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A local record store owner accepted the collection of a friend named “Jim” who passed away (Jim’s wishes). The collection is diverse, spans decades, and records are very well kept. The store owner created a special area called “Jim’s Bin”. Jim’s collection has kept the bin fresh for several months, always restocked with more of Jim’s records. I’ve got a few of those albums in hand now, and am happy to keep caring for them as well as he did!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That's a very touching visual, Kory - the "Jim's Bin". I'm sure Jim would be pleased!

Very interesting topic and as I am in my 70s pertinent to me. My wife and 2 daughters couldn’t care less what becomes of my turntables, cartridges and vinyl records, but my 40 year old son who I got interested in quality HiFi equipment does. He has meticulously acquired equipment from me and has a firm knowledge of all things vinyl. I will be happy to leave him all that I have. I am also glad his home is large enough to accomodate what records and equipment he wants.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Sounds like they will find a home 🍺🍺🍺🍺

I told my wife that I wanted my collection to go to a youngster just getting into the hobby. That way, I know that they are appreciated and not just a commodity for a retailer.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I like that idea, Scott. I'll have to think about that one.

@watdanuqta-mf5ms

3 ай бұрын

Oh great! Pass the burden on to your wife.

@richardsinger01

3 ай бұрын

Sounds good in theory but how would you find a deserving young enthusiast? Wouldn't it destroy the pleasure of owning and curating a collection to be gifted one like that? There's a liklihood that recipient wouldn't truly value a collection they hadn't painstakingly put together over a long period of collecting.

@scottsanford1338

3 ай бұрын

@richardsinger01 is true to a point. My question to you. Does the shop owner deserve to cherry-pick the best for themselves prior to selling the rest? Does the public deserve a chance at some great stuff? These are the things that I pondered before saying anything.

Rick, thanks for making this video...Its something I have had to ponder as well. I have made it clear to my family that my collection will be broken up among my 3 children so they can enjoy my collection and continue to let the memories of the songs live on in their lives.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Welcome John! I can imagine every time they listen to one of those albums they will be brought right back to watching you play them. Cheers!

My wife has asked me about this a few times. I told her I might sell them off before I die, but I'm still enjoying them while I can!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

You and me both!! Rock on 🎸

My daughter started collecting records about 5 years ago after I put together a vintage system together for her! She looks at my collection like it’s a holy grail and when she comes to visit I give her as many of them that she wants! It’s like a free record store 😂 I’m sure when I’m gone she will be able to seriously upgrade her present system to mine! I’m sure that she will continue with the collecting, and therefore my records will go to the one I love the most, my daughter! This is also a great discussion for cataloging everything that you have in Discogs! At least it gives a road map to your loved ones so they don’t get ripped off by the greedy record stores who want to give you 20% of the median price for near, mint or mintrecords that you have in your collection and you have taken care of so carefully!

@alanrogs3990

3 ай бұрын

I like that you give them to your daughter. I mean what's not to like about someone you care about enjoying them too. I have no kids and I don't really know anyone young that could take over the collection. But I would like for someone to know the value so that they could at least enjoy the cash after I'm dead.

@primeanalogrecords

3 ай бұрын

@@alanrogs3990 hey Alan, what you should do is hang out a little bit more at your brick and mortar store and see the kids that come in there and see who’s the most enthusiastic! Maybe you could strike up a conversation and move forward from there in your will! That would be such a testament going forward for you and your collection

@alanrogs3990

3 ай бұрын

@@primeanalogrecords Haha, my local shops are usually empty when I'm there. I'm good friends with both shop's owners near me but I am not going to let them get my records, they're as old as I am anyway.

@primeanalogrecords

3 ай бұрын

@@alanrogs3990 for sure don’t let them greedy record store owners steal them make sure that you let your loved ones know about your Discogs and the value that those records are! By the way, there are many young people in the VC, so see if you can reach out to a few of them and find out what their taste is and if it’s like yours, you could gift it to them! Just another idea!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Love this!

My late uncle left me his vinyl collection of 2000 albums. It has all the classics, like DSOTM with the solid triangle, poster and stickers. I dont remember him ever playing them. I have got myself a Technics turntable to play them, and they sound better than i remember my vinyl sounding in the 80s.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Now THAT is a treasure trove of memories. 🍺🍺🍺

You hit it home when you said “to keep this channel alive …” I my self have been contemplating lately what to do with my collection, especially the rare records, that no one but I have knowledge of. Great video! Thanks!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thank you as well, Nicholas!

Great theme you mentioned. I try not to think of it. I try my kids to continue after me.....

