My Record Collecting Manifesto | Vinyl community
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- This is how I collect records. A few simple record collecting rules that I live by. That makes my collection the best for me and makes collecting more exciting and fun. Also a good way not to get flooded with too many records (yes, you can have too many).
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I listen to a lot of the TH-cam videos while driving to and from work every day so I don’t always comment. But I had to go back and see what the fuzz was about here in the comments. 😀
As you know we collect differently you and I and that is obviously fine. We have the same taste in music but our tummy tingles for obtaining different records. I think a lot of people out there has a lot to thank you for. They would prob only not have what they have in the shelves if it weren’t for guys like you pushing the information about the music. It’s one thing to be a fan, listening to and searching out the obscure music but you have done that AND shared it online for years and years. Spreading g the word.
Maybe I got away from the subject here. Any way. The last paragraph is as you say the most important. You are the master of your own collection and collecting habits.
Deepest respect!! Continue to do what you do Jonas and for the love of god, keep the videos coming!!! ❤
Thanks so much Jonas! It's not a big deal really, and some of the comments have been removed now (not by me). Like the one "You’re an authistic purist, not a music lover, therefor your manifesto is pure bullshit" Haha! 😂
And the same to you, you have been spreading the word for as long as I remember, I love your channel and my wantlist always expands after seeing your videos! Take care and have a great midsommar!! ❤️
Great video, lovely to see how sane vinyl enthusiasts collect. Your manifesto is an intelligent way to avoid you collection spiralling out of control.
There's no way I could be so steadfast in abiding by rules. I'm a vinyl scavenger by nature. I don't know what I'm going to buy until I see it.
Luckily I adhere to some of your rules by default. Many of the records I collect only had one pressing, so I don't have much choice in pressings. Yay!
One of my favourite folky country albums from the 70s is by a group called The Flatlanders. The album was originally only released on 8-Track tape. I'm sorry, there's no way I'm seeking that out a good 8-Track player to play one 8-Track tape.
Good luck on your quest.
Cheers - Hedley
Hey Hedley! Don't know about that "sane" part though 😂 I haven't gotten so deep that I'm looking for 8 tracks, yet. But I have a friend here who collects 8 tracks, it's amazing how many obscure titles he's found, even old Swedish prog/psych releases. I have to check The Flatlanders, thanks for the tip. Take care and thanks for commenting!
you do you....life is full of enough rules. My recording collecting and collection is a rule-free zone. thanks
Rule-free zone, I like that. That's also great way of collecting! Thanks for watching and sharing your view. Happy midsummer!
That was great stuff, Jonas. Of course, to each their own like you said. Rules are meant to be personal, not for a group. I am nearly exclusively a collector of originals for many of the same reasons as you. In general, I think everyone should have a manifesto or set of guidelines that informs their buying habits, otherwise you end up buying everything and often listening to nothing. A big 'limiter' for me is space; I have a certain amount of space that I am willing to dedicate to records, so I have to have guidelines, but mostly I enjoy the sounds of the way the album came out originally. I do have a few albums that came out on cassette originally and those are the formats I have hose albums in.
Anyway, very enjoyable video and thank you for sharing.
Cheers, Tom
Hi Tom! Sounds like we have similar view on collecting. Space is also an issue for me, and when a collection gets too large, you loose your connection to it. I think of a collection like a breathing organism. Records in, records out. But after each breath, the collection gets a little bit better. Now I'm spacing out a bit, but anyway. Thanks for sharing your views. Take care!
@@vinylstockholm We ARE alike! You refer to your collections as a 'breathing organism,' and I refer to mine as 'fluid' (I like your description better). I have no problem parting with albums that I don't want to listen to anymore. Killer over filler.
I don't follow most of your rules but enjoyed discovering your channel. I think best of compilations are fine for certain commercially successful artists that don't have good deep tracks, and especially for stuff like collections of rare garage rock songs or music of a certain country/geographical area.
Thanks! Agreed, there are some excellent well curated garage/psych compilations for sure, and some of those singles are very hard to find. Great way to explore certain genres. Cheers!
7. Is the best advice. I find myself straining to fill out favorite bands catalogs.
Yeah, I used do that also. But now I just keep the stuff I like. Thanks for watching!
Hey Jonas, new subscriber thanks to HarrisPiltons shout out, some interesting takes you have there, I'm wondering the Beatles album you don't own, I'll guess either Beatles for sale or LIB? I have loads of Los Angles doowop comps that I love, actually I've just remembered some of those are on Swedish labels, but finding those on vinyl, I'd look and feel like Moses if by some miracle I happened to succeed, and as for completists, well I've an awful funny feeling I'm going to be a beach boys completist one day, which is absolutely nuts if you've heard anything at all about their later turkeys!! Cheers!
