existential vinyl question

Good answer ed. I think the whole concept of rationality has to stay far away from record collecting. When I've spoken to others about it sometimes I mention that price of this or that has gone up but it feels dishonest since I hope I don't ever have to sell, that is unless my kids have absolutely zero interest in it. I always liked the adage "you're not collecting records, you're collecting yourself" because that's how it feels to me most of the time. A lot of the records I have mean something to me for one dumb reason or the other. Point to anything in my collection and I can tell you where I bought it (unless it was just "online") and when I was really into it. By buying these things and forcing yourself to dedicate finite resources to it I think it can force you to listen to them a lot closer. For example Cluster's Grosses Wasser is something I've listened to a dozen times (according to iTunes, at least) but it wasn't until finding a copy that I really allowed myself to figure it out. Of course just having a good set-up accounts for a lot of that.

My answer is that I enjoy going to record stores and antique/thrift stores looking for records I love. I just found a mint copy of an Area Code 615 album in a small antique shop in rural South Carolina and even though I had it I bought it for credit at my local shop. I don’t have much…

But I am culling a lot of stuff and trading what I don’t listen to for other vinyl