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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.
 
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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?

Love the cover!  This one is good, but I'm waiting for San Junipero.

Not sure if this is sarcasm (I assume it is, but will respond in kind ) but I have never made them myself. They often require me going to buy a liquor, bitters, syrup, etc. that I would never use again. So I pass and really don't get any value from them. 

I checked Amazon as soon as I got the SRC email. Fucking pumped on these. I have a sealed copy of the Heroine CD still. That record was criminally underrated. 

Looks like it's finally happening
http://modern-vinyl.com/2017/03/22/from-first-to-lasts-first-two-records-getting-first-pressing/

Damn I'm old

The Record Store Day press conference:
 

San Junipero when??

what AOTM is even worth flipping?
they offer up so many in preorder that the market is instantly flooded when they release anyways. I can't imagine this will change with an increase in members, regardless of title.
 
i think you are confusing the issue with their standalone web shop that had different exclusives which were limited anywhere from 300-1500 copies. 

nothing about butts or ricecakes, ez pass 

apple music has "Radio" and "Kick Jump Twist" up for streaming as well.
I don't seem them on Spotify though
 
edit: spotify seems to show them as individual singles, not attached to "What Now"

In regards to travis it's around 52:30, he just mentions that he was his assistant and he let him have free reigns with the vinyl department.
For the whole podcast, I just thought it was interesting to hear the story from him going from club booking to hot topic and having the inside retail story.
 

Our all a bunch of childish fucks? Huh?

So there are songs other than piano ballads?  The few I've heard so far have all been ballads and I was wondering if it would have the diversity of Honeybear.  

I see all this s/t and new again but where that louder nowwww

FTFY

Are you guys for real? Wow

My local record store just sent me this announcement for RSD
 
" The Used - Basement Sessions"
"Demos and rarities from the bands personal windows vista laptop found in Quinn's old bedroom"
 
50 - 180 gram Black with Red "Eyeshadow" smash colored vinyl.
100 - 180 gram "Kelly Ozzborns Pink Dress" colored vinyl
350 - 180 gram "Vomit" colored vinyl.
 
Only available in Los Angeles stores, online sales will go up at 4:00 in the fucking morning the day after RSD
 
Priced at $100, $85, and $75 each.

http://merchandiseoutlet.com/gorillaz-plastic-beach-vinyl/
 
gorillaz - plastic beach for 9.99 free shipping

What a time to be alive.

I asked 'em on Twitter if they had plans to release more vinyl, and they said "Yes," so hopefully this turns into an Astro Lounge thread eventually. 

Sad thing is, tugger probably hasn't even been a fan long enough to know what's up with these. 
 

I'm glad I signed up for the limited VIP The Used membership a few years ago. The exclusive vinyl box set they have in the private store is sick!

"Record Store Day is not about major labels cashing in on their enthusiastic collector base via unnecessary, readily available reissues and in turn preventing or delaying the pressing of more worthwhile releases from smaller labels at other times of the year. Period."
 
-Sean Spicer

Deja repress in a plastic bag this time so you can suffocate yourself after listening