Why I'm selling my records and CDs
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2023
- Why am I selling my records & CDs? Today I’m talking about selling my record and CD collection. Well, I’ve reached that stage of my life where I just don’t play them anymore. I have them all on mp3s and I play them on various media players around my home.
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Eloquently said! I think that first collection reflects your life. Saving pocket money, spending birthday money or receiving albums as gifts is a very different experience from using disposable income as an adult. Priorities change, and along with them, so does the value we place on things-monetary and emotional. In the end, it all comes down to the love of music, and it it doesn’t seem like that has diminished in you.
You've got it spot on. You're right, I still love my music, it's just I listen to it in a different way these days.
Thanks for watching!
@@JamesMurphyYT in 2015 Vinyl became popular again , and a new generation got to experience it , I got my first Vinyl in 2019 I think , and Vinyl is still popular which is amazing
@michaelhawkins7389 there's no doubt uts popular once again and it's good to hear it.
@@JamesMurphyYT :) Did you see my comment I made on your dvd vidoe ? I made a comment about Blu rays
I have to be honest I don't recall. There have been over 1500 comments on posts this week and I've tried to answer all, but I'm sure I must have missed some. Apologies if I did,@@michaelhawkins7389
Almost like having that cool car when you were young and trying to replace it with a similar one later in life. It is not the same.
That exactly it. Thanks for commenting
Thank you for your story. I too fell on tough times over covid, lost my job, am still out of work. I am so grateful my wife supports my collection of books and records that I/we built up over decades together, she won't let me sell them. She knows they are my lifeblood.
Thanks for sharing part of your story. So many of us have gone through tough times over the years.
It's pleasing that your wife is so in touch with you.
Thanks for watching!
Lost my job through getting ill in Covid and haven't had work since!
That's not good. I hope your luck changes this year@@DavidMander-rs4uk
@ashrobinson4604, your wife is a special woman !
@@DavidMander-rs4uk That didn't happen after you got those clot shots that were not vxxnes but a technology, right?
I cannot give up my cds ever. Music is the most important thing to me. I love listening to music, looking at the cover art, reading the lyrics. I would probably get rid of my family rather than the cds😵😖😁
It's great how we all have different feelings. Thanks for watching!
As someone in their late teens who likes to buy records, CDs, and even video games, I can see myself in your position at some point when I get to your age. Hope you make as much profit as you can off of your collection and Godspeed!
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
I know exactly how you feel, ive recently sold most of my record collection and it's heartbreaking, because you remember where and how you found them ,
But at the end of the day we're just caretakers of this stuff, just use the money for something new in your life.
Thanks for your video.
Thanks for your input.
Honestly, I'd rather have someone with them who is likely to play them.
It seems such a shame for them just sitting on my shelves.
I don't feel the connection with this collection compared with my original one.
Thanks for watching!
I can relate to your story. I moved from the U.S. to Asia in my late 20s and was unable to bring along my original vinyl & CD collection due to moving costs and space limitations. I have a small music collection here, but I've never felt the same attachment as I did to my original collection.
It's really odd how that first collection holds that place in our hearts.
I like at it in the same way as my first love.
Thanks for watching!
I love your stories, James. Thank you so much for posting these videos! I remember every place I bought my first records, too.
Kind of you to say so. It used to be special buying records when we were young.
Thanks for watching.
Great story, here. A true beginning, middle, and end. You seamlessly transitioned from your first collection of records, and why you had to sell, to your current collection and why it's not as difficult to part ways with them. Yesterday, I just packed up some old clothes, sports jerseys that I haven't worn for years, yet, I can't just get rid of them 😂
I'm sure we all have things that we find hard to part with.
Thanks for watching!
It amazes me how some people never got rid of their original collection and have about 10,000 records.
@Extremesam43 had I not had to, I'd probably still have it. That collection started when I was three years old and I was very attached to it.
Back in the 1990s I built up a large vinyl collection. That was a time when very good quality used records were available at an affordable price. But in 1998 I moved to Ecuador, and only shipped a few of my albums. In the last 25 years I've collected thousands of albums on mp3 that are stored on a hard drive and on the "cloud". I enjoy digital just fine, and it's certainly easy to travel with them.
I feel the same. I have all of my music on hard drives with backups, and it sounds fine to me too.
Thanks for watching!
Selling when you like to sell is one thing, but hearing how you were hurting because you HAD to sell to take care of your family is really tuff. Sorry you guys went through all that. All the best in this stage.
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. This time, it' much less traumatic
Thanks for reaching out!
@@JamesMurphyYTI collect both vynal and coins. I couldn’t imagine brother. Well actual I’m coming back
To say I can imagine, I had to sell the first gold and silver I ever got a couple years back
@@user-gj6rl7po9q I have a friend who collects coins. I think he loves them more than his wife! Thanks for watching!
What a totally refreshing and honest video- much appreciated - I will be checking you out from now!
That's kind of you to say so,
Thanks for watching!
I had a similar experience when I moved overseas in the early 90s. I ended up selling all vinyl that I had when I got wife and kids. With some of that money I slowly started building a Cd collection to replace the old one. When digital music became available on the internet, I started building a collection that today fits in one 4 Terabytes external hard drive (around 40 thousand albums). Five years ago I bought a new turntable and restarted collecting vinyl. I missed the ritual of playing and enjoying a full record non stop, now older with more time, money and space to dedicate to it. I am still collecting music in all physical formats I can grab. The difference is that (like you) I am not as attached to it as I used to be 40 years ago, and if the time for selling everyrhing comes again, I'll be just fine once I can play offline, at the convinience of a handle optical disc, all my history of music listenning. Cheers from Brazil!
I think the fact that I can still play my music from other sources makes selling it much easier.
I think they albums and CDs would be better being used by someone than just sat ion my shelves.
Thanks for sharing your story and watching the video!
@@JamesMurphyYT you're welcome!
@@JamesMurphyYT Truth, that's why I use them to promote this hobby in two different channels (the other one is more popular in my native language), not to mention the work I've been doing (for free) to help independent bands/labels/artists all over the world in the past 22 years. My goal is to inspire others to do the same and help keeping good creative music alive :)
My biggest regret to this day was selling my record collection. I had 2500+ most of them English/UK bands. Especially Manchester bands.
Nearly 55 years worth.
Well done video. It helps succour the “pain” of regret…
I really hated selling my first collection but I had no real choice.
My subsequent collection does feel the same even the records I replaced.
The feeling of rebuying just want the same.
Thanks for your input and for watching!
Last year I sold most of my LPs and CDs. Books too. With the profits at 70 years old I bought my first new guitar. Feels good, I feel lighter. Do what you gotta do.
