5 Years Of Making Vinyl Record Videos - The Good & The Bad 

I’m not a vinyl person but I love your channel because of your excitement and enthusiasm for the music. Not just the vinyl. I love your reviews. Keep strong.

😀✨Happy 5th Anniversary ✨ ✨Always a great conversation ✨

That Was Splendid Of Him To Include U In His Book...

Your the best Melinda, we love you God Bless you and Philip

Congratulations Melinda and all the best in 2024

Thank you, Melinda. I am so glad that you spoke up for yourself. I think the holier than thou people are just jealous of your success. Keep up the wonderful videos.

Congrats Melinda on your half decade on the U Tubes. I agree 110% with making any money on your efforts and work on RU-vid. If they are willing to pay you a little then never leave money laying on the table.

I love how earnest and enthusiastic you are. You have a unique voice in the vinyl community. Congratulations on the book!

I don't think I'm well spoken enough to do videos on a regular basis. You do well enough for both of us. Keep up the great work!

im not a vinyl collector but i have ; respected; your love for ; being one . your videos are always entertaining and ; very informative beautiful melinda. congratulations on being on the youtube community. have a happy 2024 and ill be looking forward for more of your videos

All the best for you and Philip and family in 2024.

keep em' coming Melinda- HNY 2024

Very proud of you Melinda and you have earned it one subscriber at a time, with one great story at a time. Happy New Year to you and your family!!!

I can totally understand about vinyl collecting giving you something to look forward to.

Melinda, congratulations on 5 amazing years, and especially for not kicking me off your channel for all the bad jokes! Got emotional seeing you highlighted in the book...I'm not crying, just something in my eye...

I would like to say if you're ever having a bad day just watch one of Melinda's videos , After seeing her passion for music and collecting it will make your day better !!!!!!

You’re are very welcome Melinda

I'll never understand why some in the vinyl community have an issue with someone else getting a free record. I'm a 60-year-old "classic rock chick" who has been collecting on and off for 45 years. You are a major part of why my enthusiasm for vinyl has been rekindled. CONGRATULATIONS on 5 years . . . keep doin' what you're doin'!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Love your channel Melinda. Breath of fresh air. Full speed ahead and all the best in 2024.

Time flies that's for sure keep doing what you're doing Malinda

You receive any free records or anything from your channel it’s because you have good quality takes on your collection. Congrats on your five year anniversary.

Congratulations Melinda🤗 Well done. Watch your channel all the time. One of the best in the vinyl (record) community. Love both words. haha Thanks for being so honest, sincere and humble.

Congratulations! Melinda for your five years on "You Tube".I hope you enjoy those years.Wish you well this year and your family.

Well said Melinda. And congrats on 5 years!

Congratulations for 5 years Melinda . Keep up the great work

On this happy landmark for your channel, here's one of the ways I appreciate your work. Representation matters. Most youtube channels about vinyl and hi-fi are run by men, mostly middle-aged white guys (like me). My wife and I are super happy together. But she doesn't get my obsession with vinyl collecting and hi-fi gear (she accepts it, but doesn't get it or have any interest in it). A couple months ago, I was watching one of your videos and she was in the room. She saw & heard you in the video. She was interested, and stopped and watched the rest of the video with me. She asked if we could watch another of your videos, and we did. You didn't convert her into a vinyl enthusiast. But your video spoke to her. She started to understand my passion for vinyl, because she saw you, someone like her, who has this same passion and is super articulate and interesting and relatable. Over the years, she's also been in the room when I've watched videos by Michael 45rpm and other male youtube channels, and none of them ever caught her interest or spoke to her the way your videos did. Representation matters. Thanks for all you do.

Congratulations on 5 years of vinyl videos. You are #1 of only a couple of RU-vidrs I watch on a regular basis. I started watching for the content and topics of your videos; I keep watching because of your open honesty and it’s obvious you’re a genuinely nice person. I don’t know how you find the time to reply to everyone’s comments, but it appears that you do. You’ve truly made it a “vinyl community”. Thanks!

Happy 5 years anniversary, Melinda!

Congrats Melinda!

Here's to the next 5 years. Wishing you all the best on the channel and thanks for all you do. Keep up the good work. I have learned so much from your channel.

Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary Melinda.

Congratulations! Here's to another five years!

Agreed, support your favorite vinyl content creator. My favorite channel is "Pieces Of Vinyl". A lot of channels that I have found speak more on Rock, but Rocco Richardson has a abundance of information on great soul, modern soul, funk that I love, and his collection is top notch as well. This is a great community and I believe we learn new things every day from each other.

