AC/DC Back in Black £16
Adele 25 £18
Amy Winehouse Back to Black £14
Bob Marley Legend £14
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust £16
David Bowie Nothing Has Changed The Best of David Bowie £20
David Bowie Hunky Dory £16
Eagles Hotel California £12
Fleetwood Mac Rumours £12
Foo Fighters The Greatest Hits £18
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV £12
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin £12
Nick Drake Pink Moon £14
Nirvana Nevermind £14
OST Guardians of the Galaxy £14
The Beatles Abbey Road £16
The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band £16
The Smiths The Queen is Dead £12
The Specials The Specials £12
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses £14
Top comments
rugman
22 Mar 16116#2
Support your local independent record shop that never stopped selling vinyl
M0nk3h to EXZAMS
22 Mar 1618#6
Your point is, what exactly? Albert Einstein is dead but we still live by some of the theories and quotes he said.
I could happily listen to The Stone Roses on repeat versus any chart stuff. Decent stuff.
So nothing interesting to say then. Oh well. Move on.
qwerta369 to Canary0500
22 Mar 1613#18
So sad.
mrimac94
22 Mar 1610#1
Not really a deal...
All comments (125)
mrimac94
22 Mar 1610#1
Not really a deal...
rugman
22 Mar 16116#2
Support your local independent record shop that never stopped selling vinyl
anonimousse to rugman
22 Mar 161#14
Charity shops?
pbmbej to rugman
22 Mar 16#17
yep I agree.
kushty1 to rugman
22 Mar 16#26
Amen
937666 to rugman
22 Mar 162#29
And don't forget it's Record Store Day on April 16th
qwerta369 to rugman
22 Mar 16#35
Selassie I live
monczek to rugman
22 Mar 16#73
Most people who shop at Sainsbury don't care about independent record shops. It's nice that you can get Vinyl while you shop if you over 50. Times change.
ravenheart to rugman
23 Mar 16#121
I'd love to, but their stock is terrible and their prices are so bad it would be unfair on the word "terrible" to use it. My town actually has a record store, which is very rare indeed, but everything in it is unbuyable. If you're not competitive, then I'm not going to give you my money out of some misplaced sense of nostalgia. I'll buy my vinyl from places with better prices (better than these Sainsbury's prices too, actually).
EXZAMS
22 Mar 161#3
most of artists are dead in this list. need new blood on sale not flogging a dead horse.
M0nk3h to EXZAMS
22 Mar 1618#6
Your point is, what exactly? Albert Einstein is dead but we still live by some of the theories and quotes he said.
I could happily listen to The Stone Roses on repeat versus any chart stuff. Decent stuff.
So nothing interesting to say then. Oh well. Move on.
When 'new blood' get as good as these names, maybe you can come back and persuade us. Although I imagine most of us will be long gone before that happens.
philireland1 to EXZAMS
22 Mar 16#58
Hi check out "The Heavey, Royal Blood & The Blackkeys" great music
Dantooine to EXZAMS
23 Mar 161#89
:confused:
ed1980
22 Mar 162#4
Haven't seen a independent record shop in years
SP1N to ed1980
23 Mar 16#111
get out more
cdm22
22 Mar 161#5
So nothing interesting then. Oh well.
tyke
22 Mar 162#7
What next - a return to Betamax?
darkteckno2 to tyke
23 Mar 16#99
Because betamax players aren't available any more?
nervejam
22 Mar 163#8
Bring back Philips Video2000!
jough
22 Mar 162#9
decent price for The Queen is Dead, a Rhino release too so you will get code for mp3 download version
northerncrank
22 Mar 162#10
there's some good titles there, much better listening to vinyl which i've been doing lately......
cue abuse from the MP3 crowd :stuck_out_tongue:
InTheKnow444
22 Mar 16#11
Still got some of these original!
brianzion
22 Mar 16#12
any one know the weight of these 180Gram vinyl ?
jough to brianzion
22 Mar 161#15
most new cut vinyls seem to be.. 180gm vinyl cut from a half speed master.
937666 to brianzion
22 Mar 161#25
6.34931 Ounces
spenspuma to brianzion
22 Mar 161#63
Circa 180g
Canary0500
22 Mar 161#16
This is in no way a deal.
