Quality over quantity. And just enjoy your collection.

Years ago, my father had given me his record collection that would otherwise have gone to the landfill. I had a small collection myself that quickly grew now that I didn't have to buy all those records that I grew up listening to. Fast forward a few years my children, now older, took interest in collecting their own vinyl. I think in my case they will divide up my collection among themselves once I'm gone. My wife might hold on to her favourites as well.

I agree on the purging. I do it every year or so. I don't want any fat in the collection. As an example, I try to keep the collection such that if I pull a random album, I would be happy to listen to it. Thanks or the vid.

I turn 50 in March, so I’m right behind you. My dad died in June, and he was a collector too (comic books, baseball cards, board games, ephemera), and now he’s gone but all his stuff is still here. He had kids to inherit his things so it’s being passed down. I don’t have any kids. One of my big fears has been I’ll die, and my record collection I’ve spent decades collecting is going to end up dumped off at a Goodwill or something. With my dad dying I’ve become way less attached to “stuff” but the other factor is that vinyl is probably at peak value right now. I have about 4000-5000 records, and I have a ton of things I paid a couple bucks for that are worth a lot now. So, I’ve started selling off some of my records. Not all of them, but a decent amount. If something is worth considerably more than I’d pay to acquire it now I can cut it loose without too much regret. Having money now and using that for experiences and to enjoy now is better than dying and just having a bunch of records left I can’t take with me.

Once in a while I'll use a random number generator to pick out an album from my collection. I'll divide the collection into the different racks that hold them (the CD's) selecting the rack at random. Then I'll randomly pick one from that rack with the number generator. This causes me to hear an album I would not normally reach for on purpose. This kind of random listening has the effect of reintroducing me to music I've forgotten about. Sometimes the album I pick out is something I'm not in the mood for, but I play it anyway. Usually I get in the mood and end up enjoying it a lot more than I would have thought.

It’s normal to go up and down in one’s collecting journey. It’s good to take time and just appreciate what you have already amassed, and let new things pile up out in the wild for you when or if you ever want to dig again.

THE Retirement Hobby! Build it up to enjoy it like we do now then really enjoy the Library once we are retired. It's different for everyone.

Excellent video Frank! All questions that I wrestle with. 🤔

Frank. You are the best brother. I have the same everything you mentioned. When I go into my LP room, I look at what I want to spin, and I'll walk away. But, i know I've worked too hard and spent too much. But I would like to know how to make a spreadsheet. Well, my friend HB🎉 and another awesome video. Keep rocking my brother 🤘

Great video Frank. If I had enough time to listen to all of my records I wouldn't have time to do anything else. Life is too short. I'm thinking it's time to divest and only keep what I cherish.

Great video Frank and very timely as I have asked myself those questions as a 58 yr old. The summer season and not staying indoors to spin.. I added a turntable to the main floor in my house and got in the habit of spinning new purchases when I got home without having to go down to the music room. I log all purchases of new albums with barcodes to Discogs right away because it is easier. I make a point to log some special purchases as well. Goal is to identify what may be the most valuable items in my collection to guide my family in the event of my passing. In addition to purging, my plan is to advise my family to take my collection to a record store to sell what they don’t want. Likely best way to get value with less time investment. Thanks for the great content. Keep on spinnin!!

Good questions. Im super thankful I get to work from home these days. I usually listen to about 5 or more records a day. throughout the day. Some are singles / EPs so not always a full length and I have gone through stages of listening to mostly CDs to get through ones I picked up. so 5 records a day x 365 = about 1800 records a year.. of course when Im spinning a DJ set or live stream I can go through 30 records in an hour (again not the whole album but just a song per record in those cases). The key is also to have multiple turntables around the house, at the office / studio etc. so its super easy to throw a platter on! thanks for doing these vids Frank! always fun to watch

I think the thing I love most about vinyl is that once I got most of what I wanted, I was forced to discover new music. I felt 16 years old again, discovering all this new great stuff that i’d been neglecting. So many of my favourite albums are from newer artists i’d never have other discovered

Great content Frank. Definitely hard questions to answer, but your honesty is in good company. I have slowed down too, but only because I am busy and don’t have as much time to listen to vinyl as I did last year. My goal moving forward is to seek out my grails or wishlist albums only.

