Rarities once owned; now foolishly gone?

[Nano]

Ah well... I have some sad stories to tell...

1) When I moved to Buenos Aires eleven years ago, I left some boxes of stuff at my sister's home. Years passed; I checked and took some things with me from time to time. Then 3 years ago my sister moved and those boxes ended at my brother's. Now, this guy have like 15 cats. The boxes ended in the garage. Guess what? When I finally found them, they were all pissed over!!!! :evil: Then, under the vigilant eye of my bro ("better do something with that, it stinks!") I took out every single item on the boxes: books, University stuff, old cassettes and also some vinyl. Most of it went to the garbage because of the odor. Some months later, I entered this forum for the first time. Now I'm buying vinyl again and thinking about that copy of the "Thank God it's Friday" soundtrack... Bright new, all 3 LPs... Bring them back, I will listen to them with a gas mask! Sigh! :cry:

2) Last year, in looking for a decent turntable to play my newly-buyed vinyl, a friend loaned me a decent one but with no stylus. I made sure my friends knew that I was looking for one. Then, another friend's girlfriend says to me "hey! We have some equipment at home. What do you need?" After some detailed explanation, the girl -about 25, from the always-CD generation- says: "so, you say that thing that touches the record?" :roll: Well, some days later she brings the stylus along, but it wasn't the type I was looking for.
Some months later, this same girl moves and some of her stuff ends temporarily at home, including the "equipment" which she gives me as a gift. It's a Philips all-in-one with a pretty decent turntable, tape deck, radio & amplifier. I'm playing my records in a similar but slightly better one (an all-on-one Hitachi), so I pile up the baffles and I can mix from one set of baffles to the other and play DJ. Then... I discover the Philips have no stylus! When I met her again and mention this, she says: "oh yeah, that thing, I had it in my bag and then one day I discovered it and threw it away... You can always buy another one, huh?"
Imagine me trying to put a straight face while saying: "Huh? Well yeah, it's no problem... only that bssbsbsbssbs..."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Only that the stylus alone costs more than all the rest!". :cry: :evil:
Today I checked a local store that sells only stylus. I didn't realize at first that all prices were in dollars (the ratio with our peso is 3:1). Well, the cheapest model sells for US$ 12. I asked for my other stylus (the one in the Hitachi) and found it costs US$ 25. Of course I'm talking about replacements; a Sure original for instance goes for more than 100 dollars.

In a word: Maaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn!!!!! :evil: :oops:

[NickNack]

herbalizer12,

Welcome and really glad you're excited about the board and having a good time. Give any and all credits about the site to Bernie. It's his baby, totally. My lover found the site surfing one day, turned me on to it and I guess I've just been here since then. Have met and still meeting some great people. The music knowledge of the people here continues to astound me. And not just music, all the surrounding aspects: Industry People, Electronics and Media, Where Music was, is and most likely will be. These guys (and gals :) ) can give you answers.

Like Bernie said, check out my interview. If you want more details, just ask. :D

Nicky

[herbalizer12]

Wow! Thanks for the leads, Bernie & Nick! I've now read your profiles and am aghast at both your achievements. What a pleasure it is to find this site!

Just spent the past hour alone wading thru the Record labels list. Just wondering... has anyone got a complete (or near enought to it?) 12"/Album list for disco/disco-soul labels like Salsoul/Brunswick/Malaco???

I guess there would be one on Salsoul site, but just wondering if anyone knows if anyone has done a complete record catalogue list as yet?

Yours Soulfully,
herbalizer12

[Bernie]

The most complete and accurate listing of 12" records by label can be found through the link at
http://www.discomusic.com/links-more/1360_0_10_0_M71/
Once there, click on the "12" Masterlist."

[Keith RS]

Jeez...Where do I start?

First, in the early 80's a DJ friend of mine rolled with about 40-50 of 12" disco tracks, "The BreaK" by Katmandu for one. Also included was three Betty Davis lps, all hard to get now!

Mid 80's...a flood in the basement of my house then caused by a busted pipe while at work. This took out about 100 disco, r & b, and rock lps. Fortunately Jazz and other r & b, disco was untouched.

1999.....ex-wife took out 350 cds, 250lps including "Solid" by Mandrill. Fortunately, she only got about 1/3 of my collection at the time. Most of my latin, disco and Jazz I was able to save. I since have replaced most of the cds but not the lps, which were in mint condition.

Like Sinatra sang, "That's Life", like the kids say, "It's all good". 8)

[buckaroo]

This is great. I've been looking for a site with a forum like this for ages.

Anyway, I had the first LP by a group called Klyque (1981) which I payed one English pound for, then stupidly exchanged in a second hand shop. But WORSE still, I exchanged a mint - with inner picture sleeve thingy - copy of Sylvester's 1978 "you make me feel.." mighty bad LP. It must be like gold dust, because I haven't seen a copy since.

:evil: Hmmmmphh!

[djsonic]

when i was a young teen, i worked at a small record shop in chicago on western ave back in 1978,and my boss gave me 3 boxes of disco records
all disco!! lots of salsoul singles everything casablanca printed! stuff on the tom&jerry label.and tons of others i cant remember all...i dont have any of them today. but iv'e managed to collect about half of what i had back then.
i wonder what happend to them all...lets see ive moved to 4 states,got maried 2 times had kids,got old & fat ...shit happens. :(

[jazz_pilgrim]

When I went to study for a year in Germany, I loaned a few of my records to a so-called "friend". You can guess the rest. :( When I returned to England, he refused to give the records back. Over the years, I have managed to replace most of them. The two that HURT :x the most were:

Willie Bobo - Hell Of An Act To Follow LP :( - with the immortal Always There on it. Luckily I now have that version on a CD compilation entitled Diggin Deeper - The Roots Of Acid jazz

El Coco - Let's Get It Together - 12" remix - the saxy version! Luckily I had taped that one before I went to Germany. I have now since bought the original LP.

Also, like many of you, I chucked out all my magazines - piles of Black Echoes, Blues and Soul and Record Mirror. What a stupid thing to do! Grrr! :x

:)

[keefelc]

All I have to say is why did I have to participate in those damned garage sales! As I started seeing $$$ signs, I started putting more and more records out for sale that I thought I would never play again. Only now am I realizing the treasures that I basically gave away. Greed, never a good thing! :x