Vinyl Show

I just got back from a record collectables show [or as they called it the record collectibles show, I think it’s a collectable not -tible]. Anyways the show was in a building near Bloor and Broadview in Toronto. Joining me on this excursion were my friends Mike and Jon, we arrived around 2:30pm and the show was going until 4, so we hoped we would have enough time to see everything.

We were not sure what to expect, Jon read about the show in the Toronto Star  newspaper, knowing that Mike and myself are fans of vinyl he suggested we all check it out. As we entered the show we were welcomed by many boxes filled with cheap vinyl LP`s, most came from before 1980, and the rest were new re-issued prints and a few modern records.

 This show was ideal for a true record collector. The place was full with unorganized boxes containing old LPs at really cheap prices, so if you had the time, patience and interest you could scourer the place and get great deals. I personally am into records for the cover art as much as the music, I am perfectly happy with CD quality music that comes out of my iPod, computer or car stereo, not that I don`t appreciate the sound I am just a 21st modern guy. Lots of the new music being sold was very expensive and the good quality i.e. not folded, bent, new looking LP`s were expensive I saw various LP`s with asking prices in the hundreds. I only bought a few things mainly cause the cheap stuff I wasn`t too interested and the rest was too expensive.

I did see many interesting collectables for sale such as a Beatles concert t-shirt from one of their shows at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada in the 60's and Ozzy Osbourne's album Blizzard of OZ signed by Randy Rhoads (who died in 1982). Overall I had a good time and enjoyed the show, it was well worth my time. One of the dealers their was Sonic Temple check out their site for info on buying LP's.