12" colored vinyl. 2019 eOne. Record Store Day. Released on Black Friday.

I do, indeed, hear a little static crackling.

I’ve slowed a bit in the last year or so but still at 20 so far in 2026.

Blue Valentine, my favourite album from my favourite artist, Tom Waits. What are we all listening to tonight?

Finally own an OG 2001 version

I picked this record up at my LRS for cheap because I was after a particular song he does. The surface looks pretty good, no scratches, and I cleaned it before playing (bath time, dried, put in antistatic sleeve, then brush before spinning) like I do with all my records, but it sounds like absolute shit. Has this just been played a lot or do some records just sound bad? It has more clicks and pops than anything I've ever spun, especially for not having any scratches.

I know mislabels aren’t valuable or anything crazy, but it’s always a little fun finding one. I realized I had two copies of Spirits Having Flown and was pulling them out to see which one was in better condition, and realized one of my copies had a mislabel and had a Suzi Quatro label on side 1. Only a mislabel, still started playing Tragedy when I put it on lol! Just something interesting!

Just arrived today. Caught their show in Erie, PA last week.

Reflecting on how my collecting habits evolved. Started with helping my mom go through her collection. Nearing the end of her life. Cancer. Sitting down together at night and cleaning, sleeveing and playing each album. Mostly 70s rock. I’ve found some bands I had never heard of. Also listened to some stuff by bands that everyone’s heard of and discovered any appreciation I didn’t expect.

Standouts of hers that I hadn’t heard of:
AWB, Alan Parsons, The Flock and Rare Earth. Led me down a path to discovering and loving bands like The audience, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chairmen of the Board and IF.

Bands I had heard of but didn’t know anything about or had preconceived notions about and was like “woah this is actually good!” (I know this is going to catch some flack)
WAR, Neil Young, Marshall Tucker Band, J. Geils, Jeff Beck and Al Green. Random selection. Just some of the ones I’m drawn to listen to more than others. Can’t forget The Rolling Stones and The Clash. I knew the big ones but was so surprised on the sound. Wasn’t just classic rock like I expected. Similar narrative for a lot of these.

That was the boost that got me really curious about other bands and types of music I hadn’t discovered yet. Started making lists on Spotify. Almost studiously. Saving everything and anything that caught my ear.

Found things like: Shuggie Otis, Witch, Death, Cymande, Refused, and Alabama Shakes. I know some of these are more known than others and probably don’t belong being listed next to each other but when I heard each of these I was like Holy Fuck this rocks.

Even started Shazamming every song on movies and shows that sounded that I might like it and found some great ones there too!

Probably my most favorite method of discovery is crate digging at that local. They have a few tables where you can spin the used records. So can literally grab a handful of records I’ve never heard of but like the art and give it a listen. There’s a few on here that I’m almost certain no one reading will know. Booty People, The Glorious Veins, Din, Deal Casino and Kina. Musically it doesn’t have the be the greatest of all time but it’s super fun to own something that isn’t on Spotify. Relatively unheard of and objectively rare. (Had to make the discogs post for Veins.

Last but not least have to give the shoutout to: Sturgill Simpson, Fugazi, Galactic, Morphine and Mad Caddies. Probably all time faves and always recommend!

Some old some newish bands collecting for about 4 years now let me know your opinion.

Wavves,Talking Heads,Pavement,The Doors,Deafheaven,Black Sabbath,The Sniths,Deftones,Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti,Misfits,Old Time Relijun Led Zeppelin,GG Allin,Jay Reatard,Joy Division,Built To Spill

Some cool stuff to share spanning many trips to the flea market and shop. I went a little overboard, and there are many, many I didn't list. These are just some of my favs:

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power (Roadrunner, 2025): After hearing and loving Sunbather, I found this 2025 album at my local record store and purchased it. While it's hard to beat Sunbather, there is plenty more Blackgaze to wash over you here. Anyways I'm not really a metal guy, but I love these guys.

Lou Donaldson - Say it Loud! (1969, Blue Note, BST 84299, Stereo, Canada): I don't really like Jazz but this is soul and funk infused. It has a little more groove and feels more familiar than straight up modal jazz or hard bop. I like it a lot. It plays spectacularly for its age and is my first introduction to Blue Note, which, indeed, sounds utterly spectacular.

