Roots Archives Forum

gunosantos:

Actually, although I am in my late 40s, I have only been collecting for the last 2 years. because I stupidly sold my original collection 25 years ago!

But I have spent almost every spare penny I have catching up again. I would honestly now rather spend on vinyl than Ganga (whereas in the 70s and 80s I foolishly sold or swapped records for weed!)

bsd:

eBay is by far the biggest source of vintage vinyl. But there are many pitfalls and sometimes the stuff is pricey. You need to find the good sellers and stick with them. There are far too many poor sellers who like to describe trashed records as EX or Mint.

There are other sources around but I am not telling you where as I want all the bargains for myself! Sorry...

Litelet:

I also discovered my stuff by listening to records. What I originally did was just buy something, if I liked it I would go after other stuff by the same artists, same backing band, producer or label. Mostly this worked really well and helped me uncover gems like this:

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3874

Which I discovered back in 1978 simply because it was backed by the Revolutionaries (I had found Leggo Dub by them to be a great LP) and it was on the Trojan label (my brother had some Trojan stuff that sounded good)

So Revo's plus Trojan meant it could be good. It wasn't good, it was superb. Strangely enough, I just picked it up again from Brazil of all places!

Now I do the same, but this time on ebay and not in a local record store. This has turned up many pleasant surprises and a few not so pleasant. The one's I buy and discover I don't like, I put in a box and intend to sell again. But I have a rule that before selling I will listen to the record again, twice. And often at this point I find I actually DO like the record and so I keep it!

I have recently discovered some music via swapping Mp3s, but as I have spent the last 25 years earning a living from my creative ability as an artist and writer, I am not too happy to be a pirate (I have had my own work pirated and it doesn't feel good).

You know, without people who buy & collect rare vinyl, & then take the time to record, process, encode & tag mp3's that there are any mp3's to d/l in the first place. Much time, money & effort goes into this.

bsd:

Of course everyone (who buys) wants to know the greater sources for vintage rare vinyl, but as leggo said, everyone wants to keep the bargains for themselves....

For me the greatest source for rare vinyl is e-bay, from where i buy almost 95% of my vintage out-of-press records... but there's this problem in finding the right sellers with the right stuff.... a lot of poor sellers, i have to agree...

besides e-bay, there are a few record stores that have second hand music, mostly in the Uk and europe, and some in the US... also some other serious collectors who sell their albums directly to others....

but, of course, if anyone knows and wants to reveal another great source i'm always opened to new threats!

leggo: besides paying my bills (that i believe you and also almost everyone here does!) i also spend almost every spare cent i have in buying records. If not vintage records for my collection, loads of new sealed stuff to start building my online record store to spread reggae down here.

Yeah, there was a time when things were easier to catch here, and people use to have great vinyl collections... but most of these old collectors here sold their entire collection to make money (or swapped for weed as you said you did!) when the cd came and took vinyl's place in the late 80's/ early 90's.

In the northeast there's still some serious collectors, but they rather much more the ska/rocksteady/early roots era, that is not my favorite.

Blessings!

rasdragon:

That is a very valid point. And recording vinyl is a drag.

So please, all you downloaders, give a thought to us who actually buy and record vinyl next time you hit that 'download now' button!

VINTAGE VINYL IS MY MIDDLE NAME,I HAVE HUNDREDS OF THE RAREST VINYL AVAILABLE.AND ALL ORIGINALS E.G.TUFF GONG/UPPSETTERS/OBSERVERS/ATTACK/DEB/CHANNEL ONE/JOE GIBBS/NIGGER KOJAK/ERROL T/TOP RANKING/TAXI/FREEDOM SOUNDS/CRYSTAL/GROOVEMASTER/IMPACT/GORGAN AND MANY MORE

if you need vinyl,send me your lists

tuff gong isn't a rare label...

it depends where

Hi, i love vinyl .. i've some but i don't have a vinyl player .. ecause to have one i've to buy an amplifier .. and speakers that stuff .. so i've to buy in cd .. and download

If I & I buy more from
Presure sound/Heartbeat/Bloodandfire/etc.
They can bring more rare stuff on the market.
Support them.

Lion