Are record store discount bins worth your time? UNEXPECTED DOLLAR BIN FINDS
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- I don't often bother with the $1 bins at record stores, because they are generally full on junk. But I've had some good luck lately. How about you?
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a record store is like a box of chocolate.... you never know what you gonna get ....especially in the dollar bins ;)
I actually found an original copy of T.Rex " Electric Warrior" at my Goodwill for .50 cents this year.
That’s my favorite part of the store. I know how to make those scuffed up looking records sound better than new. I’ve restored some pretty rough ones to sound amazing, with virtually no snaps crackles or pops, it’s a fun part of the hobby imho.
Artamus Sumatra what’s your trick?
Chris Propfe: Musically Obsessed Look for records where the scratches don’t appear to go all the way to to bottom of the grooves. Surface scratches look bad, but they don’t necessarily interfere with the path of the stylus. If it looks like someone popped it with a steel hammer, avoid it.😆
1) I first give the record a bath with warm water and a drop of dish soap, being careful not to wet the label, using a microfibre cloth going with the radius of the grooves, not sideways. Scrub a touch harder on areas where it looks like the scratch has pulled some vinyl into the path of the stylus. Rinse well, let dry.
2) Using a rubber spatula, or a credit card, apply Titebond II wood glue around one side - again, going with the grooves, and being careful not to get any on the label. If you sit the record in front of a fan, it should only take 15 to 20 minutes to dry. When it looks black again, it’s ready. Once dry, repeat on the other side.
3)Peel off the glue(Titebond II works best, because it stays pliable after it’s dry), the record grooves will be about as clean as they were when new, but will now be full of static, which will cause a lot of surface noise, so....
4) I like to use GruvGlide, which eliminates static, and applies a super slick coating that buffers the stylus from completely touching the vinyl, further minimizing surface noise, and wear. I’ve also tried dryer sheets lightly drapped over the record for a few minutes, not as good, but cheap, and workable.
That’s it, works great! You might want to practice on a cheap record that you don’t like at first, but it’s really easy to get the method down. I do it to all used records I buy, even if they look near mint. I also use GruvGlide on brand new ones, because they usually will have a lot of static build up.
Bryan Mcfadden The dish soap dissolves the soluble crud, like skin oils, and sheddings, the wood glue picks up the solid matter, dust, and grit from the bottom of the grooves. I thought it was a crazy idea when I first learned of it, but it really does work.
Also, I use the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser method to clean my stylus after every session.
Yes I know that.
I totally agree. Luckily for us some people can't tell a scuff from a scratch and put it back on the rack. For those wondering, scuffs are merely "cosmetic" markings but don't damage the groves like scratches do.
I remember my friends decided that they wanted to look through the dollar bins at the record store near my house. At first, I thought, "eh there probably isn't really anything that great in there but it's worth a shot." We got to the store and I sit down and look through my first box at the store. As it turns out, I managed to walk away with Signals by Rush, Fly By Night by Rush, Hemispheres by Rush, an original pressing of Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and an original pressing of The Wall by Pink Floyd. Let's just say that I haven't stopped looking in the dollar bins since then!
I found an Amy Winehouse Back to Black LP "SEALED" for 99 cents at Goodwill before they tripled all the vinyl to $2.99
here in Illinois they are all $0,99
My problem with goodwill is the albums here are stuff like Andy Williams or Barbara strisand or old country not my taste a rarity finding a album I'd listen to
@@nelsonmaud1 Yep, I see these all the time, classical and Christmas albums too!
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@HALF MT Really...I've found some real goodies in the Goodwill bins, even for $2.99...Sometimes, it also pays to go to those Goodwills on the outskirts of town or the ones in the smaller towns that don't get much business...I've found a few surprises that way and they weren't picked over! And no, it wasn't all Lawrence Welk and Mantovani, either!
