HOW TO START A VINYL RECORD COLLECTION 🎶 beginner vinyl tips 

i hope you enjoyed watching my hair dry over the course of this video.. oh and also me talking A LOT about vinyl! is there anyone out there interested in starting or growing their collection? any tips you think are also important??? comment them here and I'll pin them (through hearts)!! thanks for watching everyone 💯

Loads of people say that “this” record is a MUST HAVE for your collection. There is no such thing. Don’t let anyone tell you you have to own a specific record.

Step 1- Buy what you like. 2- care for your stuff. 3- endlessly seek out more stuff to like. 4- Repeat infinitely. Don't worry about market value, just enjoy what you like. Done.

ask your Dad to borrow some of his records, then forget to give him them back - works a treat, AS MY KIDS

Just buy what u really like to listen, then u are happy with every vinyl u own...

I started my record collection in 1958, and now after years of finding, playing, protecting and enjoying vinyl it warms my heart to see much younger people than myself just starting their vinyl journey in an age in which streaming music is the current "fad." My one word of advice is please learn how to properly pick up your records when you place them on your turntable. NEVER touch the grooves. It leaves body oil on the surface of the vinyl which collects dust, and muddies up you precious record. Always handle the vinyl by the outside edges, and if you have to touch the record only touch the un-grooved center. Also, always keep each record in it protective inner sleeve, and replace it in the album cover. Store them upright, not on top of each other so as not to warp them, and well mastered vinyl will "outlive" you.

Don‘t let anybody tell you that you NEED a specific Record.Just buy from Artists you like.

Keep records vertical , don't let your needle wear out before replacing , hold by the edges , don't spill beer on them , keep in sleeves unless being played.....and you'll be ok . Been listening to records since the 70s and they have always sounded better than any other medium.....more depth , meatier . Glad to see vinyl making a comeback .

To add to records not liking heat: make sure to store your records out of immediate sunlight and away from radiators, my dads got a few records that would be a lot more valuable if they werent warped beyond a playable state.

Pawn Shops and flea markets. I’ve found great albums for $1-$2 in those types of places

How to start it - first get a vinyl next step keep getting some.

Colored vinyl are actually the same as black vinyls, quality is the same. You only need to worry about picture discs so... Buy colored vinyl, they’re cooler! 😉

I just got my tenth vinyl yesterday 😼 im so excited

The thing is the once you have the set up it really doesn’t have to be a super expensive hobby. Just be patient and wait to find vinyl that is more affordable.

Thank you, this video is very informative. Been meaning to start a vinyl collection for a while now.

They are records, records, records, albums, albums, albums, records, vinyl is what they are made of!

Just bought my first 4 vinyls today. I absolutely love the songs on them. Just waiting on my record player to arrive.

Fantastic video! I’m decades deep into my journey but I still love checking out these “beginner” videos just to see what kind of information is being passed around. I loved how you didn’t make any presumptions about specific albums that are “necessary”, you just gave straight ahead info that will be helpful to anyone. The only thing I would add is “know what your intentions are”…..some people really just want to listen and aren’t concerned with pressings and collectibility. Some people are in it for the “audiophile” experience, some people love the historical/collector significance and some people are in it just for the kitsch. Knowing why you want to get into vinyl will really help you save you from making I’ll suited investments

You’ve really helped me! I’m in my mid thirties and just starting vinyl. I have three albums 1: the Star Wars: rogue one ost 2: Taylor swift folklore and 3: Lindsey Stirling. I rarely like a whole album anymore but the albums I have I love nearly every track so that’s why I’ve only got 3. I really want to make sure that I only buy vinyl I love.

I CANT BELIEVE YOU GOT THE FIRST PRESSINGS OF THE SMITHS!! That’s awesome I’m so jealous!!

Don’t forget about matrix/numbers on the run out grooves. That can help you confirm pressing if the catalog number didn’t change with the reissues over the years which does happen frequently!

This is the video I needed when I was 15 and starting out in 2019 😂 First bit of advice I got was any CD's you had that you really loved transfer it over to a vinyl copy of the album. That's led to nearly 200 albums in my collection

Fantastic video, I am new to vinyl collecting and loving it, it isn't cheap but also I don't regret spending money on it because I feel like I am buying into art, Been loving making update videos for my collection.

