So I emptied out my old stuff from my parents loft a week ago as they were having the roof done, and I found a box of my old vinyl albums. Some erm....odd taste back then...erm...but I just want rid of them, some picture discs in amongst it, might be worth something. Anyone know any sites that would buy them?

4 hours ago, dkw said:

So I emptied out my old stuff from my parents loft a week ago as they were having the roof done, and I found a box of my old vinyl albums. Some erm....odd taste back then...erm...but I just want rid of them, some picture discs in amongst it, might be worth something. Anyone know any sites that would buy them?

There are record fairs around the country which buy and sell. Details at the link below. Hope it helps.

https://sites.google.com/site/recordfairsuk/

I've picked Vinyl up in the past off of eBay.  However, you've got to be careful.  I remember looking up the Sex Pistol's when they were on A&M (very rare) and eBay miraculously had about 10 of them - all a collectors edition release, not original.

 

Not sure that there's a specific vinyl trading site.

 

 

I'd also try and find a record collectors book.  I've one back in the UK, the name of which escapes me right now, but it was handy for looking into things like price, what the serial numbers should be, etc.

6 hours ago, dkw said:

So I emptied out my old stuff from my parents loft a week ago as they were having the roof done, and I found a box of my old vinyl albums. Some erm....odd taste back then...erm...but I just want rid of them, some picture discs in amongst it, might be worth something. Anyone know any sites that would buy them?

Best to sell locally i think, get yourself down to a car boot (loads coming up this time of year) and find a record seller and make him an offer he can't refuse.

May be worth looking at this site.

http://recordcollectormag.com/

A guy I used to work with bought a copy of the Beatles' White Album in the late sixties. He swapped it for another record a couple of years later. In the nineties he read that the copy he had swapped was worth about £800. You may have some rarities in your collection.

Edited March 12, 20179 yr by Boyne

Cheers lads, the record fair sounds a good idea. I've priced them up on a site called discogs, unfortunately nothing too exciting.

Have you thought about putting them on Depop or Gumtree. I know vinyl is very popular at the moment so there should be plenty of people locally who'd want them.

Buy a record deck and play the f**kers!

I still have shedloads of albums and about a 1000 classic singles for my jukebox.

Nothing beats vinyl for sound, but the ipod shuffle makes it easy to listen :)

10 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

Buy a record deck and play the f**kers!

I still have shedloads of albums and about a 1000 classic singles for my jukebox.

Nothing beats vinyl for sound, but the ipod shuffle makes it easy to listen :)

Agree about nothing beats vinyl for sound. I have a few hundred records at home and when I can I buy new stuff on vinyl. I have two decks at home. One plays 33s and 45s; the other plays 78s.

Slightly off subject: a few weeks ago I read an article in a Hi-Fi magazine about a growing interest in cassettes. Cassettes were a great invention and were great for parties and listening to music in cars but the sound quality could be "suspect" especially the 120 tapes. Was at a Hi-fi show recently and there was a couple of reel to reel players. My parents had a couple - did a lot of recordings before cassette players and recorders came along. Keep meaning to copy the tapes down to CD or hard disk. Just need to find the right cables.

I have some software that enables you to manipulate the music after you download it.  I copied a load of cassettes a few years ago from a walkman to my PC with just a cable with a headphone socket on each end, and then cleaned it up a bit with the software. PM me if that might be handy :) ;)

On 3/12/2017 at 09:40, dkw said:

Cheers lads, the record fair sounds a good idea. I've priced them up on a site called discogs, unfortunately nothing too exciting.

 

What do you have? My brother and a friend collect vinyl..

If you have any Vinyl from the Manchester music scene i.e stone roses, Joy Division etc. I'd be interested btw..

52 minutes ago, Zola said:

 

What do you have? My brother and a friend collect vinyl..

Right, please dont hold any of this against me, these are obviously a bit erm...wrong.... ha ha. I sold all my manchester stuff when I moved out RIP Mourinho, along with a load of my old Ska stuff. This is a box that was shoved right to the back of the lot....reading this list will tell you why 

 

Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol one
Double Trouble and the Rebel MC - Just Keep Rockin 12"
Kingmaker - Eat yourself Whole 12"
Simple Minds - Kick it in Album
Skid row - 18 and life
Tigetailz - Love Bomb Baby 12"
Quireboys - A bit of what you fancy Album

Aerosmith:-
Love in an Elevator 12"
Dude (looks like a lady) 12"
Rag Doll 12"
Pump Album
Permanent Vacation Album

Dave Lee Roth:-
Just Like Paradise Special 12" Collectors pack (large colour poster)
Sensible Shoes Tour Laminate Disc
Calefornia Girls 12"
Crazy from the Heat 12"
Eat em and smile Album
Skyscraper album
A litle Aint enough Album

Bryan Adams:-
Hearts on Fire 12"
Heat of the Night 12"
Victim of Love 12"
Run to you 7"

Wonderstuff:-
Welcome to the Cheap seats (Gatefold)
On the Ropes EP

Pop Will Eat Itself:-
Karmadrome EP
92F 12"

Bobby Brown:-
On our own 12" (Ghostubsters)
Dont be Cruel (Rapacious mix) 12"
Every little Step 12"

Def Leppard:-
Rocket (Lunar Mix) 12"
Armageddon it (Nuclear Mix) 12"
Love Bites 12"
Hysteria 7"
Animal 7"
Interview Picture disc 12"
Hysteria album

Red Hot Chilli Peppers:-
Higher ground 12" picture disc

Erasure:-
Drama 12"
Oh L`Amour 12"
crackers International EP
crackers International Part 2 EP
Chains of Love 12"
Ship of Fools 7"
Circus live (1) 12"
A Little Respect Extended version 12"
sometimes 12"
Victim of Love German import Blue Marble picture disc

Dogs D`Amour:-
Satellite Kid 12"
A Graveyard of Empty Bottles Album

Little Angels:-
Shes a Little Angel limited edition 12" box with poster
I aint Gonna Cry 7"
Too Much Too Young gatefold 12"
Dont Prey for Me Album
Young Gods album
Kicking up Dust 12"

 

 

awww bless.  I now have a mental image of little teenage dicky, in a time when he still had hair, in a satin jacket with shoulder-pads and white satin hot-pants, trying to create a merge dance between middle of the road rockers and Erasure and Soul II Soul

 

That's right tickled me on a dreary Monday afternoon!

It's like your watching a video of me 

Well, your wife did email me a few iffy VHS rips a while ago.  The sexy-time one was a bit silly, but I quite liked the dressing up as a tranny one - that was class.

She promised me they were private, damn her...

 

I look sh*t hot in heels and a Basque though eh....

 

When I saw you, I thought "yep, I would after a few Stellas"

You smooth talking bar steward.....