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LP collection management...what do you guys do?

I have a dilemma.....

My collection is quite modest compared with some other here, but the quality is usually pretty good...I think I must be about 700 or more LP's mainly classical.

I have numerous RCA shaded dogs, Mercury Living Presence, and MFSL for example, that I just dont listen to..I originally bought them because of sentimental reasons and collectability.

Now that I want to wonder into other labels like Linn, Lyrita, UK Columbia SAX, Super Analogue and Reference Recordings which are kind of expensive, I find myself spinning my wheels if I should sell most of my Living Stereo/Presence LP's to buy some other stuff...

You know when it makes good sense to sell some LP's but in the back of your mind something tells me not to...I guess its their historical value that I appreciate more..

How do you guys manage your collection? dont you feel like selling tah stuff that sits on the shelf for long periods of time?
jsujo
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norfish
73 posts
 
I started cataloging my records and CD's (about 6,000 now)
but gave up (I got to about C I think) when I realized
that my new purchases were outracing my cataloging efforts.
Now I just keep my CD's in locked cabinets and hope
for the best.
crem1
672 posts
 
Check out www.40base.com. Nothing is as easy and requires as little effort to manage LPs or CDs, provided you own a PC that works and is not infected with every crap virus or logger. charlie
modsound
15 posts
 
Does anybody actually bother reading the posts they respond to?
HE"S NOT FREAKING ASKING ABOUT DATABASE SOFTWARE!!!!
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Does anybody complaining about the posts of others offer useful suggestions of their own?
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Well, while not the most tactful response, Modsound is offering a
backhanded suggestion that folks actually read the question being asked
before offering advice that doesn't pertain. This is a common problem
in threads on all discussion boards.

The original question appears to be asking how one decides what to
keep and what to sell, not how one catalogs a collection.
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