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For my collecting post for today, You're never going to believe what I just got. I went to my local record store looking for some new stuff, and I ended up helping him out with some collections that he was getting in that day. After I did that, he told me he set something aside for me, since he sets aside stuff for regulars who might be interested. When he pulled it out, my jaw hit the floor; it was a original pressing of the first Stooges album. It wasn't in the best of shape (like a visual G+-low VG), but it still played very well on the turntable like a VG record, and the cover was at least VG+. The owner said that someone had recently come in with a stack of records with mostly boring stuff and he only pulled out a couple things, with this record being one of them. He ended up letting me have the record for only $40! Again, I will note that the record plays to a VG level, so its still very listenable. Overall, I am very happy to own this record, so now the only original Stooges record I'm missing is Funhouse.

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[–] XbSuper 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Off topic, but I'm wondering if this would be a good place to post my collection I inherited from my dad? I'm not a vinyl person (or really even a music person) so they aren't doing me any good. I'd like to sell them, but don't want to get lowballed, and I feel like there's some gems in there.

[–] ryuundo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what kind of stuff is in the collection?

[–] XbSuper 1 points 1 year ago

Classic rock mostly. Zeppelin, queen, deep purple, black sabbath, etc. But there's also some I'd never heard of (I don't have the collection out right now) and a few that are unopened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@XbSuper And you don't want to use discogs?

[–] XbSuper 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't even know what that is lol. Odds are that I do not, I listen to all my music on Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] XbSuper 1 points 1 year ago

Ya that's not something I'm interested in, I just want to sell them for a fair price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good you poste this again, the last one seemd flooded with haters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Nice pickup! What method do you use to clean the used stuff you get?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super interesting, I don't know anything about collecting vinyl. I imagine 40 is a really good deal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

$40 is kinda the high end for a good oldie or a high quality new. Over $40 becomes something special. The OP got something very special for $40

Here's the discogs page for it, average price is over $200

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/4282482-The-Stooges-The-Stooges

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is an amazing find!