Vinyl Collective

Stephen Zmijewski – THE GET UP KIDS “Simple Science” LP

Congrats Stephen, you are our winner of the Get Up Kids simple science test pressing. We will send it out this week. Thanks everyone else for participating. We actually still have a few copies of Simple Science on blue vinyl; if you want one, email me. You can also pick up the 180 gram black vinyl through Interpunk.

Today, we bring you 2 Vinyl Collectors of the Day, Derek Fulmer and Anna Gelzis. We bring you two because Derek and Anna collect records together. The engaged couple met through music and share a common bond with collecting records. I gotta say that this is very cool for me to see. The situation typically finds a male record collector and a disapproving wife/girlfriend/fiance. Derek and Anna are different though; when they travel, they go record collecting together; when they are at home, they are listening to records together. Both Derek and Anna took the time to answer our questions on why they collect vinyl, their most prized records, records they would love to own and see pressed, and their thoughts on collecting variants. They also bring up an interesting question when answering what out of print record they would love to own. Their answer was Operation Ivy’s “Energy” and it begs the question, why hasn’t this been repressed yet. Epitaph reissued it on CD but never reissued it on vinyl.

Thanks Derek and Anna for submitting your vinyl collector of the day feature. I think that your common interest of collecting vinyl will be an inspiration for some couples out there and am certain a number of collectors will show this feature to their significant others saying check out this rad couple. Thanks guys.

Submit your own Vinyl Collector of the Day feature by answering these questions.

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Today, we bring you our vinyl collector of the day, Kevin Bradley. Kevin resides in the very great city of Chicago. Kevin took the time to answer our questions on collecting variants, out of print records he would kill to own, a record he would love to see pressed, and his favorite local record store. He also brings up a really interesting way to add great records to your collection. He frequents flea markets and gets their before other collectors get their to get his pick of 60s and 70s records. I love flea markets and grew up going to them and have definitely picked up some great records as a result.

Thanks Kevin for taking the time to answer our questions. Please click the link to read Kevin’s feature.

And if you haven’t sent us your Vinyl Collector of the Day feature, what are you waiting for? Answer these questions.

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Have you ever thought you would make a suitable candidate for Vinyl Collector of the Month? I have been getting lots of positive feedback about recognizing a Vinyl Collector every day and I want to encourage all of you who have been considering submitting your answers to do so. Whether you have 100 records or 10,000 records, everyone has a unique story; we want to read them all.

All you have to do is send me an email with answers to the following questions along with a photo of you with your records. I added a new question; if you think of any questions that should be added to future Collector features, post it in the comments. While we can’t guarantee every submission will be published, we will do our best to try.

VC: Your name and the city you live in.

VC: Do you catalog your records online? Where are they? Are you on the VC Message board? What is your username?

VC: How many records do you own?

VC: Why do you collect vinyl?

VC: What was the first record you remember purchasing with your own money?

VC: What is your most prized record in your collection?

VC: What release would you like to see come out on vinyl that hasn’t yet been released?

VC: What is the most you have spent for a record?

VC: What has been your greatest vinyl score (least amount of money spent for a valued record)?

VC: What out of print record would you kill to own?

VC: What are your thoughts on color variants? Do you collect any artists in particular?

VC: Do you sell or trade records?

VC: Do you have any good record stores in your home town? Which ones do you frequent?

VC: Your last 5 records that you purchased?

Groom’s cake (Fucking awesome nod to the Descendents)

Wedding Favor Bowls (how stoked would you be to take this home, sure beats the hell out of most of the favors I have received)

Pretty sweet Menu for the Wedding

Longtime supporter, Stephen Abbots from the UK, recently sent me these photos of items from his wedding. First of all, Congratulations buddy. I hope everything went perfectly. And I hope losing your virginity was all that you had hoped it would be (just kidding, or maybe I’m not). I have to say that if these photos are any indication of the time spent on making the wedding awesome, I have not doubt everything was amazing.

While I did not get Stephen’s approval to post this in the first of what will hopefully be a long running series of posts called “Show and Tell”, I figured he would give me his blessing. I would want the world to see the end results of all the hard work. My idea for future show and tell’s is send us some photos and tell us a story. Do you have a complete Get Up Kids’ vinyl collection? Send us the photos and tell us a little bit about your collection. Take a photo of you with your most expensive record in your collection and tell us a bit about it. I will from time to time ask for more focused “Show and Tell”‘s but you get the idea.

Here is what Stephen had to say about the photos:
My wedding is this Saturday and I thought you might dig some of the record related stuff I’ve managed to fit into it. Attached are pictures of the menus and wedding favour bowls made out of cheap second hand 7″s and also there’s a pic of my grooms cake parodying one of my favourite albums (I understand a grooms cake is a tradition in some parts of America, we don’t normally have them in the UK but I read about them and thought why not, more cake is always a plus).

Gotta say that I am super stoked to see Drag the River touring around as much as they have been recently. This Friday, the guys will be hitting the Northwest and San Francisco which will include a number of dates with newest Suburban Home artist, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House. Man, I wish I could be at those shows. Before you say, when are Drag the River coming to my neck of the woods, make sure you scroll down and see the dates that Drag the River just announced which will feature Suburban Home buddy, Cory Branan going through the Midwest and a handful of dates down south. I know the guys plan on hitting on hitting some other parts of the United States and I hope to have news of those dates soon. Please mark these dates on your calendar.

