Are there any good cheap vinyl records left?

One of the great joys of record collecting is the DOLLAR bin.

All I ever find is Barbara Streisand, Christmas music, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Although I’ve now taken a liking to Herb Alpert now that I keep seeing them everywhere lol.

R.I.P. Laura Branigan.

Almost all of my records are from the period they were released, and they all sound just fine. Records can take more abuse than you'd probably think.

I was wondering where all my records I had in high school went after my mom sold them at a yard sale in the 90's.Glad to see the collection back together.

This video was like going round to a friend's house and listening to their record collection! I think you should do another of these for 2023!

This is like the 20 or so video made by you I've watched and ill give it to you - among the other things I just love how you bust all those myths or just false (but popular) statements just using your great knowledge and references - like now with that stacking up the records. Hat off to you sir!

I've found great records at thrift stores. I found a copy of George Shearing's "Live!" album from 1958. Has its original shrink wrap and inner sleeve. The damn record has no noise, cracks, pops or anything: it's as if it was new! Those who say "cheap $1 thrift store record" are really wrong by generalizing. I think there are a good amount of records waiting to be bought and kept on someone's collection.

Regarding Crosley turntables supposedly wrecking records, a lot of these records were likely played on even worse BSR and Garrard turntables - the high end Japanese turntables were extremely expensive in the 70s and 80s and most people didn't have them.

That is the motherload. What an awesome selection! There's still gold to be found I see. Very nice haul dude, thanks for sharing!

Holy crap I had NO IDEA Laura Branigan had passed away :'( - that song is an absolute classic, though I was too young to remember it fully it still absolutely resonates every time I hear it. Thanks for the trip, sir. RIP Laura. Gone FAR too soon.

Funny thing about "Stayin' Alive from the BeeGee's is, it has the same rhythm as you do chest compressions when you do CPR. If you ever forget the timing, just sing the song in your head. In somewhat of a ironically twist, so does "Another One Bites the Dust" from Queen. Ask a CPR expert before attempting to do this though.

I found that Al Stewart record at my local record shop, it's incredible! I also picked up a double lp of his early stuff. Thanks for the rec!

I remember in 1978 when my parents got the Saturday Night Fever album, playing the side with 'Staying Alive', 'How Deep Is Your Love', 'Night Fever', 'More Than A Woman', 'If I Can't Have You' on repeat over and over... and watching the RSO Rhino spinning round and round at 33 1/3 RPM. As soon as you pulled the record out of the jacket and I saw the RSO logo, it took me back 39 years!! I believe 'If I Can't Have You' by Yvonne Elliman and 'Night Fever' by the Bee Gees were two of the biggest hits of 1978.

I found colour by numbers for $3 a while back and pretty much just grabbed it for the cover and karma chameleon but it’s truly a solid album and now I’m going to see culture club lol

That "Sons of Heroes" album might be very valuable. Since it was released on MCA Records, the master tapes likely burnt up in the 2008 Universal fire - and there's probably no safety copies or other backups.

I found Asia unopened for $2 at a shop. Super lucky!

Definitely! I've found several jems at thrift stores. The 2 best items I've probably ever found at a thrift store was an og pressing of METALLICA's "Ride The Lightning" LP in VG - VG+ condition with the printed lyric innersleeve included as well which only cost me a few $'s. The other was not an og, but still an earlier pressing of JOY DIVISION's "Closer" LP also in VG - VG+ condition which cost me $5 -$8. A friend of mine actually found an og pressing of JOY DIVISION's "Unknown Pleasures" LP in VG+ condition but just had a generic inner rather than the og printed innersleeve. Not sure what he paid for it but it was from the goodwill so I doubt he paid more than a few $5 for it. So, needless to say, it's sometimes possible to find some hidden treasures at thrift and other 2nd hand stores.

Ahhhh... Self Control, Laura's best album! Although I love all of her albums!

Obviously you can damage records, but for God's sake, they're not that delicate. Audiophiles need reminding sometimes that records are made of vinyl, not blancmange.