I have considered having my immediate family cherry pick the titles that they would want to have for themselves. Then having whatever is left be set out at my wake/memorial for those who attend to pilfer through and take home what they would like. You can't take it with you so why not share the wealth?
Being 71 years old with no kids, I often wonder what will happen to my collection after I'm gone. An elderly man that lived two doors down from me died a year or so ago and his son simply threw all his belongings in multiple dumpsters and I'm afraid that is where my record collection will end up. I try not to worry because there's nothing I can do about it. I love my record collection and that's really all the enjoyment I have in life. I have probably around 1200 albums and 2 to 3 thousand 45 rpm records. I have pretty much stopped buying albums because I've run out of room to store them. I still buy 45's from time to time when I run across something interesting. I acquired many of my 45's from collectors who've passed on so I agree with your statement "...we're only temporarily keeping these things company until they find their next home..."
I get so mad when I hear that peoples family just throw all their possessions in the trash. At least donate it to goodwill or something. All those treasures gone forever.
What do you mean you can't do anything about it? Have you ever heard of the last will? You can write down what EXACTLY is meant to happen to your record collection. If your son isn't into records but you know other collectors, you can donate it to them.
Thankyou so much for commenting here, I’m 44 and I’ve been thinking already about what will happen to my records when I die I hope that when I am 71, I still have your passion for music! I was from the CD generation and only got into record collecting 2 years ago and already have 500+ record’s definitely need to slow down a bit ha ha. Much respect to you 👍😀
@@zrogon - I have no spouse or kids. The only friend of mine that collects records is my age and he has been slowly selling his collection over the past few years because his kids aren't interested in them and I have actually bought a lot of his 45's. Record collecting is a disease, the only cure is death...
If you have kids, and espacially young ones, is to make sure to play records for them as much as possible so they can hear it in the background even if they dont fully pay attention. It will stay in their mind and create the soundtrack of their youth, then when they willl heritate your records, you have a chance that they'll keep them and remind them good memories whem they play them..thats what im trying to do, basically brainwash them with my music😊 Avoid having a mancave or listening room that only you can here those records. For me, its a central part of our living room and music is too important to not be share with your family
I have also had this conversation with many collectors in the last year. Fantastic video topic! I recently had a neighbor in his 70s invite me over to see his record collection. What I thought would be 30 minutes ended up three hours and if you’ve ever met a fellow collector you really connect with, you know how that can happen when you start talking about music, and what it means to you. As I was leaving, he asked me to wait at the front door, and he called his wife over to us. He introduced me to her and said, “Honey, this is our neighbor Doug at Big Love Vinyl. If anything happens to me, I want you to call him about my records. He will tell you what they’re worth and help you with options.” He and I had not talked about this, but there was an understanding. I just looked at him and smiled and nodded. Of course I would do that! I plan to document my large collection for my spouse and also talk to my kids about exactly what to do. I also plan on having a few trusted collector friends to agree to consult with her to make sure the records either find their next homes where they will be enjoyed or she’ll get her “shoe money”. 😊
Good topic, as I'm dealing with this right now. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer and given six months to live, but currently am doing treatments that seem to be extending my life a little. So I've been making sure to log the albums I missed originally into discogs. What I'm going to do is hand over my collection to my good buddy who has a storage space and experience in online selling. He'll have access to my discogs account as well. My collection is pretty valuable at like 5000 records according to discogs median value, just under $100k currently.
5k of LP's sounds like my collection. My wife (should she outlast me) is going to be busy. I told her to get valuations of records. Those worth $10.00 each or more should be sold on an each bases. The rest can be sold as a quantity collection for whatever she can get. No children or other younger ones in my family that would be interested. John 3:16
Here is the thing, I could not care less what happens to my records when I die. It will not change anything for me. However, what I do with it while Living is more important. When my Life is running out, one final piece of happiness would be to getting the records to someone that really apreciates them then. If I would suddenly pass away though, it makes no difference. I'm gonna apreciate my collection as long as possible.
I have just under 600 records and due to being a bit OCD and often buying records quicker than I can listen to them, I do actually keep a spreadsheet of everything I own, whether I've listened to it, whether it's been cleaned and general comments about playback etc, so a least that could come in handy in the future! My family moan about my collection as it stands, so have no idea what would happen if I wasn't here. As long as they get a decent bit of money back would be my main concern.
"...and there's some good stuff in there too"? The stuff you blow off is all I collect + classical + 78 rpm jazz. Thankfully guys like you always make sure to leave the gems behind at the Goodwill, I appreciate it.
Collectors (not just vinyl, but in general) dream about passing their treasures to their kids, unfortunately except for very rare cases our kids and spouses will not care about the same things we do. In vast majority of cases our kids will want to get rid of all the stuff that takes up so much space. So, make it easier for them - have a catalogue of what you own with what you paid and current values. Also, have a list of people they can go to sell your collection - other collectors, record stores, dealers, auction houses, etc. If you do this, at least there will be a chance that your kids will not put your stuff in the dumpster and even get fair money for your collection.
I'm 62 and have around 8,000 lps, 15,000 45's and 10,000 cds. My wife wants me to start to thin the herd to only what I regularly listen to. It's very hard to part with anything, they are each a memory of my life.
Man. I feel ya. Not to that age yet but if I don’t seriously slow up I will be….easily. Luckily I really only stick to 12” LPs. A single format helps. I really fight not collecting others.
I use Discogs to document my collection of about 500 albums and have let my wife and son know how to use the website. All of the more valuable ones and those that I bought a long time ago in high school and college I have left a note with the album. If I add a new album to the collection I’ll pull a least favorite out and sell on eBay. I plan on keeping the collection and listening to the music until the day I die. Good discussion, thanks.
I don't think records will last much longer than us. I've lived through many formats that have come and gone just in the last 50 years, cassettes,8 tracks, minidisc, DAT, Laserdisc, beta, VHS etc etc. Vinyl records will disappear too, this resurgence is a small niche that resurrected but will die as well one day. I've already seen in my circle of friends that have abandoned this hobby that has grown increasingly expensive.
You are wrong on this one. Back in 1973 my father got me a used VW and I immediately put in a cassette deck. At that time you had a choice, buy a less expensive pre-recorded cassette or buy the more expensive LP and a blank cassette to make a car usable copy. It was obvious 50 years ago that cassettes wouldn't last so over time the LP/blank cassette was really the less expensive long term option. Because I took that approach I still have every record today. And they sound great because I took good care of them. To preserve my master recordings I follow the same procedure with CDs. Since the late 1990s I have never used an original CD in my vehicle. I always duplicate the original CD (LP record) to a blank CD (cassette) and use that in the car. Record players are simple technology so 100 years from now LPs will still be playable, while there won't be players for all the other media formats you enumerated. Any media format based on magnetism and/or having moving parts is going to be short lived. That is why cassettes are so fleeting. LPs are long term storage while other formats are for temporary use and discardable.
