Recently I've discovered a lot of great stuff like the artists shown below. I knew who they were but I wasn't familiar with their work. Now I am -- and much of it is beautiful. My long car-rides are more pleasant now.
Have you ever bought music in a thrift-store?
I like to look for vinyls in thrift stores... I love to listen to vinyls and to take the time just to sit and listen, then stand up to change the vinyl and listen again :)
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Me, too! I did that this morning while reading blogs.
DeleteI love looking for vinyl at the thrift store. Usually, I do look for music that I know and love. But if an album cover just cool or interesting and the record looks relatively unharmed, I will buy it and try it out! Like you said, for $0.25 you can't really go wrong!
ReplyDeleteI remember when CDs first came out and, due to antitrust collusion, the record companies priced them at $18 and forbid stores from discounting (as they used to with vinyl). Making a purchase at this price was a commitment I agonized over. So paying less than a buck is so nice. No risk at all.
DeleteI have a few carbon records at home but my Victrola is broken so I cannot listen to them. Then I bought a 50's turntable… and I have yet to try my records on it. You just made me remember that I have not tried it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't looked for much music at the thrift store, but I want to try to track down some of my old favorite children's music for Oliver, so I might start.
ReplyDeleteSide note - seeing that Stevie Ray Vaughn CD brings me back - I dated a guy once who was OBSESSED with him so for about four months I listened to his music a lot. A LOT. He's good, don't get me wrong, but it was kind of a relief when we broke up, lol.
I like SRV, especially "Pride & Joy."
DeleteI've bought the occasional obscure classical music, musicals or world music cd but I am not that fussed about buying music. have too much already !x
ReplyDeleteI buy thrift shop CDs all the time! I love picking out people I don't know and 'trying them out'. It's how I found Rachel Sage (OMG LOVE HER!) - I had purchased "Ballads & Burlesques" for a buck in the early 2000s and now she's my one of my favorite artists.
ReplyDeleteI also like to thrift records because 1. I want a record player but 2. they make great art. I have the Ladyhawk soundtrack in my sewing room on the wall.
Honey, if you need a turntable, tell me. I'll buy you one.
DeleteI think we'd enjoy one another's playlists immensely - anyone who combines Stevie Ray Vaugh and Glenn Miller in the same thrift store shopping cart gets sounds like my kind of music fan! :)
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I have! One of my favorite things to find at old thrift stores are records. Even if they actual record doesn't work, the case makes a great piece of art for the apartment!
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I always get a record when I go thrifting. I can't pass up 25 cent music!
ReplyDeleteLoooove shopping for music at the charity shops, what a variety and the price can never be beat!!
ReplyDeleteNo, but I once bought a copy of "Julie and Julia" which turned out to be a piece of Chinese piracy. Really brilliant. The translations of idioms were hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI have that very same LeAnn Rimes CD - bought it when it first came out! Awesome.
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