This episode is funny and totally relatable. I believe the underlying concerns stem from the guilt we feel as adults when spending money on items that, while genuinely bringing us happiness, might appear wasteful. The escalating costs are the main reason people feel guilty not listening to a certain album for months or years on end. I've also had discussions with record store owners who also voice frustrations about these increasing prices, because it has affected sales. For me, the excitement of the hunt has largely been tamed down due to pricing. It sucks. Only a recession will fix this. But nobody wants that.

Hi Frank. I am 64 but I knew what I'd do with my media collection (Vinyl, CD's, Blu-Rays & DVD's) back when I was 30. When I pass, my sister will turn my room into a temporary store. My family will go shopping & get what they want. After that, my friends will come get what they want. Whatever is left? My movies will be given to senior retirement homes & my music will go to homes with disabled & mentally handicapped children. My media will have a future beyond me & I love that! --- Bill (From Mt. Holly, NJ)

Happy Early Birthday Frank!!!

Great questions and related to where I am in my music journey. I sold my collection long ago. Today my journey is different than the physical road you collectors are on. I now live in Florida and outside most of time. I’ve drifted into creating playlists on Spotify by deep remembering songs that mean something to me. The other new playlists are discoveries I find mostly from movie and TV series… sometimes recommendations from Pandora/Spotify.

Great video Frank. You chose some terrific questions. Gotta say, as a 50yo male that came up on rock and hair metal, I share similar answers to the questions posed. The only place where I might disagree, is the purge. I listened to mostly cassettes as a teen, sold some off that I was t into. And with the advent of CDs eventually got rid of them all. I sold off CDs that I didn’t listen to, and bought new. But, never sold them all off. I didn’t have many records as a kid, but got into record collecting about 2015. I’ve been reluctant to purge my records. Mostly because I fear that I’d be disappointed with the financial return. Also, because I feel that streaming has helped me from buying records that I would not like.

Great Q & A session Frank, your perspective is much appreciated.🙏🏻Happy Belated Birthday by the way(I turned 55 last month)🎉🎂 Fortunately Beth and I have our vinyl $ CD collection in Discogs. The second we get a copy home, it’s recorded on Discogs before it’s opened. Once opened it’s cleaned and sleeved. Keep up the great work Frank. We’ve been long time subscribers!🙏🏻🎧

Hi, since I’m using the Randon Item feature on my Discogs collection I can go back to records I haven’t heard in years. I find it very useful because otherwise that random lp that appears probably will not be played on God knows how many years more. Great video thanks.

Good question Frank, it's one I've been considering for a while now! I'm approaching 77 years old and got my first record when I was 5 years old. Some have come and gone over the years but most of what comes in the house stays in the house. My big weakness is 45 rpm records ,currently there are over 9000 of the in the collection. My lps are a modest 2000 plus and cds are at about 3000. All my records and cd's have been priced and my children are aware of the value and the people trying to get them for next to nothing. One child had a career in the music business and has a degree in marketing so I feel that the collection will be handled properly. There are times I play music and other times I enjoy the silence. One of the pleasures of collecting "oldies" is there are always something lurking somewhere. Many times it is just an obscure recording or a regional hit but it's new to me. One of my habits is to clean and record a record after getting it. I am able to digitally reproduce the sound in an analog mode. I can ( if I want ) remove clicks, pops and hisses using software.. I then store the music on my phone and can listen whenever I want to listen.This is also handy for just having some favorite tracks from a lp. My favorite software for this task is Audacity ( it is a free download and it works ). I enjoy you weekly podcasts and wish you well! Remember: Too much is never enough!

What I love about my music and my instruments is that they'll always be there, so if I am busy or not finding time for them, they'll be there when I do and will be ready to thrill me all over again.