I'm 57 ,I have a 16 years old daughter,she has a 1979 sharp music centre refurbished by me so she will get anything she wants,The the rest to my wife to get her through ,I've roughly 7000 👍🍀🇬🇧
Great topic. Just turned 70 a couple weeks ago which gets you thinking about all sorts of end game scenarios. My collection of 900+ is special to me but would most likely not be anything to most of my nieces and nephews etc. I try to gauge their interest by throwing conversations about the collection at them. The important thing is to make it clear to them that vinyl records and cd's have value and to not treat them as trash when you are gone. My vinyl collection is on discogs but not my cds.
Interesting topic , indeed ! As I write this , I’ve got 402 albums in a 8-compartment IKEA Kallax. If I include ”grails” , I’m between 20-30 from completing the collection I aim for. They’ll fit in too. I’ve told my 3 sons , that if no one of them wants them (but I know at least 2 of them are interested) , then to log into my discogs account , where I’ve listed them all. And then sell them for the price right between the lowest and mid range. That way , other collectors will make great deal and the records will find a new home. Sidenote : I’ve already forced them to decide which of my other collectable possesions they each want , and divided them up in all fairness. You know : DVD’s , books , sports memorabilia , rare boardgames , comics and so on. Everything that matters is spoken for. The rest goes to goodwill , or if it’s in bad shape ; the recycling dumpster.
Thank you for talking about this subject. It has been on my mind for quite a while even though I'm not that old and even though I don't have (that) many records (yet). Thanks to the nagging of my lovely wife that from time to time goes "what are we going to do with all your records when you pass away?" And yes I have been working on Discogs to have a list of all my records and sacds/cds and cassettes and 8-tracks and reels (yes that much). And it's not just records (or media in my case) it's also the hardware. Some stuff I have is starting to be worth a decent amount. So yes I try to document as much as I can. I also would like very much to make it a legacy in a way, I don't know if such things exists like a foundation that provide access to music or even some libraries, just so a bigger number of people could access it. Having grown up in France, I have many records (not necessarily in French) that are simply unavailable here in the US (some simply do not exist on Dicosgs). They don't have any particular value other than the music that it's on them is probably not available anywhere. Anyway, I really wish many others in the Vinyl Community would tackle that question as the more perspectives we get the better we can plan something. (I know I have bugged Michael from 45 RPM Audiophile on the subject, I hope he will do a video on it some day) Because one thing for sure, we are not getting any younger...
As a 74 year old record collector, I do wonder how my collection will be handled after my passing. Though I'm currently in excellent health, I realize that time is not on my side. Not only do I have a personal 600+ album and 2,000+ CD collection, I also have an on-line record and CD site and a brick and mortar store, bringing my physical media collection to well over 15,000 titles. Unfortunately no one in my family has any desire to collect or follow my buying and selling career. With this in mind, and being cautionary, I've given my wife and daughter the names of a select few collectors (buyers and sellers) who would be fair in pricing when buying the collection. Of course, the figure would be far less than selling these items individually but that's the way of things. I'll close by saying that I plan on being around for a while, but no matter your age, collectors should always have a planned strategy for their collection in the event of misfortune.
I have children to pass down my collection. Also I have been working on a music journal that will tell the story of my collection. I've been collecting for 5 decades. I am a former National record chain store buyer. My children are adults now and grew up hearing my collection. That's my plan so far.
I have a bit over 450 records...I have room for 800 maybe 1000...but that would be a bit to much so I keep my collection at no more than 500 550...I also do the 1 in 1 out technique...I go through every few months and pull out everything that I don't spin and usually sell or trade to the record store...and most time I take the money and put it back into the collection
I have my good old spreadsheet with everything I collect for the past 30 years, but recently I managed to add about 90% of it on Discogs. What is not there are mostly independent releases, promos, comps, CD-r demos, or just irrelevant bands that nobody cares about so I didn't create an entry for them yet. I would love to see my collection going to someone that would value and enjoy the music as much as I do. I would hate to see it going for a flipper or sold for cheap to thrift store. Anyway, I came to life without anything thus nothing belongs to me. Great topic!
Great topic to consider. I’ve been adding all my music to Discogs. Need to do a full double check soon. But in general I think that is great place to start. Maybe I should download/export it quarterly or so and print a hard copy or give access to my family just so they know. I do hope my kids may like some of it to keep for themselves. But if not, at least it would give them or my wife a great starting point to contact record stores like you or others or just offer everything for sale in Discogs if they are not pressed for time.
I'm glad that I started using Discogs right off the bat as I started getting back into collecting a couple of years ago. When I'm gone, I honestly don't care what happens to my collection. Nobody in my family would want it and I'm not married and don't have any kids. I would like for it to go to someone who would really appreciate it. But it really doesn't matter in the long run to me. I have a friend that's about 15 years older than me and he has a daughter that's my age. Her husband has been a vinyl collector for a long time and he just passed away about a year and a half ago. She had to move in to her dad's house with her kids, of course her valuables, and 5,000 LPs that her husband left behind after he passed away. She moved in to her dad's and he built on to the house some extra rooms. Over the first year, she had to pay for a climate controlled storage and that got expensive real fast. It doesn't take too terribly long paying for something like that and it becomes more expensive then what your storing. She kind of wanted to keep the albums but realized she can't do that. She's not a collector or big music fan anyway. It's kind of a memory thing or I guess you could say nostalgia because it reminds her of her husband that's gone. But at the same time, they don't have the room for these LPs and he was a collector of Very rare and desired pressings that are the valuable types of LP's. So it's a very, very valuable collection and she has no clue what to do with it. The problem is she wants to get top dollar and she doesn't want any cherry picking. I wish I could go over there and just buy what I would like and could afford. Even if I was paying retail cost I would love to be able to get some of the collection. But I'm not going to bring that up (yet anyway) and maybe in time I will be able to get some. She does want to sell it now but she wants to sell all of it. But getting top dollar, no matter what it's worth, it's not likely going to be what happens especially selling it all at once. She knows it's valuable but she has no clue how to judge the value. I told her about discogs and shoulder that it's a good way to estimate. But she just doesn't understand because it wasn't her passion things you need to know in the hobby. Whether it's terminology, grading, whatever, people that don't do it don't understand it and they're not going to spend a lifetime to learn. It is a big question and something we all should think about if we want the LPs to go to somebody specific like family. It was like pulling teeth just to impress upon my sister how important it was to me that I get my mom's records after she passed away almost 2 years ago. I didn't want them for monetary reasons. I wanted them for the sentimental reasons and to not have them melting in a non-climate controlled storage in the Texas heat. I didn't want them winding up in the trash which is exactly