Record Store Tour- Absolute Vinyl in Longmont CO and The Question of Record Collecting Insanity
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- How much of a good thing is too much? As collectors do we really know when to say no? How many versions of a particular album is really needed? These along with many more life changing questions will be answered in this video so buckle up buttercup!
Longmont CO is home to Absolute Vinyl. Doug the owner is a very nice guy who loves to talk about music. Prices were fair and i found a few items that i have not been able to find elsewhere. It is well worth a visit, just dont ask for a T Shirt or Business Card.
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Hi Steve, fun clip. And i like that hologram idea dancing above a record as it spins. My buddy Kurt Fike used to live in Golden. We'd visit the Coors factory and take the tour for the two free beers at the end. He said in the good old days, visitors were allowed all the beer they could drink. 😂
Funny you mentioned the Coors tour David. My son and I went to Golden to look at a truck. He said the tour is not longer free. Too many college kids were coming in for the free beer. They would do the tour multiple times to get more beer lol! You now have to pay to do it. Still popular to do. Hope the music is keeping you busy
Nice video. Nice to see a new store. Some great jazz-fusion and prog records there I don’t see but I have. I went into a record store today that hasent opened since Regan was president. Everything frozen in time.
Wow, that is crazy. It just closed and no one did anything with the merchandise Art. Aren’t those places called museums?
The man shut the door and just retired. Left it until he passed in Feb.
“Sometimes you do things that don’t really make sense”. Truer words have never been spoken. Great to hear that your son got the job in Boulder. Having all the family close must be a dream. Yes, Boulder is trendy and pricey. There’s a nice record store there called Paradise Vinyl which I’ve been to. Next time I’m down there I’ll be sure to check out the place in Longmont. Looking forward to seeing other record stores in the Denver area in future videos. Cheers Steve.
My son just got a place in Longmont I hope to be able to get to a few other places but everything around here is so expensive, just got car insurance, sticker shock once again. Oh well, when I see my grandson I forget about all of that Jack
You’ve been finding some great gems lately! I love love love record store tours, especially ones I may never see live! They all have a cool unique vibe! As for collecting, personally, I’ve slowed WAY down the last couple of years. The older I get, the more I realize I can’t listen to it all and I can’t take it with me!!! Ha ha! 😂
Cheers Steve! 😎🙏🍻🏆☘️🇺🇸
Matt, wise words about collecting. How many records do we need? I continue to purge records knowing that I really won’t play it again. This is a newer collecting attitude since the flood when I realized I had too many records, I loved having them but 90% were not going to be played again.
Nice, Steve! I used to live in Longmont. There was a record store called B.C’s Records And Tapes that my friends and I would ride our bikes to.
No kidding Chris. Longmont looked to be a very nice town. Very busy place. Slowly trying to make time to get away from work but it has not been easy
Thanks for the tour, Steve. That Shadows of Knight album you showed recently was very nice indeed. Great garage band.
You mentioned beer being good in Colorado. About a month ago I was in Belgium, where the beer was especially good (strong too 😮)
Belgium Beer is quite good. I should do a European beer tour. The problem is I am a lite weight beer drinker, I can handle one but that’s it. I’m a cheap date!
Fun stuff, Professor...and yet another purchase you didn't need but that made you happy....isn't that what it's supposed to be about anyway? Enjoy it! 🙂
Oh my god TC, I guess do we really need to buy anything? When do we have all we really need? There seems to be no end in site!
That big Ozzy Osbourne box set had a holographic image that hovered above the platter. I tried to get Brenda to let me buy it @ $500.00 on the release date to resell later but she nixed it. Now it's a pricey collectors piece.
Definitely some vintage TT in that store. Thanks for the tour.
