This is the way to do it! Don't collect records to have a collection, collect records so that you can enjoy them. Half the fun is looking and talking about the records themselves. If someone gave me $100 and said "go get some records" I'd come home with a shit load of the weirdest covers and comedy records I could find. Seriously, I know you probably want suggestions, but in my humble opinion that will ruin your experience entirely. Just go and hang out, dig underneath the shelves if you are allowed. I don't usually buy records unless they are $5 or under, exceptions are made of course, but for the most part, I've found some great stuff ( George Harrison's "All things Must Pass" - $7 Wikipedia) Okay fine I'll make a suggestion or two, don't hate me for it if you don't like em! Johnny Cash Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Get Happy" Devo Q: Are we not men? A: We are devo! Bob Dylan: Basically any album from the 60s era. David Bowie: The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust
MC5 Kick out the Jams Talking Heads: Remain In Light Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The WuTang/36 Chambers
The Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II Heiroglyphics: 3rd Eye Vision
I might just be linking to stuff I like I dont even think I own the hiphop stuff on vinyl, I dunno, these albums all mean something to me, so I consider them essential.
Weird things are great! Except sweet jesus, never buy a record that has glitter imprinted because it will sound horrible and could damage your needle. Comedy records are great. I don't have any yet, but one of my roommates has a bunch of Bill Cosby records and I love all of them. nowaypablo, flea markets and thrift stores are your friends for cheap records. The only thing is to make sure they're not in awful condition.
Yeah, that was kinda my initial worry, although for $5 you're beating a CD price four times over, and the experience five times over, I also don't want to cherish something that's actually shit :D I'll be careful flea markets and thrift stores are your friends for cheap records. The only thing is to make sure they're not in awful condition.
Oh god, did I ever tell anyone on Hubski about the time where I thought I was the proud new owner of the White Album and then it turned out, I was only the proud new owner of about .75 of the White Album? But - I paid $2 for it - would rather half one playable record and one not for $2 than not at all. Thrift, pabst, thrift and gift. Buy really, really special albums you love and can't live without online but don't rush into it. I would say you should buy the first 100 good albums you can find in thrift shops. Prices range of course, usually between $.50 and $2/album, but I figure you could average out at about $1/per. Be patient. Don't let it burn a hole in your pocket, it's so rewarding to gradually build a collection.
If they're that cheap I guess I don't even care if the quality isn't good-as-new. Then again, the first records I heard were my dad's $250 box set of Radiohead's whole discography, played on a $10,000 sound system which creates instant transcendence, so it might be a bit different. Since I lack the proper unnecessary amount of cash to throw at shit, I will stick to your plan. Thrift and gift it is.
sweet.. right in front of Columbia University across from my music school, there's an annual fair/flea market type thing where an army of hipsters materialize and open up shop. Few months ago I caught it open during the day and all their records were $5, from the most obscure artists I asked for to Nicki Minaj's latest release. Stupid of me to pass it up, but I didn't even plan to own a record player at that point :'(