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Do you have a list in ur phone or something that u update all the time, or do u remember in your head things u want to find?

I like to listen to stuff online or w/e and add it to a big list so it stays fresh, then I can check around for them
(but im looking mostly for disco/soul records all the time)

I just have hundreds of post its all over my desk to remind me.

used to keep a list (only when i NEEDED to buy a track for a gig or sumting)

but these days ive got stoner quality control... instead of buying everything i like, i just dont buy the stuff i cant remember

Nevalo wrote:instead of buying everything i like, i just dont buy the stuff i cant remember

That...is a great fucking idea.
Simple but genius.

I buy stuff on whether or not the cover art is cool...is there isn't any, next thing to be judge is te name

Putting it in your phone is so old school. I just write the tunes down on a piece of paper these days.

i only dig for samples, not for listening. so besides albums and artists im familiar with, i just look at the date and instruments/musicians involved, and to a lesser extent the label and album cover. if i recognize any musicians or producers (usually just jazz and soul respectively) or if i see something cool like a harp or a lute or old synths i'll pick it up.

I do the same thing w/ the date when looking for samples, w/ jazz tho im usually looking for particular artists but will sometimes just blind buy... And in reference to the label ill pretty much pick up anything motown or budda/curtdom unless its like after 1980

CTI

ehbrums1 wrote:I buy stuff on whether or not the cover art is cool...is there isn't any, next thing to be judge is te name

Yeah this is one way I've gotten loads of cool stuff. Otherwise I just remember people's names. There was a lot of session musicians back then, seems like more than today's music so I remember a lot of drummers or singers or producers names. I also sometimes take a portable USB turntable into shops and listen. Sometimes people stare but I've never had someone tell me no. As a last resort I'll type stuff into my phone and search online, but usually if I can't find a damn thing about the record online it gives me that much more incentive to buy it haha.

no one who listens to dubstep digs for records, its only been around 6 years lol

when i go vinyl exchange in town though, i usually pick a style or section that sounds interesting, look for names i may recognise, listen to them n see if i like what they do, or alternatively, pick a loada stuff i've never heard of and listen through that.

anything i like from then is artist and/or label searches to see what else i like

I usually just look for labels/artists/producers I like. Any time I see one of these it gets snapped up!

Digging for samples I go or labels, artists, years and producers. Either that or take a random dip in the bargain bin. Interesting and abstract front covers can sometime yield good results. For general records to play out, I just go to the record shop and see whats in that sounds good, every now and then do a massive online shop.

the order of things to remember differs from genre to genre.

sometimes it's looking at the year, sometimes at the producer, sometimes the label, and to a different extent the shout out (Fabio, Grooverider, Moving Shadow, etcetera getting shouts on records that don't ring a bell at all otherwise has turned out good before)

if the above don't work it's probably guessing and randomly getting some extra records to check out at home

Usually I just check for the records online and then buy them online

AxeD wrote:Usually I just check for the records online and then buy them online

I do also do this (who dosn't), But part of vinyl for me is the culture. I love going to the record shop, speaking to other dj's etc, physically looking through crates and finding gems you wern't aware of.

jameshk wrote:

AxeD wrote:Usually I just check for the records online and then buy them online

I do also do this (who dosn't), But part of vinyl for me is the culture. I love going to the record shop, speaking to other dj's etc, physically looking through crates and finding gems you wern't aware of.

I like going to the record shop too, but I fear speaking to other dj's most of the time.
Maybe it's better at actually good record shops, I don't know.

i very rarely actually dig for records which is a bit of a shame really

i mainly buy new stuff online now that i'm not near idle hands record shop, and older stuff is usually discogs. i find most used records are massively overpriced if the shop has any idea about the music, but ocassionaly you find a shop where they don't care/know and you can get massive bargains

A bookshop in my hometown has just opened up their basement and are stocking vinyl. I picked this up on a complete whim/off chance for a £1 'cos it was in the Garage section and pretty old, couldn't listen to it in advance, got home and find there's one selling for £150 on Discogs.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-SMK-14/release/659166

isiahfire wrote:A bookshop in my hometown has just opened up their basement and are stocking vinyl. I picked this up on a complete whim/off chance for a £1 'cos it was in the Garage section and pretty old, couldn't listen to it in advance, got home and find there's one selling for £150 on Discogs.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-SMK-14/release/659166

Fucking hell. That's a lucky find!