So how big is yours? (Disco record collection)

[qdearl]

Okayyy....

Using the "count one crate, multiply it by the amount of crates you have" technique....
My estimated collection goes a little like this,

12"s - 1,200
7"s - 600
Jazz LP's (1970's-90's) - 800
All other LP's (1960's - present) - 4,000
CD's - (store bought) - 1,500
CD's - (copies from friends or downloads) - 1,500
Cassettes - (store bought) - 150
Cassettes - (dubbed from friends) - 100

Current itunes (mp3) count (downloads or from my vinyl) - 13,000

No 8-tracks, not anymore anyway, I made the mistake of storing them at a friends place during the 90's, needless to say, he "misplaced" them during 1 of his many relocations....
Most of my collection is R&B, Soul, Pop, some Rap, mainly from the 60's to the 90's I have a wide variety of musical tastes, so I may have the odd country, rock or classical LP in my collection.

I agree with the notion of "quality over quantity" and will state for the record, that's I've never bought anything just for the sake of having it (though I am a collector at heart, I also have a large collection of comics, movies, and toys....) I've only bought music that i've wanted to listen to or thought might contain something that I'd want to listen to. Some have mentioned several types of catalogueing software in this post and I was wondering if the ones mentioned were still the ones of choice? or is there something better in the market today? One day I would like to actually list what I have, especially since I'm thinking of putting a potion of my collection into storage, for the sake of space. (I'd like to actually have a living room set in my living room....)

[KoolChris]

Vinyl (12" & LPs): 6500+
vinyl (45): 500+
CDs: 130+
tapes: stored away so I don't use them. Probably 150 - 200

Styles:
Mostly Disco now, but also
'70s Funk
Soundtracks (not compilations made for movies, but actual tracks for the exclusive use of a movie, e.g. Lalo Schifrin, Herbie Hancock, Henry Mancini, Bernard Hermann, John Barry, etc..)
Rap (1979- 1989, not current jump-on-the-wagon babble)
House music (1992-now,e.G. strictly Rhythm, Slip n'Slide, UMM, independent labels)
'70s & '80s pop (E.L.O., Gerry Rafferty, Fleetwood Mac, J. Geils Band, Wall of Voodoo, Big Audio Dynamite, Wang Chung, Steve Miller, etc.)
New Wave

I've been wanting to list my records on my computer for tracking purposes, having been confronted with finding interesting records abroad (or just far from home), and not being sure whether I already had them. How great would it be to just have the list loaded alphabetically as a message on Hotmail,and just login to get an immediate answer.

[maarten]

Amazing! I started this thread in 2002 when I was just about to move from Tokyo, Japan to Berlin, Germany. In the mean time I have been in Atlanta now for over a year. This must be one of the oldest posts still going. I knew the headline/subject line was a keeper

Anyway, the collection has grown a little, not a lot. I have always kept a list of songs I wanted to own and the list is DONE. Completed. I have what I always wanted.

Now I am in true discovery mode, especially thanks to MP3. Nothing easier than downloading, listening and discarding (within seconds or minutes). It is how I used to listen through the weekly pile when I was still DJ-ing.

I also discover from listening to on-line stations. What is interesting is that my taste has moved a little more towards seventies, when I first started with music in earnest. I used to be more into the late 70's through the 90's, but now I find there are some real gems from the earlier 70's.

Discoveries from this era (for me... I know YOU probably knew these songs inside out for forever): The Jonesses - Who Loves You and Summer Groove, A Touch Of Class - I'm in heaven, Mighty Pope - Sweet blindness, Bunny Sigler - Cry my eyes out, Caress - Opportunity, Jean Carn - My love don't come easy, Dexter Wansell - I'll never forget (my favorite disco)... oh, well, the list goes on and on.

Just goes to show you, there is always something new to discover.

[maarten]

Originally Posted by Thereza bizarre

i loved all mu old star point albums and now they are gone....

Hey - all the Starpoint albums have been re-issued through Vinyl-Masterpiece.com - Disco & Funk Classic Vinyl Records & CD's

Bernie - I hope this is OK. You can purchase these through Amazon I believe.

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by maarten

Amazing! I started this thread in 2002 when I was just about to move from Tokyo, Japan to Berlin, Germany. In the mean time I have been in Atlanta now for over a year. This must be one of the oldest posts still going. I knew the headline/subject line was a keeper

All a thread really needs is a bump, sometimes. I seldom check the date the previous member posted. I remember posting an answer lately to a thread that had been started in 2001, discontinued for the past 4 years, and had been picked up again right before me. As I remember, the topic was totally outdated, but my post was followed, presumably because the thread being bumped to the top of the list, everybody thought it was current...

Originally Posted by maarten

Discoveries from this era (for me... I know YOU probably knew these songs inside out for forever): - Cry my eyes out, Caress -
Just goes to show you, there is always something new to discover.

Try Caress' "Love Spell", on the other LP. It's beautiful!!!

[RKLee]

My collectioin is fairly modest.
I have about 400 vinyl LPs, 300 12" disco singles, and about 50-60 Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs(MFSL), Nautilus, CBS Masterworks half-speed mastered LPs, and 1 direct-to-disk LP. My piece de resistance, is a my 10 disk set of MFSL Beatles, and a factory sealed unopened copy of MFSL UHQ(Ultra-high quality)Beatles Magical Mystery Tour LP.

