john doe jr. updates

sold a copy of new morning to a preppy-looking high school kid. VG/VG+. $4

lovely day outside. could be slow. hell, even i'd be outside if i wasn't working. that's how nice it is.

sporadic record-related updates as events occur.

last saturday a completely out of it middle-aged man got tazed outside my store at LEAST ten times. While standing and while on the ground. as he lay on the ground with handcuffs finally secured to his wrists he kept yelling: "white ni**er, white ni**er, white ni**er" over and over in his delirium. time it took for entire police force to show up: five minutes.

actually did look a little like this guy:

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had a nice visit from my brother's friend bob. formerly of se*a*oh. when i start having bands play here i'm gonna ask him to play. he's got good taste in records. or maybe it's just my kinda taste. bought a Gershwin boxed set and a Crow record and some other things.

now it's off to ebay to list some U2 rarities. LOVE selling stuff on ebay that i care nothing about!

man, people keep bringing me stuff. i can't keep up. it's nice, but i'm only one man. better sell some of this junk. lady had a whole truck full of records. so much crud though.

shows tonight:

Thursday July 16th

The Steamrollers
w/ The Andalusians (Washington,D.C.)
Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (Montana)

@ The Sierra Grille
21+
$2
10pm

this thursday
july 16th
at the florence vfw (18 meadow street florence, ma)

Sightings
Fat Worm of Error
Coelom (Karl Bauer/Axolotl and Elaine Kahn from 50 Foot Women)
Kieran Lally

doors at 7 30
bands at 8 30

bought a couple of turntables off a guy. cheap. was just gonna sell them both, but since my turntable is in the store i don't have one at home and one of the ones i bought is a nice old philips 212 with a new needle. even came with a little phono-preamp. sounds great. sooooooo, i think i've found my home table.

oh neato, my buddy plays drums w/andalusians

skot what's yr ebay id?

i used to be skotrok, but i haven't used that in years. maria is all hooked up with paypal and all that, so i just use hers. plus, she gets all the money anyway. i don't ebay that much, but i will be more often in the future. got more time to do it now. so: Snackyfresh

cool. one more q, while i have you--what are the store's hours? i do attend to get out to western ma. at some point this summer/fall and would def stop by if i do.

i'm open noon to seven every day except sunday. on sunday i pray.

me too, me too.

sold some tomita today. some van halen. some cars. some cure. um, other stuff. cherry red punk comp. you know the one. punk sgt. pepper cover.

i cleaned and priced like a zillion records.

some "interesting" people coming in here today...

famous people or junkies?

just...odd...

every day i get one old dude who comes in and looks around and sez something like: "Records, huh?" "They still happening?"

or my fave: "people still buy records?"

i wanna say: nah, this is a museum. (and then charge them an entry fee.)

the worst are the guys who come in and like, just don't "get it." Like they ask "Why do people listen to records instead of CDs? You can't put a record on your ipod, blah blah blah." Or the guy who was like "I listened to the new Eminem record at my friends house on vinyl and I didn't think it sounded any better than a CD..."

i just assumed scott had been swamped by 78 collectors

small retail is full of these people yer talking about tho - about once a month i get a dude that will come in and pontificate about how amazing it is that we are still in business because you know guitar center is so hueg and super awesome and im always like "uh thanks?". that and the people that say things like "well why would anyone buy a guitar when you can just play guitar hero?" and i just sit in stony baffled silence.

or my fave: "people still buy records?"

I want to punch these people.

Reminds me of standing by the DJ booth and overhearing a person walk up and say to him, "So.......45s, huh?"

Skot, for the record I greatly enjoy this thread. Please kiu.

Ha, okay. Sloooow week though. Not a lot to report. I wish I could write in detail about the guy who wanted to talk all day with me about Sam Cooke, but this is a public forum. It'll have to wait for my memoir.

favorite customer comment about sam cooke was from a doo wop guy, while holding up a sam cooke 45, "why would anyone wanna listen to this? it's only one guy."

hahahaha. weird!

how could i just have, like, ten people in here at once and only make a dollar. oh well.

this is a weird thing to complain about, and i'm not really complaining, but this guy - very cool, nice guy, record collector - told me he had a big box of old heavy metal magazines that he would just give me for the store. i thought: cool! i used to dig heavy metal when i was a kid. what i think must have passed me by was how seriously tacky and embarrassing so many 90's heavy metal magazine covers are. So many sub-Olivia/Boris softcore pinup covers. oy vey. i mean, the mag was seriously raunchy in the 80's too (yes, i was a Den fan) but then at least you would have some weirder moebius covers or more sci-fi stuff in general. inside too, just sooooooo much comix porn. oh well. i'll put them in a dark corner somewhere. i mean, i want women to shop here. and gay women at that. i am in western mass after all.

got yr package scott, thanks man. I am going to make a poll to decide what I should listen to first.

ps ebay dem heavy metal mags

i don't think they really sell for much.

glad you got the package! sorry it took so long. um, it was random stuff i had around. i got a lot of random stuff.

since this is also the people watching thread i would like to introduce a little character known as "inner child."

inner child made his first appeerance in over a year today. Short man wit thinning, oversized t-shirt (often with wizard or dragon) & jean shorts, sandals. Incredibly whiney voice--he is identifiable over the phone, as sometimes before coming (from Jersey) he'll call to ask if we "have any rare psychedelic or progressive lps" on the wall. upon walking in he will study the wall intently, asking what each & every record is like and often taking them down to examine etc. today was a fun day cuz we have a whole section of the wall with a lot of mediocre-but-rare uk folk stuff, and some prog. so he was all excited to learn about that. luckily today k33gan got the task of helping him pull down records to look at (short man as i said before.)

he was just at the listening station with two 8-10" piles of records stacked one atop the other on the floor, in front of the other turntable. when asked to move them he became confused and sort of non-responsive, needed to be reminded a few times to put the records on the table. he is into talking to you about records too of course! "do you like german stuff?" "i like the really heavy and progressive stuff."

he once punched j0hn all3n cuz j0hn said "SRC sucks."

lol i meant to write "thinning hair" but his t-shirts are also heavily worn.

i know it's not cool to make fun of the developmentally disabled, but i can't help myself. this guy is so ridic.

i think he goes shopping with his dad. some older guy, who he calls Stu. post-shopping argument with Stu about how much money he is allowed to spend etc (after trading in a variety of mediocre psychedelic & prog records etc.) getting agitated because he has to put records back into their sleeves and "you don't want them to be out of their protective sleevse do you?!?!" (we keep wall records out of the jackets.)

also, i forgot the essential detail that he wears one of these:
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i mean... http://www.divinetreasuresonline.com/zen/images/dragon_claw_with_orb_necklace%20JDCC.jpg

ha! hoo boy. all of a sudden i'm regretting that i post under my own name and everything. i feel like gossiping.

woman and her brother dumped four big boxes of records on me for free cuz they were getting rid of stuff from their grandfather's house. total city dump stuff as far as i'm concerned and i'm wondering why the hell i even agreed to take it when i pull out a prefectly nice copy of the Surfaris Play album on decca. In mono, even. yay! so, that alone is worth me having to haul everything else down to the basement. sounds great. I mean, it's probably only a 30-50 dollar record, but i'm always happy to see nice playable copies of records like that. it's the little things in life...

met a great guy who helps byron at yod. he put out the first die kreuzen single! i love people from ohio. and michigan.

:D

show this wednesday at the media mansion/toy prison:

Extreme Animals (return to western mass to jam a dream)
Fyoelk (netherlands finest!)
Horse Spirit Penetrates (wmass guitar / drums)
Sharkee Katz (w.mass comedy)
maybe one more.

opened the store today cuz i got work to do. gotta write. i don't expect to make much/any money. sunday is TRULY a day of rest around here. people don't even have yard sales on sunday. everyone sleeps, i guess. and reads the bible.

