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Another upvote for Discogs - just be aware that there are many pressings of the same record so you will want to actually look at the matrix and runout codes in

Another upvote for Discogs - just be aware that there are many pressings of the same record so you will want to actually look at the matrix and runout codes in the "dead wax" which is the innermost smooth part of the vinyl. Anything that you want to salvage can be deep cleaned with a "spin clean" or like I do, with an ultrasonic tank cleaner. A warning - this can actually become a hobby. Don't get wrapped up in high dollar modern pressings unless there is something you absolutely have to have. The world is still bursting at the seams with old records that are new to you and can be had for $1-$5 each. If you decide to get a cleaner you can bring many of them back to life and you'll be surprised how good they can sound. Mostly just have some cheap fun!

m463 4y ago
but can you still get an original discwasher with a squeeze bottle of de-ionized water?
mkaic 4y ago
Don't worry, there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" — John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon score — and I've just ordered it secondhand, so I should be good for a while :) Thanks for the advice and the tip about cleaning!
- beckler 4y ago
  Not gonna lie, did not expect to see someone looking for this soundtrack, but it's straight up amazing. "Romantic Flight" and "Test Flight" on that album are some of my all-time favorite soundtrack pieces, and the Jonsi track is also excellent.
  - mkaic 4y ago
    Agreed! Powell is my favorite modern composer mostly for his work on the trilogy. I've listened to the soundtrack for years and remembered an Instagram post he made about it being pressed to vinyl a while back, so it was the first thing that came to mind when I realized I have a fully-functional record playing set up now! Romantic Flight and Test Flight are indeed spectacular, though I think my personal favorite is probably Forbidden Friendship! Also, yes! The Jonsi track is great. I'm also a fan of the songs he made for the second and third movies. Really cool that they got him to collaborate on the whole trilogy.
- gazby 4y ago
  Like beckler I was definitely not expecting HTTYD to be your unicorn. But what a fantastic unicorn it is! Absolutely superb. I wish so badly that 2 and 3 had more of the same thematic material, but perhaps it's simply not possibly to improve upon.
  - mkaic 4y ago
    Yeah, the first movie will always be the best one, but despite 2 and 3 being not as good, they were still really good! "Dragon Racing", the intro track from the second film, is quite fun, as well as "Flying with Mother". "Stoick's Ship" reliably makes me tear up though so I can't listen to it too often. The third movie has a ton of new musical ideas in it, and there are several tracks from its score that I like including "Third Date", "The Hidden World", "Once There Were Dragons", and "Together From Afar".
    - gazby 4y ago
      Thanks heaps for the track recommendations, I will revisit both 2 and 3 ASAP!! I agree Dragon Racing was fantastic, but that was the only track that initially grabbed from 2 or 3. Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I hope the vinyl is everything you're hoping for mate! If it's not too tough to explain, I'd be interested to know what properties of it are appealing to you. I go for 12-bit FLAC for everything where I can get it, and I tend to notice compression artifacts more than most other people I know. I'm far from an audiophile though.
      - mkaic 4y ago
        > Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I know your pain! It's very weird having my music taste, because it's not like it's "underground" or anything—there are plenty of folks who enjoy film soundtracks! Yet the odds of bumping into someone who does on the street are still low, and even lower still that you'd find out about it.
- dylan604 4y ago
  >there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" for now. then, you'll get that record. you'll enjoy that record. then the need for a new record strikes. a friend of mine and i started a small niche record shop in early '00s and made a go of doing online. it was so niche it never really did much more than supplying us and our friends with direct access to distributors for that niche music. eventually, we stopped and with that the weekly/twice-weekly vinyl delivery stopped. it felt like going cold turkey. it took a while to readjust. like I said...for now ;-)
dclowd9901 4y ago
Lol $1-$5. Even hunting through record stores, I never find stuff that cheap. That might have been 2 decades ago, but not anymore.
- myself248 4y ago
  Estatesales dot net, my friend. Walk in on the last day of the sale, an hour before close, "fifty bucks for what's left of the records", walk out with six crates of vinyl.
- SteveGerencser 4y ago
  I was about to say the same thing. I get decent albums in somewhat not great condition at flea markets in the $5 range, but most record stores aren't selling anything that cheap these days. Everyone has discogs and can see what things are selling for and set their prices accordingly. And I'm okay with that. Everyone needs to make a buck.
- Freak_NL 4y ago
  Try charity shops and annual rummage sales. I can always find a bunch of good records there (classical mostly, but other stuff too) here in the Netherlands between the dozens of boring records for prices going from €2 down to €0.50. I like the serendipity of getting some record that looks like it might be nice for a few cents.
  - Cthulhu_ 4y ago
    The Dutch charity shops have a lot of immemorable stuff though, as you said - a lot of classical (dime a dozen), Dutch artists, German stuff, and the well known pop artists. But never anything rare. You don't find anything rare because the volunteers at those charity shops get first dibs on everything (officially or no), and the shops themselves do; they will pick out the good record and either flog them on ebay or whatever, or move them to a more upmarket shop where the name changes from a charity shop but a vintage or antique shop. I never expect to find anything valuable or collectable at a charity shop anymore. I mean besides the staff, there will always be people scouring it at all hours of the day looking for collectibles. The other one there is house clearings; in some cases, when someone dies with no relatives or nobody interested, they'll hire a house clearing service, who also get first dibs on anything valuable or collectable. The rest is sold in either their own shops or sent to a charity shop.