Also it's the 21st century, what on earth are vinyls???
qwerta369 to Canary0500
22 Mar 1613#18
So sad.
fedex1401 to Canary0500
22 Mar 162#21
For those that appreciate it, vinyl offers better sound quality than CD, which in turn offers better sound quality than your average MP3. Convenience isn't without compromise.
airbus330 to Canary0500
22 Mar 16#23
Sit down and listen to an MP3 vs vinyl together on a decent hifi system and the answer is obvious. Like most high end products there is a bit of hassle involved to experience things at their best.
Not wanting to be a hypocrite, I very rarely play vinyl these days, but its nice to know I can!
937666 to Canary0500
22 Mar 16#32
- 1 Like
NitrousUK to Canary0500
22 Mar 161#37
So you don't know what the deal is about, but you know it's not a deal..
Dantooine to Canary0500
23 Mar 161#90
:confused:
jough
22 Mar 169#20
The Smiths is cheaper than anywhere else = deal
ask your Mum when she calls you down for tea.
rubytuesday0203
22 Mar 161#22
There's some good stuff on that list. Can't see any dead horses but listen to some of these and the thrill will be similar to your 50-1 outsider being a furlong in front at Aintree
j2theg
22 Mar 16#24
Dadrock ahoy.
watsee1
22 Mar 161#27
Vinyls give a far superior listening experience than iTunes downloads do. Also, 'new' or 'chart' or 'popular' music completely pales in comparison when put against musical titans such as AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. Disagree? You need a musical education.
j2theg to watsee1
22 Mar 16#34
I've got over 1000 vinyls collected over 20+ years and a £1500 setup to listen to them on and your statement is balls. Down with all this "real music for real people" crap. Led Zeppelin is boring pub rock. Plenty of better new music about. It's not always in the charts because of the medium you are using to communicate here - the internet. There's loads of it available to everyone so it is more difficult for single artists to acheive a monopoly.
I bet you turn your nose up at people who drink lager and vote UKIP.
jamie19916
22 Mar 162#28
On good equipment it will. On budget equipment the cd is probably going to be better.
Pineapples101
22 Mar 162#30
Now bring back laserdisc!
DealJourno to Pineapples101
22 Mar 16#52
Not sure about laserdisc, but I have a few Oasis albums on MD.
kushty1
22 Mar 162#31
Vinyl is superior and the age thing is a load of crap. I love a few artists on that list and collect vinyls as a 19 year old.
Thomablue to kushty1
22 Mar 16#62
Download generation,listen to this person,try it for your self's, then **** it off if you don't like it,but don't just dismiss it because its old.
The digital age is amazing and has changed the world for the better,but sound waves are analogue and so are your ears and brain (however small it is).
seanmorris100
22 Mar 16#33
This is not really a deal is it... whys it even allowed on here? you heard it on the radio coming in from work and posted it on here... jesus, just as bad if not worse than the people who link every email promotion they get!!!!
holly100 to seanmorris100
23 Mar 161#118
dont you just love it when a member of 2 years who has BOTHERED to post 1 deal in all that time makes such a negative comment -
you are an abuser and a user of a site that was set up get info - deals - etc out to public
have the decency to go and not comment again -
I have a big vinyl collection as I never got rid of my own records and have loads of 60's albums and singles given to me by family. Much as I love vinyl, I have to say though, it's a huge faff playing records and unless you have a top class set up, I don't think the audio quality is that superior to cd.
akuza
22 Mar 16#39
I don't really get why this is a deal... yes its good they're selling vinyl's in a supermarket, but they aren't priced very well...
fair enough if your not in the know about vinyl's, but if you are then this is pretty pointless.
NitrousUK to akuza
22 Mar 161#42
Price of Stone Roses album £14 here, £17.99 on Amazon. Do you know of a cheaper place to get them?
pig_dog
22 Mar 16#40
If you have a few grand to spend then, yes.
g0z0
22 Mar 161#41
To you Led Zeppelin may be boring - but look at their fans ...
dwor
22 Mar 16#43
Livingston Almondvale also had something for £80 - I think it was a special edition of Sergeant Pepper's.
