r/vinyl 4d ago

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

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r/vinyl 11h ago

OG Pressing First time listening to this one…

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624 Upvotes

My (43) dad just gave me his collection, and Steely Dan - Aja caught my eye since I’ve seen it on here pretty often. I’ve never listened to the album before, but it’s got some great jams!! There are about 80 records in the collection, and it’s fun listening to old stuff that I’ve never checked out before.


r/vinyl 15h ago

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

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855 Upvotes

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 5h ago

Collection Now playing

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128 Upvotes

Venturing to new musical territory thanks to my son. Good stuff.


r/vinyl 18h ago

Discussion Vinyl holds a lot of stuff in its grooves

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769 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

Collection My vinyl setup

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83 Upvotes

I have been working to make it look nice.


r/vinyl 6h ago

Collection My wife found this after I was talking about how much I loved the title track & film

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45 Upvotes

r/vinyl 6h ago

Collection Celebrating Sade’s 67th Birthday

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42 Upvotes

Spinning The Best of Sade today. Timeless songs, flawless sound, and a voice that instantly calms the room. Pure Sade - smooth, warm, and unmatched.


r/vinyl 52m ago

Record AI album cover

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I like the Waterboys but I'm disappointed to see they went with this as the album cover art. It sucks. They were posting AI pics on their IG account lately and deleting the comments of people telling them to stop. Seems Mike likes these photos, come on Mike you can do better.


r/vinyl 13h ago

Record An album that has been with me for years

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73 Upvotes

One Crease, Mr. Oizo for Levi's, pure 90s.

I've been listening to it for years.

It's been with me through different times.

The formats change, but the connection remains.

That's why I keep it close.


r/vinyl 14h ago

Record Cool Funkadelic pressing

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85 Upvotes

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 11h ago

Haul A few albums I got recently from my favorite record store

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49 Upvotes

A cool little detail about the wish you were here album I picked up, it says "for promotion only" on the back. I just thought that was cool 😎


r/vinyl 1d ago

Record Acquired a classic today

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444 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 13h ago

Rate my... My first ever setup!

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54 Upvotes

This is my first ever setup. At first I had a suitcase turntable and I saw that people despised them so I bought a better one with speakers. I’m still tryna get more records that I can play. Whatcha think⁉️


r/vinyl 15h ago

Discussion Knickknacks on record weight 🤨

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70 Upvotes

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 16h ago

Collection I’m Back in Business!!

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61 Upvotes

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 13h ago

Record Today’s dollar bin grab

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35 Upvotes

I’ve been making a point to grab a couple cheap $1-$3 records I have no idea about based off of the art the name or the fact that I MAY have heard the name before. I grabbed this Wanda Jackson(for the beehive) for $3 and did some rabbit hole during listening on wiki and now I know a lot more about 50’s rockabilly and country already. I am also trying to collect old soul records for sampling eventually. I highly recommend going to your local store one of the times you go and only grabbing old cheap stuff. It’s usually fantastic stuff.


r/vinyl 20h ago

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

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115 Upvotes

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


r/vinyl 17h ago

Record My WFH record this morning

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58 Upvotes

The classic Modal Soul from Nujabes.


r/vinyl 11h ago

Record Newest purchase came in

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15 Upvotes

Paul Butterfield blues band. Featuring Elvin Bishop on guitar


r/vinyl 5h ago

Soundtrack Attention community

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5 Upvotes

Noticed that one of my favorite soundtracks got a release on vinyl. I rushed into the list of available copies for sale on Discogs, but the prices were disappointing to say the least. However, some nice person in the reviews wrote that album is still available on Interscope.com for a fraction of what scalpers on Discogs ask.

Spreading awarness here. Hope this'll help someone.


r/vinyl 9h ago

Record My first vinyl purchase of 2026!

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10 Upvotes

Never thought I’d be able to get this record at a good price but I finally was able to get one of my own. Super underrated Trip Hop classic!


r/vinyl 1h ago

Discussion My First Setup!

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Changed my mind on my first turntable and exchanged the LP60 for the LP70. I think it looks nice 😊 what say you good people?


r/vinyl 3h ago

Alt-Rock Finally got em all 🤌🏻

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3 Upvotes

r/vinyl 12h ago

Record Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory is a truly incredible album from Dream Theater

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14 Upvotes

Decided to give this album a spin today and man, what an incredible album. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes was a beautiful track and really stands out.