Back in the early 80's I managed an indie Record store. In the dollar bin were about 15-20 of the solo KISS members LP's. Not being a big fan of the band Inever grabbed any. Huge mistake. Dollar bins are a good way to upgrade lp covers or missing inserts. Love your channel. Thanks!
I guess the death of good bargain finds is thanks to EBay and hipsters. Sometimes I’ll just grab random records I’ve never heard of at 50c a pop. Because of that I’m actually enjoying Herb Alpert! (Don’t judge me! We all have our guilty pleasures!)
I also discovered herb Alpert on the cheap, I think he's pretty good, 😁
Nothing to be ashamed of there.... I scored "Rise" at a show for a buck, it's a fantastic album!
Love the dollar finds! That it what its all about!!! LOVE IT!
Recently I grabbed an original pressing of Marvin Gaye's What's Going on.
The jacket was a bit beat, the vinyl was filthy. It cleaned up beautifully.
I've found so many in the dollar bin that look rough but cleans up and play well.
Tommy, Songs in the Key of Life, Ram, Allman's Live at Fillmore, and so much more.
These don't add value toy collection and aren't really sellable, but sometimes I like to test a record out before buying a good copy. And most of the time I just keep them.
I used to find great stuff at cheap prices because the employees were young and didn't know anything about the older records. Those days are gone.
Those were the good old days...
My wife loves the dollar bin. I am a bit less patient but she has found some great gems. Luckily she knows my taste.
When I was broke college student, I would almost always ship exclusively from Dollar Bins...or 50 Cent bins. It was that long ago. Rarely found anything actually valuable, but almost always found good stuff to listen to. Once moving to LA, the monthly Yard Sale at the Rhino Records store (where everything was a dollar) bulked up my record collection pretty quickly. Best score as far as value was at a Salvation Army thrift store out in the desert, where I found some private pressing Christian hippie rock records (two copies) from 1970 for a dollar each. Sold one on E-Bay to a collector in Japan for about $150.
So glad I hit the dollar bins regularly back in the 80s. I am amazed at what some of the dollar stuff is going for today.
I can't walk by a dollar bin! It depends where I'm looking as to how much effort I'll put in. It definitely expands your horizons.
I just got back into hi-fi after spending 3 years making a move to a new country and started over from scratch. Decided to go the vinyl rout and loving the tactile feel and just the hunt. Went to my first record fair the other weekend and what I loved about the cheep bins (like you say, who know what they are called here in the UK) is seeing bands I forgot from way back in my youth. Brought back a lot of memories for sure and will definitely be adding some of them to the collection.
Love the first Honeymoon Suite LP on the shelf behind you. I live in Buffalo, NY and have seen them several times over the years.
Those guys definitely had some good stuff. I think they still tour
I love me some dollar bins!! It’s fun just to smell the old vinyl and their covers as you dig through. Brings back memories of my Dad’s old records. Plus when you find that one cool find it makes the whole experience worth it all.
Dollar records are my thing... I would buy them all if I had the money. All records... All genres...
To me There is no bad and ugly... Only ones I do not buy is if I have it in better shape.
Thank you for not totally crapping on my homie Herb Alpert. He is one artist I focus on and I appreciate his whole catalog.
I love it when my subscribers grab random cheap records (Many not having covers) that they find for $1... 4 for a dollar... in a bin being thrown out... and ship them to me to be loved and given a 2nd life... The discovery of them is the most intoxicating experience for me. Cleaning... reparing and sometimes recreating the jackets are so fulfilling for me!
All the records you showed are better than anything I usually find at my thrift stores. You did very well!
If you ever see anything you think is garbage out there for next to nothing... think about me... will ya?
Will do!
I like Herb Alpert, I have some of his albums.
I have the 12” vinyl single for Diamonds by Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson on vocals. That song is a jam!
@@danieldaniels7571 I just got a mint copy of the LP that has Diamonds on it... It was great to hear what Herb could do with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis!
Love Joan Jett. I watched a concert years ago and it started to pour buckets of rain. She kept going and I stayed. Got soaked to the skin and my cell phone even had water pour out of it. But man what a night I’ll never forget.
