When discussing his “craziest collection” purchase, Sardello recalls a 2015 acquisition in South Carolina that was notable not so much for its size, although it was for around 100,000 records, but for the high number of hoops he and his team had to jump through simply to get the records off a family-run farm where they had been stored for many years. It’s one thing to negotiate the purchase of an ocean-sized collection, and sometimes it’s another thing entirely to actually take possession of a large new purchase and then get it to where it needs to go. In fact, it’s the largest single inventory purchase Josey has made still to this day. "Records are as much a visual experience as they are an auditory experience." - Luke Sardello tweet this Though Sardello estimates the average collection Josey purchases “usually numbers between 500 and 1,000 records,” it was what he says was “more of an accumulation than a collection,” consisting of 150,000 LPs and 200,000 45s from a Houston-based seller that enabled him and his team to open Josey Records at the end of 2014. That's taken us on road trips as far away as Seattle and New York.” We investigate as many leads as we get and travel extensively when needed. When something big comes up, we generally hear about it or already know the person that's wanting to sell. ![]() “As far as larger collections, we've been record collectors for over 50 years collectively and have made contacts throughout the U.S. “We’re known for being fair and transparent and have built up enough word-of-mouth credibility that people trust that we will make a fair offer,” Sardello says. But he acknowledges that spending years building a reputation in good faith has its privileges when it comes to running his business and getting an inside track on the big finds. There’s a good bit of strategy when it comes to making contact and price negotiations, and he’s careful to not divulge too much about certain business practices. It’s not that Sardello and his team just accidentally or magically stumble upon its many chances to land a big purchase. They tend to offer just an accumulation of records across all genres and can oftentimes include multiple copies of the same record.” The second type are accumulators, aka hoarders. They will generally have entire runs of a particular artist, label or genre. “These tend to be genre or artist-specific and are generally in better condition. “There are collectors who've spent years acquiring and amassing a collection,” he tells us. Large swap-meet-style record conventions, online forums and even estate sales are some of the ways shops across the country get their hands on large amounts of choice, older titles, but who are the types of people out there, ready to unload such enviable record collections? Josey Records has been opened since 2014, and Josey Records co-owner Luke Sardello says he finds there are “two types of people looking to sell large amounts of records.” And though some collectors approach the store directly, acquiring new collections for its inventory often requires a great deal of legwork. ![]() ![]() You can almost hear metal heads from across North Texas screaming "take all my money!”įor crate-digging destinations like Josey, getting their hands on collections of all types and sizes is every bit as important, if not more so, than stocking the shiniest, newest releases. In the clip, a man’s hand flips through titles from Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Motorhead and Judas Priest. On May 15, Northwest Dallas shop Josey Records posted a video clip showing off a newly acquired collection of classic heavy metal to its Facebook page. The real social media treasure for record shoppers is when shop owners announce their acquisitions of a new vinyl collection to soon hit its shelves. Sure, it’s nice to know which new releases the shop has on its shelves every Friday, but that’s not the real gold to be had in most cases. If you’re a music fan in North Texas and you’re not following your favorite record store’s social media accounts, you’re missing out.
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