@fdroadrunner “persons I used to be” you said a mouthful there that younger persons would not comprehend. The fellow who made his son move his collection cross-country should have taken the time (and time is what it is all about) to explain how each record reminded him of the person he used to be and then LET IT GO, releasing himself, his son, and the ‘artifact’ of an LP. I’m agreeing with the fellow who opined that LPs are meant to be played, as the musicians intended, the SOUND, not the media, is forever.
[Addendum: Of course, it could also be argued that without the ‘forever media’ of the LP, the sound is lost forever, too.]
Anyway, I was struck by your turn of phrase, thank you for your contribution to the discussion.
Record collecting versus hoarding
At what point does "collecting" records become hoarding? Unless you are in the business of selling records either primarily or even secondarily, why do so many people here talk about having 2,3,4,6,10,000 records and CDs? It's not stamps or coins.
Let's say you listen to records 15 hours a week (a good estimate for me) that equates to about 750 hours a year or 1000 records a year. I like to listen to mine at least once every three months - I have 300 records and change. In the rare instance when I replace one for a better sounding one (I've done it maybe 4-5 times), I immediately sell the old one - with only one exception. The Sgt Pepper UHQR. I already had it on the Beatles Collection and do occasionally listen to it when I want a treat. It does sound better than the regular Mofi one, which sounds great to me.
Why would you have multiple copies of the same record and not just listen to the best sounding one and sell the rest?
Why would you want records you listen to less than once a year?
Maybe some people listen a lot more than me (and replace cartridges/styli pretty ofter or have a bunch of them)?
The reason I bring this up is because Acoustic Sounds is releasing Steely Dan's studio albums from the 1970s on their UHQR brand (not sure how they now own the name and not Mofi, but that is not the point), I am a huge fan and will be getting a few of these overpriced (IMHO) records, which will replace a few of my non-audiophile (except the Aja Mofi) records. I plan to sell the Aja Mofi immediately after getting the UHQR, which I am sure will sound much better. That is worth a few bucks, but the others I sell should be worth $10-15 in trade at a record store.
Anyone with records they play less than once a year or keep multiple pressings of a single album, please let me know your rationale.
Are you a hoarder? Too lazy to get rid of them? Like the way they decorate your room?
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For my own part, coming to the discussion late, I purchased a collection of 700 45 RPM records from a man who was selling through the classifieds of our local newspaper. The titles were typical jukebox tunes from the 70’s through the 80’s and of different genres from country to Rock’n Roll. I went back with my next paycheck and purchased an equal number of CD titles even though I was interested in only 1/2 of them (Jazz and Blues). I have been bitterly disappointed with the Pop/Rock category, pleasantly surprised by the movie sound tracks (including’Brother where art though’), just not near enough dance or sing-along tunes moving into the 2000’s. I’m still weeding my way through while dabbling my feet in streaming, mostly Internet radio to this point. Of LPs, I have about 100, mostly from collections of others, mine are long gone, but I never had more than 25 anyway. I enjoyed listening to my 45’s much more than my CDs or upsampled streaming. There are tics and pops on the vinyl, sounds are clearer on the 45’s (less so on the LPs), the vinyl recalls the music for me as it existed then, in ‘the person I was before,’ the CD’s, however ‘perfect’ just don’t do that for me. I don’t know, if I digitize them they will sound the same. I’m reasonably certain the CD’s will. Edit: While I have the 45’s organized by genre and (alphabetically) by artist, I don’t have a spreadsheet. It is recommended for selling a collection, but I’m not selling, yet. I’m aiming for the same schema for the CDs, but then digital file systems may take over that task. |
@mijostyn I had earlier copied the following quote from your earlier post above, “Nobody I know has a photograph of the first time they had sexual intercourse but I sure do remember what was playing at the time and my mind will do the rest. I have an audio record of all the important times of my life. Is this hording or collecting? I could give a rat's -ss” opined that I was LMAO (which I spelled out). If you check above where I posted three comments back-to-back, you can see where one has been deleted. I guess it doesn’t pay to be unambiguous with one’s language on this site. I can’t see how your comments were unobjectionable while mine were, unless the alarm was triggered by a machine reading of my post. |