They have a stand of them by the front door. It's not a huge store, so I'm assuming this is now a national "thing".
jldevoy
22 Mar 16#44
Does it say if the'yre using the heavy vinyl or the light flimsy vinyl from its hayday?
clashpie
22 Mar 16#45
Visit your local record stores/charity shops/jumble sales and like me you can pick up albums such as the Clashes London Calling and Pink Floyds Dark side of the moon for a £10 or less.
apocalypsenow
22 Mar 16#46
Will it work on my 8 track ?
apocalypsenow
22 Mar 161#47
I wouldn't know whether to f***k her or fight her .
airbus330
22 Mar 16#48
Oh you would, you know!:smile:
Andy1179
22 Mar 16#49
Head added. Some good prices on that list vs Amazon/HMV, although Amazon often include the MP3 download which gets you the best of both worlds.
barkinglama
22 Mar 16#50
£16 for an LP oh my aching sides :smiley:
j2theg
22 Mar 16#51
Nice, a sexist image from the Daily Star. In my experience banging on about how there's been no good music since Led Zep is more likely to see you in a pub every evening with your sad mates, all men, all single or unhappily married, blaming your woes on immigrants and the BBC while exercising your right to offensive "banter". Tabloid readers then.
JohnnyUtah
22 Mar 161#53
I think she would make that decision for you.
apocalypsenow
22 Mar 161#54
Unfortunately you're probably right.:laughing:
premierfella
22 Mar 161#55
I'm not sure what all the negativity is about.
This sort of vinyl list is hardly what users of independent record stores are flocking to buy, so not a threat to them (unless they've changed of late, walking into an indie to buy Adele is likely to lead very quickly to the shop assistant laughing in your face, even given her headlining the Pyramid).
And its a safe bet that unless sales of their turntable skyrocket, this will be a flash in the pan for them (whatever their marketing department are trying to pretend).
apocalypsenow
22 Mar 16#56
Damn these sexist images .
If only every post had one so i could be rightly outraged by them .
JohnnyUtah
22 Mar 16#57
At the end of the day a deals a deal. Sainsburys are only doing what any of the supermarkets do when they see an opportunity to cash in on a latest trend.
I have my own views on the so called vinyl revival and the state of today's music world all of which would be lost in some of the crap already posted so I won't bother.
I do know though that unless there was an enormous saving to be made I would rather ring the tills of the few remaining record shops in Brum than a supermarket chain that will drop this product line as soon as the next more profitable one appears needing the same floor space.
TALON1973
22 Mar 16#59
I love buying the odd vinyl . But to hear it at even half decent your looking at spending £600 minimum , and you can add £400 on top easy . An amp with a built in phono stage is nice ... but not perfect .
spenspuma
22 Mar 16#60
Why?
Will they also be selling cassettes?
apocalypsenow to spenspuma
22 Mar 16#61
Whooooosh !
jough to spenspuma
22 Mar 161#71
cassettes are an inferior format, so no.
Thomablue
22 Mar 16#64
I meant " yourselves "
Thomablue
22 Mar 16#65
I meant " yourselves "
j2theg
22 Mar 16#66
I am outraged. Because it's sexist. Not a small issue and if you think it is you should have been aborted.
I was not looking to take offense. I looked at the comments here because I have a lot of vinyl and love it to bits.
apocalypsenow
22 Mar 161#67
Get a grip .:smile:
HerWorseHalf
22 Mar 16#68
Not disagreeing with you, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I would have thought a brain, however small, would be digital, neurons & all that..... :smile:
kushty1
22 Mar 162#69
Jeeees why does every HUKD post turn into a political debate about the worlds issues? chill out, light a doobie and listen to your recently purchased Bob Marley LP
Chiptivo to kushty1
22 Mar 16#75
Why encourage users to take illegal drugs on a shopping forum?
clsss
22 Mar 161#70
I just got myself a technics 1210 deck and have been playing albums borrowed off my Dad as well as charity shop surfing the past few weekends.... love it!... there's just something much more appreciative about vinyl than paying 79p or whatever for a download.
