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My dad got his (the one I use) at Sam Ash for about $350 (insurance paid for it I believe as the old one got hit by lightning).

I find that some electronics stores sell them as they are coming back into style. They had some nice RCA cd/turntable combos for less than $200. Some stores that sell vinyl also sell record players.

leebgb wrote:Could anyone give me any information on where or how to find a good record player? If I went out tomorrow to get one, I'd have no idea what I was looking for.

Try going to Froogle and search using the keywords "phonograph" and "turntable". The results are linked below, I got more hits by searching for "turntable".

Phonograph:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=pho ... ch+Froogle

Turntable:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=tur ... tnG=Search

I recently saw a two turntable DJ set up in Circuit Sh*tty but that's the only time I've seen a turntable in a store in recent memory. I've been buying a lot of new vinyl lately so I'm in dire need of a turntable myself but I'm not going to make that investment until I'm on higher ground away from Hurricane country (coastal NC).

i collect a lot of records and a i usually find them at flea markets, the most i ever paid for one was for a still package, and had the insert, and was excellent condition was the beatles srgt. peppers lonely hearts club band it was 20.00. far as jimmy buffett, they all have in the insert and are in excellent condition, 2 son of son's, living and dyin in 3/4 time, A1A, Volcano, coconut telegraph,changes in attitudes, havanna daydreamin,and on particular harbour

Does anyone else remember that when Hot Water came out, there was a flyer/insert included for a contest to attend a "Private Jimmy Buffett Concert on Private Island"?

Obviously I mailed it in and entered but I never heard or saw anything further about that contest.

Does anyone else remember this? I've asked a lot of people and I appear to be the only one who remembers this. I need confirmation that I'm not starting to lose my mind.

surfpirate wrote:Does anyone else remember that when Hot Water came out, there was a flyer/insert included for a contest to attend a "Private Jimmy Buffett Concert on Private Island"?

Obviously I mailed it in and entered but I never heard or saw anything further about that contest.

Does anyone else remember this? I've asked a lot of people and I appear to be the only one who remembers this. I need confirmation that I'm not starting to lose my mind.

Yep, I remember it. I'm not sure what ever became of it though. That'd be another good question for the Ask Jimmy feature that was running at Margaritaville.com for a while.

Parrot Monkey wrote:My dad got his (the one I use) at Sam Ash for about $350 (insurance paid for it I believe as the old one got hit by lightning).

Why were you using the record player outside during a thunderstorm?

Jahfin wrote:

surfpirate wrote:Does anyone else remember that when Hot Water came out, there was a flyer/insert included for a contest to attend a "Private Jimmy Buffett Concert on Private Island"?

Obviously I mailed it in and entered but I never heard or saw anything further about that contest.

Does anyone else remember this? I've asked a lot of people and I appear to be the only one who remembers this. I need confirmation that I'm not starting to lose my mind.

Yep, I remember it. I'm not sure what ever became of it though. That'd be another good question for the Ask Jimmy feature that was running at Margaritaville.com for a while.

Thanks Jahfin. I knew I wasn't losing my memory. The other thing I remember so well about the Hot Water album was the shock of seeing a clean shaven Jimmy on the cover for the first time.

Thanks for all the input guys! I'll have to go out and look at some turntables.

I went to a used record shop today (I didn't buy anything) and they were sold out of Buffett. They had a copy of James Taylor's 'Gorilla' for $3 and quite a bit of Van Morrison. The copies of 'Moondance' and 'His Band' were $8 a piece and the vinyl looked brand new.

I was definetly surprised at the new vinyl prices. Van's 'Pay the Devil' was $12.99 while Neil Young's 'Prarie Wind' was $37.99.

Parrot Monkey, do you still need a copy of Gorilla on vinyl? I'd be happy to get that one for you and ship it your way if you need it. I've got no problem spending $3 for a fellow parrothead.

I had some time today so I did a "sweep" at a local antique mall. One of the best in a long time. For $3 each I collected:
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
Volcano
Last Mango
OPH
A1A
Somewhere over China
All have the origional sleeves and all are in very good condition.
I'm a happy boy,
John

I had to go back to the above shop to pick something up for a friend and found:
SOASOAS
Coco Tele
Again $3 with origional sleeves.
John

Nice finds. Especially being able to locate the vinyl editions before MCA got their paws on 'em.

Even though I have Jimmy's entire catalog on CD and most of the music

on my laptop and MP3 player, I still like to sometimes listen to the older

stuff on vinyl. It just sounds so warm. It's like a time machine. Theres

just something romantic and cool about. Like others on this post I would

recommend it to anyone that hasn't tried it. I haven't had much luck

finding LP's anywhere other that e-bay. It seems like with shipping I'm

paying around $8-12 per record. This is a little more than some of you

lucky peeps but still well worth it. As a bonus the cover art and liner notes

are a lot of fun as well. Like Jah says try to get your paws on the

ABC/Dunhill stuff.

PWI
The sound aside, as has been said before, the origional art and liner notes on LPs are worth the price.
Good luck in your hunt!
John

Don't you all think it would have been a lot easier buying the records when they actually came out?

Travis McGee wrote:Don't you all think it would have been a lot easier buying the records when they actually came out?

Sure, if you were ALIVE at the time!

Circuit City has a small selection of turntables. They even have one that will convert your LPs to digital, record it onto a cd. There is also equipment out there that you can run your turntable thru to the computer and onto cd.

For those that would love to see Buffett's back catalog restored to it's proper conditon please visit Parrot Monkey's site at http://www.buffettremasters.com There you will find contact info so we can let Buffett's people know we'd love to see his CDs go under a massive reissue campaign complete with bonus tracks, remastered sound and restored artwork.

Not a Buffett find, but I just found an extreme rarity yesterday....

I found a vinyl copy of "Starfleet Project".

I just found mint copies of "Last Mango" and CILCIA (gatefold) for $8 at a store on northside Chicago