I'm looking to buy some old garage tunes, is discogs the best option? There aren't any vintage garage shops online are there?
Buy ex-DJ job lots. Any vintage garage stuff in online shops has looked well pricey.
Over the last couple of months I've splashed out on two job lots of garage on ebay and I haven't been disappointed. The last one I got was 170 records for £75 and there's tons of great stuff in there, I'm still sifting through them. Was a bit of a risk cos the seller hadn't listed them all, just a selection but it turned out he hadn't mentioned all the best stuff (fr'instance there was a copy of Groove Chronicles/Myron 'big ron EP' in there) so I ended up with lots of lovely surprises. Maybe 5-10% duds, but at this price I'm not complaining.
I'd definitely recommend job lots to build up your collection. You can save loads of money and if its a DJ's collection, and you recognise and like some of the tracks listed there's a good chance that the mystery tunes will be decent too. I got loads of white labels/bootlegs/Test pressings etc. that I would probably never of heard if I hadn't splashed out. And its a proper buzz to have a massive box of tunes turn up at your door for you to dive into
I wasn't 'there' at the time you see, so I've been trying to catch up on what I missed. Crash course in Garage!
