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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
gregory_57
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Wow! You were at 12K?? Amazing!
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josiesdad
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I have limited space so I do this often. I moved halfway across the country 25 yo, got pence. Again 5 yo, got $$ this time. Just moved to CO from LA, shipped most but I had to stay in a temp apt so kept a couple hundred and a tt there. Hauled them in my car. Was in the truck lane thru the mountains. Suckers are heavy.
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tomic601
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Culling with a server means I just buy another 4TB Western Digital Red for the Synology....
my analog collection pales but I do cull, mail them to my brother with the SOTA
his joy is endless....
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cosmosound
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I am always keen on trade in records for some equipment:)
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16f4
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I was in the military for 27 years and had to move every 2-3 years, so culling was imperative.  While I was quick to adopt the Kindle (books are heavy, too) I never could bear to separate completely from my records.  Now that I am retired my record collection has grown exponentially in a short time.  Time to cull again.

Here is my process:

1- is the record in poor condition?  Scratched, mold, etc.  maybe I bought it as a placeholder at a garage sale and found a better copy.  Take it out

2- is it a genre I am no longer interested in?  Comedy albums, Christmas, Icelandic Death Metal...take it out

3- is it a collectors items or has sentimental value? Put it back in.  

4- Go back and do it all again.  This time be brutally honest.

5- Have a garage sale and mark everything for $1

6- anything unsold give to a deserving charity shop. Rejoice in knowing you have returned the vinyl to the wild so I may be found by another collector/hoarder

7- Get settled in and buy more. 


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