floyd_z

Amen on that second point of yours.  I've always dug Clams Casino but I can only see myself playing his (mostly) instrumental material.

i just bought them all and am going to build a playhouse in my backyard 

Thank you!  That's kind of what I figured.  I'm looking forward to doing some deep cleaning especially on those old record store/thrift store gems.  I've been avoiding subjecting my needle to some of those.

I'm no bully, but if I found Halo in person I'd probably make him eat a 7" or three.

Ah, my backyard. Security at the Tweeter has always been a buzzkill to me.

PMd

You really think I meant the actual sound from the vinyl? 

Are you a one handed person, or just an idiot?

already see a typo in the first paragraph too.

ftfy

I'd buy tf out of that!

Oh man...how I hate it when they reissue albums of artists who have just passed away in order to cash in again...

Oof.

Such a beautiful album and vinyl.

Had an amazing find yesterday.  Somebody had just dropped off a collection of a couple hundred LPs and 45s.  All of the LPs were almost immaculate and had all of the original sleeves, inserts, posters, etc.  A few even had old newspaper clippings related to the records in them.  The highlight were five Leadbelly albums including the Last Session Vol 1 & 2 boxes, all pretty much mint and both worth about $50 a piece if not $100.  I bought about 50 albums and 50 45s.  The 45s were in rougher shape because they were just piled in a box with no sleeves, but found some Beatles, Zeppelin, Ella Fitzgerald, & Doors.
 
I never thought it would happen, but I was just there at the right time.  

I found a bunch of sealed kiss records and tapes from the 80's a few weeks ago. It made me wonder if a collector died and they got donated or an angry parent, that didn't want their kids listening to "devil music", died and they got donated. I guess I'll never know...

KING25

The vinyl is only available to steam on Tidal

You should use a cleaning solution.  Trying to use an RCM without the cleaning fluid is going to do little to nothing.  
 
That said, a bottle of cleaning fluid is going to go a very long way.  You just need to apply  a small amount to spread into the grooves.

Getting too many records and swapping in a few different components so I had to make some changes to the setup.  I decided to actually get a rack for components and now have moved my record cleaning station to on top of the Kallax.
 

i'm gonna weigh mine later and will post the results. we will get to the bottom of this!

Slightly off topic.. but I was curious as to how picture discs were made.  I always thought it was something like a lathe that cut a disc with the picture already on it.  If anyone is curious here's a video, (but you may want to mute it or turn down the volume.)  I personally don't own any pic discs as they have just not been all that appealing to me, especially sound quality-wise.
 

Just got an email from Newbury that they are offering 30% off all items tomorrow, one day only.  No promo code required.

Gatefold 2LP, pre-order is for a strictly limited coloured vinyl edition
 
I think all POs are coloured

Deftones - Covers is $15.95 on eBay.  1 copy left.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEFTONES-COVERS-RSD-2013-VINYL-/121935123994?hash=item1c63e6561a:g:wl4AAOSwxcRW9I1S