Quote :

"so did schoolkids get that tv ghost record? i believe i'm in the system as dick sucker. i care, but not enough to pick up the phone."

didn't get it in yet

[Edited on May 27, 2011 at 6:50 PM. Reason : s]

5/27/2011 6:49:25 PM

Picked up REM's Reckoning reissue today new for a cool 8 bucks from my super secret special sale-y place. That act in itself was awesome and worth mentioning on this here thread.

5/29/2011 12:12:53 AM

pssh, we've got a real one tagged at eight bucks

5/30/2011 2:16:58 AM

As it turns out, I already had that record. Had no idea. Whoops.

5/30/2011 11:32:50 PM

i hate when that happens

only time it ever worked out was when i realized i had two copies of beauty and the beat

but one is the blue w/ tan accents and the other is tan w/blue

5/31/2011 6:06:46 AM

If anybody wants to open a record store, I will BE your Jack Black character.

6/8/2011 11:21:16 PM

Anybody looking to buy records needs to get up to Lunchbox in Charlotte fucking immediately. Dude just marked down an asston full of new records and already has the most baller prices in the state that I've seen. Please do yourself the favor. I scored some just phenomenal things for cheap.

6/11/2011 1:43:22 PM

i'll drive to chapel hill for records

but charlotte is a bit of a stretch

also, we just put out the entire ramones catalog on vinyl at raleigh nice price

6/11/2011 1:51:15 PM

^^ it's true. the selection and prices are amazing. last weekend, i got the antlers 'hospice' lp for $14.99 and the fresh and onlys 'play it strange' lp for $12.99.

what did you pick up?

^ charlotte is just over an hour from columbia, sc (where i now live), so it's worth the drive for lunchbox records and heroes aren't hard to find (amazing comic store)

6/11/2011 2:21:41 PM

^^ haha was in there today and saw that. and some eclectic beatles records.

<3 nice price

6/11/2011 3:22:49 PM

there is nothing in the world worth driving to Charlotte for.

well, unless you were going there to burn it to the ground.

6/11/2011 3:27:51 PM

Wow. Really? Wow.

I got some stuff for the better half - a Crooked Fingers album, New Order's Movement (which I actually don't own, but she's way more into them), a Glass Candy album. For myself I got 2 Fiery Furnaces records and a the Jam album, oh and LCD Soundsystem's first album. Their was some other stuff I wanted, but decided to wait on; namely a John Cale record and a Daniel Johnston comp.

Their entire Rosebuds catalogue was marked down, and literally tons of other shit that I can't remember. If you're in the area, I'd take advantage of this immediately. The dude is a straight-up honest businessman...

6/11/2011 3:37:03 PM

lunchbox is awesome. scott gets lots of lower run shit that nobody else in nc bothers to order. great used section. good literature. solid fucking store top to bottom. probably the most well-rounded rock-n-roll-leaning shop in the state. motherfucker knows his jazz, too.

6/11/2011 3:43:55 PM

^^ damn, they had the first two rosebuds lps? I shoulda scooped those up.

6/11/2011 7:22:41 PM

I don't think they had the first one, but they had three others than the new one, which were all marked down.

And yeah, I wouldn't have made a special trip from this area to go up there to get markdown stuff, but it's well worth it if you're already there...

6/13/2011 11:27:52 AM

We can't take all this stuff with us. [User]vinylbandit[/user], give me 15 for that Rosebuds record or offer something in trade. It's new; haven't spun it yet. Just figurin you'd enjoy it more than I. Let me know.

6/13/2011 11:20:04 PM

Went to third man records in nashville last week the day before bonnaroo. jack white walked by me in this little hallway with a bunch of plaques for white stripes record sales. it was nuts. i also saw jack lawrence from the raconteurs/dead weather/whatever other bands as i was leaving. he drives a VW golf

6/14/2011 12:21:12 PM

picked up my dad's old Technics SL-1600 the other weekend, in great condition other than the stylus being broken, which I'll of course have to replace - it's direct drive, fwiw

some searching around finds cartridges in the $150 range popping up a lot (the AT440MLa, for example) - being new to the game I didn't really plan to spend quite that much, but don't want to get stuck with a p.o.s. and have to upgrade a year down the road, either

am I gonna immediately regret something in, say, the $80 range?

