Pretty sure there’s a lot of vinyl gifting going on. Rich dudes are hard to shop for, but they don’t shut up about their record collection, simple solution for secret Santa this year.
As a rich dude, there's pretty much zero chance that anyone is going to be able to buy me a record for my record collection that I don't shut up about unless I specifically tell them what to buy.
For the bands I really like, I mostly have everything I want. But if you did manage to figure out a record I want, you would need to know which version of the release I want. For some records there are dozens. Maybe I want the first release, maybe I want the first US release, maybe I want a higher quality reissue, maybe I want a colored vinyl release. But whichever one I want, if you get me a different one it goes in the trash and I keep the release I want on my want list.
Then you've got to figure out what condition to buy it in. If it is something I'm getting to collect rather than to listen to, it needs to be near mint. If you get me very good condition instead of near mint, it goes in the trash, and I keep it on my want list. If it is something I'm getting to listen to rather than to collect, VG+ is fine. You can get it near mint, but you just wasted $50 because near mint is hard to find, and it isn't going to be near mint after I listen to it a few times.
So skip the vinyl for Xmas, if you're going to get me a gift, money works. I'm not picky about condition or version. Cash, money orders, bonds, it's all good. Or real estate.
But if you insist on gifting vinyl, I'm looking for the Weirdos "We Got The Neutron Bomb" single, 1978 release, near mint, the unofficial colored vinyl Beastie Boy singles from Paul's Boutique, I want them all but if you can only get one, "Car Thief", near mint, and the 1987 "Gimme Fever" single by Shake Appeal (first band Adam Franklin from Swervedriver was in, along with his brother), VG+ is fine.
rufus_foreman|2 years ago
For the bands I really like, I mostly have everything I want. But if you did manage to figure out a record I want, you would need to know which version of the release I want. For some records there are dozens. Maybe I want the first release, maybe I want the first US release, maybe I want a higher quality reissue, maybe I want a colored vinyl release. But whichever one I want, if you get me a different one it goes in the trash and I keep the release I want on my want list.
Then you've got to figure out what condition to buy it in. If it is something I'm getting to collect rather than to listen to, it needs to be near mint. If you get me very good condition instead of near mint, it goes in the trash, and I keep it on my want list. If it is something I'm getting to listen to rather than to collect, VG+ is fine. You can get it near mint, but you just wasted $50 because near mint is hard to find, and it isn't going to be near mint after I listen to it a few times.
So skip the vinyl for Xmas, if you're going to get me a gift, money works. I'm not picky about condition or version. Cash, money orders, bonds, it's all good. Or real estate.
But if you insist on gifting vinyl, I'm looking for the Weirdos "We Got The Neutron Bomb" single, 1978 release, near mint, the unofficial colored vinyl Beastie Boy singles from Paul's Boutique, I want them all but if you can only get one, "Car Thief", near mint, and the 1987 "Gimme Fever" single by Shake Appeal (first band Adam Franklin from Swervedriver was in, along with his brother), VG+ is fine.
silisili|2 years ago