So here's the thing - I've got probably the archetypal late 70s teenager's northern collection - a big mish mash of pressings, UK re-issues and the odd original - all the usual suspects, about 300 in all, each one in a cardboard sleeve decorated with magic marker writing and crap drawings of labels. It's sat dormant for donkeys years like a time capsule.

 

I stopped buying singles around 1980 (doesn't mean I fell out with soul, I was skint!). Anyway over the years I've since bought loads of stuff on CD etc which I thought was a great concept at the time but somehow felt a bit hollow.

 

Well, recently I've bought my first vinyl northern records since 1980 (half a dozen or so from Manships - I won't bore you with the titles, they're pretty obvious). Now here's the point - when they arrived (like an old 'soul pack') I can't begin to describe the thrill of opening them, looking at the beautiful labels and getting the vinyl out and putting it on for the first time. It was a FANTASTIC feeling, just like when I was 14 or 15. Can't say I feel the same when I get new CDs or download albums.

 

Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it?

 

Just thought I'd put it out there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it?

 

 

 

Yes!

even after near 40yrs collecting vinyl the thrill of opening that package or finding a wanted tune is still the same, still makes me smile and

admire those little black pieces of plastic....with those fantastic lyrics, vocals and proper musicans .

I wish to be associated with the comments above!!

You're on a slippery slope now mate, trust me!

never lost the thrill of opening a new (or new to me) record.

the day that stops, will be the day i sell up or die, which ever comes first!

you will end up skint again as well 

it's great setting eyes on a new arrival, usually in a brown cardboard package, getting a knife to slit the cellotape then pulling out the interior packing to reveal what you bought off ss via sales or from jm or tim or henry or kieth or sean or pat or pete.....shall i go on?...it's a definite adrenaline rush, particlularly sweeter when it's a tune you've possibly been chasing for half your life..in that case it brings a satisfying end to a long drawn out saga....

Yes Defo!....but I do it to open a little box up,I ain't arsed about the record,play it once then throw it in the box!...it is an expensive thrill...so God help us all...haha

NOWT BETTER THAN WHEN YOU OPEN A BLIND BUY AND FIND OUT IT IS A CRACKER OF A TUNE

Oh yes. I do need to get a life!

hell yeah

 

everytime the doorbell rings and you know a delivery is being made

You're on a slippery slope now mate, trust me!

I know I know..... I want some more... NOW!

Soul Smackheads!

if you dont get excited when new tunes come through the post its time to sell up 

Absolutely YES, YES, YES....evey time !!!

 

Russ

I reckon the real peak is the days waiting for the package to arrive. Then there's a slight moment of pleasure as you open the carton but essentially your mind is on the next one. Now that's addiction for you.

Also get the same feeling finding a wanted record in the racks of an old dusty shop - especially if its in the states. 

yes

Also getting a big thrill from the new turntable I have just acquired, giving a lot of my vinyl a new lease of life.

the answer is yes.......

Yes, but the vinyl through the post experience isn't anywhere near as good as the bought in a shop one. The joy of buying something you hadn't set out to buy!  It's that whole flick, flick,flick, whoah bloody hell thing. I guess that's why King Bee Records is my favourite shop.

Just keep on buying and dont look back, It's an obsseion and when you get ripped of you will learn to buy from collectors Who only want to keep the scene going

 

Best of luck

Garry
 

It is great to get a disc through the post and all that.

However a long time ago, when I was more active, the records were in front of you at clubs and stalls/ shops.

The t'interweb has made it harder to get good deals.

The sellers can be circumspect in their gradings and everyone wants top wack!

To return stuff is a ball ache.....so in the end you just jack!

And really all that happens is you get the record, stick it in a box.....within a week you forget you have it.....and it never gets played again.....coz it's too much mither looking for it!!!

I love digging....charity shops, car boots etc..I get a thrill from finding records (mainly on UK labels from these kind of places) for peanuts. Mod 60's stuff, Soul and Reggae or just plain unknown pop, 45's and lps. Ok it's not as prolific from these sources as it used to be back in the 80's/90's but finding something good for 20p is still a great feeling.     

Cheers everybody - some great comments and good advice.

I know I'm doing the right thing. Buying and playing soul vinyl makes me very happy - it's pretty simple really.

 

Just got to look carefully for the best places to buy.

As a matter of interest....what was the last thing you found?

I've been collecting Northern for about 15 years. Can't say I get the same thrill today when I get a record in the post like I did 10 years ago.
I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. You just get used to things.
The first time you bought a £100 tune was something else! Maybe the next step is a £1000 record?

As a matter of interest....what was the last thing you found?

As I said in my post, nothing that'll get anybody hot under the collar - Dave Love - Colalined Baby, Ethics - Look At Me Now/Think About Tomorrow, Mamie Galore - It Ain't Necessary

Just cheapies I guess (I'm on a budget) but I'm not going to buy anything I don't LOVE.