m463 4y ago

but can you still get an original discwasher with a squeeze bottle of de-ionized water?

mkaic 4y ago

Don't worry, there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" — John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon score — and I've just ordered it secondhand, so I should be good for a while :) Thanks for the advice and the tip about cleaning!

beckler 4y ago
Not gonna lie, did not expect to see someone looking for this soundtrack, but it's straight up amazing. "Romantic Flight" and "Test Flight" on that album are some of my all-time favorite soundtrack pieces, and the Jonsi track is also excellent.
- mkaic 4y ago
  Agreed! Powell is my favorite modern composer mostly for his work on the trilogy. I've listened to the soundtrack for years and remembered an Instagram post he made about it being pressed to vinyl a while back, so it was the first thing that came to mind when I realized I have a fully-functional record playing set up now! Romantic Flight and Test Flight are indeed spectacular, though I think my personal favorite is probably Forbidden Friendship! Also, yes! The Jonsi track is great. I'm also a fan of the songs he made for the second and third movies. Really cool that they got him to collaborate on the whole trilogy.
gazby 4y ago
Like beckler I was definitely not expecting HTTYD to be your unicorn. But what a fantastic unicorn it is! Absolutely superb. I wish so badly that 2 and 3 had more of the same thematic material, but perhaps it's simply not possibly to improve upon.
- mkaic 4y ago
  Yeah, the first movie will always be the best one, but despite 2 and 3 being not as good, they were still really good! "Dragon Racing", the intro track from the second film, is quite fun, as well as "Flying with Mother". "Stoick's Ship" reliably makes me tear up though so I can't listen to it too often. The third movie has a ton of new musical ideas in it, and there are several tracks from its score that I like including "Third Date", "The Hidden World", "Once There Were Dragons", and "Together From Afar".
  - gazby 4y ago
    Thanks heaps for the track recommendations, I will revisit both 2 and 3 ASAP!! I agree Dragon Racing was fantastic, but that was the only track that initially grabbed from 2 or 3. Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I hope the vinyl is everything you're hoping for mate! If it's not too tough to explain, I'd be interested to know what properties of it are appealing to you. I go for 12-bit FLAC for everything where I can get it, and I tend to notice compression artifacts more than most other people I know. I'm far from an audiophile though.
    - mkaic 4y ago
      > Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I know your pain! It's very weird having my music taste, because it's not like it's "underground" or anything—there are plenty of folks who enjoy film soundtracks! Yet the odds of bumping into someone who does on the street are still low, and even lower still that you'd find out about it.
dylan604 4y ago
>there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" for now. then, you'll get that record. you'll enjoy that record. then the need for a new record strikes. a friend of mine and i started a small niche record shop in early '00s and made a go of doing online. it was so niche it never really did much more than supplying us and our friends with direct access to distributors for that niche music. eventually, we stopped and with that the weekly/twice-weekly vinyl delivery stopped. it felt like going cold turkey. it took a while to readjust. like I said...for now ;-)

dclowd9901 4y ago

Lol $1-$5. Even hunting through record stores, I never find stuff that cheap. That might have been 2 decades ago, but not anymore.

myself248 4y ago
Estatesales dot net, my friend. Walk in on the last day of the sale, an hour before close, "fifty bucks for what's left of the records", walk out with six crates of vinyl.
SteveGerencser 4y ago
I was about to say the same thing. I get decent albums in somewhat not great condition at flea markets in the $5 range, but most record stores aren't selling anything that cheap these days. Everyone has discogs and can see what things are selling for and set their prices accordingly. And I'm okay with that. Everyone needs to make a buck.
Freak_NL 4y ago
Try charity shops and annual rummage sales. I can always find a bunch of good records there (classical mostly, but other stuff too) here in the Netherlands between the dozens of boring records for prices going from €2 down to €0.50. I like the serendipity of getting some record that looks like it might be nice for a few cents.
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  The Dutch charity shops have a lot of immemorable stuff though, as you said - a lot of classical (dime a dozen), Dutch artists, German stuff, and the well known pop artists. But never anything rare. You don't find anything rare because the volunteers at those charity shops get first dibs on everything (officially or no), and the shops themselves do; they will pick out the good record and either flog them on ebay or whatever, or move them to a more upmarket shop where the name changes from a charity shop but a vintage or antique shop. I never expect to find anything valuable or collectable at a charity shop anymore. I mean besides the staff, there will always be people scouring it at all hours of the day looking for collectibles. The other one there is house clearings; in some cases, when someone dies with no relatives or nobody interested, they'll hire a house clearing service, who also get first dibs on anything valuable or collectable. The rest is sold in either their own shops or sent to a charity shop.