Found one copy on Amazon if you want to bite that bullet! Check it out here.

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If you submitted a request and did not get a response please use this form and resubmit.  I apologize for the trouble but am thankful for those of you who continue to save the vinyl while filling up my office with countless hours of music!

Thanks again!

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From the Record Store Day website:  This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.

Nashville, be sure to visit Grimey’s for all the specials of the day.  Curious what is going to be available?  Here’s a list!

Not in Nashville?  Check out the Record Store Day website and find the closest participating store.

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records.   Many were shipped in and many we picked up when we could.

I can’t tell you guys how awesome it is to have closets full of great music.  We continually go thru the collection and listen to a lot of it.  Most we’ve never seen or heard of and thats what makes this so awesome.  We have plans to share a lot of this music in the coming years with other collectors and music lovers-  will keep you posted when that is up and running!

I just wanted to say THANKS and Merry Christmas to all who have donated!  We have a stack of records that are being converted to CDs for many of you and you’ll see those very soon.

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So What is the code?  Goldmine puts out a vinyl collectors guide that has a great rating system.  Here is their rating system-  note that Ebay uses their system as well when suggesting how to grade your vinyl.

Goldmine Grading System:

MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.

NEAR MINT or NM, M- : this record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork is be as close to perfect as can be.

EXCELLENT or EX or VG++ : minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.

VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+ record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. If the flaws don’t cause any surface noise, the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. COVERS: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it.The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.

VERY GOOD or VG: this record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear well have been played but still have some luster. VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting . There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contamination’s in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent.

GOOD or G A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks, caused by deep scratches. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off.In essence, the cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless.

On a scale from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Perfect) the above gradings are equivalent to:
MINT – 10, Near Mint – 8, Excellent – 7, Very Good Plus – 6 , Very Good – 5 , Good – 2

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I know I’m a bit nerdy about it but I love getting new vinyl. We’ve been getting some in regularly and I’m excited that my bonus room is starting to fill up. My wife is not.

Some of the notables in this group are Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffitti, Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna, The Kinks’ Muswell Hillbillies, The Police’s Synchronicity and a 100 others. I have plenty of listening to do.

So what are you spinning currently? Old stuff? New Stuff? Indie?

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and part 2…

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We had some classic R&B/Soul come in from her.  Including Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Rick James, The Temptations and Kool Moe Dee!

Gonna spin them this weekend for sure.

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Thanks again to all who have donated since the launch.

Got vinyl and looking for a caring home?  Contact me.

Oh, if you have this Beatles album… please let me know!  Will pay for extra padding in the shipping!!  

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Get your’s here–

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