Hi John, great points. Some compilations are the only way to get some rare tracks on vinyl for sure. Don't know much about doowop, but I guess there are some very rare stuff there. Good guess, but I have both LIB and For Sale. I don't have Yellow Submarine and With the Beatles at the moment, but records come and go here. Being a completist of Beach Boys is a massive task, I wish you the best luck finding them all! Take care and thank for commenting. Cheers!
Very interesting. Every record collector should have a manifesto or set of rules to abide by, especially these days when vinyl prices are skyrocketing. Thanks for sharing. Happy digging!
Hi, thanks! Yeah, these "rules" have evolved over time, and to me, I really think it makes it more fun to collect. Happy digging to you!
Maybe you should start a thread with this. "What are the first 5 rules in your music collecting manifesto?"
That's a good idea! This is obviously something engaging and I would love to hear what people have to say. We'll see. Thanks for commenting, take care!
Nice to find new Nordic vinyl channel. There us too few of us. I liked your list and I should do my own. My problem is I am interested so many genres and specially new music... so buying too many records/cassettes from bands from gigs.
Thanks Tommy! Yes, very nice to find more in the vs from the Nordics I've subscribed to your channel, looking forward to check it out. Cheers!
@@vinylstockholm Tack. Not sure how my channel interest you, 'because it's more in hardcore. Maybe video that is out later today could interest. There is top 50 most expensive finnish records, so 70s prog rock included. It's in finnish (I do in both languages), but easy to follow anyway.
Interesting manifesto ..Im Paul btw..I would say I agree with a majority of all this and nice vinyl examples..I subbed as well....Great stuff great video.Thanx for sharing and take care
Thanks so much Paul, take care!
Good rules tailored to your personal collection, no doubt. Good for others too probably, as long as you don't take them too literally and pedantically! Just be aware that there are other approaches to collecting very different from your own. Once you seriously start collecting the records of a certain artist you particularly like, for instance, you WILL want later pressings and formats to complement the original, and you WILL want cheapo compilations that have a song of your collecting interest on them. Without "completists" there would be no discographies out there, as you need all the records to write a good one! And then there's historically motivated collecting, like assembling all issues by a certain label in numerical order to learn what they did at the time (a popular pastime with 45s), which WILL bring a lot of music into your house that you don't particularly like, and with it comes the risk of ignoring good music because "it is on the wrong label". In the end, many roads lead to Rome as they say! Any real collecting that is more than ticking off the Record Store Day list every year in the hope that the things raise in price, but is born of a love either for certain music, or a certain product from a bygone era, or both, is worth pursuing in a way that makes your personal life better every day :)
You're right, I'm fully aware that there are different approaches to collecting, and I embrace that, it's a good thing we collect differently. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Happy collecting!
I agree with most of that! I abide by those rules probably 75%. I like vintage bootlegs, and if there’s something I’ll never get the original of (like Fresh Blueberry Pancake) I’ll get a reissue.
And I like audiophile reissues. But I like your style 🫡
Thanks Dillon, I like your style too! The thrill of finding an original you've been looking for for a long time, sometimes many years, is hard to beat. I love the hunt!
Though I don't have so many stringent rules I follow when it comes to buying records for my own collection, I do have a life-long goal/project that I'm S-L-O-W-L-Y working towards, in that I want to own a 1st pressing copy, as close to mint as possible, of every record in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book. In that goal, the records HAVE to be 1st pressings, that is non-negotiable...as you can imagine I'm achieving this only incredibly slowly, with only around 50 of the records being accumulated so far
Wow, that's an amazing goal. But as you say, it will take a long time. Good luck with finding all those wonderful records! Thanks for commenting, take care!
Everyone has guidelines and rules about record collecting. Do you grab every single polka record you see? No? Then you have a rule not to fill your collection with polka records. That’s all this is, and they’re pretty good rules I think. I do break the first pressings only rule if the first pressing is thousands of dollars.
Very true, I also think everyone has rules to some extent, but I'm just weird enough to put them on paper 😂 Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts. Cheers!
Love the last rule! And I’ve always stuck to the 3rd if I can. I definitely should look into adopting rule 5 and 6 think I’ve been a bit guilty of those
Question so with your 2nd rule I’m guessing that includes movie soundtracks?
