I have another batch of vinyl coming

Posted by zacster (A) on December 19, 2016 at 19:12:59

About a year ago my sister's boyfriend told me about a huge stash of vinyl that his uncle had collected, and as far as he was concerned I could have it all. I took the 3-4 hour trip and checked it out and was utterly disappointed. Of the 1000-2000 records I found maybe about 20 that were worth taking, the rest was all '60s stuff that my parents would like. There was nothing with any kind of life to it. Even the Sinatra albums were all just mush, and I'm not talking about the vinyl, but the music itself. All slow stuff, strings, schmaltz, just awful music. The only bright spot were the Elton John records, which were totally out of place in the collection. Oh, and Kansas, Dust in the Wind. I had the feeling that maybe somebody else had already gone through it and taken all the good stuff. No 50s or 60s jazz, just Perry Como, Dean Martin, Montovani strings, and stuff like that.

But then my sister told me her ex had left his collection behind at her house when she got divorced. Since she was there with me when I looked through that collection above she knew how disappointed I was. She said I could have those, since that would be more my generation, but then said maybe she should check with the ex. I didn't give it much thought after that, but she's coming down to my house this week so I asked. She said she had two boxes and I'm welcome to any or all of it since he never took it. (it was a messy divorce.)

I'm hoping this time I'll score something worthwhile. My fear is that it'll be good music, but a lot of duplicates of what I already have. After all, classic rock lives on playing the same 100 or so cuts that we all had.

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Topic - I have another batch of vinyl coming - zacster 19:12:59 12/19/16 (11)

RE: I have another batch of vinyl coming - zacster 20:37:22 12/23/16 (0)

That is the typical problem IMO. Mountains of junk. Amazing how that can happen so often. - Smelly_Socks 11:42:39 12/20/16 (0)

We've all been there.. - marc-homeslice 05:52:29 12/20/16 (8)

It's Cobra not a Porshe - MannyE 03:31:07 12/22/16 (0)

Yup. - rbolaw 11:30:39 12/20/16 (6)

RE: Yup. - Dave Pogue 05:17:00 12/21/16 (3)

Yes! I didn't forget him, though. - rbolaw 09:06:57 12/21/16 (2)

RE: Yes! I didn't forget him, though. - zacster 16:08:30 12/21/16 (1)

RE: Yes! I didn't forget him, though. - MannyE 03:35:29 12/22/16 (0)

RE: Yup. - zacster 18:13:28 12/20/16 (0)

RE: Yup. - Kindablue 15:36:10 12/20/16 (0)

I have another batch of vinyl coming

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