According to Discogs I just broke 2000 LPs. I have another 500 or so I just culled (doubles, stuff I don’t like, bulk purchase dross) that I will off-load at the flea market for $1 and spend the money on more records.
I heartily agree with Elizabeth. No sense leaving your records around to weigh down your survivors. Several times I have visited my parents in their 55+ community to find hundreds of records in their basement that were dropped off by their neighbors kids because my mom told them I like records...I cull through looking for the stuff I like and immediately take the rest to Goodwill.
I have considered establishing a Southern Maryland Vinyl Tontine. Each member agrees to help the deceased’s family liquidate the collection as efficiently as possible. When my time comes around I hope to have culled my collection down to my favorite 1000 LPs.
But as someone once wrote on one of these forums, I hope at my funeral my friends sing an old classic song that hasn’t been written yet.
I heartily agree with Elizabeth. No sense leaving your records around to weigh down your survivors. Several times I have visited my parents in their 55+ community to find hundreds of records in their basement that were dropped off by their neighbors kids because my mom told them I like records...I cull through looking for the stuff I like and immediately take the rest to Goodwill.
I have considered establishing a Southern Maryland Vinyl Tontine. Each member agrees to help the deceased’s family liquidate the collection as efficiently as possible. When my time comes around I hope to have culled my collection down to my favorite 1000 LPs.
But as someone once wrote on one of these forums, I hope at my funeral my friends sing an old classic song that hasn’t been written yet.