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Post by personunknown on Mar 11, 2021 15:07:03 GMT
Anyone on here buy it?
I've just acquired some extra LP racks for the shop and I'm deliberating whether to stock more used vinyl or branch out properly into a proper, full new vinyl section. At the moment, the new stuff is the sort of thing you can't find at Sainsbury's or HMV, Active Minds, Martha, Nightingales etc. But I've just been contacted by a distributor who has a great selection at decent wholesale prices.
I'll probably stock Fleetwood Mac, Bowie ect for the tourists but there's a wealth of classic UK punk, Buzzcocks, Clash, Damned, Pistols and even some Chelsea, Subs, GBH on there. Plus they're stocking Crossing The Red Sea and Do It Dog Style which are just about impossible to find second hand nowadays.
Any comments welcomed.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 11, 2021 15:49:52 GMT
I've never been a collector PU so cannot give much of an informed opinion
FWIW here in Brighton, local independent shop Resident is 80% vinyl - a mix of new stuff and reissues
I realise Brighton, which is awash with students and musos, is a totally different place to Scarborough but I'd still have thought there would be some demand for new and reissued vinyl, especially the stuff that is not readily available elsewhere and is hard to find second hand
Definitely worth a try and my guess is that it'll make your shop even more attractive
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 11, 2021 17:03:16 GMT
Yes... i am buying vinyl all the time PU ...a hopeless Vinyl Junkie.
Is your shop on Facebook and Instagram? A friend of mine here has a record shop and he shifts alot of stuff that way.
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Post by personunknown on Mar 11, 2021 18:04:36 GMT
I do FB for advertising what's in the shop, record fairs and gigs but not actual sales. Lockdown notwithstanding, Scarborough gets very busy Easter to October so the shop is reasonably profitable and it's nice to chat to other music lovers face to face. The only stuff I sell online is the very rare vinyl, old blues and northern soul.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 11, 2021 18:11:20 GMT
Yes, there's nothing better than buying records face-to-face ...he uses Intragram like a shop window and seems to do quite well
including drawing people into the shop itself to buy what they have seen online.
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Post by jsm on Mar 11, 2021 22:46:54 GMT
Stock the new stuff, PU. I am a collector and try to buy original releases where possible, but I am first and foremost a music lover, so will also buy re-issues when the originals are too scarce or too expensive. The most recent purchase was a re-issue of The Easybeats Volume 3, which is not readily available secondhand (at least, not at the moment). Even when I own the originals, I often buy re-issues of old punk 45s, mainly for the photographs and liner notes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 23:37:20 GMT
I buy reissues occasionally PU but as a shop owner perhaps you can enlighten me.
What's the going rate for the whole Crass, Spiderleg and early One Little Indian Labels?
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Post by personunknown on Mar 13, 2021 8:35:41 GMT
Christ the Album with intact box and Wally Hope story booklet goes from about £40 upwards, excellent condition copies £75. Strive to Survive on Spiderleg similar, even One Little Indian and Let Them Eat Vinly reissues £25-30.
Horses for courses though, I had a few Zounds and Mob albums in and they just gathered dust, another dealer took them off my hands and sold them straightaway at Leeds Record Fair.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 13, 2021 9:56:04 GMT
Where record shops excel over Mail order companies, tends to be with second hand vinyl... there are loads of great friendly small Punk Mail Order companies out there, often run from someone's back room, cottage industry style, selling new records at a very fair price... but shops are, obviously better for checking out the condition of the vinyl and sleeve before purchase. And the joy of finding some obscure nugget in the racks that looks interesting, is hard to beat. There's nothing more annoying than buying a record online and it arrives damaged. Over the decades, i have had some insane experiences on that front  |
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Post by personunknown on Mar 13, 2021 10:41:32 GMT
Never had any problem buying or selling on Discogs, things are appraised properly and well packed and securely posted. Ebay though, one person's interpretation of very good condition is another's poor. I bought a job lot of Goth vinyl from there once, vgc the seller said, looked like someone had ice skated on them.
Trev Halg (Savage Oi) who used to post on the old Talkpunk site has some great used stuff as well as a comprehensive new vinyl and CD catalogue.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 13, 2021 10:50:05 GMT
Yes, overall i'd say 95% of what i buy online, there is no problem... one thing i do get every now and then is a brand new, sealed record sent to me, where the vinyl has damaged the cover, in transit, usually creating a split the top of the sleeve... that is f**king annoying.
If it's not sealed, then it's a simple case of asking the seller to take the record out of the sleeve before posting, but if it's sealed, they are often unwilling to do that.
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Post by personunknown on Mar 13, 2021 11:04:21 GMT
We call it 'knifing', if the vinyl is packed tight in it's cardboard packaging often it will escape seam splits. Down to the postal service usually, if the delivery company throw the package about then it will split no matter what. I had one box come once with a boot print on it.
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Post by doug61 on Mar 13, 2021 12:59:07 GMT
Pretty much only buy vinyl apart from when I really want something that the artist has only put out on CD. My "original" collection was up to about 3000 and with a need for space and the wife's mutterings I had a major clear out of the chaff and went down to about 1000 most of which went in the loft. Now I have returned to buying it again, just something so tactile about the whole experience that nothing else comes close to.
Apparently it is outselling CD now again and I'm not that surprised, younger kids go for the invisible medium and us old farts are suckers for the bells and whistles 180gm re mastered half speed silliness.
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Post by personunknown on Mar 13, 2021 14:05:24 GMT
The demographic in vinyl buying has changed over the past few years Doug. It used to be the preserve of middle aged men but now young females seem to be regular visitors to my shop. Even though Cobain's been dead nearly thirty years, Nirvana is still a strong seller and to people who weren't even born when those records were released. Our record fairs in Scarborough get a fair few students through the doors and though they don't have a great deal of ready cash, they always leave with bags full of bargain bin albums.
Best reply I've ever heard from a young record buyer when I asked them what the attraction of vinyl was:
'Getting it out the sleeve and putting it on, then up again and turning it over, it demands you give it your full attention.'
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 13, 2021 14:13:07 GMT
Same here in B Town Doug - it's the kids who are huge vinyl buyers
It's obviously not as simple as age being the main signifier though. I've bought and sold loads of vinyl over the years. So long as I can hear a track easily I don't care what format it is
Digital is now my preferred format as I like decluttering - but I have friends who are obsessive vinyl collectors. Down to the mentality of the individual I suppose.
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