Some of my best finds have been at dollar store bins. Your right about thrift store vinyl with the stores becoming more aware of the more valuable records so they mark them up. Then there are the flippers who go to the stores often. Yes if you have an electric taste in music then there are still good finds out there at thrift stores. I give all my thrift store vinyl purchases a deep cleaning before playing because you do not know what the previous owner had put on them and there are a lot of fingerprints and dust.
I love that Motley Cure album. Hell I would give you $5. for it. 90% of my albums came from thrift shops for $1.00. I have only about a dozen new ones.
That Crue LP is a 2nd pressing. I think they were still using the solid red labels on Elektra up until 1985
Back in the '70's and '80's I found lots of great finds in the cutout bins. Nowadays not so much. One of my best finds of all time was the first Stooges album on Elektra, for 33 cents. Also found a good Beach Boys album ("Friends") and a few others in the same bin, at K Mart. Cutout bins used to be great for finding excellent avant-garde classical. Those didn't sell very well simply because the genre was never very popular. Back then record stores had plenty of space to stock all kinds of things just to see if they'd sell. Nowadays every square inch is valuable and they don't take chances on those kinds of things anymore. But I find good stuff now as used CD's on Amazon, so the hunt continues for great bargains.
Around here it's the 10 and 20 dollar bin for albums that have been stored up against a cheese graters 🤷♂️. Lol
Ohhh Some like it LOUDER THAN HELL!!!!!
I HAVE A FLEA MARKET I FREEQENT. AND THE LP"S ARE 5 FOR $10 . I HAVE NO PROBLEM FINDING 5 GOOD LP"S
That's Awesome! Great finds!!! Can't beat those #ThriftStoreVinyl 👀✊
I found a Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" Columbia two-eye pressing for 29 cents at Goodwill a few years back.
Wow! Great find Jeremy. What sort of shape was it in?
Frank
@@Channel33RPM Strong VG wax. VG + cover. I already had a six-eye so sold it for about $50 if memory serves. It was definitely one of those 'holy shit!' thrift store moments.
Best i found in the dollar bin in 2019 are:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (only has one tiny spot from water in the corner of the gatefold)
Deep Purple - Machine Head (no orginal innersleeve)
Deep Purple - in stone (little mark on side 2)
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band (has some ringwear but that's all)
Smith Brothers - History Of Love (single has no orginal sleeve)
hope to find again more from these :)
Goo luck to ya all!
(ps: in the Netherlands we call the dollar bin: "Aanbieding bak")
You first have to establish what the purpose of the $1 bins in a particular store. Some used record stores don't put out trashed records others might put them in there just to see if they can get rid of it for a buck. The stores that don't put the trashed records in their bins use them to move out stock that sells slowly or that they have several copies, or that has a jacket in rough shape. They need to keep cash flowing in and make room for records that potentially sell for more money, and or faster. If they purge their regular bins to make room these $5 to $8 suddenly become $1 records. On a show weekday someone like me walks in and buys 100 records they just put generated enough to cover half the electric bill that month. I've got plenty of great vinyl with trashed covers or records that don't appeal to the hipsters. You don't get much better than Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Rickie Lee Jones, Pure Prairie League, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, David Bromberg, or any number of classic country artists. But those records just aren't the ones that are "cool" these days. I'll take em all day long and twice on Sunday.
Yup! I'm fortunate to live near a shop where the owner does just that ... if he gets too many copies of a particular album a couple of them are dropped in price ... Of the artists you mentioned I scored both Jackson Browne and Pure Prairie League out of his dollar bin.... Also Styx - Paradise Theater for $2 ( an etched vinyl copy nonetheless!) And so many more I've forgotten about.
I find all sorts of stuff in the $1 bins. Rock City Angels, David Lee Roth Eat 'em and Smile STILL SEALED, Slayer Seasons in the Abyss AND Reign in Blood just to name a few. Keep on Diggin'!