Thank you 🙏 dear Rick, I'm currently listening to Walter Murphy and his "A Fifth Of Beethoven". Now also a few days old. Very pleased that you brought up this topic. So far, you're the only one to bring this topic to the table. In any case, I don't know of any KZreadr who addresses this exact topic of "What happens to my records when I die? ". Not even on my known German local YT channels. Just recently, my wife and I took two 100 cm long measuring tapes and we each cut off the years of our lives that had already passed. Now that not everyone turns 100, I cut off at 82 and my wife at 92. Now there really isn't much left of the former 100 cm, is there? Back to the topic. Well, my esteemed Rick and everyone here. I own German rarities from my father's estate. Real rarities. Much of it on 7inch singles. All nicely sealed and wrapped in plastic film. Stored at a constant temperature. Some of them played an estimated maximum of five times. About 1000 pieces. That's exactly what happened to me. My father loved his small collection. His vinyl treasures. And now there's my collection. Now what happens to it when I die? I hope it doesn't all go in the trash. Please don't. Well, my wish is that everything that is no longer needed goes to the "Deutsche National Biblothek" and there to the department "Das Deutsche Musikarchiv" - German music archive. I hope and think they know what to do with it. Now I like the idea of a record being made with my ashes. Very well indeed. Thank you dear Rick. Will they use my ashes? I have to ask. Do I want to leave my voice on the record? 18 minutes is a long time. Longer than this and many other video clips here on You Tube. But I think the possibility alone is brilliant. Thank you dear Rick, again. Now I'm pregnant from you! 😄. Should it come to a recording, you should be mentioned by me for it. I promise, here now! Thank you again for the whole sensitive topic. Live long and prosper! Live all healthy and in peace. Greetings with a Servus from Bavaria P.S.: I was just telling my wife about the ashes and the vinyl. She said she'd rather save a few of my pullovers than a record with my voice. Should that make me have second thoughts, now?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Greetings, Dr. Michel. I rather like your wife's idea of the pullovers. I can see my wife saying a very similar thing if asked. I'm afraid to do something similar with a 100cm tape as the shorter length left may make me realize I'd better start listening to some of my lesser-played record before it's too late! Thank you for taking the time to watch this video, and also for sharing! Cheers 🍺🍺🍺!

I'm 79 years old now and I collect vinyl from my 15th birthday. In total I own about 3.500 '7's and 1.500 LP's.I like '7's! In Corona-time I catalogued all the records with the help of Discogs. It turned out that my colllection is worth quite a lot of money because I own a lot first releases. To give an example: I have the first release of the Velvet Underground (with the complete banana), but also the first 3 picturediscs from Lana del Rey. My specter was that after my death my family would contact a record buyer and while he would stand for the cabinets and offer my family 5.000 Euro's for the whole collection. That's the reason for the cataloguing. My granddaughter, she likes popmusic very much, so the colllection goes to her. She will take the records she like and will sell the rest through Discogs/Ebay.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that Paul! I too am starting to seriously catalog my collection for similar reasons (plus I'd just like to know). It's a painstaking process isn't it?

@paulwouters2025

3 ай бұрын

It took me two months (4 hrs a day). At the same time the whole proces was also very satisfying because I listened to every record (through YT) and explored many hidden gems in my collection. Records which I were totally forgotten.

This video resonates with me so much !

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

Cheers Stuart!

I have been collecting vinyl since 1970. I was a former Music buyer for a couple National Record store chains for 15 years. My children will take possession of my record collection . However to give them an understanding of what my collection means to me. I have started a Record journal that hopefully helps them. This journal will inform them and explain why I have what I have. My collection is like many, it is a time machine. My children grew up listening to my music and somewhat it has shaped them. However my children are adults now and my collection has grown somewhat. I think the journal will help them . Then when they are exploring my collection the journal can get some insight. I also have placed small notes on some albums under the outer sleeve for guidance. Example Great Sax player 1969, Promo copy, First pressing, Reissue, Rare album,This is a great jazz label, etc. etc."I can't cover all the bases. Like why do I have 3 first pressings of "Its a Beautiful day" or 3 pressing of Aja, When my first child was born I owned 1k. Its now closer to 3K. That's my plan and it's a work in progress...

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love that idea, Dan! Every record in my collection is attached to a memory and has a reason for being there. I'd love to capture that.

@scottsanford1338

2 ай бұрын

@TheJoyofVinylRecords and Dan, I also like that idea. I just don't remember some of them, and the memories are not as vivid as they once were. With Discogs, I have the information needed at hand for pressing information, etc. Notes added here are an option and keep all the information together in one place. First and foremost, enjoy the music.

Another fantastic relatable video, Rick! I have thought about this a lot! Obviously, the best thing that could happen to a record collection is that it is inherited by someone who is as passionate about vinyl records (or physical media more generally) as we are! Then, of course, that person will need to love the same type of music as I do, so the market becomes smaller and smaller. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who is interested in collecting music on physical media, so this is a subject that I have thought about a lot! I wake up in sweats when I think about records that I have spend 50 years collecting ending up at a charity shop for $1.00 or, worse, in the dumpster. As someone that was an executor of two estates of people who died within 40 days of each other, I know that it is overwhelming to try to settle an estate when there is property to be sold, assets to be liquidated, beneficiaries awaiting proceeds, and trying to carry out the wishes of the deceased. My best friend had a cottage that I had to sell and he had a roomful of "stuff" that I just couldn't bear to go through with everything else that I had to look after - so I sold the cottage with all the contents to a couple that had historical ties to the property as per my friend's wish. I am pretty sure that the new owners just hauled the stuff directly to the dump. I have spoken to the owner of a record store that I frequently buy records from, got a business card, and told him that if I die, someone will contact him about buying my record collection. I know that Terry would be fair. Unfortunately, I am seven years younger than this gentleman, so I will likely need to find someone else whom I trust that will be fair to the estate. I have catalogued everything on Discogs so I hope that my executors will take the time to understand what constitutes a fair price, but the reality is that nobody cares about my collection nearly as much as I do. It's sad to think that all the joy that I had collecting my treasures will be nothing but a burden to my friends and family. And there are a lot of people who will try to get something valuable for nothing. Thanks for starting this grim discussion, Rick. Unfortunately, subsequent generations rarely share the same interests as the generation before.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

It's been on my mind more and more - probably because of a couple health scares recently. I too have begun trying to honestly catalog what I have in Discogs, just in case my wife or children decide to get rid of it, they will have an idea what's it's worth. Not that they would ever get top dollar but it will hopefully prevent them from getting pennies for it.