It's nice to hear that someone who did it feels good about it. Thanks for the comment...and for watching!
I grew up with CDs and sometimes cassette and my favorite CD was my grandpas old album's and my late uncles album's and i still have some of them to this day
As long as they make you happy that's all that matters.
Thanks for watching!
Besides the sentimental factors, other reasons to keep you old collections are:
New Vinyl (180 grams) are made using a digital file, so it is not the same as the old ones that were made from Masters that were tape based.
Some records (on cd)once remastered do not sound the same, so keep your old cd's before you get new ones. A lot of nuance has been lost by making the records louder.
Also some of these remasters end up being re-recordings because the Masters were lost or showed major degradation, meaning that that session that moment in time will be lost unless you have an older pressing.
This is because most Streaming Services usually only have the most resent version of a song
Thanks for your input..and for watching!
'New Vinyl' and '180 grams' are not interchangeable terms. Only some records are 180 grams, not all, and they're usually labeled as such.
I got separated about 3 years ago and had to sell about 1000 of my treasured records (these were records with memories attached). Now I have about 1000 and obviously some with less attachment but I am enjoying my small collection and will never sell my most precious ones from my youth but life hands you different challenges.
For one reason or other as I said in the video, I sold the majority when we needed the money and then when we separated l, I had nowhere to put them and they ended up at our local rubbish tip.
Thanks for watching!
I can identify with your story as I too sold my original record collection due to several house moves.I also bought more records but they didn't have the same memories so like you I resold most of them.I got some satisfaction in knowing that I was able to share my collection with others.When I hear my old records on the radio or on CDs the memories still come back to me.
Thanks for your input.
Hearing a song takes me back to a different time.and it's that I cling to, not the media it was played on.
Thanks for watching!
I had a huge recollection. I wasn't in a position to sell the recollection because I needed the money. The collection felt like a burden for years. I wanted to sell it, but couldn't bring myself to do it because each record had a meaning and story behind it. My love of music took me to exploring new music. Through that exploration I discovered the Japanese shamisen and wanted to learn how to play it. As I research the instrument more, I realized the cost involved with buying one, the lessons, and basic upkeep of the instrument. That is why I decided to sell the collection and use the money to have a custom built professional grade shamisen. It was very easy for me to part with the records because I was converting my passion for music and records into a new passion for music. My friends and family were mortified I was selling the collection. What they failed to realize the record collection was still with me in a different way. All the memories and joy those records gave me were a part of the shamisen.
Brilliant story and I understand that completely.
My collection is in my memory.
Everytime I hear a song that was in it, I time travel in my mind.
I remember all sorts of things.
Good luck.
Thanks for watching
Great video James. My first musical memories were hearing the hits pumped out of the dodgem car speakers when the fairground came to Poole Speedway. I’ve got about 1500, a probably worth about 60k if sold separately. I’m thinking of selling about 600,& plan to do a stall at the local record fair.
I've always felt that records are only worth what someone will give you.
I've had a Disco's page for years now and not really sold any this year due to the cost of living situation we find ourselves in.
I just see the point in keeping them if I don't play them anymore.
Thanks for watching!
Too bad Parris, that we can't get top dollar for a collection if sold as one. You have to sell them one by one. or have an overpriced auction like Maslof
I feel for you. When my business was going through tough times I sold my turntable and 90% of my record collection, but I kept my favourite albums (Iron Maiden, GNR, Aerosmith, Springsteen). I was a bit annoyed that I'd sold the debut Ben Folds Five album in a batch for a few quid and now it's selling for £180 on eBay...
I've had those sort of situation too. But you do what you have to do at the time.
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
I’m in a similar situation, to what you’re in. I started buying cds and vinyl, as a kid. Vinyl quickly bent love. I used to go to a few local record shops, every week, usually straight after work. I finished at lunchtime and the buzz of going to record shop was incredible. Selecting records, giving them a play in shop, taking them home, playing loud. Me and friends all had turntables and it was such a great time. I just loved music so much. Did few parties years ago and generally played records, daily. Years went by, free time was not there anymore, and I suddenly didn’t have time for Music other then listen to radio at work. I got back into music then work took over again and life in general. I sold a big chunk of my collection, to go towards other stuff and my records sat there for a long time and for last few years, I’ve been thinking about doing what you did. Rip all Vinyl to MP3 save on hard drive and sell the lot. I know I can’t even play them until I move out of here and that ain’t going to be any time some and I’ve recently got into sim racing. If I sold my Vinyl, I could buy the most beautiful sim racing setup but I’m so attached to my music and I just don’t know if I can do it. I’m trying to tell myself that even though I’m attached to my Vinyl, if I can’t play, why keep? And I can always rip them and play wherever I like and like yourself, my hearing is getting bad so I don’t really notice the diff in quality.
I really think there are plenty of people who are starting to think the same way.
Thanks for your comment and for watching.
I have just subscribed to you. I feel for you mate, I would have been gutted. Keep smiling mate, keep enjoying music.
Thanks for subscribing. I was gutted selling that first collection on the market.
The collections since haven't felt the same (even the records I've replaced)
Thanks for watching.
I don't post all music but there's probably 1 in 3 or 4 are music related.
great video. years ago i got rid of all my records. and have been perfectly happy with streaming and some cd's
then i started watching videos by the vinyl community and had that longing from my past with records. went and bought a turntable again and lots of vinyl. but for some reason i just have not been able to get back into it.i i feel i have just wasted a lot of money as they set collecting dust. i just do not get it when people tell me vinyl has a warmer sound (what that even means i do not know) to me digital downloads sound just as good. still love music and will never get rid of any Beatles physical media. but other wise feel it is just a waste of my hard earned money.
been watching your other videos and love your positively and outlook on life.
Thank you, Alan.
I think you've had the same experience as me.
I've rebought records that I had before but I don't have that emotional connection to them that I had the first time around.
That first collection has so many memories that went alongside them.
I can remember the record shops I bought them from and how I felt when I first heard them.
The memories are still there, but I know the re-bought ones are just that, and it doesn't feel the same.
I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just saying that it's how I feel.
I wouldn't expect others to do the same because I said so.
Thanks for watching some of my other videos.
I cover all sorts of things that interest me, so that's why you'll find other types of content.
Thanks for getting in touch and watching the video.
I don't buy records anymore, I only buy CDs. My record collection went bye-bye when I started buying CDs, right now I have over 2000 CDs & they are all digitized on my hard drive
as mp3's also. I'll buy a CD and rip it to my hard drive then I put them in a resealable CD poly sleeve and put them away. I used to love collecting records in the 70s & 80s when I first started
becoming a D.J. but after awhile I quit DJing and just started selling my vinyl records, I was able to record my vinyl on to a mini disc, then putting it on a CD, so I can keep them.
