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MonkeyOnMyBack7f

Question above. And if you have too many to name, just give me a brief idea of what you own on vinyl.

Anyways I’m a newer and much younger vinyl collector, but the albums I own are:

The Dark Knight Soundtrack
Human Clay - Creed (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
Believe - Cher
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Reload - Metallica
Load - Metallica
St. Anger - Metallica
Meteora - Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Yield - Pearl Jam
Dark Matter - Pearl Jam
All The Right Reasons - Nickelback
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
M!ssundaztood - P!nk
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Pump - Aerosmith
No. 4 - Stone Temple Pilots
Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
Bionic - Christina Aguilera

JOSweetHeart

Gender: Female

Age: 43

Location: East Tennessee

These are albums that I purchased myself.
Billy Joe Royal Featuring Hush (1967)
Billy Joe Royal His 2nd Self Named Album (1980)
Billy Joe Royal His 3rd Self Named Album (1981)
Steve Sanders-A Young Boy's Prayer (1966)
Steve Sanders-I'm Happy Now (1968)
Steve Sanders-Little Steve Sings Big (1969)
Steve Sanders-This Is My Valley (1969)
Steve Sanders-In The Springtime Of His Years (1970)
Steve Sanders-Now (1971)
Northern Calloway-Daydreamin' On A Rainy Day (1978)

God bless you and their families always!!!

Holly (a girl who forever misses all three singers)

P.S. The only reason why I have these albums on vinyl is because that is the only way that I could find them when I purchased them. I did later on find a cassette tape copy of Billy Joe Royal's second self-named album which I was so happy about because in all honesty, I hate vinyl. 🙁 🙁 🙁
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Romanelli

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Gender: Male

Location: Broomfield, Colorado

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I have, unfortunately, no albums on vinyl. When I was younger, I had a pretty nice and promising collection stolen. Well over 300 albums. I loved having them in that format.

I restarted my collection on CD in the 90's. I'm happy enough with that. My collection sits right now at about 4,000.

I will tell you this. If you are going to keep your collection at vinyl, you're going to have to make sure you take really good care of it. As in making sure you have sleeves for the records. And plastic sleeves to keep the entire package in. Thick sleeves. Keep the albums upright...don't lay them flat, and keep the discs clean. Vinyl is great, but it also requires a lot of love. And space. If you're going to commit to vinyl, make sure you have a lot of space. Because that's a requirement. Your collection is small now. But if you want it to grow, you're going to need a lot of space.

A lot.

The person I am renting from now left me with a turntable...and his record collection. It's probably about 400 albums. All vinyl. And it's all early seventies to about mid eighties. Lots of folk rock, jazz, fusion. Some of it is pretty rare. It's a cool collection. But here's the thing.

This collection has been in the same place for about the last 30 years. It's secure. It's protected. And...it's dissolving. What I mean is that the covers are mostly not protected. It's cheap cardboard. You have to remember that. Cardboard, through years, is going to degrade. Slowly, and surely. I know that the most important part is the record itself. And those are still holding up pretty well. But your packaging is important as well. You want to protect the whole thing.

I imagine that, for vinyl, you are paying a lot of money for your collection. Frankly, from what I've seen of current vinyl prices, you are overpaying by a LOT. If that's how you want your music, then that's fine. But I'm telling you right now...if you choose to pay current prices for vinyl, you'd better be treating ALL of it like gold. You do not want to pick up your copy of...any of the records you have in 20 years and have the cardboard splitting and falling apart in your hands. If you don't take care of them, that WILL happen. And you want to keep your discs clean and away from the elements.

I hope this isn't preachy...but it's true. And welcome to BEA.
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MadhattanJack

Just to end the list

Gender: Male

Romanelli wrote:

This collection has been in the same place for about the last 30 years. It's secure. It's protected. And...it's dissolving. What I mean is that the covers are mostly not protected. It's cheap cardboard. You have to remember that. Cardboard, through years, is going to degrade. Slowly, and surely. I know that the most important part is the record itself. And those are still holding up pretty well. But your packaging is important as well. You want to protect the whole thing.

