Hey vinyl and electronica lovers, check out this record collection I just picked up!
Well actually to be honest the seller dropped it off, it’s pretty awesome in my opinion, I look at a lot of collections for sale and usually I like 5% of the records, with this one I like 75% plus, guess how much I paid for it…
Here’s a partial list:
Marcello Giordani - Synthetic Music Part 1
Moving Units - Dangerous Dreams … Read More
Syclops - The Fly
Dahlbäck & Dahlbäck - Sweden 1 Canada 0
Plastique De Rêve - The Sounds You Hear
Guido Schneider Meets Jens Bond - Oh My Buffer (w/Jeff Samuel Remix)
Trentemøller Sunstroke
In Flagranti - Just Gazing (w/ Robag Wruhme Remix)
Dance Reaction - Unclassics #1 (w/Morgan Geist)
Purple Flash - Unclassics 3
Kalle, Magnus & Daniel - Hjul Meg Ut
Mylo - Drop The Pressure (w/ Felix Da Housecat & The Glimmers Remixes)
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll (w/ Tom Neville Remix)
Play Paul - Love Song (Daft Punk affiliated)
Christopher Just - B.O.B (w/ Microthol Remix)
Toktok - Den Den Den (Remixes) w/Electric Indigo & Hautmann Remix
Waldorf - Fashionist (A Touch-of-Class release)
Chicks On Speed - Wordy Rappinghood (w/Dave Clarke, Playgroup, Tobi Neumann Remixes)
Ladytron - Blue Jeans (w/Josh Wink, Slam Remixes)
Ladytron - Evil (w/Ewan Pearson Remix)
Faint, The - Danse Macabre
Faint, The - The Conductor / Glass Danse
Juan MacLean, The - Less Than Human (w/DFA, LCD Soundsystem affilliation)
Scenario Rock - Skitzo Dancer (w/ JUSTICE Remix, + Thomas Bangalter aka Daft Punk)
Tiga - DJ-Kicks (w/Mateo Murphy)
Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Remixes) w/SoulWax, + Jesper Dahlback Remix
Tiga - Pleasure From The Bass (w/Jesper Dahlbäck)
Neon Judgement, The - Tv Treated (Tiga Mixes) w/Mateo Murphy
Sean Paul vs. Tiga - Hot In Herre (White Label w/ Radio Slave Remix)
Drama Society Feat. Turner - Crying Hero (w/ Tiga Remix)
Märtini Brös. - Big And Dirty (w/ Tiga Remix)
Märtini Brös. - Saviours Of The Universe
Booka Shade - Memento (2 x 12" LP) w/Chelonis R. Jones
Booka Shade - Stupid Questions (w/Chelonis R. Jones vocals)
Lindstrom* - I Feel Space (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix) w/ Booka Shade
Lindstrøm - I Feel Space (Remixes) w/ Tiefschwarz & Freeform Five Remixes)
Silver City - Down 'Till 7 (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remixes)
Silver City - Silver City Remix EP
Annie - The Wedding (w/ Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)
Zdar* - Don’t U Want / How Do U See Me Now (w/ Le Knight Club)
Black Strobe - Me And Madonna (w/Ewan Pearson Remix)
DJ T. - Radiator / Robot Riot (w/ Booka Shade)
DJ T. - Philly (w/Booka Shade, + DJ NAUGHTY Remix)
DJ T. - Get Lost
DJ T. - Rising
Tiefschwarz Feat. Matty Safer* - Warning Siren Vinyl 1
Tiefschwarz Feat. Chikinki - Wait & See Vinyl I (w/Alter Ego Remix, Roman Flügel)
Tiefschwarz - Wait & See (w/ Gucci Soundsystem Remix)
Playgroup - Make It Happen (w/ Ewan Pearson Remix)
Playgroup - Make It Happen (w/ Soulwax Remix)
Glimmers, The - Cassette (w/ CJ Bolland)
Cagedbaby - 16 Lovers (Remixes) (w/Radio Slave & G. Issakidis, of Micronauts fame, Remixes)
Chicken Lips - He Not In (w/ Stanton Warriors Remix)
Glass, The - Won’t Bother Me (w/ Putsch '79 Remix)
Lopazz - I Need Ya (w/ Captain Comatose Remix)
Juliet - Ride The Pain (w/Thin White Duke, Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
Chocolate Puma - A Star Is Born / I Wanna Be U (Jark Prongo Remixes)
WhoMadeWho - Space For Rent (w/ Dirt Crew Remix)
Dirt Crew - Largo (w/ Dominik Eulberg Remix)
Dirt Crew - What You Want / Nervous
Munk - Kick Out The Chairs (feat. DFA, + Glimmer Twins Remix)
M.I.A. (2) - Bucky Done Gun
Mr. Oizo - Stunt (w/ Sébastien Tellier) Mute release
Thomas Bangalter - Outrage (aka, Daft Punk)
Underworld - Rez / Cowgirl
Paul van Dyk - Columbia EP
Paul van Dyk - Words
Underworld - Pearl’s Girl
Wink* - Are You There…
Timo Maas - Pictures
