[Zombie Dance]

I'm looking to complete my classic band collection, i still miss tons of stuffs like Bomber and the first Motorhead, Number of the beast on lp, Thin Lizzy lps etc...

Can you recommend me some distro (or discogs user) that sells classic Metal and Hard rock lp for a fair price, on poor or ok condition (i'm no "mint" collector)?

[Warcrust]

Try this:

http://ironforce-shop.de/

[quillotine]

Ebay still the best way of course...with patience, you can find most classics in vg condition and for a nice price.

[BlackMassRecs]

http://www.equinoxrecs.com/
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[quillotine]

Maybe High Roller too

[haraam]

http://www.musicstack.com/ is pretty good. Not just Metal, but there's a lot of good stuff to be found. Metal and otherwise.

http://www.musicstack.com/show.cgi?find=motorhead

[Reaper's Grave]

A lot of german distros have a good stock for this. High Roller is a good start. Maybe some of the labels in Japan (Nat or Base) i think had their used sections online.

Vintage vinyl and Armageddon Shop in the US had an online store if i remember, but i'm not sure how much of their used stuff is on there with the new items. I know with Armageddon Shop they put used items with new except discount dollar bin items which have their own section at the store, so im guessing not much different online store.

There's also Discogs and Ebay dubbed in todays market the worlds largest and most well stocked online distros

The way i go to fill my collection gaps is on the street. Sometimes record stores will get old copies in if you visit them often enough you might get lucky. Any record conventions or fairs that might be in your area and specialized in rock will likely have a vendor or two who might have some copies of iron maiden or motorhead, but your mileage varies from realistic prices on common pressings, to overinflated prices on common pressings that are better to pass, or they randomly aquired the lithuanian or new zealand pressing of powerslave and want $200 for it.

Ive been spending a lot of time to fill the gaps in my collection, and sometimes feel healthier because more common bands will still be the same price or less than new records if you hunt hard for them. Do this for a couple years and wait for the stupid priced manufactured hype rarities to go down in price. Sounds better to complete my thin lizzy collection for a few months then buy uncle acid and the deadbeats or ghost LPs when people have moved on to the next trend.

[GoldenBull]

If you're looking for mostly widely pressed old classics go for local shops, ebay and discogs for sure. I needed to fill in some gaps from Priest, Maiden etc. not too long ago so I added them to my discogs wantlist and within a couple weeks I found everything I needed for under $10 apiece. I actually got Stained Class for like $4.
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