[Edited on June 25, 2011 at 11:13 PM. Reason : mostly rock, pop]

6/25/2011 11:10:32 PM

nah, you'll be fine

the atp-2, for example, is a perfectly fine cart and can be snagged for around $80

6/26/2011 4:09:48 AM

how do you guys store your records?

got mine in a few milk crates now, but seriously running out of room, and i'd love to have some shelving or something

6/26/2011 10:23:27 AM

easiest solution is ikea expedit

6/26/2011 12:13:45 PM

some guy sold in a bunch of Original Master Recording high mobile fidelity records to us for super cheap yesterday

it is ridiculous how much people buy these things for

6/26/2011 12:16:41 PM

one of our regulars sent an email once

a guy had paid some insane amount (i think like almost a thousand bucks) for a sealed mobile fidelity record

it was JOURNEY

i found out later it's one the rarest of the mobile fidelity since it was never officially released, but still

6/26/2011 12:21:03 PM

there's a sealed mobile fidelity copy of Toto IV in here

to ebay we go

6/26/2011 12:24:14 PM

If you're into collector records and especially that new Bon Iver record, Urban Outfitters has exclusive red vinyl copies, fyi.

ALSO I thought I'd share the love in saying they mark records down. Today I got that 13th Floor Elevators record in mono for 9.99 and the new PJ Harvey record. I talked noise about her, but I like her new album, and it's easily worth 9.99.

Anyway, check it out. There were plenty of others marked down that I already had or wasn't interested in...

6/26/2011 5:21:26 PM

Also, I'm gonna second what vinylbandit said about the cartridge and shelving. Yes to both. You don't ned to waste 180 or whatever you said on a cartridge. There are plenty that will sound great under 100 bucks. And the Expedit is the cheapest thing you're going to find that also looks great to store records on. I hate that they don't come with backs, since mine is against a brick wall, but thats my only complaint. If you can't get up to Charlotte to IKEA anytime soon, Office Depots sell this thing that is basically identical.

6/26/2011 5:34:59 PM

i'll drive to durham for $10 reissues

6/26/2011 5:35:25 PM

Is there not an Urby Outty in Raleigh? Hmmm...Also, I'm at the one in Charlotte, but I'm assuming Southpoints has the same stuff...

6/26/2011 5:50:30 PM

just southpoint

6/26/2011 6:52:04 PM

yeah, I figured most of those forums and such were populated with hardcore audiophiles, which I am not

found a Shure m97xe on Amazon for $55, and people seem to like it, so I'll probably just go with that and a $20 preamp

thanks both

[Edited on June 26, 2011 at 7:55 PM. Reason : ^^^^]

6/26/2011 7:55:45 PM

yeah, that'll work just fine

you can get a grado black or green too, they're nice enough and cheap

unless you're doing a lot of DJing (needing a lot of vibration damping/groove-hugging and backcue) or you want to listen to some very valuable records (lowest possible tracking force), you'll never need a fancy cartridge

6/26/2011 8:00:08 PM

expedit it is, thanks for the suggestions.

6/27/2011 9:47:14 AM

I have a 100 or so old 80's/90's dance albums for sale, some remixes, original Thriller and Madonna's eponymous album. Most already have BPM labeled. Looking to get rid of them all at once, make me an offer.

6/27/2011 1:27:38 PM

send me a list

6/27/2011 1:45:11 PM

Insound has a sale right now on some decent stuff; among it was this Rega RP1 turntable:

http://www.insound.com/RP1-Turntable-Cool-Grey-TURNTABLE-Rega/P/INS94393/

That is a VERY good price for that table. If anybody is looking to upgrade to an audiophile table, I would recommend this. I have something similar. It's manual all around, meaning you have to adjust speeds by manipulating the belt and it doesn't have an auto return function, but it's otherwise an exceptional-sounding table and a good brand.

Check it out if you're in the market.

6/28/2011 9:25:53 AM

UPDATE: the Urby Outty at Southpoint doesn't have anything relevant, bb.

But their website has awesome prices on the following albums:

Destroyer - Kaputt
Warpaint - the Fool
Pandy Bear - Tomboy
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Best Coast - Crazy for You

6/28/2011 9:41:28 PM

Has anyone bought anything lately?

I need to pick up that first Future Islands LP.

And vinylbandit, get your damned album from me plz.

7/20/2011 2:02:12 PM

you never told me when you'd be around again, mang

new ty segall is the shiiiiiitttttt

7/20/2011 2:17:48 PM

Tentative plan for Saturday at one of the Deja Fest venues. will let you know.

7/22/2011 12:11:05 PM

Quote :

"I have a 100 or so old 80's/90's/early 2000's dance albums for sale, some remixes, original Thriller and Madonna's eponymous album. Most already have BPM labeled. Looking to get rid of them all at once, make me an offer."

Still have these, $45 takes them all so I don't have to bother with ebay.

7/25/2011 12:10:57 PM

Hell yeah, got this for $15. The original mono LP is like $65 on EBay, so the reissue will do.

7/26/2011 10:25:50 AM

http://www.fatpossum.com

all records 10 bucks right now.

