Record Players & Vinyl

Caz · 16-09-2008, 23:25

Following the talk about DJs and CDs, and some people having preference for the sound from vinyl, just wondered how many of us actually have record players. Is it just those of us of a certain age? I know some people buy them to transfer vinyl on to the computer, and then not use the records any more, but I mean to actually listen to the music regularly. What do you enjoy on vinyl, and where do you tend to find your stuff?

I've got quite a bit, from classical to pop, lots of boxed sets and LPs, but no singles.

cashman · 16-09-2008, 23:34

listen to late 50s n 60s mainly on vinyl cazzer, have a couple of thousand singles, maybe more, they changed the vinyl around 70, made it thinner also n that stuff soon picked static/ scratches etc up, so didn't last as long, have a few hundred LPs vinyl, dont play as much at home now, as i was talked out of retirement so the singles are on site.

shillelagh · 16-09-2008, 23:57

I've still got a record player ....... the last time i used it was nearly 3 years ago .... have got a pile of 60's records that were my eldest sisters, then some 70's that were my other sisters and brothers records, some of mine what i bought in the 80's, then what was my mum and dads records ....

Benipete · 17-09-2008, 04:16

I've still got one--Don't use it much anymore.

The last single I bought was John Lennon's, Woman/Starting Over.

emzy · 17-09-2008, 06:56

I own a record player, but tbh ive not used it yet. Will be using it soon though to go through his Vinyl collection that he had when he used to DJ on vinyl, need to sort it all out lol, that'll be fun

flashy · 17-09-2008, 07:11

i havent got a record player anymore, but i still have loads of my old albums on record, Bros, Bananarama, Michael Jackson, even Damians version of the Timewarp on 12 '' lol

Wynonie Harris · 17-09-2008, 08:01

I'm converted to CDs now, but I still love vinyl. I have a turntable connected to my system and I play my 45s and LPs regularly. In fact, I've gone even further back in time over the last couple of years and started buying 78s via ebay. Although they're a somewhat lo-fi listening experience (it sounds like someone's cooking up a full English in the background on some of them!), I feel like I'm holding a piece of history in my hands. I can just imagine them slipping off the presses in some record plant in Chicago or Los Angeles, or spinning on a gaudy, chrome-plated jukebox in Harlem. There's a certain romance and magic about them that CDs, MP3s, downloads etc just can't match!

Alan Gilmartin · 17-09-2008, 08:26

You are a Romantic Wyn. Good on ya.

jaysay · 17-09-2008, 09:53

I still have a record player but haven't used it for years, but I still have all my old 45s and LPs and will never part with them they're part of my life, I can look at a particular LP and it brings back memories, reminds me of old flames and where I used to go in my youth. CDs are the modern thing but you can't take away your past

WillowTheWhisp · 17-09-2008, 10:04

Vinyl is a touchy subject with me as someone 'borrowed' most of mine and I never got them back. He then did a moonlight.

However,I do still have some and I love to listen to them. You can't beat the old album covers for artwork. It's just not the same on a CD. I've got a stereo system with a record deck, a turntable linked up to a CD player/recorder/dubbing device, speakers and amp from which it should be possible to transfer all the vinyl to CD but I haven't done, and a very old 'stereo record player' which crackles like blazes.

Where do I find my vinyl? Under the shelf behind the telly!

Loz · 17-09-2008, 12:59

We have a record player as i love my vinyls,have quite a collectin some i bought some given to me by my Dad and i couldn't be without it!
Frank doesn't get my obsession with them but i just love the sound you get from a vinyl,brilliant!

ossykid · 17-09-2008, 15:14

I have a couple of old turntables to play my 78s on and one to play the vinyls on, as you say Wynonie it,s like turning the clock back to your youth, also some of them are quite valuable so check before you think about parting with them.

shakermaker · 17-09-2008, 15:25

I grew up with vinyls, as I wasn't allowed to touch the big cassette player

I concur with the great post from Wynonie - sonically vinyls may not offer us the best experience but as a package, a record is best appreciated with vinyl.

BoNowHere · 03-10-2008, 13:25

I've got over 400 albums behind me here in the office. I don't play them much but they are a great reference source. The cover is often as important as the record with an LP, I don't think the same is true with CD's.