My wife thinks I have too many records, but she also thinks I don't pay attention to her, and that I never listen to her.... So she might not have said that actually
Room has become a daunting issue for me. I left my entire collection in storage (about 22,000 albums) in L.A. about four years ago. Since then, I have been given or purchased an additional 11-12 thousand records. And someone is about to give me another collection. The entire basement is jam-packed with records, yet I’ve got another 10 boxes arriving on Tuesday. My wife has been amazingly tolerant, but even she has her limits. So here is my question. Would you like to buy my wife? Good working condition. Only one owner. With the proceeds, I can purchase some much needed new shelving and get rid of that pesky dining room table as you so sensibly suggested.
Where do you recommend keeping the Andy Williams, Al Martino, and the Ray Conniff Singers? I was thinking of renting a booth in an antique mall and putting unrealistic prices on them so that no one will buy them.
Very helpful video! Another tip is if you have any Guns N' Roses albums, you could store them with a gun collection or in a garden with roses! Of course you must store them after you either shoot the record with the gun or drag the rose across the records giving it scratches. Both of these would be much more fun then actually listening to it!
Damnitt Robert where were these ideas before I just gave in and finally rented out the airplane hanger? Lol Robert, too funny. Always a laugh to watch, thanks man. I do have a humorous story concerning my lp collecting habits. Ive been an apt dweller for most my life and early on in my collecting as lps began to accumulate I lost touch with reality in being “inventive” with storage methods… One day a buddy of mine came over and we were doing a balcony cookout, you know when you could actually cookout on your balcony and not have the cops drive up. Or toss empty beer cans out over the railing at 4 in the morning. Anyway, my friend was helping get the veggies ready while I tended the grill. He asked “Hey you want to do green beans?” I replied “Sure man! Should be some in the shelf there” He comes to the balcony with this look of “Rly?” On his face…. “Uh, I cant find the green beans but I did find a few Rush albums…” Hey, I cant help it if the vegetable, dry food and bottled sauce shelving just so happened to be the perfect 12 x 12 area. You would not find canned goods in my kitchen much back then, but if you needed a Lynyrd Skynyrd long player welcome to my cooking area circa 1997! Then again, if I got with the Fithen plan, I could have stored all my Can lps on the corn and bean shelf. Missed opportunities in collecting plague me:( Then there is the time my gf and I were laying in bed and the entire stack of empty record boxes came crashing down from behind the door and she got up in a huff…pfft..obviously didn’t understand the concept of “You dont get rid of those high quality lp shipping containers!” What a loser she was. Ok, obviously I should have put a shirtless Prince album on the headboard. So I will take some of the blame for that one I guess. The same buddy at the cookout each afterwords when meeting a new gf of mine would eventually say “But, have you seen the “collection” “ ….So thanks Jarod…you ruined many potential relationships with that lp cock block. Finally one has to just give in and realize its ok if my couch has stacks of records for armrests. Its really ok.
Another great video, Robert. Gordon is a handsome gent. 🐱 I have curbed my record buying pretty good... not stopped, but weened myself off of going into a shop and buying lots of random stuff not on my list. However, with that said- I have the opposite problem. Because they are so cheap I have been buying far too many CD's. Coupled with an upcoming move to a smaller space, what to do? I ditched many of my jewel caes and am storing my discs in a couple of 1,000 capacity cases. Saved all box set packaging and CD's with unique packaging/cases. Kept all front booklets (you would be surprised how many of those you can cram into a shoebox in alphabetical order!). Made quite a difference! I think the next vinyl record I buy might be the new Stones... IF Target has a copy of the Target Exclusive when I go there to buy the CD on release day 😁😉
If your records are encased in plastic, you can shingle the roof with them. Use strong tape. If the actual "prices" of audiophile releases isn't even enough to stop you from keeping on buying them, having to climb up a ladder in order to play one, might help. For instance UHQR stands for ultra HIGH quality records. That would be pretty high up to climb and darn inconvenient, and maybe when tempted, subconciously you'd think. "NAH, I'd have to climb up that shaky ladder every time I want to play it. They're epensive but good (usually). I know at least one guy who can't stop buying them. Someday they or someone else WILL MAKE MORE! Andy Williams I wouldn't lump in with Mantovanni and Pat Martino. Andy Williams is the greatest Christmas singer/artist of all time. His Christmas albums went #1 and stayed there. Clear out the porn under your bed.That could be a good place for Christmas records that you only play at Christmas, no sense bumping the back of your head all year long. You can put a bunch of them in your 1950s bomb shelter. The one that your granpap built The Osmond Brothers, Ray Dio, Alfred Alpaka, and Maria Maldaur records can go in there. Soft Cell records can be put in the Cellar. Surf music records can be stored in the bathtub (how often do you really take a bath)? Sell off ones you don't listen to at least once every 30 years.
