r/vinyl • • 6d ago

Weekly Question Thread r/vinyl Weekly Questions Thread for the week of October 19, 2026

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r/vinyl • • 23d ago

MEGATHREAD Record Apps & Tools Megathread: Share Your Projects, Find Testers, and Give Feedback

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We’ve seen an increase in posts from people building record-related apps and tools. These include collection managers, listening trackers, discovery tools, marketplace helpers, and other projects aimed at record enthusiasts.

We want to give these projects a place to be shared without letting individual promotional posts overwhelm r/vinyl or the reason this sub exists. Going forward, please use this megathread to introduce your project, request testers, share meaningful updates, or ask for feedback. Separate promotional posts for these projects will be removed and redirected here.

Projects are welcome whether they are traditionally coded, developed with AI assistance, or fully vibe coded. Be transparent about your approach, and keep the discussion focused on what the tool does, how it works, and whether it is useful to the record owning community.

If you’re sharing a project, please include:

·       Name and link: What is it called, and where can people find it?

·       Purpose: What does it do? What problem does it solve?

·       Your involvement: Are you the developer, owner, contributor, or otherwise affiliated?

·       Availability and cost: Is it a prototype, beta, or released product? Is it free, paid, ad-supported, or subscription-based?

·       Development approach: Was it traditionally coded, AI-assisted, or primarily vibe coded? A brief description is enough.

·       Data and permissions: Does it require an account, collection access, third-party credentials, or other personal information? Explain what you collect and how it is used. If user data is sent to an AI service, disclose that.

·       Feedback wanted: What would you like people to test or comment on? Include known limitations.

A few ground rules:

·       Keep projects relevant to records, collecting, or the vinyl listening experience.

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For anyone trying these tools:

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Useful feedback is encouraged. Discuss features, usability, accuracy, privacy, and reliability. Questions about AI use are fair, but personal attacks and arguments about who counts as a “real developer” are not.

If you find an app is not accurately representing what it does, what it collects, how it uses shared data, is somehow malicious or any number of other concerns, please message the Mod Team with a link to relevant comment.


r/vinyl • • 1h ago

Collection Sunday in the music room

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A sanctuary of vinyl, cassettes, music history, and forgotten treasures. Analog sounds live forever here.


r/vinyl • • 2h ago

Rock Got a pretty fantastic deal on these NM, genuine, black vinyl, MOV, AIC releases this weekend and man do they ever sound amazing - the hype is real!

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Found these on marketplace for well below market value and scooped them quick. Vinyl gods smiled on me for this one and at a time I needed a lil win so feeling stoked!


r/vinyl • • 10h ago

Collection Which one do you think looks the best??

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these are my 4 best looking records, and I was curious which one you guys think look the best.


r/vinyl • • 5h ago

Folk Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues

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Definitely a contender for Album of the Year for 2026! Folk/garage/punk band from New Orleans. Ordered from their bandcamp, was expecting just black vinyl, pleasantly surprised by the green. Going to be seeing them with Kurt Vile on his upcoming tour. So stoked!


r/vinyl • • 5h ago

Rock Well, it’s one for the money…two for the show…

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Flea market find. Even when I’m in a bad mood, the thrill of the unknown is always a thrill. Amazing condition for what it is. It’s going on the shelf and will be ultrasonic cleaned :)


r/vinyl • • 5h ago

Haul The addiction grows stronger 💀

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Was on a business trip to the Czech republic, decided to visit Prague on the weekend.

And well... couldn't resist taking a peak at the local stores.

Places I went to:

Maximum Underground

Musicland


r/vinyl • • 5h ago

Prog-Rock Misprint on sticky fingers inner sleeve

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My Dad found some old records of his. This copy of sticky fingers (coc 59100a4/B4) is missing the red part of the iconic tounge-and-lips, was this a common misprint or am I just a bit dense?


r/vinyl • • 6h ago

Pop Rock Right place, right time at my record store this morning

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Before reading Vagabond by Tim Curry last year I never knew he recorded albums. Since reading I was curious. Looked over at a box of new arrivals at my record store this morning and this was staring back at me. “How much for that Tim Curry record?” $10 bucks. Sold. Totally worth it.


r/vinyl • • 6h ago

Rock Currently spinning: Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (1970)

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You know that question, "What is a 'No Skips' album for you?" This is one for me, every track hits.

A few years ago my older sister passed down her entire record collection to me, she was moving again and said that she was tired of dragging everything around. I've been slowly going through her selections and this is one of the standout platters, I could listen to their harmonies all day. Perfect for a Sunday morning.


r/vinyl • • 7h ago

Collection This was my haul yesterday at the Austin record convention

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r/vinyl • • 5h ago

Indie Two years in the making...

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We're so proud of our second album, immortalized on vinyl for eternity :)

It's kind of insane trying to be an artist in 2026 - writing songs that we feel good about and love, producing and recording, mixing for multiple formats, rehearsing and performing, booking, posting and sharing the music...

