baseballhotdog Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 http://mashable.com/2011/02/18/find-you-some-vinyl/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable) Not everyone has an awesome neighborhood record store run by an obsessive, borderline recluse who can suggest a disc based on the way you walk and your choice of drink. That’s why engineer Lucas Hrabovsky created http://www.findyousomevinyl.com/, a search engine for finding records, at Music Hack Day in New York City. “I’ve been building up my vinyl collection recently, and I was tired of having to search a wide range of different sites every time I was curious looking into an album, new or old,” Hrabovsky says. “As massive as they are, services like Google Shopping don’t generally link to the online vinyl stores that I actually use. And while Amazon has a pretty extensive vinyl catalogue, I’d much rather support smaller sites like Boomkat and Insound because I think what they do for music is really important.” Remember Musikki, the search engine that centers entirely around finding bands? Well, Find You Some Vinyl operates by the same principle. Say you wanted the new Radiohead album on vinyl — all you have to do is search “Radiohead, The King of Limbs,” and the service will hypothetically tell what record stores carry that disc, and provide a direct link to the “Buy” page. Right now, this hack is not fully built out — since it was constructed in a weekend — and only contains results from Amazon, Insound, Interpunk and Boomkat. Still, we can imagine it becoming useful once Hrabovsky adds more results and tightens up the UI a bit. “I’m definitely very interested in finding other sites to fold in,” Hrabovsky says. “I’ve worked on fixing most of the bugs and adding a few new features.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i typed two and it couldn't find either. guess it's not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teganandsara Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 If he can start getting distro in there as well I will use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stegabilly Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yeah, didn't work for me either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenradio Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 What a fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezfools Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 figured I would start broad with something like gaslight anthem, nothing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchashorttime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 right now it only searches a handfull of sources. i could see this being a huge asset if they start including merch sites and labels/distros. although if it takes off, the few sleeper gems that some of us count of to snag an album when no one else has it will be out in the open. so yea, i dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Awesome, I've been waiting so long for someone to make a site exactly like http://www.comparevinyl.com/, except useless and shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmessylife Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Super slow. I wonder if it only works if you put in band + title, not just the band. Thats what it seems like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuma Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i could see this being really cool and useful if it ever gets to a larger degree. right now it isn't doing much for anyone, but it's a cool idea for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 What kind of vinyl search can't find at least one copy of Reinventing Axl Rose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoamgreen Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I think this press release was released a little too early. This site is not ready for prime time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Can someone link me to that awesome Record Mole site that someone on here developed? I lost all my bookmarks recently and I can't seem to find that link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenradio Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Awesome, I've been waiting so long for someone to make a site exactly like http://www.comparevinyl.com/, except useless and shitty. Thanks for the link. That site is awesome. Also I lol'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjm23 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Can someone link me to that awesome Record Mole site that someone on here developed? I lost all my bookmarks recently and I can't seem to find that link. http://recordmole.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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