80's 12" singles
 

I know many of you here collect records. I am thinking it's time to par down my 12" single collection. ABC-ZZ Top, many USA releases, none super rare to my knowledge, but all playable with no interruption damage, and well maintained sleeves. Anyone want a list?

I would not dump them unless you have dups and triplets of the same record.

I got a collection here.The last couple of years my friend down the street dump his extras on me in the 100's.Some that I never heard of and like them and some artists I do like and never bought the single when It was released years ago.Some I got are radio promo copies.

I'm still sorting them out now since there is so many.

I remember you mentioning that. What a score!! I want to keep them all, but I have SO much stuff and the way I spend on SN things it's like I need to just concentrate on one thing. I posted something along same lines on a few other sites a while back and there doesn't seem to be much interest, which is fine because that makes me want to keep them. Also, as much as I love spinning my vinyl-these long plays are great transferred to ipod and such where I can listen to them more often. But dangit-nothing like the sound of them on player like back when I first got them =)

Hahaha.Yea I'm enjoying them.I love the 1980's era of music.

Heres some below.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...psbb36deb3.jpg

Yes I agree.Got to keep feeding the iPod good old music.

The way I do transferring is using a regular good turntable connected to a small sound mixer then to a stereo amp and then hooking up to the line output RCA jacks into my portable digital recorder.

If I want to do a quick transfer I just connect my turntable to my 1980's JVC boombox

First one was bought new in 1982 at the local fleamarket for about $200 bucks..I remember FM's Gypsy blasting out of those speakers.Plus Stevie's music from Belladonna album.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...fan1/jvc01.jpg

I got my second one a few years ago at the local fleamarket for about $30 bucks.Did some repairs and it works great.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...fan1/jvc02.jpg

Either way above works and sounds better then those USB turntables on the market today.You got more control with the level controls doing it the old way.

I transferred over 100 cassettes that I recorded going back to the 1970's to digital in the past year the same way as above .I still got 100's more to go.It was nice to hear them again.