where my sister was planning to put them. I would have driven down and pick them up myself if I was able to drive and didn't have my vision trouble. My sister didn't want them, and she just didn't want to store them at her house down in New Braunfels. But thankfully I finally was able to get most of them. So now I know they won't get ruined unnecessarily and what was important to her I can carry on with. I'd hate to think of my records going into the trash especially since I know how much I've spent and what the value is on them. But since nobody I know would really want them, and they just don't care about music and especially vinyl like I do, I have just come to the realization I don't care because it's not going to affect me or anybody I love or care about when I'm gone. They can trash them. I'd like for them to be able to sell them in some place like a record store and get the money. But I don't think people really understand the value, financially and emotionally, attached to a collector's vinyl or anything item for that matter. I'm big into radio communications and have been my whole life. I've got tons of high dollar radio equipment. And it's the same thing with it. The only difference is I have a lot of friends that would like to have that gear and I'll be sure that they can take what they get and take whatever want when I'm gone. I just don't think a lot of people, and this goes for any collection or hobby, put the same value on the same things like we do. They don't understand the value in vinyl collecting. It would be like me or you understanding some rare inexpensive doll collection or something like that. And since they don't understand our world and interests or how it works they miss out on the opportunity to benefit from our collections even if it's just financially. I'd rather my collection go to someone that would appreciate it but even if it was Going to something like a record store and only $1 for every $100 of value went to whoever dropped them off, that would be better than having them go in the trash. And then somebody who loves and appreciates the music would be able to purchase the record and carry it on in their collection as the circle continues. But since I'll be gone and it really doesn't matter, well, I guess it really doesn't matter? I need to find a collector wife that loves music and vinyl and radio communications too before I go haha. Then I'd never have to think about it. Yeah, right. Like that's going to happen at this point in life :-) I could ramble on for hours about this but get something we all know anyhow. We just have to think about it at times and do what's best for those that could benefit when we're gone. It's up to them after that. Good topic GI. Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Did you really think that more than a couple of people would read your long story? Just attempting to encourage you to save some time and energy for other things that people will read in smaller bites.
Great segment it's definitely something I think about quite often as I'm 60 years old and Records are my passion. I think sometimes I am worried about where my records are going to wind up when I move on.
I never spend lots of money on a album I always get rare and easy to find cds or records and cassettes for a good cheap price cause even if one day I have kids and they can’t take everything at least I know I didn’t waste such crazy amount of money for my stuff to just be sold for a low amount
ive thought about this abit aswell.....its very subjective , i mean we care about our relics but as we know not everyone shares our passion for vinyl. I think the way to go is as you say get them onto an online database (Discogs) and that way our 'other halfs' or children, if they dont want to keep they can monetise it and profit from our passion. Good vid . Well done for bringing this up
I started thinking about these things not long ago. I'm in my late 70's and wondered what to do with my rather modest collection (1,500 LPs) & audio gear. Thankfully I have a millennial nephew who likes vinyl and had nothing but an older record player and a small collection his father had left him. He was glad to take about half of them right away, and hopefully the rest when I'm gone. As far as a list is concerned, I started entering them into a database about 35 years ago and have maintained that even as I still buy the occasional (older-analogue) LP.
I'm 55 so I believe I have time to decide what to do with my 3000+ collection but you never know. No one else in my family collects records so I would like them to go to another collector to appreciate. I just don't want them to go super cheap. I have a 2nd state butcher worth $1500+ ...I would hate for a family member to let it go for $12.
This is an interesting topic for me. I got my first LPs in the late 1960s but most are from after I got out of college in the late 1970s through when records were discontinued in 1989. I believe my collection is much better than average. I have always used quality inner and outer sleeves so all my records and covers are in excellent condition. For artists/bands I like I typically bought all their albums except best ofs. So I pretty much have every Hendrix, Allman Brothers, Zeppelin, CSNY, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Grover Washington, ... album. Even the obscure ones. But I don't have any Kiss or similar pop rock LPs, just the good stuff. But we moved and there wasn't room for my 30 feet of LPs so they are now in the basement. I don't want to go up and down two flights of stairs to fetch albums so I barely listen to them.
@@croiners4166, Most LP production was discontinued for new pressings by the late 1980's. Let's face it, it was time for the CD format to arrive. Each format has it's pro's and con's. As I get older, I'm less picky. I never complain about pops, clicks and sibilance when listening to a CD. I never pay in excess of a $1.00 for any LP or CD, so new reissues of records and CD's will never be a concern in my reality. Already have too many records and CD's. So much music, so little time. John 3:16
My collection is on discogs , family has the login. If I keel over they either keep them or sell them. 😅. Agree the most import thing is knowing what you have, without that its going to be messy.
Discogs has a decent collection tool to catalogue. I stopped counting at 10,000 and that was many years ago. All organized in categories probably mostly in mint. I live in north Dallas and I picked up so many of my priceless Blue Note album for less than $1 at the main location of Half Price books on North west highway when I was in college in the late 80’s. I’m in my 50’s now and wonder about the same question often. I’ve told my family to call Chad Kassem if something happens to me.
It's not gonna matter once you die...It will not be your problem...as I look at it,whoever gets to "deal" with someones collection once they die is lucky...I wouldn't worry about it
Thank you for tackling this somewhat morbid subject but it just the reality. I have around 3 thousand records that are currently catalogue in Discogs. I guessed part of making a will will be putting in my username and password so that my wife and my kids will have access to it for pricing and grading reference. Another thing too is to reach out to fellow colllecyors that you are close with so they can help you love ones after. I’m home on where to sell and what are one that’s hot real value in the market. I’m currently 46 but I still continue buying records averaging 300 a year and most that I’m buying are not the bargain bin stuff but mostly 90s original pressing and deluxe box set and reissues that currently are overpriced. Great talk and hopefully I get to be more prepared for this so that my family can appreciate more of my collection for what it’s worth. Cheers!!!😊❤ Greetings from Edmonton Canada! More power to your show NTX!
Lol, just came across this video. Great topic by the way. I’m using Discogs to catalog my collection. I’m hoping it’s eventually worth what Discogs claims it to be.
I own over 500 Elvis Presley Lp’s, 45’s, EP’s, tapes, etc etc. I am told my collection that my stuff is worth bout $10,000. I figure I will leave them to my lil girl, but I know she’ll just keep ‘ em cuz there her “Daddy’s”, but I’m thinking to try and sell off possibly one day. Thing is, I keep buying !!! LOL
Been thinking about this a lot lately. I keep everything in Discogs And I keep a spreadsheet. I wish I had someone local to me that I could trust for either myself or my family to go to if something happened.
