Camelot- Original Cast Recording Vinyl Record- What It Looks Like and Thoughts About Owning It

This Sunday is the 75th annual Tony’s and I’m excited about it! I’m a theater fan most of my life and, after the pandemic closed Broadway and all theaters worldwide, I’m super excited about this year’s Tony’s. In order to celebrate (And release my theater fan side of me on the internet), I wanted to spend a week talking about musicals and other musical related topics. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make a post every day this week, but all the posts I will make will be musical or Broadway themed. For today’s post, I wanted to talk about the vinyl record version of the musical Camelot from 1961.

I found this record during a trip to Goodwill. The record still appears to be in playable condition, but as of the publishing of this post I have not tried to play it. I’m very happy to own it. I wanted to add vinyl records of musicals to my vinyl record collection, but all the ones I could find are too expensive or weren’t in good shape. When I found a copy of Camelot for sale at Goodwill, I happily purchased it. Despite not playing the record, I wanted to show what the original 1961 record looks like and talk about my thoughts about owning it. Continue reading “Camelot- Original Cast Recording Vinyl Record- What It Looks Like and Thoughts About Owning It”

A Few Tips For Buying Vinyl Records from Goodwill

Recently, I started to go to a Goodwill near where I live. The store is right next to my closets Joann’s Fabric and Craft store and is in the same strip mall. I like to visit the area for Joann’s, but after deciding I will need to move, I decided to stop by Goodwill to see if the location gets a frequent supply of furniture. I’m not ready to buy anything (I haven no where to store it) but I’ve seen some awfully high quality couches, desks, coffee tables, and other furniture in very good shape for shockingly low prices. (And if there was something wrong with the furniture, I could spend the money I saved for furniture to get it repaired or buy supplies to repair it.) In order to force myself to stop looking at furniture, I started to look at books, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records on a hunt to see if there are anything I would like to buy.

I decided to start buying some vinyl records. The records are extremely cheep at $1.49 and I found many records from artists I would love to own vinyl records of. After searching through the records and buying several of them, I learned a few basic things about buying records from Goodwill. Continue reading “A Few Tips For Buying Vinyl Records from Goodwill”