Anyone buy vinyls?

[Midfour]

How many people here actually but vinyl records? I usually just get used ones, because the closest place for new vinyls to me is Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank, NJ (the only new vinyl I currently own is The Mountain Goats' All Eternals Deck, and a friend picked that up for me in Manhattan), and because they are cheaper than used CDs (generally). I don't really prefer the sound (I'm no audiophile), but they're just cool to have.

My relationship with vinyls got an odd start a few months ago, when I was in an antique shop and found a 33 of Welles' and Koch's 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast for $2. I bought it on impulse, and while I was there, I saw a Memorex turntable/cassette player/CD player for $90, so I went back a few days later and bought it (I wanted to listen to War of the Worlds, and needed a cassette and CD player anyway). I've been hooked on vinyls ever since (though I still buy CDs if it's cheaper, or the vinyl is unavailable).

[Unwound]

Not to be a jerk, but the plural form for vinyl is vinyl.

[pocketgroove]

I have quite the collection of vinyl, and I love to listen to it but I'll only buy it used. There are a few shops around where you can pick up any single album for $1 used and any double album for $2. For the sake of convenience I still listen to mp3s and CDs however.

[disasterline]

I have a friend back home that ONLY buys vinyl. He does not download music, buy cds or anything like that. I asked him one day and he gave me a 30 minute speech about how vinyl is better. The other thing I got out of it was that the sound qaulity is better, but I dont know how true that is.

Of course this is the same person who I always hear griping about how new releases are not released on vinyl and has to buy imports.

[runmikeyrun]

I like vinyl. A couple of my bands have pressed 7" records. I have a decent amount of hardcore/metal/indie vinyl, sold a lot of it over the years. I have some old vinyl too (used to be a lot more, ex wife took most of it) but I have stuff like Maiden, Boston, Zep, Cream, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple. It sounds awesome. You put on headphones and close your eyes- instant time machine. I also love how you can stare at a record's cover and notice detail you never could on a cd or cassette booklet.

There's just "something" about vinyl- the crackles and pops, IDK it just sounds neat.

I'm starting to see bands doing releases on cassette... now that I don't know about... but for the novelty effect I guess it's sorta neat.

I have a box of about 100 45's in the basement, someone gave them to me years back. All 60s top 100 stuff, most of it good- motown, rock and roll, beatles, etc. I'm waiting for the day I get my vintage juke box...

[stratovani]

Back in the day we didn't call them "vinyl", we called them "records"!

[lomo]

I have a large new and used vinyl collection and a serious T-Table. I love it!!!!!!!! The ritual of putting on a record is analagous to writing with a fountain pen. You don't use a fountain pen for a grocery list. You use it to write "real" stuff. When I take the time to listen to an LP, I don't wander off to another errand while iy plays; I sit and listen.

[mathewcanhaz]

Every time they might be giants put out a new album I always have to buy both the cd form and the vinyl form, and what worse is I dont have a record player..... I just love how they look on my wall

[Midfour]

Originally Posted by Unwound

Not to be a jerk, but the plural form for vinyl is vinyl.

PROVE IT

Originally Posted by stratovani

Back in the day we didn't call them "vinyl", we called them "records"!

I personally use "record" to refer to any form of recorded music (vinyl, CD, cassette, computer files, etc).

[Pilgrim]

I call 'em either "albums" or "45s". I spun all of the above as a DJ in the 60's and 70's.

An inclusive term would be "recordings" (covering multiple physical media.)

And I was happy to stop using them and move to CDs, which I consider a superior medium in all possible ways.

[bass12]

The last time I bought anything on vinyl was probably a couple of years ago. I generally prefer CDs but there was always stuff that was only available on vinyl (certain 12" mixes for example). As a DJ I would sometimes spin records exclusively, so I have a pretty good collection of vinyl. As I get older my aversion to accumulating "stuff" increases, however, and at this point if I'm looking for a particular track (to DJ) I usually just buy the mp3 and burn it to CD. I do like having a library of vinyl though. There's something romantic about it.

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

My love for vinyl records will never die. I started buying CDs rather late (1993), when I realized that I HAD to do it if I wanted to keep feeding my music habit.

[Dirk Diggler]

Here's your proof for the plural of vinyl:
vinyl record - Wiktionary
What Is the Plural of Vinyl? | Line Out
That is your English lesson for the day.
Dirk
p.s. hated vinyl albums in the 60's and 70's, hate them even more today.

[Midfour]

Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

Here's your proof for the plural of vinyl:
vinyl record - Wiktionary
What Is the Plural of Vinyl? | Line Out
That is your English lesson for the day.
Dirk
p.s. hated vinyl albums in the 60's and 70's, hate them even more today.

ok fine, you and unwound win

[ThatBassistDude]

I have a large collection, over 200, don't listen to them much thou. I only buy new vinyl if one of my favorite bands puts out vinyl copy's of there albums. (From dear to eternity and Final frontier - Iron Maiden and last 3 Between the Buried and Me albums)

[ShoeManiac]

Ah, another Jersey record collector! There are definitely some good spots in NJ for vinyl aside from Jack's. There's Vintage Vinyl in Fords, of course. They have some great used and new stock. And there's also the Princeton Record Exchange in you guessed it - Princeton! They're among my favorite places to find some great music on vinyl.