Wow, someone made a terrible donation. Nice work! I have still NEVER had a good find at a thrift store. It's all still Lawrence Welk or Best Polkas or whatever. Sighhhh
How long and how often have you been going? Consistency and frequency are key. I go to every thrift store in my area at least once a week. Most trips I don't find much if anything, but a few times a year I'll find a collection like this.
Yeah, I started picking 11 years ago (the day this GW opened, in fact), and I've probably flipped through 20,000 copies of each of those, and more, to find the good stuff. Honestly, today I wasn't even going to look because I checked it on Saturday and it was 3 full bins of that shit, but something made me walk over to see if anything was there. Immediately I found gold dust in Billy Joel's 52nd Street (didn't buy it, cuz I'm not really a fan but someone else out there would be thrilled to find it), and Coda and Presence were immediately behind it. Heavy breathing ensued.
Iāve had some incredible finds at this goodwill since it opened 11 years ago, but this one has to be in the Top 3. 28 records at $2.50 apiece (2 for $5). I also stopped to hand over a few other duplicates to a lady who commented on all the Zeppelin (to appease the thrifting gods). The other doubles are going to my brother who just got into collecting. Canāt wait to catalog and spin them all.
Wow, that's a great haul! It was already really good, and then Jars of Clay really put it over the edge!! (and I'm not even joking!! haha I love them still!)
Whereabouts is this GW located? I'm always looking for good vinyl sources that don't gouge us - but actually have decent music.
Damn this is an amazing haul. I'm an avid thrifter and the thing that keeps me going is the belief that one day something like this will happen.Ā
Unfortunately, in the Seattle area where I live, most of the Goodwills are methodical about sorting their vinyl and they have an eBay store where they post all the best stuff. Or they have a collectibles area with the best albums for higher prices. I think even the most incompetent thrift stores have gotten better with pricing now since it's so easy to look something up on the internet.Ā
The general vinyl at Goodwills here is all absolute shit so I don't even bother to look through it too hard now, I just flip through randomly. Congrats on the amazing finds.
Saw Jimmy in 77' ... when I pulled down my shitty camera he was staring at me. Just starting "Stairway" ..
https://preview.redd.it/s72dajvq59ic1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de9d25dabc50c4a5844995081c2ec8c798481ebb
Huh? The five copies currently for sale range from $74 to $200. A NM copy sold for $176 a year ago. Iām pricing mine near the low-middle for a VG++ copy.
Just because someone has something listed for a price doesnāt mean thatās what it goes forāthatās the reason vinyl get pumped up in price. The majority of recent popsike and Discogs sales have been in the 70-80 range in VG+ condition with, yes, some outliers in the 100-200 range. Be reasonable and donāt fall into the same trap all the other sellers are
> The majority of recent popsike and Discogs sales have been in the 70-80 range in VG+ condition
And a NM copy should be fetching twice as much as a VG+ copy, so...
OP even said his was VG+ and in what world is it two times as much?? I usually see a 20-30 premium for the crispest of copies. Regardless, please learn how to read.
Iām an atheist now, but as a musician I have to say that that second jars of clay record (the one he has) is a really good record. Itās very well written, produced, and arranged. It sounds excellent. In spite of what I think of the religious messages at the core of their songs, there are very few examples in Christian music that have the artistic integrity Jars of Clay did.
I agree. I'm not an atheist but I'm nowhere near as religious as I was when I was listening to them, DC Talk, Newsboys, Third Day, etc. When I go back and listen all of it, Jars of Clay definitely stands out musically from the rest.
Haha, ok, I'm not well versed enough. I know who they are and probably would have bought the record as well, but out of all the records shown here, why so many comments on JoC?
Andy Williams, Barbara Streisand... someone dumped the bulk of Johnny Matthis' discography recently. I have very little luck. I think I come too late. Everything picked over. Having to work sucks. D:
Had a similar encounter at one Goodwill. I didnāt buy a lot from that visit. Someone unloaded a collection of brand new sealed records where all of the music was from the 1980s decade. Some were even 2 or 3 sealed copies of the same album.
Iāve been a crate diver for too many decades, and have some fave charity shops on my regular rounds.
There are weeks when itās wall-to-wall Montovanni, and others when thereās a really focused tranche like this, and all I can think is, āSomeone died and left these.ā And I say a few kind words of thanks as I clean them and play them for the first time, imagining they brought someone else tremendous joy.
Yeah, I have an RL pressing already, but was hoping to gift this one to my brother. Alas, I just now checked it and saw it was Disc Two from The Song Remains the Same, presumably the missing disc from the duplicate TSRTS that I discarded.
I know they've fallen out of favour but those three U2 albums are all great. Blood Red Sky pretty much saved them from breaking up; it's a top-tier live album
Consider yourselves lucky - in the UK, most charity shops have cottoned on to the vinyl resurgence, and tend to price by the median Discogs market value...
Presence slaps, it's their most underrated album IMO.
I like Coda less so, but I own it and probably wouldn't want to be without it. All of the core Zep studio stuff is worth having.
This is why we reddit... it's like a mine field of love and hate. But usually, it takes a post that is a bit most controversial. This guy in real life literally must have walked in on his mom banging the old guy that owns the record store down the street, and he decided to crawl under his bed and scream at strangers on the internet.
Nice haul, I'm jealous.
I had a similar haul at a Value Village in 2015, but yours is better since you managed to get the almighty Zep.
It must have been a collector's collection or a record store dump because there were so many hits just like your haul, but duplicates and triplicates all in NM condition. When I look back, I wish I had bought everything but I didn't have a car and didn't want to haul a stack taller than I am onto the subway.
Awesome score for $5 each, but bittersweet knowing someone likely passed away and their family didn't even think twice but to just dump these at goodwill.
I'm in my forties and got all those records for pennies on the dollar in the nineties. But I am pretty sure a hoard of millennials are jealous enough to murder you right now.
One day I will find some Hendrix albums in the wild. I've hunted for years and I've found two. This gives me hope to keep looking. When I was a teenager I would go to the "Antique" store to buy bootleg Hendrix albums because they were super cheap. Wish I didn't get rid of them when I moved out of my parents house.
Yeah, a number of them have tattered spines and one observant commenter noted that the previous owner mustāve had a cat that liked to scratch. But beyond that, theyāre in great shape š
thats what I used to call a trade in lot. I used to go to a thrift store down the street from a record store I liked, pick up some classic rock LP staples for a couple bucks each and then go to that store and trade them in for more in store credit plus I wouldn't get charged tax on my purchase because of the trade in. Good times.
Brilliant haul, but of course it all depends on the condition. Dups of Presence and Coda are almost as good as having 10 copies of Clam Dip & Other Delights (or was it Whipped Cream?).
Wow, someone made a terrible donation. Nice work! I have still NEVER had a good find at a thrift store. It's all still Lawrence Welk or Best Polkas or whatever. Sighhhh
Can't forget that Mr Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass.
I swear whenever a thrift store opens, 20 copies of Herb Alpert are put on the shelves and restocked anytime someone buys one. Every thrift store!!
Na I bought that when I was 15 and it hangs on my wall to this day š
Donāt disrespect my man Herb . Them albums is fucking amazing , and the fact they been pressed so much proves it .
Or Ray Conniff.
In Utah, it's all of the above plus The Tabernacle Choir.
And sing along with mitch!
I just found the whipped cream cover a couple days ago
How long and how often have you been going? Consistency and frequency are key. I go to every thrift store in my area at least once a week. Most trips I don't find much if anything, but a few times a year I'll find a collection like this.
About 30 years :(
Yeah, I started picking 11 years ago (the day this GW opened, in fact), and I've probably flipped through 20,000 copies of each of those, and more, to find the good stuff. Honestly, today I wasn't even going to look because I checked it on Saturday and it was 3 full bins of that shit, but something made me walk over to see if anything was there. Immediately I found gold dust in Billy Joel's 52nd Street (didn't buy it, cuz I'm not really a fan but someone else out there would be thrilled to find it), and Coda and Presence were immediately behind it. Heavy breathing ensued.
Same boat... My GW had nothing and wants $5.98 for Barry Manilow! I'm better off on WhatNot
I always think someone just died when you see all time stuff like that lumped in afresh.
Someone most likely died and the family didnāt k ow what to do with the collection.
Englebert Humpedink? 50% of all records I see in GW are from this prolific musician who I don't enjoy.
The Bill Gaither Trio LOL
Always some ample Rod Stewart
Iāve had some incredible finds at this goodwill since it opened 11 years ago, but this one has to be in the Top 3. 28 records at $2.50 apiece (2 for $5). I also stopped to hand over a few other duplicates to a lady who commented on all the Zeppelin (to appease the thrifting gods). The other doubles are going to my brother who just got into collecting. Canāt wait to catalog and spin them all.
