Your record collection

[maestro267]

Have you ever taken the time to count your music collection? How many physical recordings do you own (CDs, vinyl or tapes)?

I'll try and take a count of mine later, before I publish my count.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

1104 CDs, 340 LPs, 28 prerecorded cassette tapes.

[mikealdren]

My catalogue says 1158 Records and 1850 CDs although I've got quite a few LPs that are now in the attic as I've replaced them with CDs. I've got some light music as well that I don't bother cataloguing.

Mike

[Roehre]

My catalogue states 44'678 pieces of music of which around 20% doubles, makes it around 35'750 different pieces, all of which have been listened to, as at the present I haven't a backlog of CDs.
As a result of my cataloguing method I cannot exactly tell you how many of each I've got, but it's 5000+ LPs as well as 4500+ CDs plus 2000+ Cassette tapes with off-air recordings (and around 500 prerecorded Cassettes which haven't been catalogued) Added to this: around 100 Jazz CDs and 60 ditto LPs.

[rubbernecker]

Roughly 3500 LPs, 2500 CDs, 800 cassette tapes (split 50/50 pre-recorded/off-air). Some I've never listened to, some I've worn out. In the early days I used to keep it catalogued, but in the last thirty years that all stopped. The sad thing is I will never have the time to play it through (let alone catalogue each recording) before I die, but at least I know it's there.

[Roehre]

The sad thing is I will never have the time to play it through (let alone catalogue each recording) before I die, but at least I know it's there.

I do recognize that feeling, I'm afraid, though all pieces have been listened to at least :cool2: once. But there is no chance I will be able to repeat my listening of the last 40 years without stopping to listen and discover new pieces. And although that HAS slowed down a bit, it still takes a lot of time to do so (whether these are really new pieces for me, or music which has slumbered for ages within my collection, that doesn't make difference in this situation)

[reinerfan]

Over 10000 CDs (exact number unknown as I have some 70 box sets still to catalogue!), and 1800 cassettes mostly transferred from LP before affordable CD recording became available and prior to retiring to Spain. I still have around 100 LPs, mostly opera sets kept for the libretti. I do try to keep the number of CDs in check by frequent weeding but find it difficult to remove items which were once old favourites.

[mathias broucek]

About 3500 bit of physical product (LP, CD, TC) and about 500 downloads

Can rarely bring myself to weed...

[Bryn]

Gave up counting such things long, long ago. The nearest I come to cataloguing is trying to keep them in some sort of order on the shelves, draws, cupboards, sheds, boxes, windowsills, mantelpieces (no fire beneath), ...

I don't think there are any in the garage, other than those in the car.

[Roehre]

The nearest I come to cataloguing is trying to keep them in some sort of order on the shelves, draws, cupboards, sheds, boxes, windowsills, mantelpieces (no fire beneath), ...

Bryn, the fact that my collection has been catalogued does NOT mean, that the CDs are all neatly shelved. Fortunatley a code and/or the date means that I can see where to look for them: shelve, draws, cupboards, boxes and all that. But it never costs more than some 5 minutes to retrieve the wanted CD/LP/Cassette. I must admit that my wife is impressed by this, as I never can find anything in my office without the help of an archaeologist.....

[Panjandrum]

Gave up counting such things long, long ago. The nearest I come to cataloguing is trying to keep them in some sort of order on the shelves, draws, cupboards, sheds, boxes, windowsills, mantelpieces (no fire beneath), ...

I don't think there are any in the garage, other than those in the car.

I know an inveterate collector who, when space was at a premium, disconnected the fridge, took out all the contents, and used it as additional storage for the CDs he'd been unable to house elsewhere. Some of the less prized possessions were housed in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom...

[gradus]

Yesterday I came across the marker I'd left on the shelves when I last tried to list/catalogue my LPs, unfortunately I lost the list when my computer crashed a couple of years ago sans backup. It must be quite a few after 50 years of collecting and with a fair number of 78's too, although I have no means of playing them at present.
I gather that classical music is being issued again on vinyl, but I'm at a bit of a loss to know why given the palaver that one needs to go through to keep LP's in good conmdition.

[rubbernecker]

Bryn, the fact that my collection has been catalogued does NOT mean, that the CDs are all neatly shelved. Fortunatley a code and/or the date means that I can see where to look for them: shelve, draws, cupboards, boxes and all that. But it never costs more than some 5 minutes to retrieve the wanted CD/LP/Cassette. I must admit that my wife is impressed by this, as I never can find anything in my office without the help of an archaeologist.....

Roehre, I see you are from the same part of the world as Jaap Buis, proprietor of Park Hill. Now if you merged your collection with his....:cool2:

http://www.park-hill.co.uk/whattodo.html

[Nick Armstrong]

Roehre, I see you are from the same part of the world as Jaap Buis, proprietor of Park Hill. Now if you merged your collection with his....:cool2:
http://www.park-hill.co.uk/whattodo.html

"The library contains more than 25.000 recordings of classical music, music written between ca.1300 and ca.2000."

Good God.

Have you been up there often, ferreting in the nether regions of his collection??

[rubbernecker]

No my ugly oaf friend, I have not yet had the pleasure. But come the spring time I am planning a visit with the long-suffering Mrs R in order to try and fill a few lacunae in my aural experience as well as take the mountain bike on to the Snowdon passes. The perfect holiday. Mrs R will doubtless find plenty to do in the meantime.

What about your collection, Caliban? I understand you have a fairly large one.