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I Just Inherited 4,000 LPs

My longtime friend just passed away, leaving me his 4,000 LPs. 

I haven't had time to really look, I know there is a ton of jazz. He lived in New Orleans for many years, we went to the music festival together twice, listened together here often over the years. The LP's are only 5 minutes from here.

And serious wood library shelving, each self-contained 3 ft wood shelf has a partial back and recessed metal tracks for adjustable metal dividers. They can be put individually on top of any shelf, I will leave the too tall uprights, put the shelves into new wire shelving.

Our house is a small split level with an internal garage full of 42 years of junk as well as our existing 2,500 LPs.

OMG, what a project to rearrange, discard long dusty stuff, (Donna’s 100% on board) assemble new wire shelving to condense stuff we keep and new wire shelving to fit the LPs here.

Then: how to merge them with my 2,500 LPs which are alphabetical. Logistical Options keep me up at night.

Twenty 3 ft shelves, I will use 3 bankers boxes per shelf to get them off the shelves, leave 60 boxes over there, get the shelves over here on the wire shelving, finally the LPs over here. I believe his are generally alphabetical, perhaps Donna and her twin sister Effie can find what's out of order over there while I am working here.

A labor of love, and a lifetime memory and gratitude to my friend Roderick.

Elliott




elliottbnewcombjr
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whart
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Have fun. Sorry your friend passed. I bought the collection of a friend whose wife/widow kept them in an air conditioned room dedicated to LP storage for 14 or 15 years after he died. She had attempted a few times to sell them and I finally said, "why don't I just buy them?" I paid her well, partly b/c it was a sentimental thing in memory of my friend, with whom I spent many hours listening-- he was the pulse of the NY Audio Society or whatever it was called back in the day. When the movers finally brought everything up to the floor where my hi-fi and records were (I had a lot of space then), I was overwhelmed. 
I wound up hiring a cabinet maker carpenter to build shelves in a number of different areas. I also wound up having a sort of uncompiled area that filled a walk in closet that I would dip into to find stuff. It kept me going for a few years, just finding things--probably a few more records than the 4,000 you just inherited, but still- that's a lot of vinyl! And heavy too. 

Enjoy the process. And be careful of your back---
rpeluso
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Elliottbnewcombjr, I know nothing about you, but if your true self is reflected in these short posts, I would be honored to know you.  
annika
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^^^^
Well said....
ebanksms
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I read through everyone's comments and contrasted inheriting so much music to a big wad of cash.  While most of us could really use a few extra dollars the music is so much more exciting.  A real treasure trove. Take your time and enjoy it.  A lot of really good people on here.

Mark
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noromance
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So lucky. My high is when a Discogs parcel of overpriced LPs arrives after three weeks with USPS.
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