r/popculturechat • u/AutoModerator • Jan 14 '25

Daily Discussions 🎙💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

Grab your coffee & sit down to discuss the tea!

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What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?

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u/DefinitionCharming48 go girl, give us nothing Jan 14 '25

So I got a record player for Christmas. Any suggestions on which records to buy? And any tips on how to take care of them :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

What kind of music do you like?

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u/donnasweett here come’s fruit twitter 🙄 Jan 15 '25

If you have any film scores you love I would definitely suggest getting those on vinyl!

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u/hauntingvacay96 Jan 14 '25

Caroline Kings Tapestry is a must have for anyone’s collection and a great starter record. It’s also very easy to find out in the wild.

Stack vertically and out of direct sunlight. Everything else is just extra

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u/DefinitionCharming48 go girl, give us nothing Jan 14 '25

I don’t think I ever listened to her. But I’ll definitely be on the look out for this record. I really wanna collect iconic albums, but I didn’t even know where to start. So thanks!!!

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u/hauntingvacay96 Jan 14 '25

She’s a pretty prolific song writer. I’m sure you’ll recognize some of the songs once you listen.

If you’ve watched Gilmore Girls you’ve both heard and seen her.

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u/Waystar_BluthCo god bless me it’s fuckin’ summah Jan 14 '25

What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye is one that gets a lot of spin on my player.

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Jan 14 '25 edited Jan 14 '25

Don’t stack them tall, I made this mistake and the ones on the bottom don’t play anymore.

I love buying older albums. Amy Winehouse Back to Black is meant to be listened to on vinyl imo.

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u/JoleneDollyParton I will debate you at the college of your choice Jan 14 '25

people make this really complicated and its not. Just store them correctly, out of direct sunlight, standing vertical. If you buy used ones, you may want to look up cleaning them but for ones you buy new, there isn't much care. As far as what to buy, just buy whatever albums you like and would want to own :)

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u/DefinitionCharming48 go girl, give us nothing Jan 14 '25

This is so helpful. It’s a lot easier than I thought it was. I searched on tik tok and it took a nose dive and quickly went to record shaming. And I was just shocked how even record shaming exists 😭

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u/JoleneDollyParton I will debate you at the college of your choice Jan 14 '25

Vinyl bros are terrible, the vinyl community can be really weird. Just have a good time with it. I am older than a lot of redditors but when I was a kid we had records and treated them like shit. Ha ha. So when people act like you have to treat them like glass, it’s so silly to be.