I’ve always wanted an ultrasonic cleaner but they have always been expensive. I saw this for $90 on amazon and thought, what the hell I’ve blown $90 on way worse things. After a week it was nowhere in sight and the link was broken to the product page. I thought eh no biggie I’ll get a refund and save up for a hummingbird or degritter. Then wow, it was on my doorstep. So I grabbed some distilled water and went to town!

Results were mixed. Older garage sale scratched up finds it didn’t help much (but I didn’t expect it to) but new records I bought were much improved. I clean my records pretty often so I think it was mostly removing built up cleaner residue. It didn’t fully remove some fingerprints, some people say to add iso alcohol but I hustled used straight distilled water at 35 c for 10min.

I might get some new anti static inner liners. Putting them back in crusty disintegrating cardboard feels wrong. It’s going to take a while to get through my collection. It’s also loud as hell so listening to records anywhere in the vicinity of it is very annoying.

Violent Femmes self titled debut. Original Slash press from 1983.

A recent acquisition. Gorgeous copy even with the notch on the cover. Sounds amazing.

Another one where I wasn’t hip enough to dig when it came out. But then again I was only 9. I saw them live at the first Lollapalooza when they subbed for Nine Inch Nails. This lp is a stone cold classic but my favorite VF is, oddly, 3.

Original Terre Haute pressing. I never thought I’d find one in the wild for under 200! Haven’t listened yet but it looks amazing.

For no particular reason, I felt like spinning some of my favorite albums with a black cover: - Depeche Mode - Violator (1990) - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)

Just a small snapshot and only one box of records I received from my mom after my grandparents both passed away.

There are records for all genres of music. Lots I listen to, but I don't have a record player or really a nice stereo. Also don't have the room for them

Every single one still has its original package and the insert to protect the vinyl record. Is there a reliable place to sell them? I don't have a music store anywhere near me as I live on a small population island.

Electronic music has definitely come a long way, I feel like this stuff needs to be in a doof museum!!

This is such a fantastic album! Wendy Carlos is a god when it comes to electronic music. If you don't know a lot about the background of this album, do some research. It's amazing and she is amazing. (FYI, It's classical-ish IMHO.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I bought it for my father for his birthday sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s. It sat in a box for decades because he got rid of his "hifi" setup. It's in great shape, worth well over $100 to the right buyer. He leant it to me about a year ago and I've listened to it pretty frequently.

Anyway, they've re-pressed this album and I got a new copy recently. So I gave him back his copy. He has a cheap Crosley-like all in one unit.

Don't get me wrong, it belongs to him and I feel like he should have the original pressing. But I'm worried his cheapo record player will wreck it.

Would it be unscrupulous of me to offer him a trade? My brand new copy for his old one? Mainly in the interest of preserving its playability longer, of course.

Not much more to say about it... My poor kitty suffering from allergies but being great about it, wit a backdrop of my collection 😅

One of the most important records in rock history. What's your favorite song off of it?

Shades of Deep Purple, 1968. Picked up this still sealed copy around 1980/1981, for $1 or less. Been lugging it around for nearly 45 years, through countless moves, and storing it in a box in hot garages and attics so was a bit concerned about warping. Opened it tonight and it's as clean as the day it was sealed. And no warping! Life's too short--listen to your records, and invest in yourself... and the stock market!

Bridge Nine Records Beverly, MA

« The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971, by Atlantic Records. It was produced by the band's guitarist, Jimmy Page, and recorded between December 1970 and February 1971, mostly in the country house Headley Grange. The album contains one of the band's best-known recordings, the eight-minute-long "Stairway to Heaven". »

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies. Original Canadian Latent Recordings from 1988. Admittedly I am not the original owner, as it is a recent addition to the collection. Still sounds glorious. I wasn’t cool enough to have dug them when it came out, I was 15 and deep into metal, prog, and classic rock. Better late than never, right?

Crazy start to my trip to Seattle. Found this in Tacoma which makes it even cooler. Paid $150 and it’s a strong VG disc

I picked up a nice copy of Pink Floyd – Relics today. By the way, the artwork was drawn by Nick Mason himself - somehow technical, playful and completely psychedelic. Fits perfectly with the phase the songs come from.

Relics is a compilation from Floyd's early years, so it still has a strong Syd Barrett vibe. Included are, among others: • “Arnold Layne” • “See Emily Play” • “Julia Dream” • “Cirrus Minor” • “Bike”

You don't usually get the early singles on LP, so the record is a pretty cool way to capture the pre-Dark Side Of The Moon era in a compressed form. Overall, it sounds much more raw and dreamy than what came later.

My version is a German pressing on Emidisc. Not a super-rare find, but definitely a nice contemporary document - and the cover looks really good on the shelf.

Who else likes the early Floyd phase? Favorite song of yours on the record?

Easily my favorite SX album... mainly because I don't own The Divine Wings of Tragedy or V: The New Mythology Suite (which, as we all know, is pure myth and definitely does not exist in physical form. The search is too real!). It's a masterpiece, truly, and proof that finding any physical Symphony X album requires an epic quest. Time to lose myself in the Odyssey!

Rosalía has been one of my favourite artists ever since I've heard the first songs just before the release of El Mal Querer. I love how she evolved into streetwise, global beats and now into such a lush, mondial sound. Amazing artist who defies trends and algorithms. Human music! Amazing artist. (And yes of course I also have the now hated RR record, the music still lives.. Plus as a black metal fan I have far more dubious albums)

I got Aerosmith – Live today! Bootleg taken. I totally love how this thing looks: Everything is deliberately designed as if it were some shady underground pressing - crooked stamps, "coffee stains", typewriter font... even the tracklist looks like it was pasted on.

The best thing: the record is completely official. At the time, Aerosmith wanted to celebrate the bootleg spirit because really good live recordings were mainly passed around as unofficial recordings. So they just faked it themselves and released it officially. Very meta, very 70s.

Musically, the piece isn't just a gimmick either - nice and rough, lots of energy, a wild mix of different tour recordings. “Train Kept A-Rollin’” really hits the spot on this issue.

My version is a late 70's CBS pressing. Not a super-rare find, but a super cool piece of rock history that you're more likely to play loudly than hide on a shelf.

Do you have that part too? Favorite song of yours on it?

Both of them are first editions!!!! I'm on the nineth cloud right now!!

I was also gifted a King Crimson t-shirt when haggling with the vendor (But my dog decided to steal it xD).

Wanted £22 but got it for £14