I have the 1st Led Zeppelin from the UK and I personally think it has the best sound compared to all the other releases I have. I myself have the largest Led Zeppelin collection in Sweden at 4,076 pieces of records. I hope you continue with your channel for a long time because I am a faithful follower. SINCERELY. Michael

Hi Frank, I have a bluetooth transmitter to play my records out on the patio. And yes I also have multiple copies of certain albums. Great show Keep on spinning 🤘😎

I'm actually going through my collection and randomly pulling 5 LPs I purchased more than 25 years ago. I'm doing this to see if I still enjoy the music, but more importantly to determine if I need to upgrade to a record of better condition due to clicks pops or skips, or sleeve defects. I then hit Discogs and look for NM or VG+ copies for upgrades. That is my primary purchasing strategy these days. I still do purchase new releases such as the new Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix but after collecting records for nearly 50 years I'm going back in and getting rid of and replacing any versions that I don't find pleasurable to listen to due to their condition. Thanks for the video.

You keep It and Drag It around,the Stereo Equipment and the Records,even though you haven't listened to the music nor set up the equipment in over 30 years. That's My Partner. Started building It when he got his 1st job at 17 .Turned 69 this month .He keeps saying he will Set it up,but It is still sitting on the Floor in the living Room. We moved a few times. Thankfully he hasn't a large Record collection ,maybe a couple of 100. The Stereo Equipment takes up more Space than the records.

Loved this Q & A session. I am at a point in collecting where I had to establish some very clear criteria for my music "hunt". So I try to collect only albums (not compilations), only versions with the best mastering possible (here is where vinyl records come in more and more often and almost never remasters), only music I really like to listen to (contemporary jazz, fusion, electronic, some artists in particular), mostly original music (artists playing their own compositions), and I only have 2 to 5 artists for which I am a completist. Everything that I collected before this point is purged. And I have to agree with you that purging is actually as interesting as collecting. Is an essential part of maintaining a collection. And playing with it besides listening. 🙂 What will happen with my collection after me? Do not really care...but I feel a bit sad knowing that it won't be loved as much as I do. Do I have time to listen to all my music? No. But I try to listen to most of it. And I rarely stream. Only if there is an album I really couldn't get. Though I am very aware that streaming is like listening to radio...not really listening but more like creating ambiance from a gigantic online compilation. The kind of music I do not collect (any more - my compilations are on sale or sold). 🙂

Happy (belated) Birthday, Sir Frank! You’re catching up to me and here’s hoping will spin for a long time to come. Drink a lot of coffee!

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! It's never too late to catalogue your collection! It took me awhile to get mine done (and I included cds after the vinyl was done, I won't buy the vinyl if I have the cd already). I am glad I did, now I just catalogue on my phone as I buy new records, it only takes a few seconds. I have slowed my purchasing down as well, I have collected mostly everything I love. If I find new to me bands that I can collect on vinyl, I will, if it's affordable. I still buy cds, and I stream to preview new music, so that I know if it's worth it to me to buy the record . I am getting pickier with new music on vinyl. The whole album has to be good, I don't want to have to listen to filler if I am spinning. Great video Frank!

I’ve sold some albums that I admitted to myself that I would never really play…and honestly the credit you get at the store to buy more records in the future is a cool feeling. .

great video I really enjoyed it. There all great questions that you answered. During the summer months I don't listen to the albums I have during the daytime but I will at night. I'm going to leave my albums to my grandkids and let them sell it off and enjoy or do whatever they want with them.

Great topic Frank. Our records are probably worth a small fraction of what we paid for them unless you are in the business of selling them. Discogs is a great way to catalog them and not at all difficult or terribly time consuming to do. Buy what you love and listen to and purge what you don’t.

I have around 200. The last one I bought was in the late 80's. I haven't listened to them since then.

I remember during 2016 - 2020 i would buy 300 - 400+ records per year and would travel all over the US to find records. Like you, the thrill of the hunt has diminished because I have all the records and "Grails" that I sought out to purchase...plus scalpers and prices have become ridiculous. Now I only buy records that were out of print that have been re-issued, RSD, or deluxe box sets.

