Bilbo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 400+ lps left ( had a purge a few years ago). A vinyl loving friend is coming around on Tuesday to have his wicked way with my collection and then the rest will find its way to Oxfam. I may keep a couple of dozen for old times sake (my own stuff, for instance) but, otherwise, the dust collecting has to stop. End of an era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Nooooooooo!! [size=4]Haven't you heard? Vinyl is making a huuuggeee comeback!![/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Yes, I heard. But the space is needed and I can't remember the last time I played a record. At least a year ago. Spotify covers a lot of it so it needs to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Quite right, old bean. The music is in your head. The objects only serve to reinforce the nostalgia, and collect dust. You get to keep the essential; pass them on for someone else to enjoy. Jolly good. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378634887' post='2202557'] Yes, I heard. But the space is needed and I can't remember the last time I played a record. At least a year ago. Spotify covers a lot of it so it needs to go. [/quote]mate of mine is a collector and would buy them from you if you're anywhere near kent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Mine went a year ago when we moved , it was hard doing it, but I haven't missed them one bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'd be very interested in 60s/70s jazz, soul, funk - if you have any please PM me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 If you want to give them to Oxfam then that is admirable and I wouldn't want to dissuade you, but be aware that big collections of records from what I suspect is your era can be worth a lot of money nowadays . I had two Led Zeppelin E.P's that I got on import from HMV in about 1979 for a couple of quid each that I only bought because I didn't have enough pocket money to buy the L.Ps that ended up being worth several hundred quid each when I ditched all my vinyl . My pre- injunction first pressing of Permanent Waves with the " Dewey Defeats Trueman " headline intact was worth a load of money , too . You could be sitting on a goldmine . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Le Cragg Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I have been doing the opposite! Replacing Cds for vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm ambivalent about vinyl. There were an awful lot of crap pressings around in the 70s and 80s and IMO CDs are certainly a more robust delivery medium. OtOH vinyl is definitely making a comeback now that the pressing plants have to be producing a quality product in order to compete with the digital formats. My bands next single will be released on vinyl... As for Spotify, there is no way that I am allowing my listening to be at the mercy of a 3rd party. If I own the physical product I can always listen to it so long as I have the appropriate playback equipment. If an artist or record company decides that they no longer want their music on Spotify, then it's gone and there's nothing I can do about it. Similarly, if Spotify change their T&Cs or go out of business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Seen Chinatown by Thin Lizzy in Hmv last week for £35.00 !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 'blamelouis' Seen Chinatown by Thin Lizzy in Hmv last week for 35.00 !! MB1. Now why does that not surprise me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378640111' post='2202623'] Quite right, old bean. The music is in your head. The objects only serve to reinforce the nostalgia, and collect dust. You get to keep the essential; pass them on for someone else to enjoy. Jolly good. Well done. [/quote] I enjoy the nostalgia. And the dust. Mmmmm... dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I used to have lots of vinyl but it took up too much space and after using cd`s, I got lazy. Now everything is on the computer hard drive and I can`t be bothered with cd`s now. I still have the cd`s but the vinyl is long gone except for a couple of Led Zep`s, Moving Pictures and On Stage by Rainbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378634887' post='2202557'] Yes, I heard. But the space is needed and I can't remember the last time I played a record. At least a year ago. Spotify covers a lot of it so it needs to go. [/quote] So we`ll cross you off the cold-calling list for out new album on white vinyl then Bilbo? Sigh.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Are they any good for metal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sold all mine a few years back. Like many on here I guess, Id always said Id never sell my records, but they were taking a bashing from house moving and like you I never played them. Got a good price for them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 And here's me all excited and making shelves so I can get my Vinyl back in the house again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 [quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1378722104' post='2203564'] I used to have lots of vinyl but it took up too much space and after using cd`s, I got lazy. Now everything is on the computer hard drive and I can`t be bothered with cd`s now. [/quote] Agreed. My hard drive currently holds 116Gb of music ([i]either from my own CD collection, or from paid downloads, before anyone asks![/i]) and trying to work out how much storage space I'd need for that quantity of vinyl reminds me of all those analogies we used to use when hard drives for PCs first came along ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I used to make a living buying and selling vinyl, gave it up because you just can't get much nowadays as most people haved switched to CD's. At a guess, I would say that you have at least a couple of grands worth, and I would happily pay you a couple of hundred quid for them without seeing them first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I still love my vinyl. It sounds best, but let's not argue that one now. I have around 3 thousand albums, and yes it is unlikely that I will play many of them again. However they are also like a diary of my life. Just looking through them in their racks reminds me of where and what I was doing when i Bought them. I also have a couple of tbytes of music on hard drives and could never take the time to replicate the LP's on digital. Also the cover artwork is much better and the sleeve notes easier to read. And erm the covers were also useful for........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I put some of my vinyl on eBay as auctions, but the results were very mixed. One of best prices was an album by Graham Collier that I didn't think anyone would be interested in. Other things I thought would do well didn't. Eventually I gave up and took the rest, mostly old rock, up to The Diskery in Birmingham and got next to nothing for it. But I figured even if they were ripping me off, it would at least help keep a worthwhile shop open. I've still got two cases of classical LPs, including boxed sets of Stravinsky and Mahler, which I have no idea what to do with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 My vinyl has been in the attic for years but I regularly listen to them after digitising them all a decade or so ago. I was listening to Hawkwind's In Seach Of Space only a couple of weeks ago I can't really understand all the fuss over a format - it's the music that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1378849451' post='2205671'] I can't really understand all the fuss over a format - it's the music that counts. [/quote] Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 I got rid of the first 100 or so last night (to a vinyl loving friend). Interestingly, I noticed several LPs as we were searching throught them that made me think 'I love that' so, this morning, I am sitting in work with Spotify playing some of these 'greats'. Only they aren't as 'indispensible' as I thought. There is nostalgia value, absolutely, but I am not really one for looking back so feel surprisingly ok about letting them go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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