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Post by nicknick on Oct 25, 2017 12:54:41 GMT
(1) Exactly the same rule works for me, only the furniture is different; it helps to maintain the volume of my audio library on reasonable level (2) I do not sell LPs and/or CDs, I prefer to give them. In some rare cases a trade may occur; (3) I treat with my LPs quite accurately but I hate plastic outer sleeves and never use them, they hamper visual and tactile pleasure of beautiful LP covers; (4) I prefer searching for vinyl in small record stores worldwide rather than in Internet; it helps to endow any LP with some personal history. The process itself is time consuming but extremely enjoyable.
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Post by gregorythefish on Oct 25, 2017 15:28:02 GMT
no outer sleeves? wow, that is a unique one. i find that they reduce wear and tear, no matter how careful one is, and additionally that they improve the appearance of the cover, if one uses nice new ones, anyway. crappy old outer sleeves make records look crappy.
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Post by nicknick on Oct 25, 2017 17:48:33 GMT
I cannot agree, Gregory, that outer sleeves improve the appearance of LP covers. They protect, yes, but I deem such protection somewhat redundant if LPs are now stored at home. Even with a new and glossy sleeve the cover looks worse and unnatural, IMHO.
I also forgot to say that I don't keep OBIs. I normally use them as bookmarks and then throw out. Please don't shoot me, I just don't see any sense in keeping them unless LPs are not intended for further re-sale.
Alun asked us to tell about our collecting idiosyncrasies, so this was my confession:-)
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 25, 2017 17:57:02 GMT
Oh, good -- this thread has reawakened and there are more confessions! I do love a good confessional.
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 25, 2017 18:02:21 GMT
[...] I also forgot to say that I don't keep OBIs. I normally use them as bookmarks and then throw out. Please don't shoot me, I just don't see any sense in keeping them unless LPs are not intended for further re-sale. [...] Now *that* is a truly strange thing to confess, nick. A man who doesn't keep OBIs! I mean, how hard can they be to keep? How much additional room can they possibly take up? I agree -- if you don't cover your record sleeves, then they are a pain -- you slide the record back on the shelf...and there goes the bloody OBI. IfI have them them -- on a JPN BlueNote, for instance -- then I either put the sleeve in a cover or sometimes take the OBI off...and slip it inside the sleeve. I remember when the Cadre Rouge BN reissues first started to appear. Partly because of the name, but certainly because of the OBIs, i thought these were impossibly glamorous and truly lusted after them. I have a very few of them (there weren't all that many in any case, i don't think) and i'm very proud of the ones i have. Moncur's EVOLUTION, i recall, and McLean's BLUESNIK. SaveSave
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Post by nicknick on Oct 25, 2017 18:31:27 GMT
Well, I keep old issues of Down Beat, Wire, JazzWise and many other magazines, old tickets to jazz gigs, posters, catalogs, etc., etc. but not OBIs. I agree, they occupy little space, almost nothing, but they do not contain any useful information, and I don't consider them as memorabilia. I'm sorry. Perhaps, I'm not a proper collector :-)
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Post by gst on Oct 25, 2017 18:56:03 GMT
(1) Exactly the same rule works for me, only the furniture is different; it helps to maintain the volume of my audio library on reasonable level (2) I do not sell LPs and/or CDs, I prefer to give them. In some rare cases a trade may occur; (3) I treat with my LPs quite accurately but I hate plastic outer sleeves and never use them, they hamper visual and tactile pleasure of beautiful LP covers; (4) I prefer searching for vinyl in small record stores worldwide rather than in Internet; it helps to endow any LP with some personal history. The process itself is time consuming but extremely enjoyable.
I'm with you on number two however I will trade in records to the store for credit. I've got a couple of friends who listen to records that are always happy to take my reissues when I'm replacing them with originals. Also all of my albums have outer sleeves and these days I only buy resealable sleeves. I'll keep and obi, but I don't care if it has one when buying a record.
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Post by nicknick on Oct 25, 2017 19:19:54 GMT
I'll keep an obi, but I don't care if it has one when buying a record. That's the point gst. Unlike any other kind of inserts OBI seems to be useless or maybe I don't know something.
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Post by gst on Oct 25, 2017 19:37:25 GMT
I suppose because it does increase the value of the album as it's important for some, and some day I'll have to sell off my collection. It's the same reason I keep hype stickers (although I do remove all shrink wrap).
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Post by gregorythefish on Oct 26, 2017 18:18:15 GMT
Man, I keep everything about an original package, if I can! Shrink wrap gets removed, and original inners are replaced and such but kept. I would keep OBIs too, but I have no records with OBI strips, since I collect entirely originals and have only a few japanese originals on the want list anyhow.
Here is my confession: I will go to incredible lengths to keep the record IN the sleeve. I have only one 12'' and three 10'' LPs that require the record to be outside the sleeve, since I just can't get them back in without damaging the sleeve, but I have spent literal hours with rulers and a pencil delicately getting a record back into its sleeve, if i think i can do it without causing any damage.
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 26, 2017 19:58:30 GMT
<...> I have spent literal hours with rulers and a pencil delicately getting a record back into its sleeve, if i think i can do it without causing any damage. I think we need a diagram
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Post by clifford on Oct 26, 2017 20:20:04 GMT
Obis are part of the artwork so I don't throw them out unless they're severely damaged. I've been collecting long enough and have enough Japanese pressings that the appeal has become clear. That said, I don't necessarily seek out obis over obi-less jackets.
Keep records inside of jackets as well unless they are a tight fit as on some European and 50s American pressings.
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Post by sztiv on Oct 26, 2017 20:48:06 GMT
<...> I have spent literal hours with rulers and a pencil delicately getting a record back into its sleeve, if i think i can do it without causing any damage. I think we need a diagram I wouldn't hold your breath, I requested pictures of his fiancee's mannequin collection but they weren't forthcoming either
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Post by nicknick on Oct 27, 2017 12:17:10 GMT
A bit more craziness to the topic: sometimes I use antistatic gloves made in Japan especially for vinyl records. 90% nylon and 10% silver lined nylon fiber.
I'm trying to maintain the volume of my vinyl collection on the level of approximately 400 albums. Here I use the same principle as respected Dottore formulated earlier: we count albums (box sets) only regardless the number of platters in any particular album/box. For instance, The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (Mosaic, 2009) consists of 4 LPS. And so on. I think 400 is enough: if to listen to one vinyl album per day, listening to the whole collection will take at least one year. What is more, the limited volume of LPs is more friendly to my faded memory; otherwise I have a risk to buy the same record twice:-)
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 27, 2017 14:24:55 GMT
Christ, those gloves (if indeed you are serious) are *spooky*!
I think there's a lot to be said for a small collection too. I don't think I could manage to restrict myself to 400 records -- in fact, I know i couldn't -- but i do resist buying anything that i don't consider essential. I think once you get into your 60s (as i am) you can no longer kid yourself that the time you have for listening to music is limitless and having thousands of records seems to make less and less sense.
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