Robert, you needed to be more of a Casanova. Ex’s are great for storing parts of your collection. They are usually available on demand, well preserved and never played with. The records, I mean.
I saw that copy of Captain Beyond's first record in your box of new stuff. Love that record and recently picked up a copy of Dawn Explosion, the last one I needed to have all of their records.
Thank you Robert! Now I don't know where my butt is, because I have laughed it off! Seriously, thanks for planting all these ideas in my head. I think, I will remove all my windowframes and fill the holes in the wall with stacks of unused records. It will be a little dark and chilly in the apartment, but who cares!? Keep up the great work and stay as serious as possible, because fun is totally overrated!
So far, I haven't run out of space. Only have around 600 LPs, 99% bought from the 1970's-late 1980's. The past year or so, I ordered a few "Homer and Jethro" LPs which I didn't have and were never reissued, from sellers on Discogs. Thing about Homer and Jethro, even still sealed LPs are fairly cheap! A few other LPs, like some early Elvis Presley albums, I have the original (inherited from my aunt), a 70's/80's vinyl reissue, and then a CD reissue. I tend to not get rid of anything.
I'm a truck driver for a living,I could take all my albums with pictures of trucks on the sleeves etc... to work and store them there. Oh wait a min.....I don't have any 🙁
I live alone in a rather small apartment in Chicago. I have records in my kitchen and no table. They are in my bedroom. Many (2000 or so) in my living room. I removed my couch for all my vintage stereo gear. Entertaining is difficult. And I have 5 crates of records in moms basement.
that closet segment was hilarious and well thought out. Nicely done. What about those Steely Dan records? we need to find a place for those. In the attic or the Garden Shed? ;-)
Oh wow ... simple solution, and a money maker too... In the early 2000s I got busy and transcoded most of my vinyl collection to hard disk.... and sold off the collection. I got my room back, I get exellent sound and I got a couple of grand selling the vinyl. My music collection today exists on a 4tb disk as high bitrate MP3 files. The entire collection has been curated to -14 LUFs to match the levels of streaming services, sorted by years or by artist, with playlists for all kinds of different listening experiences. So my entire music collection is now 4 x 7 x 1.5 inches and available to me any time on a simple mouse click.
How do you keep coming up with these hilarious videos?😅 Love seeing Gordon in the video. 🐱 Why don't we ever see both cats at the same time? Don't they like each other?
usually, i get rid of the re-master/re-issues if they are not up to par when i run outta room. but if so, go to ikea or whatever store that sells 12x12 shelves by the sea shore for under a 30. n bam... damn im such a hoarder..
Geez I really like that blanket or whatever it is that the cat's sleeping on Robert. Neato.... Lordtunderinjesusboyo, never disturb a cat. They just might shit in your headphones..... Yep, I got a ton of records on the floor. I gotta purge sooner or later
@@RobertFithen Yeah some cats are vindictive.. LOL I had a dumb ass Dalmatian that would chew things with my scent on them. One time he chewed Led Zep one and two and Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. Weird dog, I ended giving it to a family with a farm and 3 sons the right age to bond with it. I paid 450 for it in 69. I don't know who was more the dumb ass me or the dog.
Here's an idea. If you happen to have a coffin laying around you could put your Grateful Dead records in it. Or better yet put those Arthur Brown records straight into the fireplace. And if you're really stuck, you could always donate those Village People records to the YMCA.
A very enlightening video is record collectors all have this problem unfortunately I love in an apartment so I have limited space 9:15 I just try to trade in what I don't listen to anymmore
I don't recommend hiding records under your bed if you have pets. Good advice though. If you have a dresser, pull out all the shelves and then hide your records on the inside. Your pets and your parents will never find them. (Hopefully)
I have to sneak my Bill Cosby albums out of hiding. Usually late at night and I listen to them with headphones. One ear only. I don't want to get caught with those, and I don't need somebody sneaking down the stairs to catch me.