I find great finds of classical music in the dollar bins. They seem to be in the best shape compared to rock records. Expand your horizons; get some Handel 'The Messiah' or some Baroque, or Beethoven, Mozart, or other familiar composers. These can be great audiophile sit down listens, work or study music (Baroque is scientifically proven to be very good study music).
Excellent finds, especially the JJ! Wow! And they all look pristine. My best finds were Zeppelin, Hendrix and Sabbath. I flipped them quick and made between $5 and $20 on each.
Zeppelin, Hendrix and Sabbath... 3 of my all time favs.
Cheers
Frank
Glad you mentioned this Frank! At our local thrift stores we pay about 0,5€ till 3€ for one record. Today i went to one of the biggest record fairs here in Belgium, found some great stuff! Also in (in this case) 3€ binns. But i prefer flee markets and thrift stores because the chase is better than the catch. Great video aq always my friend! Cheers!
Cheers Frederik. Thank you for the comment.
Great episode Frank. I find a lot of good stuff in the dollar bins and try to check them out every time I go to a record store. Some are a case of overstock, some are cover damage, and others just need a good cleaning. Recently I found Poison Look What the Cat Dragged in for a buck. The cover was perfect and the album had some ugly brown crud on it, but I was able to put it through the spin clean and wash all that crud away. It plays and looks VG+ now. Not a bad find.
Great find on the Poison Brian!
I call them either,the pound bins or cheap bins. I have two charity shops here in my town that I visit,one sell their vinyl for £1,better albums sell for more,anything up to £10. The other sell for about £3,but their better vinyl can be from £5 up to £20. I bought a copy of Slayed by Slade for £12.99. So chances of getting an awesome to grail album are very slim.
Pound bins. I like it!
Frank
Hi Frank, maybe you know already but slang for a pound (£1) is a quid. We would probably just say the pound bin, though we don't keep our dogs there lol.
That Halford over your shoulder is on my immediate pick up list.
oh ya!!
I own Skyscraper to... I actually like DLR's solo albums... happy Sunday Frank 🤘
Those are great finds. Awesome!
Once upon a time, I spent a lot of time at the dollar bins looking for a big score. Not so much anymore. And I have picked records with sleeves in great condition, even if the LP was not. It has gotten harder and harder to find good stuff in the cheap bins, but every now and then I have the urge to crate dig again. Good video, Frank! Cheers!
Absolutely. Our local library has a used book and record store. I’ve found some great finds. For example, clean copies of 3 Police albums, the first Crowded House album and older Peter Gabriel solo work before So. And if the record is not playable, they will exchange.
Those are some nice records, I have not been too successful with the Dollar bins but it's always worth checking them out.
Every record shop has the same new 40 buck records. But it's the quality of the dollar bins is what separates one record store from another for me. It's kind of like finding that just right fishing spot where you feel you have a chance!
Hey Frank another great episode! I have found some great records in the bargain bin at my new, and used store.
I found an LP copy of Warrant Cherry Pie in a dollar bin 7 years ago!
Sweet!
Now that I would buy even beat up if I saw it for a dollar!
@@vinylcity1599 Fum fact: It was VG+ when I found it! LOL
Back when tapes were
popular,I purchased
an early Doobie Brothers
cassette tape on
Pickwick Records, 1980.
Nice!
Always worth a quick look if you like Punk / Post Punk / New Wave as you can find 12" singles with non LP tracks and bands whose records stiffed. As a collector you can quickly ascertain if there are any finds.
In Sweden we call dollar bins ”10kronorsbacken” which is exactly the same. 1 dollar=10 swedish crownes. Back means crate.
Dollar bins are part of my collection! I found original first pressings of Sgt. Pepper and even the elusive Buckingham and Nicks first record TWICE in my local Goodwill!!! I've over the years have found lots of great albums in the dollar bin!!