@josephrobertmah3438

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Rick, I sincerely hope that you are well and these health scares were nothing more than a wake-up call. I agree that cataloguing on discogs will not guarantee my estate will get median or even low value for each title, but at least my executor(s) will have an idea of their value should they have time and inclination to hold out for the more valuable titles. The responsible thing to do would be to sell our own collections before we expire, but if I live 20 - 30 years longer, I am not done with them yet! If I die this year, I probably am. This begs the question - should I crack open and enjoy those sealed copies of "The Best of Radiohead", "Rush Counterparts", "David Bowie Five Years" vinyl records that I never got around to opening but have risen in value?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@josephrobertmah3438 Maybe buy used copies and keep those sealed? Great question!

I am 31, but I have given this much thought since my mid-20s (although I am not sickly or anything). Ideally, I want to a find a "protégé" to learn the full history of my collection and how to handle it properly. When I pass, they would get everything. I figure that won't happen, so I am going to document how I acquired each record, who owned it before me (if I know this), and my personal thoughts and feelings on it. Each record can get a QR sticker on the outer sleeve so this information can be pulled up. Even if the collection gets broken up, the story of each piece can be maintained. I think Noble Records did this recently with a collection that had an amazing story. I loved the idea. The personal significance of the records (not just to me, but to the people who owned them before me) is very important to me. And you obviously feel the same way. I think most of us record collectors feel this way. And yes, they are heavy. 500 lbs for 1,500 records sounds light (assuming they are all 12" discs). As my one friend whose record collection I have helped move multiple times jokes, we should just collect anvils. The record with the ashes is cool, but I don't know if I could forgive myself for raising the noise floor from beyond the grave.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Made me laugh about about the noise floor. And yes - I think that's what I find myself concerned with. The fact that the memories tied to the collection will disappear and so will its importance.

Interesting topic. I have instructions for my wife and son to help them deal with my collection. In my town are 3 well established record stores. Their contact info has been included in my paperwork. In addition, I have given them info as to who to contact about selling of my audio equipment as well. At 68, I needed peace of mind for myself!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

I hate to think about it, but we've recently set up our trust as well so things are accounted for. Ugh...

So you’re 56 and pondering about what will happen to your record collection. My son is 56! Imagine being 10 years old in 1955 and seeing ‘Blackboard Jungle’ and hearing Bill Haley & His Comets blasting out ‘Rock Around The Clock’ in the opening of the movie! So that 1st decade of R&R became indelibly etched in my memory banks. The collecting of music from that era continues to this day. You, and most others, feel the same way about the music from their formative years - I suppose. I have no idea (but plan to get one in the near future) regarding how many 45s, 78s, LPs and CDs that I have. Realistically, people my age are - as one of my classmates recently said - “getting up there”! So who’s going to be left to want my collection of ‘oldies but goodies’? From all of the comments that have been posted, I don’t have much confidence in getting much value from record stores or estate sales. Selling them at flea markets, a yard sale or on EBay seems like a lot of work. I have already digitized my entire collection so when I listen to my music it’s through my great sounding system. Maybe my children, grandchildren or even as yet-to-born great grandchildren will want my computer and equipment - maybe not! I guess that I’m glad that I found your article (and subscribed) - LOL! Sleepless nights ahead pondering what to do with ‘stuff’!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

11 күн бұрын

Hi Terry! I've seen that movie a number of times! I can only imagine the impact it had when it came out. Times were very different. A true classic and in many ways it changed the course of music and culture. I really began to think about my collection and what would. happen after a health scare last year. All is ok now but it did put a new perspective on things. Welcome to the channel, Terry! Glad you're here!

I've been in other forums and talked about this..... it's the same scenario in other expensive hobbies as well. You have your stuff appraised and then sold for the estate, you have it all donated somewhere (or to someone), you let your heirs figure it out or you just plain don't care because you're dead. I guess the best case scenario is the one where you get a younger person(s) interested and actually let them participate with you in your hobbies. Whether you tell them or not that you're leaving your junk to them is up to you. A lot of this is just the hubris that we have something of value. The stuff is only valuable to someone else who wants it.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Very true, Kevin. It really is only valuable to to the collector, and then to someone else who collects.

Not a bad idea to think about it and tell your family! My dad died a couple years ago and had a matchbox/hotwheels collection that filled 4 rooms and the attic, floor to ceiling. It wasn’t organized at all and he insisted he didn’t want anyone touching it, even the week he died. I gotta say, it sucked going through it all!! Took about 200 plastic bins to sort it all, and then I didn’t even know what to do with them. Definitely got a bit shafted from the estate sale auction place we took it all to as well. If he gave instructions on the best way to sell that kinda stuff, it’d have been a lot easier. Weirdly enough I’m taking a course about developmental psychology in old age right now and we had a whole discussion about leaving instructions for your personal belongings the other day.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear about your dad, Denis. Every interesting about the discussion on leaving instructions. I honestly need to do that.

