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

I've never noticed anything. But the article does mention that newer heavy sleeves aren't PVC but polyethylene that doesn't cause the problem.

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?

Probably fining a local record store that would give you a good deal on bulk. You probably want to know the average value of you collection and accept they'll probably pay you between that and the bottom value. If you sell via Discogs you can earlier just undercut ever other seller by a buck and will more likely get a lot more money. I noticed a few seller that have big collections will say that the delivery happens on a specific day. So I'd assume they just have a post office label printer, a pile of mailers and do a run every Saturday morning or something to minimize the hassle.

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

I think I have had this happen once or twice.

Great handle, BTW.

Gramsci wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 3:36 am

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.

I started this afternoon. The barcode scanner is great! I do have a ton of records with no barcodes and it slows down the process. 267 down, about a 1000 to go. I think I am just going to do a couple hours here and there and slowly get it done.

rsmurphy wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 2:39 pm

spilling out into the frunchroom. need more cubes. alphabetically normally unless it gets complicated. and it's gotten complicated.

frunchroom...an extra non-living/dining-type room? Where you keep these huge collections in your homes for both aesthetics and ease of use is a problem.

The collection sizes here are actually much smaller than expected. Maybe it's the aging. Vinyl-only releases on Bandcamp have pushed up my collection size. I want a physical copy if possible.

Actual collection is easily over 1000. Most on shelves, expedite 4x2 vertical, some crates.

brephophagist wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 1:05 pm
I also keep an on-deck pile real close to the turntable that is completely unordered, just generally things I tend to play a lot, want handy in case people are over, or are new enough that I haven't shelved them elsewhere.

this is always the case here, whether on purpose or just the new stuff. Sorted alphabetically, then chronologically. Various artists/comps at the end. Oddball stuff in its own section(s). Only in sleeves if they came with it, except 78s. I bought paper sleeves for those.

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?

Selling on Discogs will probably get you pretty close to what the records are worth, but it can be quite time-consuming - finding the exact version of a record you're selling, grading, doing a write up... not to mention packing and posting the individual sales. Depends how fast you want to get rid of the set and get the equivalent in money. They also take something like 11% commission.

Discogs is great and once you have a system it's pretty easy. I just buy 50 record shippers at a time and have a tape gun. I state in my terms that I only ship on Fridays so at most I'm posting once a week. if for some reason I cannot ship that Friday, then the following Monday, and I always let the buyer know if that is the case. Whoever said that records from the 90s are crazy high right now, I concur.

enframed wrote: Whoever said that records from the 90s are crazy high right now, I concur.

Yes. It's insane. I guess b/c towards the middle and end of the decade, pressings got smaller. And the '90s are also "back," maaaan.

But another, much weirder thing I've noticed is that records that were once frightfully common, selling in the millions overall (and probably still in the tens or even hundreds of thousands specifically on vinyl upon release), are often worth a fortune. Like, early-'90s REM and NWA records, stuff like that. At least, they seem to fetch crazy prices at shops in NYC all of a sudden. It's weird.

I understand when some self-released punk 7-inch or Japanese pressing is worth $300. But at this point—maybe thanks to social media-spawned rushes on goods—the "rarity" of a record seems more uncoupled than ever from its resale worth. There's always been a little of that based on common secondhand titles becoming trendy, but not remotely to this extent. Major-label crapola I routinely saw for a dollar or $3 just after the pandemic now goes for like $15 or even $30. And I don't think it's just "inflation." Buyers seem more impulsive.

A mint copy of Tool's Ænema can go for a couple of grand... Mine's just sitting in my collection. Jane's Addiction, NWA, Helmet, even old old RHCP albums can be hundreds of dollars. Because I brought a lot of vinyl in the mid to late 90s I'm sitting on a goldmine.

Gramsci wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:01 pm A mint copy of Tool's Ænema can go for a couple of grand... Mine's just sitting in my collection. Jane's Addiction, NWA, Helmet, even old old RHCP albums can be hundreds of dollars. Because I brought a lot of vinyl in the mid to late 90s I'm sitting on a goldmine.

A week ago at my local record store they had a copy of Tool's Undertow displayed for $999.00.


(no, I didn't buy it, I'm not a Tool fan)