I've found excellent mint condition vinyls in the 1$ bin at some record stores here in Brazil. The explanation for the jewels you found is that millions of copies of those Motley, Joan Jett were sold back in the day. Stores tend to receive complete collections as donations or whole sale and they end up with lots of repeated copies. Soundtracks that sold millions have the same trouble.
I don't know if you still check for Cds but all stores seem to have a zillion copies of Forest Gump just to give you a title.
Thanks for sharing . Here in Río constant low price bin titles are albums that sold millions of units here in the 80's by A-Ha, Simple Red, Terence trend Darby, Rick Astley.
Great finds, congrats 👍
I love digging through dollar bins. You find stuff you would not otherwise discover. I recently found a copy of Highway Chile - "Rockarama" in a dollar bin. Vinyl was cherry but the cover had a bit of water damage but still intact. Never heard the of band but for $1 why not give it a whirl. Turns out amazing album and band! Score! I do this all the time. You never know what's waiting for you to discover in the dollar bin.
I recently found a copy of Fairport Convention’s “Liege and Lief” for $1.99 at my local Goodwill. It was near mint. That find, combined with this channel sent me down a rabbit hole of Vinyl, Gear and More. LOL!!
Nice pick ups!!!! I’m gonna check out the dollar bins near me now!
We'd probably call them bargain boxes in the UK, or Pound Bin specials. I have got some decent stuff for a £, but it's rare now and records are more likely to be over-priced for the condition they are in even in Charity shops. You CAN still get bargain CDs however. I recently picked up an immaculate copy of Oasis's (What's The Story) Morning Glory? for £1.
I've mostly converted to CD for the time being for that reason. I'm aiming to collect every hit ever, so it's a great time to buy. Easy to digitised and some of my local shops do 20p each and 5 for £1. The downside is I've bought over 1,000 in the last year and a bit and running out of fast turnover for new hits. Singles are remarkably hard to find compared to albums.
I agree with you about CDs. They are a steal of a deal nowadays.
Frank
Charity shops make me laugh regarding records nowadays,, whoever prices them clearly has no idea,, a local charity shop near me amassed that much stuff, I found it all on eBay starting at £1, litterly hundred and hundreds of shitty Lps. ( No I didn't buy em) the point is they overprice the stuff no one wants and end up with crap they can't even get rid of,
Typical cast offs at the thrift stores were those Reader's Digest record Box sets for 4 or 5 bucks. They're usually are in pristine shape too with no scratches whatsoever. I always felt sorry for the original owners of these collections as they once forked out anywhere from $65-$70 for them back in the mid to late 1960s.
I love the dollar bin for records, always have. Got quite a few good things. No record stores around here anymore, sadly.
Took a quick trip to Calgary recently and visited Melodiya Records and Hot Wax Records - both selling new and used vinyl. Both locations have an entire floor dedicated to $1 and $2 LPs in really, really good/great condition. We're not talking collector or rare stuff but certainly lots & lots of essentials. The stores are obviously associated with each other because they hand out the same double-sided business card. Anyway, highly recommended for anyone heading in that direction.
Recordland is also worth checking out
nice scores Frank! i wish i had your luck.
So here is my take on it - I hit Goodwill stores and recently I picked up three Deutsche Grammophon records in near mint condition, which makes a total of twelve I found this year. Okay, everyone is not into classical music. I also found a Joe Henderson Blue Note CD and a great Pete Escovedo CD on Concord, I have a weakness for Salsa 💃. CD’s are great when I am working around the house.
I love the $1 bins! Yes you have to search through endless copies of records most of us 40 somethings who like rock don't want, but when you find that buried gem...what a thrill! I've also found that once I get them home and clean them throughly (one of my favorite things to do with this hobby) many of them sound remarkably good. I've found that certain scuffs and scratches don't necessarily affect play. My favorite score recently was an original Ace Frehley solo album with the purple misprint lettering on the back, intact poster and inner sleeve. The cover is a solid VG and the album is VG to VG+. The store I shop at you can get ten $1 records for $5 and I happen to get ten that day. So I actually got the Ace Frehley record for .50 cents! Love your channel Frank, awesome Motley Crue find btw and keep on digging...in the dollar bins!