@TheReal1953

3 ай бұрын

I had an estate auction when I left my farm in MO. One neighbor put it succinctly; "You hope you're dead when your stuff goes through an estate auction because the outcome mostly goes to the auction house." He wasn't kidding. I came out OK on all the farm equipment(with a tremendous amount of prep), but on the household stuff, I would have been better off taking donations for it all on a street corner.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@TheReal1953 Damn. Glad you came out ok with the farm equipment. Most folks do not I'm sure.

@TheReal1953

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Thanks, Rick. My neighbors/friends bought most of the farm stuff. They knew me, how I farmed and took care of my stuff. I guess it paid off. However, the auction house really advertised for the farm equipment and made short shrift of the household stuff. That was really hard to take/see.

What a silly question - you take them with you of course!!!!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

I think I will 😂😂😂

Discus it with your heirs (family) and get a feeling for how they would treasure them. Then propose to them a "post mortem" distribution plan that they all seem happy with. Ultimately, as George Harrison reminds us, "All things must pass".

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Words of wisdom right there. Cheers! 🍺

I am 68. My brother, who is 63, also collects records, and he is sure to get them. I don't have any kids. He has two daughters and I think they will not be interested. After that, who knows? I have got records that date back to 1948. What comforts me is people that have enjoyed the records, generations of them, who cared about what was on the discs. Have a good Sunday.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Have a great one Stanley!

Touching video Rick , we all know the old saying ,You can,t take it with you,more money inclined maybe , but hey Our collections just seem to be a little special after all each LP tells a story ,songs that made us laugh and cry and ofton connects us to someone special , if possible i would like my collection to go to somebody who apart from the music digs the whole vibe that started us off in the first place , thanks for this

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, Chris. Much appreciated!

My kids like vinyl and music played on a tt. They already onow it will be theirs.

"Kinda just creeped myself out..." 😂

Nice video as always.Time and tide wait's for no one...I will probably give my records to my son. And I can only hope that he takes good care of them. What he eventually does with them is not up to me to decide. Because I have left this mortal coil then...I have that album with Mr Dharma, fantastic album. Btw: New album with BÖC in april : Ghost Stories. I have of course already pre-ordered it 👍 All the best from Norway 🇺🇸🇧🇻🥁🎸👍😁

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I heard about that album Ole! What made me sad about it was a quite in an article that read it's a " fitting finale to the recording legacy”. Ugh.

Thanks so much. Ive long said (in jest) to my family that I wanted my ashes mixed into a record puck and the song by PF Wish you were here pressed into it. Now I can realize my final bow. The clicks and pops in the song would be me LOL. Im rounding the bend sooner than you. This year I'm purging at least 30% of the collection at a local flea market. Not trying to make money just passing the music on at a fair price. They're clean and taken care of. I have quality equipment so I think my son would keep it or sell it off w/o too much effort. We arrive with nothing and we leave with nothing. Cheers. Greg

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Cheers to you as well, Greg! Purging and selling takes strength. I'd have a hard time picking those I let go. 😂😂😂😂 your comment "The clicks and pops in the song would be me" 😂😂😂😂😂

Both of my adult boys are into music, but of course they stream and don’t deal with physical media. I do have some albums that they would listen to, but highly doubt they’ll ever go to the trouble of setting up a system with a turntable. I may be wrong, but I am hoping at least one of them will carry the torch. If they want to liquidate, I have told them they can sell online and make some decent $, or they can take to a local record shop and let them deal with it. Less $ but way less headache also.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

2 ай бұрын

I have the same hopes with my son and daughter. Both have turntables and have a few records, but I can't imagine either of them really knowing what to do or even want a large one - the space alone is prohibitive. Then again - maybe they will love it 😎

I would hope that people I care about get a chance to pick through my small collection. Otherwise, them ending up anywhere but a landfill would be fine. I have similar thoughts about the miniature gaming pieces I collect and paint. That's an even tougher question than my vinyl.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

Painting miniature gaming pieces is a real skill. I can see that being hard to think about given the amount of time and care put into it.

@SupermegaGchan

Ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Yeah, and like you said about vinyl, they're only truly valuable to the person who collected and personalized them. The secondary market isn't really interested in already painted miniatures. I do remember the time when a member of a forum dedicated to sharing pictures of miniatures died and his collection was gifted to another member who then memorialized the collection through a series of KZread videos.

Every time I buy a batch of records, I think about this. Tonight was one those instances. From time to time I tell my son…

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Cheers, Dave! It's been crossing my mind more and more lately.

Since this is an older video I am not sure If you will read this but how about making a video about insurance? I was dealing with my insurance last week and it got me thinking about how to insure them. In my home owners insurance I saw my records, in the insurance paper it was "tapes and disks", are only covered for $250. Do you have an insurance rider on your collection? Same for the stereo equipment. People often start collecting and before they know it the value is way above their insurance coverage.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

28 күн бұрын

I'll need to revisit that. I wrote an article once that my collection was covered under personal property, but you just made me think about the equipment. The last time I check with my insurance agent it was before the equipment I have.