Very good point! Vinyl collectors typically want to be able to see the collection, and have other people see it too, so they usually store the stuff in open cabinets or shelves. That puts in cardboard in contact with ambient particulates — mostly dust, grime and moisture, all of which are destructive and can even promote mold, but what usually destroys cardboard album covers over time is SO2, aka sulfur dioxide (and also nitrogen oxide, though less so). SO2 reacts with the moisture already in the cardboard and paper sleeves to produce sulfuric acid, and that's what really messes them up. The biggest source of SO2 is the burning of petrochemicals, so unless you have a kerosene heater or something you won't get much of it in your indoor air that way, but small amounts of it can still get in from cooking with oils, candle-burning, and (arguably) wood burning. Over 20-30 years, those small amounts can be enough to slowly-but-surely mess things up, especially these days with everyone living in "open floor plan" homes and apartments.

Long story short, what I've always advocated is to keep the albums not only sealed in clear polyethylene outer sleeves, but also store them in closed cabinets, or barring that, closed/sealed boxes, even though that means nobody gets to see them as they walk on by (unless the cabinets have glass fronts - note that glass isn't as good as wood for minimizing moisture incursion, but it's better than nothing). The oldest albums I have are my US Capitol Records Beatles LPs, which are still in really good shape after as much as 56 years of being stored that way.

RockyRaccoon

Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?

Gender: Male

Age: 35

Location: Maryland

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I have...far too many albums on vinyl (or maybe NOT ENOUGH)

Current tally is 1,372 records
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neilgee

The longer i'm retired the better i used to play

Gender: Male

Age: 65

Location: Manchester

I still have The Temptations Anthology from 1973 (triple album) on vinyl, which is just as well as this particular collection was never released on cd. What a classic this is, from the purity of The Way You Do The Things You Do from their debut album all the way through to the bass heavy Papa Was A Rollin' Stone.

Wonderful Stuff.

Johnnyo

Gender: Male

Age: 67

Location: London Town

Not sure how many of vinyl "v" on CD but we have just over 7,500 albums and the split is probably 70 / 30 in favour of vinyl so say 5,000 on vinyl.

You have to remember that I'm extremely old and bought my 1st album in 1967, when vinyl was your only medium to own music. I guess that, because I grew up with having to own the physical copy, that's how I have gone on until this day. The ability to own non physical albums is a very recent trend.

I would agree with all of the points made above about care of albums. Definitely protect the sleeve and if you buy second hand records, a thorough clean is essential before first playing it.

Vinyl can feel a hassle some times but I love it and there's something about the ritual of pulling the album off the rack, taking it out of the sleeve, putting it on the turntable that is so pleasurable.

The hunt for albums is also an important element for me. Going out to record shops and trying to find those elusive albums, talking to people in the shops about music and discovering and leaving with something you had never heard of an hour earlier. That's a pleasure that only buying physical albums in a shop can give you

As to the expense. Yes, they are expensive but you can pick up good quality second hand at reasonable prices to bolster your collection and fill in the gaps. Just take care to check the vinyl before purchasing and, make sure that the shop are happy to take back albums if they aren't up to scratch (pun intended).

To be honest, if you become a regular at a shop or six, they won't quibble at all at returns.

Record fairs are also a great source of albums and you can generally get albums at a reduced price.

Last point. If you are buying from an independent shop or at a record fair, don't be afraid to haggle. If you are buying four or five albums and going to spend £100, ask them for their best prices. You'll be surprised how much they might take off. A little daunting the first time you do it but worth it. The sellers also expect it

Hope that helps

Johnnyo

Gender: Male

Age: 67

Location: London Town

neilgee wrote:

I still have The Temptations Anthology from 1973 (triple album) on vinyl, which is just as well as this particular collection was never released on cd. What a classic this is, from the purity of The Way You Do The Things You Do from their debut album all the way through to the bass heavy Papa Was A Rollin' Stone.

Wonderful Stuff.

One of my favourite bands of all time. I'm a particular fan of the funked up Temptations from 1970 onwards i.e. Masterpiece, Ball of Confusion, Psychedelic Shack etc.