Literally find so many heavy metal and hard rock records in the dollar bins at this one record store I frequent. And it’s always a success
Sounds like a great place.
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Good day Frank. A few I've been lucky to find are Yes - Close to the Edge, Tom Scott & LA EXPRESS self titled , & Ozzy's Randy Rhoades Tribute 2lp. All V++ Cheers.
Frank, great topic. in my area, ALL thrift stores do not put out records...i asked a clerk awhile back why that is and they said all records now go to a local auction house. i stopped shopping for records at thrift stores years ago. regarding $1 bins...i think they’re great for those who are new to vinyl records. often, I see a lot of really great stuff in $1 bins, but this is stuff I already own or I am not interested in it.
unspecified 247 that’s really sad. I still to this day buy most of my records from thrift stores. I enjoy that much more that going to record stores. If I really want something new or specific, I hit amazon or Discogs. I do occasionally go to Fry’s, Target and Barnes & Noble to check out new releases there as well.
I found a Styx Paradise Theater etched vinyl mint/near mint for 4 dollars U.S. at a thirft store and a Beatles Rubber Soul VG+ for 8 dollars in the same bin
Wow good scores from the dollar bin , I would have gladly paid more for that Crüe album
Like yourself my best luck was yard sales, garage sales etc. Was able to score 10$ to around 30$ albums for .25 to .50 cents! Those days are over now as people have been educated on value just like the record stores. There are some decent finds in the dollar bins and its made easier if store owners just toss the beat up and unsalvegable ones and keep the nicer ones like you found. Why anyone would hold onto an album that looks like it was played with sand paper and try to resell it is beyond me. If the cover is in great condition then its good for a wall hanger like for your garage. Crate digging can be the best part of vinyl hunting and album art hunting. Hope you find some nice covers for that project.
Back in the 90s I bought stuff from the dollar bins regularly and occasionally found good stuff in them. Lately they mostly seem like garbage.
Seems you have to dive deep in the trash to find a gem. Finding that gem keeps ya going back.
People throw away albums that are sealed and that have never been
played. I called that
stupidity.
I always check them out! Already Found some great stuff in there... A few '70's Blue Note records, some prog rock, Pink Floyd,... All in superb condition!
Happy Sunday!
I agree, Frank...eeeevery now and then I check out the $1 (and $2) bins for that rare, cheap find...found a new, to me, shop that has most of his wares at $1-3-5...I got a bunch awhile ago including a promo Corridors of Power by Gary Moore...flat-out fabulous, musically...he owned Peter Green's '59 Les Paul...such a loss, Gary is...I 'm out to find more of his LPs.
Unfortunately dollar bins are rare over here since the vinyl resurgence. More like $10 - 15 dollar bin😂
Honestly the dollar bins can be great or not so great. It just depends on when you go, at least for me. I’ve found a lot of records in the dollar bin that I had been looking for like Moby Grabe or Led Zeppelin. You never know what you might find! Great video!
Nice scores Frank. You’d never find anything that nice in my store dollar bins.
Well, another story from the pre discogs world, but I found a rare, local, self released 70s synth outsider lp in my local record store for 0.75 American cents. I sold it to a friend for $80.00. I never leave a record store without checking the dollar bin.
I've picked up several gems in the dollar bins at my local record shops including Buddy Miles "Them Changes" and Dave Edmunds "Tracks On Wax 4". As far as thrift stores, I go a few times a week because you never know when someone going to drop off their collection. My local Goodwill is still 99 cents each.
I love dollar bins. I have found some great records. I usually try and pull the vinyl out and get a good look at the record and have found a surprising number of really nice records. Usually not in popular genres like rock or metal, but I like all kinds of music. I have found some really cool jazz and old country albums. I also have found a lot of gospel and christian rock albums which I love because a lot of folks don't know what they are looking at when it comes to those type of records.
