does anybody still have any vinyl records and if so how many

does anybody still have any vinyl records and if so how many?


I used to have upwards of 2000 7" singles and 5000 12" and about 1000 lps
now down to about 500" 12" 200 7" and less than 50 lps.
but I was a dj for 25+ years

I have about 15-20 that I keep stored. I have all of the Iron Maiden albums, kept them for the covers, most Pink Floyd and Dead albums also, I'll have to take a look and let you know the exact count.

tekky29 wrote:

It dosent have to be exact mate just a general will do its just I ma wondering if anyone has kept a large collection,The largest collection I know of is Paul Gambachini's personal collection he bought the whole top 100 every week (not doubling up) from 1953 to the present day on record as far as I know he still has them all stored somewhere

scrub that last bit look here
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/paul-gambaccini-s-vinyl-record-collection,-the-ma-1-c-oqo7bv55nm
looks like it was 200,000 and they were sold in 2005 in one lot



although just googled this,this is amazing http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64385
or
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/02/super_massive_music_collection_on_ebay.php
or
http://mog.com/david_hyman/blog/183753

I think to be honnest the market for records is non existant now

At a guess - a couple of hundred albums, and a few dozen singles. One day I'll buy a deck that copies to MP3 and archive the lot!

Having said that, I haven't played any of them since my deck broke about 20 years ago.

I have about 50 old jazz records and a few bigband 78s. I found them in a box in the house I was cleaning out.

Probably around 200, all the ones I really liked have been replaced by CD.
I don't know why I keep them, I doubt they will ever be worth much even though I took excellent care of them...

Fonzz wrote:

I have some original beatles in mint condition but i think the problem is that there are so many of them out there taht the value is badly affected by that,I think if you like them collect them but as far as value its what value they have to you not in cash

Nibles wrote:

there is a ceartin thrill you get from handling a record its not the same as cds its just so primitive but nice

I have about 200 that I keep......don't know why.......I'll never play them again probably. I still have my linear tracking turntable I bought in 1984. All the albums I have, I have their duplicates on CD.

Have you seen Best Buy is selling albums now?

Probably around one hundred.

I still have my linear tracking turntable too. I'm not sure how many albums I kept, it was mostly things I never thought would make it to CD although some have. Neil Young's Time Fades Away hasn't and the odds are essentially zilch that it ever will.

And I might've kept a Souther/Hillman/Furay record because it was a quadrophonic pressing.

The german label Blue Rose records is now offering a lot of new vinyl including you pick the songs 45s from their stable of mostly american roots rockers.

Thinking about old records reminded me of my cherished vhs copy of Let It Be. If only Paul and Ringo would accept that they always didn't play great and things weren't always warm and fuzzy with them all and get about re-editing it and release it on dvd.

phatboi wrote:

otiscleotus wrote:


there is quite a lot of dance stuff still released on plastic for all the djs,I was amazed recently HMV had a huge plastic section

I never collected any vinyl, my mother did though and she still has a ton, maybe about 100 or so records just taking up dust.

Nibles wrote:

i suppose as a dj I am more comfortable with plastic its just so hands on

I think I have a few hundreds, and every now and then I listen some of them ... Yes, the best I have also on CD, but for me sometimes it's a feeling like in the "good old days" listen this music and the songs on the original LP Some of those records don't exist on CD I think - or I didn't find it - but thanks of the days of existing technique I took most of them on PC ..... and every time it's nice to hear old songs


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