I still have a few hundred of music that has never been, nor is likely to be reissued. I do miss the 12 x 12 cover art though, and readable liner notes.  

Roger

And don't forget picture discs. Ain't never getting rid of my Linda Ronstadt picture disc, no sir.

You dirty old moose...



 

love, love, love vinyl.  I DJ a bunch so it's still an important part of my "professional" life.  And yes, bringing 100 12" records w/ you on the subway sucks just about as much as bringing drums.

Vinyl owns (there's a discussion about this on ClockTalk that's worth looking into as well).  to sum up, it FEELS like music to me.  While i understand the clarity that comes from the extra hi-end that you can get in a digital recording, i just don't care.  you can SEE the music in an LP or 45.  You get more volume plus more dynamic range.

aside from the fact that records get scratched and start to sound grimey, forget it... nothing even comes close.  I'll always get the CD or even mp3 of a song I like, but if it's important to me, i'll always try to find it on vinyl-- cuz that's the music.

Yes, I built up a nice collection of albums prior to the CD.  I wore several albums out while practicing drums, so started recording them to cassette for practice purposes.  Over the years I've thinned the collection by selling or giving away about 400 records.  I still have about 200, most of which are originals from the early '60s up to the early '70s, with a few rare ones in the mix.

I haven't listened to any of them since about 1995 when I sold my turntable.  I was given a very high end Denon table that needed some work, so figured I'd fix it and sell my old one.  I couldn't find a shop that could fix the Denon because of parts availability.  So, one of these days I will buy another player and dust off the records.

For those in the market, I picked up a new Music Hall turntable from this place a couple of years ago:

http://www.audioadvisor.com

DaveFromChicago brought up the gold vinyl "We're An American Band" LP.  I've got the gold vinyl 45 of that song.
Other favorites that are in color in my collection are J. Geils Band "Blood Shot" clear red LP, and Dave Mason's "Alone Together" swirl pattern LP.  I've also got the original Golden Earring "Moon Tan" album, with the naked girl on the over!  I bought that one when I was still in high school, in little 'ol West Plains, Missouri... at a Walgreens.  I'm surprised they even let it in the store

I've been collecting vinyl for the past several years (I'm only 24), but my girlfriend bought me an all-in-one turntable last Christmas, so I could finally play them.  I really enjoy the warmer sound from the ol' Licorice Pizzas.  Plus, it's got that cool retro feel that I just love.  I love listening to Hendrix or the James Gang, or even the Beach Boys, on vinyl

I'm a HUGE BB fan! I have over 200 of their albums (vinyl). I tend to collect certain groups until i get all of them (and variations). BB, Monkees, Styx, Jan & Dean, Ventures among many others.  My father gave me his old rock 45 collection...just so happens to be a Elvis Sun 45 in there..book value in the range of $3k, my daughter is going to be using it to go to college