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I have a significant collections as well, including 78 RPM some 45s and even 8 track . WE got rid f a lot at yard sales but tere is a bunch more to go..
There is a store in town here that buy's and sells all that including video recordings of all sort.
Probably the most unusual thing I've got is a studio practice session of Herb Albert and the TJ Brass. It's an over size reel tape .
I've got players for most every thing but the wire recorder I had years ago. ( it came before tape)
Even have wind up for the 78s
A while back, I had big plans to record every thing on to CD then to tera bite but with technology always changing I may as well leave it in the original and enjoy it as it is.
When I was a kid ,my brother who is 5 years older, he loved rock and roll, I prfirred the long haired music and prefirred the 20s an 30s 40s.
Smooth jazz and nonlyric non vocal music.
Not as mch into music as i was younger, there is so much piped in every where in town ,and with 3 wineries with in ear shot of the house, destroy one anothers music compeeting at the same time.
There 's no fixen drunk stupid.
I had a few 45's also but I was always a big fan of Greatest Hits Albums... And while perusing the albums..... remember K-Tel? I had a bunch of them. I was (am) very top-40
I still have about half of my original vinyls, even some 45's (including "Who Stole The Keeshka" the flip side of which, "Portki" can't be found anywhere)...some as far back as 1956 (my oldest brother's stuff, like "Slow Walk"). I still play them. There is something about those original albums and 45's - good stuff, good memories, depressing memories, good music, laughable stuff, etc...but not available in their original version in later formats. My new turntable and new receiver makes them less scratchy. I'm dumping lots of stuff these days, but not quite ready to part with them.
Been slowly de-cluttering, and started with garage. Hate to say it because it will hurt a bit but it's probably time to say good bye to my albums. They been sitting in the same boxes for at least 10 years.
Don't think any place will want them, I never was the guy that kept his albums in pristine condition. They always popped and cracked. Which is why I replaced them with CD's.
PS - The CD's are also boxed up and sitting next to the albums, probably for the last 5 years. Everything burned and stored on-line and locally in digital format.... But they're not leaving yet.
Do you have a catalog of the albums? I might buy some.
PM me if you do.
But before you do Best Buy sells a record player that puts them on the computer.
Best to sell them off at second hand record shops which you could get rock bottom fast cash as the record market is booming now but is could dry out in a year or two ...CDs and dvds and now records are not selling because of walmart pricing and internet downloads is drying the music and movie business out of business .....or sell them on e-bay for better prices if you got the time for this market
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I made some good money selling my 1000+ albums before I moved from Los Angeles to Little Rock. Most of them I took to the used record store. I brought some collectibles with me and sold them on ebay for as much as $75. But those were in pristine condition.
Currently decluttering and donating or garage selling whatever I can and I still have a lot of excess.
I have gotten to the point where I just do not like material possessions very much at all.
Anything worth $5.00 or more gets put in the garage sale box, the under $5.00 worth gets put in the donation box and taken once a week to whatever thrift shop we happen to be close to.
Don't think any place will want them, I never was the guy that kept his albums in pristine condition. They always popped and cracked. Which is why I replaced them with CD's.
I hear ya buddy..... I didnt used to take care of mine either (In the 80s) only a few records made it out of that decade w/o major damage!
Now I realise just how beautiful analog media IS and I am very careful with my records,VHS tapes,cassettes,etc..... I love analog........ Nothing nicer
Since there might be some knowledgeable people on this thread - -
I have some old 78s. I read that diamond needles are too harsh on these old records and that the correct needles to use is a steel needle. Because I don't want to damage them, I have hesitated to play them. Does anyone with real knowledge know whether I could safely play them with a modern needle?
A lot of them are very common big band records, but some of the others seem rather obscure. Any good sites out there to learn about the value of older, obscure records?
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