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My goal is to keep music collecting fun. Episodes feature light-hearted discussions about interesting music, cool gear, and trends in collecting. I post videos most Sundays and many Fridays.
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A collection is never complete.
Had a friend who had a pair 15 years ago when I was into breakbeat before I was wiser, but there was always an allure to her gold 1200s. Fast forward to about 4 hours ago and I just found a fully functional one in the GARBAGE at my apartment complex. I’ve been blessed for sure.
This is my first time seeing your show on KZread, very nice! I'm a huge Van Halen fan, and remember going to Strawberry's to buy For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge on cassette. I kept the receipt, think I paid $11.99. Now I'm a huge David Lee Roth fan, but I have to admit this is a well-made album. I can only image how it'd have turned out if it'd been Diamond on it instead of Sammy...
Too bad videos are such a thing of the past...Damn Good Times.
Now is the time to buy limited edition cd's.
Sometimes I will go through my record collection and do a little “house cleaning”, so to speak. I will form a modest pile and ready them for sale on eBay. I am often faced with the dilemma of posting them on eBay, which involves a great deal of work with taking pictures, doing the write-ups and then finally getting them posted onto eBay, only for many of them not attracting a single “watcher”, let alone a single bidder! What do I do with these? Normally, I sell them to the used record shop for far less than what I paid for them. After doing eBay for the last dozen years or so, I have come to the conclusion that the people browsing eBay are only looking for Elvis, The Beatles, Dio, KISS, Bowie or Dylan! Anyone else just doesn’t sell. Would you have any suggestions on what else I can do to save time listing on eBay and still be able to get a decent price for the records I no longer want? Of course, I could donate them!
I have "stopped" buying music in any format recently so, I guess my "collection" is complete? Anymore when I want to listen to anything my wife says "turn that down" and that usually means "turn it off". I could put on my headphones but I "hate" listening to music that way. With that in mind I'm going to start "thining" or "weeding" out the collection. My next project is "me" having a building built in our backyard for my listening needs. It will be "off limits" to her! I guess it's nice that she thinks we should spend all of our time together but, gee whiz.
I just cant bring myself to purge. It would be like saying good bye to a friend.
What about Paradise Theater by Styx laser etched and playable
Great video Frank. It happens to us all. First ones to go are the doubles, damaged and unplayable. Next are the obscure and junk records. Third are the ones I just don't like. What remains are the ones you truly cherish and that's a collector's collection that you feel proud of and is a part of you
I had a big purge last year, from 200 LP’s down to 103. Sold those records that I bought because they are fairly rare, yet sound great on standard cd. Got £50 each for original cover editions (ie: controversial cover art) of G’N’R Appetite and Lies, £40 for a Japanese Iron Maiden - Live After Death, the rest I accepted £300 for the lot. I did later spend £35 on a Japanese cd of Appetite For Destruction with the robot/monster cover and £5 for a cd copy of Lies with the ‘Welcome to the dark ages’ headline.
They sell cheap Bluetooth adapters that will send the 1/8" headphone output to any Bluetooth speaker.
Everyday, without fail, I regret parting with my vinyl albums in the 80's to replace them with the newly-fangled cd's. On the other hand I've never regretted keeping a record. Keeping is the only future-proof option; you can always dispose easily but buying back is expensive and frustrating
Hi 👋 i have the soundtrack to my life on cds. I have been collecting for a number of years now. Its music from the 1960s onwards. I still buy them too. I listen to them alot. I get great pleasure from them. Im in my sixties. From Carl.
The corporations/stream services can make your favorite music unavailable on a whim. Get physical copies of what you love. Also, what ya gonna do if the internet/cell service goes down for a long time?
The furniture in the lounge room dictates how much I collect. Once those spaces are filled I’ll get rid of CDs and records I’m not listening to make space for media I really want.
I always remember when Geddy went on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and did a sledding safety PSA.
I haven’t purged, but I think I’m about to. Gonna start from A and go to Z… And yeah, the late 80s hair metal doesn’t stand up too well these days. Led Zeppelin II will always reign supreme though 😉
I walked into WalMart last year and noticed record prices of $25 and up and was shocked. I bought those same records decades ago for $5-$10 and now they're 6X the price. I stopped buying music because of the price long ago, but it hurts to know I'm still priced out. It's for the rich fans that have money and buy $100+ concert tickets, and concerts used to be $10 back in the day. It's been a trend for 35 years of higher and higher prices for richer and richer fans.
Seeing as most of my albums come from Bandcamp/obscure metal record labels, I've become spoiled and get a little bummed when they don't come with a code to redeem for digital listening.
Another great one Frank!!!
I had a Numark TTX USB turntable and the anti-skip froze up and kept skipping the records and I couldn't find a way to fix that so I had to get a similarly priced turntable and this Audio Technica was it. I miss the digital readout on the speed variation per cent. I haven't played much on it because I was just trying to get it in the door and I've been watching KZread all the time instead. I do have several hundred records I want to get onto a computer, and with SSD drives newly installed maybe that's possible, but I should get new computers anyway first, mine are too old. The mall record stores are selling new albums of what I've got for $30-$60 now instead of the $5-$10 I paid for them decades ago. Most of what I've got is out of print anyway. The DJ's keep driving this vinyl resurgence for the last 15 years when vinyl was dead. Now to find a new budget cassette deck with Dolby since the trademark wars. I use a rubber mat from my first Technics turntable from the late 1970's, the felt mats tend to slip the grip on the record when the needle hits a rock in the record.
