Anybody sell records through the post?

What, a defender or a striker ?.

 

My advice to anyone thinking of starting a vinyl record collection is don't. I've collected records since the mid-70s - LPs peaked at around 4k, now down to around 3.5k with Gordon's kind donation of packaging and slowly continuing downwards. It used to be fun - new LPs were reasonable and the charity shops and bargain bins were great places to fill a few gaps with s/h stuff - but now every chazza thinks their tatty copy of Rumours or Sgt Pepper or Bat Out of Hell etc is worth a fortune 'because it's old!'. These things sold in their many millions and every home had one. Now overpriced beyond belief unless you chance on a minty first press. New stuff is ludicrously priced and rising rapidly. Umpteen colour variants or alternative sleeves or a few extra ropey tracks that weren't good enough first time round, all added to fleece you yet again. 'Anniversary editions' of things that you bought 5, 10, 15 etc years ago when they had their previous anniversaries. I mean how many actual copies of Definitely Maybe does anyone need?!?

Don't get me wrong, there is something beautifully tactile about bringing home an LP, placing it on the deck and properly listening, but not so much these days that can overcome my issues detailed above. I still enjoy a crate-dig in record shops - the £2 bin at my local indie has yielded some absolute gems that just needed a good clean and a bit of TLC on the sleeve. Some of these I've kept, most I've moved on for significant profit. New LPs? Not really anymore, unless it's something unavailable on streaming platforms, but I can count on one hand the number of new purchases made in the last year.

Other opinions are - very obviously - available.

 

Keep smoking the tabs ehh Kendra matey.
To be honest though, as I was a kid in those days, I never did understand the appeal to records at the time.
Or rather, I mean it being put on 'vinyl', which sounded awful if it had even a slight speck of dust on it.

 

I know Gordon well I bin all mine so can’t help

 

Do. That’s mine. It’s fun but then again I only have 7 or 9 records and hate streaming.