@alanrogs3990

28 күн бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Did you need to provide a list of all your records and their current value?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

28 күн бұрын

@@alanrogs3990 No - they didn't have a rider or anything that would cover them. Somewhat surprised me.

Frankly I see the point of selling off to other collectors, or donating one's collections to a library or museum. It's way better that others will appreciate and use what I have collected while I'm still very much alive.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

The more I think about it, it's a very viable solution.

Hi. My name is Eliot Wien. Here's what I would do with my collection. There's 2 discussions I would have. The first with my Fiance soon to be wife about what to do. I would have her sell it. I would have a second discussion with my Record store that I know and trust. They know what I own, and will gladly buy it from her and give her respectful money. I already wrote this down and gave her all the directions in an envelope. I would like her to take the money and enjoy herself. I can't take the collection with me, and I believe in enjoying yourself while you're alive and healthy.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Excellent advice, Eliot. Truly. And congrats on the upcoming wedding!

I've been thinking the same recently,I collect vinyl and movies too and worked out being in my 50's I haven't got the time to watch and listen to everything I own in the time I may have left.i know my daughter would keep everything after I'm gone but she wouldn't get the chance to listen to everything either

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

It's somewhat like a video I made a few months ago. My collection is like the monster from the movie "The Blob". It keeps growing...

I've have had the same thoughts on my records, audio gear, cameras and firearms and just a few days ago was looking for a photo on my computer, and as photography is also a hobby, I have about 600 GB of pictures I realize no one else cares about and they will pretty much be deleted from existence on my passing.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That's another great point. My wife is, like you, a photographer and loves the memories that comes with every image. I hate to think what would happen with her pictures when we are both gone.

I've been thinking about this for about a year now. My two oldest are in the music profession, one as a teacher and the other as a Jazz Bassist and composer. My youngest (7) is already doing theater and just started playing piano. I would like to say that my collection will be in good hands and have confidence that they will sort things out. The question will be, what weapons will they be using to get the prime albums.😊

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That's really cool about your children pursuing their passion of music, Luis. Made me laugh about the choosing of weapons for the prime record choices 😂😂😂

Have left my collection to my nephew who appreciates my aged collection. However the Ozric Tentacles albums are coming with me !😄

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

LMAO - Love it!

Similar to what a couple others have said, I always thought about having all my prized possessions(after my kids choose what they want) Cremated and put into the casket with me. All my special pictures, songs, and videos would go in on SD cards. Still just a thought so far! Great video!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Glen! There are a few I really think I'd want to take with me that way.

I've already willed my collection to my oldest son who, like myself is a musician & music fan. He loves the same music as I do, and I know they'll be especially cherished.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@drazenbabich

3 ай бұрын

You are an outlier, consider yourself lucky. Most of us have kids and spouses who aren't interested in our vinyl collection the slightest.

Wow Rick, great topic that , as you and as I get older I wonder and worry about the destination of my Vinyl collection, more then what's going to happen to me. Whose hands are they going to? Will they be curbside or cared for?? I would want them respectfully sold, not the whole entire collection at once , cause you'll never get the amount you think your collection is worth. But cherry picked instead so you can get the best bang for your Buck$$. I would have to Will them over to the most responsible sibling along with instructions on their value and rarity. That would be my wishes

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

It's a topic that's oddly been on my mind alot lately. Not that I plan on leaving this Earth anytime soon! 🍺🍺

Good video. This is something I think about a great deal. I'm approaching my 75th birthday, my collection has been put together over the past 54 years and is mostly special and meaningful to me. My daughter used to run a thrift shop in the north of England and I thinned out the collection and the charity there was the beneficiary of these. This still leaves me with around 450 titles, according to Discogs some are collectable and valuable. The jury is still out as to the best course of action; I still enjoy the music but the topic bothers me.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Malcolm. It means alot. The topic has bothered me quite a bit lately. Can't say for sure why but it has just the same.

The ash-record is really creepy; "his master's voice" springs to mind. Yikes! -- The biggest "concern" I have is that someone will throw it all in the trash. Particularly oddities, such as one of 23 copies of a Glaring lathe-cut release, or one of 10 copies of the 128 label friendship editions. [You may recall the Dodo feet story at the British Museum.] Not having kids adds a bit to the concern; house and household is going to some educational non-profits, I have high hopes that they will make a good call. I have been thinking of adding some notes to protective outer sleeves. I think the likely "worst case" is that the collection is sold for pennies on the $ to a local record store. But I also like to look at the bright side: a new collector will find some rarities, or it makes the day of an indie store owner. And that is fine with me. In the meantime, I enjoy my records. -- I have a similar concern with a few 10Ks natural history photographs. That is a retirement project of uploading them all to CalPhoto.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Yes! His Master's Voice! Now I wish I'd have thought of that and used that image and referenced it. Perfect Daniel.

ahhhh first world materialism 101. good rant! affects all of us

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Guy. Cheers!

