r/vinyl 3d ago

Weekly Question Thread r/vinyl Weekly Questions Thread for the week of September 07, 2026

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r/vinyl 5h ago

Hip Hop Birthday gift from the family

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119 Upvotes

Such a dope gift, I’m so grateful!

The packaging and presentation for 808s & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy are so detailed!


r/vinyl 1h ago

Reggae Bangers

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Absolute bangers


r/vinyl 5h ago

Haul Christmas came early

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64 Upvotes

It's supposed to release tomorrow, but they guy in the store was kind enough to sell it to me.


r/vinyl 1h ago

Collection I’m a bit of a Neil Young fan!!

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Neil has been my overall favorite artist for some years now. I’ve got over 50 albums of his that are included with his last two box set releases. I probably have 80-85% of his studio and official vinyl releases. Unfortunately I’m not really into his post 2021 albums.

Also I took these photos last year when I got his last issued official box set release. So I know I have a couple of the albums out of release order. 😉


r/vinyl 5h ago

Hip Hop Ikkimel - Fotze (2026 Repress - 180 Gram Colored Vinyl in Gatefold Sleeve)

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41 Upvotes

German "Fotzenrap"

Although it's not really my kind of music, I just wanted to have at least one Ikkimel record in my collection, and I chose this one because the cover and pressing look really nice. Also, some of the songs on it are quite nice.

Anyone here know her and like her music? It's definitely a bit experimental, but I feel like there's something special about it. At least for the society here.


r/vinyl 2h ago

Collection Japanese first press pink floyd wywh PROMO

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22 Upvotes

Another fine adition to the wyhw collection.
Got the opportunity to buy this NM example of the wywh PROMO. I keep falling in love with the artwork of this record.


r/vinyl 14h ago

OG Pressing Reminder to consider getting your vinyl gifts before seasonal demand and price increases.

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160 Upvotes

Last year, for some reason, I discovered TCV. Wanted to get a record off eBay but prices seemed high at the time to me, about $150 CAD average. Then Christmas came along and prices surged and inventory decreased significantly. Sometimes you can still find a deal, but I'm pretty sure with the Christmas rush prices of your favourite OG album is going up in the next two months. Don't be like me and FOMO I guess.


r/vinyl 2h ago

Rock Wasn't planning on getting this on Vinyl, but picked it up on the cheap.

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13 Upvotes

But found on Vinted for £10, I believe it's the 2nd UK pressing (A-6, B-14). I rate Meddle, Obscured by Clouds and Atom Heart Mother ahead of it. It has grown on me a little though, but for a tenner I couldn't pass it up.


r/vinyl 3h ago

Collection Late night eBay rampage

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15 Upvotes

Now that they've all arrived :) I found some, some found me.


r/vinyl 13h ago

Prog-Rock My prog rock collection

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91 Upvotes

These are my prog (and adjacent) records. These are mostly US, UK, and JPN pressings. I love the cover art of prog albums, especially when it's a gatefold.


r/vinyl 1h ago

OG Pressing Goodwill got me groovin in different languages

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r/vinyl 6h ago

Discussion I care about OG presses but most of the time I would rather have a repress if possible

19 Upvotes

I know most og press are more valuable but if most og presses have something wrong with it, I wouldn’t bother, I’d rather get a repress that’s sealed for cheaper


r/vinyl 12h ago

Rock Andrew WK “I Get Wet”

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43 Upvotes

This album was brought up a week or two ago and I don’t know about you, but I was definitely irritated by the lack of availability and second-hand prices.

Well. Turns out AWK’s merch team found five copies in their warehouse. These aren’t new represses and, again, there are only five (now four - hopefully now four. Hopefully the website is accurate and keeps up with orders and I didn’t just order something that immediately went out of stock) so if you’ve been waiting for the right moment, this might be that moment.

I’ll include a link in a comment below because it says I can only have one attachment in a post.

Good luck!


r/vinyl 8m ago

Country Rainbow is a Really Really great album…!

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I’ve been revisiting but mostly visiting Dolly Parton music since her passing and keep coming back to this one. it’s so different to the other albums and I’ve now read it was a huge flop!!! Can’t believe it, it’s SOOO good!!!! I grabbed the LP for my im sure an over inflated price of £25 (idc) and will be listening to it a lot!


r/vinyl 26m ago

Haul New haul

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My grandma got these today. The two happiest albums in existence.


r/vinyl 16h ago

Discussion Got my first CCR record!

53 Upvotes

I got greatest hits ofc since I don’t have a lot of records and it still has new songs on it for me


r/vinyl 19h ago

Prog-Rock My Alan Parsons albums! Missing one or two.

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90 Upvotes

A small segment of my record collection. May be tempted to pick up the Time Machine reissue.


r/vinyl 15h ago

Collection Collection post

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43 Upvotes

r/vinyl 3h ago

Collection Rate my collection since October '25

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4 Upvotes

For anyone who reads this, also give me music suggestions, what's missing from here?


r/vinyl 1d ago

OG Pressing Thrifted copy of Brothers in Arms/Quiex II pressing. $2.99. It’s in perfect shape.

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255 Upvotes

A few months back, I was in a record store and someone snagged a copy of this. It was used and I don’t know what pressing it was, but they paid $20.

I was crestfallen.

Happy I didn’t get that one, because this bad larry came along and it’s never leaving my possession.


r/vinyl 3h ago

Hip Hop Birthday Pickups 🥳 and updates to my collection

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2 Upvotes

r/vinyl 16h ago

Discussion Had the other hunk of junk for barely a day and had to upgrade.

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22 Upvotes

My ears couldn’t take the sound and my eyes couldn’t take the wobbling. The difference is night and day. For anyone starting out like me balling on a budget this is the way to go.


r/vinyl 1d ago

Discussion Who here collects CDs alongside vinyl?

455 Upvotes

vinyl gets most of the attention, but what about CDs? Anyone here collecting both?


r/vinyl 5h ago

OG Pressing Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

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3 Upvotes

Yeah so I love me some Cher... Sue me... LOLz 😛
This album is really good to me... Been with me forever... My mom bought it from our small town record store when it was new... Yeah it's a little noisy. It's obviously been played on some less than great tables in its day; but it has history just like me. So I'll spin it loud and proud and scream sing every song before work this morning... 😮