~4000
When vinyl ended the first time, as well as a great deal of other classical vinyl, I bought many Decca and some other opera boxes, all used with 50s labels. Mostly mint or VG++, it appears opera fans didn't listen very often. I knew I had little interest in opera but these are wonderful performances by great artists most of whom have since left us, recorded and pressed by the premier company in the golden period. Irresistable. Many of them I have never heard.
I have been collecting vinyl since 1963, peaking in the 1980s/90s. Now I often reprise the whole output of a particular artist or composer in chronological order, interspersed with a few other discs, usually ones I haven't played in decades.
When vinyl ended the first time, as well as a great deal of other classical vinyl, I bought many Decca and some other opera boxes, all used with 50s labels. Mostly mint or VG++, it appears opera fans didn't listen very often. I knew I had little interest in opera but these are wonderful performances by great artists most of whom have since left us, recorded and pressed by the premier company in the golden period. Irresistable. Many of them I have never heard.
I have been collecting vinyl since 1963, peaking in the 1980s/90s. Now I often reprise the whole output of a particular artist or composer in chronological order, interspersed with a few other discs, usually ones I haven't played in decades.