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Vinyl Records!! Love, Hate, Memories. Let's share
Posted on: 12.02.2013 by Sherlyn Wolver
How many here love their vinyl, or sometimes hate it.
I just want to hear some stories about vinyl!
Does anyone still buy some?!?!
I'm on ebay all the time trying to find hip-hop from mid 90's!
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Lina Rawie
13.02.2013		I love it. I bought my first record in 1979 (Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?) and I still buy vinyl today, even though I have a DVS as well.

What I really miss is my favourite local record store, Brian Booth's Records. The shop was split into 2 halves. On one side were cardboard boxes full of used records. On the other side were racks of new records. He also sold spray paint for some reason. I used to hang out in there for hours every Saturday afternoon, cos I knew that even if I went down there on my own, I'd know other people in the shop and of course, I got to know Brian the owner really well.

I also used to love going to Ruby Red Records in Wolverhampton, as they had a better selection of import 12"s and albums than I could get locally. The first album I bought from there was an import copy of "The Album" by Mantronix for
Sherlyn Wolver
15.02.2013
Originally Posted by willinfluence
love!

If you don't like/love vinyl there is something seriously wrong with your head.
word!!!
Lina Rawie
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by djproben
Well, to be fair, the way the economy's gone the past few years, that's still like $5 American...
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Lina Rawie
13.02.2013		I love it. I bought my first record in 1979 (Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?) and I still buy vinyl today, even though I have a DVS as well.

What I really miss is my favourite local record store, Brian Booth's Records. The shop was split into 2 halves. On one side were cardboard boxes full of used records. On the other side were racks of new records. He also sold spray paint for some reason. I used to hang out in there for hours every Saturday afternoon, cos I knew that even if I went down there on my own, I'd know other people in the shop and of course, I got to know Brian the owner really well.

I also used to love going to Ruby Red Records in Wolverhampton, as they had a better selection of import 12"s and albums than I could get locally. The first album I bought from there was an import copy of "The Album" by Mantronix for
Sherlyn Wolver
13.02.2013
Originally Posted by dripstep
I love vinyl. I use dvs for mixing, but still pick up records as well. I am learning to scratch as well, so I've got a whole new love for vinyl. Don't like scratching on timecode though.
You know this is the main reason, why I fell in love with the Q-bert Traktor vinyls. When mixing house, I still need a scratch sample, flip the record and there it is!
Sherlyn Wolver
15.02.2013
Originally Posted by willinfluence
love!

If you don't like/love vinyl there is something seriously wrong with your head.
word!!!
Ella Rick
14.02.2013		Love!

If you don't like/love vinyl there is something seriously wrong with your head.
Lina Rawie
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by djproben
Well, to be fair, the way the economy's gone the past few years, that's still like $5 American...
Kandra Fagler
14.02.2013		love: the feeling of physical music medium

HATE: parting with the money every single week while i was still buying vinyl - IT WAS AN ADDICTION MORE DANGEROUS THAN CRACK COZ YOU KNOW the next time you are in the record shop that particular record will not still be there, so you kinda have the feeling of having to buy it
Danae Dumler
14.02.2013
Originally Posted by D-Kem
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Yes - album cover paper cuts, used to be a huge work hazard for DJs. I suppose these days you could get electrocuted by your midi controller or something....
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it's worth
Audria Pechman
13.02.2013		Nothing will ever replace the ease of setting up and throwing down a set using vinyl. The ease of finding b-sides and changing things up on the fly just isn't matched by digital. It's a shame really. I feel like all I hear are beatport mixes lately because current DJs just don't know any better.
Rena Estabrook
13.02.2013		My parents were cool. They bought me records for getting good grades. I remember buying self titled Stacy Lattisaw and Rick James Street Songs. I was probably nine at the time and my mom didn't even bother to question the album cover with a dude wearing red thigh high boots playing a guitar on the street with a cop and two women who appear to be prostitutes.
Hipolito Scionti
13.02.2013		Loved having some rare white label / test press / promo on vinyl and gloating to my DJ mates who missed it when it came out.

With vinyl when you had it... you had it, know what i mean
Lauretta Ehrhorn
13.02.2013		I still buy vinyl and can't see myself ever stopping. I need a bigger house though. The collection is over 10000 now.
The only thing i dislike is the delicacy of the format as i'm not the most cautious of people. I also struggle to find anything quickly but that sometimes adds to the fun. You never know what you might stumble across rummaging through a random shelf.
One other thing of note..records seen to have a habit of sliding out of sleeves when flicking through shelves and ending up ruined on the floor if, like me, you hate having to pull the inner sleeve out to get to the record.
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Sherlyn Wolver
13.02.2013		Maybe I should start a thread, that talks about the first record you've ever bought!!
Lina Rawie
13.02.2013		I love it. I bought my first record in 1979 (Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?) and I still buy vinyl today, even though I have a DVS as well.