Yes! The last rule is the most important for sure. Soundtracks are fine if there's original music, I have for instance the Twin Peaks soundtrack and Neil Young's Dead Man soundtrack. Two fantastic albums! But if the soundtrack is just a bunch of old songs, it's not for me. Thanks for commenting and watching! Happy midsummer!
I will gladly add well done reissues of rare and expensive albums to my collection. To rule them out, would limit my access to a lot of rare albums. Sometimes, reissues sound better than the originals, but not always. Compilations can also provide otherwise unavailable tracks on higher fidelity LP or CD.
Hi, that's a healthy approach to collecting for sure. I know I'm limiting my vinyl collection, but I listen to these rare records digitally. The only thing I miss about well done reissues are the booklets and extra information you get. Cheers!
I gotta say I disagree with half of your points but enjoyed the video and subbed. I had an original VU and Nico album that I stole when I was 13 but I don't have that anymore. I have a decent 2nd or 3rd press but 90% of the banana is missing. I AM the king of my collection!
YES you are the king of your collection! Yeah, most of the time the banana is peeled, but still you have 10% left, and that's great! And the music is the same. Thanks a lot for commenting and subscribing!
While I don't adhere to most of this list (I love my 69 Love Songs 10-inch vinyl boxset!), I respect it. As you say, do what makes you happy.
Subscribed (I love September Gurls).
Thanks for taking it the right way! I bet the box set is cool. By the way, Magnetic Fields will play the entire "69 Love Songs" on stage here in Stockholm over two evenings this fall. And I have tickets for the first night. Thanks for subscribing!
@@vinylstockholm Nice! Enjoy the show!
Interesting info and just found and subbed your channel.
Thanks! I subscribed to your channel as well.
Hello Jonas thanks for your manifesto....great collection of awesome ogs i guess you've got there....the think that i want to say is that bying only ogs you don't experience the best part on collecting vinyl for me which is digging in the shops and finding records that you never heard of or had never thought of buying in advance...now with the internet you can buy anything you like, no big deal....i love my Music Emporioum, Freeborne, Moving Sidewalks, ca quintet etc vinyl reissues....hate having to listen to them digitally....regards and check some Greek hippy music is far out too...
Hi! Great input. I know there are some records I will never have in my collection (like Music Emporium etc.) But the music is available digitally and I also listen that way. If you want, please recommend some Greek music to check out :) I like Socrates Drank the Conium, but that's probably the only thing I know of. Cheers!
@@vinylstockholm with pleasure my man....just three to begin with....
1)Ρωμανός* - Δυό Μικρά Γαλάζια Άλογα
2)Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος - Μεταφοραί Εκδρομαί Ο Μήτσος
3)New York Rock & Roll Ensemble* - Reflections (Hadjidakis)
tried to send the discogs links but utube blocks it.....
regards....
@@hippydjkit9913 Thanks! Holy shit, I just put on the first track by Ρωμανός and my mind was blown! I have a still sealed copy of Manos Hadjidakis "Gioconda's Smile" soundtrack. I haven't opened it as I'm selling it. But since you mentioned his record with New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, I have to check it out. Cheers :)
@@vinylstockholm Open it and listen....Manos was a music genius, i believe he and a Swedish intellectual were the only ones in the Oscars history who refused to accept the silly statue....Love Romanos voice, shame you can't understand the lyrics, met him once a few years back....this must be the first psych lp from Greece....have the og Jonas from 1970 ha....
@@hippydjkit9913 😆 haha, we'll see about that! Yeah, it's a sad I don't understand the lyrics, but great music for sure!
If the record sounds good I don’t really care if it is an original or reissue.
That's a great way to collect (and a healthy one too). I used to do that. But for me now, the original experience is more than just sound. I love the hunt as well. To buy a reissue is no challenge. And the excitement of finding and playing an original is to me unbeatable. Thanks for sharing your view. Love your videos by the way, take care!
#4 is interesting- I collect 90’s hip hop, which was released on CD, so the reissues are digitally sourced and often are double or even triple albums due to the amount of tracks contained on CD’s, and the vinyl can be over 50 euros, so why not collect the original CD for a fraction of the price in it’s originally intended format? You can collect 90’s hip hop singles of your favourite track’s although those are much harder to find but I do have fun hunting them
Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Dean, excellent point, that's my thought too. This mostly applies to records from the 90s, when CDs were standard. As you said, the artist started making longer albums, as the CD could hold more minutes, so the vinyl releases are often 2 LPs (and pressed from a digital source). So for me in these cases the original CD is better and much cheaper! Now, I'm just repeating what you said, but I totally agree. Good luck hunting those hiphop singles. Cheers!