Speaking of my first £100 record - my heart is set on Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You on Tamla. Not this month tho!

I think to find stuff like that these days is pretty good....IMHO.

Another point that I didn't make was that a lot of records were turned over, that is to say bought from the states and swapped, sold, put into the system....once pressed....worthless.

Initially I never collected.....the scene was fast and furious.....get a contemporary, unpressed record and move it on.....time was tight...no telling what was going to be bootlegged or be released legitimately....once no longer exclusive the sound was dead!

It's addictive, sometimes you've just got to have that record, no matter what the cost, mind you I'm always relieved that it plays ok and isn't warped, I have had the odd one or two that ain't mint- like they were sold as but yes the buzz you get is still there even after 30 odd years of collecting.

Its a great feeling just cant wait for my next one to come though the door but like you the budget spent already cant wait for next month

Or the unexpected through the door, a few of us back in the 70's who got on with people like Colin Curtis used to get addresses off their records.

So when stuff from Jeanie Tracey, Oscar Perry and Jack Fishback (Inner Section) land at your Mum's it's a good day.

The thing is that these weren't worth a lot back then...top records at the time...but expected to be available soon......they all were....Inner Section was eventually a £1-£2:00 record back then...I now see Inner Section for lots of money, I scratch my bald head now!

Through the post today L.T.D. Love Magic album, went shopping today picked up Edwin Starr Have Faith in you, David Ruffin  Discover Me and Bloodstone album (Just wanna get the feel of it) made my day  All cheep as chips 

So here's the thing - I've got probably the archetypal late 70s teenager's northern collection - a big mish mash of pressings, UK re-issues and the odd original - all the usual suspects, about 300 in all, each one in a cardboard sleeve decorated with magic marker writing and crap drawings of labels. It's sat dormant for donkeys years like a time capsule.

 

I stopped buying singles around 1980 (doesn't mean I fell out with soul, I was skint!). Anyway over the years I've since bought loads of stuff on CD etc which I thought was a great concept at the time but somehow felt a bit hollow.

 

Well, recently I've bought my first vinyl northern records since 1980 (half a dozen or so from Manships - I won't bore you with the titles, they're pretty obvious). Now here's the point - when they arrived (like an old 'soul pack') I can't begin to describe the thrill of opening them, looking at the beautiful labels and getting the vinyl out and putting it on for the first time. It was a FANTASTIC feeling, just like when I was 14 or 15. Can't say I feel the same when I get new CDs or download albums.

 

Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it?

 

Just thought I'd put it out there!

yes!!!!

Just as big a thrill is hearing a DJ play a sound that you've never heard before And then a couple of weeks later it arrives on the doormat before the market forces the price up putting it totally out of reach.

Or hearing something on a cd sent by Fellow collectors (Cheers Martyn ((Hull Soul))

 

Garry

So here's the thing - I've got probably the archetypal late 70s teenager's northern collection - a big mish mash of pressings, UK re-issues and the odd original - all the usual suspects, about 300 in all, each one in a cardboard sleeve decorated with magic marker writing and crap drawings of labels. It's sat dormant for donkeys years like a time capsule.

 

I stopped buying singles around 1980 (doesn't mean I fell out with soul, I was skint!). Anyway over the years I've since bought loads of stuff on CD etc which I thought was a great concept at the time but somehow felt a bit hollow.

 

Well, recently I've bought my first vinyl northern records since 1980 (half a dozen or so from Manships - I won't bore you with the titles, they're pretty obvious). Now here's the point - when they arrived (like an old 'soul pack') I can't begin to describe the thrill of opening them, looking at the beautiful labels and getting the vinyl out and putting it on for the first time. It was a FANTASTIC feeling, just like when I was 14 or 15. Can't say I feel the same when I get new CDs or download albums.

 

Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it?

 

Just thought I'd put it out there!

Yes Stu! 

 

I started buying vinyl again about 8 years ago - initially I only bought three or four a month - always cheapies and a bit hit and miss in the quality but it drew me in like a chinaman to an opium den 

 

- gradually the fascination grew, my skill at truffle hunting blossomed and the numbers of purchases steadily increased until i was showing all the signs of classic addiction   dry mouth, staring eyes, the pounding of the heart on a Monday morning as i logged in and opened the first sales list of the week - the gazing at long lists of 45's and then the madness - hours spent opening new tunes on You Tube , doubling back to check the prices elsewhere - finding it £10 quid cheaper on another list - but AAAAAAGH the very fact you've checked another list for it means you've found another list with MORE that you need to check - and so you dig deeper - the horrible thrill of multiple postage deals which then drive you on to the illogical conclusion that if you buy two more off the list it works out cheaper - the frenzy as you start to rush because you've now been online looking at records for an hour and a half and you were supposed to be working - the rising panic when you see a bargain and have to move quick and buy it BUT actually you havent got the money - the huge thrill of the hunt - the quick climax of the buy - the wave of guilt that immediately follows and then the wait - part anticipation part self-flagellation - the arrival and the second frenzy of opening the box and spinning that tune (or two or three or four - the shame of it!!!) and then within 5 minutes you're at it again , crawling back to the computer and the fix you need .....