Ultimately a collection is what you want it to be. Like it was said in the video it is all to be fun. If fun for you is a house full of records or a storage unit, or whatever grand size, that is up to you. I purge every 6 months, I got the core collection down pat, everything else get scrutinized. Sometimes I find a better copy of something I have. This happened to me this weekend with Neil Young's After The Gold Rush. I can purge the lesser copy. To me, my father in law bought years ago a radio station's vinyl inventory. That inventory is over 100,000 records. My brother in law and I - both of us are big music and vinyl collectors, don't want the burden of this. The Father In Law really don't enjoy the collection, just enjoys the "trophy" per se of the collection. He usually goes after the brother in law and my collection. I look at it like this, if every day you spin 3 records that you listen to, in a year that is 1080, my father in law won't in his lifetime and I don't think even in mine remaining will listen to that collection. If your collection is functional, purging has to be a function. If your collection is to have everything and be like an archivist - then the word purge is a dirty word. Again goes back to the original thoughts - this is supposed to be fun and what you want it to be.
Rush - "Moving Pictures" Led Zeppelin 4 Prince "Purple Rain" Steely Dan "Aja" Deep Purple "Machine Head" Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill" The B-52's S/T yellow LP The Cars "Candy-O" and/or debut LP Boston Debut LP David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust" Billy Joel "Glass Houses"
I use the random selection feature in Discogs to help me decide what to listen to. This forces me to listen to my lesser favorite records.
I worked as a painter in one of these I was told I could help myself to any sleeves I wanted
Have an original Superfly vinyl
Purging and regret I feel that usually you collect items that have a significant at some point in your life. If it is something that is meaningful, you hold onto it and play when you feel nostalgic. A record collection is your own personal photo album. I have bought records to hear a new artist or genre. However, if it doesn't spark a specific memory or experience, I look to sell it or pass it on to someone who can appreciate it. Discogs and eBay projects a specific selling price, and that's when people regret that you could have had something valuable to sell for something more important in your life I have purged to bring income for my family when in a crunch. Again, it's what is meaningful to you.
Did you pick up the Black Sabbath Rhino High Fidelity issue?
No, I missed it....
I slim my "multiples" often. An example: I went from 5 Dark sides town to 2. 4 Devo Debut down to 2. Etc.
I am on a budget but am looking at the Fluance 80 or the Elite. Are these players any good and is ther an advantage on buying one over the other?
I have close to 1000 LPs, not counting 12" and 7" singles or the 750 CDs in my collection. I've been collecting and purging from time to time, since 1979. The growth creeps up on you and you need to soberly decide whether an item should remain in your collection. Would you regret it years from now and buy it again? It has happened a couple of times. But when you purge, say 5 records, you can now buy that expensive first pressing or UK/Japanese import you always wanted without using your money. Quality over quantity. You don't need 20,000 albums in your life. Keep it small. Even my almost 1000 items are beginning to alarm me.
I still buy CDs and I still have a whole bunch of them and I hope they can come back. I love them more than this new phone stuff. I don’t like the new phone stuff. I like CD better.
I really want to purge what I call “one and done” records from my collection. Not the bedrock music collections (e.g., Zep, Kiss, Rush, BOC, Aerosmith, Floyd, Sabbath, etc. - what you’d expect). Not going to build a new room in the basement for vinyl. If I haven’t played an album more than 1-2 times or not at all in a year, I’m going to try to sell those off all in one whack at a record store likely. I’ve tried selling on Discogs and it’s a pain - too many options for the same stuff you’re selling. And I’m not sure I have the time to sell on Whatnot based on the sellers I follow who really got their system down and run very crisply. Any suggestions??
Selling is a pain. I have had good luck with FB Marketplace, selling only locally.
@@Channel33RPM I may have to look into that for sure!
@@Channel33RPMI’ve sold stuff via this route too, much less hassle, I find those within a 50 mile radius are always willing to travel for vinyl bargains.
I've thought about purging, and have often not known what to listen to even though I have s tonne of records (choice paralysis I think they call it) . But the discogs shaky random showed me the way forward 👍👍👍👍
Choice paralysis - I like that phrase.
Its always a sad day when you have to watch a fellow vinyl enthusiast purge ,or downsize their collection. I just built another room on to the house to add more vinyl. Awesome Video!
I did the big "Purge" back in 2016. Between 2007 and 2014 I moved 5 times and after the first move, one realizes that while having 3000+ is cool, when you have to move it turns into a nightmare. So, I sold half my collection and made it more manageable. Now, I'm starting to realize I may need another "purge" 😂I'm at the point where it's quality over quantity....
I recently purged my collection and passed them onto my daughter who has recently gotten into vinyl collecting. She was over the moon as she now has some awesome additions to help her on the journey of this great hobby.
That's the most beautiful thing mate, better than passing your money to her, every album she play is a reminder of your love, and passage of your life.
Great response to my desert island movies or music question. I once asked this same question of a musician I knew and she answered she would take the records and not the movies. I told her yeah, but with movies you also get music. And she responded: “With music I can make my own movies.”
She had a good answer!