#Cheap vinyl

[steveinscarlet]

Today's haul

[vinylluver]

[disease]

DIVINE | BORN TO BE CHEAP | 7”, 1981

[third-king-of-salmonids]

THEYRE REALLY GOING FOR THAT END OF SEASON BONUS DOWN IN MARKETING, NOW I GOTTA FIND PLACES TO STICK THESE >:V

[vespervinyl]

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills - 1968

[octaviasdread]

The Tortured Poets Department, The Manuscript edn.

she’s here <3

and not only does ttpd have the prettiest lyric book, but there’s an intro POEM by STEVIE NICKS and a summary poem from taylor?!

[foxsnails]

Hey i made this sticker to replace the transphobic stickers in my city with, do what u want with it :)

[eepybogboy]

did a round of eye swaps this weekend! it's the most ive done all at once, and i gotta say, i do not recommend it. by the time i got new eyes in these four, my hands were begging me to stop, so poor Priscilla sat eyeless for a while. but I'm really happy with the results!

let me walk you through the process a bit.

i used this guide to help decide which eyes i wanted to use.

this all started because i wanted Daria's eyes for Zooey.

Daria's eyes don't match her color scheme at all, and this has always bothered me about her. they stand out too much, and its jarring. but that minty blue and pale pink are Zooey's colors exactly, it would complete her alien vibe perfectly.

but, unfortunately, Zooey and Daria have different eye chips. Daria has the Twins eye chip, which has four pegs to keep it in place in the socket, and Zooey has the newer B2 chip, which has only two prongs. i was worried that Daria's eyes wouldnt fit in Zooey's head, so i prepared a backup donor: Simone.

Simone has the CNY eye chip, first introduced in Lily Cheng, the Special Edition doll for the Chinese New Year in 2022. this eye mold is more similar to the B2 eyes since it also has only two prongs, so if Daria's eyes didnt sit right in Zooey, these might be a better fit. the colors arent as perfect, but it could work.

except that Darias eyes fit Zooey perfectly. she looks so cute! now her eyebrows are even more out of place, but I'll get to that later.

i had already taken out Simone's eyes to compare the two, so she was given Zooey's eyes.

i was blown away by how incredible she looks! so soft and sweet. i was fond of her before, but she's crawled up into my top ten faves with this one alteration.

now, i was going to give those eyes to Daria, but they obviously belong to Simone now. Daria still needs brown eyes though, so i brought out a more fitting donor for her: Priscilla. she has the same color eyes as Zooey, but in the Twins eye chip.

perfect for ms. Daria, much more natural. it's just what she needed.

now, i wasn't intending to bring Minnie into this, but her eyes are a bit unusually dark, and i had Simone's eyes sitting there.. and well. i already had the hair dryer out.

honestly? a serve. she has B2 eyes originally, like Zooey, so the lashes are Just under her eyelid but they still fit her sculpt pretty well.

at this point, my hands were aching, and i had worn a blister into my thumb, so i had to take a break. Pris was going into the stock box anyway, so there was no pressure to finish her, but the next day i came back and gave her Minnie's eyes for safekeeping.

she looks a little sleepy, but overall pretty cute. she probably won't stay this way because she's going into the potential custom pile, but its fine for now.

look at these four and how perfect they are!! Zooey and Daria came out exactly how i planned, but i am still so shook by how beautiful Simone is now. i just cant stop looking at her.

I'll be reblogging to add more photos, including side by side comparisons to the stock photos since tungle will only let me post 10 pictures at a time

[rottenroses777]

same haha

[steveinscarlet]

Latest Oxfam bargains (£2 for Love bites and £1 each for the other two)

Neil can now join my Young Ones-related set. Just need the Bad News album now!

[audio-luddite]

Another Album arrived.

I ordered a Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" album. It was recorded about 40 years ago. This one is a MOFI repress, used, and seems in good shape.

The album was recorded in a Caribbean island on the side of a volcano. The tape deck was a 24 track Sony digital machine. It was originally released on CD and became Dire Straits' biggest hit.

The album won the Grammy for engineering in 1986. I have two other DS albums, but had never got around to this one.

MOFI works to get the best sound out of the best masters and they are pretty good at it. They did this one about 10 years ago for vinyl.

I streamed the album last week and liked the music. I wondered why I had not bought it before. The next step of course was to see what was available. If I can get gourmet issues I do. A local shop had this one. Apparently Mofi has some for sale on its site as of yesterday.

It cost about the same money, but with the exchange rate and no duty it was better.

I unwrapped the thing. It is a 2 x 180 @ 45 skate board trick LP. At least it is labeled as 45 rpm. So annoying when they don't do that.

Of course I wiped it down and played it. Gotta be sure its OK. It was. There are stories about the sessions which are kinda fun. Like the set up for the Guitar amplifier's speaker being accidental and really good for "money for nothing." People quitting and being brought in and some tracks getting lost. Usual Rock and Roll nonsense.

Occasionally something grabs my attention. I was getting familiar with the songs from the streams. I liked the sound. Sting's vocal on "money.." was kinda floating around. It was a bit less resolved than the stream, but not in a bad way.

But on side 4 (double album) the sound of the guitar on "The man's too strong" was really different than the stream. When the side finished I played it again. Then I fired up the stream of the same song. OK I suppose I may be exaggerating a bit, but the LP was far more complex and rich sounding.

This particular track had a ringer guitar player brought in and he used a "Synth Guitar". The sound is crazy, metallic, rich, and solid. In the stream the notes are there, but they do not hit you as hard. Over the whole album this was the most noticeable difference. I cannot tell if it is distortion from the guitar amp or something snythy. It just has very rich harmonics. Did the lossless people clean it up a bit?

This was a digital recording from the start. It was originally released on CD and followed with LPs and Cassettes (oh the 80s). This was the first album to sell more CDs than LPs.

Even though it sold very well the critics initially were rather negative. They wanted more edge or something. The Fans disagreed. So much for experts. Later reviews were better.

Digital aint bad by itself. It only sucks when abused by ham fisted engineers. This was an early DDD recording when that acronym meant as much as AAA does to vinylphiles today. Maybe Micheal Fremer can tell pure analog from digital. He has his preference. Oh and he produced a recent Jazz album on digital. Funny guy.

I am glad I spent the money. I will have another go tonight.

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

the record, staring at me: you know you want me

me:

the record: LIMITED EDITION ORANGE CRUSH VINYL YOU KNOW YOU WANT ME

me: but you're not that great an album and it's not like records are cheap and there's like five other special albums that have my fingers itching

the parental advisory sticker: bitch what about me you know you wanna get one o' mine before actually turning 18. do it now

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

The urge to spend a 100$ on merch before getting my paycheck is so strong. I might not survive soldiers

[euphreana]

Welllllp, I pre-ordered the album! (Plus the Bastion OST because that's one of my favorite albums of all time)

Now I just need to wait 6 months for them to ship.

And buy a record player.

[myvinylplaylist]

Record Store Day 2024

Record Store Day Titles I Picked Up

Some Other Titles That I Found

Free Dogfish Head Brewery Record Store 2024 Promotional Poster

[menlove]

i dont even have room in this apartment for my record player or my records but i could not just let her sit there lonely for FORTY DOLLARS..... FORTY US AMERICAN DOLLARS......