Serious question - if a record is listed in Discogs as £15 low £40 median and £120 high then how much should a shop pay me for it? I want to sell my stuff but I don’t want to get ripped off. And I’m too lazy to go through discogs! 🤣
As above. BTW, they are not “listings”. Min is the min price recently sold for. Median is the “kinda average” recently sold for, where you are talking frankly very good+ to near mint. On a good day. These are sales to a private buyer who is prepared to pay a decent amount. Selling to a dealer, you will get a fraction of that. Forget Max prices, they are real outliers. Maybe a signed copy, or a rare record still in shrinkwrap. I am going to guess, if you are lucky, you can expect half the min price if selling to a dealer, IF the records are in really great shape and IF you are lucky. Of course, your milage may vary, good luck 👍
Forget to mention, there are of course various pressings of each record. Prices can vary W.I.L.D.L.Y - You will need to know which if any diamonds you may have by looking at the dead wax markings.
A store is going to have to make a profit. Believe it or not, It’s bad business to pay $50 for a record and then sell it for $50. They have bills. If you want to get paid what the record is worth, then you need to clean it, grade it, list it, and ship it yourself.
I never bought a Beach Boys or Dire Straits records...so I dont need to bring these records to the beach and leave them there or throw them in the toilet..🤷😂..and I have an three floor house just for myself, so space is gladly the least of my problems. 😀😎
Bring your animals albums to the zoo, bring your Linkin Park albums to the park, bring your death albums to the funeral, bring your Jane's addiction albums to the crack house, bring your smashing pumpkins albums outside with the pumpkins during Halloween, bring your The offspring albums and your breeders albums to The sex dungeon, aaaaaand I ran out of ideas.
easy fix. stop wasting money on vinyl. cds generally sound better basic common sense handling and they last forever (i have cds from the 1980s that sound as good as ever and store easily and neatly on 2 bookcases. not buckling wall shelves or milk crates). no degradation from needle wear as with vinyl. i have 1200 discs over 35 years of collecting and can count the few i've had issues with.unlike lps which while looking mint and handled with great care oftentimes skipped with no visible reason. mint. no need to duplicate to files or in an earlier time cassette. car players do the trick and are dirt cheap. easy tracking and no need to lift the tone arm from one track to another track. the last collectible format as after lps and cds what came next to satisfy the collectors passion? nothing. just downloads. and thats boring. lastly,unless you have a room in your house-that leaves out most apartment dwellers-where would you have the room to devote to a sizeable collection? and if you do,whats your option? buckling wall shelves or milk crates everywhere? i came up with vinyl in the 60s. long before tapes and cds. and i loved them. but to be honest,vinyl is a lot of work and for the most part lovers of vinyl are basically addicted to the rituals of playing lps. analog vs digital is purely academic. and kids today have no idea how good cds are. theyve been sold a bill of goods about the greatness of vinyl and not the problems that accompany that format. but maybe living at home they have the luxury of a room they can dedicate their vinyl hobby to. until they end up living in a studio apartment. apples and oranges. a matter of taste. it never got better than the cd. graphics not as easy to read as vinyl,but a hell of a lot better than tapes. plus todays vinyl is way overpriced. when cds first appeared the prices were outrageous and vinyl was cheap. now its just the opposite. i rest my case.
