8000+ lps 2000+ cds, will never get to relisten to them all but keep buying, there is still a thrill to holding that new baby in your hands sitting down relaxing and enjoying some new sounds. |
Johnto.
I think you nailed it right there.
Yes there is something great about the hunt and the pleasure of spinning that new to me vinyl even when the constant additions might mean some older stuff never sees the TT again.
Sad in one aspect but very true. |
My last count was in December, 3,219 LPs |
At this point in time, one - the original ‘71 Porky Pesco Duck issue of Led Zeppelin IV.
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I still refer to 12" 33-1/3 RPM records as LP's, not vinyl. ;-) |
Well, I have made many moves in my life and right now have about 600 LP’s.
If I had all the ones I had to leave about 7,000 . 95% Classical .
And, as has be said, there is NO sub for LP’s !
That said, one can stream with a laptop in the nursing home . |
I got rid of 2500 LPs a few years ago. Just too much to lug around. Shed a few tears. Still had around 1200 CDs, 75% classical. And I forget how many opera DVDs/BRDs. But no vinyl. Sold the turntable.
Then I got married. My husband, Opera Beau, has approximately 4,000 LPs, 99.9% classical. That tally used to be over 15,000 after he inherited his best friend’s extensive vinyl collection - Herbie was a choral singer and opera fanatic who worked at Rose Records in downtown Chicago. Opera Beau winnowed that down after a few years, and then still further after our most recent move to a condo.
We are still enjoying many of the LPs, especially the rare and vintage ones. There is much pleasure to be had from using our TT, reading album liner notes, looking at the photos, reading the large type librettos. Sometimes we open an album and find a wonderful surprise, like an autographed recital program by the artist on the recording (thank you, Herbie). But we are working on reducing still more - we will never listen to them all. Opera Beau’s adult sons have no interest in classical music. (However, the youngest grandson, nine year old offspring of a rock guitarist dad, has a turntable and plays records on it every day - Beatles, ELO, Talking Heads...and Beethoven and Vivaldi.)
We downsized a lot of household items when we moved last winter. There are days I think I ought to go streaming for my digital media, get rid of a bunch of CDs. But I'm down to 800 of those, we have a library that presently holds all books, DVDs and music media very comfortably. So who am I kidding? |
Finished catalogue everything via Discogs and was a little surprised to see I had more cassette tapes than vinyl!
Going to have to fix that pronto... Lol |
About 2500, it quite suprises me that this seems a typical collection size. Not sure what I thought a typical size would be. It's too much, though there is nothing I wouldn't play. The largest slab is probably opera, well someone has to like it. I read somewhere, can't remember that someone in China had bought a collection of over 220,000 LPs, why? The same article calculated it would take 22 years to listen to them all. It does worry me a little, that my poor kids are going to have to get rid of them, when I finally fall of my perch. A depressing subject, but has anyone else given as thought to the subject? My idea, if I get any warning, is to select out the premium stuff that may have some value, to try and sell themselves and the rest, I don't know. Most LPs are worth very little.
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David12.
Your last statement does worry myself as well unless my daughter deals with it.
Left to my wife she would likely just put them all out on the curb!
But as to the valued ones yes indeed.
Part Two of reasoning of catalog all on Discogs so value ( or at least an idea based on past sales) is easily known to all.
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Around 1200 the last time I checked years ago. Still not alphabetized, so when I look for a certain lp I come across many others I forgot about that will get played. It's my way of checking them all out instead of just going to a certain section where they should be. |
Mine are mostly in alphabetic order unless I get lazy with new arrivals and they just all end up in one big pile... lol.
Now my tapes, well they are another story, I suppose I should put them in order but I find it is similar to your statement, when I pull open a drawer to look for something I find other items to pleasantly distract me.
Sometimes means I never get to play what I first started to look for though!
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I'm sure I've said this on other forums here but I have thousands...even after more than a few wholesale blood-lettings. I've got the Monaural and early Stereo records my dad bought in the forties, fifties and sixties. I started collecting for myself when the Beatles hit. For a while, I worked at Tower Classical Records in Hollywood alongside my then future wife. Employee discounts. Record Label Promotional Copies (which were always the first copies pressed).
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Ed.
That sounds like you have a very nice collection there.
Enjoy them! |
I updated my discontinued database recently to a new program and
have already fallen behind due to receiving some records from my mother
and I was surprised at how good some of her old vinyl stands up some of
which I listened to years ago. It is nothing collectable, just what was
probably mainstream classical and jazz for the average buyer in the
'60s.
But even estimating that addition,
I'm still safely under 500. However, in 2006 I only had 140 so there is
that. I did abandon vinyl for the cd as a teenager and stupidly left
100 childhood rock records once when I moved to cull the cheesy stuff.
Wish I had kept those!
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It certainly does not help my cause any when I visit an area for work and use the Discogs vinylhub function which shows me all the local shops.
Last night I found a fantastic store called Joseys Records in the North Dallas area.
Huge, friendly and MASSIVE record and cd selection.
Absolutely the largest rock selection I have seen.
So yes my wallet was a little poorer after this visit...lol.
Now all I have to do is summon the will power to not revisit this week.....
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