I'm currently going through a deep cleaning and listening + sorting keepers vs non-keepers. I've done one donation to thrift store so far. Eventually I want to get all these sorted and uploaded to discogs. i also want to get as much as possible to a digital backup kept in a fireproof box. i have passed on a few already to my nephews along with a turntable. kinda waiting to see if they'll be getting more while im alive. anyway, i feel I've done my best to be a good steward while they were in my care. i wouldn't mind donating some to the library if that's a thing.
I have almost 900 and they are all in Discogs. Have not really given it much thought as what will become of them after I'm gone. I do have a few friends that collect so perhaps my family can pass 'em on to them.
I'm probably going to die without relatives but not intestate. My 50K plus titles (on cd) are going to be donated to Princeton Record Exchange with the goal of getting the cds back in the hands of someone who would appreciate it. Almost all are sellable titles with a huge emphasis on jazz and soul. I wouldn't want to see them go in a landfill. There's a strong chance the collection might have to be discarded as odors from a decomposing body can permeate anything that's near. It's a morbid thing but I do plan on dying in my living quarters without anyone around.
An absolute fantastic video , very interesting . The problem I face is my children are not the slightest bit interested in my collection . Don’t get me wrong they love music but not my taste ( mostly punk , new wave ) I have 2,600 albums with a 1400 cds and a 1200 lps split . What I’m frightened of is my kids will just sell to the first buyer . I keep trying to tell them the value but there not interested …. It worries me . Oh well , take care and keep the videos coming .
Well, for me the outcome is pretty clear. All my relatives and almost all friends have fled overseas, so it will just lie in waste - until the empty apartment is broken in, looted and gutted. With or without any list. Ideally, I should dispose of most of my hoard while I'm still vertical - but you know how it happens, it's always postponed until it's too late.
I'll be dead. I won't care what happens to them. It's a little arrogant to imagine anyone would want them. My music has been part of my life, but once my life is over, it's over. My records can go to a family member, a stranger, or to land fill. I won't care either way. One thing I care about - I 100% do not want them to go to someone whose intention is only to make money from them. I'd rather have them burn in the backyard than that. Talking about the "value" of records is a cancer in collecting, and I don't dig that at all. But if someone wanted to enjoy them, I guess that would be okay.
... who they going to go to and are are they going to wind up in the right hands... Weird but I'm more worried about the fate of my records than the fate of myself. I have just over 1,000 records and already I started ultrasonically. cleaning them up . The covers and records are put into outer and inner sleeves. Discogs provides all the info I need on each individual LP whether it be OG or reissue then info and current price are labeled on outer sleave
My plan is to document, as this guy suggests. I only have about 150-200 vinyl records but probably several thousand cds, plus box sets, dvds and books related to music. Do cd-rs have any sale value? I have concerts, rarities and entire discographies of specific artists like Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, Robert Cray, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Sinead OConnor, Emmylou Harris, U2, you get the idea. The discs wouldn't be for collectors but more for people who could conveniently have an enitre set of an artist's music. What do you think?
I think Discogs should create listings for "I got this record" that is not Year or Matrix Specific. That would be a great head start to getting your collection in the cloud. and if at a latter date you want to drill down you know where to start
Can't say I get, collecting. If you've got 100s, if not thousands of records. most of em are just gonna sit there, not played. And I love the notion that a record, for example, is left in the original shrink wrap, never opened. WTF. I have too many CDs. I'm gonna go thru em and get rid of the ones I've lost interest in since I bought em, just keep the essentials.
@@davidmcmaster2083 I feel ya. Just not the same for me. I almost feel like I need to put in the effort to earn the right to REALLY consume the music I love. Similar to making the effort to see the band live
@@davidmcmaster2083 I resurrected my turntable back into my listening room by buying a preamp (I bought a new cartridge 2 years ago) but I really can't stand the pops and clicks. Clean them everytime too. CDs are cheaper too. Won't be buying any new LPs but will buy limited number of cds.
@@keithwiebe1787 Used to bug me, too. I used to wash my LPs in dishwashing soap. Really OCD about it. But a record came out in the 80s by Christian Marclay without a cover, without a sleeve. It was just the record. The idea was, all the dirt and scratches and what not would add to the piece. Started to get into weird, ambinet music, and began to love the pops and clicks. Listening to a CD right now that features an LP as the source material. The dude coaxes all sorts of weird ass sounds out of that LP.
You’re in luck these days then! I tell people all the time….it’s not “bad music”, it’s just not what most people seek out these days. The majority anyways.
I'm thinking about this now my family msynot want them. They can sell. I have a idea In mind. Some family may want. Sell the rest. I got a dealer shop in MInd ..I'll price em 4 sister. They won't get taken by greedy fools. My rock memorabilia kiss stuff n more. ? Sell it
The question is the problem, you will do nothing with your records when you died, because you are dead. Or do you want to put your records on sale at ebay after you died? Looks impossible right?🙂 Why care so much? Enjoy your records until the end and when you are dead, your collection will find new owners. all I do is teach my wife what the value is, so she will not get bumped. My collections value is in the 6 figures (5000 records) so this will buy a lot of shoes, hahahaha.
I have considered having my immediate family cherry pick the titles that they would want to have for themselves. Then having whatever is left be set out at my wake/memorial for those who attend to pilfer through and take home what they would like. You can't take it with you so why not share the wealth?
Love it!
Being 71 years old with no kids, I often wonder what will happen to my collection after I'm gone. An elderly man that lived two doors down from me died a year or so ago and his son simply threw all his belongings in multiple dumpsters and I'm afraid that is where my record collection will end up. I try not to worry because there's nothing I can do about it. I love my record collection and that's really all the enjoyment I have in life. I have probably around 1200 albums and 2 to 3 thousand 45 rpm records. I have pretty much stopped buying albums because I've run out of room to store them. I still buy 45's from time to time when I run across something interesting. I acquired many of my 45's from collectors who've passed on so I agree with your statement "...we're only temporarily keeping these things company until they find their next home..."
I get so mad when I hear that peoples family just throw all their possessions in the trash. At least donate it to goodwill or something. All those treasures gone forever.
What do you mean you can't do anything about it? Have you ever heard of the last will? You can write down what EXACTLY is meant to happen to your record collection. If your son isn't into records but you know other collectors, you can donate it to them.
Thankyou so much for commenting here, I’m 44 and I’ve been thinking already about what will happen to my records when I die I hope that when I am 71, I still have your passion for music! I was from the CD generation and only got into record collecting 2 years ago and already have 500+ record’s definitely need to slow down a bit ha ha. Much respect to you 👍😀
@@zrogon - I have no spouse or kids. The only friend of mine that collects records is my age and he has been slowly selling his collection over the past few years because his kids aren't interested in them and I have actually bought a lot of his 45's. Record collecting is a disease, the only cure is death...