I hope you have pointed out to Brenda what that investment would have been worth Greg! lol. You never know but Ozzy is usually a sure bet. Some very cool stereo equipment in there The vintage stuff looks so darn cool
Hi Steve, My local had a copy of that Dark Side in, I had that same thought as yourself! Such a beautiful looking piece of art nearly swayed me, but the £60 price tag eventually made my mind up and I passed. I know what you mean about Talking Heads, funnily enough their varied sound is one of the things I love about them. The first half of Naked especially I love, goes from funk to world music, such a long way from where they started. Have a great week, Steve. Best wishes.
Cliff you had better will power than I did on the PF reissue. Well done. Talking Heads definitely kept changing things up and kept the music interesting. Like you I found side one to be better than side 2. I’m glad I grabbed it and brought it back into the collection
You always manage to find the record stores. I like Naked much more than I used to as well. I stopped after my 1st copy of DSOTM!
In all my travels I have become very good at seeking them out Brian. That is an expensive ability to possess. I would save a lot of my ability was not being able to find them lol
Love it! Very self reflective on that one. Thankfully I haven't been bit by the multiple version bug after 2000+ albums… yet lol. Truthfully I don't have the space for single versions let alone multiple. But hey, I often ask myself when is enough? Answer, of course, has long passed. That said, I love everything I have for one reason or another, and until the great purge -which quite frankly I feel I'm too lazy to do these days as it requires some brutal discipline -I'll probably keep digging the new! Who knows? The future is unwritten. As to, TH "Naked" I've always liked that record and felt it was kind of a return to form. It feels like a companion piece to the Brazilian stuff David Byrne was into at the time, so it fits naturally to me and not a bad way to say goodbye. Certainly not an embarrassment. Again, thanks for sharing! As I said, I love the brutal honesty you share about the hobby. Always makes me smile!
Yeah, I like to question myself a lot Tony, did I really need to have this? I guess we could say that about everything. Purging is sooo hard unless it is part of your DNA. The move helped force me to do it but I will have to do it again to make room as albums continue to flow in though slightly slower….I think haha.
@@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 yep, nothing like moving to pair things down to the basics. If there's a silver lining to all the work, aside from new experiences, it will be that… thinning the herd so to speak. And, yeah, I hope I never stop questioning anything I do! I do love some good self reflection! Keep on keeping on, brother:-)
Oh, I might have bought one of those turntables. I was just listening to that Harmonia album this week... I should have played you Dark Side of the Moon in quad at my house - it's insane.
I bet Dark Side would sound great on the quad stereo. I was so blown away when you played Bitches Brew on it, totally amazing.
Hello Steve; How much is a good thing, when do you say no? It depends on ones financial situation & how much expendable cash is available to spend. The store looks well stocked. Prices fluctuate per artist/ band. Some good vinyl finds. Take care, Tina & Pat!~
I was surprised how much good stuff was in the store that I had no clue about lol. People keep telling me all the wonderful treasures that were seen in my flip video. I was happy with what I got
Wow, tons of great stuff at Absolute Vinyl. I need that Novalis album. Enjoyed the people in the background talking about Eugene Chadbourne. That silkscreened Dark Side LP is not to my taste, glad I won’t have to spend money on that. Nice Bowie thumbnail. I saw a great Bowie cover band last week called the Jean Genies.
Jean Genies, that is great Michael. It appears I showed a lot of awesome albums that I did not even know about lol. So many people were excited about what they saw. I love to hear what others find exciting. Too bad he doesn’t ship.
The fact that you buy a T Shirt from the stores that you visit is wonderful. At the end of July i will be putting up a KISS Dynasty video that you won't believe. It will involve a drainage pipe.
A drainage pipe lol. Martin, nothing you do surprises me in the least ! I love record store T shirts. I will buy one of those over a record, it is now my work dress code lol
What a gorgeous record/music store! I love exposed brick.
Nice looking copy of the Avalqnches last album, that I bought in Sweden, were we both in part hail from 😄
Ooo, don’t remember thats Toyah?
Love those small towns in Colorado. I remember Manitou Springs fondly.