Love these Q&A videos Frank

I spent a whole winter cataloging my collection on Discogs, a few dozen at a time till it was finally done. Actually replaced old sleeves and cleaned a few while at it. A total pain in the butt but so glad I did it. As for summer the odd Sat night will spin some tunes but this is mostly a winter hobby as you said our summers short in Canada, gotta take advantage.

Hi Frank Tedious that it is, I'm in the process of listing all of my collection, LP's CD's on Discogs so if anything happens to me my wife will have some sort of idea what my collection is worth..... Plus a little tip most of my CD collection (2000+) has bar codes on them and I have purchased a USB bar code scanner from Amazon for £15/$25 - just hi light the search box and click. I'm about halfway through. As with the vinyl I make sure their cleaned and listed straightaway. I've just turned 60 this year and I'm not giving up yet collecting, still love the crate digging hunt...Great info as always Thanks

I agree wiyou Frank. Living in northern Alberta my summers are spent outside enjoying and maintaining my acreage. I have over 800 records, and alot don't get played but are there when I want to. I don't collect multiple pressings. I pretty much focus on buying new releases as I want to keep my collection up to date. Cheers

Definitely more involved with collecting and listening in the cooler months Its probably just me but I noticed when I buy records in the summer months they tend to have warps to some degree

I'm 52 and just started a year ago. Bought some grail pieces and great box boots at 3-400 ea. I'll give it a good decade or so then piece it off. I am enjoying it now

Interesting discussion in the comments. I’m in the process of downsizing my collection of 1,200. Most of my records were bought at thrift stores when I started collecting records again in 2008. All of my records are in a spreadsheet. I have a number of plays column, which is updated every time the record is played. My plan is to donate or sell records that are infrequently played. As far as what happens to my records after I’m gone, I have no plans. My children aren’t interested collecting, but I have hopes for my grandson who listens to a lot of music and plays a couple of instruments.

Sometimes I can see parallels between record collecting and stamp collecting.

That last question is one that I have thought of quite a bit. I will turn 59 in two months so... yeah. I have told my sister who is very good at carrying out someones bequests. I want my one friend who loves music to take/have any of them he wants. The rest to be sold and the money donated to help a music program for kids to buy instruments or what have you. I have marked some of the most valuable albums with a sticker on the plastic sleeve. Many of my albums have come from friends who have passed away and I think of them when ever I pull those albums out to play.

I'm there too Frank. I have almost all the music I could want. I've gotten real picky about what I buy now. Call it aficionado.

I have entered my record collection into a random name picker, which tells me what record to listen to next. Listening to an average of five records each day, it takes me about two years until I have listened to every record in my collection. Some rules: I do not listen to records my wife does not like when she is around. I do not listen to records my wife particularly likes when she is not around. New records will be listened to first. I am not a slave to this system, so I feel free to listen to any record I want to. I do not listen to every song on every side of every record, sometimes it is only one song. I am doing the second run-through at the moment, so I have listened to EVERY record in my collection during the last three years. (Covid was really helpful in this case!)

Great show Frank and yes I do get pangs of guilt if I havent spun any records in a week. What will happen to my record collection eventually.... I have no idea as my family wont want them. Perhaps I find a small independant store- offload and cry !! keep on spinnin !!

I’ve been selling off a lot of my records, especially the more valuable ones. I plan to continue selling them off and only keeping the less valuable ones I don’t have to worry about scratching or playing until they wear out. Streaming for the win here, nothing to burden anyone with.

Great video thank you. Completely agree with the way you answered the questions. Hey, question... What is that album beside your right shoulder on the shelf? The one with the girl animation character. Cheers.

Fun video 👍

Hello there! I am Christian rock collector and that's probably why my vinyl collection is small, barely 300. When a band like Stryper releases a new album I usually get several copies. For example, for the last record I got 4 copies (vinyls: crystal clear, yellow splatter and yellow pop up editions plus the cd) and I love the multiple copies. I don't do that with many bands though

My collector evolution mirrors quite a few out there, I suspect. 70s and 80s = vinyl >>> early 90s = tapes >>> 90s to 10s = cds >>> 20s and on = vinyl. I have been selling my cd and DVD collection on Discogs for the last 5 years, financing my vinyl purchases (and beyond). However, now that I hit the big 6-0, I am considering selling off the whole collection (including the vinyl) and going fully digital. I am building an extensive digital library of all of my fave stuff by band, sub-genre and decade. I guess that I'm simplifying my life as I turn the corner into the last phase!

