Hawks: EXPANDING MY VINYL COLLECTION!!!

Hawks 11.28.25	My collection is very small atm, but I want to start expanding. List is the vinyls that I have so far. Where do you guys usually get yours from?
Get Low 11.28.25	The Exchange, if you have one near you.
Hawks 11.28.25	I actually do have one near me. A lot of variety?
Get Low 11.28.25	Yeah they have a shitload of shit, and even if they don't have what you're looking for in store, they usually have it in another store and can get it transferred to your store quickly (they're a regional midwest and PA company).
Get Low 11.28.25	Check the website too they keep it updated with everything they have in every store.
Hawks 11.28.25	That's awesome, thanks bro! Probably gonna go this weekend at some point. There's one about 10 minutes from my house.
Get Low 11.28.25	You're gonna love it. It's also a great spot to pick up retro games and movies. They're pretty fair with in-store credit when you trade stuff in as well, much fairer than places like Gamestop.
Hawks 11.28.25	Can't wait to check it out. My wife has been there before, but I never have.
arthropod 11.28.25	I'll take a look if I ever go to the U.S.
Hawks 11.28.25	Hell yeah.
DominionMM1 11.28.25	discogs
Hawks 11.28.25	I do have to check that site for sure.
zakalwe 11.28.25	Yep discogs
Hawks 11.28.25	Just looked around on there a bit, seems awesome.
arthropod 11.28.25	Discogs is good, though I use it mainly for research when writing reviews. Suitable for checking album photos, track listings and credits.
Hawks 11.28.25	Thats not a bad idea either tbh.
twlight 11.28.25	Wax trax in Denver
Hawks 11.28.25	I wish that wasn't on the other side of the country lol.
BAT 11.28.25	If your going for metal/hardcore/etc: usually direct from the label or a bands bandcamp, hard to find them second hand for cheaper usually expect like 25-45 for any of them. If it's a fairly obscure band you can get lucky for like 10 bux at discogs. Second hand stores are great and half of my collection is from exchanges/other local record stores: just don't expect to find like a bdm record, some random black metal/screamo/doom. Check the exchanges CD metal selection cause usually they'll actually have some gems. For whatever reason the only rap records I've found locally are the common mainstream stuff you'd find at target/bestbuy, mostly Kendrick/drake/tyler/em/stuff of that popularity. I assume the boombap/90s stuff just gets snatched up quick whenever it gets traded in
Hawks 11.28.25	You're the man, thanks for the insight bro!
Faraudo 11.28.25	I just went to a store called Hard Wax in Berlin, and it's basically heaven if you like electronic music. Highly specialized, with a catalogue full of things you won't find anywhere else. Also, Rush Hour in Amsterdam was fantastic, more varied, but within a similar spectrum. They have a record label, so there are store-exclusive releases. 2nd Avenue Records in Portland is legendary, but mostly focused on heavier stuff. Cactus Records in Houston and Waterloo Records in Austin were pretty damn good, too.
Hawks 11.28.25	Thats so awesome. I need to start finding stuff around me so I can browse.
Faraudo 11.28.25	If you live in the US, then Discogs is probably the way to go.
Sharenge 11.28.25	Philly had plenty of record stores to choose from when I was still living in that area, if you not trying to order online... would imagine most big cities has... think the ones I remember frequenting the most were uh... probs Repo Records, Long in the Tooth and uhh there was another one Creep Records which was half record store, half headshop round here... think there's three record stores that I know of - Tom's Music, Mothership and Iko's... York Emporium was always worth a browse as well... been sold, moved and rebranded, but think they still have a record section don't has moneys though so rarely visit any of them... get like 1 LP a year these days and still haven't placed my order for what will likely be this year's purchase (Boris - Dronevil repress is what I've had my eyes on)
Faraudo 11.28.25	"Thats so awesome. I need to start finding stuff around me so I can browse." Its probably my favorite thing to do lol. Whenever I travel, I look for record stores and that's how I start touring most cities and doing sightseeing
Hawks 11.28.25	I don't travel much at all, but I do know there are some sweet spots to look into in my general area lol. Definitely wanna start buying a lot more records.
Faraudo 11.28.25	That's one of the best ways to support the scene, in my opinion. And to keep retail alive. Obviously getting stuff (in this case, records) from Amazon tends to be cheaper and easier, but going to record stores is for the love of the craft, and surfing through thousands upon thousands of records, and stumbling upon something you've been hunting for years is quite the feeling.
