Any record collectors on board?

[GoldenAge50s]

As for 45s Elvis early Sun Records always sell.

Yeah John, and for BIG bucks! I think Elvis only had 2 Sun 45 releases before he went to RCA. I have Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins on original Sun label 45's.

Steve--

I think it's a national law that you MUST HAVE vinyl albums of Herb Alpert as a prerequisite to having a garage sale!

[clydepepper]

I received this ad in the mail:

musicworldrecords.com

'We pay cash for your old vinyl records'

Any size collection - We come to you

Please call us to schedule a visit

888-812-3160

- I have not tried it yet, let us all know if you use them...

[mrmantlecollector]

I have about 300 78's. Mostly jazz,big band and blues. I have 4 phonographs including a portable. I love the sound of records.

[SAllen2556]

Once upon a time I collected bootlegs of The Who. Used to visit record stores anywhere and everywhere looking for rare albums, especially live stuff. Of course, eventually, when that internet thing got going, you could find it all for free. My wife still gives me grief about it.

If anyone is in search of a Who bootleg, I'm your guy. I've been trying to sell them for years.

I also inherited my grandparents Harman Kardan hi fi radio/record player console circa 1960, with the tubes and everything. Love the warm sound that thing puts out, even in mono.

[barrysloate]

I still have my original LP collection that I purchased in the 1960's and 1970's. Probably have 500-600, mostly 50's jazz and 60's classic rock. And I have a nice Technics turntable and I play them regularly. Just yesterday I listened to both sides of Miles Davis's Filles de Kilimanjaro.

Always planned to fill in some of the missing holes, but never got around to it. And records are a lot cheaper than baseball cards or coins. You can still find decent shape vintage LP's in the $15-20 range. One of these days I'm gonna do it.

[packs]

Only really cool album I have is a French pressing of the White Album on white vinyl with all of the poster inserts. Never been played.

Here's the only pic I have of it at the moment:

[Paul S]

Have the Jolson 78rpms on the original Brunswick label (thanks Dad!) Have my older sister's 45rpms (Hi Elvis P, but also Elvis C EPs) I think my vinyl collection is much how Barry describes his own...total 50s-through-70s rock and jazz from various and sundry labels, and I also have a Technics turntable. And yes, I still own Tull's Stand Up, you know, open the album cover and the band pops up! Also, the original MGM soundtrack to How The Grinch Stole Christmas,,,Hi Boris Karloff

[Beatles Guy]

I inherited my Dad's album collection when he passed. Good memories there as we listened to them together quite a bit. Most of it is classic rock.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Have the Jolson 78rpms on the original Brunswick label (thanks Dad!) Have my older sister's 45rpms (Hi Elvis P, but also Elvis C EPs) I think my vinyl collection is much how Barry describes his own...total 50s-through-70s rock and jazz from various and sundry labels, and I also have a Technics turntable. And yes, I still own Tull's Stand Up, you know, open the album cover and the band pops up! Also, the original MGM soundtrack to How The Grinch Stole Christmas,,,Hi Boris Karloff

I like the Technics Paul. It's held up well for over ten years.

[1963Topps Set]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

As for 45s Elvis early Sun Records always sell.

Yeah John, and for BIG bucks! I think Elvis only had 2 Sun 45 releases before he went to RCA. I have Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins on original Sun label 45's.

Steve--

I think it's a national law that you MUST HAVE vinyl albums of Herb Alpert as a prerequisite to having a garage sale!

Elvis Presley had 5 Sun releases, both as 45 and 78, before going to RCA Victor in late 1955.

[1963Topps Set]

I am a died in the wool record collector. I have my Buddy Holly / Norman Petty collection that I started in 1977. I also collect stereo 45s from 1958 - 1960. I also have some other odd and ends. My main collection are all sleeved and in plastic sleeves.

[71buc]

Last year my father was going to throw out his and my mother's LPs. I quickly offered to take them. He had well over 1000 of them. Even though they aren't terribly valuable I really enjoyed going through them all and the memories they invoked were priceless. I purchased a mid sixties Dual turntable and have been listening to them all in my free time.

The other day I was vacuuming and decided to play my mother's Janis Joplin records. I remembered many a Sunday morning when Janis or Areatha hit the turntable it was my cue to disappear because house work was soon to follow. Cancer took her from us twenty years ago. She was 52. I am that age now and still miss her more than I can say. However, whenever I hear Janis sing Ball and Chain or Aretha sing Day Dreaming on one of those old LPs my mother's presence fills the room. I imagine that one day Miles Davis' Bitches Brew will have the same effect on me. It's an oddly emotional experience that for some reason I only get from vinyl.

[1963Topps Set]

What a moving story. I can relate to the emotions music can invoke.

I had a massive collection of EP's/LP's from late 60's-90's Pacific Northwest Garage bands stored in apple crates. From The Sonics, to the Wipers, to the SubPop singles collection with Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" & Nirvana's "Sliver/Dive" 45's. Last year, I gave them to my niece who is an amazing singer/songwriter herself, Star Anna. They're in the right hands, she could sing the phonebook and make it sound like a heartbreak trainwreck. Though it doesn't sound like it here, she's a huge fan of the Pixies, the Stooges, & Radio Birdman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wstjPHOM76M

[71buc]

Ty, She is very talented. You must be proud. I have a 14 year old daughter who plays lead guitar in a band. Her music has filled the void created when my son gave up baseball for law school.

[turtleguy64]

very well said and we can all relate if you have a heartbeat.that is the whole point of music,taking you back to a better time.