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Can't beat a bit of ZZ Top.
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If you picked it up on a whim and have since been playing it regularly for 30yrs, that's what I call a proper endorsement !! It really is a great album !!Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
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ITS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP........................ WHEN YA WANNA ROCK N ROLL !!!
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I'm Adrian.
Pick this one up today in Antique/bric-a-brac shop on the way home form Street, Sue wanted to have a look around, to my delight there were several piles of records, some awful and some not so bad. This one looked filthy, bit no marks I could see, after a good Ultra-sonic bath clean it is like new and absolutely not surface noice, not bad for £3. I always had a soft spot for Billy Idol.
Billy Idol – Idol Songs - 11 Of The Best
Label: Chrysalis – BILTVD 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Vinyl, 12", Limited Edition, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1988
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
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These days the only way to find decent vinyl in good nick and for a sensible price is by having a good look in antique/bric-a-brac shops. Mind you, you often have to wade through a lot of "tut" to find something of interest, and in my experience you are more likely to be successful with Classical music LPs (I think because those interested in this genre tend to take more care in handling them and playing them on a better than average record player).
Charity shops now use somone to research their stock and price them accordingly (often, it seems to me, to be regardless of condition) - which is understandable given they want to maximise their assets.
And as far as boot sales are concerned - I don't even bother to look anymore: most of the stuff is of no interest to me and is usually in dreadful condition. Anyway the 'vampire' buyers have usually hoovered up anything half-decent, consulted their record buyer's guide and sell it on at many, many times what they paid for it.
Last edited by Barry; 17-06-2023 at 17:19. Reason: spelling
Barry
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i need to have a spare room sale sometimesome kit and vinyl.. dvds etc..
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I'm Adrian.
Another £2 bargain from todays outing, and NM/NM, I remember hearing it back in the day at a friends bit have not heard it in years.
The Outlaws – Outlaws
Label: Arista – ARTY 115
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1975
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
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Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Don't - I would want to buy up all of your Jazz and Blues LPs, just as my 'other half' is dropping hints as to my thinning out my music collection. And in getting rid of a lot of kit as well!i need to have a spare room sale sometime
Oh, and DVDs as well. Women just don't understand these things. I can't even have my 'man cave', as she wants to turn into another bedroom!
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