Shipping Vinyl LP's


My brother-in-law is giving me 200 vinyl jazz albums from the 60's. The LP's are in Milwaukee and I'm in Los Angeles. Has anyone ever shipped a large quantity of vinyl before? I'm going to Milwaukee to pack them myself and to arrange shipping back here. Any help on this would be appreciated.

thanks,

Mitch
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Showing 2 responses by charliee

Hey Mitch,
Try going to your local pack and ship and getting 13x13x4
or 13x13x6 boxes. You want to use multiple boxes as they
will be smaller and lighter and less likely to be damaged.

Plus you want to pack your albums "tight" to help prevent any possable warping if they spend time in a hot truck,
warehouse,etc... Put your padding around the albums, not
between them.

USPS Priority insured would get them to you fast, if you
are going all that way to do this yourself why go slow mail
to get them home.

Too bad I dont live closer to you, you could borrow my VPI
to clean your new vinyl.

Charlie
Right on Mitch,

Mike shure to thank your sister for not throwing them out
when you get there, maybe a small gift? Becouse seriously,
receiveing that many lp's of good music is really quite a
treasure when you consider how much hunting it takes your
average listener to find just a few good record albums.

One more thing, when you do buy a cleaning machine, be shure to get one with a vacuum. Even if you have to spend
a little more than you planned, I have cleaned my share of
lp's and I think it would be nuts to not have it, it's a
HUGE help.

Happy Listening.

Charlie