The Vinyl Thread

[Crash]

If you can enter 1 per minute, that's 83.3 hours. A full time job for a couple of kids for a week.

• The newer ones are easier because you can scan the barcode with the app on your phone. Those will take less than a minute.
• The older ones are in the database already. You just have to search and find them. That's likely still less than a minute to complete.
• The really rare and unusual ones might be on there, but if not, you will need to take photos and create a new listing, which will take the most time. That's probably a couple of minutes each.

So yeah, it's some work for sure.

Guess I’ll have to look into it. What else do I have to do with my time? 😁

 

[Cruisertrash]

I'm probably only at 125 well-chosen specimens. Had a bunch more, but divorce knocked the numbers down. It's only stuff and doesn't bother me. I've been able to slowly build back my small collection in a more targeted way.

Interesting tidbit from the expo yesterday. Apparently there was a mother/daughter run studio and record label in the 50s called Band Box Records. The granddaughter of the founder (probably in her 70s) was there with a booth selling off what remains of the back catalog. These were all original pressings, but untouched - kept in storage this whole time. Mostly country & western 7" stuff, but some R&B, spoken word, and 12s in there too.

 

[Crash]

I'm probably only at 125 well-chosen specimens. Had a bunch more, but divorce knocked the numbers down. It's only stuff and doesn't bother me. I've been able to slowly build back my small collection in a more targeted way.

Interesting tidbit from the expo yesterday. Apparently there was a mother/daughter run studio and record label in the 50s called Band Box Records. The granddaughter of the founder (probably in her 70s) was there with a booth selling off what remains of the back catalog. These were all original pressings, but untouched - kept in storage this whole time. Mostly country & western 7" stuff, but some R&B, spoken word, and 12s in there too.

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Very cool. 👍

 

[Cruisertrash]

Oops, forgot to mention the original Band Box studio and label was in Denver!

 

[Hulk]

Oops, forgot to mention the original Band Box studio and label was in Denver!

Did you pick anything up?

 

[DaveInDenver]

Old thread pump-and-dump!

Is anyone interested in a Nitty Gritty? I'm selling one.

Nitty Gritty 1.5 Record Cleaner - electronics - by owner - sale - craigslist

Selling a Nitty Gritty 1.5 black semi-automatic record cleaner. Comes with the machine and optional nylon brush. Includes about 1/2 of the original bottle of cleaning fluid. It's in the original box...

westslope.craigslist.org

 

[Cruisertrash]

Paging @Crash

 

[Crash]

Paging @Crash

Thanks but no thanks. I’m an ultrasonic guy. Sold my VPI 17f five years ago and there is no going back for me.

 

[DaveInDenver]

I really didn't figure Steve would need it.

 

[Crash]

I really didn't figure Steve would need it.

I don’t need it but someone here does. If your cleaning regimen consists of running a dry brush over your records then you are missing out on hearing everything that’s contained in the grooves. A wet wash/vacuum dry system goes a very long way to unlocking data that makes a record sound closer to the real thing. Nitty Gritty cleaning machines have been around for a long time and are known to be highly effective and reliable over many years. I’m sure @DaveInDenver has treated this machine with care.