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night
Azzido Da Bass - Speed (Can You Feel It?) Part 1 of 3
Chemical Brothers, The - Push The Button (Record C/D only w/ record inner sleeve)
Moguai - Get On
Bullys - We Don’t Care (w/the Buffalo Bunch, aka Play Paul, Remix)
Chemical Brothers, The Featuring Flaming Lips, The - The Golden Path
Leftfield . Bambaataa - Afrika Shox (w/Jedi Knights Remix)
Prodigy, The - Firestarter (w/Empirion Mix)
Prodigy, The - Hotride EP (w/ Rex The Dog Remix)
Alter Ego - Rocker (w/Eric Prydz Remix)
Alter Ego - Betty Ford Remix Pt. 1 (w/ Wolfgang Voigt Remix)
Moby - That’s When I Reach For My Revolver (w/ Rollo & Sister Bliss, aka Faithless, mix)
Will Saul - Cliff (w/Infusion Remix)
DJ Dan & Dano - The Arrival
Cirez.D - Teaser (Eric Prydz)
Dirk Technic - I Love You (w/Proper Filthy Naughty Remix)
Grom - Love | Rocket (w/Lexy & K-Paul & Markus Nikolai, of PERLON label fame, Remixes)
Freelance Science - Can U Feel The Funk? (w/Slam production)
X-Press 2 - Give It (Disc 2) (w/Ashley Beedle of Black Science Orchestra fame)
Electracoustic - Libertease / PCH…Un Accident Sur (w/Meat Katie & Alpinestars Remixes)
Lexicon Avenue - From Dusk Till Dawn
Slide vs. Healey - Sink Or Swim
Stellar Project - Get Up Stand Up (Phunk Investigation Mixes)
Phonique - Gaga (w/Tim Paris Remix)
Cosmos - Play To Win
Sweet Electra - Firefly (w/David Alvarado Remix)
Watchman - Cut The Midrange (The House Mixes)
Goalie’s Anxiety, The - 31st Tango Zeppelin Remixed
M83 - Teen Angst >
Pawel - Grab It EP >
Glitch (2) - Tiptoe / Rock On
Various - Night Porter Scene
Off The Record - Robot Gang EP
Patrick Lindsey - Phonk School
Medicine8 - Rock Music Pays Off
I know this is djtech so there are a lot of digital djs and people who never touched a record in their life, but you gotta appreciate the feel of vinyl. There’s really nothing else like it, the album art, the thickness and weight of it, the analog sound, it’s irreplaceable and even though I rarely use vinyl when I play out (besides timecodes) I like to collect it and use it at home. It’s also the absolute best for personal listening. So I hope you enjoyed my recent additions.
Any other vinyl lovers? How many of you MIDI DJs have never mixed two records before in your life or even owned a piece of vinyl? Be honest. As digital DJs you owe it yourself to experience the roots of DJing and mix two vinyl records on real turntables. Make it a goal, good record shops will have turntables to listen to records and some DJ oriented ones will even have a DJ booth with TTs and a mixer (Turntablelab in Manhattan for example).
Now I have about 200 records to listen to, it’s like crate digging through my own collection. I’m on number 5 and I like every one so far, this collection was a goldmine find.
damn… wish I had that drop the pressure vinyl. I’ll be honest, I’ve never stood between two turntables in my life, but dear god, I want to. As i started to get into djing, it was just so difficult to find tunes on vinyl in my area… so I never went that way.
haha, funny coincidence. hmmm… maybe its time I picked up at least 1 TT… but I’m gonna need a bigger desk real quick. Hell, might even buy it off you without any way to play it.
Check my edit, sorry I think I’m keeping it. anyway, that shouldn’t stop you from buying vinyl and turntables! check your local craigslist you can get a pair of Technics for $400 easily! I have even been able to find brand new MK5s and M3Ds for $100 each but I am persistent and am always checking CL. I’m actually in the market for another Technics pair since I have a buyer for my M3D and it is odd for me to have any less than two Technics at any given time,one is unheard of, I’m just glad I have it to listen to these records…
After spinning records for a few years I gave all my vinyl record collection to dj friends when I went digital. They were very happy, and to me it only meant less space in the room.