OMG I was recently thinking about this topic. I don’t have kids so I’ll probably end up leaving it to my cousins I’m thinking. They’re musicians and would probably dig it. Love the Dracula clip by the way. I used to recite that very line to my dad and he’d laugh. I don’t think Bela meant to be a comedian but I laughed at most of his roles.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Lugosi was the best, wasn't he? I used to spend every Saturday afternoon as a kid watching Creature Double Feature on channel 56 out of Boston.

Being in my 70s, I think about this subject a lot. What will happen to my material possessions when I die? There's records, my hifi, books and other things that aren't in my will. The fact is, I don't know and don't really care. I have enough faith in the people I might leave behind to do with these things as they see fit. That could mean keeping those things, selling them through an estate sale, giving them to Goodwill or just tossing them out. I'd like to think that others will keep them to enjoy and maybe pass on to their survivors. What do they mean, anyway? We spend a good part of our life accumulating and another part downsizing. In the final analysis, in the grand scheme of things, what do they mean? "What real value is there for a man in all the gains he makes beneath the sun?" - Ecclesiastes 1:3

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

All good points, Mark. My wife and I have been playing with downsizing, more on the possessions but not the house. The only thing we both enjoy at the end of the day is the vinyl room.

Im 69 and what I did was bought one of my grand daughters a turntable and one of my daughters a full stereo, hopefully. they both love this passion hopefully they will take what they want at the time. the rest will be my wifes problem lol, but I have about 3500 lps, etc good luck wifey! hahahaha great vid!

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. I hope your wife doesn't see that comment 😂😂😂

@coolmickey68

3 ай бұрын

haha no siree, it will be a surprise @@TheJoyofVinylRecords

This is something my wife always says to me but I myself am a lot more pragmatic about it than her. I am enjoying my collection whilst I'm here. Some of the records get less play than others but it is comforting to know they are there anyway. When I'm gone I don't care what happens to them. I have a list of the more valuable ones to help my son sell them if he wants to but, honestly, I don't care if he puts the lot of them in a skip. I don't believe in an afterlife or a magical deity with a heaven and hell so when I'm gone, I'm gone. If somebody else gets pleasure from my records or if they are never played again really makes no difference to me.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That sounds like a very healthy mind set. Cheers, Ian! 🍺

Best thing you can do is have an auction house take them for free and sells them, or have a record store sell take them and sell them, and be okay that they will throw away the ones that do not sell. It is sad, but that is end of life and consumerism. These things are important to you, not the people you leave behind. They will likely throw them in the dumpster and feel bad about it, but in time they will forget, and hopefully forgive themselves for it, hence just better to let the second hand market do it. many people have to do this while they are still alive. for me it is tools, equipment and Electonics. We all have our technology pollution that is difficult to deal with. I watched my grandparents, parents, and others go through it, and I can already see it coming for me. Peace brother.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

It's not an easy thing to consider, which is why I brought it up. I find myself thinking about these things more and more.

Have all your vinyl melted down to create your coffin, use album jackets to line the inside, take the inner sleeves & shred them to fill your pillow, recycle whatever leftover paper you have into the little cards for the guests at your funeral service. There you go... you created your "Vinyl Resting Place". --- Bill

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂. Perfect!

.................................................................................................... (speechless)............. I don't know what would happen, I don't want to think about it, it makes me sad. I want them to survive... I want my MTv... eeerrrrrrrrr.... I want my collection...

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I want my MTV too, Dave 😂😂😂😂

Since my kids show no real interest in my records, my own preference is to dramatically reduce the collection just keeping a core that has the most personal meaning to me. I'd document this and pass on these records to whoever survives me.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I get mixed feelings from them. One of these days I'll have some hard decisions to make. Better sooner than later I suppose.

None of my children or grand children , sadly have any interest in my vinyl whatsoever, so I have no aspirations about the future of my lifetime collection. I have faced the reality that my albums will most likely die with me and end up in a dumpster placed outside my house, put there there by a house clearance company. I have accepted this and still enjoy my collection as if they are mine forever.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That's about all we can do, Dave. I completely agree.

I don't really have a lot of thoughts on this one. Since my record collection is my second go round at vinyl I haven't built an extensive library. Nor do I intend on building it into several hundred. I have less than 100 records and about 300 cds from my original cd collection. I just hope that after I'm gone, it all goes to someone who appreciates the music the way I do. You can't take it with you, so you have to hope a new person becomes the next care taker of the music that will live on into the future.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

That's how I feel. I'd love to think someone will value them as well and appreciate them the same way.

Most of mine can go to a record store or whatnot but I do have a couple of 'sections' that are worth thousands of dollars. I should let someone I'm close to know about that. I'd hate for them to just sell all them off in a bundle to someone for pennies on the dollar when they could have gotten a lot more if they knew some are worth hundreds of dollars all by themselves. I mean if they love records and want to keep them, great, but if they aren't into them and just want to get money for them I'd prefer they be somewhat educated on the value.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I completely get that, Alan. It's one of the reasons I want to at least accurately catalog them. Not so much for my benefit, but for the exact reason you just mentioned.

