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Whatever you do, don't count those records!

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Now I had a person see some of my collection and I told him I though I had about 2000 records. He looked at me like I was the biggest liar on the planet and said " no way". Well, he didn't see all my records as they are not stored in the same place. My classical lp are under my work table, I loved playing classical, especially if the music had a lot of horn calls in it, but most classical doesn't float my boat. Lot's of doubles under there too, many not in great condition. Anyhow , I found a couple scales online that suggest 65lp's per foot for Gatefold and 80 per foot for regular sleeve. I based my final tally on 72 lp's per foot. I haven't seen or heard most so I don't know condition, I buy in bulk whenever possible and probably haven't bought more than 200 new. Total count by formula is over 3000 records. Approx 3080. I figure 5-10 percent are damaged and have little to no value. The used records I bought probably cost about 50 cents each on average, again for a long time peoples just wanted them gone. I guess it's time to stop buying records as I probably haven't listened to more than half of them. I've never sold any expect at garage sales, which I charged $1 each and gave hundreds away , plus1000 country 45's to the library. Those I got for free and remember thinking I wasn't going to start messing with 45's. Opps , forget to count the 45"s I do have, that's 11" of 45's at 80 per foot = about 73-74 45's. Counting is such sweet sorrow............
 
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Almost 20 yrs ago when I was strictly digital I had a custom cabinet built that hold just over 5000 jewel cases, I still have a couple thousand shinny discs that don't fit. I
bought a TT 2 yrs ago and I'm approaching 500. Storage will always be a problem in the world of music addition.
 
I am going on approximate number, but I think that I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-1600 LPs... and probably about 2/3 that amount of CDs. I actually feel like I could potentially add 1000 or so more records to my collection (not that I'm actively looking to do so), but much beyond that I would just be going for a "completest" kind of collection and adding in stuff to round out the collection that I wouldn't necessarily be likely to actually listen to. Not that I rotate through my whole collection, as there's certain recordings that I never bother to put on, but I'm not really interested in collecting for collecting's sake. Not that I'm necessarily criticizing the idea of a giant collection, but for me, I really only want to own stuff that I'd actually be likely to listen to, and I think that when you get beyond a certain amount of records that you can't really do that. Then it's all about having multiple copies of the same record; collecting stuff because it's rare, kitschy, historical, whatsoever; having every record put out be certain artists; etc...
 
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I just bought another one last week and I'm probably in the same boat. For years I was given multiple small collections and ended up with a ton of duplicates which might be 10-20%. The good news is vinyl is hot and they tend to be easy to move on, especially with a good cleaning on the Vevor. The duplicates are some of the huge 70's-80's bands that I'll have no problem parting with since I have more fun listening to bands other tracks that I haven't heard a million times.

People love vinyl sources, you can pull out streaming Journey all day and everyone will go "not again" but on vinyl it's different, I get the "I used to have the record" instead and "keep it on." Maybe that small amont of vinyl dust is a happy elixir on the brain.
 
I thought I had around 5000.

Then I counted five linear feet of LPs and came with 72 records per foot. Guesstimate.

Multiplying by the feet of actual shelf space, I found that I had around 10,700, and that’s a low estimate. The purge will happen slowly.
 
I figure I have about 1,300 records in all. The problem is, I have my in-laws collection + my paternal grandparents collection of 78s which takes up one whole 2x2 Ikia Expedit. My in-laws collection consists of mostly Ed Ames, Andy Williams, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Jim Nabors. But there are some gems in there. So I’m loath to get rid of them. But I have absolutely no room for any more records. I have some significant gaps and holes in my collection. There is a new record store here in my little town. But I haven’t gone in because I have no space.
It’s a conundrum!

Cheers……………..Todd
 
I recently sold off the jazz portion of my record collection to a local merchant that specializes in vinyl and upon his request I threw together a detailed inventory in Excell with the titles, artists, formats and the studios they originated from. When I completed the spreadsheet, the actual count was about 595 LPs where my partner would venture when we had guests in the house who saw the collection that there were approximately a thousand records there when I would only admit several hundred. After the merchant picked up his cash over the course of a couple of trips and days out of the fifteen thirteen by thirteen-inch cubbies there were only about enough records left to fill about five of them. I guess I wasn't being over jealous in my estimation.
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stereofanboy said:
Storage becomes a problem when a collection gets sizeable. What are you using?
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I'm using various vintage record cabinets, record crates, Sansui speaker cabinets, home made minimalist storage rack( I keep waiting for it to crash , it is holding 10 ft of records approx 650, Yikes! Cardboard boxes, you name it I use it. I had planes of build some better storage but That may happen when hell freezes over. I own an A frame home so I have three levels with majority of the records on the top level.
 
63pontiacgp said:
I logged all of mine into Discogs, I'm at 614 records. A few years back I was at about 1100. I've thinned the herd.