Interesting take. Only you know what you prefer and what is best for you. However, in my eyes, new vinyl is cheaper now than in the 80’s. Inflation. It took more loaves of bread to buy a vinyl record then, than it does now. Conclusion: I need to go without less to buy a new vinyl these days, than I did back then. My vinyl collection would be in demand if I wanted to move it on, they are most all high value and in superb condition. I am not sure many people would lust after my CD collection though. I agree that storage is a huge issue, although I have only 500 records. Never could see the need for people collecting thousands, they will mostly never be heard. For a real space saver, just stream. Streaming offers CD quality now (or better). CD’s were ahead of their time, and offer many benefits, I agree, and I still pick them up on odd occasions when I must own the album but it was never released on vinyl. I have an equal amount as I do records (500 or so). Prices of used CD’s will continue to climb as more people realise just how cheaply they can fill out a collection. Plus who knows how many already went to land fill 😮 Enjoy your music! 🎧 👍
if you read my post i made all valid points. from durability to storage to collectability. what goes around comes around. cd is coming back. sound quality,durability,no need for duplication,collectability-and storage will move it along. regarding prices. in the 60s and 70s you could go into a used record store and find lps for a few dollars. today try doing that. few used record stores any more,and all you see online are lps sellinbg for $25 and upwards. never saw that in the old days. supposedly high grade vinyl. all a con job,as the prices of cds were in the 80s. now cds are in a normal price range and lps,which as i stated in my post,have little going for them,other than ritual and nostalgia,are ridiculously priced. i see this all the time. for pure convenience and durability,as well as sound and storage space,cds win hands down.@@mike_burke
@@johnricco5366 I did. Pity you did not read my reply. To quote myself “CD’s were ahead of their time, and offer many benefits, I agree”. Enjoy your music 🎧 👍
My wife thinks I have too many records, but she also thinks I don't pay attention to her, and that I never listen to her.... So she might not have said that actually
Get rid of what you don't listen to.
@@tdunph4250like the wife
Put Zappa and ELO in the fuse panel. Styx can go in the wood stove.
I will never not be excited to see a Beach Boys record in the stack Robert is going through, knowing a hilarious remark is coming.
Once again, f’n hilarious! (especially the ceiling & headboard bits) 🤣🤣
Thanks!!
Room has become a daunting issue for me. I left my entire collection in storage (about 22,000 albums) in L.A. about four years ago. Since then, I have been given or purchased an additional 11-12 thousand records. And someone is about to give me another collection. The entire basement is jam-packed with records, yet I’ve got another 10 boxes arriving on Tuesday. My wife has been amazingly tolerant, but even she has her limits. So here is my question. Would you like to buy my wife? Good working condition. Only one owner. With the proceeds, I can purchase some much needed new shelving and get rid of that pesky dining room table as you so sensibly suggested.
I remember you showed boxes and boxes or records in an older video.
Where do you recommend keeping the Andy Williams, Al Martino, and the Ray Conniff Singers? I was thinking of renting a booth in an antique mall and putting unrealistic prices on them so that no one will buy them.
They are is the shed waiting to be used as mailing protectors.
Very helpful video! Another tip is if you have any Guns N' Roses albums, you could store them with a gun collection or in a garden with roses! Of course you must store them after you either shoot the record with the gun or drag the rose across the records giving it scratches. Both of these would be much more fun then actually listening to it!
Personally, I’d store them with the Dire Straits records.
@@Merseyyank Also works!
@@Merseyyank have you actually listened to any Dire Straits besides Brothers in Arms?
@@tdunph4250 My comment wasn’t about Dire Straits. It was about Guns N’ Roses.
Dont forget. You can always line the cat litter box with Pet Sounds.
Lots to think about here Robert. It felt like there might be some sort of subtext going on with the closet idea.
Remember to put them up and to the back of the closet to highlight the struggle.
@@RobertFithen
Your satire and sarcasm never fail to entertain.
You’ve just reminded me where I left my Bread albums!!! 😂
Cool cat!
I have 2 🐈 🐈 & its understood that it's their home & I am there to serve their needs.
I also have two.
Great ideas Robert and thank you for putting the camera far and get better view of you and your studio !!! keep it up
I had to get the cat into the picture.
Hah! Too funny. 😅
Glad the kitty made a solid appearance this time!
You could put your Cat Stevens records under Gordon :)
Thanks for the advice! I store christmass crap in the hot ass attic. Christmass records up you go!
Damnitt Robert where were these ideas before I just gave in and finally rented out the airplane hanger? Lol Robert, too funny. Always a laugh to watch, thanks man.
I do have a humorous story concerning my lp collecting habits. Ive been an apt dweller for most my life and early on in my collecting as lps began to accumulate I lost touch with reality in being “inventive” with storage methods…
One day a buddy of mine came over and we were doing a balcony cookout, you know when you could actually cookout on your balcony and not have the cops drive up. Or toss empty beer cans out over the railing at 4 in the morning.
Anyway, my friend was helping get the veggies ready while I tended the grill. He asked “Hey you want to do green beans?” I replied “Sure man! Should be some in the shelf there”
He comes to the balcony with this look of “Rly?” On his face….
