Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

[Dom66]

Forgot I listened to this earlier, very good it is too...

Level 42 ‎– Level 42
Label: Polydor ‎– POLS 1036
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1981

You do have some luck, no wonder your collection is so large

[Dom66]

[AJSki2fly]

You do have some luck, no wonder your collection is so large

I have just done some quick analysis of my record database, yes I know very anorak.

£0 cost given to me, 299 records
£1 and under , 426 records £401.18 average cost £0.94 charity or 2nd hand shop purchases
under £5, 307 records £949.39 average cost £3.09 mainly charity or 2nd hand shop purchases
£10 and under, 319 records £2030.15 average cost £6.36 mostly 2nd hand
£20 and under, 142 records £2345.04 average cost £16.51 90% new
over £20, 69 records, £2378.98, average cost £34.48 a few boxed sets, some specialist and HQ re-releases, and a few rather expensive difficult to find ones.

Average cost per record £5.19, it is quite a lot of money added up but not too bad over nearly 7 years. I view it as my monthly pocket money. Nowadays my record purchasing has slowed down and is becoming more selective and I look for a new listening experience if possible.

I suppose I could have purchased less and upgraded one or two hifi components but I don't really see the point, I doubt I would gain much sound quality improvement unless I spent £20K or more, and then I doubt it would be a huge leap. I am quite lucky my system seems quite well match and sound good to my ears anyway. I am thinking of supplementing my system with a sub-woofer for sub £500 to just get those deep lows below 50hz some oomph, but I am not sure about that!

About half the records I have recently been given I already have so I will be selling some at some point, they all have been carefully cleaned and I will asses them with a listen first. There is probably about 200-300 that I should trade on as I am unlikely to listen to them again, unless on a whim, so I would get some cash or exchange value form them and get others instead. Once lockdown eases a bit more and the house is in better shape I think I will be taking a few days out to go to my favourite record shop in Bridport.

I think your collection must be quite big as well, as you rarely seem to repeat play records?

Happ Listening

[struth]

Fast Freddie's Fingertips.

[struth]

Freedom Highway.

[Dom66]

I have just done some quick analysis of my record database, yes I know very anorak.

£0 cost given to me, 299 records
£1 and under , 426 records £401.18 average cost £0.94 charity or 2nd hand shop purchases
under £5, 307 records £949.39 average cost £3.09 mainly charity or 2nd hand shop purchases
£10 and under, 319 records £2030.15 average cost £6.36 mostly 2nd hand
£20 and under, 142 records £2345.04 average cost £16.51 90% new
over £20, 69 records, £2378.98, average cost £34.48 a few boxed sets, some specialist and HQ re-releases, and a few rather expensive difficult to find ones.

Average cost per record £5.19, it is quite a lot of money added up but not too bad over nearly 7 years. I view it as my monthly pocket money. Nowadays my record purchasing has slowed down and is becoming more selective and I look for a new listening experience if possible.

I suppose I could have purchased less and upgraded one or two hifi components but I don't really see the point, I doubt I would gain much sound quality improvement unless I spent £20K or more, and then I doubt it would be a huge leap. I am quite lucky my system seems quite well match and sound good to my ears anyway. I am thinking of supplementing my system with a sub-woofer for sub £500 to just get those deep lows below 50hz some oomph, but I am not sure about that!



About half the records I have recently been given I already have so I will be selling some at some point, they all have been carefully cleaned and I will asses them with a listen first. There is probably about 200-300 that I should trade on as I am unlikely to listen to them again, unless on a whim, so I would get some cash or exchange value form them and get others instead. Once lockdown eases a bit more and the house is in better shape I think I will be taking a few days out to go to my favourite record shop in Bridport.

I think your collection must be quite big as well, as you rarely seem to repeat play records?

Happ Listening

Wow, that's some detail to have, but I guess if you've put the collection together over the last 7 years then you would have done this. Mine goes back so far I can't remember where half of it came from, I remember first going to a record shop and buying Kate Bush, The Kick inside and The Flying Lizards when I was about 14 or 15, which I still have. I've been lucky from then not to have lost many along the way and I bought quite lot from boot fairs in the early 90's when everyone was chucking them out and moving to CD's.

I've not got round to counting, I'd estimate 800 to 1000 Lp's, although I have loads of CD's as well. I'll often repeat play a rediscovered gem or new purchase, but like when I remember having posted one recently, I tend not to put them up repeatedly.

It'll be interesting to see what you find as you continue to go through your recent acquisitions

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[AJSki2fly]

Haven't heard either of those, I do have Klaatu - Klaatu, the one with the original "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft"