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  1. CroutonBoy

    The Crate Digging & Bargain Bin Finds Thread

    I wouldn't use the word "many." I might even struggle to use "a few." But there was more than zero.
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    Online Vinyl Deals

    Same, Sound of Vinyl worked for me with the same inventory I was targeting (i.e. Blue Note)
  3. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Thanks for hosting this, @Wicked Dreamer ! Was super fun and got me listening to and thinking about records I hadn't in a while. Looking forward to November!
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 31: “Monster Mash” play a spoooooky record Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    @Turbo I see you, brother...
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 30: “Blinding Lights” play your favourite record (or one that's constantly in your rotation) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver I've long maintained that London Calling and Exile on Main St. are 1A & 1B on the list of greatest albums of all time, and I stand by that claim. But if I'm really...
  7. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 29: “Stuck With U” play a artist/record you discovered during the pandemic Gabor Szabo - Dreams I've discovered a LOT of jazz during the pandemic, thanks largely to Blue Note's Tone Poet series. But credit where credit is due I had never heard of Gabor Szabo until VMP had this as a ROTM in...
  8. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 28: “Fear Inoculum” play a long song or an LP with a long song on it Grateful Dead – Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/72) I kept telling myself, "Don't be lazy, a live Dead album is too obvious, you can do better." So anyway, here's a live Dead album with a version of "Good Lovin'" that...
  9. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 27: “cardigan” play a record with a bonus 7" (or just a folk record) Beck - Mutations
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 26: “Old Unholy Road” play an LGBTQ+ artist Village People - Macho Man
  11. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 25: “Try Again” play a record or artist you found through the radio Blondie - Autoamerican Like @Turbo I also grew up in the 70's and 80's and it's difficult to pinpoint exactly what I was gleaning from the radio, variety shows, the kids at summer camp, my friends older brothers, or just...
  12. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 24: “Smooth” play a record by an artist who hit their peak later in life Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 23: "You Are Not Alone" play a record that's aged... weirdly or badly Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk The 1970's. You had to be there. It was wild.
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Have some catching up to do today.... Day 22: Me Against the World play a record by a convicted criminal The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Jake Blues was sent to prison after trying to rob a gas station to pay the band. Upon his release he and his...
  15. CroutonBoy

    The Crate Digging & Bargain Bin Finds Thread

    By and large pretty good, especially for a $1 sale. Definitely surface wear on most of them, all need cleaning, but haven't found any warping or garish scratches. Will start playing them this week and report back.
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    The Crate Digging & Bargain Bin Finds Thread

    Sample of today's haul from Revilla Records $1 sale in Milltown, NJ. Had never been there before today and it is an EXCELLENT shop.
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 21: “Unchained Melody” play a record you have more than one copy of Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon I've been looking for an excuse to revisit this classic. I still have the old beat up bargain bin copy I used for years before upgrading to the Bernie Grundman masters. I was one of those...
  18. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 20: “Ice Ice Baby” play a rap record Digital Underground - Sex Packets All right! Stop whatcha doin', 'cause I'm about to ruin, the image and the style that ya used to
  19. CroutonBoy

    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 19: Thank God I Found a Vision of Love play an artist with a hot streak of multiple albums or singles The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet I'll take the Stone's run from Beggars Banquet (1968) through Exile on Main Street (1972) against any other artist's five year run.
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    October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

    Day 18: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 play a record of all killer, no filler The Clash - London Calling Many, many worthy candidates for this category, but to me this is the most unassailable.
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