The vinyl collecting thread...

From my local Rasputin:

Fusion:
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Pat Metheny Group - s/t
Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora/Imaginary Voyage/A Taste for Passion/ Individual Choice
Chick Corea & Steve Kujuala - Voyage
Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Jeff Beck w/Jan Hammer Group - Live
Jan Hammer Group - Oh Yeah?

Rock:
Neal Schon & Jan Hammer - Untold Passion
Pat Travers - Putting it Straight
UFO - Obsession

Prog:
Camel - The Snow Goose
Nektar - Remember the Future

Vocal Jazz:
Manhattan Transfer - s/t/Coming Out/ Mecca for Moderns/ Bop

Pop:
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way it is

Other:
Alex DeGrassi - Turning: Turning Back

corplhicks wrote:

Pat Travers - Putting it Straight
UFO - Obsession
Nektar - Remember the Future

Love all three of these.

180 Gram Remaster from Friday Music. Sounds awesome! Comes with a gatefold cover but it kind of lame, just the lyrics from the original. No poster included.

Styx "Grand Illusion" is one i just noticed is missing from my collection, (I wore the cassette out back in the early 1980s). That new gatefold looks good.

Every time I see the cover to The Grand Illusion it reminds me of the episode of "That 70's Show" where Eric is freaking out about STYX coming to town for a concert. He decides to camp out at the arena to get tickets and when he wakes up he's the only person there.  

ultmetal wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Pat Travers - Putting it Straight
UFO - Obsession
Nektar - Remember the Future

Love all three of these.

Cranking them all a lot lately, really happy I happened upon them. I'd never heard any Nektar before--stunning stuff that won't leave my head. I'm now a fan.

S.D. wrote:

Every time I see the cover to The Grand Illusion it reminds me of the episode of "That 70's Show" where Eric is freaking out about STYX coming to town for a concert.  He decides to camp out at the arena to get tickets and when he wakes up he's the only person there.   

That was my favorite episode. 

mlotek wrote:

Styx "Grand Illusion" is one i just noticed is missing from my collection, (I wore the cassette out back in the early 1980s). That new gatefold looks good.

If you get it on vinyl http://www.gohastings.com has the best price on it. I was kind of expecting pictures in the gatefold but its the lyrics. Very easy to read. The vinyl is very nice too, has the classic A&M logo and very heavyweight 180 gram. Sound is BETTER than my cd version (the original pressing from the 80's). Good to have Grand Illusion on vinyl again. Pieces Of Eight was also reissued and remastered on 180 gram but I have the original and will prob just stick with that vinyl version. I'll also add that the color of the album art is much brighter and more clear than previous versions. That doesn't show up well in the above photo.

mlotek, I have a decent original copy I'm willing to trade. pm me if interested.

From Zia for a little over three bucks
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Hit up a local store and snagged some discount records...
Van Halen - s/t
Robin Trower - B.L.T.
Foghat - Tight Shoes
Be Bop Deluxe - Futurama
Tommy Bolin - Teaser
Starz - Live in Action (Metal Blade promo)
Phil Collins - Hello I Must Be Going

Another small haul yesterday...
California Metal II (w/ lyric sleeve)
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (12" EP)
Van Halen - Diver Down (w/ picture sleeve)
Testament - Dark Roots of Earth (gatefold, 2 × Blue Splatter vinyl)

All first runs:

AC/DC Highway to Hell
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Ted Nugent - s/t
Accept - Restless and Wild
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Neil Young - Comes A Time
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (for my oldest son, who's autistic and can sing the title song from heart in almost perfect pitch)

Good find. I've been bidding on Eye In The Sky on eBay but at the last minute someone wins it for a penny more. Bastards!

mikeinfla wrote:

Good find. I've been bidding on Eye In The Sky on eBay but at the last minute someone wins it for a penny more. Bastards!