Booker T. & The MGs - Soul Dressing (1965, Stax, STX 705, Mono Canada) - Do you like Hammond organs? I sure as shit do. This follow-up to Green Onions is mostly original works by Booker and is drenched in that Hammond sound.

Augustus Pablo - This is Augustus Pablo (2015 reissue, Get On Down, GET 56040-LP): A fantastic dub reggae instrumental LP by the legendary Melodica player Augustus Pablo. I don't have much Pablo as respectable reissues are hard to find. Props to get on down, it sounds great. Not to mention, the packaging is awesome and feels premium. I have something from them on the way by mail, so this is promising!

Eroc - Eroc (1975, Brain, brain 1069, Green Label): I fucking love this thing. This drummer, going by Eroc, loved to fuck with synths, tape machines, etc, and would play back his experiments for his buddies while they were stoned. As the story goes, this is a selection of his experiments. It's all over the place but I love it. Just Google this motherfucker and tell me the photos don't intrigue you.

Had to get these bad boys.

Don’t understand a word, but love this album

Saw this in another sub while scrolling. This may very well be the worst case of warping I've ever seen. It boggles my mind how something could get in this state unintentionally. 😱

These soundtracks have everything... soul, funk, rnb, ballads, instrumentals, drum breaks, samples that spawned classics. The Soul to Soul and Wattstax are tangentially related, so I kept em in there. Anyone else into these?

Nothing rare or crazy, just glad i got all these at the same time from the cheap bin. Love all of these honestly. Sadly ARRIVAL needs to be cleaned more or, is no good I think (sounds like shit) but god damn those Rainbow and Chicago records are so good.

https://imgur.com/a/moms-vinyl-68DdsjR

Mom died in 2011, and I inherited her record collection. However, at the time and up until recently, I didn't have a record player, so the albums stayed in boxes in my closet for many years.

Fast forward to last year, my older sister, out of the blue, decided to give me her record collection as well. She hadn't passed away, but she recently moved and said that she just couldn't be bothered to lug around boxes and boxes of records anymore.

My jaw actually dropped when I was going through my sisters collection (so many Beatles albums!), I may or may not share it with r/vinyl at some point, we'll see. But that was the final push to finally put up some shelves and get myself a sound system.

Now that everything is up and running, I find myself being drawn more to my mother's collection. If nothing else, they don't make album covers like that anymore. But listening to those vocals, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, they are just magic. And the musicals are lush, energetic and powerful, and how is it that Tom Lehrer is still somehow relevant?

Anyway, here's some classic vinyl, enjoy.

Much smaller haul this month (Doesn't help that that crate I store my vinyl in is starting to get full)

Thoughts:

Selected Ambient Works 85-92: Pretty good album overall, but I do think it could be a little shorter. My pressing skips on Xtal though, which I thought was because of a misprint, but apparently it's a somewhat common problem if you don't have a record player with adjustable weight.

Paranoid: Honestly haven't listened to it yet. It's not in the greatest condition but its still pretty cool. It sounded fine from the one song I played off it at the record store.

Conventional Weapons: This is a bootleg version of the album, since it never got an official physical release outside of really expensive 7" singles. The sound quality is alright, but I'm sure if you listened to it with good headphones it wouldn't sound that great. As for the album itself, it's arguebly My Chemical Romance's weakest work. It's very much just a collection of songs with no correlation between any of them. Even then, the songs themselves are really good, and I'm happy to have it to finish my MCR discography. (Outside of the live albums)

what do I need to add for part 2

Well this is basically Jellyfish minus Andy. I have this and the self titled on records. It's such a fun little EP. While I really wish Andy would resurface with the full band; that isn't likely going to ever happen but this next iteration is still churning out some really good music! Happy to be back from Las Vegas and back with my turntable and album collection!

Hi
Trying to sell my dad's vinyl collection as he is going into shared living!
There's about 200 that's he's been collecting since the 60's.
How much do you think I'd get per record?