Just picked up a Pioneer PL-530 turntable which was included with 100 LPs for $65 from a guy on CL. The dust cover is a little scratched and cracked where the hinges mount to it, but he had the original owners manual!

I'll list some of the records and pics of the turntable later but I saw Pink Floyd's Meddle, DSOTM, Animals, & The Wall by just glancing - and of course 2 copies of Tapestry.

The guy said he picked up the turntable when he was in the Army stationed in Germany. The Pink Floyd Meddle LP is an absolutely mint copy, cover w/gatefold and mint vinyl, pressed in Germany (EMI Harvest).

So there may be some intersting LPs in this collection.

Very nice score :) What cart did the table come with?

Good score - should be fun looking thru the old LP's - there has to be some rare ones in the batch.

Great pickup! Nice TT and obviously some really,really good vinyl. Congrats!

Very nice score :) What cart did the table come with?

Pioneer PC-50 - probably the one that came with it.

I have a funny feeling that most of these LPs are German pressings. :thmbsp:

That is a great score. Nice turntable by the way...should be a keeper.

Very nice. Look closely at Hendrix LP's, if you got 'em. Might be some original monos there.

Great score. I have the same TT. If you want to scan the owners manual I would love a copy. I have the complete service manul if you should need it. PM me if you are interested. What cart did you get with it?

Here are some pics of the turntable.

And some pics of the some of the albums.

And a few Pink Floyd albums.

Very nice score indeed. I have been on a Pink Floyd kick myself for some reason. And I love that table. gotta find me one of them :yes:

Yeah, I did a search for records, he had just listed this stuff, and when I saw that he was going to include the PL-530, I called him and was down there in about 20 minutes!

Sweet!!!!:thmbsp: :banana:

Nice score man !!

Plus a mint copy of The Beatles Love Songs mastered by Wally Traugott. :thmbsp:

Very nice. $65 dollars well spent. Enjoy.

Man...nice score!

I have the PL-530 playing The Bee Gees Gold Vol. 1 right now through my SX-950 at the shop, and there is absolutely no surface noise. And this is with the Pioneer PC-50 cartridge that's on the TT. He must not have used this baby too much! And I forgot how good The Bee Gees were before SNF!

Nice PL-530 turntable, I have one that is semi-auto for now.
I have used one of my Denon DL-160 cartridges on it, very good sounding indeed!:music:
That's one of my winter rehab projects.

Just picked up a Pioneer PL-530 turntable which was included with 100 LPs for $65 from a guy on CL. The dust cover is a little scratched and cracked where the hinges mount to it, but he had the original owners manual! The guy said he picked up the turntable when he was in the Army stationed in Germany.

I have the same one that I bought new in 1982 and it still works as well as ever. I don't use it much and I have it set it up mainly to transfer vinyl from my days as a studio musician in the 70s.

I have no idea what cartridge this is and I don't want to remove it to see if there are any other ID marks.

Bob Walker

I have no idea what cartridge this is and I don't want to remove it to see if there are any other ID marks.

Bob Walker
It's an Audio Technica, the "Compass" series. Not sure of the exact model number.

I have the PL-530 playing The Bee Gees Gold Vol. 1 right now through my SX-950 at the shop, and there is absolutely no surface noise. And this is with the Pioneer PC-50 cartridge that's on the TT. He must not have used this baby too much! And I forgot how good The Bee Gees were before SNF!

I really need to remember to check CL early in the day instead of last thing at night...

Nice looking score man.

Thanks! There are some more German pressed LPs, some white and purple labeled Threshold Moody Blues albums, and 3 UK Bob Marley and The Wailer albums in the bunch. Ya just never know what you're going to find!

You should bring a stack of them over to Mark's house and we'll listen to them on his Kornerhorns before he finds someone to buy them. That reminds me, I need to talk him into buying a nice old Garrard 301 before he gets rid of them.

Sounds good! I have the Animals LP playing right now and man it sounds GREAT!

Lemme guess, the stylus wasn't the only thing that barely got used.

Yeah, the records all look like they haven't been played more than once, if that. :thmbsp: