Just wondering: how many among you still collect records? I mean, I have a Spotify account that I mainly use at work, but at home I play records. I can't even recall the last time i played a cd. Howzabout you?
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Record Collectors Among Us?
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Not anymore. I had over 5k, put my faves into flacc, and sold all but a few absolute faves and a few impossible-to-finds.
I do most of my listening in the car. The car has a CD player that also downloads the songs to a hard drive. With CDs so cheap I have pretty amazing collection of music in my car.
I know it's an impractical medium anymore. Records take up a lotta space. They're fragile. They've gotten pretty expensive. Does it maybe have to do with my age? It's how I grew up listening to music. It's how I learned to play a bass. Cueing up a song over and over again.
I have a pretty good collection. LP's (including my mom's 78 collection), CD's, cassettes and 16,000 songs on my Ipod.
The Ipod goes everywhere I go.
The Ipod goes everywhere I go.
I have about 350 to 400 albums going back to the early 60's. I don't go looking to buy new albums because of their cost, but will not get rid of my collection; there are too many gems there, including some direct to disc recordings that have outstanding dynamics that don't seem to translate to CD.
Thump on,
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Thump on,
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This is 3/4 of my current collection, which I've completely sold off and rebuilt 3 different times in my life. I could weed it down a bit, but never again will I part with at least half of them!
Sure they're a pain in the arse if you move a lot, take up space while living in tight quarters, and aren't portable at all... but, CDs don't give me half the pleasure i experience sitting down with a record.
They represent a time when the artwork was often an important expression of the band, some came with posters, & booklets or inner sleeves lyrics that are printed big enough to actually read. Plus, the gatefold covers were perfect for cleaning & de seeding your weed!!
Virtually all of my at home listening is done using the turntable. In the car I stream my Spotify subscription to my bluetooth speaker from my phone, or just use YouTube.
The bulk of my recs are all kinds of rock oriented stuff from the mid 60's - 80's, while 8-10 of those squares hold 90's - current year. Many many came from scouring donation places like Goodwills, record store bargain bins, the 2-3 record collectors shows that come thru town yearly, occasionally absorbing other people's (as they switch to digital), and while seeing good bands on tour (if they're only selling CDs, I'm not buying.)
One of the things on my bucket list is for our band (who ironically just put out our first CD
) to eventually put out a full length LP ... colored vinyl a plus!
^ One of the more recent releases I bought brand new. Look at that beautiful blue&black splatter platter! ...and the rad packaging that would be practically lost if it were CD size.
This new reissue (since 1999) double album that I pre ordered a month ago came just last week. Makes retrieving the mail fun again >
Since new recs are even now more $$ than CDs, a lot of the bargain shopping is the thrill of the chase. Hell, besides the turntable (which I also bought used), all of my stereo components came from Goodwills at an average of $15ea Record shelf (for a dirt cheap $50) came from a store that was closing down also, lol.
You can collect a lot of vinyl on a budget, depending on your tastes, location, & patience level.
Sure they're a pain in the arse if you move a lot, take up space while living in tight quarters, and aren't portable at all... but, CDs don't give me half the pleasure i experience sitting down with a record.
They represent a time when the artwork was often an important expression of the band, some came with posters, & booklets or inner sleeves lyrics that are printed big enough to actually read. Plus, the gatefold covers were perfect for cleaning & de seeding your weed!!
Virtually all of my at home listening is done using the turntable. In the car I stream my Spotify subscription to my bluetooth speaker from my phone, or just use YouTube.
The bulk of my recs are all kinds of rock oriented stuff from the mid 60's - 80's, while 8-10 of those squares hold 90's - current year. Many many came from scouring donation places like Goodwills, record store bargain bins, the 2-3 record collectors shows that come thru town yearly, occasionally absorbing other people's (as they switch to digital), and while seeing good bands on tour (if they're only selling CDs, I'm not buying.)
One of the things on my bucket list is for our band (who ironically just put out our first CD
) to eventually put out a full length LP ... colored vinyl a plus!^ One of the more recent releases I bought brand new. Look at that beautiful blue&black splatter platter! ...and the rad packaging that would be practically lost if it were CD size.
This new reissue (since 1999) double album that I pre ordered a month ago came just last week. Makes retrieving the mail fun again
>Since new recs are even now more $$ than CDs, a lot of the bargain shopping is the thrill of the chase. Hell, besides the turntable (which I also bought used), all of my stereo components came from Goodwills at an average of $15ea
Record shelf (for a dirt cheap $50) came from a store that was closing down also, lol.You can collect a lot of vinyl on a budget, depending on your tastes, location, & patience level.
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Nice room! I love it!
All you need are some blacklight posters and a lava lamp.
All you need are some blacklight posters and a lava lamp.
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CDs, vinyl are outselling digital downloads for the first time since 2011
And yet the interesting thing is that vinyl has outsold digital. I think it's because, like you mentioned, we'll listen to Spotify somewhere (I do at work) so we don't have to download albums anymore. Or, nearly all the new vinyl that comes out has a download card.
I've only recently gotten into vinyl; my record player is only two months old. But, I was having so many of our artists gifting me their LPs that I needed something to listen to them on. And, well, that's a dangerous rabbit hole to jump down.