“Uh, I cant find the green beans but I did find a few Rush albums…”
Hey, I cant help it if the vegetable, dry food and bottled sauce shelving just so happened to be the perfect 12 x 12 area.
You would not find canned goods in my kitchen much back then, but if you needed a Lynyrd Skynyrd long player welcome to my cooking area circa 1997!
Then again, if I got with the Fithen plan, I could have stored all my Can lps on the corn and bean shelf. Missed opportunities in collecting plague me:(
Then there is the time my gf and I were laying in bed and the entire stack of empty record boxes came crashing down from behind the door and she got up in a huff…pfft..obviously didn’t understand the concept of “You dont get rid of those high quality lp shipping containers!” What a loser she was. Ok, obviously I should have put a shirtless Prince album on the headboard. So I will take some of the blame for that one I guess.
The same buddy at the cookout each afterwords when meeting a new gf of mine would eventually say “But, have you seen the “collection” “ ….So thanks Jarod…you ruined many potential relationships with that lp cock block.
Finally one has to just give in and realize its ok if my couch has stacks of records for armrests. Its really ok.
Wow I forgot about "No Doi" haven't heard that in probably 30+ years !!!
Thanks Fith !!
Another great video, Robert. Gordon is a handsome gent. 🐱
I have curbed my record buying pretty good... not stopped, but weened myself off of going into a shop and buying lots of random stuff not on my list. However, with that said- I have the opposite problem. Because they are so cheap I have been buying far too many CD's. Coupled with an upcoming move to a smaller space, what to do? I ditched many of my jewel caes and am storing my discs in a couple of 1,000 capacity cases. Saved all box set packaging and CD's with unique packaging/cases. Kept all front booklets (you would be surprised how many of those you can cram into a shoebox in alphabetical order!). Made quite a difference! I think the next vinyl record I buy might be the new Stones... IF Target has a copy of the Target Exclusive when I go there to buy the CD on release day 😁😉
Yes! This is the video i need!
If your records are encased in plastic, you can shingle the roof with them. Use strong tape. If the actual "prices" of audiophile releases isn't even enough to stop you from keeping on buying them, having to climb up a ladder in order to play one, might help. For instance UHQR stands for ultra HIGH quality records. That would be pretty high up to climb and darn inconvenient, and maybe when tempted, subconciously you'd think. "NAH, I'd have to climb up that shaky ladder every time I want to play it. They're epensive but good (usually). I know at least one guy who can't stop buying them. Someday they or someone else WILL MAKE MORE!
Andy Williams I wouldn't lump in with Mantovanni and Pat Martino. Andy Williams is the greatest Christmas singer/artist of all time. His Christmas albums went #1 and stayed there. Clear out the porn under your bed.That could be a good place for Christmas records that you only play at Christmas, no sense bumping the back of your head all year long. You can put a bunch of them in your 1950s bomb shelter. The one that your granpap built The Osmond Brothers, Ray Dio, Alfred Alpaka, and Maria Maldaur records can go in there. Soft Cell records can be put in the Cellar. Surf music records can be stored in the bathtub (how often do you really take a bath)? Sell off ones you don't listen to at least once every 30 years.
Robert, you needed to be more of a Casanova. Ex’s are great for storing parts of your collection. They are usually available on demand, well preserved and never played with. The records, I mean.
No doy! Lol thanks for bringing it back! Thanks for the ideas. Very entertaining video!😂
I saw that copy of Captain Beyond's first record in your box of new stuff. Love that record and recently picked up a copy of Dawn Explosion, the last one I needed to have all of their records.
I only have two.
😂you are becoming my favorite person on vinyl , right on
Thanks!!
Thank you Robert! Now I don't know where my butt is, because I have laughed it off!
Seriously, thanks for planting all these ideas in my head. I think, I will remove all my windowframes and fill the holes in the wall with stacks of unused records. It will be a little dark and chilly in the apartment, but who cares!?
Keep up the great work and stay as serious as possible, because fun is totally overrated!
Thanks!!
What no special place for AJA ? Nicely done Robert 😎👍
Dude, you're just to funny..... the closet.....Hahahahaha
I was two minutes into the video before I actually noticed the cat. The 'in the closet' idea produced a loud guffaw.
I think he probably needs to be in more videos.
