วีดีโอ

I think thrift stores allow certain collectors to go thru their new arrivals before they put them on the shelf. It is also pretty easy to check the value of stuff on the internet now, so the good cds never make it to the shelves.

"Drop Dead Kennedys" LOL!! You actually managed to confuse 3 bands; Drop Dead; Dead Kennedys; DropKick Murphys.

come back, sure 😁👍 vinyl hype makes me wacko, see Metallica stuff 🤑

Gunshine sucks. Check out Pallbearer, Heartless album. You're welcome.

The vinyl collectors are insane. I never moved away from cds and have feasted on people's poor decisions to abandon their cds.Keep e'm comin!

Pink is in a movie I recently watched called Catacombs, it was terrible. She was billed under her real name Alecia Moore. I've come across yard sales and charity shops where they paid me 75 cents a cd to take them off their hands.

Cool, I'd pay 10$ for a new copy of Earth, Wind and Fire! I just came across you today. I see your 2 turntables behind you but what kind of CD player do you have?

I mean, if you're just going to Goodwill and flee markets and yeah it's slim pickings. For me however, I hit the record store to find the good stuff. I'm mostly into rock and metal. And the last 2 CD hauls I scored some really good finds.

CD revival is on...SACD ...folks are back to SACD ...gone are those " music jumps out of the speaker Mono sounds awesome" era!!!

I've been listening to lots of Muddy Waters and Howlin Wold.

Hi Rudy. WOW 50 cents. I volunteer in a charity shop in the UK and we hardly get any CD's donated nowadays. I always look though them, if we do get any but it's not the type of music I'm interested in. Also in the UK it's mid winter so no car boot sales until the spring. I have the Tina Turner CD. The only CD I've brought recently is A Momentary Lapse of Reason (2019 remix) by Pink Floyd.

Goodwill has an ebay page. The good stuff gets collected, and shipped off to their warehouse where they handle all online sales. It doesn't even see the shelves in stores. Scalpers and resellers have ruined the business model of thrift stores, wherein the corporation side has said, "Why should we sell things for pennies on the dollar that people are going to turn around and sell for major profit?" In essence, it defeats the purpose of what Goodwill was created for, but you know, scalpers ruin everything like the parasites they are.

I think there are CD's out for sale, you just have to pay 10-15 dollars which is fair.

I've been listening to a lot of modern Westcoast/AOR artists like Monkey House, Young Gun Silver Fox, Page 99, State Cows, Quint Starkie and Dane Donohue.

I just saw WASP at The Palladium a couple weeks ago

The black car Roth had was what he pulled up in to meet Vince Neil in ‘81 to give him pointers as he was getting into the music business

I live in south Oc, about 15 minutes from where Irvine Meadows was. Great venue, I miss it. I have a Leathur 1st pressing

Near mint first pressings (what I’ve collected for 30 years) will remain at premium prices. Scarcity is the name of the game. It’s why a Mickey Mantle mint 1952 Topps that sold for 130,000 in ‘96 now goes for millions . (A card that is now 73 years old).There will never be another Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Sabbath, (thank you streaming services, killed the music industry). There will always be a market for people who want rock music of the era and if you want a pristine UK Zeppelin 4, you’re gonna have to pay.

I live in south Oc. Haven’t seen anything like that in a thrift store in 20 years.

People aren't donating cds and vinyl anymore. The thrift shops In my city have the same old cds from more than 5 years ago. I know many people have either sold to record stores or dumped their collections in the trash more than 10 years ago. I've also worked in thrift shops in the past and anything good is taken by employees or listed online for much more . This is why most don't have the shelves full of records or cds.

The guy you bought them from probably stole them. Dropkick Murphys is the best of the whole bunch.

Some great cds , in my neck of the woods cds are getting more expensive. Wish the hipsters would stick to their vinyl and leave the cds alone lol.

Happy new year Rudy! We missed you, glad you uploaded! Ben is a real cutie 😍😍😍😍

Pink toured Australia last year the same time Taylor Swift was blowing through. She drew more people to her shows than Swift did. Got 1/20th of the press coverage.

Ben is soooo adorable!! Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year!

Happy new year! ✌🏼🎉

Been listening to Billy Joel. CD's are getting hard to find.

I love 12 inch singles and pick them up whenever I see them. You have some very nice ones, some of which I have never even seen.

OMG. What a haul for $30. It's unbelievable.

Yeah,wait a lifetime to find $1 records that are scratched.every dog has his day.bye bye

Buy CDs 💿 !! Please take a moment to subscribe to our band's TH-cam Channel: th-cam.com/users/thetickingclocks

I always tell people that if they want to assemble a cool stereo component system on a budget, they should consider going to thrift stores, garage sales, church rummage sales, local auctions, as well as eBay, but thrift stores are often the best place to start and that's how I managed to buy some amazing components over the years for $5 to $20 each which were fractions of their original retail prices. :)

. yeah , i cant really see what you are holding

Those are some really good deals. Geographical location is everything. I love those Dual speakers. They look like Old Skool dj speakers. Do you have information on them as a search turns up nothing.