HAPPY 5th Melinda. You're one of my faves 👍🏻😎

Happy 5th Anniversary wish you the best. I found you through Joe Mean Mr Mayo. Happy New Year!

Congrats on the 5 years! I have been watching you for about 4.5 of those years. I now only follow 5 collectors of vinyl because my time-bandwidth is so limited. I love the honest style and approach to your channel. You definitely belong in that book!

Love this video, Melinda. I’ve met some great people through the vinyl community that I have no doubt will be friends for life. As much silly nonsense occurs, if someone in the VC has a problem, everyone seems to come together and help them out. It’s of course nice to have found other collectors, because my friends think I’m nuts. IMO, there’s nothing wrong with monetizing one’s channel, and just be kind to each other. It really is easier than being a jerk…lol. Congrats of 5 years, Melinda! 🥳🔊🎶

Congratulations Melinda! I never miss a new video since I found your channel last year and I love going back to the older ones too.

Thank you for sharing your passion

Congratulations on your 5 years of making videos! I enjoy watching them weekly and hope that you continue for many more years!

Congratulations Melinda, you deserve all the good things that come your way, you earned them, it seems you do everything with class and a smile, here's to five more great years, starting with 2024, Happy New Year!

I enjoy the channels I subscribe to! Mostly in the US I do enjoy your Channel Melinda ! It's the enthusias!

A much belated congratulations on your 5 year VC anniversary. You are one of many VC channels I regularly watch. Look forward to getting the book and many more videos!

I remember the first time that I saw one of your videos during the early days of your channel. 🤔 The topic of the video was about how to clean vinyl records. As you've noticed by watching your first video, you're no longer that person. As I've watched you grow as a music and vinyl records enthusiast, it reminds me of a rose. During the early years, you were like a rose bud. Now you're in full bloom.🌹🌹🌹 You bring a lot of heart, kindness, and joy to the hobby, and I always see the honesty in your videos. ❤ It's so nice to know that I've been along for the ride in a small way as you've grown to have this really nice YT channel. ❤ I hope that some of my comments along the way helped you to become the music fan you've wanted to be. Seeing you discover jazz, other music genres, and bands has been like watching someone open a gift on Christmas morning. Believe me, I value you as much as you value us. 👍👍👍 Thank you for the years of really good video content and for your friendship. You are a true VINYL SISTER, and I look forward to seeing more of your videos in the future. 👍💖🎸😎

Hi Melinda, My husband and I are big vinyl collectors. We don't comment much, but we do watch and love your videos. Wishing you a Happy New Year, and congratulations on your 5th anniversary! The Goodrum Family

I love your channel, and while I do not watch every video, I do pop in and watch, when I have the time. Thank you for making the videos.

Congrats on the milestone! You definitely deserve that space in the book much more than you think 😊 Your positivity and love for music is inspiring to me as a fellow vinyl enthusiast. I hope music continues to bring you as much happiness as your videos have brought me! 🫶🏻

Congratulations on 5 fun years, Melinda. I enjoy your videos so much and always look forward to the next one dropping. Happy new year! Cheers and here’s to the next five years! 🥂

No Thank You Melinda ' for keeping us all up to date on everything in the Record Vinyl World sometimes we have to escape from what is going on in todays world and grab on to that something that was a part of our lives as growing up and reliving that monent again Congratulations 🧁🥂🍾 Melinda'will see you next year take care 👍👍

Thanks for providing us with great content and sharing your enthusiasm for 5 years. Wishing you and your family all the best in 2024!

Melinda congratulations on 5 years, I started watching you because at the time there wasn’t many women doing videos you were always very knowledgeable and I love you and your husband interaction even though he doesn’t collect. There is always going to be negative viewers they just aren’t happy unless they are putting someone else down IGNORE them you are doing a fantastic job. Here to another 5 years🎉💥🤩

Hi Melinda enjoy your Vinyl You Tube channel very much. I am the 83 year old vinyl guy. Who loves records mostly 45’s and 78’s . Congratulations on your 5 years. You do a great JOB. Keep up the good work. I’m still buying stuff to add to my collection. 😊😊❤

Hi Melinda. As always congratulations on your 5 year anniversary. I can’t remember when I subscribed to your channel but I am happy that I did. What drew me to your channel is your honesty, sincerity and above all your passion for vinyl records. You and other people in the vinyl community have educated and opened up my ears to music that I was unfamiliar with. Just want to wish you and your family a Healthy, Prosperous, Happy and Blessed New Year. See ya in 24’

Been along for 3 years! I've added a quite a few McCartney records thanks to you! Best Wishes!