6/11/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
6/12/10 Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station
6/13/10 Calgary, Alberta @ Dickens Pub
6/14/10 Medicine Hat, Alberta @ Silver Buckle
6/15/10 Great Falls, MT @ Machinery Row
6/17/10 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern w/ I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch In the House.
6/18/10 Bremerton, WA @ Winterland w/ I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch In the House.
6/19/10 Portland, OR @ Dante’s w/ I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch In the House.
6/20/10 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside

Colorado shows are Drag the River Band shows w/ Cory Branan
and the rest are Chad & Jon Drag the River shows w/Cory Branan

8/20/10 Colorado Springs, CO @ Triple Nickel (DTR FULL BAND)
8/21/10 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings (DTR FULL BAND)
8/22/10 Ft Collins, CO @ New West Fest (DRAG BAND ONLY)
8/23/10 Ft Collins, CO @ Surfside (Cory Branan only)
8/25/10 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
8/27/10 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
8/28/10 Chicago, IL @ STREET SCENE
8/29/10 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
8/30/10 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
8/31/10 Little Rock, AR @ White Water
9/01/10 Louisiana @ TBA
9/02/10 Houston, TX @ Rudyards British Pub
9/03/10 Austin, TX @ Red 7
9/04/10 Denton, TX @ Andy’s Bar
9/05/10 Lubbock TBA

While we had hoped that Interpunk could carry Suburban Home’s pint glasses and coffee mugs, we just didn’t like the idea of shipping cases of pint glasses to Virginia for fear of having them all get damaged. Because of this, we have around 400 pint glasses sitting in a storage space collecting dust and that too doesn’t sit right with me. We also have some recent shirts sitting around collecting dust. We’d like to offer you a deal on these items so that instead of collecting dust, the pint glasses and shirts are being enjoyed. Pint Glasses are $5.00 each, T-shirts are $10.00 each. If you live in the United States, we will offer you FREE SHIPPING if you order 4 or more pint glasses.

Here is how the offer works:

1. Email me with the subject “PINT GLASS / T-SHIRT CLEARANCE SALE”
2. In the body of the email, list the items you would like to purchase along with which Country you live in.
3. I will then send you a paypal money request including shipping costs for the items we have available.
4. Pay the money request and I will send you the Pint Glasses and/or shirts.
5. While supplies last, I will throw in some FREE beer coozies.

Hopefully this offer isn’t too confusing. The pint glasses will be the envy of your guests

Available Pint Glasses/Coffee Mugs (Pint Glasses are $5 each plus shipping, free shipping for U.S. orders if you order 4 or more pint glasses)

Austin Lucas “Somebody Loves You” Pint Glass
Drag the River “Bad at Breaking Up” Pint Glass
Drag the River “Get Drunk” Pint Glass
In the Red Pint Glass
Joey Cape “WWJD” Pint Glass (What Would Joey Drink?)
Look Mexico “To Bed to Battle” Pint Glass
Micah Schnabel “When the Stage Light Goes Dim” Pint Glass
Mike Hale “Lives Like Mine” Coffee Mug
Tim Barry “28th and Stonewall” Pint Glass
Useless I.D. “Lost Broken Bones” Pint Glass

Available T-shirts (shirts are $10 each plus shipping)
I Drink Craft Beer and Listen to Independent Music T-shirt (YL through 3 x XL)
Look Mexico “To Bed to Battle” T-shirt (YL through XL)
Look Mexico “You Stay. I Go. No Following” T-shirt (YL through 2 x XL)
Micah Schnabel “When The Stage Light Goes Dim” T-shirt (YL through 2 x XL)
Tim Barry “28th and Stonewall” T-shirt (YL through 3 x XL)

Today, we bring you our vinyl collector of the day, CJ Marsicano. What I enjoy most about these features are the stories that come out of them. Whether its a story about how someone got into collecting vinyl or a story involving getting that white whale of records, I always enjoy the respective story. While CJ took the time to answer our questions, he mentions a rather funny story about his wife’s disbelief over what she thought he was shopping for. CJ also answered our questions about why he collects vinyl, his most prized records, records he would love to see pressed, and his recent purchases. Thanks CJ for taking the time to answer our questions.

Please click the below link to read on. And please send me your Vinyl Collector of the Day submissions. You can find the questions here.

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Today, we bring you our vinyl collector of the day, Joey Flispart. Joey reminds us that so many of us owe our love of collecting vinyl to a particular band. I think that lots of people owe their collections to bands like NOFX and Against Me, but in Joey’s case, he first picked up vinyl by Saves the Day. The rest (as they say) is history. Read on as Joey explains why he collects vinyl, his most prized records, what he would like to see pressed, what out of print record he would kill to own, his recent purchases, and more.

Thanks Joey for taking the time to answer our questions. If you are interested in submitting your own Collector of the Day feature, just answer the questions at this link.

Photo was taken at this year’s Record Store Day.

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Jim Nieves, Vinyl Collector of the Day on June 3rd has offered to help me out with a new feature to Vinyl Collective, “My Vinyl Setup”. I figured this might be a great way to share with others how people are setting up their collections and their room for record playing. Jim has offered to have the first post in this new series of posts. You, too, can submit your vinyl set up by sending photos and commentary to me. Please try to keep the image sizes under 1,000 pixels wide (recommended is around 600 pixels wide, 72 dpi).

Here are a few comments from Jim; thanks Jim:

As with most married men, I have been exiled to the basement but it works pretty well for me. As you can see, my LP collection rooms with my guitar gear as well as my digital work station. I like to rip my vinyl to DVD-Audio and FLAC for best audio fidelity and I also record my guitar tracks down here as well. My wife wonders why I spend all my time in the basement. As much as I try to explain, she’ll never understand.

Notice my GE Wildcat portable turntable in some of the photos. I really love that thing. I bring it upstairs along with a crate of vinyl when we have friends over – instant joy for everyone. I have a real sweet spot for that thing – I picked it up on eBay several years ago $10 plus shipping. I had to replace the stylus but was mint otherwise.