I actually found these at Dimple records up in Sacramento for 1-2 bucks pop. I had 60 bucks worth at first, including a MINT first pressing of Yes' Tales From the Topographic Ocean (that was actually 6.99) and a decent copy of Blonde on Blonde, but I had to force myself to put them back to appease my budget. I never even got halfway through the entire collection and I was there for three hours. AND I found Riot's Fired Down Under on CD for a freakishly low price of 7.99. It was a great way to end the week for sure.

Spinning Eye in the Sky right now for the kids; forgot how grand this entire album is.

Man I could spend hours looking at vinyl if I could find a store that carried a lot of it. Yesterday I was winning Eye In The Sky for $5. Been the only bidder all week then in the middle of the night someone got it for $5.01. Well, I bested them this morning because I found a newly listed VG copy on eBay Buy It Now for $3.33! Haven't heard that album in years. A few weeks ago I found "I Robot" for a buck at Goodwill.

I need to revisit Eye In The Sky.  I know I had it on vinyl as a kid and loved it.  I believe it got destroyed when I left several records in my parent's attic when I went off to college.  Sun and heat is no friend to vinyl.

Found this long-time want at Poobah Records.  
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and these in their freebie bin out front.  Unfortunately some guy beat me to the ELO collection they had out there.
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then found this gem at the Salvation Army
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Just curious, let me know how well those free records play. I bet you'll have to give them a deep scrubbing to get them to sound half way decent. I've never run across a freebie bin of vinyl.... Just curious what kind of shape they are in to be free.

The records themselves are fine.  The covers are another matter.  Poobah is more of an EBM/trip-hop type of shop.  I think they even run a label.  They'd be the first to admit they could give a friendly f-all about rock music.  I'm always finding metal rarities for dirt cheap.  Interesting enough I've never had a problem with the condition of the freebies (I check and leave behind the bad looking stuff) but once I had skips on a purchased record from them.

Vinyl pick up's since my September post:

Hall & Oates - Whole Oats
Journey - Evolution
Journey - Captured
Boston - Don't Look Back
Rick Springfield - Rock Of Life
Loverboy - s/t
Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Cheap Trick - s/t
Phil Collins - Face Value
Wings - Venus And Mars
Heart - Bebe Le Strange
Guiffria - Silk + Steel
Kiss - Love Gun
Kiss - Dynasty
Hall & Oates - X-Static
Hall & Oates - Rock & Soul Part 1
Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch (12" Single)
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Rick Springfield - Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Rick Springfield - Living In Oz
Kerry Livgren - Seeds Of Change
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous
Ringo Starr - Ringo
Ringo Starr - Blast From Your Past
Pat Benatar - Precious Time
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
George Harrison - Living In The Material World
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Let It Be
John Lennon - Sometime In New York City
Rainbow - Rising

jstate wrote:

The records themselves are fine.  The covers are another matter.  Poobah is more of an EBM/trip-hop type of shop.  I think they even run a label.  They'd be the first to admit they could give a friendly f-all about rock music.  I'm always finding metal rarities for dirt cheap.  Interesting enough I've never had a problem with the condition of the freebies (I check and leave behind the bad looking stuff) but once I had skips on a purchased record from them.

I remember grabbing a Benny Goodman and The Who's Tommy out of a trash can behind a record store I was walking behind one day. They were sitting on top of a pile of records. They both played fine, especially for free.

Whitesnake - Slide It In (Geffen)

U2 - Boy
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Asia - s/t

My label Pres went home to Delaware this past weekend and scored some vinyl...he grabbed these for me:

Journey - Raised On Radio (I now have all the Perry-era on vinyl)
Kansas - Leftoverture (I now have all the original Kansas on vinyl)

Foreigner - Agent Provacateur

Duran Duran - Big Thing
Styx - Cornerstone
Cheap Trick - Lap Of Luxury
Cheap Trick - Stand On The Edge
Loverboy - Keep It Up
Loverboy - Get Lucky