[RetroRuss]

In all my years here I've never seen this thread before!! The focus of my collection is 1976-1979 and I have a few thousand 12"s and LP's. There are quite a few 'doubles' and in the case of Evelyn Chamapgne King's Shame - a quintuple!! My CD collection is more eclectic with around 1,000 (although I did have a fair few stolen during a recent burglary)

[The Boogie Doctor]

my collection currently stands at roughly 65,000 records. nah, just kidding, i have around eight or nine hundred disco records and tonnes of house, jazz, funk, soul, r & b, hip-hop. lots of love to everyone.

[dfc99bb]

My music collection is small by the standards of this group:

888 vinyl albums/45s of which 241 are disco (27%) and 340 CDs of which 97 are disco (28%).

My vinyl albums were boxed up for 11 years due to lacks of storage space. Way back in 2001 I took them out just to make sure that they were all in good shape, and they were. I used to make cassettes from my vinyl so they are all in excellent condition. Never owned any pre-recorded cassettes or 8-tracks.

I cataloged them using Microsoft Excel and Access. It was a tedious process. I entered them first into Excel, then exported that info into Access giving me a good database.

[Cdnbob]

Wow, this is been an interesting thread to read and one that seems to have continued over a couple of years.

My collection consists of the following:

• 3000+ Albums & 12" singles (lost count at 3000)
• 500+ 45" singles
• 350-500 CD's
• 2500 mp3's on my external hard drive

I put all of my vinyl into storage about 2.5 years back when I had to move in with friend due to not working. Everything is stored in standard 2 cubic foot cardboard movers boxes.

As for insuring my collection, I had to pay a little bit extra to include it as part of my overall policy. Their only request was to provide them with a list of the collection and they would cover replacement value if I ever had to replace them (which we all know would be virtually impossible nowadays).

[Chappuh]

Originally Posted by Giovanni

My collection is about 10000 vinyls (5000 LPs and 5000 12s). Plus I have roughly about 500 CDs and a few 45s.
I'm cataloguing everything in access and entered about 6000 titles up to now.
My big problem is that I had to move from my old house to a bigger one because my house was flooded with vinyl. I plan to set up a "temple" room dedicated to music. Hope this will be soon.

Any tips on cataloguing in Access? I need to get mine in order but I pull groups of them out for djing and neglect to reorder them.
Last count I had 1500 or so (we counted one pile and eyed the rest) but probably have around 2000 now as I have acquired a couple friends' collections.

45's? Not sure, how many fit in those 9" boxes? I have about 6 of those. Not many 45's because I only started collection in '96 and didn't have much use for the short players if I could get something on LP or 12".

I need to get rid of a TON of the electronic stuff I have, so much junk in there.

[Cory Ander]

Originally Posted by maarten

I knew that subject line would get your attention! No, we are not talking about Marky's "Diamond Member", but about your actual collection.

As Nicky mentioned somewhere that he was re-organizing his collection, I thought it would be fun to start a topic on collection size, and how to store it. Or anything else related to the issue of where to leave all our stuff, or negotiate with loved ones about more space requirements.

To kick off, my collection holds about 1,200 vinyl's (LP is the majority, but there are also about 450 12"s and perhaps 75 7"). In terms of CD's we are roughly at 1,400 now, broken down in singles (about 500), and the rest of them regular CD's (including double/2CD sets).

The records are stored standing in a cupboard that holds just about what I have. The CD's are in cheapo IKEA cupboards that hold 200 each. This means that there are now growing stacks of 'fallen-out-of-favor' CD's across the house.

I have both albums and CD's sorted by artist and/or producer. This is becoming a real pain in the you-know-what. What to do with Michael Jackson or Frank Sinatra who were both produced by Quincy Jones, who also has his own releases. I think I am going to have to go alphabetical as well!

I also have a database but it is still rather incomplete with regards to vinyl.

My wife has no problem with either the amount or growth of this collection. Even though her musical taste is more pop/rock/jazz. One factor is that she is 9 years younger than I am so she missed 'da days' completely! Her hero's were Wham, Duran Duran and she still loves Deacon Blue!

So what's your story?

I store my precious records in groups of how valuable they are to ME. My treasured records by Paul Sabu, my Prince bootlegs with Miles Davis and George Clinton, Led Zeppelin, Carole King and Fleetwood Mac bootlegs, my "Charlotte's Web original animated motion picture soundtrack" (which I have a picture disc copy of), my long out of print funk albums by the Sweat Band, Fatback, Parliament, War and others. They're always protected from the sun and dust, and don't even THINK of asking to borrow them. I mistakingly bragged about these at work and one of my co-workers asked to borrow one (and he asked in front of other people). Against my better judgement I lent it to him and he left it on a shuttle bus........

[micky modelle]

thought this was interesting for collectors of disco ,hi-rg classics and euro imports,i have maybe 25000 plus on vinyl and cd and a good collection of dvds,videos of classic hi-nrg artists such as bad boys blue,fancy,sylvester etc,ive got al the uk passion,klone,loading bay,almighty stuff but mostly all the imports such as time,tsr,megatone,hot trax and labels like that,any wants or info email me at mickyfutureforce@btopenworld.com

[rippoff]

I quite have a collection of old and new disco music in my computer right now. Roughly about 500++ songs.

[Westwood]

I never counted how many records or cds or cassettes I have, but they keep growing in number. I can estimate I have approximately 9 metres of 12"/LPs, 1-2 metres of 45s, about 200 tape cassettes (most of them are tape copies I made of the vinyls I have, something I've been meaning to switch over to minidisc). Roughly 3-4000 cds. VHS tapes and dvds, way too many (thousands).
I ran out of space ages ago, however I had a new attic to populate (the worst environment to store them, I know...) and I designed and built custom cupboards to maximize the use of space.