I was intending on purging my collection of albums of the ones I don't really care that much about as I got new ones I really want, but the price of vinyl has put the kibosh on that, so I haven't really done any of that yet. As far as buying multiple pressings or releases on an album, I do not intentionally do that, but when I was buying records a couple years back, I would buy a box of records and end up with 1 or 2 that I already had. If it was significantly different, I kept it, if not, I kept the one in the best condition and just gave the other to a friend. I totally agree with Sterling's question, as I have days when I go into my music room, look at my vinyl, and say, maybe tomorrow!

Good video. Answered many questions I have thought about. I have been purging slightly lol. And I do have many multiply copies of records. But for a new collector maybe fill the artist catalog then go for multiple copies later. I am older then you are frank I'm 56 and I also have cancer. But as far as my collection continuing on 2 of my 3 girls are fighting over it. I got them started listening to music young and various kinds of music also. They don't listen to what I listen to now but I can put something on and they know who it is and probably from what album so they are educated. We have many conversations about music I know even if they split it and there are multiples of many albums to split evenly they will have a nice collection between them and they know rhe value on the market and the value they meant to me.

It's a lot like book collectors, sport card collectors or eve funko pop. It's my library of music, i love it. I might one day start selling it. I told my wife its value... she should easily get .50 on the dollar by selling the collection to another collector or if need be, a record store. I did just get my Red Sox, Rolling Stone lp, I will keep sealed. I listen to the blue, alternative artwork cover from their website. Great record! Thanks for sharing this information.

Great video, Frank. 50th birthdays Suck! LOL! I was so depressed when I turned 50, it was terrible. I turned 60 this year, didn't bother me a bit! You'll get used to it, my friend! Great questions and some equally solid answers!

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't gamble. I don't do drugs. I don't have kids. I don't mess with hookers. My expendable cash goes toward record collecting -- a quite enjoyable vice that does no harm. My taste in music is all over the spectrum, so the collection is like a vinyl smorgasbord.

I've been into HiFi and records for about 45 yrs. Even sold HiFi gear as a "campus rep" in me early years. I love my records and whether or not I play all of them isn't really the point, is it? I have a great turntable and cartridge that I love and when I do play (my favorites), I enjoy them immensely. And yes, sometimes, I'll do a deep dive into my collection and listen to something I haven't listened to in a long while. It's just one of those things that adds a little bit of interest or flavor that helps make a life interesting. Do I listen to them often? No. But when I want to , I can!

I work from home three days a week and listen to my records all day, so about eight hours a day. If I didn't work from home it would be a lot less but I write books and when I have free weekends I write and play records. If I didn't do those things my record listening would certainly be a lot less. I too have been collecting since a kid, now I love record shopping to keep my listening choices fresh. I love discovering really great used records it is such a joy. I recently found Wings at the Speed of Sound for £5 and oh boy it's great.

Its never to late to do discogs your collection plus you may even find albums you want to listen to and find new appreciation for within your collection

Fantastic video brother

These are great and very relatable questions. One thing I've been doing to enjoy my vinyl outside the confines of my music room is to "rip" them digitally. I'll record entire albums as WAV files, then encode them to 320kbps MP3, so I can listen to my vinyl in the car or anywhere. That way I'm not necessarily stuck with st***ming. 😄 Anyway, awesome vid, thank you.

Not having kids certainly helps me find time to listen to records.

I am doing more listening than buying these days. I'm very happy with what I have already. I just culled 100 records that I realised I didn't really like or never listed to and donated the lot to a charity shop. I've already instructed my loved ones to give a record store owner or dealer a call and sell the whole lot in one go. I don't want anyone to be burdened by my collection if I'm not around anymore.

