“I learned to read the barometer of his moods and on bad days, kept my head down, finding distraction in the racks and the steady stream of customers, 99% of whom Jeff despised.”
Tag: vinyl
Slaves to the algorithm : is Discogs pricing killing record stores?
Herein lies a huge problem for secondhand record stores : if you’re overpricing, you’re not selling.
Vinyl Ramblings (Pt. VII) : Chance Meeting in a Dilapidated Shopping Arcade of a Record Shop and a Wallet
“It’s one of those shops where you almost want to shake the proprietor’s hand on the way out, to thank him personally for his services to your mental well-being.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. VI) : Leaving empty handed
“The racks of, particularly secondhand stores, change frequently, so there’s always a replenishment of mystery. And thus, we keep coming back, like virgins to a school disco.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. IV) : The Record Market
“The vinyl community, much like the football one, is obsessive, fervid. Like pinballs, they ricochet from record shop to record shop, fair to fair, market to market, in the hunt for that elusive, limited edition, Third Man split-colour 3″, sealed, mint.”
Searching for the perfect record shop (Pt 2) : Pricing and the Discogs median
“There are only so many people happy to pay £100 for an obscure Wire off-shoot album in VG condition.”
Searching for the perfect record shop (Pt 1) : rude staff, overstuffed racks, unpriced stock
“Running a secondhand record shop is “a licence to print money right now.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. II)
“The outpouring of love for the vinyl format over these past few years might actually be killing it.”
Vinyl ramblings (Pt. I)
“In the same way that I’m still in touch with most of my lovers, I’m still in touch with the records that spun on my turntable whilst we fumbled beneath the covers, eighties, nineties and beyond.”
If only I could get up before 9am…(My Record Store 2020 picks for August 29th)
“Re-issue, re-package, please the press in Belgium?”
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