Crate Diggin' w/ Michael Fremer at Randy's Records 

Watching Michael go through record bins is almost as satisfying as doing it myself. I’ve been to Randy’s many times myself. I always carved out the time to go there when I was in Salt Lake.

Fun. More of these please.

Love that shop

Love listening to Doug Sahm 🎸

Wouldn’t be a Fremer video without him mentioning Tron or being a Quincy Jones expert witness

so we don't have anything better to do than to watch a guy look at LP's...I need a life

Great to see you out and about michael Cheers mate 🙂👍

Love these types of videos. Love your insight and background stories.

This was fun!

I've seen the video of your music room. With so many records, I'm amazed that you remember which records you don't have.

I miss looking for records. And I don't even have a turntable

Any store playing Doug Sahm can’t be bad.

I heart Randy’s! I go every several years. Found a sealed OG Beneath The Planet Of The Apes on my last visit.

28:52 Such a genuine and wonderful Fremer moment.

That's my local record store! I love Randy's. You never know what you might find in the "Newest to Be Filed" section. I have to be careful when I go there because I always find too many things to buy. I was hoping to see you go through the jazz section.

It is so great to see that Fremer is still triggert the same as most collectors, he sees a nice copy, at a good price, and he HAS to buy it.

LOL! "It doubles my pleasure. That you want it, and I have it."

Randy's is my local store and I have spent a ton of $$$ there. I enjoy my records and I will be shopping there again soon. With that said... CDs are the best format in my opinion. While there are a few records in my collection that I enjoy more on vinyl, for the most part, the CD sounds best to my ears. Sorry, Michael.

Floating Points Elaenia is a fantastic record.

YES Michael, you need Sweet Dreams

I have had great luck buying full LP collections. Keep the best dump the rest done this many times over the years. Most times you find gems in collections. If it hits the record store its been picked through and up priced.

I’ve been a customer of Randy’s Records for a few decades now, and I thoroughly enjoy perusing the record racks. As an avid audiophile, I need to be selective about the condition of used LP’s; I don’t want to hear the sound of a previous owner’s bad stylus/cartridge/turntable quality and improper setup. I’ve also been a follower Fremer's writings in Stereophile, Tracking Angle and Absolute Sound. So I know he's a record collector, and very concerned about the quality of analog playback. But I have to ask about two statements in this video: 1. (17:20) Bop Till You Drop. A great album, features David Lindley, Chaka Kahn, and several others. I bought it when it was first released in 1979; I thought it sounded good then and it still sounds good now. Recorded and mastered digitally, then released on LP. Seems just like any other MoFi LP released in the last several years… 2. (22:15) The “pissing of summer lawns.” Is he simply making an adolescent joke about the title of another great album, or was he really dismissive about this album, either because of its recording quality or the musical quality? Steve Floor Salt Lake City, UT

"Every time I go to Salt Lake City I go to Randy's Records....this is my first time." :-D

Everytime with The Tron Album.

More Fremer digging videos, please.

I keep trying to explain that processing through vinyl forces analog compliance filtering to a digital file. No electronic filter can do the same thing.

Great fun. But how could you pass on The Astronauts, a band that could have played at high school proms, with a major label record contract?

Hey, when was this filmed, 2022? Michael talks about the Beatles Revolver as "it will be coming out soon". Fun Fact -"BILBO" in the dead wax is the same as Porky Prime cut - George Peckham.

I recognize Doug Sahm’s voice. I’m guessing this is his band the Texas Tornados .

Michael down with dubstep

You shouldve got that Cold Blood rekkid.

Do we have to watch fremer?

Well, if I ever went to that store I would stick to the cheap & sale sections - those prices were some of the highest I've ever seen in a record store. Yikes!

I need to pick up a copy of that "Eurythmics" record!

10:30 Passing up, Chick Corea’s Children Songs because it’s a digital recording is absolutely ridiculous. It’s a fantastic work. Sounds wonderful and one should educate oneself before making such an impulsive judgment.

Here's that Beach House No Other Concert Michael says he wishes was recorded....it was. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OaF3znVBWe8.html

That Julien Baker Next to the Beatles is pretty good.

~ yeah, Fremer. Is it true that hat Marcus Garvey wore was in fact Toussaint Louverture's hat?

I cringed when he blew past Can's "Monster Movie" like it was yesterday's garbage. To each his own I guess...

Please excuse me for questioning your terminology , but “crate digging” as I understand is really digging through great big boxes of bark and records which are usually on the floor in record stores. They are not sorted by genre they’re not in alphabetical order or just a mishmash and that’s where the treasure hunting is and why it’s called crate digging the man in the video is simply digging through very well organized and probably over priced record albums. I won’t reveal my source but I found some great thrift shops to do great digging and they have hundreds of boxes of record albums on the floor. It can take you five or six hours to go through all of them but it’s worth it whether it’s for your personal collection or for high resale

Chick in front of him at start has great legs.

Glad that I have lost my ability to quick flip. And, I am only fifty-six.(Record Store 11:00 D.J. Is uninspiring )

A man should never discount his wages.

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he's so full of himself. Saying the Daft Punk version of Tron wasn't good because he didn't work on it. Obviously, he doesn't know what French House music is, otherwise, he wouldn't have said that......but why would I expect an old man like him to know what French House is? He probably HATES EDM music with a passion because it's not "analog" enough for him.