The Steel Guitar Forum

Joe Goldmark wrote:...At Amoeba, San Francisco, where I work, new vinyl is outselling new CDs almost 2 to 1. And, what's really crazy is that this new vinyl lists from $14.98 to @$29.98....

Ironically, a short distance away at Goodwill on 3rd Street, San Francisco, they're selling used LPs for $1 each. Sometmes they have a sale and I've bought them there for as little as 25¢. LPs continue to pour into Goodwill faster than they can get sell them. I think people who dump their LP collections will learn to regret it, but for me it's been a goldmine.

A lot of places have went way up on record prices and I am frequently seeing albums for 5 dollars and more but every now and then I still get lucky and see albums for a quarter or a dollar.

I started going through the things I have with me in Kenya getting ready to ship everything to Mississippi. Among the items that I found were a few steel guitar related records.

Lloyd Green - Day For Decision LP
Santo & Johnny - Hawaii LP
Santo & Johnny - Golden Guitars LP
Santo & Johnny - Around The World LP
Pete Drake - The Fabulous Steel Guitar Sounds Of LP
Weldon Myrick - I still Miss Someone and When It's Over - An Emmons Label 45RPM

One of my favorite albums and one of my favorite steel guitar players:

Ralph Mooney and James Burton - Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' LP

I also found one that I forgot I had with me. It is an old Abbott Recording

Jimmy Day - Rippin' Out and Blue Wind 45RPM

I bought the record in near mint condition. I don't know why. With playing of that caliber it should be worn out!

It will be good to get all of my things out of storage and actually be able to enjoy the toys that I have picked up along life's journey.

I am sure I am like most people today in using digital recordings to listen to music. It is so much easier to just put my ear buds in and listen to my iPod or run iTunes on the computer. However, I hope to change that after I retire and set aside a part of the day to listen to vinyl on an analog turntable and sound system.

In vinyl albums alone,somewhere in the neighborhood of 7000. Not counting cd's cassettes,78;s,45's,8 trk. tapes & reel to reels. Covering ALL genres of music,& the equipment to play them on. Country,classical,jazz,big band,pop,rock & roll,& some "ethnic" music. (Polish,Italian,Mexican,etc.)

Problem today is the lack of the availability of turntables.

I had to go to Guitar Center a few years ago to purchase a DJ style turntable.

No Box stores sell them.

I got tons of 45s & 33s in my collection.

So where does one go to buy a new turntable?

If you are looking for a turntable for general listening a highly rated one is the Audio-Technica LP120-USB which will also digitize your records. you can search Amazon and find sellers. They are a little over $200 bucks.

If you are looking for a higher end audiophile type turntable you can search www.stereophile.com (and other audiophile sites). Stereophile.com has good reviews on audiophile stereo equipment to include turntables and you will find adds where you can purchase equipment. VPI makes an excellent audiophile type turntable. However they are not inexpensive.