widowslaugh123 11.28.25	If you ever are in California go to one of the amoeba stores I recommend the San Francisco one and since you’re in SF (hypothetically) you might as well hop over to Berkeley and hit up up Rasputin
unclereich 11.28.25	when you get an idea of what press you're specifically looking for-usually thru discogs-ebay becomes your friend. i don't buy a lot of new records and when i do i hit up local shops
BAT 11.28.25	Yeee on Amazon if your going for something past ten years or so it's usually solid prices, buuut they have like no shipping precautions usually just ends up in like a box flopping around or one of those white/blue prime mailers. Labels use mailers specifically for vinyl so it's got a bit more damage control, but if your worried about like scruffed jacket edges/creases Amazon is hit/miss and that applies to all 'physical media's stuff like CDs/Blu-ray/etc, their return policy is pretty solid tho but yeah expect occasional dings. Haven't had any problems with warps yet thoo
Sharenge 11.28.25	hmmm might have to take the hit and order that Boris repress today looks like a few dollars off - that'll be straight from Relapse
BAT 11.28.25	And on the topic of relapse: death is an affordable band to get on vinyl they repress their discog every like 3 years soo I'm sure you could get most of them for like 15 bucks if you look hard enough....except for symbolic which is on another label(roadrunner?), the vinyl for that's pretty much a collectors item with few presses(can probably find a bootleg for like 70 tho) [[edit apparently there's copies on discogs going for like 30-50 so guess they finally repressed it for its 30th anniversary]
Hawks 11.28.25	I got the first two here on Amazon. Veilburner is coming from Bandcamp and I found the other two on Walmart's website actually lol. Thanks for all the comments bros, I appreciate it!!
necropig 11.28.25	I've imported vinyl from hells headbangers as they always had a good selection of shit
Hawks 11.28.25	Ohhhh I'll have to check that out tonight.
Sharenge 11.28.25	my biggest import was the stuff I got from Justin Broadrick's personal vaults back closer to when he launched his store/website back in 2020... came with smells and everything (jesu - Christmas and Pale Sketcher - jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed were the out-of-print selections I chose from what he had stowed away in storage - pretty sure I ordered some new pressings from there as well at a later date... GODFLESH boxset, jesu S/T deluxe repress) looks like his webstore site is down atm... RIP but yeah, Justin Broadrick is an artist I got enough love for to have his shit shipped across the Atlantic also ordered a cool Boris trinket from Japan once
Hawks 11.28.25	Friggin sweet bro!
AlkemestRedux 11.29.25	Discogs is good. Idk where to find metal albums since all of mine are basically dubstep lol But for cds I go to Zion's Gate in Seattle. Super awesome dudes run it and every relatively obscure cd I buy from there they already know what it is and have an opinion lol I think they have an online store too, might be worth checking out. Loads of metal vinyl and other genres too!
Aids 11.29.25	not trying to doxx you but do you live in a city? maybe I'm just a boomer but I still think that supporting your local independent record stores is the best way to engage with music. I have four or five amazing record stores in my city that I like to go to. They will also order stuff in for you if they don't have it. Shit has gotten crazy expensive but I still think supporting brick and mortar music stores is good. I will really miss them when they've all been turned into townhouses or chipotles or whatever.
Aids 11.29.25	even for genre stuff that more mainstream oriented stores don't carry by default, there are a lot of stores that will order whatever random artist you want. obviously you can do that yourself but I feel like requesting it in person is good bc maybe the store owner sees that and decides to order a few more copies for their shelves, can sometimes snowball. also the owners/buyers for these places are generally pretty interesting people to interact with. or they're assholes! that's also fun.
Hawks 11.29.25	I live about 20 minutes outside of Pittsburgh bro. I know of a few places that I can shop around, but I'd have to do more research on it tbh to see what else is around too.
Aids 11.29.25	wow doxx'd go pirates though
Hawks 11.29.25	The Pirates fucking SUCK, but I love Paul Skenes.
Aids 11.29.25	yeah but Pirates is a good name for a sports team, and the arena has a pretty cool backdrop view I am a Blue Jays fan (I don't wanna talk about it) and they just overpaid for some pitcher from the Pirates. Mostly just fuck the steelers. Penguins have Silovs now so maybe it's Penguins actually. Also a good name for a sports team.
Hawks 11.29.25	Hey, don't you talk about my Steelers that way!!! But yeah, been to PNC Park many times and it is gorgeous.
jrlikestodance 11.30.25	Bandcamp honestly has a good selection and you typically get the digital download with your purchase. Discogs is great for archiving and finding tons of out of print stuff, not just for vinyl but all forms of music media Amazon if you're looking for more mainstream stuff. They typically have had some great prices in the past Nationally I suggest: Technique Records (Miami), Sweat Records (Miami), Human Head (NY), Gramaphone (Chicago) I would also suggest checking your fav labels for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals. I'm sure plenty are selling vinyl
Hawks 11.30.25	You are the friggin man Jr!!
Hawks 11.30.25	Added one more to the collection. :]
Solipsist 12.01.25	Just wanted to brag and say that i have all the commercially available COF albums on vinyl and mounted on my wall. Artwork and sound quality on all are fantastic. Unfortuantely, Dusk (original), Cruelty (original), Midian, Nymp, Thorn, and Godspeed are very rare and too pricey for me. I got them all online from various sources.
Solipsist 12.01.25	The inner artwork on the last 4 COF vinyls is worth the price alone. Lots of boobs lol
Hawks 12.01.25	I've looked into some Cradle vinyls, but all the ones I found were super expensive also lol.