 

Hahahaha I'm becoming a 5 a week girl - i need help - please disable my paypal and chain me up       I've never been so happy in my life !!

After years of having to sell to suppliment my wages. I have in the last month become a buyer again.

I bought a record of Mike Wilkes on Saturday night at Go Go Children. Only a fiver, but clung on to it for an hour before Karen said to me, are you going to put it down? You have to let go at some time

 

Then couldn't get home quick enough Sunday to play it.

You're on a slippery slope now mate, trust me!

 

Hang on and enjoy the ride.  And the answer is YES.

Edited February 3, 201411 yr by KevH

Yes Stu! 

 

I started buying vinyl again about 8 years ago - initially I only bought three or four a month - always cheapies and a bit hit and miss in the quality but it drew me in like a chinaman to an opium den 

 

- gradually the fascination grew, my skill at truffle hunting blossomed and the numbers of purchases steadily increased until i was showing all the signs of classic addiction   dry mouth, staring eyes, the pounding of the heart on a Monday morning as i logged in and opened the first sales list of the week - the gazing at long lists of 45's and then the madness - hours spent opening new tunes on You Tube , doubling back to check the prices elsewhere - finding it £10 quid cheaper on another list - but AAAAAAGH the very fact you've checked another list for it means you've found another list with MORE that you need to check - and so you dig deeper - the horrible thrill of multiple postage deals which then drive you on to the illogical conclusion that if you buy two more off the list it works out cheaper - the frenzy as you start to rush because you've now been online looking at records for an hour and a half and you were supposed to be working - the rising panic when you see a bargain and have to move quick and buy it BUT actually you havent got the money - the huge thrill of the hunt - the quick climax of the buy - the wave of guilt that immediately follows and then the wait - part anticipation part self-flagellation - the arrival and the second frenzy of opening the box and spinning that tune (or two or three or four - the shame of it!!!) and then within 5 minutes you're at it again , crawling back to the computer and the fix you need .....

 

Hahahaha I'm becoming a 5 a week girl - i need help - please disable my paypal and chain me up       I've never been so happy in my life !!

 

Ps:  over-excited to be in the company of other addicts and since writing the above 5 hours ago I have bought yet another two - This is not a support group - it's a junkies feelgood jamboree 

Edited February 3, 201411 yr by mistresslongdog

Bloody hell Jo - you got it BAD! It may make you skint but sounds like you're happy. Hey, you can't take your sounds with you so enjoy as many as you can NOW, girl!

So here's the thing - I've got probably the archetypal late 70s teenager's northern collection - a big mish mash of pressings, UK re-issues and the odd original - all the usual suspects, about 300 in all, each one in a cardboard sleeve decorated with magic marker writing and crap drawings of labels. It's sat dormant for donkeys years like a time capsule.

 

I stopped buying singles around 1980 (doesn't mean I fell out with soul, I was skint!). Anyway over the years I've since bought loads of stuff on CD etc which I thought was a great concept at the time but somehow felt a bit hollow.

 

Well, recently I've bought my first vinyl northern records since 1980 (half a dozen or so from Manships - I won't bore you with the titles, they're pretty obvious). Now here's the point - when they arrived (like an old 'soul pack') I can't begin to describe the thrill of opening them, looking at the beautiful labels and getting the vinyl out and putting it on for the first time. It was a FANTASTIC feeling, just like when I was 14 or 15. Can't say I feel the same when I get new CDs or download albums.

 

Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it?

 

Just thought I'd put it out there!

 

Yes.....Yes.....Yes.   very much so.

 

I love 60s Soul, RnB, Boogaloo stuff, Jamaican stuff, Funky Hammond stuff, Popcorn rockers, Beat Ballads, Group Soul......etc....etc

I just collect what I want and like

and I am enjoying it more now than ever 

 

I still find all-sorts of great (to me) things, Collecting has never been more interesting personally.

With the World on-line its just a matter of making connections and digging.

there are some great places to hear fabulous music on-line too

I still get digging in the couple of second hand places that are still left locally

I just go with my own taste, and enjoy the records I collect ..

Bloody hell Jo - you got it BAD! It may make you skint but sounds like you're happy. Hey, you can't take your sounds with you so enjoy as many as you can NOW, girl!

thats my philosophy, Stu - get it while you can ! Vagrancy in old age is a minor detail