I just turned 61 and I love my CD collection and what I've found over the years, it's amazing.
I've digitised pretty much all my music and I play it from there these days.
Having DJed and done radio, I've rebuilt a collection, but I don't feel the same way as I did about my original one.
The one thing that hasn't changed is how much I still love music.
It's just how I listen these days.
I don't use streaming services, I'm still listening to what I bought over the years, it's just from hard drives and mp3 players.
Thanks for watching!
Sounds exactly like my story. I got rid of all my physical media in the year 2000. Here I thought we'd seen the last of records and CD's. I listen to 90% digital music because it's more efficient. I started collecting records and CDs again but now it's just for the fun of it. I do miss my old physical media and all those memories though
I, too, miss my first collection. This one just doesn't feel the same.
I can't remember the last time I played one of my records, which is what's made me decide to sell the.
Thanks for your input and for watching!
i m 64 and would never sell my beloved records and cds i still love em
I loved that first collection - If I hadn't had to sell it at the time, I don't think I'd be thinking about selling it now.
It was like losing a close friend.
I'm glad you're still loving your collection.
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting video to me because I am in a somewhat similar situation. I haven't been playing my discs in a long time, though I've been buying them. I am 74 and started young buying Gene Autry 78's. Over the years I've deleted much of my collection. I spend a lot of time listening to satellite radio and reading books. I have also been working at trimming down my book library to essentials. Perhaps it comes with age. I no longer feel the strong appeal to what I used to listen. My tastes are getting more serious, or perhaps more challenging than in the past.
My book collection is getting too big as well!
And over the years my musical tastes have changed.
I'm 63 and amazed that I've been rebuking my Dad's old LPs.
I couldn't stand his easy listening LPs at the time and now I hear them and they make me feel warm.
I suppose it was a much simpler time for me.
I use my Internet Radio a lot these days as well.
I prefer the varied choices I hear from there.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for another great video James, and good to see an old Jotchams record bag too! My big question is how many records did you have in your collection? As in albums and singles, but I bet it was a heck of a lot, I knew you’d never part with the Stevie Wonder album, that’s the jewel in the crown definitely, but I agree there’s something you just can’t beat in holding the physical product in your hands and reading all the album sleeve notes, it’s fantastic, I’m glad you’ve got everything backed up and digitised, they’ll all be safe now, 👍
At times I had in the region of 7-8000 albums and the same in singles.
I gave 800 cassettes to my kid's school music department in the early 2000s.
I've probably got a couple of hundred minidiscs as well.
The truth is, I've got stuff I'll probably never play again.
The thing about my collection is that I never cared about what it was worth. I never bought it because it was expensive - it's like the new Beatles albums at £140 for the Blue and Red on album....not a chance!
I actually love the original versions of the songs. I don't need remixes.
I used to have a standing order for all new 7'' entries into the top 40 and when I was doing discos I bought all new entries.
At one stage I had so many records that didn't even get played.
Now, I'm happy to play all my music off mp3 - because for me, my hearing can't hear the difference anymore and it's just convenient.
I'll be doing some more music related ones soon/
Thanks as always, for watching!
Hi interesting topic and very well presented with honesty and humility. I am blessed and lucky enough to know I am. Firstly I haven't lost the excitement of acquiring, owning and listening to records - we're possibly of a similar generation - I'm 59 - vinyl was all we had. Like you my hearing ain't what it used to be - comes to us all - I was losing my love of music as I was aware that I wasn't hearing everything the artists intended. Inspired by a professional musician friend I bit the bullet - sold some of my collection and invested in good quality hearing aids - took some getting used to but now my passion is rekindled - I'm sure that sounds are different for me now to what they were but the whole process of acquiring, owning and listening to music on record still fills me with joy. Twice blessed. I hope you continue to enjoy the music however you consume it.
Hi Phil, I'm a little bit older than you (63). I miss that first collection.
I thought rebuying copies of my old records would make a difference, but It didn't.
The truth is, having converted so much of my collection to digital, it's now so easy and convenient for me to find anything in my collection by typing a few letters or words, I don't even look at my records anymore.
I still love the music as much as I ever did, I just play it from a different format.
It's a shame to see the records untouched.
They were meant to be played.
Hopefully they will and that person will have the joy that I used to have from playing records.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing story mate. I can relate to this but it was clothes in my case. I love to read people's story.
Thanks. I often tell stories from my life in the videos as the help explain the point I'm trying to get across.
After 63 years, I've had a lot of life lessons hahaha!
Thanks for watching!
@@JamesMurphyYT keep up the good work man 👍
I don't know how true this is but I was under the impression that it is illegal to have a ripped version of a CD unless you still own the original hard copy from which it was sourced. Maybe best not to go broadcasting this fact all over RUclips.
As it happens, I haven't got around to selling any of them.
I've discovered I'm better at talking about bit than doing it!
My biggest problem is actually getting around to it.
Good story, and good on ya! Personally, I'm not at that point - yet. My hearing is still good enough to fully enjoy all the sonic glory of old records. 🙂
Thanks for commenting. I wish my hearing was as good as it was 20 years ago! Beside the fact that I can't tell the difference in sound quality anymore, I haven't played my records for so long, that in my case, selling them seems like the right thing to do for me.
Thanks for watching!
Touching video. My story is that when I was young 14y.o my first record that I bought was the
Beatles VI & from then onward I kept buying records. The only problem that came was my family kept moving all the time and my records were left behind as my parents didn't think much of my records.
Fortunately, I still have my memories of those days and I did manage to collect many records in my life. These days I'm selling most of them on ebay because I just don't listen to them anymore. I will always keep my Beatles albums as I have about 150 of them and some others that I cherish. But as for the other 400 in my collection they will be on ebay for sale. I suppose there are many stories like yours & mine & as the saying goes "you can't take them with you". Eventually everything that we own will be someone else in time. Thanks for the story stay well.
Thanks for sharing part of your story. I'm sure there are many like mine. Thanks for watching!
Right now I am playing CDs on my Sony Walkman CD player.
I loved my Sony Walkman. Thanks for watching!
Conversely, I just recently went out and bought an audio technica deck and started to play my early 70s prog rock collection. (Led Zep, Jethro Tull, Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Hawkwind et al..) I've rekindled the warm, magical vibe that you get with playing vinyl albums. Moreover, I'm getting more exercise with having to get up and change the record every 20 mins 😅
I bought my wife an audio technical deck for Christmas about 5 years ago.
Not bad for the money.
Thanks for your input...and for watching!