I may not always comment but I always watch your videos Melinda. You are a real person and what you talk about is always from the heart. I hope you have a great 2024. Happy New Year to you and your Family. **Revised These people that are against monetizing, RU-vid is going to make money from your channel *with or without you*. If you have reached the status to monetize, everyone should do it. Hats off to you for mentioning it. HAVE FUN, block/ignore the keyboard warriors who want to rule the world.

Congrats!!! I don’t even collect records but enjoy watching you discuss the hobby!!

Congratulations, you do a great job. I watch even when I don't care about the records you're talking about, because your enthusiasm comes through. It's also nice to hear someone talk more about the journey and the music than the pressing details.

A huge congratulations to you for being part of that book. You've been a wonderful part of this community for so long, melinda. I want to thank you so much for the shout-out. That meant so much to me. I could not believe it. I fell out of my chair...lol I remember when you came in like a month or so after I did. Much love and peace to you and your family

Hi Melinda, I just caught up with this video, just a quick comment to say congratulations on reaching the 5 year milestone and thanks for all the entertainment. I love your videos and really appreciate the fact that you read and acknowledge my comments! Happy New Year from London

Happy 5th anniversary! What an honor to be included in that beautiful book! It looks fantastic. Your husband is 100% correct regarding monetization😀. Thanks for all the great videos.

🎉Happy 5 🎉 That’s why we (27k+)watch you because you are genuine. Dec 2024 50k subs? ❤

I am so very glad I discovered your channel Melinda, you're such a beautiful well versed lady and I love listening to your passion and enthusiasm. I have been an audio equipment lover and vinyl lover for a very long time. however I learn so much from you and you make me love vinyl and appreciate vinyl more. Thank you Melinda for all you do and who you are.😊

Another CD collector here. I always love talking music with family, friends or co-workers. Your channel feels just like that. I do confess that I look for some of your LPs that you feature on CD (Bill Evans and Chet Baker come to mind). Thanks for sharing your passion Melinda. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2024!

Congrats from the uk. Myself and my daughtet watch your channel as she is now getting quite a collector. Its good to see a lady enthusiast , hopefully it will get more females into the hobby.

Congratulations !!!! Melinda all the best to you and your family, Happy Holidays 🎄🎁🙏🎶🎵🥂🍾 Ed in New York

funny hearing how you got the record bug, and how no one in real life cared to hear about it lol, the same for me I felt like it was some strange hobby to have. You're channel is a great example of success! I often think record collecting is so niche but you show not just collectors are interested in records, its the passion for music . So awesome about the book!! I gotta get a copy!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and enthusiasm Melinda! Godt Nytt År from over here in Scandinavia 😊

I didn't know you were famous lol you have done a great job with your videos over the years you are truly a bright spot on RU-vid thank you for everything can't wait to see what you have instore for us in 2024 God bless. 😂😊👏🙏

I know a good honest person when I meet one! Happy New Year Melinda!

Excellent video. I just ordered all three copies of the vinyl book. I am 63 years old, and still have all of the records I've purchased since I was 13. Not a huge collection but diverse. I am glad to have found your channel. Dennis

So happy for you, Melinda. Watching your vinyl and hardware journey has been so fun. Everything you say always comes from the heart. I wish I knew more people like you. How do I get a signed copy of “The Book”? Never apologize for doing the hard work it takes to make videos consistently. People have NO IDEA how time-consuming and costly it is. I know it is your passion and worth every minute and every penny (especially if you can talk about EVH). I'm afraid I have to disagree with one thing you said. You are not over 50! I am looking forward to another five years. P.S. I love it when Phillip shows up.

Happy Anniversary. Appreciate what you do.

Hi Melinda, congratulations on 5 years… always like your videos! Just did my first vinyl tag. Hopefully, get to 5 years myself! Cheers, Jack

Melinda, you’re a treasure, your enthusiasm and love for our hobby is infectious and you’re definitely one of the reasons I’ve tried to make my own content as well. I would love to get your feedback and thoughts on what I’m gonna try and do. Thank You for always being there. Happy New Year 🎊 😊

Happy Anniversary...I Didn't Realize That Till Just Now Finally Having To Chance To Watch This Video...Congratulations On 5 Splendid Years Indeed...

Congrats Melinda! 🎉 Well done. Your homey transparent style is refreshing. Hope you'll continue keeping us entertained and informed on all things vinyl.

Congratulations!!!