IMO the vinyl sound is horrible after a few plays, and it gets worse everytime you play it again. Plus dust, fingerprints…
“The RIAA has suggested the following acceptable losses: down to 20 kHz after one play, 18 kHz after three plays, 17 kHz after five, 16 kHz after eight, 14 kHz after fifteen, 13 kHz after twenty five, 10 kHz after thirty five, and 8 kHz after eighty plays.”
8Khz after eighty plays… and a dj usually plays a record hundreds of times. Considering most of people can’t hear beyond 17k it’s almost half of the spectrum…
I have friends that bought several copies of the records they loved because of that. One copy for practicing, some more for live gigs, and some more ONLY for recording. Yeah, most of their money was spent in records…
Carrying vinyls was a pain in the back… Some of my friends had problems in their back because of frequently carrying hundreds of vinyls.
The only thing I miss about vinyls is touching them and see them spinning. That was really great.
yeah, i mean, I could probably find a pair of techs for around the 400 mark… but as of right now, i’m mixing internally with traktor/vci/some random sample triggers and whatnot. I’d have to pick up a mixer as welll, and damn I just dont have the cash to make that endeavor, especially since I love mixing with the vci. darn being a poor college student.
Yeha the bit about wear and tear I think is exaggerated and I doubt whatever study/source they got those statistics from. I have played the same record 100 times and it sounds almost as good as the first. There are many factors, the main one is what stylus you are using. If you use a sharp elliptical needles that digs into every groove and if you have the tone are weight set so there is too much weight on the needle then yeah, I could understand those results and it will chew up your records over time.
However, I and most DJs use spherical cartridges which preserve the life of records and don’t do a fraction of the damage ellipticals do, especially when set up right.
Here are two diagrams to illustrate the difference, spherical styli don’t dig into the bottom of the groove and therefor don’t do much damage. Ellipticals are designed to contact as much of the groove groove as possible sometimes including the bottom for the absolute best sound which in turn will eat away at records over time.
Most DJ styli are spherical and whatever study they got that info from must have been with an exacto knife for an elliptical cartridge with 20 grams of weight on the needle (normal is .5-2 grams)
Yeah I know what you mean, I’ve been in this DJ scene for a little over a year and one of the first records I got on vinyl was drop the pressure off ebay. Now it’s cool that I havr two different versions. Something about that track just screams to you that you need to own it, even if it’s peak popular club days are over…
I love my vinyl but it’s stored until i buy my house in January then all 2500 are coming home from my brothers for a reunion yesterday i had a 1210 plugged in playing a few tunes i kept with me, from 91-93 stuff on nervous strictly and one records along with a tune called Loony Toony which is a brilliant record for it’s age even though I am full on digital Vinyl will always hold a special place for me along with 1210’s that will never change!
plus with the help of Alex we got the Xone 4D up and running looking forward to when i can plug my decks back in and get TSP and play with them along with the digital side of things!
Yeah, gotta love a pair of Technics MK5s with a Xone: 4D, the best of the best of both worlds… With CDJ 1000 MK3’s you truly have the best of all three worlds . I have probably owned and sold 25 techncis in the last 8 months. When I get a pair of black MK5s or M3Ds I’ll hold onto them. I’m getting another MK2 pair tomorrow but they are just to resell.
Well, the fact is if there’s friction there’s wear. Unless you have one of those laser vinyl players, in that case you only need to care about dust and fingerprints.
You can minimize that fact, but you can’t escape it. You can clean your vinyl every time before playing it (as many audiophiles do), you can clean your needle every time, you can change your needle every 50 hours of use… and even in those laboratory conditions still have friction and wear. And I’m sure most of djs (if not all) don’t follow any of those precautions.
I don’t know the conditions used in the analysis on the wikipedia, but hi fi players don’t need as much pressure as djs need because we manipulate the record, and the last thing we want is the needle jumping right before launching a record. People just put the needle and listen, no vinyl manipulation. So I think it’s fair to assume that their analysis was not made with 20 grams…
Please take the time to record in your computer one of those records you have played hundreds of times, make an fft analysis and then see that for yourself.
Then compare it with the same track but from a cd. With your eyes closed you should be able to distinguish one from the other. It’s really obvious. Not only because of the wear of higher frequencies, but also the signal to noise ratio.
Anyway, that is all technical stuff. I know a lot of people who agrees on the lower quality of vinyl and even prefer it over the brighter and more precise sound of digital. But that is a subjective personal taste and no one could argue over that.
Exactly, that’s the main point and reason people love vinyl. That and the feel, the artwork, the tactile differences of each record, its history. After ripping new vinyl to .wav I just like listening to it for that warmth and the clicks, wow, and flutter all add character.
yesterday i had a 1210 plugged in playing a few tunes i kept with me, from 91-93 stuff on nervous strictly and one records along with a tune called Loony Toony which is a brilliant record for it’s age