Awesome stories. I’d love to see a room tour. I had a similar experience. A very close friend asked me one day if I wanted some records about 3-4 thousand. The contents of a local college radio station. When I arrived there with a car load of boxes it turned out to be closer to 35,000-40,000 records. He just laughed at me. Figured I’d say no if he told me the truth. My wife was not pleased. The station was there since the sixties and the records were discontinued in the late 90s when they converted to CDs. Loads of promos and test pressings many unplayed. I can’t remember how many trips I made in my Ford Taurus transporting them all to his house and mine. I actually broke the suspension in the car doing this. I’m still selling these on eBay and found some real gems. I never throw records away, they make great tax deductions by donating them to goodwill. . A lot of music I got to listen to that otherwise I’d never have heard. He passed away shortly after that and I still miss him. I smile when I see that mountain of records and think of the fun we had getting them.

Academy Records in NYC used to take their unsellable records, package them up in brown paper so you couldn't see what was in the package, and offer the packages for free. Each customer could take one package, but you had to promise not to open it up until you got home. The records were not trash, just titles that would never sell at any price.

Good video, great advise. Also, don’t be afraid to walk away. There’s always another deal down the road. Thanks for posting and keep digging

Some good advice and insight into the not so glamorous aspect of records.

Can you give a ballpark of what you paid? That would help a whole lot for others trying to accumulate that amount of volume .

Love the bkg music. I collected Floyd boots when I was in high school. Love those early '72 shows! Great video too!

I’m so glad I stumbled across your channel. I live in Concord so I will definitely be on the lookout for your pop-ups. Oh, and that story was crazy but glad it all worked out.

Too many record sellers these days online, not enough buyers, market is flooded, values are dropping fast! look out!

Wow, sounds like a nightmare. I'm thinking of opening a store of my own soon and I'm trying to build up an inventory. I ran into a guy recently that says he has a collection of 10,000+ records he wants to unload. Problem is, he lives 600 miles away from me. These pitfalls are things I'll keep in mind. Cheers!

I appreciated this story and video. The information was very valuable even though I'm not a record dealer I have been trying to buy a large collection but haven't made much headway yet. The tips you gave may have saved me from a big mistake. Keep up the great videos. P.S. I loved the "soundtrack" to this video too.

Cool and thanks for sharing!

When you buy an inventory that large how do you ensure quality (that the records arent' damaged, scrateched etc.) Do you look at each record?

How, do you buy soooo much records... Where do you shop, if you dont mind me asking...?

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Learned some valuable stuff!

Fascinating story Sounds like an experience you'll definitely look at in future and scratch your head That is a LOT of vinyl Cool story and interesting collection of record store day stuff

"Only pay for what you see", sounds obvious but when you're dealing in volumes it must be very easy to forget. Thanks for sharing Dillon, gotta be sharp when dealing in records! Cheers- Dean

Crazy story! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for doing this story video, man! Was just thinking about getting into this new venture of owning a record store here in my country...(and after watching this, I'd think twice LOL) God bless you and good luck!

I figured something like this would be a next step for you! Congrats. I see Dr. John behind you I'm interested in :) but thanks for sharing your experience. I mapped out how I would run a business with vinyl but it wouldn't scale to much profit. It would only be for the love and I'm worried a business would ruin the fun of the hobby. I liked how you handled the guy at different points along the way. I think you did the best you could as the situation progressed. I'd like to fund one of those original peaches record crates too. I use actul peaches crates now. I'll shop your discogs store if you have one or feature you on records stores across America of you open a store.

i bought 1200 records of soul disco funk rap and all kinds of rock...for a hundred bucks!....what a score!

looking for any les brow n and band of renown records

Crazy! That sure does sound like a ton of work. I'd imagine you had many all-nighters working through those boxes.

Kudos for hanging in on such a transaction. Most do not realize that your ROI isn't gonna happen in a week or two.

Fascinating stories from a fascinating business!

Do you have any Parliament or Funkadelic records in NM condition?

You make even a downer story engaging and kinda fun. I love your videos to the point where I want to drive from home in upstate NY just to go through your shop. So much that I'm starting to remember to hit the 'like' button hahaaa. Don't be surprised if you see an order from me just because its people like you I want to support.

great story man, you did good and kept your cool as much as you could!!!! i could listen t o more stories like this easily

Now that the dust has settled so to speak did you come out ahead with this particular deal ? That was a drag that he turned out to be less than honest. Were the used records in decent shape ?

Need one of those sweaters here in London!

What a story. I have some words about that guy...geesh. Great inventory, though!

You have more patience than me Dylan. KILLER long sleeve shirt!

Wow that is an incredible collection.