Same here Frank. I collect movies and is sitting on roughly 1000 plus titles and shows. Most of which I do not watch regularly. I only have maybe 10 or 20 that I watch frequently. But it's there should on the odd chance I want to see a particular title. I have it.

I have Tidal, but I never actually sit down and listen to a bunch on there. I only ever use it if one of my favourites releases a song, then I’ll have a listen. The new Judas Priest song, Panic Attack was a good example. I’ll got all my gear, vinyl, cd, cassetttes, reel to reel etc, all hooked into my home theatre, so I really don’t need streaming to listen to…. some albums I’ve got multiples of, mainly Kiss ones. And then I think the most is 3, and that’s Music From The Elder. Have the 2014 reissue, the picture disc that came out in 2021? And there was a Germany release in 2022, with a foil cover, on gold vinyl (I think).

We have the opposite problem in Phoenix. The high heat from mid-June to mid-September keeps me inside except early in the morning. Outside usually becomes much easier to take in October.

Hello Frank ! I’m 58 and I can answer 3 of those questions at least. I only have 420+ records and only missing a dozen or so from my wishlist. I really don’t have any rare or expensive ones , so it’s not going to be a big burden on the family. They have links to my Discogs page. It also makes it easier for me to play all of them , having so few. I only have multiple issues (5) of Mike Oldfield’s - ”Tubular bells” and the original + 30th anniversary reissue of The Cult - ”Sonic temple”. Stay cool. /R

I do purge my collection, and recently brought about 20 CDs to the local record store for their perusal and possible purchase. I use amazon or iTunes to sample songs before purchasing them on vinyl or CD. New music comes from channel surfing Sirius XM in the car.

Frank, You have got plenty of time to consider purging your collection. I'm going on 70 and still buying what I'm interested in. I purchase the stuff I like never have gotten into grabing up all genres. Granted I do have some strange tastes in music. In the past with the onset of the CD I did switch product lines. The CD and Cassette is the only area that I have duplicate content of my LP collection, some not all. At a certain point I was down loading music and burning to CD and now I'm back to purchasing LPs again after years listening. But as you have stated in previous videos the asking price sometimes is a deterrent of getting a new purchase.

I am 53, started around 2 years ago again, started from scratch and have 200 titles now. Some new, but mostly secondhand from the 3 - 15$ range. Sure I don't listen as much as would like too (and still have 500+ CDs), but if I do I really enjoy. What happens with the stuff when I am gone? No idea, but I try to get my daughter into listening music 😅.

I have multiple pressings of favorite albums, in early editions, through running across sealed copies for $1 - $2 a few years after release.

I have many albums where I have somehow obtained more than one copy. Sometimes I have an original copy of something but a new reissue comes out allowing me play the newer, cleaner copy while putting the OG copy away to preserve it. That's one reason for more than one copy. In the past several years I began adding UK issues to my Beatles collection. The biggest reason for this is that the US and UK versions have (sometimes) drastically different track listings. As most Beatles fans know the UK versions came with tracks per album while in the US Capitol records cut out two to three songs from each album. The strangest example in my collection is my Rocky Horror LP's. I started with an original year (1975) copy of the Rocky Horror Picture Show movie soundtrack. Then I wanted to add to that an original year (1974) copy of the Rocky Horror Show... the stage musical, not the movie... original Roxy Theatre cast recording. Then I had to get the original year (1973) Rocky Horror Show Original London cast recording. Those are not multiple copies of the same thing however as they are separate and completely different from one another. The 1973 London recording is what the musical sounded like when Richard O'Brien first wrote and produced the show. The 1974 cast recording has updated musical arrangements and gets closer to the film version that everyone is most familiar with. It also contains songs that were not included or even written for the early, 1973 production. Then of course there is the motion picture soundtrack that everyone knows and loves. One day my local record store had the RHPS movie soundtrack on red vinyl. Cool! I had to have one. Then my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer (all clear now) and I saw a copy of RHPS on pink vinyl (Ten Bands One Cause) with proceeds going to combat breast cancer and had to have that. Once again at my local record store I stumbled across a limited edition, exclusive splatter vinyl copy of RHPS originally pressed for and sold by Newbury Comics and picked it up. By that time I started wondering how many other unique pressings there were and found out that Newbury Comics had contracted three different splatter vinyl pressings. I now have one of those and am looking for the third. Then there are the two picture discs (got 'em)... a copy on white vinyl (got it)... there is a complete soundtrack version (because the others had two or three songs deleted to fit on a single disc... got it). Nine copies in all. Well now what about those stage musical cast albums? There are not as many variations of those but I have tracked down an Australian version of the 1974 production and a second variation of the 1973 London cast album... with one more in transit from the EU at this very moment. It snowballed very quickly and I now have 14 copies of either the movie soundtrack or the cast recordings. And I'm still looking.

The Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig made a documentary called "Vinyl" in 2000 that addresses a lot of this stuff. It's essential viewing for anyone rolling these things around in their mind.

collecting records is a passion that no one can set a standard how to do it but you have to listen to them.

The excitement of crate digging is definitely dwindling for myself as well. Still love vinyl but I'm to the point to where what I'm after probably won't be hiding in a crate at some obscure second hand music store.

I started with 8 tracks and hate them to this day then i went records got quite a few but i ran into a travel with my music to play everywhere and started buying cassettes then as cassette tapes were becoming hard to get i turned to the ole cd and sold all my records and tapes. I still have my massive cd collection but they sit in storage as i once again switched to mp3s which is now larger than my cd collect i wish mp3s would have come out in the 70s/80s it would have solved alot of problems with travel and saved my alot of money. Thanks Columbia and rca clubs.

Remote work (at home) has morning album play through the tubes.

I was late with using Discogs to categorize my collection too. I started doing about 20-30 records a week about a year ago. I’m still working on it as it takes time especially with older records. I’m 45 years old so I thought this would be better for the wife/kids down the road. I would hate for them to be taken advantage of after I’m gone as I don’t have any plans to sell them off.

Frank, it is NOT too late to enter your collection into Discogs. I did mine when I was about 57 years old six years ago. It's easy, and fun. There's a way to do it by scanning the UPC/Barcode that really speeds up the process.

There’s always new music to discover even if that was first released 40, 50, 60 or more years ago. For me, I prefer listening to vinyl but for discovery of music streaming is amazing and unsurpassed, well beyond what FM (free music) was

I tend to listen to less music in the spring and summer months, because I am outside doing work in the garden or just relaxing with the family. What i try to do is put aside a few hours, for example on a Sunday morning to listen to a few records.

For personal listening, I do a short mental inventory before pulling a CD or LP from an album or shelf: What's my mood? Should I revisit a classic? Now that I'm back on the radio, I have a reason to build a 2-hour playlist each week & I feel obligated to consider what songs sound good in sequence & provide a balance of old & new. Maybe I'll play The Who (oh, excuse me, I mean The Guess Who) followed by Metronica or Tame Impala if it seems to work. These are all musical mind-stretching exercises!

Getting into electronic music and away from boring ass rock music has allowed me a lifetime of quality things to listen to.

Consider setting up outdoor speakers. I think it's a good option for your listening pleasure.

I think every record collector's goal or wish is just to have some sort of a cool music library or entertainment room where you can getaway from ordinary everyday stress and transport into a world that you have created. In a perfect sense, to have a vision that you can control and experience to some degree, and share with others. This way, once you are gone, it becomes like a shrine or museum in remembrence of who you were, and passes that enjoyment and musical history on to future generations and family. This would be in a perfect world, of course, and we all know how that goes.. This is one of the reasons I enjoyed your shows on the subscriber's Music Rooms or Libraries. That would bring me quite a bit of satisfaction and content, to have that. My collection is in disarray.

I’m 56 and I used to collect vinyls and CDs. Then there was a long period of not owning any of them. But when I decided to go back to ownership I had to think long and hard about it. Going vinyl route was no an option due to the fact that I have no space and time for it. I also ruled out CDs as they can take considerable amount of storage space. As a result I settled on digital collection + good quality DAP and earphones. This is primarily because I can listen to music while at work and during commute. If I like some artists I buy their music. Otherwise I stream what I do not want to own. Streaming can be tricky. With the vinyl you know what sound you can expect, but streaming can have different shades. Finding the right one may take some time and effort and surprisingly it doesn’t have to be expensive.