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just bought 6 boxes of records from a guy - very nice guy, indeed! - cuz he's moving and didn't want to move with his records. good stuff! including a minty original Druids Of Stonehenge on Uni that yours truly will be taking home with him.

haha until you posted those pictures i had not comprehended the thread title duh

thought you were just doing a rolling random customer thread

Yo tambien!

wow, druids album sounds beautiful. one of those records i've always wanted, but would never spend, like, a hundred dollars for. cuz i'm cheap. and i just rarely spend serious money for one album.

also got a minty mono copy of the rainy daze album on uni. now i have stereo and mono copies! i'm sick...

sold some Angel albums. sweet. i prefer Angel to Kiss. just so you know. i prefer Starz to Kiss too.

sold some jazz.

nice box of jazz that guy had! the guy i bought six boxes of records from. plus, lots of staples for the store. the dead. led zep. stuff like that. always good to have. and smiths vinyl! always good to have smiths vinyl. very easy to sell.

is "fe fi fo fum" on the rainy daze LP? I have that 45 and love it so.

I never see Smiths vinyl. if you have the 1st LP I would send you $ for it.

no, that song is only on the 45. they had a bunch of singles.

this is a great - and appears on a bunch of comps - album track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbbF95rzlas

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dealer from NYC came in last week and bought, like, a hundred of my dollar records.

maria is making me do fmu record show this year. but only one day. saturday. what should i bring? i'm thinking i'll bring my entire latin section. which is only about a hundred plus records. but unless its funky nobody buys my other stuff.

is the wfmu show just the sound of a thousand people checking their blackberrys for record prices online now? kinda sad if thats true.

i think the wfmu record fair is probably a lot of ppl doing that combined with old smelly record dealers socializing with each other. i might try to go this year. i haven't been for a few years. i usually find one or two things i really want and then buy a bunch of crap just cuz ya know, it's there.

i can always find stuff anywhere so i'm guessing i would probably find lots of stuff. and i would probably see a lot of people i know.

since Skot's on siesta I wanted to give a shout-out to the amazing Wickermania WMass weirdo show at the store last Thurs. got to show my old buddy and fellow ILXer Snop Snitchin the vinyl Mecca where he picked up a phat stack, mostly using ILV as a catalog (like I get to do). dude scored the Rare Earth that was Tip of the Week a while back.

who r these idiots?

"I am both a musician & collector and I am always looking to add to my ever-growing LP collection.

Here's the deal...

I am looking to purchase your GOOD records... a few sides or an entire collection.

SO HERE IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR ((PLEASE READ CAREFULLY))

LPS IN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT/MINT CONDITION. 1950'S THROUGH EARLY 70'S.
I AM NOT EVEN REMOTELY INTERESTED IN LPS FROM THE MID-70'S/80'S/ETC.

LP COVERS CAN NOT HAVE RING-WEAR, WRITING, TAPE/STICKERS, ETC. RECORDS CAN NOT HAVE HEAVY WEAR/SCRATCHES OR DAMAGE TO LABELS.

ALSO NO REISSUES/BAR-CODES/LATER PRESSINGS/ETC. I AM ONLY INTERESTED IN ORIGINAL PRESSINGS.

I WILL OFFER YOU MUCH BETTER PRICES THAN ANY LOCAL RECORD SHOP. I AM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR WITH NO OVER-HEAD/EXPENSES. I CAN NOT GIVE YOU BOOK VALUE BUT IT WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN YOU WOULD COME CLOSE TO FROM ANY SHOP.

PLEASE BE AWARE: I ONLY PURCHASE WHAT I WANT SO PLEASE NO "AS A LOT SALE ONLY" OR "NO CHERRY-PICKING"
"CHERRY PICKING" IS EXACTLY WHAT I DO: I DON'T BUY CRAP.