So far, I haven't run out of space. Only have around 600 LPs, 99% bought from the 1970's-late 1980's. The past year or so, I ordered a few "Homer and Jethro" LPs which I didn't have and were never reissued, from sellers on Discogs. Thing about Homer and Jethro, even still sealed LPs are fairly cheap! A few other LPs, like some early Elvis Presley albums, I have the original (inherited from my aunt), a 70's/80's vinyl reissue, and then a CD reissue. I tend to not get rid of anything.
Elvis Presley albums are starting to go up in price after years of being cheap.
You can always take your Mountain albums on a nature hike! I mean c'mon, they have an album called Climbing!
Well I was looking for actual solutions to find some space, but you made me laugh so hard 😂
Thanks! The first two, I think, could actually work.
I'm really not looking forward to stashing my Butthole Surfers records
I remember "no doy!" I haven't heard anyone say it since I was a kid, thought it was just a New York thing maybe
Ah yes, the o-mighty "no doy"! And here I thought that was a regional thing.
Maybe someone imported it and it spread around the school.
We had “no doy” in Utah too. Haven’t heard that in a long time- literally lol’d
I keep my grateful Dead collection all-in-one crate, except for their box sets are on my shelf
One of your best 👌
I'm a truck driver for a living,I could take all my albums with pictures of trucks on the sleeves etc... to work and store them there.
Oh wait a min.....I don't have any 🙁
I live alone in a rather small apartment in Chicago. I have records in my kitchen and no table. They are in my bedroom. Many (2000 or so) in my living room. I removed my couch for all my vintage stereo gear. Entertaining is difficult.
And I have 5 crates of records in moms basement.
The kitchen table is in your bedroom?
Gordon is the obvious star of this video.
Captain Beyond! One of the best hard rock prog albums ever.
He left as soon as I said "Beach Boys".
that closet segment was hilarious and well thought out. Nicely done.
What about those Steely Dan records? we need to find a place for those. In the attic or the Garden Shed? ;-)
Oh wow ... simple solution, and a money maker too...
In the early 2000s I got busy and transcoded most of my vinyl collection to hard disk.... and sold off the collection. I got my room back, I get exellent sound and I got a couple of grand selling the vinyl.
My music collection today exists on a 4tb disk as high bitrate MP3 files. The entire collection has been curated to -14 LUFs to match the levels of streaming services, sorted by years or by artist, with playlists for all kinds of different listening experiences.
So my entire music collection is now 4 x 7 x 1.5 inches and available to me any time on a simple mouse click.
That was my last suggestion. Of course, I would be the buyer.
@@RobertFithen
About a decade late for that ... but okay.
The Andy Williams Christmas album is the best one.
I don't know about all that. lol
How do you keep coming up with these hilarious videos?😅 Love seeing Gordon in the video. 🐱 Why don't we ever see both cats at the same time? Don't they like each other?
I would say they aren't friends. They rarely acknowledge each other.
@@RobertFithen well, they're cats, no? that's what they do.
I keep my Chuck Berry records in the bathroom. You know, to keep an eye on things.
Hidden in the wall, of course.
This might be difficult but... get rid of all albums you dislike or never listen to.
That's mentioned in the first minute of the video.
Haha, I was hooking up my headphones on then. :) @@RobertFithen
usually, i get rid of the re-master/re-issues if they are not up to par when i run outta room. but if so, go to ikea or whatever store that sells 12x12 shelves by the sea shore for under a 30. n bam... damn im such a hoarder..
I've stored many "Dead" albums in the crypt. Along with my ex!
Is this Vincent Price? lol
Geez I really like that blanket or whatever it is that the cat's sleeping on Robert. Neato.... Lordtunderinjesusboyo, never disturb a cat. They just might shit in your headphones..... Yep, I got a ton of records on the floor. I gotta purge sooner or later
I used to have a cat that would urinate on clothing left on the floor if he was upset with the person.
@@RobertFithen Yeah some cats are vindictive.. LOL I had a dumb ass Dalmatian that would chew things with my scent on them. One time he chewed Led Zep one and two and Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. Weird dog, I ended giving it to a family with a farm and 3 sons the right age to bond with it. I paid 450 for it in 69. I don't know who was more the dumb ass me or the dog.
