My Vinyl Purchasing Experience

So as many of you know I have recently got into records, and that means that I also need to start to build a collection of records.
I ventured into HMV Bath, and found the vinyl section, I had only intended to buy a cheap one.

Once I stared looking I thought to self oh sh*t, there are so many to choose from. I said to myself I would stay away from the charts, as one of the reason of converting to vinyl was to stop listening to commercial garbage, don't get me wrong I love some of the music on the charts, after all there is a reason it is on the charts after all.

After looking through every genre, and artist alphabetically I found nothing but rubbish looking ones, I looked again carefully,  and got my iPhone out, and listened to a few tracks from every vinyl that slightly appealed to me.

After around 2 hours of scurrying I found the two which I thought would be most suitable for myself, the records I found were The Magic Whip, by Blur, and The XX, by XX. I found I funny how they were at the opposite end of the alphabet, but you know how things are.

I went to the checkout and was asked if I would like to get a vinyl brush to get all of the crud out of the groves, and to prolong the life of the records, I accepted his offer, and he then asked me if I wanted to get a HMV loyalty card, I said yes, then he told me that it would cost £3, but assured me that it would pay off in no time, so I said I would get it anyway. The total came to £54, and I had no idea how I had spent so much on just a few vinyls, but after checking the receipt the album came to £25, and the single vinyl was £18, the bush was £8, and the card was £3.

I decided to get the vinyls in store instead of online because I thought it would be nice to feel, touch, and just to get a general sense of the vast variety that is available.

I had told my grand dad about my experience, and the first thing he said what's "do they still make those?" after telling that most albums are still produced on vinyl now he told me how it was very reminiscent of the days when he was in his youth, and used to go to the vinyl shop every Saturday, and spend far too much, although the vinyls back then were closer to £1.50, instead of £20!

In conclusion I found that I need to be careful in future of my vinyl spending and limit myself to just 1 record per visit.