Records in Tesco.

I've just nipped into Tesco to pick up a butty because Mrs B couldn't be arsed making me any lunch last night (I'll deal with her later....) and I spotted some records on sale.

Proper records - Vinyl ones. Albums.

Anyroad, there weren't that many but it was a fairly eclectic mix - Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Adele, Sgt Pepper's, Now That's What I Call Utterly Shite Volume 47, etc but one thing did stand out.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths was £12 and But Seriously by Phil Collins was a whopping £20.

Twenty English Pounds for a shit album, released 27 years ago by a boring twat who only had a solo career because he could sing a bit like the bloke who used to do it in Genesis before he went mad and ran away (Brian Pern).

Is Phil Collins really worth eight quid more than Morrissey & Marr?

Not in my world.

Don't worry though, I sorted it.

There were only four copies of the Collins' album and they now reside at the bottom of a freezer under a load of bags of frozen chips, so nobody's going to get ripped off.

Just to add though.  I do agree.

the price of vinyl now is shocking, i went in HMV in Manchester a while ago and most LP's were going for £20.

I never liked vinyl first time round, i always bought tapes instead and won't be joining in with the vinyl revival

I wouldn't have paid twenty quid for a Phil Collins record in the 80's, let alone now.

In fact, I wouldn't even pay twenty quid for the little bastard to come round and sing in my front room.

Even if he brought some beer and a pizza with him.

And then cleaned my car.

And re-pointed the gable end......

Fortunately I've a raft load of vinyl that's been liberated from the loft recently from the loft. The quality and weight of the stuff purchased today is of better quality than the original stuff in most instances due to remastering. Furthermore there's only two or three plants in Europe that produce vinyl I've been reliably informed, however this shouldn't effect the price differential.
I recently purchased a Miles Davis album which I only had as mp3 for £11-50 and have seen it much dearer.
On Tuesday Beth Hart vinyl was on sale for £20 but the same stuff could be purchased from outside varying between £14-50 to  £27, so it's how much the punter wants to pay and how much you want it. No different to every purchase you make really. After all who's dumb enough to have a shandy made with TT Landlord?

I recently dusted off some vinyl that had been stashed in my Mum and Dad's loft for 20 years and discovered that I have 10 copies of The Damned's Love Song. 6 different sleeves, 3 colours of vinyl (black, white and blue) and a 12" version. Clearly I was a tad obsessed with that band back in the day (and still am).

No Phil Collins though. Tosser.

The only vinyl I've kept are my Dylan albums.

Gone nothing to play them on though.

finlaymcdanger wrote:I recently dusted off some vinyl that had been stashed in my Mum and Dad's loft for 20 years and discovered that I have 10 copies of The Damned's Love Song. 6 different sleeves, 3 colours of vinyl (black, white and blue) and a 12" version. Clearly I was a tad obsessed with that band back in the day (and still am).

Damned played Stirling in the '77 and after 3 songs somebody threw a can on stage and they stopped playing and announced that if it happened again they'd walk.
Obviously next song they got showered in them and that was that. Bit pissed off with them as it was a charity do, they didn't get the spirit of punk and clearly had no sense of humour so they remain a  bunch of tosspots in my mind.

boltonbonce wrote:The only vinyl I've kept are my Dylan albums.

Gone nothing to play them on though.

i'm the same Boncey, i did buy tapes for albums but still bought a lot of 12 inch singles so i have all the Madchester bands and various dance/house records i can't play now as i have no turntable

Think i need to pay a visit to some of the second hand record shops in Manchester and flog them. Won't get much for them but better than nothing

Norpig wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:The only vinyl I've kept are my Dylan albums.

Gone nothing to play them on though.

i'm the same Boncey, i did buy tapes for albums but still bought a lot of 12 inch singles so i have all the Madchester bands and various dance/house records i can't play now as i have no turntable

Think i need to pay a visit to some of the second hand record shops in Manchester and flog them. Won't get much for them but better than nothing

Don't know why I'm keeping mine. Although it's fair to say I'm a bit of a hoarder.

I certainly won't be joining the vinyl revival.

I remember owning a James Taylor album that skipped badly during track 2,and would only play if I weighted the top of the arm above the stylus with a threepenny bit.

Very hi tech.

wanderlust wrote:

finlaymcdanger wrote:I recently dusted off some vinyl that had been stashed in my Mum and Dad's loft for 20 years and discovered that I have 10 copies of The Damned's Love Song. 6 different sleeves, 3 colours of vinyl (black, white and blue) and a 12" version. Clearly I was a tad obsessed with that band back in the day (and still am).

Damned played Stirling in the '77 and after 3 songs somebody threw a can on stage and they stopped playing and announced that if it happened again they'd walk.
Obviously next song they got showered in them and that was that. Bit pissed off with them as it was a charity do, they didn't get the spirit of punk and clearly had no sense of humour so they remain a  bunch of tosspots in my mind.

 
Almost 40 years is an awful long time to hold a grudge, lusty. Definitely a dick move on their part though.

I had a similar experience with Dr. and The Medics the same week that Spirit in the Sky shot into the charts. The Anadin Brothers (the 2 female backing singers) didn't like people gobbing at them and threatened to walk if they didn't stop. They tolerated it for a while but cut the set short in the end.

To be honest, apart from your experience, I always thought The Damned had a good sense of humour and never really took themselves totally seriously. Maybe that came a little later in their career though.

boltonbonce wrote:The only vinyl I've kept are my Dylan albums.

Gone nothing to play them on though.

 I see Morrisons are selling retro record players at £30

gloswhite wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:The only vinyl I've kept are my Dylan albums.

Gone nothing to play them on though.

 I see Morrisons are selling retro record players at £30

Bloody hell! You could get yourself a Phil Collins album for close to that amount.

I don't think anyone can deny "Another Day In Paradise" and "Easy Lover" are absolute classics.

Dr and The Medics could only dream of writing songs like those.

(BTW, I actually thought Dr And The Medics were a joke group like Jive Bunny and Black Lace.)

Never listened to Phil tax exile Collins after seeing him sucking up to Maggie Thatcher  He's a tosser

Maggie is one of my heroes. What's your point?

Bread2.0 wrote:I wouldn't have paid twenty quid for a Phil Collins record in the 80's, let alone now.

In fact, I wouldn't even pay twenty quid for the little bastard to come round and sing in my front room.

Even if he brought some beer and a pizza with him.

And then cleaned my car.

And re-pointed the gable end......

Sorry to hear your having problems with your gable end.

Was thinking of getting this;

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