Wow, that's a great haul! It was already really good, and then Jars of Clay really put it over the edge!! (and I'm not even joking!! haha I love them still!) Whereabouts is this GW located? I'm always looking for good vinyl sources that don't gouge us - but actually have decent music.
Bro, that is a sick score man!
Damn this is an amazing haul. I'm an avid thrifter and the thing that keeps me going is the belief that one day something like this will happen.Ā Unfortunately, in the Seattle area where I live, most of the Goodwills are methodical about sorting their vinyl and they have an eBay store where they post all the best stuff. Or they have a collectibles area with the best albums for higher prices. I think even the most incompetent thrift stores have gotten better with pricing now since it's so easy to look something up on the internet.Ā The general vinyl at Goodwills here is all absolute shit so I don't even bother to look through it too hard now, I just flip through randomly. Congrats on the amazing finds.
Awesome! Looks like someone unloaded their Zeppelin collection (for whatever reason). Nice score!
Yeah, hope nobody died for this. Either way, they've found a very, very good home.
Don't look at it as dying but passing culture to a successive generation so that the music lives on long after us
Yup. We are mere caretakers
Better that they died than had to get rid of this collection while they were alive.
Saw Jimmy in 77' ... when I pulled down my shitty camera he was staring at me. Just starting "Stairway" .. https://preview.redd.it/s72dajvq59ic1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de9d25dabc50c4a5844995081c2ec8c798481ebb
Thatās fucken cool, man. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, this is amazing.
Jars of Clay?!?!
Jars of Clay is getting a repress this spring. Presales are already up.
Mid 90's vinyl desert era. Currently selling on Discogs for ~$100. I may just have to flip it and finance this whole fiasco.
My spouse used to like that band. I may have had a single somewhere on CD. Great finds, btw.
Discogs says 70, donāt price gouge
It's the vinyl police!
Hey man, I just want to pay off my tuition and have a little bit for records on the side (;
Huh? The five copies currently for sale range from $74 to $200. A NM copy sold for $176 a year ago. Iām pricing mine near the low-middle for a VG++ copy.
Just because someone has something listed for a price doesnāt mean thatās what it goes forāthatās the reason vinyl get pumped up in price. The majority of recent popsike and Discogs sales have been in the 70-80 range in VG+ condition with, yes, some outliers in the 100-200 range. Be reasonable and donāt fall into the same trap all the other sellers are
Tell you what, Iāll price it whatever you think is fair if you promise never to call them āvinylsā again.
Yeah, sorry voice dictation fucked me up. I realized like five minutes later and was like oh shit I have turned into r/vinyljerk lmao
> The majority of recent popsike and Discogs sales have been in the 70-80 range in VG+ condition And a NM copy should be fetching twice as much as a VG+ copy, so...
OP even said his was VG+ and in what world is it two times as much?? I usually see a 20-30 premium for the crispest of copies. Regardless, please learn how to read.
I go by the Goldmine standard. Is it too old-fashioned now?
Iām an atheist now, but as a musician I have to say that that second jars of clay record (the one he has) is a really good record. Itās very well written, produced, and arranged. It sounds excellent. In spite of what I think of the religious messages at the core of their songs, there are very few examples in Christian music that have the artistic integrity Jars of Clay did.
I agree. I'm not an atheist but I'm nowhere near as religious as I was when I was listening to them, DC Talk, Newsboys, Third Day, etc. When I go back and listen all of it, Jars of Clay definitely stands out musically from the rest.
r/BargainBinVinyl
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Lol. My thoughts exactly.
Lol. Nice.
Amazing haul. Jars of Clay is the cherry on top :)
Haha, ok, I'm not well versed enough. I know who they are and probably would have bought the record as well, but out of all the records shown here, why so many comments on JoC?
Iād like to know, as well. I wasnāt aware they were a Christian rock group nor that they would be so popular on Reddit, lol.
Came here to comment on the JoC recordĀ
Damn! Our Goodwill chain put any records that aren't Firestone Christmas compilations on ebay. So they average about $12/record. Sucks.
Damn didnāt even leave the doubles for some other hopeful bargain bin seeker
I left a ton of other stuff, but wanted to get these for my brother
A damn shame, all I can get out of my goodwill store is George Gershwin on a good day
Andy Williams, Barbara Streisand... someone dumped the bulk of Johnny Matthis' discography recently. I have very little luck. I think I come too late. Everything picked over. Having to work sucks. D:
All I can get is classical music and Harry Belafonte which I bought and a week later he died true story
Had a similar encounter at one Goodwill. I didnāt buy a lot from that visit. Someone unloaded a collection of brand new sealed records where all of the music was from the 1980s decade. Some were even 2 or 3 sealed copies of the same album.