Wow! I would have walked away from the first guy. I would have told him "A third of the volume a third of the price! That's fair...you misrepresented how much you have." I also would have shown him the money and said "Half now and the other half when it's loaded." That may work, feel free to use it. When it comes to garbage vinyl I have two questions. First could you sell not playable records for decour either in volume (like 50 count or 100 count) or weight? Also since vinyl is reground and reused in facotories, could you sell crap records and recycle the vinyl? I'm curious from a reduce/reuse aspect of less waste and also more money for you.

Nice score! I checked Your website,but I didn't see a link to Your Discogs page.

Next time slap the figure four on them. Woooo!

Love your videos, I just fell into a collection of some 400 vinyls, all M, NM from early 60s to mid, late 80s. I have 15 of your 20 most asked for, looking to sell, but I live near Kent, Ohio, but I'm old school and tech ignorant or challenged. So I'm looking for some advice.

I won a Peaches record crate answering a trivia question on a radio station in South Carolina when I was about 14. Wish I still had it, but was cool to see the one on the end of the uhaul truck.

Cool story,, thanks for sharing

I have over 350 records myself! From the Temptations, to Herb Albert, Stevie Wonder to the Jacksons, Tony Bennett to Andy Williams, Grover Washington, JR to Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye to the Marvelettes, Jennifer Warnes to Dionne Warwick, Cameo to Switch, the list resumes! I've bought them at Goodwill, and a record store in Long Beach, CA called Fingerprints! Went there in January last year, and haven't went ever since! They all, are sitting at my better half's house. I've listened to vinyl ever since a youngster. My first 45 vinyls were Michael Jackson "Beat It", and Deniece Williams "Let's Hear It For The Boy"...One of the best birthday gifts I received on my 6th birthday was a WKRP phonograph my mom got me! If I still had it, I'd feel very sentimental! My first vinyls I bought at my nearest Goodwill 10 years ago next month, were Randy Crawford "Abstract Emotions", Grover Washington Jr "Baddest", and Tom Scott "Intimate Strangers". Haven't played them in over a month, and haven't been to my soul mate's house since last month because of the excruciating social distancing.

Hi I'm Trish I'm a long time music lover and just subbed your channel! Trish

"Sarrah Loves To Get OFF"...LOL!

Wow what a haul! In my last video but one I showed a large haul that I got cheaply but it would amount to a tiny fraction of what you got there. I'd be sleeping on the couch for eternity if I ever came home with many records. Ha. Interesting story! Cheers

Do you have any Smashing Pumpkins for sale?

Horror story but you live and learn.Nice back to the future picture disk I spotted in there. I thought I had problems with my modest collection my heart and back goes to ya lol

Does this dude live in Charlotte lol I live in havelock NC lets go look for some records bud

Your stories are always entertaining. thank You. You're quite the record slinger. I live vicariously thru your videos. Are your lots bought generally, at pennies on the dollar?

That's an insane amount of records. My tastes are very picky. Mostly into 60's 70's underground psych, pop psych, hard rock, blues. And heavy metal and blues.

Its easy to see why he went out of business....best of luck....hope to connect someday to look at the stacks and stacks....

Was there any jazz albums from 1950sand 60s?

You should re-brand these videos as ‘guide to creating record sales business’ seriously its fascinating from a novice/record collectors point of view. Absolutely superb , thank you for sharing! David , fan from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Awesome.

That's a lot of vinyl in 100 degrees. lol

Hi Dylan you are so lucky living in the states your able to find lps over there that here in England we would never find.

That dude was a class A stroke!

I like your style man. Not everyone is cut out to be a business owner but everyone wants to be. Sounds like his records are better off with you. Best of luck in your business!

Wild video !!! I was wondering if you have any Beatles or RSD Paul Mccartney or JohnLennon Thanks !!!

What an experience, but I've noticed a lot of cons in the vinyl community as you've talked about. There's one guy here trying to sell his stuff, and wants to sell it in bulk, but doesn't want to show anyone what it is, which is insane. :) Lifting tons of vinyl is work, you have to be real careful as you well know. I probably would not have gone down there if the guy could not have at least sent me a couple of photos, but you came out pretty well, all considering.

Thank you for the informative video.

Was this shaggys retro records? In Warrenville, Sc? I worked for him if so haha. So i know all the stories

Where did you find the Pink Floyd bootleg?

Glad I watched this. I am a small dealer, selling out of an antiques mall. Without a store of my own, it is hard to find collections or lots to buy, so I did some advertising in an antiques publication. I tended to get 2 kinds of responses. 1) Someone who had "a lot" of records, like a whole box full :) and couldn't name anything. 2) Someone who had thousands, but also gave no names. Before travelling far to look at collections, I try to get the guy to talk about his collection. If he starts telling about the Coltrane and Miles Davis albums, and all his Beatles and Stones, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, that is good. Still better if he would mention, Zappa, Beefheart, some punk, Velvet Underground. Then I know he is a serious collector who probably has good stuff in good condition. I really had no success with the ads, and I could tell you strange stories, stuff that didn't even seem to make sense. A thing to keep in mind is, there should be plenty of record stores scattered around the upper Midwest here, but if someone is calling from out of state trying to move thousands of records, it is probably because he had no success within a 200 mile or so radius. So proceed with caution.

