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Post by gregorythefish on Feb 15, 2017 16:26:40 GMT
welcome, kev
i realized something recently: since my collecting is guided by love of the music first and interest in owning original documents for the neat historical connection second, i have a very hard time getting rid of records, even ones i don't love, because i feel like i am discounting their value as historical documents.
it is truly fascinating - the extent to which my weird neuroses play into my habits vis-a-vis record collecting.
i hope someday to thin out the fat from the lean, but right now i am very satisfied with my collection. i'd say only 10% or so are records i would remove if i had to, anyway.
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Post by kev on Feb 16, 2017 21:01:52 GMT
I've not sold any records or CDs for years. I got very little for the last unwanted albums I disposed of (although I suppose early Wishbone Ash records probably sell quite well these days). At the time they had no place in a post-punk collection that had more of a nod towards soul, jazz and reggae as well. As to disposing of tangible media while keeping digital copies, if I did so I would feel I had transgressed against an unbreakable rule and would expect to be visited by the Jazz Police investigating crimes contrary to the laws of true collecting.
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Post by Evan on Feb 24, 2017 3:05:49 GMT
This thread reminds me of a discussion on Jazz Collector about a year ago, albeit more about the listening than that one, which if I remember right was more about the many and various eccentricities of record collectors. It's well worth checking out.
I had the buy less, listen more philosophy more or less foisted upon me about a year ago, when I decided to commit to one more year of living in Japan to save money. This meant a self-imposed ban on record shops and Discogs, which I adhered to very well. As well as saving a lot of money, I got to know the records I already had much better, and it was a revelation.
Anyway, I relaxed (removed) the ban on record shops a couple of months ago, thinking I had best take advantage of Japan while I'm here - better to pay retail prices now and ship in bulk than internet prices when I get home and huge shipping rates. The lesson stands though, there's plenty to be gained from taking a break from buying and getting to know your collection better.
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Post by nicknick on Oct 30, 2017 17:59:56 GMT
reading a recent comment on LJC (https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/horace-silver-horace-scope-1960-blue-note/#comment-49478) I came across this sentence: "Whilst you can go on indefinitely upgrading to a better copy, the more pertinent question is: how well do you really know what you already have? I know there are a lot of records I haven’t got round to playing very much, and if you don’t play them, what’s the point of having them? Buy less and play more". Buy less and play more In the Ira Gitler's book The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide (1966) I have also stumbled on following sentence about Oscar Pettiford: He made reference to the whole music. He played things you never dreamed he knew. For instance, in his solo on Honeysuckle Rose in The Unique Thelonious Monk, he quotes Bix Beiderbecke's In a Mist. How many guys know that?
I believe there is no need to post relevant fragment from The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside, 1956) here because all of you surely have the LP.
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Post by gregorythefish on Oct 31, 2017 15:17:16 GMT
how much of a quote are we talking? i need to go back and listen.
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Post by heavyp on Jan 11, 2018 23:11:31 GMT
focusing on mono Lps, which are by essence first or early pressings, helps me slimming down my collection to essential Lps.
xcept for rare cds of music you can't find on another format, today pretty much everything is available digitally ans it's a great help to discover underrated gems, which uf course means more Lps in the long run ;-D
listening to vinyl makes you being more attentive to music and you re-discover the timing of A/B sides being a natural rythm of life.
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Post by gregorythefish on Jan 12, 2018 14:23:03 GMT
i also prefer mono, if available.
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Post by heavyp on Jan 12, 2018 17:03:50 GMT
ok. do you listen on mono mode and set-up or stereo?
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Post by gregorythefish on Jan 13, 2018 16:27:42 GMT
mostly stereo, because the budget for dedicated mono equipment does not exist in this house, and also because of course later fabulous records are in mono. i actually most do it because i don't like the way stereo versions often ruin the artwork by writing STEREO in some insane giant font somewhere.
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Post by heavyp on Jan 16, 2018 11:22:25 GMT
ok. i guess you mean "later fabulous records are in stereo" ;-D
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Post by gregorythefish on Jan 16, 2018 14:40:42 GMT
oh, whoops. yes, that is correct. ha!
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Post by gst on Jan 16, 2018 16:09:58 GMT
I recently moved and haven't unpack my records as I'm waiting to have a custom shelving built. As such I've only pulled out about 50 records so far and I must say it's nice to not suffer from the paradox of choice. I must have played Max Roach's "It's Time" three times in a row yesterday. Of course I'm not dumping anything anytime soon, but it does make me think.
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Post by heavyp on Jan 16, 2018 20:36:01 GMT
what i really like in vinyl listening is that, when i'm focused on work for instance, the rather short time of each side makes me listening to it over and over, like a manual "repeat" button. it's something i'd probably wouldn't do with a whole cd (except out of necessity or for romantic purpose ;-D)
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Post by gst on Jan 16, 2018 21:14:37 GMT
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Post by dottorjazz on Jan 17, 2018 8:56:52 GMT
thx gst, this article left me shocked and astonished, as I found myself into many similar situations. when I was young (and foolish) I was determined to listen to ALL music. I had a whole life in front of me and I wasn't Socratic: I DIDN'T know NOT to know. now I do. a single life of listening would not have been enough to reach my task, nor a multiple one: I failed. as I write, I have my vinyl collection in front of me and I can't make up my mind in choosing a single record to listen. as I think of one, immediately another one jumps to mind, and so on. how many times I was unable to listen 'cause I couldn't decide? are my records too many? or is my mind too full? or time? or will?
the last sentence in the article is an anchor of salvation:
"Just because we are flooded doesn't mean we have to drown."
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