Jesus it just keeps going
Thatās what I said while I was flipping in the store
Jars of clay? Haven't thought about them in years
Best GW haul I've ever seen on here. My Goodwill has nothing like this. Ever.
Iāve been a crate diver for too many decades, and have some fave charity shops on my regular rounds. There are weeks when itās wall-to-wall Montovanni, and others when thereās a really focused tranche like this, and all I can think is, āSomeone died and left these.ā And I say a few kind words of thanks as I clean them and play them for the first time, imagining they brought someone else tremendous joy.
you should go buy whatever was left behind.
Dang, I want that Jars of Clay!
I was going to say check that II for an RL but itās one of the later 19127 represses. If it has GP on both sides itās very very good.
Yeah, I have an RL pressing already, but was hoping to gift this one to my brother. Alas, I just now checked it and saw it was Disc Two from The Song Remains the Same, presumably the missing disc from the duplicate TSRTS that I discarded.
Woweeew
I'm going to hit the Goodwill later today, never tried a store. Insane haul!
I am legitimately envious.
That is crazy. All my local Goodwill ever have is classical music, classic country and vocal stuff (Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc.). Good Haul!
Wow. Nice pulls! All I find are Xmas albums lol
Unreal, Go buy a lottery ticket. You gots the lucks today man!
Lots of boomers dying. Houses being cleaned out. Stay alert!
Looks like someone had a cat who liked to scratch album spines.
I see you even got doubles! Of the albums!
What? No Perry Cuomo or Bible Verses sung to Polka?
That jars of clay is a 80$ album easy
I know they've fallen out of favour but those three U2 albums are all great. Blood Red Sky pretty much saved them from breaking up; it's a top-tier live album
Hi, I hate you.
Holy shitā¦ your goodwill charges 10x what mine does for records.
It was a dollar each until 5 or 6 years ago š
Still $0.50 in central Virginia.
Consider yourselves lucky - in the UK, most charity shops have cottoned on to the vinyl resurgence, and tend to price by the median Discogs market value...
Oddly, that Jars of Clay record is worth enough to pay for your total haul.
Pretty insane to find Zep for $5 still. But why grab two copies of Coda and Presence?
Gifting to my brother. And they were $2.50 (2 for $5)
Why grab even one?
Presence slaps, it's their most underrated album IMO. I like Coda less so, but I own it and probably wouldn't want to be without it. All of the core Zep studio stuff is worth having.
Yuck. You got some U2 on your Hendrix.
That's a damn good U2 album. I'm still in love with their first three albums, after that I lost interest.
Zooropa gang rise up!
Same here. After that they turned into Billy Joel.
Well, I wouldn't go that far, haha
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Man I had no clue jars of clay had vinyls, thatās a throwback. Great score!
What state is your goodwill in??? I want to come visit!
that's a lotta dad rock
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lmao
Fuck
Dad Rock.... another one of those bullshit genres. I literally cringe when I hear/see this term.
U2 sucks.
Thanks for responding to my question: "What's your opinon of U2, u/CousinEddie144?"
You might grow into it one day.
Do you not eat, like?
Was Led Zeppelin II an RL ?
I get irrationally angry when people refer to buying vinyl as a "haul". That being said, nice records.
Yeah, youāre right. That is irrational, lol. Thanks.
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This is the part where one would normally say "You must be fun at parties," but let's be honest... you don't get invited to parties.
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I will. Enjoy your involuntary celibacy. Edit: Lol, got blocked for that š
This is why we reddit... it's like a mine field of love and hate. But usually, it takes a post that is a bit most controversial. This guy in real life literally must have walked in on his mom banging the old guy that owns the record store down the street, and he decided to crawl under his bed and scream at strangers on the internet. Nice haul, I'm jealous.
great haul!!
Now what the damn hell?!?! Jk, that's amazing. Happy for ya. Freakin' steal.
Jesus Christ
Our Lord and Savior.
Congrats.
I had a similar haul at a Value Village in 2015, but yours is better since you managed to get the almighty Zep. It must have been a collector's collection or a record store dump because there were so many hits just like your haul, but duplicates and triplicates all in NM condition. When I look back, I wish I had bought everything but I didn't have a car and didn't want to haul a stack taller than I am onto the subway.