If you have kids, and espacially young ones, is to make sure to play records for them as much as possible so they can hear it in the background even if they dont fully pay attention. It will stay in their mind and create the soundtrack of their youth, then when they willl heritate your records, you have a chance that they'll keep them and remind them good memories whem they play them..thats what im trying to do, basically brainwash them with my music😊
Avoid having a mancave or listening room that only you can here those records. For me, its a central part of our living room and music is too important to not be share with your family
I have also had this conversation with many collectors in the last year. Fantastic video topic!
I recently had a neighbor in his 70s invite me over to see his record collection. What I thought would be 30 minutes ended up three hours and if you’ve ever met a fellow collector you really connect with, you know how that can happen when you start talking about music, and what it means to you. As I was leaving, he asked me to wait at the front door, and he called his wife over to us. He introduced me to her and said, “Honey, this is our neighbor Doug at Big Love Vinyl. If anything happens to me, I want you to call him about my records. He will tell you what they’re worth and help you with options.” He and I had not talked about this, but there was an understanding. I just looked at him and smiled and nodded. Of course I would do that!
I plan to document my large collection for my spouse and also talk to my kids about exactly what to do. I also plan on having a few trusted collector friends to agree to consult with her to make sure the records either find their next homes where they will be enjoyed or she’ll get her “shoe money”. 😊
Cheers!
Good topic, as I'm dealing with this right now. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer and given six months to live, but currently am doing treatments that seem to be extending my life a little. So I've been making sure to log the albums I missed originally into discogs. What I'm going to do is hand over my collection to my good buddy who has a storage space and experience in online selling. He'll have access to my discogs account as well. My collection is pretty valuable at like 5000 records according to discogs median value, just under $100k currently.
Cheers my friend! Enjoy your time here
5k of LP's sounds like my collection. My wife (should she outlast me) is going to be busy. I told her to get valuations of records. Those worth $10.00 each or more should be sold on an each bases. The rest can be sold as a quantity collection for whatever she can get. No children or other younger ones in my family that would be interested. John 3:16
Here is the thing, I could not care less what happens to my records when I die. It will not change anything for me. However, what I do with it while Living is more important. When my Life is running out, one final piece of happiness would be to getting the records to someone that really apreciates them then. If I would suddenly pass away though, it makes no difference. I'm gonna apreciate my collection as long as possible.
Suggest having it all melted down , being placed in it to form a solid block and being burried within the block of vinyl.
I have just under 600 records and due to being a bit OCD and often buying records quicker than I can listen to them, I do actually keep a spreadsheet of everything I own, whether I've listened to it, whether it's been cleaned and general comments about playback etc, so a least that could come in handy in the future! My family moan about my collection as it stands, so have no idea what would happen if I wasn't here. As long as they get a decent bit of money back would be my main concern.
I'm going to do what King Tut did , take them with me complete with my uncle's chair
Good topic, we as collectors all should give it a thought.
"...and there's some good stuff in there too"? The stuff you blow off is all I collect + classical + 78 rpm jazz. Thankfully guys like you always make sure to leave the gems behind at the Goodwill, I appreciate it.
Collectors (not just vinyl, but in general) dream about passing their treasures to their kids, unfortunately except for very rare cases our kids and spouses will not care about the same things we do. In vast majority of cases our kids will want to get rid of all the stuff that takes up so much space. So, make it easier for them - have a catalogue of what you own with what you paid and current values. Also, have a list of people they can go to sell your collection - other collectors, record stores, dealers, auction houses, etc. If you do this, at least there will be a chance that your kids will not put your stuff in the dumpster and even get fair money for your collection.
It makes sense. For the vast majority I think you’re right.
I'm 62 and have around 8,000 lps, 15,000 45's and 10,000 cds. My wife wants me to start to thin the herd to only what I regularly listen to. It's very hard to part with anything, they are each a memory of my life.
Man. I feel ya. Not to that age yet but if I don’t seriously slow up I will be….easily. Luckily I really only stick to 12” LPs. A single format helps. I really fight not collecting others.
I use Discogs to document my collection of about 500 albums and have let my wife and son know how to use the website. All of the more valuable ones and those that I bought a long time ago in high school and college I have left a note with the album. If I add a new album to the collection I’ll pull a least favorite out and sell on eBay. I plan on keeping the collection and listening to the music until the day I die. Good discussion, thanks.
I have always wanted to leave notes in the albums, hope to get to it someday
Discogs is a great way to catalog your collection. I'm working on mine right now.
I don't think records will last much longer than us. I've lived through many formats that have come and gone just in the last 50 years, cassettes,8 tracks, minidisc, DAT, Laserdisc, beta, VHS etc etc. Vinyl records will disappear too, this resurgence is a small niche that resurrected but will die as well one day. I've already seen in my circle of friends that have abandoned this hobby that has grown increasingly expensive.
We shall see. I think one physical format will stick around, to compliment streaming - and I'm betting on vinyl
You are wrong on this one. Back in 1973 my father got me a used VW and I immediately put in a cassette deck. At that time you had a choice, buy a less expensive pre-recorded cassette or buy the more expensive LP and a blank cassette to make a car usable copy. It was obvious 50 years ago that cassettes wouldn't last so over time the LP/blank cassette was really the less expensive long term option. Because I took that approach I still have every record today. And they sound great because I took good care of them. To preserve my master recordings I follow the same procedure with CDs. Since the late 1990s I have never used an original CD in my vehicle. I always duplicate the original CD (LP record) to a blank CD (cassette) and use that in the car.
Record players are simple technology so 100 years from now LPs will still be playable, while there won't be players for all the other media formats you enumerated. Any media format based on magnetism and/or having moving parts is going to be short lived. That is why cassettes are so fleeting. LPs are long term storage while other formats are for temporary use and discardable.
i laugh when people say this "I don't think records will last
13:50 That's the secret, and the inventory list :)
I'm 57 ,I have a 16 years old daughter,she has a 1979 sharp music centre refurbished by me so she will get anything she wants,The the rest to my wife to get her through ,I've roughly 7000 👍🍀🇬🇧
My plan is to sell them all when I'm 65. I'm 46 now so I've got a good 20 years left to enjoy them.
Plenty of time!
@@NTXVinyl Fingers crossed that Punk, Metal and Prog records hold their value over the next 20 years🤣
Great topic. Just turned 70 a couple weeks ago which gets you thinking about all sorts of end game scenarios. My collection of 900+ is special to me but would most likely not be anything to most of my nieces and nephews etc. I try to gauge their interest by throwing conversations about the collection at them. The important thing is to make it clear to them that vinyl records and cd's have value and to not treat them as trash when you are gone. My vinyl collection is on discogs but not my cds.
