Vinyl Records!! Love, Hate, Memories. Let’s share
How many here love their vinyl, or sometimes hate it.
I just want to hear some stories about vinyl!
Does anyone still buy some?!?!
I’m on ebay all the time trying to find hip-hop from mid 90’s!
I should think so to.
But I haven’t bought vinyl for around 10 years. As soon as I got me some DVS I was hooked…
Ive always used vinyl till about 6 years ago, kept my records but sold all my stuff and invested in digital dj ing. Something was missing for a while so just before Christmas I bought myself some knackered SL1210s. Stripped them to nothing then built them back with new bits and repainted the top deck. Brought out my old vinyl, upgraded to Traktor Scratch and now I have the best of both worlds. I love using vinyl and my life is now complete!
Problem is finding new records these days that don’t cost a bomb so I am also hunting ebay and second hand vinyl shops for all the classic records I should of bought at the time!
I would never get rid of my vinyl, as I think it is nice stuff to own. I’m always hunting for new stuff, and eBay is a it of a gold mine, nothing like spending hours trawling record shops looking for that ‘one’ record though…
I loved it because it was consistent for the most part, and thinned the herd of DJ’s. Only the truly motivated would get into and remain in the game thanks to the small fortune required to get started. By the time you saved up for everything, had finally found a style, and got good enough to play out, you genuinely had to have a serious love to stick with it for that long. With the standard setups too, it was a bit easier to see who could really shine and who the uninspired DJ’s were. With vinyl falling behind the curtain so to say at this point, we lose a lot of talent in the flood of “dj’s”. I also loved it as the cost made DJ’s tend to be a little more particular in their collections. At 6-10 bucks a pop, you couldn’t really afford to buy tracks that were in that “eh, it’s ok and might work in such and such a spot”. You wanted every track to be that gem, and the fact that pressings were/are finite, it made great tracks and crate digging that much more valuable.
That being said, I hate it for almost the same reasons. It was SO expensive. The format made the dj carrying or being known for having those gems around a target for theft. Also, records degrade the more you play them. Then there’s the fact that damaging that limited pressing you knew you could never find again was one of the worst things that could happen. Let’s not forget that MP3’s can’t warp. Probably the worst thing was the weight. I remember having to have to travel by bus and train for a weekend of gigs, and lugging a flight case full of wax on top of luggage was the worst. Then if the weather was bad… forget about it.
I’ve already spent about $200 on vinyl this year. Yep I still buy vinyl, and probably will continue to until I retire, and then maybe I’ll open a record store…
SUCKS: I had to downsize and got rid of half of mine 
About 1,000 records.
SUCKS: Storing the monsters.
SUCKS: Trying to find a track when your friends come over. No Search function ???
I REALLY MISS: Flipping through a crate looking for that cover art and the serotonin rushing through your brain as you unjacket and place the needle in the groove.
- the adrenaline rush when you look over and realize there’s 30 seconds left on the outgoing track and you’re still flipping records
yeah!! That’s dope!!
Forgot to add that to my list. Buying music really isn’t as fun anymore.
I sill buy A LOT of vinyl, does anyone else know or care that I mix in the odd vinyl only release in my sets? Probably not but I enjoy playing it so who cares.
I still buy used vinyl. Feels great leaving the store with a nice stack and I usually spend less than 20 bucks.
I love vinyl. I use dvs for mixing, but still pick up records as well. I am learning to scratch as well, so I’ve got a whole new love for vinyl. Don’t like scratching on timecode though.
You know this is the main reason, why I fell in love with the Q-bert Traktor vinyls. When mixing house, I still need a scratch sample, flip the record and there it is!
I love it. I bought my first record in 1979 (Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?) and I still buy vinyl today, even though I have a DVS as well.
What I really miss is my favourite local record store, Brian Booth’s Records. The shop was split into 2 halves. On one side were cardboard boxes full of used records. On the other side were racks of new records. He also sold spray paint for some reason. I used to hang out in there for hours every Saturday afternoon, cos I knew that even if I went down there on my own, I’d know other people in the shop and of course, I got to know Brian the owner really well.
I also used to love going to Ruby Red Records in Wolverhampton, as they had a better selection of import 12"s and albums than I could get locally. The first album I bought from there was an import copy of “The Album” by Mantronix for £8.99, which I still have.
I couldn’t mix with anything other than vinyl, although I’m including DVS in with “vinyl” there. It’s all about the control/feel for me. The less connected I feel to the equipment, the less I want to do the activity. DJing with just a laptop would never be something I could do because that’s about as disconnected as you can get.
I know a lot of the way I feel comes from being born in 1970, as when I first started buying music the choice was either tapes or records. Digitally downloaded music is just throwaway to me and it’s worth £0, while each piece of vinyl is unique and always retains some value. I collect CDs and tapes too, but yeah - digital downloading is always a last resort for me as it feels like flushing money down the toilet. It’s the equivalent of buying JPEGs of baseball cards or whatever instead of owning the actual cards - they look the same, but they ain’t the same.
Maybe I should start a thread, that talks about the first record you’ve ever bought!!
I still buy vinyl and can’t see myself ever stopping. I need a bigger house though. The collection is over 10000 now.
The only thing i dislike is the delicacy of the format as i’m not the most cautious of people. I also struggle to find anything quickly but that sometimes adds to the fun. You never know what you might stumble across rummaging through a random shelf.
One other thing of note..records seen to have a habit of sliding out of sleeves when flicking through shelves and ending up ruined on the floor if, like me, you hate having to pull the inner sleeve out to get to the record.
One other thing i detest is the little skin flaps you end up with at the base of your fingernail (or is that just me?).
Loved having some rare white label / test press / promo on vinyl and gloating to my DJ mates who missed it when it came out.
With vinyl when you had it… you had it, know what i mean 
My parents were cool. They bought me records for getting good grades. I remember buying self titled Stacy Lattisaw and Rick James Street Songs. I was probably nine at the time and my mom didn’t even bother to question the album cover with a dude wearing red thigh high boots playing a guitar on the street with a cop and two women who appear to be prostitutes.
Nothing will ever replace the ease of setting up and throwing down a set using vinyl. The ease of finding b-sides and changing things up on the fly just isn’t matched by digital. It’s a shame really. I feel like all I hear are beatport mixes lately because current DJs just don’t know any better.