Ricky302
22 Mar 161#72
Lol! all modern vinyl records are recorded using digital masters, just get lossless FLACs.
No8 to Ricky302
22 Mar 16#79
Listen to Foo Fighters Skin and Bones on FLAC followed by the vinyl version - you might just change your opinion.
ScroopEgerton
22 Mar 16#74
If you buy vinyl from Sainsbury's, and not your local indie, you need to have a word with yourself. Cold, sorry.
KendallC
22 Mar 16#76
Most people don't have decent hifi systems though....at least not decent enough to get the benefits vinyl can arguably offer. Unless you're spending big money I certainly believe the best sound for your pound would come from FLAC and a stand alone DAC or perhaps CD with a high end second hand cd player if you prefer that route. In my opinion my £500 turntable doesn't sound as good as FLAC and a £300 DAC. That said I still buy vinyl...but with my current hifi set ups it's for reasons other than sound quality.
Emily666
22 Mar 16#77
amazing thank you <3
bigweapon07
22 Mar 16#78
Ha whoever said about it being 21st century. Were still using boats trams trains and cars all from previous centuries?
robj73
22 Mar 16#80
Sheesh.......Google at your fingertips =everyone's an expert. In the vinyl days you had to argue face to face and had to know what you were talking about. Vinyl forced you to listen to albums how the artist wanted you to not just pick the throwaway fillers they churn out now. No wonder there's piracy. Who wants to pay full whack for an album for two half decent singles. It's not just about the sound quality
JohnnyUtah to robj73
22 Mar 161#81
No it didn't. You just had to get off your backside and lift the needle gently to the next track and skip the dross. I was there! I know! It was just more off a pain.
Seriously though, records didn't necessarily have a better sound quality than say cd, it was just different, often warmer and less clinical.
I still have records and play them occasionally. I would never get rid of them as I can usually remember where I bought it from, how old I was, what I was doing the first time I listened to it. Hell, even which girl I was going out with at the time!
Now in my mid forties if I wanted to buy either old or new music I would probably buy the cd for the sound quality rather than an LP or download. I still like to "own" a copy than feel like I'm renting it but that's probably a generation thing.
For the record I have a Deezer account and use it to research or rediscover songs or artists I had drifted away from before investing in a hard copy.
Maybe that's another point. When I buy/bought an CD/LP I felt like it was an investment, in the artist and in my record collection.
Call me a snob perhaps but I do think there is a difference between people who listen to music and those who genuinely love music.
NitrousUK
22 Mar 16#82
Hey there, you seem to be lost. This is HotUKDeals. I think you were looking for Facebook. Where someone might care about your opinion.
rickj
22 Mar 161#83
That's just your opinion which by the way is wrong.Led Zep and likes not my cup of tea but have a world wide fan base so must of done something right although if you have such a extensive collection you should already know this .
gdata
23 Mar 16#84
I'm rushing down to Our Price !
Monkeybumcheeks
23 Mar 16#85
You must have a fairly large local boozer :smirk:
p.s, I'm a music lover too, I can listen to (and appreciate) anything from Abba to ZZ Top, with a smattering of Asian Dub Foundation, Laura Marling, Fat White Family, Grimes, Bob Marley, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Little Richard, Madness, DJ Shadow, Bowie, Little Dragon, The Moonlandingz, Courtney Barnett, The Kills and anything in between for that matter.
For me though, it's not about how much my system cost or how many records, C.D's and tapes I have......for me it's about how music makes me feel, I don't need to be told what I like, I have ears and can make up my own mind.
So for that reason, I hope that Sainsburys stick to selling groceries :smile:
bigdaf1
23 Mar 16#86
Tesco store in Beckton also doing Vinyl I noticed a couple of days ago
chrisharrphoto
23 Mar 161#87
Ah yes, got to love a good indie store so far up its own backside that it will laugh at customers due to their tastes.
I will never forget my local indie game store laughing when I asked if they'd sold Mega Drive titles (this was about 10 years ago). A few years later they are thriving purely because of their move to 'retro'. I've never been back in though.
macphist0
23 Mar 163#88
Sound quality on these super heavyweight new vinyls are very rarely what people claim....it's just a case of people jumping on a fad. Which is absolutely fine, since you are SUPPORTING the industry, but I wish a lot would stop trying to explain it any other way.