I use things like Spotify and stuff for my typical listening but my wife and I collect 78s. Everything from old acoustically recorded stuff from the early 1900s to later era 78s from the 50s. All genres, though we have a particular love for Dixieland and old blues (both of which seem to be tough to find). We've recently downsized our collection from about 2000 down to around 250. Kept just essentials; things that were, in our minds, prototypical of the eras they represent, or that had a special place in our hearts.
We bought an old place that had a broken old 78 player/radio combo and a few old records in pretty rough shape. Then we noticed that we can take them camping in the backwoods with us (with an old portable victrola-like player), since they don't need electronic amplification, and the habit of trying to find more took hold. There is something incredibly cool about canoeing to the middle of nowhere and cooking over the open fire while blasting some minstrel music from 1910. Also a lot of the records we have you actually just can't find that music anywhere else very easily. A bunch of the old minstrel-style stuff for instance.
At dinner parties and social gatherings we'll often put some on. Personally it gives me a lot of perspective on where we've been and where we are going music-wise. I mean, how cool it is to put on a record that's over 100 years old?
We bought an old place that had a broken old 78 player/radio combo and a few old records in pretty rough shape. Then we noticed that we can take them camping in the backwoods with us (with an old portable victrola-like player), since they don't need electronic amplification, and the habit of trying to find more took hold. There is something incredibly cool about canoeing to the middle of nowhere and cooking over the open fire while blasting some minstrel music from 1910. Also a lot of the records we have you actually just can't find that music anywhere else very easily. A bunch of the old minstrel-style stuff for instance.
At dinner parties and social gatherings we'll often put some on. Personally it gives me a lot of perspective on where we've been and where we are going music-wise. I mean, how cool it is to put on a record that's over 100 years old?
I used to buy vinyl back in middle school and high school. Graduated in 92. I got bit by the CD bug and stopped buying vinyl around then.
About 15 years ago, I got heavy into the Daptone label who, back then, put out a lot of vinyl, mostly on 45. I really started about that time buying up a lot of records, again mostly in 45. I don’t know why but 45s seem to be my preferred format.
Five years ago, I got my band together to release a string or 45s and an LP. We’re working on our next LP right now. I’ve been putting out 45s for some other band as well. So far, I’ve released nine 45s and an LP. Two more 45s at the pressing plant right now. My band also has records out on a Detroit label called Funk Night. You can check it all out at www.lugnutbrandrecords.com
Releasing my own records made me buy up even more vinyl. Gotta support the cause.
After I started digitizing some of them and sending choice cuts out to my band members for their listening enjoyment, our drummer asked me if I could do a DJ set for one of his other bands here in SF. I was super nervous as it was my first time doing anything like that. But, I managed and have actually DJed maybe a couple dozen dates by now.
I hope I’ve answered your question. Feel free to ask more.
And, yes. I attended Record Store Day. Came home with four LPs and three 45s.
edit: Sorry if this is rambling. Just woke up.
I had a sizable collection of 45’s and 33 1/3’s that my parents had (60’s-70’s) and mine from (70’s-80’s). About ten years ago I went wild buying anything I could find/wanted from those eras. I had a list of other stuff I was specifically looking for. After I pretty much found everything I was looking for I started searching out matching sleeves for my ‘45’s that needed them. After all of that I kind of lost steam and interest have them all carefully curated and stored (and digitized). I’ll still look and buy occasionally. I also learned bass by piling on a stack of ‘45’s or an album and playing along.....over and over and over. Pretty sure I still know Journey “Captured” in its entirety lol.
I still have my massive vinyl record collection of over 5,000 albums with lots of out of print and rare collectibles. I don't play them much since I am so busy and not home much. I would like to sell off many of them.
This is such a great response - like a photo-essay. So awesome.This is 3/4 of my current collection, which I've completely sold off and rebuilt 3 different times in my life. I could weed it down a bit, but never again will I part with at least half of them!
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Sure they're a pain in the arse if you move a lot, take up space while living in tight quarters, and aren't portable at all... but, CDs don't give me half the pleasure i experience sitting down with a record.
They represent a time when the artwork was often an important expression of the band, some came with posters, & booklets or inner sleeves lyrics that are printed big enough to actually read. Plus, the gatefold covers were perfect for cleaning & de seeding your weed!!
Virtually all of my at home listening is done using the turntable. In the car I stream my Spotify subscription to my bluetooth speaker from my phone, or just use YouTube.
The bulk of my recs are all kinds of rock oriented stuff from the mid 60's - 80's, while 8-10 of those squares hold 90's - current year. Many many came from scouring donation places like Goodwills, record store bargain bins, the 2-3 record collectors shows that come thru town yearly, occasionally absorbing other people's (as they switch to digital), and while seeing good bands on tour (if they're only selling CDs, I'm not buying.)
One of the things on my bucket list is for our band (who ironically just put out our first CD
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^ One of the more recent releases I bought brand new. Look at that beautiful blue&black splatter platter! ...and the rad packaging that would be practically lost if it were CD size.
This new reissue (since 1999) double album that I pre ordered a month ago came just last week. Makes retrieving the mail fun again
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Since new recs are even now more $$ than CDs, a lot of the bargain shopping is the thrill of the chase. Hell, besides the turntable (which I also bought used), all of my stereo components came from Goodwills at an average of $15ea
You can collect a lot of vinyl on a budget, depending on your tastes, location, & patience level.
Incredible! Thank you for sharing this! Post pics when u get a minute!
Not rambling -this is exactly the sorta thing I hoped for. Thanks for elaborating!
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