Excellent and informative video from a young generation of music collectors. I love the way this young woman approaches the different elements of collecting vinyl. Thank you

Don’t listen to the people who tell you that coloured vinyl hinders sound quality. Vinyl in it’s pure form is clear. Not black. Unless you’ve got a set up costing 100’s of thousands, you ain’t gonna notice the difference.

I'm planning to start collecting as early of pressings as I can of Queen vinyl and I'm so excited!! We have two great record stores in my city and I cannot wait!

Nice job on this! I'm a good 10 years into my second phase of buying vinyl, and there are a couple tips here that I hadn't really been very aware of, mainly because I have no interest in reselling records. My kid is just starting to buy vinyl, and I'd definitely share your video with him.

I started learning the same way. Good for you for putting yourself out there. Subbed!

I found it's been super rewarding being selective with your vinyl. If you're like me you quickly feel like a kid at a candy store but it's important to take stock of your finances and the value a record holds for you. Are you considering a record b/c of it's prestige (e.g. DSOTM) or because you already know it's something you love. In this day and age it's easy to research and be able to pull up and listen to something to be able to form a proper opinion about it. Some records may take longer than others to click for you. Enjoy the process of your growth as a listener. See who inspired your favorite bands. Which of their peers do/did they respect/cover? Your taste in music is a like a ball of yarn. You can keep unfurling if as long as you are willing to explore and keep pushing your taste buds.

You're a gem. Thanks for taking the effort to make this video . Cheers 🤙🏾

I'm a little late at commenting on your video. I just discovered your channel. I'm so glad at your age that you discovered the thrill and excitement of collecting and listening to vinyl records. When I was a teenager (back in ancient history lol) the only music that was available to us besides listening to the radio, was pressed on vinyl records. The cover art and the info on the inner sleeve was a huge aspect of collecting and listening to music on vinyl records. We just called them record albums, and didn't even use the word vinyl. It was customary to connect our turntables to an AM/FM receiver, if we could afford one, or play them on a stereo console that our parents might have owned. We didn't have amps back then, unless we were into playing guitars. I currently own a Sony turntable that I picked up at an estate sale about 25 years ago for $5.00. I listen to my records through a vintage Pioneer SX-770 receiver that I purchased in Japan in 1971, when I was serving in the Navy. Both of them still perform flawlessly, although the pots on my receiver could use some cleaning. One thing I would urge everyone who collects vinyl records, is to keep them in a secure place, especially the ones you value the most. Sorry so long. Thanks Kirawasadiver. I learned a lot from your video and subbed. Cheers.☺

Great video! I have been collecting vinyl for nearly 30 years and I found your video very informative.

Your explanations are smooth and easy. Well done! I'm old to vinyl and new to playing them. After shopping for weeks, I stumbled on your channel (today) the day I purchased a new turntable and speaker set up. On the subject of damaging records, it's what motivated me to replace the Victrola 7:1 -I'll keep it and use it for damaged records...Looking forward to watching more of your videos, too. I was 12 when I bought my first album; James Taylor. I'm just now able to sort a lifetime of collecting vinyI and saw .10 cents and .25 cents handwritten on some that I had found at yard sales. As I kid I paid around $2-$7 for them from K Mart department store. So far I've passed by the used record shops and am shopping from home, but after seeing your video I look forward to visiting stores again. Good shopping tips! Thanks again. Kim-Indiana (Technic SL1200 MK7, Audioengine A5+)

Great video! This knowledge would’ve been super handy when I first started. Still a beginner, still got a lot from this vid

thank you for making this video, this is super informative!

After 15-20 years of thinking about it, having no money or space, I finally got myself my own player for xmas, a reloop rp 2000 mk2 turntable. Already at 12 albums and 1 single and yeah, covid-lockdown IS the best time to finally start this hobby😍👍 and it could get out of hand - already own 650+ CDs and 630+ DVDs and blu-rays😍🙌

15 years when I seriously started collecting vinyl. I'm still 15. Lolllll. I have decent collection. But honestly I'm happy with its small size. The collection is curated to my tastes, and contains only my favorite artists. Size doesn't matter, in my opinion. Never be upset at your small collection is what I've learned. As long as the collection makes you happy, and is true to you, corny as that may sound, its a perfect xollection!

Great video! Can agree with everything you said about getting collections started. I would always encourage people who are just starting to collect to not be afraid of making mistakes. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way to my current collection and I've learned from a lot of those mistakes! I would also invite people who are just collecting to research record labels that are putting out current music they enjoy- a lot of times labels will release music that will recycle the same artists/band members/genres and finding a label that put out one release you like just might expose you to more similar music you didn't know existed! :)

such a helpful video for beginners! thank you ♥ ♥ ♥

This is helpful information, I recently inherited over 1000 first press vinyls. I’ve been going thru and organizing everything by value.

A very informative and well presented video. I love collecting vinyl, especially coloured ones, I absolutely love coloured vinyl. I have quite a lot of them in my collection now and my favourite one is a T.Rex album called Tanx. It is a split half blue half red vinyl and it just looks so cool. But be aware that if you buy picture discs, yes they look cool but they don't sound too good. I tend to avoid buying picture discs to play because they can have poor sound quality as these records are basically a picture sheet sandwiched between two pieces of very thin clear plastic. I do have a few picture discs but I don't play them. If it's an album I really like, like T.Rex or The Beatles, what I've done before is I buy a standard copy of the album to play and I've hung the picture discs on my bedroom wall. I think picture discs just look great and they do make really cool wall art.

I always try to get black variants. Easier to clean, easier to see the grooves, and less surface noise. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that all my coloured vinyl is noisier than my black vinyl. I actually tested this just a few weeks ago. Pure carbon is much more stable than the compounds they use to colour the record. Results were conclusive. Good video BTW

Amazing! thanks for share this video, really helpful

Hey, keep up the good work. You've grow so much. Very educational and well spoken.

This was actually really helpful thank you!!

I love step one. The reason why I’m even getting into vinyl is because I love hip hop. Sure I could just listen to it on RU-vid for free, but I wanna get into vinyl because then I’ll have a way to listen to my music in a physical way. I’ll also get to listen to my music when the internet is out or some songs get removed. Great video, loved your personality 😄👍💯

im so glad that i stumbled upon your video! im 19 and I’m just starting to collect vinyl records and im so happy to be a part of the vinyl community! i hope more gen Z’s will appreciate vinyl records. :)) although its so expensive😅

I'm impressed with your knowledge.

I’m 18 just graduated and I’m brand new to vinyl I only have 6 records at the moment but this is a great introduction into the hobby thank you

Wow, thank you so much for this video, sooo helpful 😘

Cool video with some great tips. I personally started out with an all in one system made by a company called Voksun, which are pretty much similar to Crosley turntables, which I quickly realised was not doing any favours to my vinyl records. I decided to purchase an Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB with a pair of Edifier R1280T. I've found this to be a great combination & I'm really loving the sound quality I'm getting from this setup, especially as my turntable has a lot of upgrade options.

Excellent video! Enjoy your lifelong analog adventure, it's a lot of fun

This is great content! there's a surprising absence of this topic on RU-vid - thank you

i am trying to get in to vinyl and i find u very helpfull and i find it funny this video was posted on my birthday

idk why, but watching this made me happy

I have a local record store near me and its so cool. Lots of used records for a great price! I got an Elvis Presley original press for 7 dollars

I’ve only been collecting for about 3 months so I’m a total newbie, yet I have learned a ton already. Still don’t have any 12” singles. I finally got my first box set 2 days ago

Thank you! This helped me so much!!!!

So just before lockdown I logged my entire collection on discogs. Just a tip but be prepared to get contacts or glasses after peering into dead wax for weeks on end. lol lol.

To start your collection buy vinyl you want to listen to. Don’t let anyone tell you want records you need or ‘must have’. Love it, play it, look after it, play it more, love it more. Enjoy. Also I love your Smiths collection so jealous.

I'll be picking up the Rumours vinyl, can't wait.

Fellow Aussie newbie vinyl collector here! Loved this video and how you explained things. Thank you x

nice quality knowledge over here, not many understands those principles, keep up the great work :)

The LP120 was one of the best purchases I've ever made! Love ur vids :))

Being in India, starting the Vinyl journey has been very costly for me. Still keeping up with help of Discogs and online videos like this. Thank you. 🙏🏻

started my vinyl collection and im at around 20 records now! this video helped so much!!

Great video, very helpful. 🙏

i was scared that this was going to be overly long and not get to the point but you didn't do that and i'm grateful

I start to collect since last mounth and I have now 20 LP's, I have a turntable like Crosley Cruiser and a LL Audio 140 to improve the sound, and I'm very happy with this. Thanks for share your journey and you have a great taste of music

This was super helpful for me as someone just starting out. Great that you’re a fellow Aussie too haha

Thank you for this!! 😃

I would definitely say that colored vinyl equals less quality is 100% myth. Some picture discs can have a lot of backround noise, i think that somewhere along the line these two have been mixed up. Been buying vinyl since the early 80’s.

