There are few better afternoons to be had, at least for people like us, than one spent digging through the crates in a record shop.
Reissues are abundant now in this so-called second-coming of vinyl, but there is still nothing quite like finding an older press still in sparkling condition, and hopefully at a bargain price.
But it is not only in the finding of a record for which you have long been searching; it is as much about the condition in which you find it. That may be a given, but knowing what to look for and how to get your hands on it can be a tricky game.
Every collector will have their own routines and insider secrets, but hopefully this list of tips will save you wasting too much money on stacks of poor quality LPs, whether you are doing your digging