Fortunately I have two nephews who are into music, and they'll be happy to take all my records.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Perfect! Cheers, Alan 🍺🍺🍺

When I am gone, I won’t really care what happens to them, I won’t know. As far as maybe I should have collected cars, Pokémon cards ect ect. Well those things are only valuable to a collector of those things, I would not give you a quarter for a Pokémon card, or classic car, cause I don’t care about those things. But let’s face it, there are plenty of collectors out there, that will pay good money for your collection, but they are collectors of vinyl. I can see mine going in an estate sale.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Same about the other collectibles, Greg. It's always been records for me. I would love to have those old Aurora monster models I used to collect as a kid though. 😎

my LP Collection is already sorted my Son want's my Pink Floyd Wish you were here as it was released only days after he was born in 1975 and my Grandson wants my Original Dark Side of the Moon then they can fight over the rest 🤔😊😉

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

So both your son and grandson are Pink Floyd fans. Sound like they take after you 😎

when it happens, just make a pyre with me on the top...

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

I might have to put that idea in my will, Marcelo 😂😂

After you're gone, you are not going to care. Just provide for your personal interest with someone or someones before you go. An estate plan.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

We actually did set up and Trust and the collection is in there. But I didn't give it as much thought as I should have. More a placeholder. It's something I need to revisit.

told my wife to keep them because we have the same taste in music....but if she wants to sell them that's cool too...ill be gone...haha...currently listening to my original pressing of Dionne Warwick greatest hits

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Do you remember the Dionne Warwick Show from the mid-70s? Back when variety shows were king (Sonny & Cher, Captain & Tennille, Donny & Marie, etc).

@scottgetty5547

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords not really from 75 to 80 my pop was stationed in Frankfurt Germany so we didn't get too many shows back then...maybe 10 11 hours of programming per day

Which area of New England are you from? If you tell me I promise I will take care of your vinyl when you go...haha...I'm older than you so I will be dying first. And this is something I wonder about with my kick ^@** audiophile gear. I put it in my will.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Hi Natan - originally from Mass. but most of my life here in NH. Cheers!

Dude, how old are you? I thought you were like 45?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

56 and counting

@drazenbabich

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Me too :) BTW, you're looking good for 56, bud.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@drazenbabich Lol - thanks. It must be the scotch 😂

It's crossed my mind before. I'm 61 so . . . Yeah. Anyway, all I could think of were my own friends. But where's the sense in that? Much better (I think) to get them into the hands of a youngster who's trying to build a collection and just starting out.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@scottsanford1338 said something similar. It's a great thought.

It’s so interesting, this question has crossed my mind. What would happen to my vinyl collection?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

LMAO - love it

WOW, how interesting ...cremated ashes imbedded in a clear vinyl record, a collection of your fav music

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely unique, Bobby.

That UK service that presses ashes in vinyl is such a cool idea. Kinda creepy for some but I think it's cool and unique.

@Douglas_Blake_579

3 ай бұрын

With respect ... I'd have to come down on the "creepy" side of that one.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Somewhat creeps me out but there's a part of me drawn to the thought, Jorge.

I gather your kids are probably late teens why don't you just talk to them about it sit down and play some records chill out talk to them like you're talking to us. their feelings in the future will change as well tastes will change, I'm sure they probably like some of the music you like, or it will do more in the future people's taste change. you got to get them to handle you records put them on play them not treat them like the Holy Grail that's what they think you think it is to them. But don't make it a burden for them just find out what they might like you know the tastes, leave those special ones and the rest they can do what they want with. if you get them hooked on the Hobby and they get their own Gear then they're probably keep more do they have their own setup, buy them their own startup, there is modern music out there from Modern artists not just Dad music lol as I say when you get to a certain age probably the dad music will become more attractive to them. Like These KZread videos to them do your own death KZread video keep it private for them. I'm sure you got tons of life in you yet. I don't know what your circumstances are and I don't need to know but maybe a bit of me and you time with them do one maybe at a time just invite them over and chill out and talk about music and your collection

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

They are both in their mid to late 20s. I have spoken with them about it but that was years ago and things change. I'll have top revisit the topic with them. Cheers!

You look like you are about 15 years younger than your age. Most men do make it to the ripe old age of 80+ years old, I recently found out. That may mean that you are a fairly likely candidate to make it to 90+. I'd go with that, without 100% certainty. Even though the life expectancy averages out to 70 something, people who have passed on really young, brings the actual number of the average life expectancy way down. Of course those of us who have REALLY great sound, we really have something much more to live for. If I keep making effective improvements to my sound, I think I'll make it to 125 years old; at least! ...I say "at least" because we are the first generation who may live long enough for scientific breakthroughs that will eliminate, or near eliminate deterioration of the cells in our body, which could make aging a thing of the past. We are the first generation who could live forever; or at least for a very long time. Experiments, mostly on cells of fruit ate proving fruitful. Powerful anti-oxidents are being developed. Aging of cells may be able to be stunted or even reversed. Wouldn't it be nice to feel like a teenager again? Of course with no one dying of old age, this would put an enormous financial strain on our institutions like Social Security. If in the year 2040, your local pharmicist looks like either a beureauocrat or looks like he's lying when he says he is out of anti-aging pills, slap your hand down on the counter and let him know you mean business, or take your business elsewhere. It is ashame how many record dealers rip off the public. I never liked most of them. One time I witnessed a little old lady with trembling hands from carrying about 15 lps, hand them over to the record store employee and her high hopes sank, when the record store owner offered her a measly 10 cents per record. "Oh dear" she said. "That won't even get me enough money to get back home to my apartment." I bought them from her and was banned from the store. About a year before that, I brought in to the same store a copy of an original Gene Vincent Rockabilly record lp, which I made them aware was valued at over $300 by Goldmine magazine. It had someone's name on the cover and after hearing about the Goldmine evaluation he said "I'll tell you what, I'll give you fifty cents for it." Another guy standing in line wasn't able to stifle a giggle. That's the kind of thing that heirs of dead relatives, will be facing. If a record lp has someones name written in the corner; about how much would that devalue the record by? Not by 6000% I'm sure! There was a news story years ago that Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards regularly inhaled ashes from the urn of his dead father. I'm not sure if that was before or after the story of him falling from a palm tree trying to climb it. If these scientific advances do not materialize, then maybe other things could be considered. Like an audiophile cemetary. There is so much one upsmanship in our hobby. Who really thinks that those clowns on the forums who list everything in their expensive system, are doing it to be scientific? They're obviously showing off. Maybe when you would visit an audiophile cemetary, the tombstones would keep getting higher and higher up. I do think relatives of people who built enormously huge lp collections by moving to a new address each month and using a new alias to fool the computers at The Columbia Record & Tape Club to get 14 new records each time, should reimburse Columbia somehow.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