@@JamesMurphyYT ..thank you for your compelling story too :)
@@ephrimvael you're welcome
Hi mate, i know exactly how you feel about your records, i too had a massive collection and like you i collected from a really early age only to have them swept out from under by divorce so as i rebuild my vinyl collection the lack of attachment is certainly there now. i as lucky enough to manage to keep all om old original 7" singles but the albums have had to be replaced. as much as i try to convince myself that theyre my records, i know that they are not because they are mainly second hand records someone else discarded, that said i have offered them a home, a good home, a home that will look after them and play them, but yes, there is no real attachment.
like i said, i understand 100% with you as my story is similar in a lot of ways - Lloyd
That's so right what you're saying.
I rebought so many records in the hope of rekindling what I once has, but it never did.
My original collection had emotional ties to me, the one I have now doesn't.
And yet I still love hearing the music.
It's as though it's two different things.
Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed your video and subscribed. Like you I've sold 2 collections when money was tight in my younger years. Now, after paring down the lps I've purchased over the last 25 years to lps I genuinely love listening to I have about 1k lps in NM condition and an audio system that does them great justice. I'm about your age and one day I'll probably put them on Discogs at a reasonable price so that the Mrs. doesn't have to deal with it. I gave away most of my cds to family after ripping them all to flac a couple of years. ago.
It sounds as though you've got it sorted.
Thanks for subscribing.
I have to say, my hearing isn't great anymore and when I.play an album, it doesn't sound much different to a file played on my system.
It probably plays a part in why I don't play my albums anymore.
I still love hearing my music though.
Thanks for watching!
I did this with my video game collection. Sold off all my consoles and 400 games. Was heart breaking but its for the best. I did start buying CD's again. They are coming back and good ones are hard to find for cheap.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
i wish you well and hope the decision you make works out for you. Many of my friends sold vinyl to be replaced by c.ds and with the revitalised vinyl market are now re-purchasing some of their original vinyl especially if the new pressings are an improvement to the original. Personally i could never part with vinyl as the tactile nature of the record plus the pleasure in the process of cleaning and putting the stylus on the record has never left me. That small effort seems to compel me to listen more intensely. Good luck anyway.
Thanks for your input.
I used to be like that too, but I realised recently, I've not played any of my records for at least 18 months.
I just don't have the inclination to play them anymore.
Hopefully I'll be able to sell them to people who will.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic story! I'm early 60's and collected all my life. I've inherited many collections from before WWII and even boxes full of 78s from the teens and early 20s. I have found myself listening to more music my parents used to listen to. I have digitized most of my stuff, and I am just starting to get my first group of LPs ready for eBay. But it's so difficult to let go, but having them digitized really helps. Now sub and look forward to watching your channel!
I struggled with my first collection, but it just doesn't feel the same with this newer collection.
I'm definitely listening to my Dad's music more and really enjoying the quality of the music playing.
Thanks for subbing. Most appreciated!
Its good to know when to let go of something of no real use to you and how to convert into something you do want. I remember listening to records and tapes back in the day. I really like having them digital I don't have to GET UP and turn a record over or rewind and flip a tape or swap out a CD.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Great vid, Worked at record shop on Saturday when i was 14, got paid in records, never looked back. Still love vinyl today.
That must've been great! Best currency ever.
I got paid money...I just spent it all on records!.
Thanks for watching!
I started getting back into vinyl about 8 years ago, not knowing it was making a massive comeback...here in Australia at least . I get what you're saying as I sold most of my original collection when compact discs came along, as I started driving it was the way to go with cd players in cars. But now, I like the physical item and the records still have that smell about them which takes me back. I don't think I'll ever pay for a music streaming site and like you, I digitize all my media so I have it on my phone for work.
I certainly don't stream musicians I'll never need to. Thanks for watching
Moral of the story: Don't get married.
Or earn more money and get a bigger house lol.
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I wish I would've seen this comment a year and half ago. 😆
I really think you should keep a core collection at the very least of your favorites. That's what I ended up doing. My CD's and tapes were breaking so badly because I moved so damn much and don't even get me started on trying to keep records. They would scratch and all of my favorites would end up in the bin because I loved them so much that the scratches are basically etched in. Really is a terrible thing to waste but there's no helping it. When it comes to music, I hate to say that digital might be the real way to go.
I'm keeping all my Beatles albums and my favourite album, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life' - the rest I can live without.
I ran a disco for years and converted everything to mp3 as I used a computer after 2006 - I have pretty much all the music I've collected over the years on multiple hard drives (backed up).
As I'm typing this, I'm listening to an album off of my hard drive - I spend most of my time playing music from the hard drive which is why I don't play my records, it's just so convenient.
I'd rather someone who'd play the records, have them. They'd get more joy from them than I do.
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So much is available on streaming but select items could be gone one day due to rights.
@@DorianPaige00 I have pretty much all my music on hard drives and backed up.
I don't really do streaming.
A lot of older stuff I have isn't on Spotify, so I just play what I've got most of the time.
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Thought provoking! I'm relatively new to vinyl. I have to say I have no association with the event of buying, for me it's the artwork, liner notes and the experience of indulging into a listening session. Life is ever changing, and there might be a point when I feel nothing for them and regret spending all that £. Then again, it's cheaper than therapy and cheaper than having an affair!! Cheers
You'll never regret spending the money on them. I certainly don't.
I too used to have listening sessions, where I'd have my headphones on listening and reading the covers, but as I said to somebody else, that tailed off when I started losing the clarity in my hearing.
It's also like I said in the video, the first collection was the one that loved. The ones I have now, I don't have that connection to.
I'm still playing music even as I'm writing this, it's just that it accompanies me through my day more than being a focal point.
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Thats probably why my love hasnt waned. I have the same collection I've had 40 years, but always adding. I do have attachment to used records that ive bought more recently, because they have newer memories attached. IE " oh, i found that at a thrift store, when my parents visited me in 2019, we were unexpectedly hit by rain, and after eating lunch next to the thrift store, we were running to get on the train, and out of the rain, me holding my treasure i have been searching forever for". I clean used vinyl in detail to make it my own
I have memories like that for my first collection
Due to space limitations and changes in our family, I had to purge a good amount of my original vinyl records. I have some remorse for getting rid of some of them, but luckily I still managed to hold on to about 600 albums that I have now. I am glad I did becuase record prices today make vinyl way too expensive, even in the new market. Today if I buy physical media it is usually the CD version, but I even have to limit those due to space constraints... so in the end Spotify, RUclips Music and various backups on my computer and device hard drives serve me well.
It's easier for me having already had to sell my original collection.
I'm not close to being attached to most of this collection.
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Loved your story well done for putting your family first
It wasn't easy to do. But needs must!
