Massive media collections and media collection endgames

[Minus1]

Nobody Wants Your Shit is also another good book. 😂

[FreakAnimalFinland]

I think it will be also curious moment, when things that were scarcely available and never in circulation may be coming available due people tend to live in some pace. One can remember things like when CD came, people throwing out most of vinyl. Streaming popularized, people throwing away CD's. Vinyl becoming hip, people buying vinyl and ditching CDs and so on. But also the age. When I work in record store, I see certain ages appear in waves. People who bought certain titles, are at age of getting kids and suddenly they sell part of their collections. Many times it is the same stuff.
For example. you recognize guys years of involvement based on what type of Black Metal 7"s they bring, haha.. Things that may be tiny editions and globally rare, but the return to 2nd hand market in bulk at some moment. It may be also curious if the active generation changed in a way that all those bands that were sought after and valued, mean nothing to "new guys".


I never really had problem with the "spicy stuff", as I never kept it secret. Not only immediate family or friends, but my relatives (plus everybody else) have google, so they know what's up.

[excruciation]

looking at my Discogs I have around 7400 records, 500 cassettes, and 100 cd's. I plan on selling everything in the next 10-15 years and putting the money into a retirement account that will gain interest.

[prolapsedlielack]

in the long run I can't take this with me wherever I end up when I die, though I wish I could. I'll have my collection divvied up amongst my friends and the more prized pieces go to my partner.

[Minus1]

looking at my Discogs I have around 7400 records, 500 cassettes, and 100 cd's. I plan on selling everything in the next 10-15 years and putting the money into a retirement account that will gain interest.

I'm nearly 64. Retired. I'm lucky - I have a good Airforce pension.

A big part of my retirement enjoyment is...Noise!!! 😂 I've never bought/devoured so much.

Won't you miss this stuff in 10-15 years?

(Although I imagine 7400 records is Rock vice Noise, mostly? And to be clear, 7400 is an order of magnitude above me.)

 

[impulse manslaughter]

I have roughly 4500 7"s. A big chunk is original pressings of killed by death type punk/hardcore. My oldest son loves this stuff so he can take these records when I'm death and enjoy them for some more years. He's 17 now and I gave him my doubles and represses over the years, since he was 9. Hoping my youngest son will get into noise/industrial/avantgarde so the rest can go to a good home as well. If not it will be sold off together with all the CDs (2500) and LPs (1000) I guess. My wife knows it's worth something.

[impulse manslaughter]

Only hope, to make my 1 YO niece a noisehead !

Excellent idea! I am convinced that kids would love Vomir.

My sons both loved noise when they were 2-5 years old. Listened a lot to the Haters, Gero, Aube, Sudden Infant and New Blockaders with them. They called it 'garbage music'.

[burdizzo1]

Only hope, to make my 1 YO niece a noisehead !

Excellent idea! I am convinced that kids would love Vomir.

My sons both loved noise when they were 2-5 years old. Listened a lot to the Haters, Gero, Aube, Sudden Infant and New Blockaders with them. They called it 'garbage music'.

Ha ha! Yes, my own children also loved noise until they got to around 7 or 8. One would cry for Genocide Organ, and the other for Brighter Death Now! But they also liked farts in the face when they were young, and grew out of all that... Bah. I did tell them, however, that some of the stuff is worth good money, and not just to throw it all away.

[XS]

And then the question: do you keep track of your collection in a spreadsheet? Or on a Discogs list?

[Manhog_84]

And then the question: do you keep track of your collection in a spreadsheet? Or on a Discogs list?

A relevant question! I started to keep an inventory spreadsheet couple of years ago for movies and music. Originally because I couldn't keep track anymore what I had ordered and this lead to accidental double dips. Never used Discogs or any other media site for inventory purposes. It's better to have lists of my own as I don't trust websites and online databases to keep the data available.

My collection itself is not as massive as some other forum users have, but I still consider it to be quite a lot of weird items for relatives to go through. It might be sold for its entirety. After buying stuff from same distro/shop for 25+ years, a collector dies and all the records go back to Sarvilevyt or somewhere...Wouldn't be a surprise if this has happened.

[Theodore]

And then the question: do you keep track of your collection in a spreadsheet? Or on a Discogs list?

Discogs list. Once i started, i try to add the incomes in my collection. I do, except releases that arent already in the database. I dont register / do the Discogs paperwork for them. Thankful to those who do. - It's helpful. - One half-working brain - .  It has saved me from double purchases, and to keep track what i have.

[Minus1]

I suppose that this thread has me thinking a lot....

Could I live with 10% of what I have? Have some CDs / box sets gathered dust for years?

Hmmm...

[FreakAnimalFinland]

This has been asked from me many times. Realistic evaluation is that of course one could, but to minimize collection for sake of what? Generally I hear argument being about running out of space or more like someones partner saying that book shelves don't look good in our living room. I hate the blank white walls types aesthetic. Book shelves full of weird releases is always better. I dislike idea of relying on bandcamp, youtube, spotify, etc. It simply is something else than the idea of independent creative artist living outside or in fringes of "music industry". Like this week, I listened probably 10+ releases that indeed have gathered dust for years, but I could just walk to the shelves and play them, without need of turning on internet, spending time on searching if its available somewhere etc.

I don't keep track on what I have. No lists. I have very modest want list, that has nothing I hunt for, but things I can take if they end up coming on my way.

[Stipsi]

Just to say...all the gear also
Probably i will have to tell my sister (that is 18 younger than me) before or later what to do.
Btw, an improvise death will be the real problem.
If you have some time to adjust everything will be much easier.