I keep an ongoing list of valuable items from my vintage rock and roll poster collection, CD and LP collections. This way, if my collections aren't disposed of before I die, my kids will be able to easily find out which items have significant value and which don't without having to research it and figure it out themselves. From there, they'll at least know which items may be worth putting in some time and energy into selling for fair value, and which can simply be sold to dealers or at garage sales etc....I decided to do this after my wife inherited her father's comic book collection which was massive, and also a massive pain to dispose of.

New fun can be had on almost a continuous basis. Buy stuff you've never heard of, and the odder the better. Don't miss out on spoken word, comedy, novelty, samplers, appliance and bank promotionals, test and demonstration discs.

I think I binged your entire channel this past week. Keep it up brother. Have to ask due to the area you live in. Are you a hockey guy?

Wow!! None of these things have affected my love of music. Life should be in balance.

I have around 12,000+ albums. No way I could listen to all of them in one year. Some of them haven't seen the turntable in years. But I love when the wife and I are hosting a party and someone asks, "Hey, do you have . . ." and I pop it on the turntable. I especially love to put something on and I hear, "When did this come out?" "I didn't know this was on vinyl!" Those obscure 1990 - 1996 vinyls get them every time.

I rotate what i listen to, sometimes its Metallica for a few weeks, then its random movie soundtracks, synthwave, Slayer, constantly rotating what interest me at the time. I have stuff that I regularly listen too. But mostly go thru fases that last weeks or months and then move to the next.

My quest for vinyl has not diminished. My amazon wish list is l9nh, my discogs list is long. More more if I could. I purge records every now n then, I like to pull out something I haven't heard in a while. 😛

Currently my collection is just over 200. Not sure how big I'll let it get. I hope to either leave it to a grandkid in the future or a friend I make along the way who is significantly younger. Just give them the record player and all. We will see what the future holda

I remember buying singles @ the Keeaumoku Tower Records.

My listening room is right off the living room so I can’t listen while my wife is watching TV. So Saturday I get to listen while my wife is out shopping. So most weeks I get 5 or 6 hours a week of listening. I have a very short commute and don’t even bother turning on the radio. Over the last couple years I’ve had some health issues so activities I love like mountain biking have been put on the back burner. So Saturday’s are my day

I collect records because I want to be able to listen to something when I want to listen to it. Not through earbuds or headphones but through speakers that fill a room. And not through a subscription service that decides what's available to me at any given time. There's a peace of mind that comes with knowing that I have the music physically within reach. That's the best I can explain it. I have thousands of records and CDs (many of which I've burned to hard drives for instantaneous playing through Roon, the closest thing digital has to offer to the analog LP experience -- but I've still got the cases, booklets and artwork for most of them) and I know many of them by heart after a life of listening and collecting. So, I don't need to hear them constantly -- but if I only play a particular record once every five or ten or twenty years, that's fine. I know it's there when I want it, when I CRAVE it. I'm just fortunate to have been able to accumulate these discs, and I never forget what a privilege that is. But think about it this way: If you've set up shelves for 12-inch LPs, how much space does a record take up on that shelf? Maybe 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch? That's a pretty economical use of space!

I was getting a little tired of thrift stores and all the Andy Williams junk, UNTIL I just found Downward Spiral 94 promo for a dollar, as well as a bunch of other gems. It honestly reinvigorated my patience for thrifting.

Regarding buying duplicates of your vinyl, it used to happen to me more in the past. I'd lose track of what I already had and go, "Hey, I like this band" and buy it, only to discover I had it already. I guess my taste's haven't changed over time. LOL Today with apps like Discogs, etc, it allows me to have in my pocket a live inventory what what I have, and what I want. My purchasing can now be more focused, spend my precious $$$ more efficiently and improve my collection.