Rare Vinyl Records(eil.com)
eil.com
Rare Vinyl Records
https://eil.com/
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> 1) What is the point of posting this website on HN? I love vinyl, and have a collection with plenty of rarities in it (one out of five, one out of ten, test pressings, promo pressings, signed sleeves, etc.), but I am not sure if a discussion on HN about a vinyl marketplace is apropos. I am not trying to be contrarian; I am asking out of curiosity.
Why not? Per https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is on topic, I think this qualifies.
Why not? Per https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is on topic, I think this qualifies.
I'm looking forward to the discussion of the classic design and layout. I think its cool! High info density, no overuse of white space. And fast too!
It's even got a gif in the top right.
I'm glad they did.
When the only evidence of existence is a horrendous rip on youtube, I'm not exactly surprised they don't stock Mr. Haangala's sophomore offering:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWftEpqRWQ
I tried three that jumped to mind and had no luck. But these are exceptionally rare albums because they were big flops in their time.
"Here in the land of Vicotry" - Rex Holman - Only album from actor most well known from Gunsmoke. About the only really standout on this one is 'Red is the apple'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrBR5HcxngM&list=PLCUEvKJ4ny...
Eden's Island - eden abhez - Only album from semi-famous recluse who wrote 'Nature Boy' for Nat king cole. Album reportedly sold less than 100 copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tatqGvQozcY&list=PLLrMVonyKv...
Gypsy Boots / Upredictable - Related to the Nature boys of which Abhez was a part of. A one off album that I can only find on Archive.org. A novelty album at best.
https://archive.org/details/lp_unpredictable_gypsy-boots-and...
EDIT : Also thanks for putting me onto Smokey Haangala. That is a groove I can really get behind!
"Here in the land of Vicotry" - Rex Holman - Only album from actor most well known from Gunsmoke. About the only really standout on this one is 'Red is the apple'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrBR5HcxngM&list=PLCUEvKJ4ny...
Eden's Island - eden abhez - Only album from semi-famous recluse who wrote 'Nature Boy' for Nat king cole. Album reportedly sold less than 100 copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tatqGvQozcY&list=PLLrMVonyKv...
Gypsy Boots / Upredictable - Related to the Nature boys of which Abhez was a part of. A one off album that I can only find on Archive.org. A novelty album at best.
https://archive.org/details/lp_unpredictable_gypsy-boots-and...
EDIT : Also thanks for putting me onto Smokey Haangala. That is a groove I can really get behind!
Well it only listed one record by genre under "gabber", but it was DJ Scotch Egg so it scores a few points from me (even though it should've been listed under "breakcore").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd9vB9A3pyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd9vB9A3pyw
What an amazing flashback - I used EIL quite a bit as a student in the mid-late 90s.
They were by far the best online record shop at the time, and iirc were one of the first UK retailers to bother using SSL.
I'm a little ashamed to admit that I've not used them since Amazon started selling music in 2000-ish. In retrospect, that was probably a mistake so I'm going to spend some time on EIL next weekend to make amends
They were by far the best online record shop at the time, and iirc were one of the first UK retailers to bother using SSL.
I'm a little ashamed to admit that I've not used them since Amazon started selling music in 2000-ish. In retrospect, that was probably a mistake so I'm going to spend some time on EIL next weekend to make amends
Not a single Warum Joe record, trash site
1) What is the point of posting this website on HN? I love vinyl, and have a collection with plenty of rarities in it (one out of five, one out of ten, test pressings, promo pressings, signed sleeves, etc.), but I am not sure if a discussion on HN about a vinyl marketplace is apropos. I am not trying to be contrarian; I am asking out of curiosity.
2) As a US-based collector, I find prices listed on the posted website of some LPs I would like to have in my collection much more (as in, double) than listings I can find on Discogs… not to mention Discogs’s excellent communication tools and release database. With the exception of one purchase I made where the seller was essentially acting as a drop shipper and had no idea what they were selling, every vinyl I have purchased through Discogs has been exactly what I thought I had purchased (variant, condition, other important characteristics). I typically communicate with sellers to make sure vinyls are packaged a certain way in depending on the purchase to make sure the new addition to my collection arrives in the best condition possible. Discogs community-centric tools make it very easy to determine or infer buyer and seller reputations / trustworthiness. All said: what is the value of this site over a site such as Discogs?