Mike
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I've had thoughts of selling records, but the only way to truly grade a record is to play it, you can't generally see the damage from a misaligned cartridge. I originally wanted to get a nice reel to reel and record the music I was selling on tape, and may still do so, I don't want to have thousands of cassettes. Also. just from scanning ebay I noticed that a lot of record people show little to no interest in. The local album rock station back in the 70's and 80's made me open to many little known artists. I keep an open mind and when records are, 10 cents to a dollar I can't help but take a swing on them , especially if the were pressed from the mid/late 50's thru the early 80's. I have quite a bit of the great Nat King Cole and Ray Charles, which taught me that high fidelity was available way back then. My parents preferred to make their own music, but did buy a Magnavox solid state unit in the early 70's , which did not encourage you to pursue audio equipment. One of my older friends (4years) had a small stereo where I was introduced to playing the Beatles backwards, which amazed me. His stereo wasn't going to make anyone run to the store either. After I figure out what is worth selling , I will probably get rid of some locally to spread the music where I got it from for a $1 most likely . Depends on how poor I become in the near future.
 
TConnelly said:
I figure I have about 1,300 records in all. The problem is, I have my in-laws collection + my paternal grandparents collection of 78s which takes up one whole 2x2 Ikia Expedit. My in-laws collection consists of mostly Ed Ames, Andy Williams, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Jim Nabors. But there are some gems in there. So I’m loath to get rid of them. But I have absolutely no room for any more records. I have some significant gaps and holes in my collection. There is a new record store here in my little town. But I haven’t gone in because I have no space.
It’s a conundrum!

Cheers……………..Todd
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Those LPs that you have are what I consider to be estate sale type records... particularly if you add in things like Montovana Orchestra or 101 Strings! I've browsed through the record bins at numerous state sales looking for gems but the vast majority of the time I see the records by the same few artists. I have a theory that what doesn't sell, kids, grand kids and such don't waht to throw out so they keep them to try to sell another year and eventually they get passed down to the next generation who does the same thing... rinse and repeat.
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I recently sold off the jazz portion of my record collection to a local merchant that specializes in vinyl and upon his request I threw together a detailed inventory in Excell with the titles, artists, formats and the studios they originated from. When I completed the spreadsheet, the actual count was about 595 LPs where my partner would venture when we had guests in the house who saw the collection that there were approximately a thousand records there when I would only admit several hundred. After the merchant picked up his cash over the course of a couple of trips and days out of the fifteen thirteen by thirteen-inch cubbies there were only about enough records left to fill about five of them. I guess I wasn't being over jealous in my estimation.
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I was going to compliment you on that Ornette LP you have displayed there... that is, until I read that you got rid of all of you jazz LPs! I listen to all kinds of music, but for a few decades already, I've been kind of jazz obsessed. I probably have a better jazz collection, with more really great and really rare stuff on LP than any other genre. I do fight a bit with the notion that I have too much stuff, but that being said, I'll probably keep hoarding records until I die! I rationalize it a bit by telling myself that at least I'm not hoarding hi-fi gear. Pretty much everything I have as far as that goes is hooked up and being regularly used...
 
RunOutGroove said:
I was going to compliment you on that Ornette LP you have displayed there... that is, until I read that you got rid of all of you jazz LPs! I listen to all kinds of music, but for a few decades already, I've been kind of jazz obsessed. I probably have a better jazz collection, with more really great and really rare stuff on LP than any other genre. I do fight a bit with the notion that I have too much stuff, but that being said, I'll probably keep hoarding records until I die! I rationalize it a bit by telling myself that at least I'm not hoarding hi-fi gear. Pretty much everything I have as far as that goes is hooked up and being regularly used...
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Yeah, I think it comes back to what everyone seems to be touching on in this thread, is how much room you have. I used up all the available space I had and wasn't about to stop collecting and with about nine years of focusing on jazz, all of the artists and albums I loved immensely, I wanted to focus going forward on the pop, rock and blues genres I've grown up with, so I had to make a sacrifice! Since I made very good choices regarding the jazz reissues I chose to collect and the condition in which I keep everything the purchaser didn't hesitate to make up his mind when he realized what he was presented with and made a very generous cash offer the next evening after I emailed him my spreadsheet. So, in lieu of the outcome and the new music I've been collecting, I have no regrets for parting with my jazz records. Actually, some of the titles I sold are coming back into the fold such as some of the Coltrane and Mingus, up to this point because I took some of the proceeds and purchased a low numbered subscription to the Analog Productions Atlantic 75 Series which includes some of the titles by the afore mentioned artists and of the ones I've received they are definitely an improvement over the copies I purchased as reissues. Not that their predecessors were poor quality since they were from the likes of Speakers Corner, Analog Productions etc., but the 75s have been handled with the utmost care and you can hear it! I've also been very happy to discover that many of the available reissues of popular artists like Tom Petty, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello and others that you can purchase at local record stores and online have been handled very well, using quality sources and prominent mastering engineers cutting the lacquers, not to mention the outstanding quality of the pressings, packaging and the gorgeous sound. Awesome!
 
33's - 186
45's - 7

Been buying records since 1980, some new, some second hand. With this little collection, I have pretty much everything I've ever wanted.

Rock, pop, metal, contemporary jazz, fusion, & funk
 
Used to own 3000 a decade ago, down to 1000 of stuff I know I'll listen to, feels great and eerily similar to selling off hoarded equipment. What's weird is when I go to a record store or thrift I can't think of 1 record I "need", it's more of a "when I see it I'll know" mentality.
 
DeadTrader said:
Lord Stouch, the world's worst album that's filled with superstar musicians.
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You mean Screaming Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends?

I bought that LP around 1972 and no matter how much we drank or smoked, it still sounded like crap. Mind you, beauty is in the eye of the beholder so YMMV. I think I still have it stored in a box somewhere along with some other forgotten rejects.

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