination (first press orange crush and red haze, hand numbered 203/250)
 

Ordered from SRC on amazon.ca and spent much less on shipping. Wasn't aware of this press, so pleasantly surprised. Sound quality so/so... unless my needle is dusty.

Ordered from SRC on amazon.ca and spent much less on shipping. Wasn't aware of this press, so pleasantly surprised. Sound quality so/so... unless my needle is dusty.

Turned 30 and my girlfriend had all my good friends surprise me at a chalet on a river. (best birthday ever)
and we bought a dog in 2016, get him in a few weeks. Pretty huge.
As far as the quality of 2016, it was one of the best years yet when it comes to health and happiness. What a great year in that respect. Hoping for an even better 2017

Sell me something for $24 and let's make it...
 
 
a deal with the devil

You should have given 24 of those dollars away 

Basement - Promise Everything
bandcamp.com/yum
drx6-6c5b
 
Citizen - Youth
bandcamp.com/yum
nmpa-ua87

Basement - Promise Everything
bandcamp.com/yum
drx6-6c5b
 
Citizen - Youth
bandcamp.com/yum
nmpa-ua87

Say Hi To You Are Mom is apparently available due to a 2009 typographical error in this thread.

Say Hi To You Are Mom is apparently available due to a 2009 typographical error in this thread.

The Ptarmigan Revolution
Baby and the Bath Water
Sacred Parchment (but only if 80s Christian metal)
Jeff Motherfucking Goldblum
Crispers (I was always curious about whether a band could get sued over this)
Too Many Guys With Beards
The Beatles 2
Hand of Borses
Jazz Feet
AAAAAAAAAAA (so you always get alphabetized first)
Donald Trump Jr. Jr.

Boner 420

Touche Amore - Stage Four... so damn good.