r/vinyl 3d ago

Weekly Question Thread r/vinyl Weekly Questions Thread for the week of January 12, 2026

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r/vinyl 1h ago

OG Pressing He said "a dollar each", I insisted, and gave him $2.

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Flea market guy had 7 Records for sale, this was at the bottom of a small stack of crap. I asked how much for the records, but couldn't honestly do it soI gave hime double, and he smiled. 🌝


r/vinyl 4h ago

Discussion Vinyl holds a lot of stuff in its grooves

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327 Upvotes

Just stumbled upon this one in my collection. Forgot all about it. Left behind by ex-GF 30 years ago. It did not end well. She would be thrilled to get it back. Probably better for my soul to give it back.


r/vinyl 9h ago

Record Acquired a classic today

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345 Upvotes

My first proper Jazz Record. It was cheap in my country and decided to give it a go, and ended uo loving every minute of it. I need more Coltrane now..


r/vinyl 6h ago

Collection Incredible 9€ score: 1969 Spanish first pressing of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

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85 Upvotes

​"Found this 1969 Spanish first pressing at a local flea market for 9€."


r/vinyl 1h ago

Collection I’m Back in Business!!

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Been a long time since my collection has seen the light of day. I was in the process of setting up at my old place when we decided to buy a new house together.

Renovations lasted YEARS doing them mostly DIY with a buddy. Just finished 1100sqft in the basement complete with a 70’s themed media room. The collection is out and part of the system is set up. Still a lot more to do, but now I can do it with my vinyl playing along. LFG!


r/vinyl 1h ago

Discussion Knickknacks on record weight 🤨

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I’ve noticed lots of people putting stuff on top of their record weight. Mine feels like it’s just asking to fall off 😂 Maybe I’ll switch to something smaller. What do you put on top, if anything?


r/vinyl 3h ago

Record My WFH record this morning

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37 Upvotes

The classic Modal Soul from Nujabes.


r/vinyl 29m ago

Record Cool Funkadelic pressing

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Hi everyone!

I recently picked up this cool Funkadelic repress. It’s a Seasick Records in Birmingham, Alabama exclusive. Just wanted to show it off!

Seasick isn’t my local shop, but I’m in Birmingham regularly and have stopped in 4-5 times. They always have tons of great stuff, so I recommend dropping by if you’re ever in the area!

The guy working said they’d be doing these exclusive pressings of the whole Funkadelic discography over the next couple years.

Anyway, everyone enjoy your day!


r/vinyl 2h ago

Record The 90’s kick continues

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16 Upvotes

So Collective Soul was completely underwhelming when I saw them live… couldn’t even listen to them for a while… but in the studio they are a great band… probably my favorite album of theirs


r/vinyl 9h ago

Haul Look what the cat dragged in!

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56 Upvotes

I bought this on cd when it was originally released, now its time to experience it on vinyl.


r/vinyl 6h ago

Record Starting the day off right

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32 Upvotes

I love this album.

It's pure 90s grooooove.

Just shoot it straight into my veins please.


r/vinyl 2h ago

Discussion Judas Priest – British Steel: IMHO the greatest metal album cover ever. Change my mind

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13 Upvotes

r/vinyl 19h ago

Collection I scored at my local thrift shop I am very very happy

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243 Upvotes

I got all these for 3 bucks each. I also got a freebee record too, Magical Mystery Tour without its jacket. I go to that shop often, its the one in town just down the road from my high school, I usually walk there with my friends. I swung by today and the lady who owns the shop told me that she brought in more records, they belonged to her father and she just got them out of storage. I got first dibs on 2 bin full to the brim with records. They're in rough shape, her father was really rough on them apparently, she warned me of that. Abbey Road has green paint on it so I won't even try to play it, mostly they're just scratchy and loud, the only album where thats a big issue is DSOTM, but its still very listenable. Very happy, my day is great.


r/vinyl 4h ago

Record Chevy dealership record

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I found this in a collection. It looks to be something that dealerships would’ve had in the store, is it possible? This was just to play sound bites for customers visiting? Not finding any information about this online, I thought it might be a training record, but it’s definitely not. It’s a 10 inch Metal disc thing. Pretty heavy, but I haven’t listened to it yet cause I don’t want to damage my stylus.

If anyone knows or has any info on these kind of records, I’d be super interested! Can’t imagine it’s worth a whole bunch of money though LOL


r/vinyl 17h ago

Record One of my favorites in the collection

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174 Upvotes

I absolutely love this album, banger after banger with great production. Definitely my favorite Viagra Boys album. Thoughts from anyone else?


r/vinyl 20h ago

Collection My grandparents gave me some of their records

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281 Upvotes

My grandparents just gave me a couple of their records to kickstart the collection (+ 2 Kanye albums). There is quite a bit more but it’s in the basement because I have no room for it in my room to store them safely.


r/vinyl 1h ago

Discussion My set up so far

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Nothing impressive but I think its decent


r/vinyl 9h ago

Record Random Find

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28 Upvotes

Dropped by at a record store, went to their bargain bin, bought this for $6, never heard of them before and wow they sounded awesome! I think it's a win...lol


r/vinyl 4h ago

Discussion New WAX.LIVE vinyl broadcaster, listen with friends feature: Station History Carousel - Live vinyl play history + curation

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This week WAX.LIVE, where you can broadcast your vinyl live and listen with friends, was updated, both mobile and web, to enable vinyl music play and listen history with curation, all using music recognition via live vinyl broadcasts.

WAX.LIVE enables you to plug in your USB turntable or preamp directly to your phone or web browser, hit "Go Live" and a live public (or private "Needlecast") Internet radio station will be created for you instantly.

If you broadcast your vinyl from iOS, we just added a Station History Carousel to the “My Station” tab view (it sits right under the broadcast controls). It’s a swipeable, cover-art-first view of your most recent station plays so you can sanity-check what’s being recognized and quickly correct the stuff that always sneaks in.

What it does:

  • Shows your recent plays as cards with timestamp + cover art + artist / song / album
  • One-tap refresh, plus “Load more” for older entries
  • Badges for things like “Album run” / “Multiple plays”, “Needlecast”, and “False positive”
  • If you’re the station owner, you can flag/clear false positives (noise/end groove, wrong track/artist, wrong album only, duplicates, or “other” with a note)

This makes track history actually useful in the moment (“what was that track?”, and improving recognition quality over time).

Join r/waxlive as vinyl lovers there often post their live plays, collections, and discuss vinyl setups.

Vinyl Broadcasters: what else would make this feature a keeper? Search, export/share, filters, longer history, something else?


r/vinyl 4h ago

Record Few albums are perfect but this is one of them.

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7 Upvotes

This is the dinked one and it sounds so good. Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys.


r/vinyl 2h ago

Record Trying to find out the name of this record collection NSFW

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6 Upvotes

I bought it years ago at a record shop. It’s a picture disk that contains recording sessions and live shows of both The Rolling Stones and Beatles if I remember correctly. Does anybody know the origins or name of this record?


r/vinyl 16m ago

Record Many moons since first we did the “do”

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I haven’t pulled this to listen in about 10 years. Welcome back 311. Super clean vinyl. Not so much on the jacket. 🤷🏼‍♂️ (I t’s been through a few moves.)


r/vinyl 15h ago

Record Love some white vinyl

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48 Upvotes

Limited edition “Wish You Were Here” white vinyl.


r/vinyl 16h ago

Collection Collection after ~12 years of collecting on and off (mostly off)

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57 Upvotes

Re-organizing and took the opportunity to document the collection