Where to buy Music in Adelaide

Went in there, purely by fluke, about 3 weeks ago on a Sunday drive.

Didn't purchase at the time, but certainly looked like a place to visit when the pocket had more in it.

JIVE RECORD BAR
181 Hindley Street
Tuesday -Thursday
Noon to 6:00pm

Opened for business just this month
Second hand records, CDs, DVDs and memorabilia and more

SWANNYS
Modbury Heights Shopping Centre
172-182 Ladywood Drive

Very good selection of vinyl and collectibles
Doubles up as a coffee shop

Worth a visit

I'll bite, is it the famous swanny ?

bayman wrote:I'll bite, is it the famous swanny  ?

You will be able to bite
Swannys sell cakes as well

CLEANING COMPACT DISCS

Here is a method I have read about
Heres the description :
* Rub toothpaste on the scratched surface, from the inner ring to the outer edge, using a antistatic cloth
Then gently wipe away excess with a dampened cloth.*

Im not game enough to try though

Scrappy wrote:Bakker-Burke Computers
49b Torrens Road
Bowden

Whiz Kid James has a sideline sellling viynls
Has an assortment from $1 records to quality well priced music as well
Has record players for sale as well

For a young lad knows his music well

BAKKER BURKE
Shifted premises
441 Churchill Road , Kilburn

James has a great variety
Has a heavy metal section

VIYNL SQUEEZE
Shop 9 , 511-529 North East Road , Gilles Plains
Phone : 8369 1910

This shop just opened earlier this month
Craig runs the shop, and a very neat , presentable record store
Variety plus including :
New Viynls
Second Hand Vinyls
CDs
Turntables

I thought the prices of vinyl were quite inexpensive
Definitely worth a visit

Scrappy wrote:226 Hampstead Road
Formerly The Vintage Boulevard
Now has new proprietors

Good array of Vinyls in stock
Also sells record players
Wonderful owners , also selling a wide variety of 2nd hand, vintage and collectable products

Definitely worth a gawk

THE RETRO CORNERSTORE
Same address, different name
Don and Irena have a lovely store
Wonderful shop featuring collectibles+ more from mainly the retro era
Very well presented collection of vinyls + other musical stock

Scrappy wrote:CLEANING COMPACT DISCS

Here is a method I have read about
Heres the description :
* Rub toothpaste on the scratched surface, from the inner ring to the outer edge, using a antistatic cloth
Then gently wipe away excess with a dampened cloth.*

Im not game enough to try though

don't think putting toothpaste on a cd is a good idea
try some dishwashing liquid then rinse it off

I've been visiting a few second hand record shops recently to fill in some holes in my 60s / 70s / 80s collection.

It is quite amazing how some rare and iconic albums retain their value.
EG Let It Be - Beatles sells for around $50-$60.
A double Creedence 'best of' album was around $70.
Some others can push up to around $80.

Porthole Records in Port Adelaide has got stacks of stuff. And lots more out the back not on display. I spent an hour in there a few weeks ago.

During these excursions I've managed to get hold of all the Supertramp albums from the 70s when they were at the peak of their powers.

Clearly there is still quite demand for vinyl.
I guess some peoples' collections are just to great to abandon.

Some of the new releases on vinyl are fantastic too. The vinyl version of David Bowie's last album is notably heavier and more substantial than the 70s discs. I think digital is better for clarity (unless you have super high-end turntable and stylus) but vinyl is better for a bright, live feel.

the best album i've bought on vynl is The Human Menagerie
by Cockney Rebel - £7 from a market in middle england
the cd version is dreadful

it is hard to describe the difference between vinyl and CD. But it is different.

The turntable I bought recently is not super high end but it is a good one and substantially better than anything else I've owned, so maybe there has been some technological improvement in how they are producing them these days.

Vinyl certainly has a more homely feel on my system than CD, which I agree is clearer. Quality of the vinyl has a lot to do with that too.

I don't know if you can find any of these albums pictured below any more, i have quite a few and they were from the late 60's  -70's none were the original artists but some songs sounded better than the original. At the time, these albums cost around $2. Usually 12 - 14 songs on each album.
The girls on the front cover didn't influence me one bit in buying these. lol  

Like the above covers, does anyone remember the compilation Album "Ripper" from 1976?

It had a picture of a lady's bum tattooed with the song list on the cover.
My dear old Mum didn't like that and made me keep it in a brown paper bag!

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:Like the above covers, does anyone remember the compilation Album "Ripper" from 1976?

It had a picture of a lady's bum tattooed with the song list on the cover.
My dear old Mum didn't like that and made me keep it in a brown paper bag!

Do you mean this one Chambo? This one is 1977.

That must have been the second one, because the first one was definitely 1976. Different bum too! Remember studying the contours of it when I was 13.....

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:That must have been the second one, because the first one was definitely 1976. Different bum too! Remember studying the contours of it when I was 13.....

I found another one in my collection, would this be it Chambo? It doesn’t have a date on it. Maybe you can tell by looking at the songs on the bum. Sorry i can't scan the whole cover, it's too big.

Yep that's the one.
Whilst I liked that bottom, my mother did not.

My recollection is that this album started a flurry of similar compilation albums like Screamer, Scorcher among others. I don't think thye all had a naked bottom on them.

Ripper 76
A classic album, you can still buy it at various outlets , so many people must have bought that compilation album
These are the top 5 that I liked in 76 ,  no particular order


I Fooled Around And Fell In Love[Elvin Bishop] love the lyrics
SSSSSSingle Bed [Noosha Fox] Eclectic
I Like It Both Ways [Supernaut] more than interesting lyrics
Howzat [Sherbet]
Number 24 that played for the winning team  in the 1976 Sanfl Grand Final ...[ not the lead singer of the Kinks]

What? Not Donny and Marie Osmond?

Im reminded of Donny when I see this cricketer ...

https://alchetron.com/Daniel-Christian

yeah there was Ripper, then Scorcher,  then one with prince charles face on it

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Countdown-Silver-Jubilee-Australian-Top-20/release/4830506