Hello all,

I've been mixing trance mp3s for a few months now...learned basic beat matching/phrasing, and have recorded a few of my mixes. This past weekend, I took the plunge and bought a set of turntables...very excited!

I wanted to buy a few vinyls to start my collection. I wanted to buy tracks that I'm familiar with...tracks that I've heard in other DJ sets (Marco V, DJ Astrid, PVD). However, most of these tracks are a few months old...maybe even a year old, and are difficult to locate even on the online record stores that I've seen mentioned on tranceaddict.

I guess what I want to know is...should I be hanging out in local record stores, listening to the very newest releases, and picking out what I like? I thought I could find any vinyl that I wanted online, but I've been proven wrong. What do you guys think?

a few of the singles that I wanted:
Velvet Girl - Velvet
Chac - 7 Years
Frank Brook - Daywalker
Solis - Dolphins

have you tried www.gemm.com ?? its a good site for finding hard to find records.

also check out http://www.groovetech.com they have a wishlist notification feature that will notify you when out of stock/backordered releases are in via email. they also let you listen to pretty much every track on every vinyl they have for sale..n they have a shitload available.

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I advise you go down to your local record store and pick out some new releases..

Worry about finding old tracks that you really want later on..

Hey Trancers,

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

I've searched through the forums on tranceaddict, looking for online vinyl shops. I looked at:

dancerecords.com
groovetech.com (thanks for recommending MekTek!)
satelliterecords.com
planetxusa.com
chemical-records.com

I didn't find most of the tracks that I was searching for (always out of stock). I was looking for tracks that the big boys lay down in their sets...then I got to thinking...I need to develop my own style, be somewhat innovative, find my own records.

So, I took DJ Chrono's advice, and started looking at some new tracks. Work is slow today, so I was able to spend about 4 1/2 hours listening to new releases on the aforementioned sites. I ended up ordering about 12 new vinyls from satelliterecords (have a great sale and free shipping for orders over $70).

If I see some of the older tracks that I want somewhere down the road, I'll pick them up. Thanks to all that replied, I appreciate the input...and I bookmarked GEMM (thanks DJ Konami...they have everything!) Wish some of the vendors were in the U.S. though

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Velvet Girl - Velvet

check out www.lightningrecords.be
you can probably get it from their shop

the best online shop I found is www.only-djs.com it's in Netherlands so they get all the latest stuff

the easiest way to see what the top tunes that are spun by the big DJ's is to type in Dj's name in the search box it will give you all the neweset releases and dates when the vinyl has been released, and full lenght samples for most of the stuff. have not had any problems with them yet!

another suggestion go to the record shops and just talk to the sales person get to know them the more often you show up there the better they know what kind of stuff you like and you will have less problems finding new stuff that you like!

oh yeah and congrats on the purchase of your TT's I got mine about a month ago and this is my collection so far! I am telling you this shit is addictive as hell!

