Vinyl hunting a la superstar dj's

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Posted by deejay_naku on May-29-2002 03:40:

Vinyl hunting a la superstar dj's

How do you think they do it? How do they keep their crates updated with all that hectic touring???

I've heard Paul van Dyk goes to this record store somewhere in England where they know what he wants, so as soon as he enters the store they give him tons of new records to skim through. Then he says it only takes him a while to decide whether a tune is good enough or not.

It's kinda amazing how they spin new choons even when they've been on the road for a couple of months.

Any ideas how they get their vinyl?

Posted by hapamoto on May-29-2002 06:15:

i'm sure most of the big dj's are sent promo's of all the new stuff and they spin it if they like it.

Posted by Dj Zinni on May-29-2002 06:18:

yeah superstars get promos, we have to listen to hours upon hours of net streams, and then actually pay for those records ooh well collecting vinyl is cool

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-29-2002 06:19:

yea

There's a place up in Chicago that I go to that knows what I like...so they have a stack ready for me

great service

Posted by DJ-Kuza on May-29-2002 12:50:

I get a fat stack of prog and trance when I enter the store I shop at. It's a normal thing is you go weekly and talk to the guys doing the pickups. A friend at the record store will grab you the best stuff before it's al gone.

Posted by mantisnl on May-29-2002 14:33:

yeah same here.. i only bought vinyl 2 times.. but u just can ask like `i`d like all the new uplifting trance choons` and they`ll sort them out for u.. u`ll get a bunch.. and then its up 2 listening

Posted by Pjotr G on May-29-2002 14:54:

yeah lol....I used to go to this recordstore when I was into disco house -ey stuff

appartently the shop owner noticed it....he came to me like "ey man.."(he's black)"check this out I held this one back especially for you man you'll love it" it was a record by cassius which i didn't really like (one remix was good tho) but i bought it anyway not to stress the shop dude....(yeh yeh lame i know)

Posted by El~ZaPo on May-29-2002 17:09:

AvB once said that he gets about 40 promos a week, and from those selects which ones he will play. But he also goes vinyl shopping of course.

Posted by Dj Flesch on Jun-02-2002 15:09:

Here's a quote from the cd jacket of Paul Oakenfold Cream disks:

"Paul Oakenfold received up to 120 white labels a week, he listens to them all, but will only include 1-5 of them in his final set"

Pretty damn amazing! I wonder what he does will all of his vinyl?

Ya figure at even 100 a week for 4 years is 20,800 albums. Think about how much that weighs!!

Posted by IronDragon on Jun-02-2002 17:54:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ LIQUID
yea

There's a place up in Chicago that I go to that knows what I like...so they have a stack ready for me

great service

Which store and where is it? (I'm in the burbs)

Thanks,
Dave

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Jun-02-2002 18:41:

quote:
Originally posted by IronDragon

Which store and where is it? (I'm in the burbs)

Thanks,
Dave

I go to Another Level(Chicago) www.anotherlevel.com (there website is not all the way up and running......but they're service is way

there's one in Chicago and one in Schaumburg

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-03-2002 00:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Flesch
Here's a quote from the cd jacket of Paul Oakenfold Cream disks:

"Paul Oakenfold received up to 120 white labels a week, he listens to them all, but will only include 1-5 of them in his final set"

Pretty damn amazing! I wonder what he does will all of his vinyl?

Ya figure at even 100 a week for 4 years is 20,800 albums. Think about how much that weighs!!

i was reading somewhere that paul oakenfold has around 30,000 records, and about once a year or so, he will go through them and toss out about 10,000 or so

Posted by Jah on Jun-03-2002 00:37:

wow they must get a small fortune for that!
where the fuck would they store em all too
argh i wanna get sent 120 promos a week

Posted by Kia Kaha on Jun-03-2002 02:55:

There was an interview with Judge Jules in DJ mag a couple of years back, apparently he employs some dude who listens to all the promos for him, and then he'll cut them back to a dozen or so good ones per week which he'll give to the Judge and he'll decide from there which ones to spin.