Right on.
Interesting topic , indeed ! As I write this , I’ve got 402 albums in a 8-compartment IKEA Kallax. If I include ”grails” , I’m between 20-30 from completing the collection I aim for. They’ll fit in too. I’ve told my 3 sons , that if no one of them wants them (but I know at least 2 of them are interested) , then to log into my discogs account , where I’ve listed them all. And then sell them for the price right between the lowest and mid range. That way , other collectors will make great deal and the records will find a new home. Sidenote : I’ve already forced them to decide which of my other collectable possesions they each want , and divided them up in all fairness. You know : DVD’s , books , sports memorabilia , rare boardgames , comics and so on. Everything that matters is spoken for. The rest goes to goodwill , or if it’s in bad shape ; the recycling dumpster.
Sounds like a good plan!
Thank you for talking about this subject. It has been on my mind for quite a while even though I'm not that old and even though I don't have (that) many records (yet). Thanks to the nagging of my lovely wife that from time to time goes "what are we going to do with all your records when you pass away?"
And yes I have been working on Discogs to have a list of all my records and sacds/cds and cassettes and 8-tracks and reels (yes that much). And it's not just records (or media in my case) it's also the hardware. Some stuff I have is starting to be worth a decent amount.
So yes I try to document as much as I can.
I also would like very much to make it a legacy in a way, I don't know if such things exists like a foundation that provide access to music or even some libraries, just so a bigger number of people could access it. Having grown up in France, I have many records (not necessarily in French) that are simply unavailable here in the US (some simply do not exist on Dicosgs).
They don't have any particular value other than the music that it's on them is probably not available anywhere.
Anyway, I really wish many others in the Vinyl Community would tackle that question as the more perspectives we get the better we can plan something.
(I know I have bugged Michael from 45 RPM Audiophile on the subject, I hope he will do a video on it some day)
Because one thing for sure, we are not getting any younger...
Cheers buddy! Appreciate the comment
As a 74 year old record collector, I do wonder how my collection will be handled after my passing. Though I'm currently in excellent health, I realize that time is not on my side. Not only do I have a personal 600+ album and 2,000+ CD collection, I also have an on-line record and CD site and a brick and mortar store, bringing my physical media collection to well over 15,000 titles. Unfortunately no one in my family has any desire to collect or follow my buying and selling career. With this in mind, and being cautionary, I've given my wife and daughter the names of a select few collectors (buyers and sellers) who would be fair in pricing when buying the collection. Of course, the figure would be far less than selling these items individually but that's the way of things. I'll close by saying that I plan on being around for a while, but no matter your age, collectors should always have a planned strategy for their collection in the event of misfortune.
Great comment! Having a plan is the key like you said.
Record collecting addiction will likely contribute to an earlier death. It's one of the more stressful hobbies.
Hahah...that could make a good video. "All The Ways Record Collecting Stresses Me Out"
I have children to pass down my collection. Also I have been working on a music journal that will tell the story of my collection. I've been collecting for 5 decades. I am a former National record chain store buyer. My children are adults now and grew up hearing my collection. That's my plan so far.
That's awesome to hear
I have a bit over 450 records...I have room for 800 maybe 1000...but that would be a bit to much so I keep my collection at no more than 500 550...I also do the 1 in 1 out technique...I go through every few months and pull out everything that I don't spin and usually sell or trade to the record store...and most time I take the money and put it back into the collection
I have my good old spreadsheet with everything I collect for the past 30 years, but recently I managed to add about 90% of it on Discogs. What is not there are mostly independent releases, promos, comps, CD-r demos, or just irrelevant bands that nobody cares about so I didn't create an entry for them yet. I would love to see my collection going to someone that would value and enjoy the music as much as I do. I would hate to see it going for a flipper or sold for cheap to thrift store. Anyway, I came to life without anything thus nothing belongs to me. Great topic!
Haha right on man! Thanks for the comment.
GI I'm gonna need that Danzig you got on the wall ...help a guy out bro
My son is young but he will get mine. My plan is to educate and share with him as he gets older.
Great topic to consider. I’ve been adding all my music to Discogs. Need to do a full double check soon. But in general I think that is great place to start. Maybe I should download/export it quarterly or so and print a hard copy or give access to my family just so they know.
I do hope my kids may like some of it to keep for themselves. But if not, at least it would give them or my wife a great starting point to contact record stores like you or others or just offer everything for sale in Discogs if they are not pressed for time.
I'm glad that I started using Discogs right off the bat as I started getting back into collecting a couple of years ago.
When I'm gone, I honestly don't care what happens to my collection. Nobody in my family would want it and I'm not married and don't have any kids. I would like for it to go to someone who would really appreciate it. But it really doesn't matter in the long run to me.
I have a friend that's about 15 years older than me and he has a daughter that's my age. Her husband has been a vinyl collector for a long time and he just passed away about a year and a half ago. She had to move in to her dad's house with her kids, of course her valuables, and 5,000 LPs that her husband left behind after he passed away. She moved in to her dad's and he built on to the house some extra rooms. Over the first year, she had to pay for a climate controlled storage and that got expensive real fast. It doesn't take too terribly long paying for something like that and it becomes more expensive then what your storing. She kind of wanted to keep the albums but realized she can't do that. She's not a collector or big music fan anyway. It's kind of a memory thing or I guess you could say nostalgia because it reminds her of her husband that's gone. But at the same time, they don't have the room for these LPs and he was a collector of Very rare and desired pressings that are the valuable types of LP's. So it's a very, very valuable collection and she has no clue what to do with it. The problem is she wants to get top dollar and she doesn't want any cherry picking. I wish I could go over there and just buy what I would like and could afford. Even if I was paying retail cost I would love to be able to get some of the collection. But I'm not going to bring that up (yet anyway) and maybe in time I will be able to get some. She does want to sell it now but she wants to sell all of it. But getting top dollar, no matter what it's worth, it's not likely going to be what happens especially selling it all at once. She knows it's valuable but she has no clue how to judge the value. I told her about discogs and shoulder that it's a good way to estimate. But she just doesn't understand because it wasn't her passion things you need to know in the hobby. Whether it's terminology, grading, whatever, people that don't do it don't understand it and they're not going to spend a lifetime to learn.
