wylton
Naim and Mana member
Nothing quite matches the joy of bringing an old favourite back to life. An example was Jimi Hendrix - Smash hits, that my parents bought me for Christmas all those years ago. The vinyl was in good shape, but the cover was beyond redemption. I kept my eye out on Discogs and eventually found a copy with a good sleeve that matched the catalogue number etc of my LP, with the record not in such good condition, for not much money. Obviously more sentimental value than anything else, but that really made my day!
Another example was Warm Dust - And it came to pass, 2xLP, 1970. My copy had a bad scratch on side 4. The Discogs seller had a copy with a trashed sleeve, and LP1 was beyond redemption too, but LP2 was VG+, so I ordered it; the seller sent me a message asking if I had read the description and did I still want it? Yes, I said, so I was able to upgrade my copy for peanuts; a good deal. That one came all the way from Russia.
You do have to bide your time though, it can take ages sometimes to find what you want.
Another example was Warm Dust - And it came to pass, 2xLP, 1970. My copy had a bad scratch on side 4. The Discogs seller had a copy with a trashed sleeve, and LP1 was beyond redemption too, but LP2 was VG+, so I ordered it; the seller sent me a message asking if I had read the description and did I still want it? Yes, I said, so I was able to upgrade my copy for peanuts; a good deal. That one came all the way from Russia.
You do have to bide your time though, it can take ages sometimes to find what you want.