Metal Record Fair Shopping Trip! - November 2023

[@meandtheboyz281]

0:57 I love dinosaur jr. It’s cool to see they pressed fossils on vinyl

[@meiko_kaji]

Nice. You didn’t waste any time getting into it. Expensive! Shame you went through all that trouble. A few good grabs although I agree expectations are usually high for a physical record fair!

[@ExplosiveAction]

It was worth the (relatively easy) trip in to get those three, for sure. But damn expensive from that one particular seller.

[@drakal77]

Interesting as always! You should make a video about how you clean your records...

[@ExplosiveAction]

Look at my Audiophile video from last year, I show exactly how I do it

[@drakal77]

@@ExplosiveAction I remember I saw that video but forgot you were talking cleaning vinyls! Thanks, i'll re-watch it!

[@666Deicide]

Yes I’m a Canadian and I absolutely Love Anninilator❤❤❤

[@ExplosiveAction]

Quality band!

[@Vlade2002]

Nice channel Simon! Would like to see your collection in full, but I’ll scroll through and take a look 😊 These prices are ridiculous for some of the records, robbery!

[@ExplosiveAction]

There's a 2023 mancave tour video you can watch, but you might want to wait for the updated one in January 2024!

[@Vlade2002]

@@ExplosiveAction Thanls, yes I saw one of the tour videos, the recent one, but I will wait for 2024 tour!

[@lukemiles04]

not long after this video came out I found that savage hyperactive record for £15 (28.71aud) and bought it because of this video

[@ExplosiveAction]

Fantastic mate. Always love hearing people taking my recommendations!

[@marc.g.with.a.c.]

Yeah… some of those prices were ridiculous mate… & understandable why it would put you off a little… but the 3 you did bring home were well worth the trip I’d say! It’s a boo from me too Simon, lol… ‘Extreme Aggression’ is an utter Thrashterpiece!🤘🏻

[@ExplosiveAction]

Haha! People seem to think I'm shitting on it! I wouldn't have bought it if I hated it lol.

[@albertampel4175]

I´m so glad I still got my OG Thrash records from the late 80´s and early 90´s! When I see the prices now... I don´t know what to say... I´ve never seen a silver Roadrunnner logo, so thank you for that. I´m with Marty, "Extreme..." is a gem! Second best German Thrash album of all time! ...after Destruction´s "Release from Agony", of course, hehehe...

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yeah I wonder how many have this silver label! My favourite German thrash album is Obsessed by Cruelty :D

[@waxwiresnwaves]

Thanks for the video and congrats on the finds, nice set of records. I went to a record fair in the UK recently, and both the records I were interested in, once taken out the sleeves were way to beat up for the price. Hoping for better luck at a fair in Brighton later in the month.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yeah that's always the gamble. I found Possessed Seven Churches last year but the LP itself was in terrible condition for the price

[@waxwiresnwaves]

@@ExplosiveAction such a shame! All part of the highs and lows of this great hobby.

[@RFPEJ999]

Record fairs have become just like garage sales. Ebay prices ++

[@ExplosiveAction]

The internet makes everyone think they are holding onto gold!

[@peterrech2307]

I agree with about record prices. Record fairs, antique stores, used record bins and charity hops prices are an absolute joke. That album by Ironhorse was a Canadian band led by Randy Bachman of Guess Who/Bachman Turner Overdrive fame. A little harder rock than B TO.

[@ExplosiveAction]

The Ironhorse cover was pretty cool!

[@thegrimmfluencer]

Some of those prices were fucking crazy. Extreme Aggression is an absolute belter, probably my lfavourite Kreator.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Seems to be a lot of people's favourite!

[@thegrimmfluencer]

@@ExplosiveAction That being said, the first four are total masterpieces of Thrash!

[@CBT5777]

Are Iron Maiden album originals really selling for 100+ bucks? wow I have loads of them. I scored that Death Symbolic 1st press on Ebay a couple years ago for 52 bucks at auction. I was so happy. It's near mint/near mint too. A real score!

[@ExplosiveAction]

That's a real score, but this was a reissue from 2011! For $400!

[@CBT5777]

Wow, that must be a really great sounding version for that price. Must be a Rob Ludwig SS Hot press version! lol @@ExplosiveAction

[@cristianosorio2517]

Hi Simon!! it's always a fun thing to go to one of this record fair with the idea of getting a good record for a fair price, however sadly it appears it’s a global issue (inflated prices)..... well at least you got three really cool records. cheers and be well

[@ExplosiveAction]

Thanks mate. Yeah I'm really happy with what I got, but pretty unhappy overall at the market experience these days

[@TheTigerQuoll]

Those prices are why i only buy CD's now and the nonsense of over charging is creeping into CD original prints.Every time nostalgia items go into hyperinflation it usually proceeds an economic collapse from observation.