Mmm… beer. Great Divide, Avery, Crooked Stave, Breckenridge, New Belgium, Left Hand… etc etc 😄
Thanks for showing us a little Colorado!
Don’t be sad about the Pink Floyd, I spent silly money on a Split Enz variant from Australia yesterday… oooh, pop up holograms! 😂
Denverites collect music I’m sure, they have to, cause they sure as heck don’t make any! Bazinga! 😄😄😄
lol, what is a big name Denver band…..I’m blank on that one. Well you saw a lot of albums that I just breezed over Morten. That is what I like about flips, hearing about all the great stuff I missed haha.
@@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 I have no idea, the music scene seems less vibrant than Des Moines… not Des Moines music scene, which IS more vibrant, I meant than the actual city. I guess mountain biking, rooting for the Broncos and brewing takes up all their time…
Some cool stock there... Cheers
Jeff, always interesting to see what other people spot and then wonder why I didn’t grab it lol
Thanks for video, just wanted to add. These words were back on Who sell out album:
There used to be a dark side to Keith Moon, interesting??
Hasse, that is very interesting. Keith Moon definitely had a dark and destructive side. Funny they mentioned it way back then
I need to go back to 'Naked' ('Flowers' is one of my favourite Talking Heads songs, but I don't remember too much about the rest of the album). It seems shocking to me that they've messed around with the cover design of Dark Side. Hope you're still settling in Steve.
Slowly settling in James Big news is my oldest son and his wife are moving to CO. He got a nice web design job in the town where I showed the record store. Small world. I was glad I revisited Naked, it has improved with age to me Another Dark Side, sigh.
When we were in New Mexico we drove up as far as Pueblo. I was shocked at how run down that beautiful city is. Beautiful architecture in downtown Pueblo. Nice shop. Those Jade Warrior records are so awesome! Very few bands can change radically from album to album and remain in the favor of their fans. Talking Heads is one of those groups. I know you don’t care for them but Radiohead is another. I don’t mind the drastic changes in fact I prefer change over repetition. It’s my musical ADD. According to Michael 45 the only Dark Side of The Moon release we need is the 2003 30th anniversary UK pressing, lacquer cut by Kevin Gray and Doug Sax. I have a copy and it does sound better than my others, even better than the MOFI I just scooped up out of dig #8. You can bet I couldn’t wait to hear them side by side. But wait my others sounded awesome before I got this new one lol. They got our number, Steve. It’s like kid cereal box toys, collect all 9 characters! Record companies are just selling us more cereal/serial in a different package. It’s hard to resist. 😊
lol, the kids cereal box , nice analogy Steve. Yes they do know how to squeeze blood from a turnip. Beatles 3 inch is a classic of creating another frenzy. Fans will be fans. I plan to stop with DSOTM now…. . I have heard Pueblo is a disaster. I watch a lot of travel channels and people who have visited Pueblo have been shocked on what they saw. The Jade Warrior album I did check to make sure it was not a vertical swirl. I had a friend in MI who could sniff out a vertical swirl lol.
It looked to be a well curated store. How do the prices compare with Michigan record stores? I think you need all of the studio albums from the Talking Heads. I’m not a bootleg collector. You’re not alone when it comes to falling for special additions of our favorite albums. 🙃 have a nice weekend, Steve
Mark, I am a sucker for a bootleg but now the market is flooded with them so I don’t buy a lot them. That said on Sunday, a VU bootleg! Prices are a little higher overall but considering how the prices are on everything else I can’t complain. I really try to not buy a lot of multiple copies but some groups like VU I always do along with PF. I hope you’re having a good summer. We need to connect soon
I am so determined not to buy that DSOTM, but have a feeling at some point I am going to cave in! Was at a record fair Sunday and came across a Buckwheat Zydeco album (Taking It Home) for only £4. Thought of your previous video and thought I'd give it a go, but haven't got round to playing it yet.
