Enjoyed your video ever have this happen You've been looking for a record for years and you finally find one it's not the perfect example that you want for your collection but you decide this is probably the only chance you're going to get so you buy it and within the next week you find two more of them that are in mint condition and cheaper. Shouldn't be a thing but it seems like it is.😊
Yes! This totally has happened to me. It's the craziest thing. I looked for a Beacon Street union record for the better part of 20 years and then finally found one. That same week I found 2 more!
You make many good points here, especially having so many records it becomes increasingly unlikely we’ll be getting back to them very often. For current music I try to get fairly well acquainted with an album before I buy. I’m mostly set for classic 60s-90s, but will occasionally get albums I know I like when they become available. Will I listen to the album 10 or 5 or less times. It’s a matter of mood, so it’s hard to say. I enjoyed your thoughtful post .
Good, solid observations and insights. Thanks for the valuable perspectives. One mistake I have NOT made in 50+ years of record-buying (I never really thought of it as "collecting") is the "placeholder" phenomenon you describe, spending money on records that aren't in at least Near Mint condition. I never wanted to have any records soiling my turntable or my shelves that are ugly (damaged, poorly maintained), don't sound good, or were potentially harmful to my audio equipment. That's why I bought CDs for so many years: They were rarely damaged or defective to an extent that audibly affected play. How the music sounds matters a lot to me. But I AM guilty of occasional "completist" leanings, or buying things just because I hope I can share somebody else's enthusiasm for them (FOMO related?). This is related to the example you describe of taking a chance on something without doing the first-hand research. I have very eclectic tastes, but the truth is, there are some things I just don't care about (even if others do), so I don't want them cluttering up my life (or my ears). Fortunately, I have had no problem resisting novelty reissues or RSD promotions, which are built around selling the idea of exotic, overpriced "special limited editions," when often they're really not so limited (or so special).
collecting records is simple if you want it, can afford it, buy it. My biggest mistake was in my twenties (1970's) I spent more than I should. Credit card debt is expensive.
I buy what I will listen to , what I will enjoy . I have purged my collection from about 2000 down to about 700 . I only buy something now that I really want to find , hold onto and enjoy and actually LISTEN to . I think this only comes with time , experience and age . I never understood the completist ideology , why hold onto duds , albums that actually may be complete junk just to say you have the whole discography ? Are you going to listen to that , enjoy it , why take up the room ? Spend the money on it ?
One mistake made i dug...True Myth...has a flavor of Rufugee Patrick Moraz keys driven with a flavor of Saga...gtr wise Ian Crichton...really like that spin... I dont COLLECT I LISTEN. Big diffo ... the former is just what it means...the appreciation factor of true listening is not there...which can lead to a f Horizintal Pallette of said listening appreciation If in dig an artist be it say Marillion (The H.lineup not Fish) im in as a lifer or say a band like Asleep at the Wheel.The Church McCoy Tyner Charles Lloyd...😊 99 % of our 6000.plus.music library has been/will be listen to again many times...why i dont/wont have a channel...just stumbled ipon yours and some others...curiosity! I played a whole bunch of Van Morrison last 2 days... approx 10 double albums worth! So much great music out there to be appreciated in a lifetime! Again the nots of having a channel...takes tine to put.even one together! Rather put that time into listening ....thanx😅 If i obtain an orig of a release...groovy...if not a reissue will suffice! I purchase.nice preloved cooy.of something...not whatever is avaikable...knowing it will be spinning.more than once! I dont get anything in.just to have...how boring is that? Thanx 4 reading this gobblygoop!
You've got way too much common sense to even be part of the vinyl community. If the rest of them stopped being completists, for example, they wouldn't have anything to talk about because some of them do nothing but buy different versions of the same albums over and over. I think yours in my favorite channel these days.
Thanks! Lol really appreciate that. I think I've stepped back enough to see some things that I'd like to fix a bit. I see some guys that just keep buying and buying and it's out of balance. Appreciate you checking out the channel.
I dunno I have well over 2000 LPs myself and probably buy between 3 and 10 a month. And mostly they get played once or twice because I keep listening to never heard ebfore stuff I discover on Tidal via Roon. And that's ok. I mean yeah I could give up say THe Tubes whatever or KSHE Seeds Vol 2 or Missouri...but come one day I will want to pull it out and play it and it wont be there. And when one actually does want to spin something Rooning isnt quite the same. I think up to 10,000 records would be nice. Yeah give me a larger house.
Yeah I hear that. I'm at a little over that and it feels like too many but thats definitely personal preference and everyone is different. Good points here though!
This is my first vid from you, and damn you are too relatable😂😭
Enjoyed your video ever have this happen You've been looking for a record for years and you finally find one it's not the perfect example that you want for your collection but you decide this is probably the only chance you're going to get so you buy it and within the next week you find two more of them that are in mint condition and cheaper. Shouldn't be a thing but it seems like it is.😊
Yes! This totally has happened to me. It's the craziest thing. I looked for a Beacon Street union record for the better part of 20 years and then finally found one. That same week I found 2 more!