What I really miss is my favourite local record store, Brian Booth's Records. The shop was split into 2 halves. On one side were cardboard boxes full of used records. On the other side were racks of new records. He also sold spray paint for some reason. I used to hang out in there for hours every Saturday afternoon, cos I knew that even if I went down there on my own, I'd know other people in the shop and of course, I got to know Brian the owner really well.

I also used to love going to Ruby Red Records in Wolverhampton, as they had a better selection of import 12"s and albums than I could get locally. The first album I bought from there was an import copy of "The Album" by Mantronix for
Sherlyn Wolver
13.02.2013
Originally Posted by dripstep
I love vinyl. I use dvs for mixing, but still pick up records as well. I am learning to scratch as well, so I've got a whole new love for vinyl. Don't like scratching on timecode though.
You know this is the main reason, why I fell in love with the Q-bert Traktor vinyls. When mixing house, I still need a scratch sample, flip the record and there it is!
Yong Aptekar
13.02.2013		I love vinyl. I use dvs for mixing, but still pick up records as well. I am learning to scratch as well, so I've got a whole new love for vinyl. Don't like scratching on timecode though.
Rena Estabrook
13.02.2013		I still buy used vinyl. Feels great leaving the store with a nice stack and I usually spend less than 20 bucks.
Rochel Tellefsen
12.02.2013		I sill buy A LOT of vinyl, does anyone else know or care that I mix in the odd vinyl only release in my sets? Probably not but I enjoy playing it so who cares.
Darren Teboe
12.02.2013
Originally Posted by loverocket
I REALLY MISS: Flipping through a crate looking for that cover art and the serotonin rushing through your brain as you unjacket and place the needle in the groove.
Forgot to add that to my list. Buying music really isn't as fun anymore.
Sherlyn Wolver
12.02.2013
Originally Posted by djproben
+ the adrenaline rush when you look over and realize there's 30 seconds left on the outgoing track and you're still flipping records
yeah!! That's dope!!
Danae Dumler
12.02.2013
Originally Posted by loverocket
I REALLY MISS: Flipping through a crate looking for that cover art and the serotonin rushing through your brain as you unjacket and place the needle in the groove.
+ the adrenaline rush when you look over and realize there's 30 seconds left on the outgoing track and you're still flipping records
Jerica Salava
12.02.2013		SUCKS: I had to downsize and got rid of half of mine About 1,000 records.

SUCKS: Storing the monsters.

SUCKS: Trying to find a track when your friends come over. No Search function ???

I REALLY MISS: Flipping through a crate looking for that cover art and the serotonin rushing through your brain as you unjacket and place the needle in the groove.

>
Danae Dumler
12.02.2013		I've already spent about $200 on vinyl this year. Yep I still buy vinyl, and probably will continue to until I retire, and then maybe I'll open a record store.....
Darren Teboe
12.02.2013		I loved it because it was consistent for the most part, and thinned the herd of DJ's. Only the truly motivated would get into and remain in the game thanks to the small fortune required to get started. By the time you saved up for everything, had finally found a style, and got good enough to play out, you genuinely had to have a serious love to stick with it for that long. With the standard setups too, it was a bit easier to see who could really shine and who the uninspired DJ's were. With vinyl falling behind the curtain so to say at this point, we lose a lot of talent in the flood of "dj's". I also loved it as the cost made DJ's tend to be a little more particular in their collections. At 6-10 bucks a pop, you couldn't really afford to buy tracks that were in that "eh, it's ok and might work in such and such a spot". You wanted every track to be that gem, and the fact that pressings were/are finite, it made great tracks and crate digging that much more valuable.

That being said, I hate it for almost the same reasons. It was SO expensive. The format made the dj carrying or being known for having those gems around a target for theft. Also, records degrade the more you play them. Then there's the fact that damaging that limited pressing you knew you could never find again was one of the worst things that could happen. Let's not forget that MP3's can't warp. Probably the worst thing was the weight. I remember having to have to travel by bus and train for a weekend of gigs, and lugging a flight case full of wax on top of luggage was the worst. Then if the weather was bad... forget about it.
Ngoc Ninow
12.02.2013		I would never get rid of my vinyl, as I believe it is nice stuff to own. I'm always hunting for new stuff, and eBay is a it of a gold mine, nothing like spending hours trawling record shops looking for that 'one' record though....
Marybeth Vengoechea
12.02.2013		Ive always used vinyl till about 6 years ago, kept my records but sold all my stuff and invested in digital dj ing. Something was missing for a while so just before Christmas I bought myself some knackered SL1210s. Stripped them to nothing then built them back with new bits and repainted the top deck. Brought out my old vinyl, upgraded to Traktor Scratch and now I have the best of both worlds. I love using vinyl and my life is now complete!
Problem is finding new records these days that don't cost a bomb so I am also hunting ebay and second hand vinyl shops for all the classic records I should of bought at the time!
Brunilda Kora
12.02.2013
I'm on ebay all the time trying to find hip-hop from mid 90's!


I should believe so to.

But I haven't bought vinyl for around 10 years. As soon as I got me some DVS I was hooked...

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