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Find Old Vinyl - Find Old Records
LP MEMORIES
FIND THE OLD RECORDS YOU'VE LOST AND LOVE!
YOU CAN DO THIS TOO.
DREW'S STORY
 You're probably way ahead of me. But, if you're not, this
section could really bring happiness, light, and tons of 'old' fun. So read on.
It's frustrating. When I was in high school and college,
I was a big folk music fan. But that was 30 years ago. And frankly I've lost more
of my records than I'd care to admit.
Who were you're favorite artists
of the time? What records did you listen to? Any special memories that you
share with an old girl friend? Wife?
Anyway, if you're like me I'll bet you've
still got some old almost forgotten favorites that you'd love to hear again.
But how do you find them 30 years later? Well, Read on.
Anyway, there were two artists that I really loved that I
don't think ever recorded folk music again. One was a San Diego singer named Tim
Morgan and the other was a South African named Sebastian Temple. (He became quite
famous later.)
But I couldn't find my albums and used record
stores were a bust as well.
OK HERE'S THE GOOD PART. Then I searched the Internet for used records
and I found BOTH records in just one evening for about $6 each. Wow. It's so easy,
I don't know why I never thought of it before.
It had been over 15 years since
I'd heard them. Now I've recorded CDRs and MP3s and I can listen any time I
want.
And best of all with CDs, they don't wear
out. I can program them too, which I couldn't do with the
LPs. I've got them in my car and I've made MP3 files that
I travel with too. And because they're CDs, there'll be no new scratches,
ticks or hiss.
You can do it too. So who is your favorite
artist? Do you have all their records?
Here's how to find your own favorites.
Finding Vinyl on The Internet is Easy.
Just go to your favorite search engine (I like Google Best)
and enter the artist's name in QUOTES "Sebastian
Temple", then add the words AND LP AND Price.
This combination should help you locate the
used records of your choice. Quickly, easily and cheaply too. Here's why.
The artist's name of course is necessary.
By adding LP or 45, we limit the number of sites we get to sites with or talking
about LPs and 45s, and the word Price is a pretty good limiter to sites selling
LPs and 45s with your artist's name.
Actually "price" is a good limiter whenever
you're trying to find something you want to buy on the Internet any time.
I guess the logic I'm trying to share is
that if you just type the artists name, you'll get every reference to them on
the Internet. By adding LP and Price, you'll get 'mostly' (yes it's not 100%)
sites selling what you want.
In some cases adding a track/song name
might be good, but they may or may not be listed with used records. If you find
too many hits, you can always add that. But, in all, it's really easy.
So, go find your old favorites. It's amazing
how many you can find. I've bought over 100 LPs including 4 by Tim Morgan (I didn't
even know they existed) and 3 by Sebastian Temple. So, I'm one happy listener,
and I'm sure that you will be too.
THE 'TELL LAURA I LOVE HER'
STORY
So a few months ago, we're sitting at dinner. And for some
reason I asked my son's fiancé (they are married now) if her parents had named
her after Laura from the song "Tell Laura I Love Her". I guess you already figured
out that her name is Laura.
Anyway, she said she didn't know because she had never heard
the song (kids). My wife said no that they wouldn't have because it was a really
sad song.
I didn't remember that it was sad, I just
remembered that it had a really haunting refrain. Anyway I jumped onto the Internet,
found and bought the album. And here's where it gets fun.
When I got the album, I listened
to the song and sure enough, it was just as sad as my wife said. And what's worse,
it was her lover (my son since he was marrying her) that got killed.
Well, we couldn't have that. So, I copied
it onto my hard disc and started editing out the sad parts. It really wasn't hard.
I made 3 versions, each one a little sadder than the last.
Needless to say, the next time we had dinner,
I presented them with the CD and the original album for their pleasure, education
and maybe amazement.
Well, they thought it was great
(and that I was a little demented) and Laura shared it with her parents
who liked it too. I guess they didn't think I was too strange because they didn't
call off the wedding. :) So think how lucky you are not to have me as your in-law.
But the moral of the
whole story is look what you can find on the Internet and look how
much fun you can have 'fixing' the old songs with the DAK Wave & MP3 Editor
Pro. I'll look forward to hearing your stories soon now that you've read my Find
Old Vinyl Tutorial.
. . .Drew
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