Hit 1,000 records in my collection last week and it got me thinking

I finally passed 1,000 vinyl records last weekend when I found a beat up copy of an old jazz album at a thrift store in Denver. It wasn't some rare grail or anything, just a common pressing from the 60s that cost me two bucks. But something about that number made me stop and look at my shelves differently. Most of these records came from garage sales, flea markets, and bargain bins, not fancy record shops. I started wondering if quantity actually ruins the experience, you know? Like, do I even appreciate each one anymore or am I just hoarding plastic? The funny thing is, I barely knew anyone who had more than 50 records back in the 90s. Has anyone else hit a weird milestone like this and felt like they needed to sell off half their stuff?

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wade2502d ago

Wait, wasn't that the one they shut down cause of the fire damage back in 2018?

robert6592d ago

Oh man, I totally get that feeling. I hit about 800 a few months back and realized half of them were records I'd only played once or twice, just stuff I grabbed because it was a buck at a yard sale. I spent a whole weekend pulling out everything I hadn't spun in like two years, ended up selling maybe 300 of them at a local swap meet. Honestly, it felt way better to have a smaller stack where I actually knew every single sleeve.

willowg881d ago

My buddy Dave did a similar thing with his cassette collection back in 2017, literally filled two milk crates with tapes he'd grabbed from thrift stores without ever listening to them. He kept like 50 favorites and gave the rest to a high school kid who was trying to start a punk band. Said it felt like finally cleaning out a closet you've been shoving junk into for years.