HERE IS HOW I ROLL: CASH IN HAND. NO GAMES. I AM VERY REASONABLE & FAIR IN ALL MY DEALINGS. I DO BUSINESS THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO BE DEALT WITH: FAIR & HONEST.

EMAIL WITH "RECORDS" IN SUBJECT TITLE. ALSO PLEASE INCLUDE A TELEPHONE CONTACT NUMBER W/BEST TIME TO REACH YOU. I DO ALL COMMUNICATION BY PHONE ONLY.

HERE'S A CHANCE TO EARN A LITTLE EXTRA COIN FOR YOUR HOLIDAY...

HOPE TO HEAR & HAVE A ROCKIN' DAY!

BEST :o) "

HAVE A ROCKIN' DAY!

sheesh, what a mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD9DMQmzzE8&feature=related

RUSH SIGNALS
YES DRAMA
that SIX ORGANS PSF THING ( prolly worth $$ at this point)
oh man that couch looks real real comfy, I am slightly drunk and need couch
yr store looks ruling, skot

i left that billy bang record at amoeba this weekend -- is it good?

glenn macdonald in the house!

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rrrrrrrrobyn in the house tonight!

Robyn is the best imo.

next time she goes to her priestess camp deal I think I might take up a bus up to Greenfield! To hang out! And to shop for records!

you know you really should.

i know! can i sleep in your basement

the bASEMENt is pretty cold this time of year.

i will bring a three-legged mutt to keep me warm.

dude ive said it before and i'll say it again you ever get tired of hanging in brooklyn western mass and surrounding area is the friggin beez neez. cool people cool food cool water. just me and rufus and cyrus and maria and all these mv and ee's and noise nomads rockin on the porch with good weed and cheep records. have i said enuff? i think i have.

a friend of mine who is a world-renowned artist has her studio around the corner and she got a turntable and she is really into getting records to play for when she paints. so she asked me to pick out records for her and she would give me a hundred bucks. she likes 70's rock and quirky stuff. she likes cool album covers. this is what i came up with. i wanted good art-making music. and i threw in some 80's stuff that might be conducive to creativity too.

died pretty - free dirt

doctors of madness - figments of emancipation

robert fripp - the league of gentlemen

7" up! singles only! uk 78-82 (post-punk/diy comp)

beaver & krause - all good men

curved air - air cut

deaf school - 2nd honeymoon/don't stop the world 2fer

the 012 - let's get professional

michael urbaniak's fusion featuring urszula dudziak - heritage

steve hillage - fish rising

the mothers of invention - weasels ripped my flesh

captain beefheart - the spotlight kid

philip glass - north star

yaz - you and me both

ray manzarek - carmina burana

10cc - bloody tourists

world party - private revolution

steely dan - countdown to ecstasy

suzi quatro - suzi...and other four letter words

tourists - should have been greatest hits

toyah - anthem

paul winter/winter consort - icarus

vangelis - opera sauvage

it's fun helping someone start a record collection! (she has been coming in and buying stuff almost every week since christmas. she picks records based on covers a lot.)

so good. fish rising!

could be close to 8k or more records. and i probably won't need 2 or 3k of those. (moved from the ILM Thread for Cassettes)

christ, what kind of stuff?? i gotta start making room now, been wanting to overhaul the vault for a while but have a hard time letting go, an injection like this is just what I need to force some tough love

um, lots of rock, but its all over the place. went there yesterday to check it out. boxes in the attic. boxes in the basement. boxes in the shed. great store stock stuff. i didn't even go through half of it. condition kinda all over the place, but i made a good deal for it all, and it will be worth my while. just gonna be hell dealing with it all. i'll close on monday so that i can sort and sift in the store. most of the stuff i'll want to keep will go in the basement. the rest i can let you go through and whatever is left i'll ask Big D (don't know if you know him. he works at the co-op.) to take. he loves taking my free boxes. he's got thousands of 45s at his place courtesy of me.

its a rag tag collection. not like some bagged and shelved pro collection. its from tag sales and flea markets and god knows where else. but i'm a rag tag kinda guy.

