my band played a show at a tiny record store on friday, and i picked up Blue Bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins for only $18!
a friend of mine in missoula found suicide's second album, first pressing, for three goddamn dollars. fuuuck.
Just got back from a trip to Tokyo and HOLY SHIT, Japan is a vinyl collector's paradise!!! I picked up the following for roughly $4-6 a piece with the exception of Madonna, she was $15 and sits nicely in her original plastic wrap!
Proper jealous. A friend of mine has moved to Tokyo to run a nightclub / club night / various music endeavours (asq.me is one of them). I should give him a shopping list
Although beware the temptation of collecting JPN releases with OBIs now, it's a dark, black, deep hole...
The new Dillinger Escape Plan reissues came in the mail today. That was a nice surprise, as I wasn't expecting them for a few more weeks!
Do they play ok? Especially the spatter one?
AWESOME! i'm wondering when mine will arrive.
and, yes, to echo @jmtd , do they sound good?
Got my DEP vinyl reissues in the mail today too! And yes, they sound GREAT!
one of the things i love about ordering vinyl from amazon (had some spare rewards points) is that when you think you're just gonna get the standard black vinyl, they surprise you with a limited run variant for nothing extra!
Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend 2xLP on "beer yellow"
also, the album is fucking AMAZING.
and a new acquisition from discogs:
Daughters - The First Supper b/w Boner X-Ray (Original Version) 7"
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Completed my Ben Frost vinyl collection, with the exception of a couple 7"s
That Calculating Infinity press looks incredible. If I liked Dillinger whatsoever I would be right on it!
so...it sounds like my stylus is worn out. and i can't seem to figure out where to get a viable replacement. i have the Audio Note IQ-1 cartridge (i thought i had the IQ-2, but i was mistaken) and the instructions and their website talk about how easy it is to replace the stylus, but give no indication as to where to FIND a replacement. so fucking frustrating.
in more positive news, i got #104 of "The End Where We Start" single by The Black Queen.
You need the ZU080R stylus if that helps, and a quick google tells me this is a fairly premium part - only found one site that seems to sell it (Netherlands based) doesn't work very well, and isn't in English http://www.simplyaudio.nl/annl/enter...4.html&lang=nl
Good luck, but you might be better off replacing the cartridge if these prices are accurate http://audio-life.nl/sites/default/f...prijslijst.pdf
Got back from holiday and I had to get a few records whilst I was there
Haul:
Fetal Pig - Autopia (numbered 242/300)
Niklos Andriano - Theme From The Longest Day
Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969
The Zombies - R.I.P. (RSD release that was US only, very happy to have snagged an unopened one)
The Twin String Orchestras – Playing George Gerswhin
and a couple not on discogs until I add them later:
The Des Moines 4 Track Collection Vol. One (numbered 104/500), compilation of Punk bands from the Des Moines area.
West Des Moines Dixieland Band - The Happy Sounds
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eegads! that is fucking expensive.
i have an old AudioTechnica cartridge (not sure of the model number at the moment) that i might be better off replacing the stylus on (it got bent by my ex who thought it was a good idea to vacuum my turntable the one time she actually bothered to help me clean my old apartment). so maybe i should look into that...
i have a Sansui SR-717. it's a direct drive. wish it was straight-tracking (my dad has a Mitsubishi LT-5V vertical straight-tracking that i want to relieve him of but that's probably not going to happen for a long time).
as for the rest, i just have a yamaha surround receiver with a built-in phono pre-amp. it gets the job done. my living room front channel speakers are Revel Performa M22 and in the dining room i have some big old PolkAudio towers (no model number i can find on them).
my main concern with the cartridge/stylus is doing as little damage to my records as possible when i play them.
currently looking into an Ortofon 2M Red for $100. wish the Blue wasn't $225, or i'd get that one. : /
anyway, arrivals from yesterday and today:
old man gloom - seminar ii 2xLP with etched side D
old man gloom - seminar iii on gold translucent
Recent Additions:
Tim Hecker - Nordberg/Apondalifa & Mirages
Puscifer - 8 Ball Bail Bonds (Red)
Joy Division - Substance
Helen - The Original Faces
Savant - Artificial Dance
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal 7"
Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels
Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist/Re-Synthesist
The Dead Weather - Dodge & Burn
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Blues Control & Laraaji - FRKWYS 8
Gabi - Sympathy (White)
Napolian - Incursio (Orange)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts (Box Set #356/1000)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy
Raum - Event Of Your Leaving
Mirroring - Foreign Body
Beach House - Depression Cherry (Clear) & Thank Your Lucky Stars (Green)
Laurel Halo - In Situ
Laurel Halo, Daniel Lopatin, Godin, Ferraro & Borden - FRKWYS 7
Brian Eno/Laraaji - Ambient 3
Last edited by hologram parade; 11-14-2015 at 02:02 PM.
got my new Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. $100 and it's possible it actually sounds better than my old cartridge.
excellent clarity, fantastic stereo separation (despite what a few reviews have said online), and it even looks cool!
it was more complicated changing it than it should have been, but that's because of the shell i have, and the fact that i didn't notice the brand new screws and tiny screwdriver that came with the new cartridge.
more info
new arrival:
cult leader - lightless walk, clear vinyl
If anyone's interested, I threw my THRICE - Alchemy Index vinyl box-set on eBay. Bid away! I really need the money this month!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281859997119...84.m1558.l2649