In the UK Pound bins. Sometimes listed as bargains too. Best bargain in the mid eighties from HMV was Below the Belt by Frankie and the Knockouts on import for 99p in the sale. The album was so good, they had another copy and I got this one for my friend. He liked it too.
Once found a very early pressing of "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" by Deep Purple. I Cleaned it up and now it serves me well !!!
Not a bad score! I’ll have to do some digging.
My local record store has a monthly $1 sale that draws scores of people. I've found several good records at these. So yes to dollar bin diving.
Now that is one very good album.
You and I can never be friends. Theater of Pain was, is and always will be Motley's best album.
Hey frank! Hope your well. I always strike out in the dollar bins. The one thrift shop by me actually jacked the price to $3.99 (us) per. But ... I do find my guilty pleasure in the dollar bins often and those are the RCA living stereo albums. For some reason I really dig them. No pun intended haha. Enjoy brother. Oh and that DLR lineup is amazing for sure!
I've only gone dollar bin diving once... I spent an hour doing it... ended up with 10 albums. Two of them are favorites, clean copies of Jethro Tull's Aqualung and Jim Croce's You Don't Mess Around With Jim. I would have paid more than a dollar for each of those. Score for me! I mostly skip the dollar bin because at my local record store all the dollar records are stored in the recesses below the main record bins. They don't have a stool or anything, so you've got to kneel down or sit on the floor. That's no fun when you're sifting through lots of junk.
It can definitely be a pain going through those bins.
Dang Frank, those are very solid scores from the dollar bin, my friend! For the most part though, (probably like most) I’ve all but given up looking through them, but your video has me second guessing that. LOL Take care, Billy-
Hey Billy!!! Yeah, I pretty much skip the buck bins too, except when I have time to kill while waiting for my youngest daughter's piano lesson to finish.
I found a nice copy of a Delaney & Bonnie record in a bin. Not sure the shop every checked it because it was a original pressing in great condition.
As you say alot of trash usually BUT ...a few weeks ago at the Goodwill...hit a motherlode! ...102 albums , .50 a piece. Van Halen and Led Zepplin to Duke Ellington and art Blakey...so I agree!
Wow... congrats man!
Herb Alpert and Barbra Streisand are the King and Queen of the dollar bin records...change my mind.
I won't even try to change your mind... this is pretty accurate.
Frank
Those were great finds for a dollar. I really haven't found anything in a dollar bin for a long time.
The dollar deals are certainly much harder to find nowadays. Thanks for the comment Melinda!
Frank
The other day I found styx the grand illusion at the dollar bin. It definitely wasn’t in perfect condition but for $1 it was a steal.
Found the north American only release of The Magic of ABBA,,,gatefold to boot,,,lol...total kitsch had to have it,,,plays like new after going through the SpinClean...have had a ton of luck with the dollar or $1.99 bins! It's the true treasure hunt...
I bought that Beverly Hills Cop OST brand new in 1984! I was 9 when I bought it. My dad made me get rid of it when I moved in with him.
We are close to the same age. I remember seeing the film in the theatre... I was 10 or 11 years old. Why did your dad make you get rid of it?
Frank
@@Channel33RPM Yep, you're about 2 or 3 years older than I am. I bought the OST well before I saw the movie on cable at the suggestion of my uncle. He saw there was a Glenn Frey track on it so he bought it for me. As for why my bio dad made me get rid of it....I had just met him for the first time ever and he didn't reveal his aversion to secular (or is it non-secular) music until I was unpacking my stuff. Had to get rid of that, my Power Station cassette, my Bryan Adams 45s (Run To You & Somebody), Duran Duran 45s (The Wild Boys, A View To A Kill & the Arena version of Save A Prayer), a Howard Jones 45 (Things Can Only Get Better), a couple CCR albums my uncle gave me (he had duplicates so he gave me his older copies of Willie & The Poorboys & Cosmo's Factory) and any other mixtapes or albums copied from vinyl that I had. Thankfully, only lived there for a year. Haven't seen him physically since 1987 for my 12th birthday. Anyhow, all that stuff I had to get rid of, I replaced in in later years on CD or vinyl so I guess it wasn't all bad I guess.