Hell, even for the vinyls that do offer a sound improvements, tons of "collectors" still don't have the equipment to make use of that quality, just a bog standard vinyl player, I know of a few who just use usb players through their laptop and run the whole audio quality thing, bonkers.
I don't really do new vinyls though, but the fad has killed a minor hobby of mine in rummaging through charity shops, their prices have now skyrocketed, used to be able to pick up a classic for 50p-£2, now like £5 at a bare minimum if you are lucky.
braddock71
23 Mar 161#91
nice one, thanks. voted not because i like/dislike the music nor that i like/dislike vinyl or that i disapprove of sainsburys selling them but because it's a decent price
termite
23 Mar 161#92
Tesco put security tags through the sleeves.
Websta to termite
23 Mar 162#94
That is unbelievable, who on earth would buy those now?
I've been collecting vinyl for over 30 years since I was a little kid and first bought Street Sounds Electro 3, it is my first choice in formats, I visit record fairs on weekends when I can and browse charity shops whenever I get the chance. I hope to find a gem at a cheap price or a piece of rare vinyl that I have been after for a while, but, that never happens anymore due to places like Discogs (who probably have all these pieces of vinyl listed at cheaper prices) and Ebay. I'm pleased vinyl is making a comeback in the mainstream, but, local record stores have never stopped selling (new and secondhand) vinyl and these prices are the norm. As for vinyl sounding better than CD, I have to disagree, it may sound better than your average MP3, but, unless you spend thousands you will not get a better sound in my opinion.
The beauty of vinyl is the product itself, you cannot beat holding the product in your hand especially if it's a pictured gatefold, then putting the needle on the record, there really is something satisfying about it. I always feel when I buy a digital album, that you don't actually own anything, you can't say "come and have a look at my music collection" then whip out your phone, iPod etc. or double click your hard drive, call up iTunes, it's just not the same, but, I totally understand people aren't collectors so much anymore.
Not sure how this deal has got HOT, especially as there is no mention of what release they are actually selling, i.e. vinyl weight, cover etc.
Aaaah the old vinyl debate. Nostalgia plays it's part here in my experience. I did a blind test once with an old colleague, he chose the CD. Never mentioned his expensive stereo system or his "far superior" sounding vinyl collection again after that.
NitrousUK
23 Mar 16#95
I didn't realise an artist being alive was a requirement for their music to be good..
flatpancake
23 Mar 161#97
I showed my ghostbusters 7" record to my nephew last year that ive had since I was a kid. I asked if he'd ever seen a record to which he replied no. So I said, "well, you know CDs?" in which he said, "were they back in the 90's?"
Shortly after that a small part of me died. :disappointed: True story.
Thanks for the listing OP
lumsdot
23 Mar 16#98
Im looking for
Dee d jackson. Cosmic Curves
All charity shops seem to have no stock of this, just barbra streisand
seanjames to lumsdot
23 Mar 16#122
or Leo sayer
trellis
23 Mar 16#100
Led zep IV for £12, hot!
rev6
23 Mar 16#101
kushty1
23 Mar 16#102
It's a joke... Another political debate coming I guess...
ssc1
23 Mar 16#103
cheaper 2nd hand ebay perhaps. just sayin!
Hastie86
23 Mar 16#104
I don't own any of these, but with recent purchases of Pink Floyd vinyls you get a high quality digital download too via their own website. Don't know if other artists offer this but worth checking.
retrobootdisc
23 Mar 16#105
the plural of vinyl is vinyl
painstick
23 Mar 16#106
Good news! Reminds me I need to buy a turntable and get my old records out. Hope my Blue Monday 12" still sounds as good.
ssjkudos
23 Mar 16#107
A more expensive inferior product for old people and hipsters.
COLD
JohnnyUtah to ssjkudos
23 Mar 161#109
****
ravenheart to ssjkudos
23 Mar 16#119
Inferior to what, exactly?
Pauloc59
23 Mar 161#108
Sainsburys are probably stocking these as there is a craze for framing & displaying classic albums.