Look for 13th Floor Elevators debut on Radar UK. Last from the o.g. tapes.
Never heard of Coney Hatch. $2. I recommend it. 😅
I own it lol
I'm a collector and I think your thinking is fantastic
Thanks!
Good thoughtful video
You make many good points here, especially having so many records it becomes increasingly unlikely we’ll be getting back to them very often. For current music I try to get fairly well acquainted with an album before I buy. I’m mostly set for classic 60s-90s, but will occasionally get albums I know I like when they become available. Will I listen to the album 10 or 5 or less times. It’s a matter of mood, so it’s hard to say. I enjoyed your thoughtful post .
Thank you for watching and for such a great response. 👍
Good, solid observations and insights. Thanks for the valuable perspectives. One mistake I have NOT made in 50+ years of record-buying (I never really thought of it as "collecting") is the "placeholder" phenomenon you describe, spending money on records that aren't in at least Near Mint condition. I never wanted to have any records soiling my turntable or my shelves that are ugly (damaged, poorly maintained), don't sound good, or were potentially harmful to my audio equipment. That's why I bought CDs for so many years: They were rarely damaged or defective to an extent that audibly affected play. How the music sounds matters a lot to me. But I AM guilty of occasional "completist" leanings, or buying things just because I hope I can share somebody else's enthusiasm for them (FOMO related?). This is related to the example you describe of taking a chance on something without doing the first-hand research. I have very eclectic tastes, but the truth is, there are some things I just don't care about (even if others do), so I don't want them cluttering up my life (or my ears). Fortunately, I have had no problem resisting novelty reissues or RSD promotions, which are built around selling the idea of exotic, overpriced "special limited editions," when often they're really not so limited (or so special).
Thanks for watching, sounds like you've got some great sounding stuff 👍
collecting records is simple if you want it, can afford it, buy it. My biggest mistake was in my twenties (1970's) I spent more than I should. Credit card debt is expensive.
"I probably don't need every ELO album ever made?" Speaks to all of us
Lol yes
That beat Vertigo will make a great coaster for you if the swirl gets ya going.
It'd make me sea sick lol good to hear from ya brother!
I buy what I will listen to , what I will enjoy . I have purged my collection from about 2000 down to about 700 . I only buy something now that I really want to find , hold onto and enjoy and actually LISTEN to . I think this only comes with time , experience and age . I never understood the completist ideology , why hold onto duds , albums that actually may be complete junk just to say you have the whole discography ? Are you going to listen to that , enjoy it , why take up the room ? Spend the money on it ?
Good point with the experience. I'm certainly thinking a lot differently these days from years past. Thanks for the insightful comment. 👍
One mistake made i dug...True Myth...has a flavor of Rufugee Patrick Moraz keys driven with a flavor of Saga...gtr wise Ian Crichton...really like that spin...
I dont COLLECT I LISTEN. Big diffo ... the former is just what it means...the appreciation factor of true listening is not there...which can lead to a f
Horizintal Pallette of said listening appreciation
If in dig an artist be it say Marillion (The H.lineup not Fish) im in as a lifer or say a band like Asleep at the Wheel.The Church McCoy Tyner Charles Lloyd...😊
99 % of our 6000.plus.music library has been/will be listen to again many times...why i dont/wont have a channel...just stumbled ipon yours and some others...curiosity!
I played a whole bunch of Van Morrison last 2 days... approx 10 double albums worth!
So much great music out there to be appreciated in a lifetime! Again the nots of having a channel...takes tine to put.even one together!
Rather put that time into listening ....thanx😅
If i obtain an orig of a release...groovy...if not a reissue will suffice!
I purchase.nice preloved cooy.of something...not whatever is avaikable...knowing it will be spinning.more than once!
I dont get anything in.just to have...how boring is that?
Thanx 4 reading this gobblygoop!
Thanks for watching, sounds like you've got a great collection 👍
You've got way too much common sense to even be part of the vinyl community. If the rest of them stopped being completists, for example, they wouldn't have anything to talk about because some of them do nothing but buy different versions of the same albums over and over. I think yours in my favorite channel these days.
Thanks! Lol really appreciate that. I think I've stepped back enough to see some things that I'd like to fix a bit. I see some guys that just keep buying and buying and it's out of balance. Appreciate you checking out the channel.
I dunno I have well over 2000 LPs myself and probably buy between 3 and 10 a month. And mostly they get played once or twice because I keep listening to never heard ebfore stuff I discover on Tidal via Roon. And that's ok. I mean yeah I could give up say THe Tubes whatever or KSHE Seeds Vol 2 or Missouri...but come one day I will want to pull it out and play it and it wont be there. And when one actually does want to spin something Rooning isnt quite the same. I think up to 10,000 records would be nice. Yeah give me a larger house.
Yeah I hear that. I'm at a little over that and it feels like too many but thats definitely personal preference and everyone is different. Good points here though!
Just walk away from bad records