I've been a music lover and collector my whole life. Vinyl, cassette, CD, mp3. I was a dj in a crew in the 80's to help fund my hobby. My collection includes classical to metal and everything in-between. I've watched the trends come and go. Floor model console systems, component systems, integrated systems,mini stereo systems , walkmans, boom boxes, bookshelf speakers, vinyl, cassette, mp3, mini disc, CDs, the rise and fall of Napster, the cd price fixing scandal in the 90's in Canada, the 2022 class action settlement against optical drive manufacturers, streaming, Bluetooth, mini battery powered speakers, Sirius satellite etc. People have fallen for the manipulation by manufacturers, service suppliers and retailers while not understanding what they are buying into. Understanding the differences between analog and digital, compression, either digitally or analog is a basic. You don't have to be an audiophile to understand it, which I am not. Did you notice how cd players would play burned Cds initially. Sometime around 2000 cd players manufacted for the next 2 to 3 years couldn't play burned cds unless the manufacturer listed it as a feature. Shortly after mp3 cd players took over. I'm still waiting for the vintage vinyl market to correct itself. Love the channels name. I assume you're a Depeche mode fan?

I gave up buying vinyl exactly one year ago. I have enough CD's and vinyl to listen to for the rest of my life. And I hit TH-cam for older bands that aren't mainstream and I couldn't get physical access to such as Galaxie 500 and Cabaret Voltaire. I will buy a new bass guitar before the tarrifs hit next year.

A few months ago i got lucky. Found a set of Paradigm high performance series Phantom speakers for $40 Cdn at my local thrift store. Grill clothes and eblems in perfect condition. I was surprised how great they sound .

Great video - thanks! TRIUMPH is one of my favorite bands - I first heard them in 1979 on the Just A Game album which I played over and over. I've cut back on buying vinyl and switched back to CD's for all the reasons you said. Occasionally, I do buy a record, though. Never giving up the ones I have. I'm glad 4 or 5 years ago I bought vinyl for POWERWOLF, Mercyful Fate & King Diamond which back then was a little cheaper. However, I've noticed some bands are not in it for the money and are keeping new vinyl releases around $25. Wal-Mart does have cheaper albums from AC/DC, Queen, etc. for around $28 but no one is buying that I see. I've been listening to Black Sabbath, new on CD (much cheaper at $13 each)the 2024 remixes of Headless Cross, TYR, Cross Purposes and forbidden. Take care!

You are absolutely correct. The Fad is coming to an end. Newer collectors drove the prices up . Buying for bragging rights, doing it for clout and not for a love of the music is how it got like this. I saw this coming years ago. Cheap portable turntables with built in speakers available almost everywhere was an indicator and is a complete waste of money. Talk about putting the cart before the horse . Equivalent to watching a blue ray on a CRT television. The vintage vinyl market will correct itself as clout chasers exit stage left.

It’s getting way too expensive to collect reissues and new records. It’s not worth it any more.

I've always had vinyl. Nothing better Savoy Brown Mott Babe Ruth Ten Years After

Hamilton mixtape

There will be a distinction between new lp’s / reissues (that market declines) and the s/h originals. For those , especially the grails, there is a thriving community of music lovers, often with disposable income. Demand will remain high, supply will stay behind.

I listen primarily to jazz and blues with the odd smattering of new releases by artists who catch my ear, but listening to much of the music I grew up listening to in my younger years not so much. I have moved on in my musical tastes. With record prices what they are today, I now just fill holes in my collection and buy the albums I really want. I have about 5000 records and about the same number of cd’s. If I see used records I like at an affordable price, I will buy them to keep costs down.

Walmart prices generally range from $19.99 - $59.99, most classic albums that have already sold millions are cheaper. There is always a bunch of people in the local record stores when I go and people are buying like crazy online (myself included I have 29 records in the mail right now)

I don’t give a rat’s ass about “trends.” 😂 I’ve been collecting vinyl since the 80s and will continue to do so, despite all the goofy hand wringing, brow furrowing, bandwagon jumping, and clickbait.

FOr me, it's the colored / splatter vinyl gimmick and 10 different versons of it.... I just want my vinyl plain and black, and on ONE record, not 2 - 4 and have to flip 2 or 3 songs in.... And I REALLY hate it when they have to FORCE it into a wo vinyl, by likr picking 3 random live tracks to force it into a double, hate that even more!

I know several Gen Z people who started collecting vinyl and stopped cold turkey from buying anymore records because it was just too expensive. Also, they don't have the nostalgic connection with vinyl that boomers and Gen X collectors have which makes a huge difference too.

Vinyl is pricing itself out of the reach of a lot of people. The bubble will soon burst

A fad is something that lasts after a very short amount of time - a month to several. Trends last longer. The ascent of vinyl from 2006 is not a trend. But I do agree the pricey records have scared people off. The same with poor quality. But you have to factor in how prices have gone up since covid and these global wars that hike oil prices etc. As this goes up, people choose basic commodities. And vinyl can be a casualty.