_inalbion to Pauloc59
23 Mar 16#115
A 'craze'. Last time I heard that used it was about breakdancing.
Jazzer332001
23 Mar 161#110
Vinyl - the only recording format that gives true likeness to live music - forget your cds, mp3's - vinyl is alive & also a good investment!!
dalipsinghno1
23 Mar 16#112
bet she doesn't know either!!!
SP1N
23 Mar 161#113
of course johnny utah was never a hipster was he [re surfer dude in "point break"movie]
magicnigel
23 Mar 16#114
It would be nice if the selection contained more than the usual suspects that people have in attics or car boot sales, I've been given 4 copies of Rumours in the past 3 years, same with The Eagles, eBay and Discogs are littered with them. Maybe take the top 20 albums and list them as well if you must sell Nirvana and The Smiths and expand the chances for repeat purchases rather than those one-off "Oh you like this person, here's a record" birthday gifts.
JB2
23 Mar 16#116
It's only de yoof what calls 'em vinyls, as opposed to vinyl.
MaresNest
23 Mar 16#117
Support indie shops not these money grabbing bandwagon jumpers.
seanmorris100
23 Mar 16#120
Be quiet holly this site is not here to advertise none deals... and theres no rule to post deals to be a member so yeah be quiet and dont comment again.
premierfella
23 Mar 16#123
Completely off-topic, but I used to love (as a kid) popping into the Computer and Video Games Exchange in Notting Hill to pick up C64 and Spectrum cassettes from their cabinet. It was one of the last places stocking them, and for some reason they hadn't got round to just dumping the lot in the bin.
This was around the time of the 64 bits. Quite what the staff thought of me picking up scores of them I'm not sure, but thankfully I was still too young to give a stuff and they usually managed to stifle any laughter until I'd left the store.
DJRIGBY1969
23 Mar 16#124
Bowie "Nothing Has Changed" for £20 is a snip. £27 on Amazon.
Sogaaddict
2 Apr 16#125
Vinyl. Easily scratched, collects dust and hairs like a magnet , even when removed from a cling-filmed cover seem to have bits of grit on them, shame that SACD's and DVD-Audios never really took off.
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Opening post
Adele 25 £18
Amy Winehouse Back to Black £14
Bob Marley Legend £14
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust £16
David Bowie Nothing Has Changed The Best of David Bowie £20
David Bowie Hunky Dory £16
Eagles Hotel California £12
Fleetwood Mac Rumours £12
Foo Fighters The Greatest Hits £18
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV £12
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin £12
Nick Drake Pink Moon £14
Nirvana Nevermind £14
OST Guardians of the Galaxy £14
The Beatles Abbey Road £16
The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band £16
The Smiths The Queen is Dead £12
The Specials The Specials £12
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses £14
Top comments
I could happily listen to The Stone Roses on repeat versus any chart stuff. Decent stuff.
So nothing interesting to say then. Oh well. Move on.
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I could happily listen to The Stone Roses on repeat versus any chart stuff. Decent stuff.
So nothing interesting to say then. Oh well. Move on.
cue abuse from the MP3 crowd :stuck_out_tongue:
Also it's the 21st century, what on earth are vinyls???
Not wanting to be a hypocrite, I very rarely play vinyl these days, but its nice to know I can!
ask your Mum when she calls you down for tea.
I bet you turn your nose up at people who drink lager and vote UKIP.
The digital age is amazing and has changed the world for the better,but sound waves are analogue and so are your ears and brain (however small it is).
you are an abuser and a user of a site that was set up get info - deals - etc out to public
have the decency to go and not comment again -
fair enough if your not in the know about vinyl's, but if you are then this is pretty pointless.
They have a stand of them by the front door. It's not a huge store, so I'm assuming this is now a national "thing".
This sort of vinyl list is hardly what users of independent record stores are flocking to buy, so not a threat to them (unless they've changed of late, walking into an indie to buy Adele is likely to lead very quickly to the shop assistant laughing in your face, even given her headlining the Pyramid).
And its a safe bet that unless sales of their turntable skyrocket, this will be a flash in the pan for them (whatever their marketing department are trying to pretend).
