mitch. Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 A second hand copy of Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Elliot - False Cathedrals Valiant Thor - Legend of the World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
converge88 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Converge-You Fail Me. Saw them on the tour for You Fail Me and picked it up cause it looked cool (haha). Haven't stopped since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditc586 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Pearl jam- Vitalogy, i was 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhook Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I didn't buy my first record until 2010, so I kind of got into the hobby just as vinyl was making a huge comeback. For those of you who collected in the 90's and early 2000's, how would you compare it to collecting today? It might sound like a stupid question, but there was obviously hardly a demand for vinyl during those years, and now with the resurgence we're seeing $25 single LP's, and thousands of poop punk teens hanging multicolored glow in the dark splatter records on their wall and all over social media. It seems like in those years, it was less about it being a statement to others about yourself, and way more just because you wanted the music on a certain format. Also, how did CD prices compare to LP prices then? Expensive records existed but they were mainly original presses from the early 80's. New records were cheap and a lot of places didn't do a thousand special presses for each release. I remember buying new 7"'s at Newbury Comics for $2.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skadaddy Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Expensive records existed but they were mainly original presses from the early 80's. New records were cheap and a lot of places didn't do a thousand special presses for each release. I remember buying new 7"'s at Newbury Comics for $2.99. Or you had to put a hand-written note and a five dollar bill in a plain white envelope and hunt around for a stamp before you waited 3 to 4 weeks for it to show up in your mailbox...typically along with a shit ton of free stickers, zines and a personalized thank you note...also hand written. jhook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhook Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Or going to a show and not having enough money for a record and having a band member( who is working the merch table) just give you one because they "see you around all the time." skadaddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Or you had to put a hand-written note and a five dollar bill in a plain white envelope and hunt around for a stamp before you waited 3 to 4 weeks for it to show up in your mailbox...typically along with a shit ton of free stickers, zines and a personalized thank you note...also hand written. Oh my god, I miss those days so so much. Paying $25 for a shirt, a 7", a comp CD and a bunch of odds and ends. Shit just felt much more personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funtitled Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 rem-document damn good start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (Anniversary Edition) Begged my mom to buy it for me as an early Christmas present even though they went on sale way before Christmas (I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewillisisdead Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Bought Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death and Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes for a quarter each at a garage sale in like 2003. First colored vinyl I bought was the Red Sparowes/Grails split 12" sowhat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aych Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Mine was the Best Coast / Wavves split 7" they sold on their winter tour in 2011, which I got signed by Bobb Bruno after the show. It was a total impulse buy, and I went another nine months before starting to actively buy records: the show was in January and I bought my second record in October that same year, right after my roommate at the time got a turntable to put in our dorm room. First colored record was either Best Coast - Crazy For You (seafoam green) or TFOT - In The Unlikely Event (mint green). Damn. I can't believe I've been buying records for four years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardcore Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I didn't buy my first record until 2010, so I kind of got into the hobby just as vinyl was making a huge comeback. For those of you who collected in the 90's and early 2000's, how would you compare it to collecting today? It might sound like a stupid question, but there was obviously hardly a demand for vinyl during those years, and now with the resurgence we're seeing $25 single LP's, and thousands of poop punk teens hanging multicolored glow in the dark splatter records on their wall and all over social media. It seems like in those years, it was less about it being a statement to others about yourself, and way more just because you wanted the music on a certain format. Also, how did CD prices compare to LP prices then? (1000th post!) LPs used to always be cheaper than the CD version. An LP might be between $9-$12 and the CD was like $1 more. I think that many labels kept it that way artificially as a matter of pride/tradition. Particularly if you were a 'punk' band/label and you weren't offering your new album on vinyl, it might hurt your 'cred'. Quality really started to suffer as the cost to produce a vinyl record went up and the cost to produce a CD plunged. If I pull out a LOOKOUT! release from the late 90's/00s, it's very likely a flimsy piece of junk. These days, you pay through the nose for a vinyl release but you usually get nice packaging and a solid piece of wax. It's treated more as a statement piece rather than just legacy support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewillisisdead Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I remember when records were cheaper than CDs. It was dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochambo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Olivia Newton John - Physical or the Jungle Book picture disc in 1981. This was my first record player: mssskat184 and sowhat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyFrosted Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 First record I ever technically had was a present. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans. My friend went to their concert and bought me the record, but I didn't have a player so it sat in my closet for about 5 years. First record I ever bought personally was Stnnng - Dignified Sissy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseydave77 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 http://boards.vinylcollective.com/topic/79327-my-greatest-vinyl-find/?hl=eurythmics We've had a few threads about first records. This was mine. It is still super rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mychemicalrecords Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Pretty sure my first record was Balance and Composure's TTWTWM that I picked up at urban outfitters long ago. My first couple of cassettes were my mom's The Smiths tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 This columbia 6 eye roumanian rhapsody record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlobban Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Coalesce - Give's Them Rope / no labels on gross ass gray marble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquestyle88 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Gorilla Biscuits 7" in '94. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedshabazz Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I didn't buy my first record until 2010, so I kind of got into the hobby just as vinyl was making a huge comeback. For those of you who collected in the 90's and early 2000's, how would you compare it to collecting today? It might sound like a stupid question, but there was obviously hardly a demand for vinyl during those years, and now with the resurgence we're seeing $25 single LP's, and thousands of poop punk teens hanging multicolored glow in the dark splatter records on their wall and all over social media. It seems like in those years, it was less about it being a statement to others about yourself, and way more just because you wanted the music on a certain format. Also, how did CD prices compare to LP prices then? I had a conversation about this with a friend of mine last week who i worked with at a record shop for years. When i first started buying records on my own in the late 90s early 2000s most use stuff was crazy cheap and most new stuff was 10-14 new. Maybe a double LP was 15 or 16. Cds were more. The only reason i bought alot of cds were a) they were used and employee discount. I unfortunately sold a good chunk of my records i bought when i first started collecting when i had to move for school. Only regret a few i wish i still owned, the others because of demand they receive now. To answer the original question posted i bought mighty mighty bossstones lets face it, nirvana incesticide and some smiths OG pressings, all for like25 bucks. The good ole days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STÖNCÜLD Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I actually posted Metallica MoP as my first, but I forgot I had these before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaaatheKitty Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 The first record I ever bought was Alkaline Trio's This Addiction. I had no clue about collecting records, I just knew I wanted to start. I picked it up on clearance at Hot Topic, of course. Now me and the bf have over 1,000 in our collection. We have a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhook Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have that Batman record, rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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