I had over 8,000 in my personal collection. Sold most of them through Ebay and Discogs (i still buy and sell) but I've kept an essential collection of 1500 or so that I just can't let go! I collected those 8000 records from 1970 to 2012 . Yeah when I bought a house , moving those records was done by me and three friends over a period of 3 days. It was hell. LOL

Thanks for keeping our history alive.

I Bought The Entire Music Industry! Everything! The Whole Story. Sad to hear the store closes, but at least the records are in good hands now.

Thanks for sharing Brother 😀👍❤🇺🇸🇨🇦💯

if you don't mind me asking what did you pay

Always sad when a store closes. The local store here is in process of closing.

Are you a Collector or a Listener... You can't be both once you get up to cetain album tally. I went through this a few years back and had to say enough is enough...

Hey brother. Hope you and yours are doing well. I was wondering if you have any “Alexisonfire” or “Thursday” records floating around your shop. If so or if you ever, let me know. Obviously I know I can go on discogs. But people are asking wayyyy to much. Be well brother. Love your videos.

Nice story, nicer chair

Saw some Ryan Adams , excellent artist and Jason Isbel is from my home state , sweet home Alabama 🤘

Such are the problems of being a record collector! With the store you will always need more records and have a place to store extras. A useful lesson learned. Wait and see!

Man, Dillon. Almost sounds like a drug deal gone bad. :) Say, you make it out to central FL any time? Would be cool to check through the stacks and meet ya. -Brad

Great. Video. Was there. Any. Elvis. Record. Store. Day. I. Collect. Elvis. People. Don't. Realize. How. Heavy. Records. Are. I. Been. There. Also

wow ;))

When I worked at a used book store the owner, and two more of us drove from Tennessee to Chicago to look at a store that was selling everything. All the good stuff had already been removed by someone else. 500 miles and we stayed around 20 minutes, then drove 500 miles back. What a horrible day that was. People will sure B.S. you.

Dark side of the Moon to help you relax is the best part

That's an rare album

Pink Floyd's music is a little bit loud in the background when it comes to trying to listen to you talk.

Your voice is too low mate, difficult to be heard

I've been collecting for years, but when you were flipping through that box of stuff, I've never heard of a lot of them, Must be an American thing

No No No! Never throw out vinyl... there are no worthless records to me... Its the bread and butter of my channel! You ever get to where you are going to pitch ANYTHING... Let me know! I will pay for the shipping and maybe grease your palms a little for the trouble! #AllVinylLivesMatter

careful when doing this kind of "buy"........"Appraised" more that a few "hoards" of "goodwill dumpster dives" in my experience....Had one guy that actually built pallet racking floor to ceiling in a two car garage...never seen that may Barbara Streisand and Bert Kaempfert records in one setting......

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Some cardboard boxes are stacked high does this not mes them up

Jan 1, 1972 the government made the selling of bootlegs illegal. I ditched school one day and hit one record store who sold them and WOW they’re selling them all for $1 each. I bought one copy of everyone they had. Boy were they garbage to listen to. “Jeff Beck Group Live” sounded like the dude used a $19 portable cassette recorder and was in the top row of a 20,000 seat venue. Only a couple were in-line recordings. They’re purty to look at and fun to find but boots overall are crap.

Dude that is a lot of work and head ache.

Dillon, good practical advice, especially the "if you are in a hurry, slow down". - Chris

Ben Folds!!

I Have an original Pressing of Donny Hathaway Live album

All we want to know is, how many copies of Dark Side of the Moon have you got!!?? jeez

Lucky it wasn't me buying them ,I think I'd still be in prison lol

Cuánto!!!!! Disco Mándame los s que no quieras Buen video

On this video you show the wears and tears in your trade and of most self business owners.

Stellar job by you. Dudes a bum. You made out best in the deal. Rock on

God, you sound exhausted just recounting the story.

Part of the fun! Dealing with some of the idiots out there. Cheers.

my store went out of business after 60 years. Owner let drug addicts run the place and one day they were desperate for a fix I guess and sold me 5,000 45s for 150 dollars. Then they went out of business. Which never would of happened if they would of hired me.

If you still have that Mad Season Symphony record, I’m your man. I would love to buy that from you.

I’ve never bought that many records at one time but I have come across collections that size. I always try to get people to let me pick out the good stuff. The way I convince them is if they want 1$ per record and they have 5,000 I tell them let me pick out like 500 and I’ll give you 3$ per Usually works but not all the time