"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Iain Churches
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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Iain wrote:
You seem to have found an excellent source for interesting music at a
very reasonable price.

Alas, now gone.

Shame:-( The going rate for decent LPs here is 25e. I go to fairs
in Stockholm and Copenhagen, the prices are usually much higher,
that this, but there is always a brisk trade.


Do you clean the LP's before transfer?

On occasion I have experimented with wet cleaning, but have tended to
conclude that if discs are that dirty from second-hand they'll have lots
of
physical damage anyway.

It is surprising how much muck you can wash out of what looks like a fairly
decent vinyl surface.

Many shops that sell vinyl have a recording cleaning machine. My
favourite shop charges 1e (which includes a cup of coffee whiole you
wait)

No such shops in town. We are now back in the situation where the only
places to buy LPs is the charity shops that sell them second-hand in 'take
it or leave it' condition. They do advertise some in the window which they
think will be trendy and put a higher price on them. But I suspect this is
purely on the basis of what they see on the cover and have no idea about
condition, etc.

Yes. There is such a shop in Richmond Surrey (my home ground)
They usually have a large stock of boxed Readers' Digest sets.
Often, one can see that the first and second discs have been played
while the rest of the discs have probably never been near the turntable.

The LPs I bought 'new' back in the day are all in good condition. The ones
I bought recently second-hand vary. But I decided that at 3 quid a go it
was simplest to accept some would be 'duds' and prove not worth the
effort.
I looked in the shop for any obvious scratches, etc. Then took a punt on
ones that looked OK.

That's a chance I would take any day of the week:-)

In practice I found that the results, statistically, varied with genre.

1) Pop LPs. Almost all very badly worn and scratched. Often ground-in
dirt.
I stopped bothering after trying a few as the pattern was clear enough.
Death by Dansette. 8-]

Yes indeed. Dansette and Newcastle Brown - a potent combination:-)

recordings at about 2 quid a CD, I'm happy enough to buy Classical music
that way - depending on the choice on offer.

Maybe there are similar Jazz boxes. I have found out about a few - e.g. a
large Sidney Bichet box set I got a couple of years ago. The problem there
is finding out about them.

Elusive Disc have an excelent catalogue,
http://www.elusivedisc.com/Browse-all-33s/products/904/


Not jazz, but the newly released David Bowie Five Years 1969-1973
is one of the landmarks for 2016 in the vinyl renaissance.

Iain