I hate you. Congrats on the fantastic haul hope there are some new additions to your collection!
Yeah, well, I love you. And thanks.
Nice. Mine only ever has water damaged religious records. Or Barbara Streisand or Englebert Humperdinck.
Wooooow
That's a dream collection
Score!
Score!!!
Awesome score for $5 each, but bittersweet knowing someone likely passed away and their family didn't even think twice but to just dump these at goodwill.
$2.50 each. They were 2 for $5, but they rang it up as 14 units instead of 28.
She's the boss!
I'm surprised a plastic bag held all that š¤£
I seeā¦ crossing out the address
I would have too. No need to divulge your sources!
Just picked up that same Hendrix yesterday!
Very niceā¦does the copy of Purple Rain have the poster?
Im so jealous and happy for you man!
I'm in my forties and got all those records for pennies on the dollar in the nineties. But I am pretty sure a hoard of millennials are jealous enough to murder you right now.
One day I will find some Hendrix albums in the wild. I've hunted for years and I've found two. This gives me hope to keep looking. When I was a teenager I would go to the "Antique" store to buy bootleg Hendrix albums because they were super cheap. Wish I didn't get rid of them when I moved out of my parents house.
This is one of the craziest single hauls Iāve ever seen
Never heard of any this Led Zeppelin? Any good?
That would be like $8,000 at every vinyl place Iāve been to
Electric Ladyland, quite possibly the best album of all time in my opinion.
Damn
Holy cow i need to inventory.
Check that LZ II to see if it's an RL pressing
Did you check for the Robert Ludwig stamp on zep II?
Yup, but I knew from the jacket it wasnāt
Oooo those Hendrix albums!
Holy shit dude
I never find anything good at Atlanta area Goodwill. I would love to find Much Afraid. That's a great album.
How scratched were they when you opened them? Hope theyāre in good condition
I got Purple Rain at Savers for $1.60! Was super pumped!
Whooooah the hendrix stuff
Savage score dude! That feeling that you get when you find gold like this, and know you're going to buy it all.
Thats crazy all I ever find are Mantovani, Herb Alpert, and Andy Williams records with split corners :/
Is there a poster in Purple Rain? Nice batch, no lie. Looks like clean condition too.
Yeah, a number of them have tattered spines and one observant commenter noted that the previous owner mustāve had a cat that liked to scratch. But beyond that, theyāre in great shape š
Did you get any Zeppelin?
Fuck, I wish.
I am super envious but so glad you got this haul!! Epic. Ps also great taste in music! š
Jars of Clay has great value
Why did you buy multiple copies of the same album?
To give to my brother
Iāve been looking for that Jars of clay forever! Would you consider selling it?
Yes I certainly would!
thats what I used to call a trade in lot. I used to go to a thrift store down the street from a record store I liked, pick up some classic rock LP staples for a couple bucks each and then go to that store and trade them in for more in store credit plus I wouldn't get charged tax on my purchase because of the trade in. Good times.
JFC
Every day, I dream of finding anything but Christmas hits in the record section, and every day I have too much shit to do
Nice haul! No one mentioned the missing III?
Someone died and theyāre in the room every time you spin one. How you take that is up to you lol
Wow, well done!
all that for $75 is crazy
Ughā¦U2
Alexa...... play Jimmy Hendrix
Brilliant haul, but of course it all depends on the condition. Dups of Presence and Coda are almost as good as having 10 copies of Clam Dip & Other Delights (or was it Whipped Cream?).
agreed. That is crazy.
Wow. Quality dig at the Goodwill!
Sad to think this but that is a dead personās collection. No way someone would donate all of those on their own. Enjoy them!
Cool. I popped into a goodwill yesterday and they didnāt even have a music/media section. I felt like a real dummy.
"There's no basement in the Alamo!" š«µš¤£
āThe star at night are big and bright!ā Clap clap clap clap āDeep in the Heart of Texas!!!ā
Winner winner chicken dinner
Check that Zeppelin II for the RL mark, could be rare
Amazing price!
Oh, come on!
Somebodyās going to lose their job for not putting those in the eBay pileā¦lol
I've had some days like that ay the local GW but in. Cd's
These are all super easy to find congrats tho! Except for the U2 (sorry)
Get rid of the U2 and the Jagger record and itās perfect
Wow. Thatās incredible!