I was surprised you made another video so close to your move. Kinda thought you might not post for a while...but very glad you did!

I’ve been collecting for 10 years my friend! If you have any future questions on collecting feel free to ask! All the best! :D

It's also good to put the vinyl record so that the part of the inner sleeve that is open is facing up so that the record won't fall out or damage the spine of the album.

Great video! I am relatively new to record collecting, so I thought this was very informative.

Super helpful. Thanks 🙏

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This was very informative thank you

Im a 13 year old vinyl collector and i CANNOT EVEN I LOVE COLLECTING SPINNING LISTENING , STARRING AND CLEANING VINYL! SO MUCH FUN 💖💖😭

Great overview for beginners!

I absolutely love record stores but I live so far from everything that my trips to them are very rare. Consequentially discogs and eBay are my main sources. Another source are record dealers who sell through old fashioned lists and little catalogs. As a lifelong collector I have a number of those guys I get records from. They mostly date from the really old days of Goldmine magazine and Discoveries. So...just laying out my various ways of snatching up vinyl. Also Bandcamp! I have an order for a new record from that source right now.

I’m14 years old and would like to listen music on vinyl rather than digitally! So this video was very helpful! Thanks!

My dad found my mums old records the other day and im so happy about it i had about 20 before I have like 100 now

as someone whos owned records and a player since I was 13 this video would've really helped me back then! Luckily I'm mostly interested in collecting for my own tastes so any damage I did is irrelevant, but oh well it's defo a learning curve.

I just ordered my first vinyl (it’s the folklore running on waters edition). I also am gonna order Dodies build a problem album

That "hi, everyonnnnne" at the beginning was beautiful. Lovely singing voice. Re: vinyl - I've been using vinyl for more years than I care to admit, and the advice you offer in this video is all good advice for a beginner. This being the internet, there will be loads of good info elsewhere to continue on your hobby/journey, so I'll spare you my own ideas. I'm curious about the powered-speakers thing, though, as my setup has always been old school: turntable > amplifier > speakers. CDs can be mastered to sound great, but for some stupid reason most labels out there just keep releasing crap-sounding CDs, so vinyl often beats them in sound quality, especially for old music. As an example, my old 80s Iron Maiden vinyl is still much better sounding than any later digital release - sad but true. Sigh.

I started collecting music boxes because of the kind of sound they make and a specific song i wanted to hear again, i think that’s gonna happen again but with this. And I’m still collecting music boxes.

You'll get the best out of your lp120 by putting it though a amplifier and speaker system , great choice of turntable too!

Just found this video! Thank you so much! Do you maybe have an updated video if anything has changed as far as turntable/speakers?

Keep it simple: buy what you like to hear, don't care about it's future worth, just enjoy the music!

learnt so much!! thank you 😇

I wear antistatic gloves when handling my records, a nice little investment to care for my delicate collection. Cool video!

love the video!! I'm also new to record collecting but I'd like to mention that colored vinyl doesn't hinder the sound quality at all! every record is made using pvc and colored pvc is the same quality as black! 🧡

You can also use passive speakers, if get a receiver. There not expensive, and very good. Them you have more choices in speakers. Most inexpensive receivers have the phono preamplifier, amplifier built in. You can use more different types of turntables using receivers. I love your videos, thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful day or night.

Thanks so much for this video, been collecting for about a year and it was really helpful. Also, nice shirt, I love Andy Warhol, he's my favorite artist!

Nice video! Just FYI: There are 7" discs that play at 33 RPMs, and 12" discs that play at 45 RPMs.

if you are planning to purchase the samson mediaone bt3 active loudspeakers which only come with a volume control, i suggest to pair them with a cheap (usually china made) tube preamp. the latter comes with a bass and treble control to tweak the sound to your taste. i am sure you will not regret my suggestion.

Starting out I would go with the turntable you mentioned and add a used 1990s Amplifier and speakers combination (Sherwood/Pioneer/Kenwood etc) which are relatively cheap, reliable and great sounding.

Well done, as an OLD record collector I have to say you were brilliant, the only thing I would pick you up on is take you records out of paper inner sleeves (keep them) and put them into anti-static inner sleeves and put them at the back of your PVC cover NOT in the sleeve, pulling them in and out of the sleeve will damage the sleeve over time, saying that more power to you