Having catalogued a load of classical records, with a view to selling them (ha! fat chance). Here’s a chunk of my ‘popular music’ on vinyl.
It almost just so happened that this lot made up five galleries of 20 albums a piece. Or 100 discs. A happy accident? Well, nearly. After a quick going over or three, it’s expanded from exactly 100, to circa 105…
I’d say 80% of this lot is stuff I’ve bought. With a smattering of other misc stuff that I’ve accrued, by fair means or foul.
The classical stuff is a different story. I’m not sure I’ve bought any of it? Mostly it’s come to me from Freecycle.
Although I think vinyl a nicer format, in terms of the physicality/aesthetics, and the rituals of care/playing, etc, I’ve ended up with a far bigger CD collection. And, I guess, at least for the foreseeable, I’ll be looking to get rid of the vinyl and replace it with CDs.
Actually that process has been going on for years, already. Where once I had lots of Joni, Tom, Beefheart, Zep, Santana, Lizzy or whatever, on vinyl. Now most of those records have been sold or given away.
But, by and large, I’ve replaced the music with CD versions. There are some instances where that’s not occurred, and that galls me.