Crate diggin' in SoCal

Hey what's up? i think this is my first post in here been reading the forums for a while I was just wondering if there was any good places to get records to sample drums and melodies somewhere around me ( LA/LBC/OC). Also I was curious what should i be looking for when i go crate digging because alot of places near me don't let you listen to the records.

do a search on this thread it's been asked b4.

it all really depends on what you want or like,you can sample drums from a record of any type. just look for a record that you knonw of and read the notes or check out the producer, the instrument players the drummers those are a few things to look for, once you start diggin deep you get the hang of it and you start picking records that you can use all parts .

i know i posted a list of shops in your area do that search.

Theres Amoeba records in Hollywood, thats a popular place...a lil exspensive...but sometimes worth it.

aarons records in hollywood is really tight
the record surplus isnt too far from, and is real nice too

yo man - - i live in OC/LBC and I have been digging for about 5 years - - i have found (and I am rewarded over and over again) that your best source for digging is at the swapmeets (Cypress College and Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet) and ANY of the 100+ thrift stores located within 30 miles of you. I happen to know that there are about 30 thrift stores down Carson street that have new stuff pouring in like water - many of them are unraped .... Carson thrift store is where I found my Song of Innocence, 9th Wonder lips vinyl, and MAD Cal Tjader 12"s

JUST DONT JACK TOO MUCH SHIITT

thanks for the replies peeps....yo thats funny carson st is less than a mile from my crib...but how do you guyz know what to get or do you just buy stuff and then decide to use it or not.

erkl wrote:aarons records in hollywood is really tight
the record surplus isnt too far from, and is real nice too

yeah aarons too. They been around for a minute now. And where's record surplus at?

Record Surplus
11609 West Pico Boulevard

pretty nice spot..

i miss LA.

The BEST way for a beginner - cop an issue of wax poetics $8 and cop a portable turntable ($100) and spend the next 6 months flipping throught the yellow pages for thrift stores, bring a crate to sit on, and dig. Listen to everything and anything that gets your attention. Listen for records with DOPE sounds that YOU like. Listen for open drum breaks, listen for open horns, strings, ambient sounds, anything that you feel in your heart that would sound good chopped up or looped. Really wanna know what to get? Just look at the thousands of posts on here where people list their "gems" and you'll start seeing the same stuff over and over. Look for funk, jazz, soul, latin, big band, ANYTHING - it's out there mah brutha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[quote="NcoherntRmbl3r"]thanks for the replies peeps....yo thats funny carson st is less than a mile from my crib...but how do you guyz know what to get or do you just buy stuff and then decide to use it or not.[/quote]


I've said it before and I'll say it again.....
Start black and expand from there.
Beginning diggers... buy anything from 1960-1978 (approx) with a black dude on it. 90% of it will be good and the rest you can unload for at least as much as you paid.
This technique is how I started and today I am sooo greatful I was buying all that stuff 15 years ago before it got popular (again). Now granted....with this method you will not catch your Axelrods or Average White Bands but eventually you will learn enough to grab those too.
There is no real shortcuts it's all about experience and time you put in. If you dig long and hard enough eventually you will get to the point where you feel like you have seen everything. Then you will start noticing and buying anything you've never seen before and that will eventually become your new search criteria along with all the knowledge you picked up along the way. This is how people stumble onto gems. Get it?

Time is the only real teacher I'm afraid. Although I never had the internet back then either.

Peace,
Heavy

yea! once you go black - you never go back!