[@ExplosiveAction]

It's a real shame, and yes definitely affecting CDs now too. It will all come around again at some point hopefully.

[@markgreene1162]

Yeah I bought both reissues from one of my favorite labels MOV for Alice in hell and Never neverland and they both sound great but what do you expect it's music on vinyl. Can't wait for your OG thrash pick-up.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yeah MOV do good work. Nearly broke down and got their Toxik reissues but I may as well hang out for the originals at this point!

[@maikelvoors9348]

Record fairs are the best. A highlight in the year! Pay no postage, dont wait for mailman. Take it straight home!

[@ExplosiveAction]

I agree! But when it is cheaper for me to buy it online from Denmark for nearly half the price, I'll wait the two weeks.

[@wavesnowaves]

I hope that was a mocha from the mocha lady at central.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Hahahah!!! I miss that mocha lady! I also miss paying $2.50 for a large coffee!

[@silviodraco9393]

Super quedaron de show.👌👍

[@franciskocher200]

Crazy prices😱😱😱

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yep!

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Being a music lover and record collector in Australia is getting really tough. And shipping prices are outrageous, i used to get albums shipped from Germany really cheap a few years ago, now shipping often costs more than the album. Those albums can sit there forever at that price as far as im concerned. I go to 1 or 2 record fairs a year and look online (because my local stores suck balls) and im lucky if i buy 4 albums a year now, just ridiculous prices. Like everything these things move in cycles and greed and fear are at play, im patient ill wait for the hype to drop and the cycle to swing then ill start buying again.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Too true, I'm really hoping it calms down again at some point

[@RichardWolfe79]

“Load of shit” 😂

[@ExplosiveAction]

Glad someone liked that lol

[@spencergrady5501]

With you on Extreme Aggression. Terrible Certainty is the one for me.

[@ExplosiveAction]

The first four Kreator are all great but something has to be last place, and it sure as hell isn't Pleasure to Kill.

[@MrRacoon666]

Yes, prices are becoming ridiculous. People think they are sitting on gold. You have to price stuff to move it

[@ExplosiveAction]

Absolutely right!

[@southportrocker]

I really like Discogs as you mentioned however it really has ruined the pricing of second hand records especially when you go in to a store. I like record shopping, though the pricing is ridiculous & can only think they're pricing off Discogs. Sucks. Good pick ups. Glad you got a good deal on those albums.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Cheers man, yeah definitely under discogs median for the three I got - Annihilator especially so!

[@under-one-flag]

The prices are a piss take !

[@ExplosiveAction]

Pretty sad state of affairs

[@utterlybrilliant]

Holy shit, $130 for SOD. I had two OG Megaforce pressings of it last year and sold one to Beatdisc in Parramatta for $60. This seller is taking the piss. I also bought that Gothic Slam record at a fair about 10 years ago for $10-15. I refuse to believe in 10 years that they got more popular to warrant that price lol

[@ExplosiveAction]

Oh man I'd have paid you $60 for that SOD haha.

[@bvdaussiemetalhead9338]

WTF is with some of those prices, tell him he’s dreaming😝Petra is some Christian hard rock I believe, seen a copy of it at my fair😝Way more thrash at your fair than the one I visited. Gothic Slam would have come home with me 🤘cool finds mate!! We are the OG kings🤘🤘

[@Kataxu]

YEp! Petra is basically a Christian version of Journey

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yeah that Gothic Slam was in my hands for a bit, another time!

[@666Deicide]

Good old Savage I have their first on dubbed on cassette and that Kreator extreme aggression I really don’t care for either awesome pick ups😮❤

[@ExplosiveAction]

I love the Kreator, don't want to give the wrong impression, it's just my least favourite!

[@warlordwossman5722]

Some sellers really just cart around their vinyl at inflated prices and hope somebody who doesn't use the internet bites eventually. As for teutonic thrash the Kreator album is solid but for me the early work of Sodom is magical, probably biased to the first wave black metal roots in Obsessed by Cruelty and In the Sign of Evil, the thrash in their music came through a lot more the years after - just recently got Persecution Mania on CD finally. Oh and random recommendation from this year in case you feel like it: Flight - Echoes Of Journeys Past! Mix of heavy metal and hard rock with a lush sound to it, def stumbled upon it by surprise checking the webstore of dying victims productions.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Absolutely with you on Sodom. That first EP and album are my favourites from the German scene.