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all my cds are in storage boxes now in one of my sheds...but I still buy them from discogs/hmv/charity shops but my one regret is selling my entire vinyl collection back in 1990, i have slowly been buying vinyl over the years...i might have to sell my massive cd collection....but that will be my son's problem when I die but I'm still after a vinyl version on the original label of the first single I ever bought, and that was 'I feel free' by CREAM
My first collection really hurt me to sell, but I don't have the emotional connection to this newest one.
I'd rather sell them to people who will care about them.
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What about the art work and liner notes James? I probably have 500 cd"s ive collected since I was a teenager, and whenever i listen to them, looking at the booklet"s, always makes the listening experience even better! Also, I started my music obsession with a Rockford Fosgate system.😅 I was tainted early. Louder and faster is always better!😂 Great video!
I always liked the artwork on albums better. CDs artwork was too small for me.
Although I have some box sets that have some really good booklets with them.
One of the problems with CDs for me was when I used to have a disco.
The writing could be hard to read in dark surroundings.
Ib still buy CDs occasionally to fill gaps in my collection, but once I've digitised then, they just end up in a pile.
I've got loads of one played only CDs.
Because I have sooo many records (about 35,000), I also only listen to mine once and digitize them into Wav files. I fortunate to have most of the records from my youth (lost some to an ex-girlfriend). Even if I never play an album again, they still give me a warm feeling, seeing them all in the shelves. Right now, I'm listening to an album I bought yesterday. Chances are, I'll never listen to the actual vinyl again, but it will have a safe and loving home for the rest of my life.
That sounds great. Thanks for your comment and for watching.
My Cd collection isn't going anywhere. I quit vinyl in the mid 80s. Never going back. Streaming services suck.i don't rent
Thanks for your input.
I don't use any streaming services either for my music.
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Excellent video, I was an avid collector through the 70s/80s /90s/ to the present day ( yes the music was better in those far off days) but I'm thinking of selling my collection on Ebay. I've become older with different priorities in my life.
I think it comes to all of us as we get older.
Listening to you talk about your record collection makes me think about my video game collection that I've been building ever since I got my first job, lol.
You probably feel the same was I used to about mine.
It's all about balance for me. I've got a record collection, not thousands, just the all-analog jazz albums from the musicians I really dig. I collect them to learn the bebop language from the masters and improve my jazz guitar abilities. Spinning vinyl is my ritual, a meditation in front of my stereo, doing nothing but focusing on the album. I can't do the same thing with digital music. It's too easy to access and lacks that ritualistic process (the search, purchase, cleaning, listening, focusing and learning). If you get too stuck on one thing, life kind of tries to even things out. So, it's really important to keep a balance right from the start.
Yeah! I totally get that. Once upon a time, I'd be like that. Headphones on, eyes closed, listening.
I'm not sure when I stopped doing that. I think it coincided with my hearing falling away.
These days, I have music on a lot, but it's more like in the background whilst I'm doing other stuff.
Like now, as I'm doing this, I've got music playing in the background.
I still enjoy music as much as I ever did. It just doesn't seem to be my sole focus as it used to be.
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I started buying records back in the late 60s. I've around 10,000 now. I too only play the newest. I still listen too music for around 2hrs a day while I'm on the PC. The bulk of it is 60s Brit girls, most in mint condition. One day it will have to go. I'm going to have to sell it myself, as the wife would give it away at a fraction of it's real value.
Thanks for your input. You may as well sell them and get to use the money on other stuff you like!
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I feel the same way about my older computers now. I decided to start selling those on a couple of years ago. I get where you are coming from. Why do I have all these retro pc's sitting gathering dust when someone who is really interested might be using it? They won't last forever but while they are working someone could be getting a use from it. Hope my comment makes sense it sounded better in my head. But yes I understand completely.
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I just finished watching your video on why you are done with streaming. This video came up and I watched it after. I was wondering, how do you reconcile being ok with MP3z after your years of love for physical media, yet you still prefer physical movie/TV series media vs digital copies on HDDs.
Quite simply that as much as I love my music, these days I only seem to play it either in my car or as background music and so rarely touch my records and CDs.
In fact, I only seem to play a record or CD to digitise it when I buy something new..
However, I still really like watching my DVDs as I like to see not only the film, but the extras too.
A lot of people have told me that I should digitise them too, but I don't know how to do that and at my age I think I'm too late.
I started digitising my music back in the early 2000s when I converted my disco to playing files and I think that's where I got into the habit of playing files.
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03:50 whoops. Admitting to a crime.
Regarding playing the media bought vs ripped or streamed: I used to have a media center PC and server but I got fed up of having to switch on a screen to play music on my hifi so Ive gone back to my CDs.
All of the music on my player is still in my collection at the moment.
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When I left home for college the fall of '74 I took most of my more recent albums with me but left behind my favorite collection of Rick Nelson albums from the 60's on the Decca label...Sadly, I left the albums by Rick downstairs in my basement. Years later I discovered that playing those albums on my cheap, childhood record player ruined them as did leaving the records in my damp, moldy basement! I was so glad to learn in the new millennium that all those vinyl albums had been transferred to CDs by a Japanese company and were carried by Amazon! So I replaced all my old Rick Nelson albums with CDs and also obtained some more recent albums by Rick that I never had in my collection!
Thanks for your recollections. I loved Ricky Nelson growing up.
Glad you managed to replace them.
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Digital is the way to go. The only thing I do differently is use lossless files instead of MP3s.
I have a mixture of WAV and mp3s - to be honest, my hearing isn't as good as it used to be and I really can't tell the difference in quality most of the time.
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Nice video. I have also been thinking about eventually having to part with my vinyl collection. Down the road, digital files will do fine as my ears eventually give out, plus, handling vinyl becomes a bit of a sketchy process as our hands become just a bit less steady with age. Nothing like dropping a $150 One Step LP on the floor to ruin your day. I still play vinyl daily so I've got a few years of continued collecting and listening to go before the sale will happen, but that day will eventually come. Just curious - are you going to sell your collection piecemeal or will you sell it as a complete collection? I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons for those options.
I have some of it on Discogs - I'm thinking I may just go to some boot fairs (flea markets), facebook marketplace, clear out the majority and give the rest to charity shops near us.
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About 20 years ago I was forced to Leave my rented apartment in London and move back to the north. At the time, I had basically no cash for the move, so I had to do a couple of trips in my tiny fiat uno. My entire lifes collection of music (LPs and CDs) got left in that flat, along with an expensive Hifi that I adored and my guitars, amongst other things. It broke my heart and it was years before I could even listen to music again, but when I finally accepted what had happened and embraced MP3 and a bit later streaming, I eventually felt comfortable (sort of) not having the physical record anymore - BUT, as is perfectly explained in this video, it isn't the record itself we are clinging to, its the memory of buying the record and hearing it for the first time, sharing it with friends. I marvel at being able to pick up my phone and access a universe of music these days, it is incredible...but honestly, I really miss the old days when we would swap records, sit and listen all the way through an album. I also really miss the excitement and ceremony of the hunt for music! Oh well. Swings n roundabouts.