8/2/2011 11:17:04 PM

^ thought this would be a good opportunity to finally pick up smith westerns and yuck, then i realized there's like 3 or 4 other records i'd want to get, too. dammit.

8/3/2011 9:31:12 AM

Honestly, I think you're gonna regret picking up Smith Westerns in l'd say less than a year. It gets old tremendously fast.

8/3/2011 9:58:24 AM

Don't be shy, guys.

Schoolkids Sale:

Quote :

"Just one final reminder before tonight: we will be opening our doors tonight from 10 PM to midnight for a special midnight sale in order to give people the first crack at our huge vinyl sale starting tonight and lasting through this weekend only, until the close of business this Sunday. A good chunk of our new AND used records will be on sale at 10%, 20%, and even 50% off. In addition to this sale, we will also be raffling off a signed Arcade Fire 12" single at some point during the extra two hours of business; to celebrate this week's release of the deluxe edition of our best-selling album of the past year, Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, we have ONE Arcade Fire 12" double A-side single of "The Suburbs" and "Month of May" SIGNED by all the members of the band. We're going to hold a raffle during the midnight sale tonight and whoever wins gets the signed 12" single. All the more reason to show up for the special midnight sale on tonight. And if you've missed the details of the sale: If you've been in the store in the past few days and skimmed through our new and used vinyl sections, you might have noticed that a large chunk of our new AND used LPs have been marked with a plain, blank colored sticker next to their price stickers--some are marked with a yellow sticker, some with a pink sticker, and some with a green sticker. Here's where we tell you all what those color-coded stickers mean: next weekend--Friday, August 5 until the close of business on Sunday, August 7--Schoolkids will be having its very first color-coded vinyl sale, and it's a doozy: All LPs, even LPs that are ALREADY on sale, marked with a yellow sticker will be 10% off the lowest sticker price, all LPs marked with a pink sticker will be 20% off, and all LPs marked with a green sticker will be a whopping 50% off. Also, to give dedicated night owls early first dibs on this exciting sale, we will be having a special midnight sale on Thursday, August 5 from 10 PM to 12 PM, the first two hours the aforementioned sale will be in effect. We will also be raffling off the aforementioned 12" single signed by Arcade Fire at some point during these two hours. Again, this sale will include new AND used LPs--whether they are already on sale or not--and will only be going on for one weekend and will probably not return, so make sure to come by for some serious record shopping tonight and this weekend. And tell everyone you know! See you tonight. "

And can you name the kind of stuff you're gonna have on sale? I don't expect a comprehensive list, but is there anything noteworthy (that you haven't cherry picked)? I kinda wanna stop by...

[Edited on August 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM. Reason : k]

8/4/2011 11:59:36 AM

Quote :

"And can you name the kind of stuff you're gonna have on sale? I don't expect a comprehensive list, but is there anything noteworthy (that you haven't cherry picked)? I kinda wanna stop by..."

It definitely won't be just a normal sale for us; I don't wanna spoil too much of what is going to be out there on sale specifically, but there's definitely gonna be a lot of really good shit on sale. Some of it is gonna be stuff from this past Record Store Day (and not just the crappy titles that nobody wanted), some of it is newer full-length titles from this year, and some of it is brand-new singles (the new Radiohead and Bon Iver 12" singles will be on sale). I'd highly recommend stopping by. And, to answer your question, I can guarantee you that none of our employees (or anybody else) has cherry picked through the best records. The people that show up tonight will legitimately get the first crack at the records going on sale.

[Edited on August 4, 2011 at 12:42 PM. Reason : s]

8/4/2011 12:41:35 PM

We'll see what happens. I want to get in on that raffle and see what all's on sale, but it's kind of a drive...

8/4/2011 2:05:27 PM

Quote :

"Honestly, I think you're gonna regret picking up Smith Westerns in l'd say less than a year. It gets old tremendously fast."

you're probably right. honestly, there are a few tracks on dye it blonde that i really really love, and the rest i can either take or leave pretty easily. might just get the 2 andrew bird records they have instead.

[Edited on August 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM. Reason : .]

8/4/2011 2:07:28 PM

^^ Almost everything someone would want is at least 10% off, and there are chunks of cool things that are 20 and 50% off. I grabbed a couple things I like but wouldn't normally get because of the regular price, which I suppose is the point.

Example: Sonic Youth "The Eternal" 2LP. I really like that record a lot, but it's a full-cover tipover gatefold on 180 with custom inner sleeves, and as such was something like $37 new. Marked down to $30 and then 50% off, it becomes a great deal.

8/5/2011 11:59:43 AM

Their sale caught be at a bad time to spend money. I really wanted to check it out, but I gotta be an adult and all that garbage.

8/5/2011 4:14:02 PM