acess to Hundreds if not thousands of records (vinyl)

If there was ever a gold mine...I found it but theres a catch.
Found an old record shop that went out of business. It appears the owner
has been evicted from his spot and put alot of records out by the dumpster
which really has no dumpster but is inside a fence that says "No Tresspassing". Its clear to see that these can Never be sold because they have all been left out in the rain. This is a spot I used to go to when I need to replace a cracked record or just pickup a record I remembered from back in the day and just wanted to get it. @ $4.50 each I stopped going when other spots were sportin .50cent joints etc.
late one night I decided to take my chances slid thru the crak....copped a couple of 1 cubic foot boxes of records, (Heavy as Hell!!!!)
J- osborne
Gladys
Bowie
Freddy Jackson
Teddy pendergrass
Alabama
rick james
....bout 100 records in all. Some of the album covers are destroyed because they have been left out in the Rain...but once I cleaned the records up, They looked like they had never been used...Like New Old Stock records that just simply got wet.. I am going back there this week.
I will keep yall posted and make a list. I may be getting rid of some of them once I get what I need off them.

There are still close to I know a Good 1 thousand records that haven't been touched...I called the store and left a messege about buying the rest of them. Soon as I know something concrete I will share the info.
Maybe someone on the board here is willing to bring a Truck etc. and haul off the Rest for Free probably. I don't have the room to store all the records left out there......
I"ll Holla
BM

Beat~Monkey wrote:If there was ever a gold mine...I found it but theres a catch.
Found an old record shop that went out of business. It appears the owner
has been evicted from his spot and put alot of records out by the dumpster
which really has no dumpster but is inside a fence that says "No Tresspassing". Its clear to see that these can Never be sold because they have all been left out in the rain. This is a spot I used to go to when I need to replace a cracked record or just pickup a record I remembered from back in the day and just wanted to get it. @ $4.50 each I stopped going when other spots were sportin .50cent joints etc.
late one night I decided to take my chances slid thru the crak....copped a couple of 1 cubic foot boxes of records, (Heavy as Hell!!!!)
J- osborne
Gladys
Bowie
Freddy Jackson
Teddy pendergrass
Alabama
rick james
....bout 100 records in all. Some of the album covers are destroyed because they have been left out in the Rain...but once I cleaned the records up, They looked like they had never been used...Like New Old Stock records that just simply got wet.. I am going back there this week.
I will keep yall posted and make a list. I may be getting rid of some of them once I get what I need off them.

There are still close to I know a Good 1 thousand records that haven't been touched...I called the store and left a messege about buying the rest of them. Soon as I know something concrete I will share the info.
Maybe someone on the board here is willing to bring a Truck etc. and haul off the Rest for Free probably. I don't have the room to store all the records left out there......
I"ll Holla
BM

Thats nice! I love to hear stories like this but I hate hearing about records that have been abused. Its sad that some people just dont care about records Why you trying to buy the rest of the vinyl if he just sat them outside in the elements not caring about them? Just go take them joints and ship me a few

and you better hurry up because its getting hot outside and them sh1tz will warp

serious, ide load those records into my car all day long.

Thats a real good look

Yo, where you at in NC?

here come all the vultures. So where you at in NC. I'm in VA, but I will make the trip down there anytime

bhunt wrote:here come all the vultures. So where you at in NC. I'm in VA, but I will make the trip down there anytime

LOL. word. I basically grew up in Raleigh. So if it's in a city on the way from here.. I'll just use this as an excuse to go see my mom.

LOL same thing happen to me. i was walking form my peoples house and i saw a pail of records i was like HELL YEA, so i ran back to my friends house got a big black trash bag... dumped them all in there and jammed him...

i found records from The Battles, Motown collections, Al Green, Dianne Warwinks...

but i rained for about 3 days before i ran into them and it looked like they were kept in a basement cuz they smelled like something died in them and old furniture...

JiggSaw wrote:Yo, where you at in NC?

ha ha hahaaaa....Now see you know I can't divuldge that info...
Thas like asking where your wife at? Trust me dog I gotchall...
Once I know its free for the taking legally, I will let yall know..
I don't want yall bombarding the spot and getting hauled off in meat wagon.

dopedee wrote:serious, ide load those records into my car all day long.

Dude these records stink from Hell! I am off today coughing up sh!t and think its because I have them in my car and all the mold and mildew I was breathing....HOnestly My sinuses are killing me today. I called in sick. Which means, I can't get any sicker if thats the cause...so I will hit this spot today.
I will post pictures.

Jigsaw wrote:LOL. word. I basically grew up in Raleigh. So if it's in a city on the way from here.. I'll just use this as an excuse to go see my mom.

ha hahah....I work in Raleigh...Daily! But not today!

jacpot wrote:Thats nice! I love to hear stories like this but I hate hearing about records that have been abused. Its sad that some people just dont care about records Confused Why you trying to buy the rest of the vinyl if he just sat them outside in the elements not caring about them? Just go take them joints and ship me a few.

I will let you guys know. I left a messege on the answering machine for the guy to call me back but he hasn't yet.

I got yall man... but right now I can't share where until I know for sure its ok to take whats left. I ain't no small dude and I look like Michael Clark Duncan creepin behind a building at night. Cops will Taze my ass Quick!

Stay tuned...

I'll be waiting on the word.

DAMMMM. that sucks. but good for you.
you should have covered them so they dont get more messed up.

just throw some card board over them,
keep the sun off them even if it's not hot any sunlight to them will taco them up,

get them home take them out the cover and dry them off. let them sitt out .maybe just damp dry the label DONT RUB

you did the right thing lettin people know thats to many records that are goin to waste, that dude should be shot . shi+ i give the records we cant sell away some times, but i never throw them away in less there cracked or warped.

BM you the man....man
put up a list of what you dont use...

peace

dj e.d.e wrote:DAMMMM. that sucks. but good for you.
you should have covered them so they dont get more messed up.

just throw some card board over them,
keep the sun off them even if it's not hot any sunlight to them will taco them up,

get them home take them out the cover and dry them off. let them sitt out .maybe just damp dry the label DONT RUB

you did the right thing lettin people know thats to many records that are goin to waste, that dude should be shot . shi+ i give the records we cant sell away some times, but i never throw them away in less there cracked or warped.

BM you the man....man
put up a list of what you dont use...

peace

I'll try to get out there today. The Doc put me outta work for the rest of the week for Pnuemonia. Damn...I wonder if all the mold and Mildew from these records did this? anybody ever got sick from old ass record dust?

you lucky Beat Monkey you.

I went out there yesterday but it was too much foot traffic and nosey onlookers....I had my truck backed up to the place. I left before the heat came. Today is another day!