Store looks good. I like a record store diary. Wanted to ask you a question: I bought about 10 records recently from an expensive museum-y keep-it-on-the-shelf kind of place. The records all look real clean and unscuffed, but when I played them at home they sounded crackly and i felt a little robbed. Are there cleaning systems that are dishonest for a record store to use? Or might a record store use a shitty cleaning system without knowing it? On a different day at the same store I pulled out a twenty dollar copy of the first Mink Deville record and I looked at the price and was like, "Whatever, let me hear it." They didn't have a listening station but they could "put it on," and the guy was all smiley and said it sounds great but it was crackly too and I was thinking that these guys are kind of friendly smiley assholes.

Also, in reference to the above, I wouldn't think "omg so cheap" to six or eight dollar replacements records. Straight four in 2011 is cheap, though. Would expected records in Brooklyn to all be $1,000.

hmmm, i don't know. i would have to see and hear the records. its fairly common for a record to look great, but play with surface noise. i mean, it happens. i doubt they are cleaning their records dishonestly. i probably wouldn't shop much in a store that sold mink deville records for 20 dollars though.

Yeah, record shopping sucks in Orlando and I take a bite-the-bullet attitude sometimes when I get fed up with thrift store records or I want something I can't find at Florida's Dying, which is real small and stocked only with new stuff. I know Mink Deville is store stock territory, but I thought times could've changed and I was in impulse buy sacrifice mode. Didn't pay twenty bucks on that Cabret,ta though; bought Coup de Grace for eight and felt only mwinimal buyer's remorse. It had a NORMAL crackly sound that matched up with the way it looked.

Record shopping just sucks in general. I'm not at all finicky about sound quality but I always feel like I'm about to get ripped off, of I feel priced out of the competition to buy records I really want to listen to.

bam :(

especially this:

"Record shopping just sucks in general."

The bay area was cool because I'd go to an elephant sale and do three for ten on three records I was actually looking for. Don't get me wrong, this is my primary hobby and I've been unhealthily hemorrhageing money on records, lately, but I wish I had a good honest resource. Some of these guys running stores should be stuck at guitar center, if you ask me.

My favorite purchases lately have been from the two totally out of touch, out competed dudes who never rotate or discount their diseased old ass stock that nobody wants. I pretend I'm not spending what I am. Plus Florida has this serious brain drain problem, so the demographics of people getting rid of records is quite different. The retirees aren't a good source.

where's scott??

had a nice visit from ilxor Hadrian VIII. what a nice guy! we had a long chat.

hey scott, do you have any shows this week?

yeah this friday.

cool, i'm in way western mass for a job this week, I might be able to make it out

Jason Lescalleet/Greg Kelley Duo + Matt Krefting

Friday, August 17 at 8:00 PM

Location: John Doe, Jr. Used Books and Records
269 Main St., Greenfield MA

Scott, it was a pleasure to meet you on Saturday and pick up a few LPs. I will try to send other westbound pilgrims your way!

i love matt krefting. the first time i met him was circa 2004 in rural michigan. few hours north of madison in a town called soldier's grove. his band son of earth was playing and i was 'finding myself' on my first ever solo road trip. i ended up in a tent with him, aaron & john from son of earth, roger adultery & some of his band... drinking box wine and whiskey, waiting out the rain that started during Spires That In The Sunset Rise.

Last time I saw him, well, I was out of it and I felt bad for not being able to really hang.

dude, los. knowing yer taste from the lps you post, yer gonna plotz. set a hard limit or you'll end up buying 200 $1 records.

best record store in da whole wide world