It is a big question and something we all should think about if we want the LPs to go to somebody specific like family. It was like pulling teeth just to impress upon my sister how important it was to me that I get my mom's records after she passed away almost 2 years ago. I didn't want them for monetary reasons. I wanted them for the sentimental reasons and to not have them melting in a non-climate controlled storage in the Texas heat. I didn't want them winding up in the trash which is exactly where my sister was planning to put them. I would have driven down and pick them up myself if I was able to drive and didn't have my vision trouble. My sister didn't want them, and she just didn't want to store them at her house down in New Braunfels. But thankfully I finally was able to get most of them. So now I know they won't get ruined unnecessarily and what was important to her I can carry on with.
I'd hate to think of my records going into the trash especially since I know how much I've spent and what the value is on them. But since nobody I know would really want them, and they just don't care about music and especially vinyl like I do, I have just come to the realization I don't care because it's not going to affect me or anybody I love or care about when I'm gone. They can trash them. I'd like for them to be able to sell them in some place like a record store and get the money. But I don't think people really understand the value, financially and emotionally, attached to a collector's vinyl or anything item for that matter. I'm big into radio communications and have been my whole life. I've got tons of high dollar radio equipment. And it's the same thing with it. The only difference is I have a lot of friends that would like to have that gear and I'll be sure that they can take what they get and take whatever want when I'm gone. I just don't think a lot of people, and this goes for any collection or hobby, put the same value on the same things like we do. They don't understand the value in vinyl collecting. It would be like me or you understanding some rare inexpensive doll collection or something like that. And since they don't understand our world and interests or how it works they miss out on the opportunity to benefit from our collections even if it's just financially. I'd rather my collection go to someone that would appreciate it but even if it was Going to something like a record store and only $1 for every $100 of value went to whoever dropped them off, that would be better than having them go in the trash. And then somebody who loves and appreciates the music would be able to purchase the record and carry it on in their collection as the circle continues. But since I'll be gone and it really doesn't matter, well, I guess it really doesn't matter? I need to find a collector wife that loves music and vinyl and radio communications too before I go haha. Then I'd never have to think about it. Yeah, right. Like that's going to happen at this point in life :-)
I could ramble on for hours about this but get something we all know anyhow. We just have to think about it at times and do what's best for those that could benefit when we're gone. It's up to them after that.
Good topic GI.
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Did you really think that more than a couple of people would read your long story? Just attempting to encourage you to save some time and energy for other things that people will read in smaller bites.
Great segment it's definitely something I think about quite often as I'm 60 years old and Records are my passion. I think sometimes I am worried about where my records are going to wind up when I move on.
I never spend lots of money on a album I always get rare and easy to find cds or records and cassettes for a good cheap price cause even if one day I have kids and they can’t take everything at least I know I didn’t waste such crazy amount of money for my stuff to just be sold for a low amount
I'm with you with regard to music prices. I only rarely spend more than 25 cents for any CD or LP. A dollar is about my limit.
ive thought about this abit aswell.....its very subjective , i mean we care about our relics but as we know not everyone shares our passion for vinyl. I think the way to go is as you say get them onto an online database (Discogs) and that way our 'other halfs' or children, if they dont want to keep they can monetise it and profit from our passion. Good vid . Well done for bringing this up
Thanks for watching!
I started thinking about these things not long ago. I'm in my late 70's and wondered what to do with my rather modest collection (1,500 LPs) & audio gear. Thankfully I have a millennial nephew who likes vinyl and had nothing but an older record player and a small collection his father had left him. He was glad to take about half of them right away, and hopefully the rest when I'm gone. As far as a list is concerned, I started entering them into a database about 35 years ago and have maintained that even as I still buy the occasional (older-analogue) LP.
I'm 55 so I believe I have time to decide what to do with my 3000+ collection but you never know. No one else in my family collects records so I would like them to go to another collector to appreciate. I just don't want them to go super cheap. I have a 2nd state butcher worth $1500+ ...I would hate for a family member to let it go for $12.
This is an interesting topic for me. I got my first LPs in the late 1960s but most are from after I got out of college in the late 1970s through when records were discontinued in 1989. I believe my collection is much better than average. I have always used quality inner and outer sleeves so all my records and covers are in excellent condition. For artists/bands I like I typically bought all their albums except best ofs. So I pretty much have every Hendrix, Allman Brothers, Zeppelin, CSNY, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Grover Washington, ... album. Even the obscure ones. But I don't have any Kiss or similar pop rock LPs, just the good stuff. But we moved and there wasn't room for my 30 feet of LPs so they are now in the basement. I don't want to go up and down two flights of stairs to fetch albums so I barely listen to them.
Records were discontinued in 1989? Been buying since the 70’s and I didn’t notice!
@@croiners4166, Most LP production was discontinued for new pressings by the late 1980's. Let's face it, it was time for the CD format to arrive. Each format has it's pro's and con's. As I get older, I'm less picky. I never complain about pops, clicks and sibilance when listening to a CD. I never pay in excess of a $1.00 for any LP or CD, so new reissues of records and CD's will never be a concern in my reality. Already have too many records and CD's. So much music, so little time. John 3:16
My collection is on discogs , family has the login. If I keel over they either keep them or sell them. 😅. Agree the most import thing is knowing what you have, without that its going to be messy.
Discogs has a decent collection tool to catalogue. I stopped counting at 10,000 and that was many years ago. All organized in categories probably mostly in mint. I live in north Dallas and I picked up so many of my priceless Blue Note album for less than $1 at the main location of Half Price books on North west highway when I was in college in the late 80’s.
I’m in my 50’s now and wonder about the same question often. I’ve told my family to call Chad Kassem if something happens to me.
Always nice to hear from someone in our local area. Cheers!
It's not gonna matter once you die...It will not be your problem...as I look at it,whoever gets to "deal" with someones collection once they die is lucky...I wouldn't worry about it
Thank you for tackling this somewhat morbid subject but it just the reality. I have around 3 thousand records that are currently catalogue in Discogs. I guessed part of making a will will be putting in my username and password so that my wife and my kids will have access to it for pricing and grading reference. Another thing too is to reach out to fellow colllecyors that you are close with so they can help you love ones after. I’m home on where to sell and what are one that’s hot real value in the market. I’m currently 46 but I still continue buying records averaging 300 a year and most that I’m buying are not the bargain bin stuff but mostly 90s original pressing and deluxe box set and reissues that currently are overpriced.
Great talk and hopefully I get to be more prepared for this so that my family can appreciate more of my collection for what it’s worth.
Cheers!!!😊❤
Greetings from Edmonton Canada! More power to your show NTX!
Cheers man! We are of very similar age and size of collection.
Lol, just came across this video. Great topic by the way. I’m using Discogs to catalog my collection. I’m hoping it’s eventually worth what Discogs claims it to be.
Cheers, thanks for watching!
I own over 500 Elvis Presley Lp’s, 45’s, EP’s, tapes, etc etc. I am told my collection that my stuff is worth bout $10,000.
