Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Vinyl





if you follow me on twitter you may have already seen the record player that i bought at an estate auction in my street a few weeks ago. i got a huge stack of records along with it, although most of them are soundtracks to old musicals and aren't really what i'd normally listen to, but they do have lovely covers! prior to finding it i was using my dad's old record player that i recovered from my nanna's house while still in high school. i had a small collection of records that i mostly found in op-shops and i listened to them pretty infrequently until two or three months ago when something came over me and i all of a sudden i HAD to start buying them.

i was and still am fully aware that it's an expensive and unnecessary hobby that i didn't need to undertake, but here i am! naturally it has become imperative that i collect everything related to nick cave that i can get my hands on, so at the moment out of 26 nick cave and the bad seeds singles i have bought 20 of them (some are still yet to arrive in the mail) and i'm only one single away from having everything grinderman have put out thus far. unfortunately i haven't bought any bad seeds LPs yet because my favourites go for at least $100+ each and some of the more rare ones can be upwards of $500! i haven't gone that crazy yet, but if anyone happens across a copy of let love in, the boatman's call, murder ballads, or the lyre of orpheus/abattoir blues please send them my way!! (seriously)!

despite one of my jobs being in a store that sells CDs, i haven't bought them in years, so now that i'm buying vinyl i'm finding it lovely to connect with the music a bit more by having something physical, even if it means spending money on it. and of course the artwork on the sleeves and exciting extras like coloured vinyl (clear, silver, rainbow, glittery red), picture discs and gatefold covers make it that much more fun! and there is also the joy of finding something great for very little money (one of my best non-internet finds so far has been N.W.A's straight outta compton that i got from an op-shop for $1)!

















16 comments:

  1. Whoah are those all your collections? Niiiice :D
    These are great shots, by the way :)

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  2. oh i wish one day i could have a collection too. (need to find cheap places) (vintage and secondhands are annoyingly expansive in turkey)

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  3. Ahhh-so jealous!! It's my dream to have an old record player and record collection one day! Love yours!
    xxxxx

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  4. aw i wish i could start a record collection. i have 1 'adam and the ants' vinyl but my family think buying records is stupid when i don't have anything to play them on, maybe someday i'll find a cheap player

    becky x

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  5. Yes! I love vinyl i think it has a much better sound than anything else! It's all i really use anymore for music playing.

    Ohh if you want to expand your record collection try ebay they always have great deals. Or alternately befriend the old men at your work place and let them regale you with their tales of their wild youth and then they will give you lots and lots of old records for free! O_O well it worked for me haha.

    Love your blog! xx

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  7. Soo wonderful! Your life and your blog are soo whimsical and interesting! To walk a mile is your shoes would be fascinating. I will keep my eyes out for good vinyls!

    xx

    Erin @ http://www.trufflesnruffles.com/

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  8. that record player's so pretty and such a nice collection! hated mama for a while when she gave our record player to my brother but now i'm looking for a nicer one:) x

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  9. the record palyer looks vintage, sooo loove it!!!! your collections sre great!!! its nice to have those, its a way also to release stress and relax... love your blog,, following you now..hope you could visit my blog too.. kissess!!!

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  10. love the pictures of your new collection. i'm collecting too..very small so far. you're right it is expensive.

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  11. I love the pictures! You turn every item of them into a special one! Really nice! :)

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  12. That record player is so gorgeous! I've always thought about starting a vinyl collection because music is such a huge part of my life and means so much to me, but the thought of the cost is what makes me hesitate. I listen to way too many different artists, that I think I'd actually go broke! Haha. Plus, I don't really have any space in my room for them. I think it's great how you've started a collection though, music is worth the money! One day if I ever become rich, I will definitely start buying them, but for now, I'll support my favourite artists by going to gigs and festivals. :)

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  13. Wow your collection is awesome! I love these pictures as well - the record player is so pretty.

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  14. That record player is beautiful! My nanna has one similar and I am always eyeing it up!

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  15. nick cave, paris, record player...hah! we have something in common !!! ;-)*

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  16. adorable collections... i admire you for having the passion to collect what you really love... kissess!!!

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