my collection (in the period of 1 month):
pho - sioux (green court remix)
chris cowie - russia/burner
murto - rokki
ELECTRIX - gettaway 1 8.87
PRECISION VS DJ ALBERT - say yes 1 6.01
UNCONDITIONAL - the jourey 1 8.50
AIRWAVE - above the sky 1 9.53
DEEP SONAR = M.I.K.E / PUSH - solar factor 1 6.87
ARMIN VAN BUUREN PRESENTS RISING STAR - clear blue moon / star theme 1 7.37
THE FREAK - ???? 1 14.11
RAMIREZ - acelerando +precision playlist 1 6.56
DJ TIESTO - letha industry 1 8.10
HAMPENBERG - ducktoy 1 8.10
HARRY CHOO CHOO PROJECT FEAT. DJ LACE - keep your head up 1 10.04
SIGNUM - cura me 1 14.69
BERRY VAN GARDINGEN - resoluten 1 6.10
MILO - jungle of mirror bomb 1 10.44
PLASMATICS - 17 1 8.87
FERRY CORSTEN - punk 1 9.53
THE SPACE LOVERS - space lover 1 6.10
GUY GERBER & SAHAR Z - kennys back 1 8.87
PRECISION VS DJ ALBERT - say yes last copies 1 6.01
M.O.R.P.H - maximum overdrive 1 6.87
LOADED BANANAS - extraterrestrial encounter 1 8.10
TIGA & ZYNTHERIUS - sunglasses @ night 1 9.72
FERRY CORSTEN - punk 1 6.87
MARK NORMAN - total seduction 1 6.01
KATANA VS MARK NORMAN - dulce vita exclusive @ only-djs 1 6.01
MARCO V - con:fusion 1 9.53
ERNESTO VS BASTIAN - lonely people (judge jules.precision.armin plays 1 6.56
FIRE & ICE - heart & mind bomb! 1 6.87
MIDWAY - monkey forest 1 6.87
KMC FEAT. DHANY - i feel so fine 1 8.87
DJ SPOKE - ignition part 2 bas & ram plays 1 6.87
PLASTIC BOY = M.I.K.E / PUSH - silver bath 1 6.87
MASS EFFECT = M.I.K.E / PUSH - plasma 1 6.87
BOCA - play with me 1 6.87
VELVET GIRL - promise u heaven 1 6.87
SPACEFROG FEAT. THE GRIM REAPER - follow me 2002 lady dana plays 1 8.10
KYAU VS ALBERT - save me armin&precision plays 1 8.10
THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON - papua new guinea 1 8.10
THE LOUNGE = L-VEE/AIRWAVE - free your mind 1 6.87
DUMONDE - gods music b o m b 1 6.87
THREE DRIVES ON A VINYL - carrera 2 precision/melvin playlist 1 6.56
STARCHASER - love will set you free 1 9.53
WHITE RUSSIANS = GEERT HUININK - tortilla wrap 1 6.87
EXPOSURE = M.I.K.E - magic impulse huge camouflage 1 6.87
GREEN VELVET - genedefekt 1 6.87
SYSTEM F - dancevalley 2002 1 6.87
ROBBIE RIVERAS GROOVES - benjamin bates remix! 1 6.87
OLIVER LIEB FEAT. KLAUS KINSKI - jesus ist da
OLIVER LIEB - subsonik (incl. filterheadz rmx)
KATANA - fancy fair (2002 remixes)
FISCHERSPOONER - emerge (incl. dave clarke remix)
HARDY HELLER VS INKFISH - feelings (john jonston/hardy heller remixes)
MALIN (a.k.a. Piet Bervoets) - Slacker/Beyound (Remixes)
ROSS COUCH - seismic shift
MARCO V - indictator (grinder/scott mac recall remix)
RALPHIE B - massive (filterheadz rmx)/ disclosure (original)
THE CLERGY - the oboe song (original/tillmann uhrmacher remix)
THE CLERGY - the oboe song (green martian/beatpusher)
INDIANA - do you hear me (original/dino lenny rmx)
INDIANA - do you hear me (art of trance/classified project rmx's)
BBE = EMANNUEL TOP - free (incl. orignal/s.h.o.k.k/tomcraft remix)
Sybren Danz - Dizzit
OLIVER KLITZING - i like that beat (original/kaylab remix)
DJ MONTANA - theme from concept (umek/michel de hey rmx's)
Johan Gielen presents Abnea - velvet moods (tiesto's in search of sunrise/gielen remixes)

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Addicted much?

LOL, you are hardcore! Good for you! Nice collection. Thanks for the URLs, I'm gonna bookmark them.

You da man!

First of all, yes, hanging out at a record store and hearing the newest stuff is good cause that way you will find stuff that is not that known and have your own choons.

2nd, if you ask the reocrd store for vinyls, including lables and preferably lable codes, he could probably order them for you.

Hey, and congrats for the new Tables!

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Yeah, the record shop is probably your best bet to hear the newest tunes and pick the ones that you like...digging through the stock crates isn't bad either...you'll be suprised what kinda shit you can dig up(I found a few out of prints and classics just sitting there!)
As for requests, the record shop owner and ebay are your best bets. Ebay can get you alot of the older, hard to find stuff.

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Originally posted by u4ea Addicted much? LOL, you are hardcore! Good for you! Nice collection. Thanks for the URLs, I'm gonna bookmark them. You da man!

yeah but I am not that hardcore yet!

No problem! Always glad to help someone in need! LOL!

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tech-house
n. an old-school term for crack cocaine.
"Got some tech-house?" "Yeah, I'm your man for tech-house, Grandma."
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slang.cgi?ref=tech-house

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Originally posted by oDrori First of all, yes, hanging out at a record store and hearing the newest stuff is good cause that way you will find stuff that is not that known and have your own choons.

Just did that, I sat down and listened to a bunch of producers/lables I've never heard of...I found ALOT of stuff that I like...ended up getting 12 vinyls.

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2nd, if you ask the reocrd store for vinyls, including lables and preferably lable codes, he could probably order them for you.

I'll keep that in mind, but now that I took your first piece of advice, I'm out to find undiscovered music!

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Hey, and congrats for the new Tables!

Thanks! I know they aren't Tech 12's, but I love spinning, and I love my tables!

Are you in Israel? Hope all is well over there, take care of yourself, be careful.

Keep spinning!

www.only-djs.com <-- great site. Very cool that you can listen to almost every record on this site!