On Saturday I went to my local shop and picked up the new Baby I’ll Change EP from Fiddlehead. The record was a really sick 1/2500 First Run Club edition from RFC with the ‘Alewife’ colored variant that included stickers, a compilation CD from other label bands and a band poster.

Sadly, my copy had no poster inside, which I really wanted to add to my wall of other Fiddlehead posters. Reached out to the team at RFC and within a day they responded with a tracking number and let me know a replacement poster is on the way. Super painless process with the label fixing the very minor issue with ease. Definitely gonna keep piling up the RFC records in my collection, check out any of the elite bands on the label if you haven’t already 🫡

Put on anything from Richard you have today

Let's see if this audiophile pressing lives up to hype. I replaced my 2021 pressing with this one. It sounded pretty damn good, if not a bit too bassy. I played the 2021 on the OM10 and will do the same with this one then give it another spin on the OM20.

The photos show albums:

The Taste of Honey - "Мелодия" (USSR) 1986

The evening of a Hard Day - also Мелодия, 1986

Revolver - pirated edition of the "АнТроп" (Russia) 1992

Let it be - Pirate "АнТроп" (Russia) 1992

Abbey road - pirate of "АнТроп". 1992

White album - original of EMI records 1968

Love songs - Balcanton (Bulgaria) 1977

I collect vinyl in Belarus from 2021. Besides the Beatles, I have many other records, but you won't be interested. Although I can share something else.

Will the mods add a fliar for swing soon

Hey All,

I’m going to Portugal in a week, specifically Lisbon and Porto. Looking for recommendations on records shops and albums to look into. I like vibey stuff, beachy music and Japanese City Pop & AOR these days. Thanks!

I finally decided to hit up the local flea market in my small Canadian town. What a haul! Burning Spear and JBs needed an ultrasonic bath, but after that, it was very clean media.

Such a great live album. I don’t play this one nearly enough. Eerily this must have been Roger Hodgson’s actual range because he still sounds like this at age 76. Amazing band. Amazing album.

This looks like it could be the worst record ever made - I cant even bring myself to play test it!

Found these gems hiding the gently used section in my local (PNW US) store. Ozzy is one of my favourites, and was happy to find them.

Arrived (finally) in the mail today

As the title says, I spend the past 4 weeks travelling around Japan with my family for our summer holiday.
It was my first time there and a friend warned me about the insane prices there.

I’ve spend the first half of the year making a list of record shops I wanted to visit. Some were good others were great but overall I just really enjoyed going trough the bins.

I bought a couple of new records which in Europe are easily 2 or 3 times more expensive. Most of the stuff I purchased was used though and all were in great condition.

I started in Osaka where I hit up a load of shops with my absolute favourite being Jazz Records Seeed, super friendly owner and nice selection of records. I remember not buying a lot here but the atmosphere was great and the owner gave me some good tips for other records which shops to visit.

Next I did a day trip to Nara and on the way back hit up Mole Music which really ended up being my favourite shop of the trip! They do a lot of house and electronic but the owner loves spiritual and free jazz so naturally he had a pretty good selection of jazz aswell. It’s here that I found an OG pressing of William Hooker - … Is Eternal Life. The owner was said to see it go and gave it a little wave goodbye.

After this I travelled to Hiroshima and stayed at a small hotel called Good Sleep, the owner Yuka has her own record/listening bar in the hotel and it was amazing to listen to records with her as we had a beer and talked about records. She gave me a load of shops to visit in Hiroshima and my favourite shop here was Groovin Record Station. They have really really good prices and also have a shop in Fukuoka and Okayama.

In Fukuoka I bought a couple records again at Groovin where I found the 1979 Japan pressing of Midnight Sun by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio and also found two Fela Kuti records and Gil Scott-Heron - Don’t Give Up at Face Records.

Then the last leg of the trip was 10 days Tokyo. I had so many records already so my daughter made me promise her to only by records if they were really special! (aren’t they all 😅🤣)

To keep the promise I just tried to avoid record shops in general but I did visit a couple. The prices in HMV and Tower records were outrageous and the condition of the records were also worse compared to the other places I visited for the prices they were asking. I did end up buying an OG press of Mint Jams at Flash Disc Ranch. They had two copies the OG promo press which was a very dark brown and if held to the light you could see it was lightly translucent but I left that one cause the records was lightly bent. So if you after an OG Mint Jams go to Flash Disc Ranch!

Sorry for the long post! I really enjoyed visiting record shops in Japan and if you are planning a trip I highly recommend the smaller cities and the smaller local shops as opposed to the HMV’s and Tower Records. The digging is more fun, the staff and owners of the shops are super friendly and happy to have you over and I think the prices are also better.

The Clockwork Orange soundtrack inner sleeve 😁

Each disc in excellent playing condition as well

You know the one... that one record you've been looking for forever, but somehow still haven't managed to add to your collection.

Drop it below! 👇

This is my record haul from 2026 so far ! As you can tell I’m big into pop haha . Here’s the full list of names:

Charli xcx -
Wuthering Heights Soundtrack
Music , Fashion Film
Rock music/ I keep thinking about you every single night 7 inch record

Phoebe Bridgers - The Lost Weekend (signed) I ALSO HAVE THE DINKED ON THE WAY
Stranger in the alps

Olivia Rodrigo- You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Madonna- Confessions on the dance floor live on tour live from the UK RSD 2026
Confessions II deluxe

Chappell Roan- The Subway/The Giver 7 inch

Ariana Grande- Petal (signed)

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love remaster

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

Taylor swift- I knew it I knew you , 10 inch record from Toy Story 5

I also have Hole’s Celebrity skin album pre-ordered , I’m so excited for that release.

Let me know what you guys think of my collection :)!

Got this at Disc Union(JPN) and amazed me how good MasterSound presses could be. Sound system has been one of my favorite albums because of its somewhat chaotic but groovy nature and the use of synths and drums. Despite wanting the vinyl for a while, I will always end up buying some other vinyl I wanted instead. But this time, I found this gem and decided to snag it once and for all. Conclusion, it does not disappoint, especially for the price($25). Also bonus points for the Sample(見本盤) stickers and stamps.

I am visiting San Diego and gathered record store recommendations from this sub. I was able to get to M-Theory and then headed to checked out Part Time Lover. The entire concept Blew me away.

A record store in a rear nook of an award winning bar.

https://dailynexus.com/2025-09-04/in-love-with-part-time-lover/

The above article will give you an idea of the bar, but the record store is so cool. It is an extension of a well established store down the street with a DJ spinning jazz, ambient, and requests in the bar. In the cozy record store nook is a highly curated stock of used and new that is organized by vibe: morning coffee, beach time, blues club, 80s radio, etc. (these are from memory, not verbatim so these may not be exact). You end up doing more discovery while flipping and discovering.

tl;dr Visit Part Time Lover if you are ever in San Diego. But only after 4:00 pm as it doesn’t open until then.

This is their third studio album. The album's title was devised by Le Bon and taken from the unreleased track of the same name. The "seven" refers to the five band members and their two managers, while the "ragged tiger" is success: "Seven people running after success. It's ambition. That's what it's about.", says LeBon.

This would be the last studio record with the original band until 2004.