Topic 65 of 100: Buying Second-Hand Records
Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:25) |
Alexander Schuth (aschuth)
Where are the best second-hand record shops? Or great mailorder shops? Any specialized shops (only vinyl, only certain styles, only 78s, etc.)? Where
did you buy used records in the Web? Did you get good service whereever you bought? Do they know their shtick?
7 responses total.
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 1 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (10:03) * 1 lines
What are records?
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 2 of 7: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, May 10, 1999 (07:07) * 13 lines
(Riette, see the record collecting topic - it's all said there. In short: any recording of sound, especially music, whether on wax cylinders, shellac or vinyl discs of all sizes, magnet tape, CD,... Often, when people say "record", they mean vinyl discs - singles or LPs - and want to differentiate between that and CDs.)
I spend most of my collecting expenses on fleamarkets, preferably in rural areas. While the chance to find any rare avantgarde LP or some other far-out stuff is slim there, chances *do* exist, and prices will be lower than in a metropolitan area. Also, the chances for finding cheap 78s are better there, though most offered are operettas, and other things that don't tickle my fancy.
From my last hunt:
Lamont Dozier - 70ies soul
2x Curtis Mayfield - 70ies soul
Dusty Springfield - White soul singer, late 60ies, british? Recently deceased.
Kraftwerk - German electronica, 70ies
Mother's Finest - Soul-funk
Herbie Hancock - Rock It (the 80ies superhit on 45 rpm 12'')
Also bought some scores for "5 o'clock tea-time dances" from the 20ies and 30ies, with foxtrots, waltzes, tangos, etc. Great Art Deco covers!
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 3 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (03:23) * 1 lines
Art Deco - love that. I collect books with Art Deco and Jugendstil covers. Cool stuff!
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 4 of 7: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (03:55) * 5 lines
Nice jewellery, too!
Jugendstil - or Art Noveau for our English speaking friends - is big in Bad Nauheim, a small health-ressort that boomed during that time (1890s to WWI). The Sprudelhof is the largest intact ensemble of Jugendstil buildings.
(I was born in that town, which once was home to an - at that time - US-president-to-be and an American king).
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 5 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (08:41) * 2 lines
With jewelry my favourite is African stuff. It's so inventive.
But on pictures I adore those flowing lines and intricate patterns. And to think you were born into them!
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 6 of 7: BJ Boone (duffuses) * Thu, Jun 27, 2002 (20:30) * 2 lines
You sound like a person true to my own heart. I've collected records for what seems like forever. I,like you, have 78's on up. I';ve got all kinds as well. Have some to the original Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald ones. Loads of soundtracks and records my grandmother had.
Topic 65 of 100 [music]: Buying Second-Hand Records
Response 7 of 7: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 3, 2004 (17:05) * 17 lines
The Austin Record Convention is the largest sale of recorded music in the USA. There is more music and related emorabilia availible here, at one time, than anywhere else. Ranging from the 78's of the 1930s to the latest compact discs of today, over one million 78s, 45s, LPs, CDs, cassettes, posters and collectibles (probably even a few 8-track tapes!) are in the auditorium. Over 300 different dealers from all over the USA and Europe are spread out over 30,000 square feet of floor space. The show is so big that to see everything takes most of the weekend, so if you're in a hurry we have search announcements at 12, 2, and 4 o'clock from the concession area to help in locating specific items.
The show brings together collectors and dealers from all over the world for a weekend of activity in Austin. The event started in 1981 and has been held twice a year, in the spring and fall, ever since. It has grown steadily over the years and now uses all available floor space in the auditorium. The location in Austin, "Live Music Capital of the World", is a beautiful city that is great fun to visit has aided in the popularity of the event. If you attend the show be sure to save some energy for an evening visit to any of the many clubs around town and check out the live music scene for which Austin is world famous.
A Show Directory is printed and given away at the event. It lists each dealer attending the show, where they are from, a map with their location in the building and a brief description of their speciality. Larger ad space is availible in the Directory, anyone interested in ads please contact Discoveries magazine for space and rate information. The show directory is also inserted in each issue of Discoveries magazine that comes out the month of the show.
If you have records to sell and you can't come to the show, please contact us. (email: doug@austinrecords.com )
Customer Hours: 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday
Admission is $4 and is good for both days.
Early shopper admission is $25
(good for all three days-Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and starts at 10:00 AM Friday, 7:00 AM Saturday and 8:30 AM Sunday.
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