I've been considering selling a lot of my collection off. The idea of selling shit on Discogs again doesn't excite me, but it will probably yield the most money. Any other suggestions?

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 12:23 pm Sadly, I don't anymore. I had more than 250 vinyl and I gave them all away before I moved before my divorce, to my ex drummer and my friend. I don't feel like starting again... Should I!?

If you don't really have a reason to do it, I wouldn't bother starting again. The reasons I like collecting vinyl are because it sort of forces you to listen to the whole album (or at least half an album) straight through in order, and the enginerd in me likes all of the tinkering with the cartridge, stylus, tonearm, etc. (It's not because I perceive the sound quality to be better... well not in my setup anyway.)

Krev wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 12:39 pm I've been considering selling a lot of my collection off. The idea of selling shit on Discogs again doesn't excite me, but it will probably yield the most money. Any other suggestions?

If you're looking for convenience over $$, selling in bulk to a local record store is easiest, though they might balk at doing so if your collection is full of Ferrante & Teicher records.

If you really don't care and you just want to get rid of them, there's always Goodwill, a local library, or a local school.

Several stores around here pay very fair prices (average $10-15 per record, assuming good condition and it's stuff people will want.) Some of the more collectible stuff from my hardcore days would fetch $40-50 per record.

jfv wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 12:44 pm

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 12:23 pm Sadly, I don't anymore. I had more than 250 vinyl and I gave them all away before I moved before my divorce, to my ex drummer and my friend. I don't feel like starting again... Should I!?

If you don't really have a reason to do it, I wouldn't bother starting again. The reasons I like collecting vinyl are because it sort of forces you to listen to the whole album (or at least half an album) straight through in order, and the enginerd in me likes all of the tinkering with the cartridge, stylus, tonearm, etc. (It's not because I perceive the sound quality to be better... well not in my setup anyway.)

Well, Jason, I can tell you that when I listen to shit on winamp, I always go through the whole record. I love the feel of a whole record, and I often listen to entire discographies...

I never do mixes, and I don't Spotify at all my type of music. I Spotify things that I'm ashamed to run through my winamp "sessions".

jfv wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 12:44 pm
the enginerd in me likes all of the tinkering with the cartridge, stylus, tonearm, etc. (It's not because I perceive the sound quality to be better... well not in my setup anyway.)

The little ritual of playing a record is pretty fun, and I feel like you go through that process and after a little crackly pause, the music starts and it’s all a little more special. Like “I made that happen!”

Aren't those heavy-duty PVC sleeves supposed to pose a fairly significant risk to the longevity of any records stored within them?

https://www.townsendmusic.blog/post/are ... collection

I don't get the "poly bag everything" mindset.
Touching, feeling, smelling the old records is one of my favorite parts of the whole thing.
It's like choosing to use condoms for no reason.

If I was collecting $$$$ old records that deserved historical preservation, sure, I guess.
But almost none of my records are precious enough for that.
Some of them are falling apart badly and those usually go into a bag.
I hate the way a shelf full of bag-ends looks. And you can't even read the spines!

I never alphabetize anything, that's crazy.
Hear me out: I keep my Jamaican records in one place, I don't want to hunt in 40 different places when its time to have an impromptu dance party.
Marvin, Stevie, Curtis, Isleys, Withers, Kool, they all share a region.
Motown has its section and so does Memphis/Stax.
Africa has a section, so does Asia and Germany. And Blues/Folk.
60s synth weirdos are right near Germany which is all 70s weirdos.

US & UK underground/indie have their own regions and are grouped into families, like for example the Shellacs are near Palace and Drag City, Louisville, etc.
Jazz piano players are together. BeatlesStonesWho. DylanTheBandNeil.

There's drawbacks, I admit -- I have a few beloved records that just belong nowhere, which is really its own special distinction (Looking at you, Arthur Russell.)

I keep a stash of basic white paper inner sleeves that I use to replace only missing or truly decrepit inner sleeves.
Usually when an old record comes with an old generic "label catalog" printed on the paper inner sleeve, I try to keep them together, as they have traveled through the galaxy together for decades like R2 and C3PO and they should never be split up if you can avoid it.

How anal? Hardly at all, I guess. Just play the fuckin' things and don't worry so much.

Defcon Leopard wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 2:20 pm Aren't those heavy-duty PVC sleeves supposed to pose a fairly significant risk to the longevity of any records stored within them?

https://www.townsendmusic.blog/post/are ... collection

They do, but I (and others) probably misspoke - almost everything now is polyethylene. You have to specifically try to buy PVC, and those are usually the seamed covers used for picture discs. (Another reason picture discs suck ass.)

Owen wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 9:22 am Reading through this makes me realize I need to finally either make a spreadsheet or use discogs to keep the collection organized. We have about 1200-1500 LPs, and about 250 45s (sold off a bunch of these).

Ugh it feels like such an undertaking, but I very often find myself buying a record I already have (or have 2 or 3 of already) and that can get annoying.

Discog has a barcode scanner which makes it easier. It actually worth it, especially if you want to know the value of what you've got. Original 90s vinyl can be silly expensive, even after reissues etc. My copy of Tool Ænema by Tool is worth about a grand evidently.

It would probably take you an afternoon, depending on how many of you albums have bar codes.