First and foremost congrats on five years! I’ve been a regular viewer since about 2019 I think. What I like about your channel is you’re just one of us, you’re not a record store or a promoter, you’re just a fan who likes to talk about records. I tried making a video a while back. I was talking about the then just released Jackson 5 “Greatest Hits” reissue that uses the rare Japanese mixes. I talked about some other things as well. Then I went back to watch it before posting it and I couldn’t get thru it. Although I thought what I was discussing was interesting, I hated watching myself and how I spoke. So I never posted it. Perhaps one day I’ll give it a go again. Regarding anyone who has a problem with monetizing or getting free albums, that’s just jealousy pure and simple. I like that you talk about the Elemental Music albums for instance, I’ve gotten several of them because YOU spoke about them. I would not have known about them otherwise. So you’re doing your “job” as far as that goes. Anyhow, can’t wait to see what’s coming down the road for you and your channel! Happy New Year!

Around The Time I First Subscribed To Ur Channel~I Binge Watched All Ur Past Videos To Try And Catch Up...Overall They Were Splendid...Like Venturing Down Memory Lane...

Hi Melinda. I live in Illinois and I watch and subscribe to your channel-enjoy it too! Despite not living too far from Riverbend Records...I only found out about them because I watch your channel. I recently made a trip to Riverbed, treated myself to a superb original copy of Pet Sounds-bought it directly from Billy at Riverbend...and I told Billy I found his store...because of you. I just wanted to say I appreciate you and your channel. Thank you!

Great one Melinda. Congratulations 🎉

Good Morning and Happy New Year from Western Australia. I know it's still 5 . 40 pm in Minnesota . Thought I wish you and all America the best for the new year a tad early .

Congratulations Melinda, five years is a long time on RU-vid. As regards to monitising your work, seems perfectly reasonable to me. Also, receiving records for free is a nice perk and I’m always interested to hear of audiophile pressings to decide if I should invest. My only advice on this is to avoid making any judgement about whether the free records are better or worse than competitive releases from other labels. It’s these comparisons which people will always suspect of not being genuine. It doesn’t help that the company sending you the records has a reputation which is far from good when it comes to transparency! Thanks again for all the hard work and the entertainment and Happy New Year to you and yours.

I always look forward to your videos and your replies to my comments. It’s a positive experience all round ! I really do admire greatly what you have done and where you are now. I just hope you have the energy and desire to keep going - I learn so much from your presentations. Above all, you are so wonderfully authentic-I respect that aspect of your approach the most 😊

Great video! I agree with you on trolls and such, and thanks for the shout out! Bookends is my favorite S&G album. Happy New Year to you and Phillip (I hope Santa brought him some Kiss records)

Haooy 5th Anniversary and I wish you and your husband and family a Safe, very happy and healthy New Year-2024. I so appreciate all your hard work to make videos for your channel and I turly enjoy every video. That is so wonderful that your included in that book. Take care

Well done Melinda.

I wish you the best!!! I would say that you transfer your enthusiasm to all of us & with our comments we give you a lil bit something useful as well!!!

Congratulations on 5 years 🎉

Happy 5 year anniversary 🎉 what a wonderful milestone 😊 congratulations!

I'm more into CD's and never really got into vinyl - I've only owned 8 in my life, but I watch your videos. Good to see people are still into physical media (I'm big on ownership and not renting,) music in general and actual hi-fi!

What a nice video Malinda. I hope you and your husband have a wonderful new year and I look forward to your upcoming videos. Trey

Congrats, on your 5 year anniversary!🎉 You were talking about your background s, I miss the fireplace with the lazy dog. Cheers!

If i think about this five year that you have had channel, I remember when I saw your comment on my channel and I was thinking who Melinda. I don't remember did you have already first video but soon I was watching your videos. And that was salt of this specially back then, finding new channels. Well actually it is still nice though same time it is sad that there isn't many of those channels anymore. Keep on doing great work and having fun. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)

Analogue October records is my local record where i buy all my new vinyl from. Grear shop and awesome family run business and their first is such high value for money, the quality for the price next to what other audiophile pressings sell for is excellent. Thankyou for featuring their release. :)

Happy new year, you big old vinyl geek, 🇬🇧

Great video, Melinda! Thanks for sharing your journey and experience! I’ve been watching your videos for most of these five years and always enjoy them. Shame on people who would say only artists and RU-vid should earn money. Would they say the same about the arena where the bands play? The ushers at the show? Or the record shops that sell the records - they don’t deserve to be paid? What about the radio station or the DJ? Of course, like you, they all offer a service that has value. If they don’t like what you’re doing, they don’t have to watch! The rest of us love what you do and wish you all the fun and enjoyment you deserve along the way. Happy new year 2024!

Hello first and foremost I wish you a happy and happy year 2024 and hope it will be full of happiness and joy and lots of videos about your patience and patience for the music. for negative comments you know even in the plant world there are weeds and good herbs, simply ignore the bad ones so that the good ones invade our world. i hope I am among the right herbs. merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Here's to five more!

Keep up the great work! Congrats on 5 years