Well thank you for giving Buckwheat a go. Now you can find out if I’m just full of bullocks lol. I have made it a mission to never listen to the soundtrack of Grease. Someone even sent me a copy but I just won’t do it. It’s a matter of principle Shaun
Well I felt guilty buying my third copy of an album recently...I have two copies of the original (from different countries) one of which was found super cheap at a record fair...the new one I wanted for the remastering and liner notes so I guess that isn't too bad...I do not make a habit of buying multiple copies of albums but within reason, if the opportunity comes up I guess it is ok. Nice store, some interesting stuff in the collectible section, I have that Loading Zone one, was listening to that again not too long ago. Never heard of the UV thing, the latest vinyl gimmick I guess but got to admit it does look pretty cool. Cheers Steve
Latest vinyl gimmick is so true Doug. Now we can sell the same album de again! I rarely buy 2 of an album, no room but that dang DSOTM keeps sucking me in lol. I have bought second copies to get things like posters but as I find these doubles I have been trading them in
For a moment i was WOW! I saw two Bobbie Gentry records, but they must be bootlegs since those two haven't been reissued and they looked to be about perfect.
I have three copies of DSOTM, so i guess i NEED that version of it. And let's face it, that's less than one copy for each day of the week. I don't play it every day of the week, but i could and isn't better to be prepared for the occasion that might happen?
Pasi
Haha Pasi, I like the way you think, always planning for the future. You can label each copy for the appropriate day of the week. There was a lot of stuff in that shop that got people excited, I had no idea lol
I read that Twist & Shout is one of the better record stores in the Denver area, but I've never been there. I have a nephew in Longmont.
My on use to live only a couple of blocks from that store. It is huge, kind of overwhelming Dave but packed with stuff. They have an awesome book selection.
That looked an excellent store Steve. I saw something rare and tasty on the wall….Second Layer (early Adrian Borland, The Sound). The Post Punk bin was good, Magazine, Richard Jobson (The Skids), The Passions….. excellent. I also parted with some ‘hard earnt’ for ‘another’ copy of Dark Side, the UV. Shall we start a club called ‘Mugs are us’ 😂 I guess it’s a given…..we are collectors…..we are gullible 😂 Great video wanabee Mike. Wanabee Steve
Hahah Mugs Are Us, that’s great wanna be Steve. I never knew there were so many great albums at this store until I posted this video. Holy smokes the stuff people saw and got excited about, I had no clue lol. I guess I should go back and look for these treasures. My oldest son and wife are moving to CO next week and going to live in Longmont where this store was at. Pretty weird
Steve, cool Colorado record store. I figured stuff would be more expensive especially compared to Midland. Talking Heads, you are a big fan so you gotta get that. Cool you enjoyed it more now. Me I just need first five Talking Heads and I’m done. Only one left for me to get is Fear of Music. Pink Floyd needs to be in everyone’s collection. I only have on cd. The records I might come across are expensive or condition because everyone is buying multiple copies. Lol. I’m not hurting. I’ve got plenty to listen to. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman
Jim always gave me great deals in Midland Steve. I still buy most of my records from him. Classic like DSOTM should not be that expensive, there are a million copies out there but people will pay up for it. I just have some type of weakness for that album lol
Hi Steve - No more Dark Side reissues are needed. Whenever I walk into a FYE they seem to be playing Pink Floyd or The Police & you wonder if they have corporate restrictions on what is played in store 🤔. Regional & District management strictly enforce regulations. Playing The Clash ? = immediate termination. US Open starts today ..Wimbledon soon & Elections in England & France. Going to be a hot 🔥 summer ☀️.
David, the big one is Tour de France is coming soon and of course the Olympics. Been watching the Celtics massacre Dallas and the Rockies make the Tigers look like World Series champions. Maybe now I will say no more Dark Side, time to find the bright side David lol
I’ve got one copy of ‘Dark Side’...and that feels excessive! 😂 I love ‘Nothing but Flowers’ off that Talking Heads record..imo Johnny Marr’s last great guitar moment...37 years ago!