Here's an idea. If you happen to have a coffin laying around you could put your Grateful Dead records in it. Or better yet put those Arthur Brown records straight into the fireplace. And if you're really stuck, you could always donate those Village People records to the YMCA.
Sorry. I sort if copied your idea!
Used to store my albums in a trash bag under the bushes in yard because mom was baptist.
The living room works well
A very enlightening video is record collectors all have this problem unfortunately I love in an apartment so I have limited space 9:15 I just try to trade in what I don't listen to anymmore
Don't be so realistic.
I have so many records I had to get rid off the turntable. No space.
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LOL
Haha, in the closet...I almost spit my coffee out!
Of course the cat is sitting on the records, after all cats love to sit where is warmth.
Onya Robert! Laugh? I almost shat, again! Don’t forget to keep your ABBA girly or Stevie Nick’s FM posters nearby to your KY jelly jar…😂
Gordon is cool! Leave Beach Boy albums at Beach...........You are a hoot!
I like to turn James Last LPs into Bowls
Put the Cars in your trunk (or boot for brits) and Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles out of sight.
How about putting Stevie , Ray and Jeff Healey in the dark room ...that is if you are a photographer that actually knows how to develop film
I don't recommend hiding records under your bed if you have pets. Good advice though.
If you have a dresser, pull out all the shelves and then hide your records on the inside. Your pets and your parents will never find them. (Hopefully)
Gordon the Cat loves records lol
Where do you keep your "GORDON" Lightfoot records???
I have to sneak my Bill Cosby albums out of hiding. Usually late at night and I listen to them with headphones. One ear only. I don't want to get caught with those, and I don't need somebody sneaking down the stairs to catch me.
Where do you hide them?
@@agomodern Next to my Gary Glitter, Jerry Lee Lewis and R. Kelly albums.
Serious question - if a record is listed in Discogs as £15 low £40 median and £120 high then how much should a shop pay me for it? I want to sell my stuff but I don’t want to get ripped off. And I’m too lazy to go through discogs! 🤣
If you’re too lazy, you are probably going to get ripped off. Gotta put the effort in.
As above.
BTW, they are not “listings”. Min is the min price recently sold for. Median is the “kinda average” recently sold for, where you are talking frankly very good+ to near mint. On a good day. These are sales to a private buyer who is prepared to pay a decent amount.
Selling to a dealer, you will get a fraction of that. Forget Max prices, they are real outliers. Maybe a signed copy, or a rare record still in shrinkwrap. I am going to guess, if you are lucky, you can expect half the min price if selling to a dealer, IF the records are in really great shape and IF you are lucky. Of course, your milage may vary, good luck 👍
Forget to mention, there are of course various pressings of each record. Prices can vary W.I.L.D.L.Y - You will need to know which if any diamonds you may have by looking at the dead wax markings.
A store is going to have to make a profit. Believe it or not, It’s bad business to pay $50 for a record and then sell it for $50. They have bills. If you want to get paid what the record is worth, then you need to clean it, grade it, list it, and ship it yourself.
Probably $1.
I never bought a Beach Boys or Dire Straits records...so I dont need to bring these records to the beach and leave them there or throw them in the toilet..🤷😂..and I have an three floor house just for myself, so space is gladly the least of my problems. 😀😎
I would take my beach boys albums to the beach, if l had any 😜
Put Beatles records on the roof and Willie Nelson on the lawn… (grass)?
All Beatles 1962-1970 go on the balcony.
Gotta ask..if you hate Dire 'Strait's so much..why do you own the records?
To show in videos. Notice it's always the same one.
@@RobertFithen in tjus vid its their first LP and other times BIA. I assume you also dislike GnR and Anthrax.
My wife tells me to get rid of them. I have too many. I guess she thinks we have too.much money because she gets rid of it every chance she gets.
Lol 😂 great vid bud
Man that Anema album, Fudge yeah!
Thanks!
Super informative thanks, as a new record collector this is full of great tips and tricks
Give My Regards To Broads 😂
Lovely cat - they rule - my tip is slowly move everything of your partners out of the house - 20 years later I almost have total record domination
I did that 2 months in. lol
I would never leave my copy of "Pet Sounds" at the beach. Are you kidding me? Best album ever!
I don't know about all that.