[@under-one-flag]

Oh mate that Annihilator is immense !!!! Top ten thrash album for me

[@ExplosiveAction]

It's so good. I should have picked it up years ago

[@under-one-flag]

@@ExplosiveAction yeah I originally bought the tape when it first came out as I didn't get a cd player till the next year

[@under-one-flag]

I have the first 5 Cannibal Corpse on NESI

[@ExplosiveAction]

Nice! They do good reissues

[@This-Is-Music]

Oohh... you got lucky Annihilator-wise, eh? :D

[@ExplosiveAction]

Great album!

[@benng4376]

At a locale like that they should be charging 75% of Discogs average price max.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Absolutely in agreement. It's very annoying to see this happening at fairs that only have foot traffic to sell to.

[@brownpaste]

Australia

[@ExplosiveAction]

@@brownpaste there is definitely an Australian Metal Tax out here

[@GodOvGrind666]

Hey now, Load is highly underrated.

[@ExplosiveAction]

I actually re-picked the cd up for 80c just yesterday. Some good deep cuts, some okay singles, and a couple of crappers

[@meiko_kaji]

Kraft dinner is a box dinner of macaroni and “cheese”. Just add hot water. Like the 🇺🇸 version of instant ramen, only worse. Much worse.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yep, just as it was written in the liner notes haha. I think we can get it here but I've no interest in it - would much rather ramen!

[@BronsonTheCat]

“Load of shit!” exactly what I thought when I first listened to that album. Petra is some Christian rock band. Best avoided! Sometimes blokes are being forced to sell stuff to appease their misses so they price items high so they don’t sell. No don’t they have their balls in their misses purse.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Hah! I wonder how accurate that might be with the record fairs. Price a Death album at $400, "sorry honey it didn't sell". Interesting.

[@mendicantmedia]

$400 for a crap era Death reissue! I hope you told him he was dreamin’

[@ExplosiveAction]

Jousting sticks?!

[@josedias1387]

... I saw two amzing King Crimson albums there... early King Crimson is fantastic, not metal but great music and musicians.

[@GodOvGrind666]

Petra is a legendary Christian Rock band.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Legendary and Christian Rocks seems at odds with itself!

[@michaelodonnell2976]

Record fair dealers back here in the US are usually terrible with pricing also. Sadly it appears it’s a global issue 😬 Discogs is amazing but unfortunately people take advantage of it

[@ExplosiveAction]

Yep indeed. Discogs is a great tool but there should be a difference between "price I can get if I post this to Germany" versus "price I can get if I only sell to Sydney".

[@michaelodonnell2976]

Exactly. And if you feel like someone’s going to buy it online for an absurd price, sell it online. I swear I feel I have to tell certain vendors Sorry I don’t have 400 dollars to just throw down on vinyl😂

[@GodOvGrind666]

👍👍👍👍

[@Hicks-g1m]

I like Metallica's load Simon not the best but I still enjoy some of the songs on their I need more of my Canadian metal music from my home country Simon 😈😈

[@ExplosiveAction]

Get some Exciter and Sacrifice!

[@Hicks-g1m]

I'll get some of them for sure thanks 👍👍😈😈@@ExplosiveAction

[@zombiTrout]

Petra is a Christian rock band from the 70’s and 80’s.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Which explains why I have never heard of them lol

[@zombiTrout]

@@ExplosiveAction I have no idea how I know that…

[@glendiesel2255]

Petra is a Christian rock band late 70's mid 80's. Yeah kinda on the prog side. Not bad though. Some cool choices there Simon. Sucks about some of the prices. Cheers 🍻🤘🤘

[@ExplosiveAction]

Cheers mate! I'm happy with what I got!

[@cliffordthevinylcheapskate351]

The strategy of setting prices as high as possible is dumb. Doesn't it make more sense to sell a few decently priced records and have happy customers then sell nothing and insult your customers intelligence? You can have as many cool ass over priced records as you want but at a certain point your just holding them hostage and making no money.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Absolutely agree. That type of seller is hoping for a nostalgic metalhead with more money than brains.

[@jerryl2627]

I'm in the U.S., but I can tell those are insanely overpriced

[@ExplosiveAction]

Definitely those ones I called out were!