Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?

When all we had was vinyl some of that was to be expected at the level of equipment I had available so I never thought anything of it. (Would cleaning help that? I don't know.) My point in all this is that if that is not acceptable I would be reticent to buy more used vinyl at those prices as it seems like a gamble.

@n80,
Typically a thorough cleaning, specifically inside the grooves, removes noise plus many of the clicks and pops. Since these are used records with unknown history, results will always vary. But cleaning is a must and will make a record sound better (unless it's damaged).

Years ago I also thought that clicks and pops were part of the vinyl experience. I was led to believe all I needed was my trusty Discwasher brush.

@bdp24 Sounds like you're in Portland.  Check out Crossroads Music...82nd and Foster.   I've found some pristine condition gems there. http://www.xro.com/  I never buy records online.

Thanks sejodiren. Yeah, I'm just over the river in Vancouver, but there's no serious record stores over here. I learned of Crossroads just recently, but haven't made it there yet. Soon! Millennium's pretty good as far as stock, but not as far as prices. Full list price on new, over-priced on used. $60 for an LP copy of Something Else By The Kinks?!

My current favorite is just across the river from you in St Johns - Vinyl Resting Place, great stock of folk and allied music and dirt cheap prices  ... but maybe I should keep quiet and save all the good stuff for me 😉

Thanks ff, I’ll check them out too. I had all my regular places in L.A. to find LP’s: Record Surplus, Atomic (only a couple of blocks from my house in Burbank. They have a VPI HW-16 RCM), Amoeba, a bunch of others (as well as thrift stores, etc.). I haven’t explored Portland much yet, but I already know it’s an LP kinda town. Every time I go into Music Millennium, more of it’s floor is devoted to LP’s, less to CD’s. I still buy CD’s, but they can be had on Amazon for real cheap. I prefer, if possible, to buy LP’s in a storefront.