In general: Records, Gunpla, Warhammer are always welcome and likely to be most of what the following wishlist will contain.
Please check my discogs collection to verify what I own or not!
And you check my discogs wantlist to see some things I have my eyes on - but it is very much a small subset.
| Artist | Album | Shop(s) | đź’– |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | Discogs | |
| Black Sabbath | Master of Reality | ^ | |
| Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden | Discogs | |
| Iron Maiden | Killers | ^ | |
| Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | ^ | |
| Iron Maiden | Piece of Mind | ^ | |
| Iron Maiden | Powerslave | ^ | |
| Iron Maiden | Brave New World | ^ | |
| Khemmis | Absolution | LP Merch Site, Discogs | đź’– |
| Khemmis | Haunted | ^ | đź’– |
| Khemmis | Desolation | ^ | đź’– |
| Raised by Swans | Codes And Secret Longing (CD) | Discogs | |
| Raised By Swans | Ă–xnadalur (CD) | Bandcamp | đź’– |
// Items marked with đź’– are things I would try for since they have official releases
To shop for records generally, if the band is active/modern I try and link or share their official merch/bandcamp (generally you can websearch for the bands website where they usually link their US LP store).
But otherwise using Discogs is the easiest way to shop for used records. Overall, you simply look through their releases filtering for Vinyl and the album and find a cheaper US release. Try and avoid good or fair quality as it usually means “pretty rough but it works”. VG is my usual minimum. And do check the sellers shipping options. Sometimes, they make deals for 2+ records (like flatrate shipping) so sometimes ordering from the same store can save some money!.
And PLEASE DO NOT EVER spend a lot on a record. Usually $30 is a brand new repress cost for a 2xLP and my maximum. I would much rather have something not on the above list - knowing it wasn’t a total rip-off.
Speaking of represses, represses are always fine. If there are notoriously bad represses/rereleases I’d make it known. But so far only the first two Iron Maiden albums (Self, Killers) suffer from originally bad mastering - so it doesn’t really matter if its a repress/release or not. Its mostly purists/nerds who care.
If you are sick of getting me records for gifts - I do need something to hold some overflow for my records like found here on etsy. Ideally it would be something that can hold 10+ records for storage - but even something that displays a single record (like what is currently playing) is needed. And probably more within the price limit.
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