Dollar bins (in my country euro bins) are good if you need a better album cover if you have an album with a beatup cover so you can swap them. I search in second hand shops for good records, sometimes i'm lucky! Just now i got "Bob James - One" for only €1,-!😊 Great fusion jazz album!
Hi Frank....Super Channel!!......you should do a video on how much you typically pay for an album (not box sets) and are they new or used & what %age of your collection (and other VC folks) are used (not originally bought by you) vs new issues & where do you buy them % wise (stores, on line, Flea or used shops etc. ) and general condition. This would give a good indication to your & other VC record library make-up and about how much they have into it. It also gives a good idea of about how much $ is spent monthly on purchased vinyl. Also what insurance value to have on them. Thanks!!
The thing with dollar bins is everything in there that I’d want I already have. I did get my mom into vinyl, so I will go into the dollar bin looking for stuff for her. A lot of the record stores here have dollar sales once or twice a year. One even does three for a dollar. At one of those dollar sales I found a VG+ copy of Prince’s Dirty Mind. The other day I Found Girls, Girls, Girls for a buck. It’s scuffed up but it PLAYS VG+.
I went on Marketplace last week and found a guy selling a copy of AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds with the Australian cover for 5.00. He had no idea what he was selling (it’s worth about 65.00). I felt a little bad, but I still grabbed it.
Frank, I would NEVER find anything close to those titles in the $1 bins around here, those are $8-10 around here. Love crate digging, but as you said, it's definitely taken a downturn over the last few years..............but I still look ;)
Not much on looking in the dollar bins, most time I an in a record store I am on a time thing. Dollar albums at theift stores I will check out. I got a Beatles for a buck sold it for $45. Enjoyed the video man
In German, we would say 1€-Kiste (1€ box) or Grabbelkiste (rummage box, a very fitting term I find). Most stores I visit in Germany and the Netherlands have 1€ bins and many focus on quantity. That means some mostly sell records from 0.50€ to 3, 4€ with a few very expensive exceptions. Others have new vinyl to the usual prices, valuable used ones for similar prices and still a lot of cheap ones. I found one of my grails there, a copy of Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall in very decent condition for 1€ - never saw it before anywhere below 20€ or something. I mostly listen to classical music though, and either it goes for absurdly high prices because sellers think it is music for rich people, or it goes straight into the 1€, 2€ bins - which is great. Most sellers happen to get them when they buy collections and are just looking to shift them asap to gain space. Classical records are not very popular and the value of those LPs and different pressings is a world of its own that most sellers have no time or interest to get involved in. I recently picked up a boxed-set for 8€ because I was interested in the recordings, just to find out the set goes for around 100€ usually. My favourite store also sells all their classical boxed-sets for 1.50€. I found so many great records there - it’s bliss.
I ALWAYS check the dollar bins!
It's a good way to find "filler". Albums I would not pay reg prices for, but has a good song or two on it. And sometimes you find a good album in good shape. Ya just never know, it's always worth checking.
I don't mind if a 30 year old record isn't perfect, just won't buy one with scratches.
Frank have you found any more good ones since posting this vid?
Time for an update vid???
I always make a cursory cruise through a discount bin or two whenever I’m crate digging. I recently found a White Label Promo Copy of Judas Priest’s Stained Class! It wasn’t NM obviously, I’d put it in the VG+ realm, it had the white Radio Station track info on the front cover. I also found some great old school Christmas Albums by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Diana Ross and the Supremes! Ya never know man!
I find good $1 LP's all the time, I work next to a bookstore that throws some of the dirty, slightly scratched, or ones that have light (to heavy) jacket damage in the bargain bin. At a thrift store I was lucky enough to find an original Pink Floyd's The Wall for $1 in great condition to boot.