Had I not had to sell my first collection, I don't think I'd have ever sold them.
But afterwards, buying them never felt the same, but then again, starting again in my late 30s wasn't as exciting either.
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Lately, I've been buying records that mean something to me and general cd's at thrift shops. I record the songs I want and then sell the hard copy of the cd. Might be a mistake, though. As the streaming world is bogging down, those hard copies might be something I should be holding onto. Time will tell...
My music is all.backed up on hard drives and I pretty much play all.my music from there these days
I still love owning the physical media I would never sell any of my favourites even if offered double what i paid on everything.
I wouldn't sell any of my Beatles stuff or my favourite album. But having had to seĺ my coĺrction once before, I could do it again
I have a large record collection I've always loved records from back when I was 8 years old ...I'm amazed how vinyl made a came back when you really think about it
With some of today's modern vinyl all the poor quality control issues and the inflated
Prices ....God knows how many copy's of pink floyd animals 2018 mix I went through on vinyl to get a decent copy with no warping....but after all said and done I'm a vinyl and cd junkie
I'm still buying them
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I loved my collection, but when I needed to sell it, it never felt the same to me.
I hardly ever play records anymore.
I still listen to music everyday, but my hearing gone to the point where it makes no difference to me how I hear it.
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my father passed a year ago.
I have his.
what should I do ? keep them forever? it's only 2 large bins.
@@lightshowplur I have ended up rebuying my parents records because of the nostalgia.
I suppose it depends on how you feel about them.
If it were me, I'd probably keep them a while longer.
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Know what you mean having an attatchment to certain records ,,half my record collection is mine , the other half have been given to me or picked up second hand , its the ones i bought in the late 70s - 80s i treasure the most ,,The Specials , Jam , Clash , Stranglers , Smiths , Cure , Bunnymen etc ,,,my DNA i call it
Spot on. Those records that were part of my original collection were like part of my being.
The records may have gone but I still have the memories.
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I’ve never been a big collector of records, but did have some favourites. My dad was a big collector. Funny, you didn’t like your parents music. I loved listening to the old time fiddle music dad would put on. 😊 hearing it now always reminds me of Dad.
I e spent years buying copies of the albums he used to have. I lo e them now as they bring back good memories.
They have very little value to anyone other than me though.
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Nice story sir, it's rare for me to hear a collector being practical and true to himself. Same thing on what I did in my Video Game Collections. Back in 2019, I still own Collections of Nintendo and Sony Console and Handhelds in 2019, but one time, I got annoyed when almost everyday I have to dust them off, charge, on-off, play test and so many maintainance check to do to keep it working and maintain them... I sold them all bought and New PC and Smartphone, then Emulate those hundreds of game in 2 Devices! Super less hassle and very time efficient to have a short fun in my busy early 30s!
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The biggest problem with physical media is storage space. I only buy cd's and then put them in a large cd case which holds about 500 discs including artwork. This only takes up a small amount of space and i also burn these cd's to a harddrive and put them on my phones memory card. I got rid if all my vinyl when cd came out so don't have to worry about that
I know how much room they can take, that's for sure. Thanks for watching .
Thank you for your story. I love vinyl records and I love analog sound, but I dont like the sound of new digital-vinyl-records.
Sadly, with my hearing loss, I can't tell the difference anymore.
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Thanks for sharing your story.
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We have a central home CD player where we keep all of our family's favorite albums in a binder beneath the player. We typically rotate between 15-20 albums throughout the year, so we don't keep very many physical discs on-hand. That said...we do have a robust FLAC library that we've built up over the years from purchases and garage sale finds. I listen to this 95% of the time. The rest is ASOT on RUclips.
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People spend thousands for a four wheeler blowing shit down my road! Records sound so much better! Love my hobby 💝
It's a great hobby. I can't deny that. Tha ks for watching!
Really surprising to see this video right after your video about doubling down on DVDs. Music isn't having the exact-same issues as streaming video, but I've already been screwed over by streaming services twice, and it was Google and Microsoft. I bought music from them, paid like $10-12 for full-length albums with no physical anything (which is clearly much-bigger profit for them than if I bought CDs), and then within two years they both opted out of their streaming agreements and I lost access to my music, which frankly was pretty lousy sound quality compared to CD, so I feel absolutely 'no' about ever purchasing streaming music again unless it's maybe Tidal, but even then it NEEDS to be CD quality, and they can't just say 'ok you don't get to use your purchases anymore, and you have to buy them again' because that's been happening a lot. It's fraud.
I've never needed to use a streaming service for my music.
I remember friends adding their music to their I pods and losing it sometime later.
I bought a cheap mp3 player and an sd card and transferred music to that for in the car and when walking.
I have all my music backed up on hard drives and play from there 90% of the time.
I rarely used my record deck or CD player to listen to my music anymore.
I don't need streaming services to play my music.
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If you sell the original record, you technically lose the right to have that digital backup copy. Also, MP3 files are compressed and sound different. When I digitize records and tapes, I keep them as WAV files so that I don't lose the quality. I have many thousands of records and tapes that I haven't digitized yet. I will keep all the records and tapes even after they're digitized, as that's the legal way to do it.
I still haven't gotten around to selling my records.
I didn't think I'd miss them, and yet I haven't been able to bring myself around to doing it.
As for mp3s, my hearing isn't what it was, and I find them fine for me.
Mind you after 9 years of playing them when I did radio, I've grown used to them.
I do have a lot of wavs too, but I can't hear the difference to be honest.
Thank you for sharing your story..I had to sell half of my record collection 15 years ago when I was unemployed for more than a year and had to pay the bills etc..some were really dear to me so it felt like a dagger to my heart..then the prices of records started skyrocketing so I collect more cds which are pretty affordable..on another note, pls turn lower the background sound as it is hard to understand clearly your stories..cheers
I know how you felt. Thanks fornthe advice re background music. And thanks for watching!
Been there done that Sandman. Worked as a DJ in Norway, learnt how to mix (taught by Lew Lewis)and built up a nice collection of Disconet & Hot Tracks to go alongside the vinyl. Still used a mic but went from messy format to a more structured way of putting a night together. I first came across mp3's when a DJ mate (Martin Storvik) was ripping CDs. I told him the sound was crap, he was ripping at 128kbs so he had to re-rip.