I figure I will leave them to my lil girl, but I know she’ll just keep ‘ em cuz there her “Daddy’s”, but I’m thinking to try and sell off possibly one day.
Thing is, I keep buying !!! LOL
Been thinking about this a lot lately. I keep everything in Discogs And I keep a spreadsheet.
I wish I had someone local to me that I could trust for either myself or my family to go to if something happened.
I'm currently going through a deep cleaning and listening + sorting keepers vs non-keepers. I've done one donation to thrift store so far. Eventually I want to get all these sorted and uploaded to discogs. i also want to get as much as possible to a digital backup kept in a fireproof box. i have passed on a few already to my nephews along with a turntable. kinda waiting to see if they'll be getting more while im alive. anyway, i feel I've done my best to be a good steward while they were in my care. i wouldn't mind donating some to the library if that's a thing.
i think i might start throwing in little notes if I remember how, where, or when I got a certain record.
I have almost 900 and they are all in Discogs. Have not really given it much thought as what will become of them after I'm gone. I do have a few friends that collect so perhaps my family can pass 'em on to them.
You’re ahead of the game if you have em logged!
@@NTXVinyl Started during COVID... now it's ritual.
I'm probably going to die without relatives but not intestate. My 50K plus titles (on cd) are going to be donated to Princeton Record Exchange with the goal of getting the cds back in the hands of someone who would appreciate it. Almost all are sellable titles with a huge emphasis on jazz and soul. I wouldn't want to see them go in a landfill. There's a strong chance the collection might have to be discarded as odors from a decomposing body can permeate anything that's near. It's a morbid thing but I do plan on dying in my living quarters without anyone around.
😳 cheers!
Very interesting points
.... I guess you can say I've been preparing for the future fate of my Lps
Enjoy em all while you can!!! Cheers
An absolute fantastic video , very interesting . The problem I face is my children are not the slightest bit interested in my collection . Don’t get me wrong they love music but not my taste ( mostly punk , new wave ) I have 2,600 albums with a 1400 cds and a 1200 lps split .
What I’m frightened of is my kids will just sell to the first buyer . I keep trying to tell them the value but there not interested …. It worries me . Oh well , take care and keep the videos coming .
Thanks for sharing!
Well, for me the outcome is pretty clear. All my relatives and almost all friends have fled overseas, so it will just lie in waste - until the empty apartment is broken in, looted and gutted. With or without any list. Ideally, I should dispose of most of my hoard while I'm still vertical - but you know how it happens, it's always postponed until it's too late.
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I'll be dead. I won't care what happens to them. It's a little arrogant to imagine anyone would want them. My music has been part of my life, but once my life is over, it's over. My records can go to a family member, a stranger, or to land fill. I won't care either way. One thing I care about - I 100% do not want them to go to someone whose intention is only to make money from them. I'd rather have them burn in the backyard than that. Talking about the "value" of records is a cancer in collecting, and I don't dig that at all. But if someone wanted to enjoy them, I guess that would be okay.
... who they going to go to and are are they going to wind up in the right hands... Weird but I'm more worried about the fate of my records than the fate of myself. I have just over 1,000 records and already I started ultrasonically. cleaning them up . The covers and records are put into outer and inner sleeves. Discogs provides all the info I need on each individual LP whether it be OG or reissue then info and current price are labeled on outer sleave
My plan is to document, as this guy suggests. I only have about 150-200 vinyl records but probably several thousand cds, plus box sets, dvds and books related to music. Do cd-rs have any sale value? I have concerts, rarities and entire discographies of specific artists like Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, Robert Cray, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Sinead OConnor, Emmylou Harris, U2, you get the idea. The discs wouldn't be for collectors but more for people who could conveniently have an enitre set of an artist's music. What do you think?
I can’t imagine CDRs having any resell value. But like you said…could still make someone happy to own the music
I think Discogs should create listings for "I got this record" that is not Year or Matrix Specific. That would be a great head start to getting your collection in the cloud. and if at a latter date you want to drill down you know where to start
That's not a bad idea...but gets tough to execute. Do you have the LP? CD? 8-Track? But I hear ya...
Can't say I get, collecting. If you've got 100s, if not thousands of records. most of em are just gonna sit there, not played. And I love the notion that a record, for example, is left in the original shrink wrap, never opened. WTF. I have too many CDs. I'm gonna go thru em and get rid of the ones I've lost interest in since I bought em, just keep the essentials.
Got it.
@@NTXVinyl BTW, I do regret trading in all my LPs for CDs back in the day. I used to say, hey, no pops and clicks. I now miss the pops and clicks.
@@davidmcmaster2083 I feel ya. Just not the same for me. I almost feel like I need to put in the effort to earn the right to REALLY consume the music I love. Similar to making the effort to see the band live
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I resurrected my turntable back into my listening room by buying a preamp (I bought a new cartridge 2 years ago) but I really can't stand the pops and clicks. Clean them everytime too. CDs are cheaper too. Won't be buying any new LPs but will buy limited number of cds.
@@keithwiebe1787 Used to bug me, too. I used to wash my LPs in dishwashing soap. Really OCD about it. But a record came out in the 80s by Christian Marclay without a cover, without a sleeve. It was just the record. The idea was, all the dirt and scratches and what not would add to the piece. Started to get into weird, ambinet music, and began to love the pops and clicks. Listening to a CD right now that features an LP as the source material. The dude coaxes all sorts of weird ass sounds out of that LP.
I love big band!!!
You’re in luck these days then! I tell people all the time….it’s not “bad music”, it’s just not what most people seek out these days. The majority anyways.
donate, donate, donate, thats it.
Some of those album covers are really great .... one can buy frames or wall mounts and hang them on the wall .... CD covers are way too little .....
Good Will and Salvation Army is the grave yard for all wack records
I'm thinking about this now my family msynot want them. They can sell. I have a idea In mind. Some family may want. Sell the rest. I got a dealer shop in MInd ..I'll price em 4 sister. They won't get taken by greedy fools. My rock memorabilia kiss stuff n more. ? Sell it
Your grandchildren will donate your records to Goodwill.
Why did this video pop up on my birthday? 😩
oh no!!! (and happy b-day!)
@@NTXVinyl 😁thank you!
The question is the problem, you will do nothing with your records when you died, because you are dead. Or do you want to put your records on sale at ebay after you died? Looks impossible right?🙂 Why care so much? Enjoy your records until the end and when you are dead, your collection will find new owners. all I do is teach my wife what the value is, so she will not get bumped. My collections value is in the 6 figures (5000 records) so this will buy a lot of shoes, hahahaha.
*Before We Die
they will be going to the bin
Big BIN in the sky?
Outstanding video. I’m glad my collection’s content is on Discogs. It would help my heir to manage things