Best Ever Albums

Re: Diggin'

samistake2ice — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:48:24 GMT

Author: samistake2ice

Posted: 02/21/2014 17:48

Hayden wrote:

They also had a copy of the Joshua Tree that I was tempted to buy despite my hate for it. Didn't get it though, it just looked nice.

haha. i dont really blame you, but i understand the conflict.

Re: Diggin'

Hayden — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:10:42 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/21/2014 13:10

Harvest is a pretty decent find 😄

Anyway, back from this thrift store with an entire music section. Picked up vinyl copies of Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Sly and the Family Stone's Stand!, Cosmo's Factory and Magazine's Secondhand Daylight.

They also had a copy of the Joshua Tree that I was tempted to buy despite my hate for it. Didn't get it though, it just looked nice.

Re: Diggin'

samistake2ice — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:45:08 GMT

Author: samistake2ice

Posted: 02/19/2014 00:45

Um... Fuck this thread!!

I couldn't help my self. I had to stop by the store on my way home from work for some diggin'

this is what i left with

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Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

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Harvest by Neil Young

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Don't Look Back by Boston

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The Sting Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Marvin Hamlish

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen

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A Man Must Carry On by Jerry Jeff Walker

Not a bad haul for just over $15

Re: Diggin'

paladisiac — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:41:36 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 02/18/2014 20:41

i don't go music treasure hunting anymore but i miss it so.

speaking of rare, my last big haul of note was actually a bunch of wrens "secaucus" CDs for 25 cents. This was before the recent reissue, so they were going for $100+ a pop on ebay. Kept 1 for myself and made a few dollars off of that.

Re: Diggin'

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:46:57 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/18/2014 16:46

OK, some vinyl finds - albums only, might come back with a list of singles later - from the 50p (about $0.80) section of the record store I used to live by include:

Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
The The - Soul Mining
Jackie Wilson - The Classic Jackie Wilson
Sade - Diamond Life
Sade - Stronger Than Pride
Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Best of...
Various Artists - The Big Wheels of Motown
Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits
James Brown - Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits, 21 Golden Years
Rose Royce - Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
Various Artists - The House Sound of London, Vol. IV: The Jackin' Zone
Various Artists - The Greatest Hits of House
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Luther Vandross - Forever, For Always, For Love
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
Prince - Sign O The Times
Grace Jones - Island Life
Imagination - Body Talk
Kool & The Gang - In The Heart
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Various Artists - Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 2
Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember
The Style Council - Cafe Bleu
The Stylistics - The Best of...
Charles & Eddie - Duophonic
The Isley Brothers - 3+3
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Commodores - Natural High
The Cars - The Cars
Roy Ayers - You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers - In The Dark
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Shalamar - Friends
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters
MC Eiht - We Come Strapped
Queen Latifah - All Hail The Queen
Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme
Ice Cube - The Predator
Bobby Brown - King of Stage
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel

Re: Diggin'

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:26:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/18/2014 16:26

Most of my albums were found in the sale.

Re: Diggin'

Hayden — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:44:54 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/18/2014 12:44

Where are you two shopping that you find Foetus records? 🤣 Craziness.

Any Torontonians have a favourite music store?

Re: Diggin'

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 04:15:52 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 02/18/2014 09:15

Lately I have been buying more vinyl, when it is cheap and worthy of purchase.

My favourite find was:

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Hole by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel

Also finding Eurhythmics' 1984 for $1 at a local store was nice.

Re: Diggin'

Necharsian — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:14:36 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 02/18/2014 05:14

bongritsu wrote:

Just spent around an hour going through hundreds of Ukrainian canadian polka records. came out with about 15 albums in good shape for 20 bucks (after 10 minutes of arguing over price)

hahah where was this?

my favorite record is this one that i found once

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Freermasonry by Wold

maybe one day ill get a record player so that i can actually play it......

Re: Diggin'

Trickington — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:56:12 GMT

Author: Trickington

Posted: 02/18/2014 04:56

If any of you live near Boston then I'd suggest you go to In Your Ear records in Cambridge for CDs. I didn't really see any old vinyl gems, but then again, I didn't really look. I'm more interested in CDs.

For CDs I looked into $4 CD boxes and found a lot of neat stuff. In the $1 section I found Superunknown and Throwing Copper. They also had Nevermind and Morning Glory but I already owned them.

Regardless of what they have, it's a really cool place because of it's location/atmosphere. It's kinda a basement but still neat.

Re: Diggin'

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:49:55 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/18/2014 04:49

I was for a while mad at myself for not buying a used copy of Foetus' Nail once, but I eventually found another so it all worked out...

I've gotten old Genesis, Gentle Giant and Emerson lake and Palmer stuff, not necessarily rare I suppose, but they were cheap. And other things I'm probably forgetting.

Re: Diggin'

bongritsu — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:44:20 GMT

Author: bongritsu

Posted: 02/18/2014 04:44

Just spent around an hour going through hundreds of Ukrainian canadian polka records. came out with about 15 albums in good shape for 20 bucks (after 10 minutes of arguing over price)

Mostly came out with polka and ukrainain folk records but i found some interesting oddities, bootlegged local Ukrainian Orthodox church sermons anyone?

as a rule i don't really like crate digging though. I usually dont have good luck with it (I never find any music I actually care about)

Re: Diggin'

Mercury — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:13:31 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/18/2014 02:13

I discovered Pete Shelley by going through the 99 cent vinyl section of a local record store. I was digging through rack after rack of stuff and I found a lot of cool stuff including a really beaten up "Kind Of Blues" some early Springsteen records, some Police records and then I saw this Pete Shelley album "Homosapien". I was like 16 and a big Buzzcocks fan and I didn't know what to expect and I was pretty excited to get it and hear it. It ended up being excellent, in great condition, really cool synth pop stuff. Yeah, that is my story.

Re: Diggin'

revolver94 — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:01:17 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 02/18/2014 02:01

I found a copy of Lou Reed's "Rock n Roll Animal" on vinyl at a goodwill, only cost a dollar!

Re: Diggin'

samistake2ice — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:56:23 GMT

Author: samistake2ice

Posted: 02/18/2014 01:56

Every couple weeks i go to my local record store and just rifle through their $1 boxes. I typically leave with three or four + what ever i found at normal price. My biggest hits from the $1 boxes were Randy Newman - Sail Away and Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection, both of which are on my Overall chart.

A not great experience was when I overpaid for a copy of Magical Mystery Tour that wasn't in that great of shape. I still have it, because its one of those albums that i need, but i am always on the look out for a better copy.

"Diggin" is ABSOLUTELY the best way to buy records.

Diggin'

Hayden — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:31:54 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/18/2014 01:31

As most of you music lovers on here know, going out and buying music is a fantastic feeling 😄 In your body. not your wallet.

I've been going to record stores in Detroit the past few weeks and picking out some stuff, and I've found some pretty decent used records and CD's.

This thread is dedicated to digging the crates at record stores, thrift stores, goodwill, yard sales, whatever it might be 😄 And what some of your best finds are. Any story really, any regrets, etc..

I remember going to a small 'vintage' used stuff store in a small town and finding some really great used stuff, but they didn't take cash and all I had was debit at the time so I couldn't get any, and the next time I was there only 2 of the records I saw were left. Vinyl copies of Ziggy Stardust, Abbey Road, Bookends, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Meddle, Black Sabbath, Who's Next, Darklands and Spirit of Eden were all there. (I later picked up Bookends and Spirit of Eden though, which I was happy about anyway).

I also found a used copy of EMA's Past Life Martyr Saints in a lonely crate 😄

Anyone have any decent finds they want to share so everyone else can ogle?