Two words: Antique Stores. Last weekend I took the Mrs. out to do her favorite thing: antique shopping. It was payback for her going to the Paul Rogers/Lynyrd Skynyrd concert a few weeks ago.
One of the antiqe shops we walked into had 20+ boxes of old albums. I spent more than 2 hours going through about half of them, and pulled out 40+ vinyl albums - all in reconditionable/cleanable/playable conditions that I wanted.
Classics from Boston, Queen, Peter Frampton (Frampton Comes Alive, standard issue when I was in high school) Paul Rogers, Queen, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, UFO (an album I lost during a move years ago..) and more.
Cost: $2 each. Ran them through the record cleaner and test played them all. Near perfect on my recently repaired Micro Seiki turntable.
I've heard Vinyl is outselling CD's in parts of Europe now, seems to be a resurgence in vinyl albums.
I’ve been listening lately (and re-listening) to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
An album that consistently makes it into the top 25 of the greatest RNR albums ever pretty much whoever is putting the list together.
And no matter what comes out as “music” these days, Ziggy will probably still be in the top 25 100 years from now.
There’s a guy on the lower east side that sets up a few tables on the weekend. I’ve never seen a collection of records like this. Several versions of the same record - who knows what they are. But he’s such a complete jackass that I don’t go there anymore.
***One of the antique shops we walked into had 20+ boxes of old albums.***
I’ve been doing the same. I got lots of really good old records, most in perfect condition for 25 cents each.
Lots of SAMMY KAY, Henry Mancini, Percy Faith, and Xavier Cugat, Horst Jandkowsky, Martin Denny, Tommy Garrett, ect.
And lots of Classical operas and concerts.