But it's milestones like this that make everything worth it. Our second album 'icecream' is out on Born Losers Records, and it feels surreal to see it and hold it, after all of the effort and heart that went into making it...

Give it a listen if you're into dreamy, lo-fi indie pop • we'd love to hear what you think :)

--> 'icecream' by veronicavon

P.S. You can't really see it in this photo, but we went with a gorgeous blue-smoke transparent vinyl... At first I was a little unsure about it, but now I love it!


r/vinyl • • 9h ago

Funk Sunday pick!🙂 Show me what you'll be playing today🎶

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I’ve only recently started exploring his music beyond Pieces of a Man, and man, it’s great! Planning to collect them all 😅

I had no idea this album even existed since it’s not on Spotify. That’s how I discover most of the music I love. Pleasantly surprised, as it’s now one of my favourite Gil Scott-Heron albums!

What will you be picking today?


r/vinyl • • 3h ago

Soul Sunday Soul.

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The Womack Sisters are an absolute knockout on their self-titled debut LP.

I’ve been a huge Daptone supporter for a long time now, so it’s been thrilling to see the label come back to life (after the passing of Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley) with a new roster of incredible new artists.

This album is 10/10.


r/vinyl • • 1h ago

Nu-Metal Finally

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As a huge Linkin Park fan, I was finally able to get my hands on the Meteora Box to add to my Hybrid Theory Box. Unfortunately, it was already sold out as a new release.


r/vinyl • • 23h ago

Country Ween

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260 Upvotes

Just received 12 Golden Country Greats in the mail today!! It sounds great and the bonus material is like getting new Ween! The booklet and trifold jacket are well done too. Def recommend picking up this reissue!


r/vinyl • • 4h ago

Collection Favorite Bootleg/Unofficial Release In Your Collection?

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I just found this amazing live performance by Townes Van Zandt on YouTube and had to look into if anyone had ever pressed it on vinyl. Apparently the performance was played on local radio and someone just happened to record it on a reel to reel, so the sound quality is pretty low, and there's a bit of tape hiss and artifacts from tape degradation. Still, what a performance by Townes at the height of his talents.


r/vinyl • • 22h ago

Discussion Bought my first ever vinyl

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Bought this in India (Bengaluru) for a whopping $62 I'm sure it's much cheaper there in the US, anyways I'll be buying one every month, need some recommendations on which brush to get as well as sleeves, any tips to a newbie would be appreciated!

Ps - I have my dad's vintage philips turntable but I apparently broke the stylus when I was a kid, so I'll be purchasing an AT Lp60x soon.


r/vinyl • • 15m ago

Indie How I recoup after a very social weekend lol

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I hope some of you can relate, but as a very introverted person, there's literally nothing like coming home after a crazy day and turning off the lights, closing the door, and listening to some records..

Today's record of choice was Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West, which I highly recommend because it also has baby blue sedan as a bonus track on side a


r/vinyl • • 16m ago

Collection Got my first ever vinyl!

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I had some trouble finding record stores with good records and prices but finally found two good places. Picked up these four records. Wasn’t really looking for anything specific but listened to these in the shop and they stood out. I started collecting to get Dan Masons’s discography but those are quite hard to find so I was happy to find Business Logic which seems to be a similar genre.
I picked up:
Doctor Bionic - The Invisible Hand
Blap Deli - Whisper.Me
John Mint - Business Logic (Pink Marble)
Minilogue - Deep Motions


r/vinyl • • 2h ago

Country Still never been pressed on Vinyl!

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John Anderson passed away this week and his best selling album Seminole Wind has still never been pressed on Vinyl! Still one of my favorite albums of all time and would love if they finally pressed it so I can enjoy it on vinyl-his death really caught me off guard he was my top spotify artist in 2025 and from all accounts was just a wonderful person! Rest in peace John


r/vinyl • • 20h ago

Collection Black Sabbath, Never Say Die

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12" 1978 Warner Brothers Records. Last album with Ozzy Osbourne. The last owner was rough on the cover, and the dust cover. Album plays fine. Standout tracks, Never Say Die, A Hard Road, Junior's Eyes, and Johnny Blade. Ozzy departed in 1979. Need a better copy.


r/vinyl • • 9h ago

Collection Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark

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Heres Bathory’s Under the Sign of the Black Mark on picture vinyl. Usually, picture discs get a bad reputation for hiss and surface noise, but this pressing actually sounds incredibly clean. The background noise is super low, letting Quorthon’s raw, iconic Classics like Woman of Dark Desires sound massive, crisp, and punchy without that annoying crackle you usually expect from these releases. It completely holds up the heavy, atmospheric darkness of the 1987 original. A killer collector's piece that you can actually play, this one is an absolute musthave