CD's became my choice of weapon as I was out of house and home when the marriage hit the shitter. Like yourself I decided to part company with vinyl and gave my collection to a mate to sell...strangely he disappeared and so did my vinyl. What a mug I was.
Incidentally the first single I bought for myself was Isaac Hayes "Theme from Shaft". I never had much time for the Beatles and always found difficulty playing their stuff in a set. I'm 67 now, happily married to another Norwegian and still collect CDs. I do however understand your letting go and getting rid of your collection.
These days I only really buy from the second hand shop or pick em up at the dump! It's easy to pick up a 5TB hard drive and load up at 320kbs. I can't hear the difference between 320kb to FLAC files etc. I can't bring myself to part with my Technics 1210 and SL-P 1200 they sit in the cellar in the dark waiting for another airing or to be loved. More recently I bought a second hand Philips all in one system with a 3 CD carousal, from time to time I can sit down and listen to a CD, many is the time I hear something but don't make the time to listen.
My collection is my diary, it's that simple. I remember the gigs and the punters. Learning to mix with a Denon CD player (with pitch control). These days I do a bit of Karaoke mp4, Party disco mp3 and Singalong mp4. The DEX 3 programme allows me to mix with the downloads from the mp4 remix service. My kids have no interest in the CDs but strangely my granddaughter does and if or rather when I pop my clogs she is more than welcome to them and my little equipment trophies to sell or hold on to.
How did I get started as a DJ? Well a mate was emigrating to New Zealand, he was an Adventure Scout and at his leaving party the DJ got so bladdered he fell over and was out cold. Ian asked me if I would take over as he knew I collected music....that was it, I was hooked. There have been some good and bad times but at least I did end up with a fantastic wife and soul mate. BTW she doesn't understand my hoarding stuff or even now still bringing it home but she tolerates my indulgence.
Later TC.
That was a brilliant read! I had a friend (Duncan Stewart) who DJed in that part of the world in the 1970s. It sounded like fun.
My first collection was like the journal of my life, but this second one isn't because it was really like trying to rebuy the collection I had.
It just didn't feel the same though and so it's time to say goodbye.
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Ah yes young Duncan, the man with the beard before they became fashionable for todays scruffy bastards. I first met him in Horten, he was running Kaddetten, I was working in Nye Kris Kafe. I'm pretty sure he's still kicking around in the UK south at a coastal resort. I think he was at the last DJ reunion organised by Alan Lawrie of IDEA.
Alan has released his second book about the DJs whom he represented in Scandinavia. I started with Micky Olsen's Nor Booking only jumping ship when the marriage hit the rocks and Geoff Collins/IDEA rep; was able to offer me work closer to being able to see my kids. I think Johnny Squires still keeps in touch with Duncan.
As I remember it Duncan was a schoolboy boxing champ, he took no nonsense from drunks and would often slap them saying "next time I'll close my fist"...I was so happy to leave the UK (Leicester), I met up with a bloke (Rodger) who used to run Revolver records and we had a quick chin wag on one of my returns. Like yourself his business went south (don't they all, I too have been there done that) and he was back on the market. He told me it had to be the best move I ever made. That makes sense, I only ever suffered homesickness once for about 30 minutes roughly 5 years ago ha! I wasn't a fan of having to eat out of bins or sleeping in cars on the odd occasion though.
I couldn't deal with the UK these days, most likely I'd be sat inside His Majesty's Hotel for upsetting someone. I was chatting to a mate about a DJ called Carl de Rome who passed away this year, both Carl and myself would talk music (he was from Blackpool) for ages and all of that info in his head is lost. That really saddens me. I try to stay halfway fit by training 5 mornings a week at the pool, but I admit my gut is not shrinking ha! I still swim in competition from time to time.
Later, TC😊
PS The next IDEA DJ hook up is in Krakow next year.
I'm not going as my wife and I are visiting for a 3 day break next month. Crispy duck time!@@JamesMurphyYT
I thought you might know Duncan - he lives in Weymouth these days.
He was a good friend to me when I lived there and yes he did go to the reunion.@@anthonyclarke5579
I never sold anything. And when divorcing I 'sold' all my collections for a laughable amount of money to a co-worker, had everything hidden somewhere and went to court. Won everything including custody of our son, paid back said co-worker and still have it all. 😁
I have 55 000 comics, 5000 dvd/blurays, 5000 cd's, 2000 games, 1500 books.....all physical! 👍
Blimey! You must have a bigh house! Thanks for watching!
@@JamesMurphyYT Nope, I actually live quite small, in an appartment. And still have a decent living room that doesn't fully resemble a mancave 🤣. I am very good with space.
I have 3 bedrooms....biggest for my son, smallest for the comics and one for myself. Cd's and games are in the living room/open kitchen (its walls taken down to have larger space). A big cabinet with closed doors holding the cd's, tv on it and the Nintendos and Playstations. Games are in a semi self-built desk/cabinet with the pc on it and everything. One cabinet in the entrance hall with 'to read' stuff. And I have a relatively big hall where the doors are to the 3 bedrooms and toilet and bathroom and a storage room where the boiler is and stuff.
So in that hall I made cabinets for all the dvd/blurays and books (without pictures).
I actually looked it up, it's 86 square meters. 😄
@@PainInTheS I think I need to organise my place!
I have given up buying vinyl this year. In fact I'm giving up a big chunk of what I have. I'm ashamed to admit I followed the herd mentality of the vinyl resurgence in recent years. I've realized I listened to most if the my albums once or not at all. Plus I'm tired of the elitist attitude of the vinyl "community" and the high prices for new vinyl. I do want to hold on to my CD's though. They are convenient, sound great, do not have skips or pops, and I do have memories to go along with them.
I've never understood why records are so expensive and even though I love The Beatles, I think people are being played for the records.
£140 for the 62-66 and 67-70 box set is crazy.
It's like Record Store Day - they make something special, print very few of them and then hit the customer.
I really don't like that.
My son bought me some new albums for my Birthday and I was really disappointed with them.
One of them jumped on the first play and then I had the hassle of trying to get them to take it back.
If I do buy any records, they're second-hand things that I buy cheaply to digitise because I don't play them again afterwards.
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That door is so ugly!! Well, serious collectors do not have children, take up time and money and you risk having to sacrifice your possessions for their needs!
Obviously, I wasn't a serious collector.
I didnt realise life would chuck that stuff at me.
Still, I survived and lived to tell the tale.