If only every post had one so i could be rightly outraged by them .
I have my own views on the so called vinyl revival and the state of today's music world all of which would be lost in some of the crap already posted so I won't bother.
I do know though that unless there was an enormous saving to be made I would rather ring the tills of the few remaining record shops in Brum than a supermarket chain that will drop this product line as soon as the next more profitable one appears needing the same floor space.
Will they also be selling cassettes?
I was not looking to take offense. I looked at the comments here because I have a lot of vinyl and love it to bits.
Seriously though, records didn't necessarily have a better sound quality than say cd, it was just different, often warmer and less clinical.
I still have records and play them occasionally. I would never get rid of them as I can usually remember where I bought it from, how old I was, what I was doing the first time I listened to it. Hell, even which girl I was going out with at the time!
Now in my mid forties if I wanted to buy either old or new music I would probably buy the cd for the sound quality rather than an LP or download. I still like to "own" a copy than feel like I'm renting it but that's probably a generation thing.
For the record I have a Deezer account and use it to research or rediscover songs or artists I had drifted away from before investing in a hard copy.
Maybe that's another point. When I buy/bought an CD/LP I felt like it was an investment, in the artist and in my record collection.
Call me a snob perhaps but I do think there is a difference between people who listen to music and those who genuinely love music.
p.s, I'm a music lover too, I can listen to (and appreciate) anything from Abba to ZZ Top, with a smattering of Asian Dub Foundation, Laura Marling, Fat White Family, Grimes, Bob Marley, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Little Richard, Madness, DJ Shadow, Bowie, Little Dragon, The Moonlandingz, Courtney Barnett, The Kills and anything in between for that matter.
For me though, it's not about how much my system cost or how many records, C.D's and tapes I have......for me it's about how music makes me feel, I don't need to be told what I like, I have ears and can make up my own mind.
So for that reason, I hope that Sainsburys stick to selling groceries :smile:
I will never forget my local indie game store laughing when I asked if they'd sold Mega Drive titles (this was about 10 years ago). A few years later they are thriving purely because of their move to 'retro'. I've never been back in though.
Hell, even for the vinyls that do offer a sound improvements, tons of "collectors" still don't have the equipment to make use of that quality, just a bog standard vinyl player, I know of a few who just use usb players through their laptop and run the whole audio quality thing, bonkers.
I don't really do new vinyls though, but the fad has killed a minor hobby of mine in rummaging through charity shops, their prices have now skyrocketed, used to be able to pick up a classic for 50p-£2, now like £5 at a bare minimum if you are lucky.
I've been collecting vinyl for over 30 years since I was a little kid and first bought Street Sounds Electro 3, it is my first choice in formats, I visit record fairs on weekends when I can and browse charity shops whenever I get the chance. I hope to find a gem at a cheap price or a piece of rare vinyl that I have been after for a while, but, that never happens anymore due to places like Discogs (who probably have all these pieces of vinyl listed at cheaper prices) and Ebay. I'm pleased vinyl is making a comeback in the mainstream, but, local record stores have never stopped selling (new and secondhand) vinyl and these prices are the norm. As for vinyl sounding better than CD, I have to disagree, it may sound better than your average MP3, but, unless you spend thousands you will not get a better sound in my opinion.
The beauty of vinyl is the product itself, you cannot beat holding the product in your hand especially if it's a pictured gatefold, then putting the needle on the record, there really is something satisfying about it. I always feel when I buy a digital album, that you don't actually own anything, you can't say "come and have a look at my music collection" then whip out your phone, iPod etc. or double click your hard drive, call up iTunes, it's just not the same, but, I totally understand people aren't collectors so much anymore.
Not sure how this deal has got HOT, especially as there is no mention of what release they are actually selling, i.e. vinyl weight, cover etc.
Shortly after that a small part of me died. :disappointed: True story.
Thanks for the listing OP
Dee d jackson. Cosmic Curves
All charity shops seem to have no stock of this, just barbra streisand
COLD
This was around the time of the 64 bits. Quite what the staff thought of me picking up scores of them I'm not sure, but thankfully I was still too young to give a stuff and they usually managed to stifle any laughter until I'd left the store.