1 - Ja, but you didn't explain why. 2 - Ja, obviously. 3 - Ja. 4 - Nej, hell no. 5 - Obviously, ja. 6 - absolut, ja, säljer på en gång om det funkar inte för mig. 7 - yes, the biggest of those rules. Finns band jag har över 100 releases av, helt Ok med at jag saknar 2-3, pga jag älskar inte dessa. 7 - Yes.
Hey Stunty, hoppas allt är bra! Thanks for commenting. We agree on most points then :) I did a follow-up video where I elaborate a little about it, especially about rule 1, if you're interested. Cheers!
@@vinylstockholm Ska kolla ^^6 dagar i Sunne just nu, där jag bokar en festival för Fredag- Lördagen
Some great rules for your/a collection, For my self: OG's with shrink and hype sticker in Mint/VG+ (Japan og German grading, not UK :-) . If I am gonna have a record I want it as close to how it was when sold at the time.
Thanks! You sum it up perfectly in your last sentence. That's what I do too, "as close to how it was when sold at the time". Could have made a much shorter film :)
Lyssnade på Friendly Antenna-Somewhere Somehow. Mycket bra! Fick vibbar av både Sparklehorse och Elliott Smith konstigt nog.
Tack! Kul att höra. Inga dumma referenser du nämner. Två artister jag gillar mycket.
rules are made to be broken
when I shop for records 1) do I want it? 2) can I afford it? when those two answers are yes = buy it simple rule
many compilations are great
never say never
enjoy your music
Those are two really good rules! I know, some compilations are killer. But why take the easy way and buy a compilation when you can work hard to track down 10 singles instead? 😂 Thanks for commenting! Enjoy the music yourself.
For me it's about the nostalgia artwork and if it's coloured vinyl that's a bonus
Yes, the artworks are often great! Coloured vinyl is really not my thing though. Thanks for commenting, take care!
Excellent comrade! You're casting pearls before swine here I'm afraid. The vc chumps prefer volume to quality , they despise 45s and worship the spinal tap acts. Still , you've probably sussed that. Looking forward to seeing some nice 45s.
Many thanks! My love for 45s grows stronger all the time. I will definitely do videos with my singles. Take care!
@@vinylstockholm Just subscribed after checking your channel , the Velvets are my favourite group as well.
@@spongerubbertower Thanks! I've subscribed to yours as well. Love the stuff I've seen so far.
2:58 Shouldn't you be saying "My record collection...." rather than "Your record collection..." as per your comment that it was YOUR manifesto?
You're right, yes that was poorly formulated. I was writing it for myself when I did it, not for anyone else. And I wanted it to sound like a real manifesto, like do this, do that! 😄 But for myself. I tried to point that out in my last point, everyone should collect what they want. I'm just sharing how I do it. Thanks for watching ☮
@@jeffreysobczynski7113 thanks ❤️
This is nonsense
Cool man, but it's not for me. Take care
Life's too short to worry about such things, yr only adding rules n regs in yr own head that ain't worth a toss
My only rule is, do I like it. Other than that rules are pretty stupid,
That's one way to look at it for sure. Thanks for sharing your view.
Only thing I’d say to that is sometimes you need rules to stop you spending outside your means 😅 I know I do sometimes lol
Oh, this is going to trigger a bunch of geriatric idiots in the VC. Which is 99% of it! Anyway, collect what you want and how you want. Rule 1 is law. Enjoyed!
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Was very curious to watch what your manifesto was but I could NOT AGREE LESS. What a terrible idea!! What a ridiculous list of rules and restrictions. Most important thing for collectors is ITS THE MUSIC. Many collectors do not live in big cities or Europe to find rare first pressings. Many do not have the $$ or access to first pressings. Many reissues sound fantastic or better than OG’s. Singles are annoying and hard to store plus buying only vinyl is snobbery and limits your collection. I’ve collected for 5 decades now since the 70’s and have seen many trends and fads. You do you but your list is very negative and to me limiting and dumb. 😊
Hi, Many thanks for sharing your views. We are all different and do things in different ways. I think it is important to respect each other's differences. You do what you want, I do what I want. And when it comes to the money. I'd rather buy a Mind Games original for $15 than the deluxe reissue box for $1,350 😂. Often reissues are more expensive than the originals. But anyway, no hard feelings, take care!
@@vinylstockholm The singles are annoying though. It's hard to think of anything more annoying to be frank. In moments like these I reach for the smelling salts and gaze at my brand new vinyls.
@@spongerubbertower 😄