Poor Johnny Marr, this comment would crush him so I hope he’s not reading them. It DSOTM came in 12 inch single format, complete box with each song on 12 inch I think you would have been all over it lol. I will send a note to Gilmour tonight about this wonderful idea
Some cool records in that store. That’s good that the prices are not over priced. Was that one Jade Warrior a Vertigo pressing?
No the Jade Warrior was not, I checked Michael. If you were flipping it would have magically become one, you got the touch. Are you going to be teaching this fall?
@@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 I hope to start teaching in the fall.
I have the first five Talking Heads and a few bootlegs. I don’t think I need them all. I don’t know what to purge though. The Pink Floyd does look cool. I have one Dark Side Of The Moon but a do have a few Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Richie I also have a few Pipers. That continues to move up my favorite Floyd album list. Some groups are hard to purge. I can purge easier classic rock than I can punk or post punk albums. It comes down to what I really like to listen to
Steve, I saw there a record by the band Magazine called Real Life .... do you have that ?, one of my fav record and band.
I do have a few Magazines album, such a great Post Punk band. I do not have that one and it is their debut album I have seen it before. I definitely will give it a listen. Play is their first album I have in my new collection.
I didn't need a 2nd copy of DSOTM either, but Waters did one anyway and I received a comp copy. My thoughts on it? I want my money back that I didn't pay.
I heard that Waters album was soooo bad. He was pissed they were doing that so he put out his a week before. He really seems to hold a grudge Red
I think I only have two or three Dark Sides. I was probably given at least one. I do have about 10 copies of Blue Tomorrow by the Swimming Pool Qs. But that is a fantastic album. I just picked up a copy of Noel Coward in Las Vegas. It was a buck and looked in good shape, but it wasn't. I looked in my data base (about a third of my albums are archived) and found out that I have three other copies. I've actually been trying to give away copies of albums I have more than three copies of. There has to be a limit. Right?
Is there a limit for you Darrell, is there really one lol. I am shocked at only three Dark Sides, I even have more than you. You were in Vegas? Am I sleeping on FB. I just saw you were in Pittsburg. Holy smokes you get around. Where was the play being done at? The Swimming Pool Qs, sound like your trying to corner the market on that group lol
@@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 The album is called Noel Coward In Las Vegas (I prefer Noel Coward in New York but it's a good album). I dropped by Jerry's on the way to Cumberland in Maryland. That's where they're putting on our plays. They have a two week run, which I thought was very cool. Super nice people - though I suspect we're in Trump country.
You don't need yet another DSOTM...now take that copy back and trade it for that OG Spooky Tooth Self Titled LP that was in the 1st bin in your video 😂😂😂
Just joking (although that is on my grail list) and Welcome to Colorado 🎉 🍻
Lmao, I will get right on trading in that album! Isn’t that funny how when someone does a flip video you suddenly see something you have been looking for! Too funny. I’m trying to get some free time to enjoy CO, it’s been very difficult. Are you in the Denver area? Besides the two very large record stores do you have any store you would recommend
@@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 Down south in the Springs...if you ever come down I will point you in the right direction...pretty solid vinyl scene down here...
Cheers 👍
Jimmy Dawkins on Delmark dude.
I already have that one Dave otherwise it would have been a grab
I agree with the no business cards. It’s a record shop Afterall. Who uses business cards for those. But T-shirts!! You got to be able to rock a T-Shirt. I try to support my local shops by buying T-Shirts. Though in my humble opinion. The only thing more important than a T-Shirt is a great brewery somewhat near a record store. And Mr. Carlson one last thing. Please for the love of God please stop clogging up the suicide hotlines with your not mentioning the correct band or album names. I mean sheesh. How “insensitive”can you be.
lol I will work on it, I just don’t want people jumping off buildings due to my videos haha. I love record store T Shirts. Someone asked me to do a video e, is quite large. My wife keeps telling me to get rid of some of them, she just doesn’t get it! I think when I’m at work she tosses some away !