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War On Drugs revitalized my interest in newer music. Im an oldies guy, i never thought id say my favorite of all time is from 2017. " in chains" and " old skin" are stunning in a cavalcade of ways
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I had quite a huge record collection which included many different versions of Beatles albums. When I started to collect cd's my then wife started complaining about the amount of space my collection was taking up and nagged that much, I ended up taking my records to the tip. Similar to yourself, I ended up just ripping my cd's to my computer and the cd's just went into the loft. I am no longer with my wife but the cd's are now hers as they are in her attic. I'm sure she will sell them but I don't mind.
As long as it all worked out in the end. Thanks for watching!
I did the same, digitised my 2500 records over 5 years and sold the all on Discogs and made very good money as the records were enjoyed and ended up being worth 5-10 times what I paid, I spent the money to buy a dozen vintage synthesizers and other things, no regrets.
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Interesting video. Maybe I'm lucky, I always did kind of the 'mp3' thing but oldschool with reel-to-reel tapes to build a music collection. To me it's not a record collection but a music collection of whatever good tracks I could find. I remember the first song I wanted to have: "Hold your head up" by Argent. To me the memory is the song, not the album or the single, and it will always be present no matter if I have the record or not. The music collection that was once in carefully assembled mixtapes is now in playlists implemented on flac files on a computer. That way, the tapes and the memory assembling them from newly discovered songs, live on.
Most of my memories are linked to music. Sometimes happy, sometimes not.
I still have formats from reel to reel through to digital as well.
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We have to face the reality that we are all mortal and can't take our collection with us when we die. It's a great hobby collecting records when we are young but as we are in the last years of life It's the music and not the physical media that is important to us. I have a friend that loves collecting books and when it was time to downsize from a house to an apartment he had over 200 boxes containing almost 2000 books. Needless to say he has all those books still in boxes stacked in a room and can't bear to let them go and doesn’t read them. Go figure!
The fact that I don't play them anymore tells me it's time to say goodbye.
I still have the music to listen to on my hard drives, so I think it'd be nice to let them go to people who would enjoy playing them.
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I mainly use high res streaming now via Amazon music direct to a fairly decent DAC and into headphones. It works well. CD quality streaming does sound noticeably better than mp3.
My hearing is poor. I no longer can hear much difference between records and mp3s sadly.
Yikes... bad marriages are devastating indeed... all the best to you dude! 👍
Thanks for reaching out.
From this far down the road, it could have been worse.
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I had a clear out of my old records in the mid 80s. Partly peer pressure. Sold them all for pennies. To this day I regret it.
I regret selling my first collection even though it was the right thing to do.
This time I don't feel the same about it.
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I have never used a streaming music thing. I have my music on CD, LP, and even some cassettes.
Streaming music doesn't do it of me either. Thanks for watching!
What a coincidence! The very first record I bought was also The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" when I was 5 years old.
It's nice to be able to say that was 'our' record. Shows we had impeccable taste, even as kids!
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This is an interesting conundrum.
It is actually *illegal* to buy a CD or record, convert it to mp3, and then sell that CD or record - while keeping the mp3.
You are not allowed to do this. The moment you sell the CD or record you are legally required to delete all copies of that mp3 you ever owned. Including any historic hard drive backups that included that mp3.
Not doing so is legally considered stealing by the record companies. If 2 people want to listen to one piece of music, they must both own a CD or record copy of it (or a legally bought mp3 from an online music store or have a streaming music subscription).
If you rip CDs or records to mp3 then you *must* keep the original CD or record in your possession as legal proof that you own the usage rights to listen to that mp3 music. And even that is actually already a gray area, its legality depends on the country you live in.
Just as well I haven't got around to selling them yet!
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@@JamesMurphyYT As proof of ownership the actual sound carrying medium is enough, the CD or record so to speak. You do not have to keep the whole package with covers, booklets, jewel cases etc.
So with CDs that you want to rip to mp3 you can just put the CDs themselves in a soft slipcase which can then go into a large storage box - and throw away the jewel boxes. That saves a lot of space and weight, about 3/4 typically.
But if you sell your CDs while keeping the mp3s, that's legally the same as you borrowing CDs from a friend and ripping them to mp3 for your own listening. Legally that's considered "duplicating" which the CD license forbids in nearly every country.
But the music industry is lobbying hard lawmakers to not even allow ripping your own CDs to mp3 anymore. Not even for backup purposes. They rather want you to have to buy this content again from online music stores. Many countries already put this into law. So check for your own country whether ripping records and CDs to mp3 is actually still legal at all!
In some countries this is tied to copy protection. If the media is copy-protected you are not allowed to try to circumvent this, which you have to do in order to rip it to mp3. Or in other words, in some countries it is legal to rip non-copy-protected CDs, but *illegal* to rip copy-protected CDs. This whole issue is such a gray area, and handled differently in nearly every country.
I still own many of my vinyl records I listened to growing up, plus I have an extensive CD collection. I hate that i rely on Spotify these days as I seem to have ignored actually playing a physical copy just for sake of asking Alexa to play music from the digital library. I fear having music stored on a hard drive in case it ever gets deleted or the drive burns out. TBH I hate that we rely on digital so much these days. As for my movies, well you won’t see me getting rid of my physical media collection anytime soon.
I have my music backed up on a couple of hard drives so if one goes I still have another.
I don't like streaming music nor do I have Alexa
I listen to radio via my Internet radio, I still have an mp3 player and I listen to music via my PC in my home office where i make most of the videos, but I rarely touch my records these days.
Great story! I have over 10,000 records been collecting since 1971! Getting ready to sell and retire in the Philippines!!
That's some collection! Thanks for watching! Good luck with your move.
For me I didnt have room enough when I met a girl to live with and gave some thousand lp to Salvation army charity
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It happens to the best of us! Love does that to you. Thanks for watching!
All my jewel cases busted and I copied the best tunes I could, but whet I wanted to get those recordings again found that a $1 CD was $20 and a $1 records was sometimes $100 to replace. Most people will only pay 2-5 for an album, so I haven't felt the need to get rid of the rest.
You are seeing better prices than I've seen in the UK.
It would definitely make me sell mine particularly since I don't play them.
Thanks for watching!
I don't have a vast collection, only a few hundred records and CDs, most of them Elton John. I'm the type of fan that had to have different pressings of the same albums, but somewhere along the line something changed and I no longer feel the need to have 8 or even 10 copies of the same record. Since last year I've been clearing out and I just tell myself that I'm giving the next person a chance to enjoy this record and that makes me feel ok. A few album covers I've restored by repairing split seems or other damages and knowing an album that would otherwise have been junked has received another run also gives me a good feeling. I'm at the point where I give away a free record with one sold and I want to reach a point where I have a max of two copies per album. I haven't stopped buying, it's just balance I suppose. Anyway it's still my favourite hobby.
That's sounds like a good plan. Thanks for watching.