Hawks 12.19.25	Says my vinyl for 6 should've shipped from Season of Mist on December 5th and it still hasn't fucking shipped. Contacted the label so they better give me my shit lol. First time I bought from Bandcamp so maybe it takes a while to get to the label, but 7 and 8 already shipped and I bought them two weeks after 6 so I'm kind of annoyed by that. -_-
BAT 12.20.25	season of mist is usually pretty quick with it/even thru bandcamp. did you preorder anything cause sometimes labels will wait for the preorder date to ship everything out at once. but yeah expect like a week or two generally. wuuut defeated did you grabb
Kimm 12.20.25	I pick up most of my vinyls either on bandcamp or at shows.
Hawks 12.20.25	I ordered two other vinyls on Bandcamp just last week and both already shipped. I just sent a direct email to Season of Mist so hopefully they get back to me. In other news, Veilburner ran a special for the new album for only $20 and I picked one of those up. So hype for that to get here! They were sold out, but they must've repressed them and got another 200 in.
keaton_86 12.20.25	I have way too much to list but in terms of sound quality, Valtari by Sigur ros and Ultra Truth by daniel avery are the best sounding records I own, and they're both great albums. Avoid lateralus and holy fawn's first albums because the pressings are godawful.
Hawks 12.20.25	Nice bro!!! I'm trying my best to expand my collection quickly. Really love listening to stuff on my cheap record player lol. It does the job hard though. Also, I hate Tool so I will be avoiding Lateralus in general lmao.
Kimm 12.20.25	"Also, I hate Tool so I will be avoiding Lateralus in general lmao" What the fuck
Hawks 12.20.25	Tool blows extremely friggin hard. One of the worst bands of all-time lol.
Kimm 12.20.25	This could read like total sarcasm but I get the sense you're being serious.
Hawks 12.20.25	I am lol.
Kimm 12.20.25	"One of the worst bands of all-time" Bruh.
Hawks 12.20.25	Absolutely.
Aids 12.21.25	Acceptable opinion tbh
Hawks 12.21.25	Frigg yeah bro.
PizzaBear 12.21.25	Bruh.[2]
bighubbabuddha 12.21.25	Tool suck meaty farts
Hawks 12.21.25	Yes they do.
Hawks 12.23.25	Just got an email from Season of Mist and they had an error in their inventory so I'm not getting my ...and Oceans record. Just got my refund. But I did grab a copy of one of my favorite albums ever so hype about that. Hopefully no issues with it lol.
DungeonBoy 12.23.25	Looks like they might have all the new ...And Oceans vinyls in stock on Amazon Shows and Amazon are my go to places for vinyl. If I'm feeling whimsical I might randomly pick up something from a local record store if I'm visiting a city, but it's hard to beat Amazon prices and shipping when vinyl is available
Hawks 12.27.25	I definitely have checked Amazon too. Got a couple from there, but mostly have been going through Bandcamp and got a couple for Christmas lol.
Get Low 12.27.25	Have you gone to The Exchange yet?
Hawks 12.27.25	I haven't had a chance sadly, but I plan on it next weekend once all this holiday stuff is over. Probably next Saturday!
Get Low 12.27.25	Yay!
Hawks 12.27.25	I'm excited for sure!
Hawks 01.30.26	Added another one, wanna get my ambient/electronic collection up. They sound so good on vinyl.
Kimm 01.30.26	Not vinyl but... I got my Black Usurper cassette in the mail today m/
unclereich 01.30.26	cassettes are master race indeed
Hawks 01.30.26	Nice Kimm!
Kimm 01.30.26	"cassettes are master race indeed" Feeling nostalgic for my '98 Neon from a lifetime ago :p
Hawks 01.30.26	I've been loving collecting these vinyls. Makes everything sound so much better as opposed to regular old headphones imo.
Kimm 01.30.26	I need to get a record player that isn't garbage (or figure out how to fix mine so it doesn't always start glitching out at the third track) My record collection is just that - a collection
Hawks 01.30.26	My record player is kind of ass tbh, but its doing the job until I can get a better one lol.
Get Low 01.30.26	Do they sell record players that require no initial setup? I bought one like a year ago and I had no idea how complicated they actually are. I never got it to work.
Titan 01.30.26	I started buying cd’s again because vinyl records are expensive……always enjoyed owning the physical copy opposed to streaming
Hawks 01.31.26	Get Low, they do bro, mine had no setup at all. Granted, its a cheap one, but it does the job for the most part lol.
Get Low 01.31.26	I'll have to look
Hawks 01.31.26	I got mine on Amazon for like $60. Obviously not the best quality, but it works.
unclereich 01.31.26	Just make sure the needle isn’t damaging the wax. The cheaper ones definitely can
Hawks 01.31.26	I actually have been checking that! Seems to be fine so far.
Hawks 02.05.26	Bump. Finally getting a nice collection going.
MTObsidian 02.05.26	Good stuff here, buddy. Glad you're having fun collecting new records! Still waiting on Noctus to repress Trisagion though :(
Hawks 02.05.26	Thanks bro!!! Also waiting on that HARD.