Discogs is your friend.
Biggest online database of pretty much every single record every made, together with all the places (globally) where you can get a copy.
Amazon’s not for vinyl. Discogs is. Massive, and most of the big shops (including for example Hardwax) have active accounts on Discogs.
Why are you regretting it? I have never had a problem.
Discogs is good for used - of course ebay you can find whatever the hell you want (where’s the fun in that?). Juno.co.uk is pretty good if you want new / more underground stuff.
I have also used chemical-records from the UK.
I recommend Discogs as well. Great site for vinyl!
CD and LP is good also (www.cdandlp.com).
As for Amazon I decided to boycott them due to how they treat their employees. I don’t want to be part of that…
Why not try also your local vinyl dealer? Some still exist (there’s still a small local shop in my city!), most are passionate, and they can give you great advice.
Why are you regretting it? I have never had a problem.[/quote]
some sense of _amazon can’t sell me everything…
and mostly just wanting to explore new options.
I usually try to go directly from the label. If they don’t have a place to buy they usually have a distributor, such as with LIES http://alldayrecords.com/lies.shtml which IMO is not the best way to do it.
+1 on juno.co.uk for anybody who’s uk based. I’ve spent more than I’d care to admit with them over the years!
Also went direct to Bleep for Syro though.
Discogs is brilliant for things that are plentiful and commonplace, but as soon as things get a little bit rare, the prices go up like mad. However, sometimes people let you make them an offer.
For rare things, I prefer to bid it out on ebay. The downsides of ebay are that it takes time, rejection, heart-ache and nerves of steel.