Your collection

[Phantasmagoria]

@RiffRaff: Nice sized collection! It's great that there are young folk out there who still prefer collecting actual physical media these days.

I agree...it's always a good idea to check stuff out before you buy it, ...& YouTube is where I go to for that
There's almost always the whole album (or at least a couple of tracks) up, usually even before an album is officially released...

As for Slayer, I have'nt bought anything by them since "Divine Intervention"...not into their more recent stuff at all.

@LG: Wow! 7000 LP's ...that's pretty crazy! (I own 3 vinyl's & don't have a turntable lol).

That's one thing I regret, Vinyl sounds so massive ...but it's just too expensive to collect here, especially since you can't walk into a store and buy anything (well, not much). And when it comes to ordering off the internet, shipping prices for CD's are bad enough already...

 

[LG]

^^I should explain I meant 7,000 in total Phantasmagoria, most of those are CD's, and most of them are packed away right now.

I only have about 300 vinyl albums, my old vinyl collection was lost in a fire 15 years ago so between what I've bought the last two years and what I inherited from my Mom and little brother it's about 300.

Sorry for the confusion, my fault.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

oh, ok..still very impressive, LG!

Sorry to hear about your old LP collection..very sad, what a terrible waste. Hope no one was hurt..

 

[LG]

^^Nobody was hurt, and I'm over it now at the time I was upset, most of the albums are irreplaceable now the specialty labels are all gone except MFSL and they have a very limited catalog compared to the glory days.

Your collection is first class, I'll bet you have the same problem as I do, sometimes it takes a while to Choose what CD/album you want to play.

 

[Sox]

1-How big is it(cds,vinyl,downloads etc)(Include display pics etc if you want.)

A little over 300 vinyl and just over 1000 CD's

2-Is there stuff you have not played(how much)

No I've played it all over the years.

3-Do you buy your music or do you take the odd frebbie download from blogs.

I buy but will use a rip as a sample then if I like it I buy a copy.

4-How much per month do you think you spend

It depends on how much I'm earning but there's not many weeks go by when I don't pick something up.

5-Is your collection out of control and growing like a monster?

Space is an issue but no I don't think it's too bad.

6-How many chances do you give a purchase(eg 3 goes)

I am a bit choosey as to what I buy and so have usually heard the album or seen a review before hand but those that are iffy will get at least 3 plays and over time some that I didn't like at first grow on me.

7-Do you have stuff that you do not like(eg part of a bands discography)

There are weaker albums and songs even with my all time favourite bands but on the whole I am ok with what I have.

8-Do you sell off parts of your collection from time to time.

Not as yet.

9-Please feel free to say anything else

I've been plodding along slowly collecting since I was about 10 years old and have never looked back, getting into music was definitely one of my better decisions in life.

 

[2LITTLETIME]

Im enjoying this thread immensely & will will respond to each collector when the thread is near completion.

 

[2LITTLETIME]

Too much music?
Interesting article from collectors on a forum.

 

[LG]

Once you hit about 1,000 CD's/Vinyl albums it becomes difficult to actually listen to them all. Even when I had a carousel CD player it was still time consuming to pick which CD I wanted to play.

Physical storage is another problem even CD's take up a lot of room...but for me I'll put up with that rather than just load a dozen i-pods with crappy lossy files. Also I won't have to repurchase them from i-tunes if something happens, they are insured as well so I'm covered.

Question will become moot in a couple years, there won't be any CD's to buy as everyone goes to digital downloads.

 

[2LITTLETIME]

The Rise Of Vinyl - MTT - Music Think Tank
Interesting thread on vinyl

 

[LG]

People are probably tired of me extolling the virtues of vinyl over CD's let alone Lossy formats. But for 60's-80's rock and roll there is no comparison the Vinyl "lives and breathes", digital is sterile in many ways by comparison.

The only hope I see is if enough folks keep buying vinyl then specialty labels might keep pressing them, even new artists not just reprinting old classics.