I get it😂!
put racks in the bathtub
Best click bait ever😂😂😂
Bring your animals albums to the zoo, bring your Linkin Park albums to the park, bring your death albums to the funeral, bring your Jane's addiction albums to the crack house, bring your smashing pumpkins albums outside with the pumpkins during Halloween, bring your The offspring albums and your breeders albums to The sex dungeon, aaaaaand I ran out of ideas.
😂😂😂😂😂 brilliant !!!
R. Kelly records in the closet haha
Get rid of those books there Rob...
They are next to go.
You really hate diré straits that much?
Put your punk records in a prison cell? Hmmi
easy fix. stop wasting money on vinyl. cds generally sound better basic common sense handling and they last forever (i have cds from the 1980s that sound as good as ever and store easily and neatly on 2 bookcases. not buckling wall shelves or milk crates). no degradation from needle wear as with vinyl. i have 1200 discs over 35 years of collecting and can count the few i've had issues with.unlike lps which while looking mint and handled with great care oftentimes skipped with no visible reason. mint. no need to duplicate to files or in an earlier time cassette. car players do the trick and are dirt cheap. easy tracking and no need to lift the tone arm from one track to another track. the last collectible format as after lps and cds what came next to satisfy the collectors passion? nothing. just downloads. and thats boring. lastly,unless you have a room in your house-that leaves out most apartment dwellers-where would you have the room to devote to a sizeable collection? and if you do,whats your option? buckling wall shelves or milk crates everywhere? i came up with vinyl in the 60s. long before tapes and cds. and i loved them. but to be honest,vinyl is a lot of work and for the most part lovers of vinyl are basically addicted to the rituals of playing lps. analog vs digital is purely academic. and kids today have no idea how good cds are. theyve been sold a bill of goods about the greatness of vinyl and not the problems that accompany that format. but maybe living at home they have the luxury of a room they can dedicate their vinyl hobby to. until they end up living in a studio apartment. apples and oranges. a matter of taste. it never got better than the cd. graphics not as easy to read as vinyl,but a hell of a lot better than tapes. plus todays vinyl is way overpriced. when cds first appeared the prices were outrageous and vinyl was cheap. now its just the opposite. i rest my case.
Interesting take. Only you know what you prefer and what is best for you.
However, in my eyes, new vinyl is cheaper now than in the 80’s. Inflation. It took more loaves of bread to buy a vinyl record then, than it does now. Conclusion: I need to go without less to buy a new vinyl these days, than I did back then.
My vinyl collection would be in demand if I wanted to move it on, they are most all high value and in superb condition. I am not sure many people would lust after my CD collection though.
I agree that storage is a huge issue, although I have only 500 records. Never could see the need for people collecting thousands, they will mostly never be heard.
For a real space saver, just stream. Streaming offers CD quality now (or better).
CD’s were ahead of their time, and offer many benefits, I agree, and I still pick them up on odd occasions when I must own the album but it was never released on vinyl. I have an equal amount as I do records (500 or so).
Prices of used CD’s will continue to climb as more people realise just how cheaply they can fill out a collection. Plus who knows how many already went to land fill 😮
Enjoy your music! 🎧 👍
I said people could sell their collection to me.
no idea what youre talking about. what does your statement have to do with my post?@@RobertFithen
if you read my post i made all valid points. from durability to storage to collectability. what goes around comes around. cd is coming back. sound quality,durability,no need for duplication,collectability-and storage will move it along. regarding prices. in the 60s and 70s you could go into a used record store and find lps for a few dollars. today try doing that. few used record stores any more,and all you see online are lps sellinbg for $25 and upwards. never saw that in the old days. supposedly high grade vinyl. all a con job,as the prices of cds were in the 80s. now cds are in a normal price range and lps,which as i stated in my post,have little going for them,other than ritual and nostalgia,are ridiculously priced. i see this all the time. for pure convenience and durability,as well as sound and storage space,cds win hands down.@@mike_burke
@@johnricco5366 I did. Pity you did not read my reply. To quote myself “CD’s were ahead of their time, and offer many benefits, I agree”.
Enjoy your music 🎧 👍
Just buy a larger house...
Get rid of the cat instead, many people are allergic...
Not anyone here.
I only have CDs ..all in the car
Good idea. I should put a 1,000 cd changer in my mini van.
Yeah i was dubious...but i laughed anyways...thanks