I have to admit to cancelling and resubscribing to Columbia to get the 10 for 10cent deal (or was it 10 for a buck?). I don't doubt for a second that Keith did that - he may have forgot what was in the urn - or maybe that's his secret to lasting as long as he has 😎 The story about the elderly woman trying to sell those records is heartbreaking. Love that you bought them from her.

Before paypal, discogs, ebay etc was blocked in Russia - i knew exactly what happens to my vinyl’s, tapes & cd’s. I thought i will teach my children how to grade & sell records, but now , when all international services is blocked……I Just don’t know. Music that I listen is extremely unpopular in Russia so it will be hard to sell it inside the country. So i hope for better days when all this political b””””it will be over.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

Ай бұрын

Let’s both hope for that. Seriously. If you don’t mind me asking what music do you listen to? If you’re not comfortable posting here you can reach me through my website.

@MrRekinco

Ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Thanks, Comrade. I Prefer Westcoast G-Funk & Gangsta Rap of the 90’s & US Funk 1978-1983.

They go to record heaven? I got rid of 4/5ths of my collection.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Maybe there is a record heaven???? Cool idea

@watdanuqta-mf5ms

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords The thing is, %99.9 of them, close to three thousand were all purchased new and I left them behind at a house sale. I wasn't thinking I guess. True story: I decided to finally get rid of a pile of LPs sitting on a chair to the right of where I'm typing this now. I took them to a trusted dealer and friend and while it was maybe twenty-thirty records the ones that I thought were not valued much were the most valuable. One in particular, a kind of club music, droning stuff I got $110.00 for, and this weird Deutsche Grammophon of Japanese plucking sounds turned out to be my most valuable (classical?) DG. I took it home to listen to what I was missing. Turned out I wasn't going to miss it. My point? You just never know what's really valuable. We assume it's the things that we personally love the most.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@watdanuqta-mf5ms Agreed!

I think vinyl is the worst sounding of all modern "hi-fi" formats. It's also all I listen to when I'm "just" listening to music. The experience is a lot more than just the sound quality. Unlike a dog, I don't simply hear it. I am aware of what has to physically happen for that music to be created. It drastically enhances the perceived sound as much as knowing the history of a song or recording can enhance one's enjoyment. Human beings have very complex brains. In a very real way, perception is reality.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

2 ай бұрын

A friend of mine was fond of saying that - perception is reality. It’s very true too.

You CAN take it with you ... Just have the records moulded into a casket and have your corpse on a bed of your favourite album covers. (or not)

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Why didn't I think of that

Why do you care? You're dead...

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

Or am I?

@Yiannis2112

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords Yeah sorry...Let me rephrase: Why would you care? You'd be dead...

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@Yiannis2112 Not unless I'm a ghost I suppose....

@Yiannis2112

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJoyofVinylRecords When I said who cares, no matter how true, I was basically joking. This funeral service from UK is also a ridiculous and cringey thing to do. I think you should at least try to teach someone of the younger ones in the family, that your collection is worth tens of thousands on e-bay etc, which it probably does and that if they won't keep them, they should start selling them for the right price, especially the rare ones. But you have to tell them which ones and why that is, plus that they have to be very, very patient in this process. The whole thing might worth a new house or tuition fees, a good car, a pension insurance...whatever! That's what I would do. I got vinyl, cds and tapes, first press releases and picture discs, that I got for 15 to 25 and now cost 90 or even 300 euros. Its not only a collection, its an investment too.

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

@@Yiannis2112 Great points!

Son you look too young to be worried about that. My record collection was purchased because either I liked the music or wanted to taste something new. The later has brought me some great listening but I had to take chances and some were not so good. As far as being dead, I hope to be flowing down the St. Lawrence. I've never given it a thought because I enjoy them now while I'm still here. By the way I'll be 70 very soon. Have any Alice in Chains or Voivod I might like?

@TheJoyofVinylRecords

3 ай бұрын

lol. No Alice in Chains, but I may need to correct that!