Time to weed the LPs.... (choosing stuff to dump)


I am in the process (again, every few years) of weeding the Rock LPs. Going through newer stuff to decide to sell to my fav. record store, or keep.
I do this every few years to thin out the collection gradually. Eight years ago I did a major cull removing 6,000 LPs of 12,000 to move. Over the last six years I have cut that down to 4,500 (and probably buying 500 of those during that time).For all sorts of reasons it is a good project. Get rid of cobweb covered music I have no use for, (and maybe someone else wants) Frees up a small amount of cash to waste on more Stereo junk.The main thing is the collection gets better, more just what I really like.Anyone else clear out the junk now and then?(For the question already forming... and no I will not sell them here. I have bought tons of stuff at my fav. record store, I like them, and sell all my records to them.  LOL)
elizabeth

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fleschler, I am sorry to hear about your loss. You follow your father, and this is a gain.
Just make sure not to accidentally get rid of valuable to you records.
Anyone got test pressings of Bitches Brew or Mahavishnu Orchestra to spare ? Or El Camaron/Paco de Lucia ? Well, at least Japanese pro.
Elizabeth, your 'loyalty' to that record store is unusual, to say the least. 
Personally, I don't keep what I don't listen to with some exceptions of multiple copies. Like Bill I sometimes chase the best pressings.
Well, it may be similar to books. You read a book and like it, you don't let it go, you put it on a shelf. Whether or not you ever read it again is an open question, you might want to read it second time in twenty years. It certainly would take a lot of time to listen to 25000 records, but if you like them all and have no financial need to exchange them for other records or something else, why not keep them, space permitting ?