Post #316366 by ikitnrev on Mon, Jul 2, 2007 5:47 PM

You asked for it .... so here is my record collection. I don't know how many records I have, but they cover about 80 linear feet of space. I've tried to label certain sections, so you can get some idea of where my tastes lie. Many of these I purchased mainly for the covers.

Follow the color coding, to get a taste of what goes in in a crazed, lunatic mind. Believe it or not, each section is alphabetized, by artist.

1. 1960's rock - garage, surf, and other in the rock genre
2. 1970's/1980's rock/pop stuff, with my punk LPs mixed in. The music I was listening to in high school and college years
3. Wacky Christian Religous covers (with coconut monkeys in front)
4. Wacky Spoken Word and Instruction LPs
5. Mostly Polka records, some classical with cool covers

6. My 1950's section -- Sinatra, Prima, Bellafonte, Three Suns, torch singers, etc
7. Xmas Records

6 ) more 50's LPs
7) Xmas Records (same ones as above)
8 ) Jazz LPs (lots of jazz mixed in with other sections
9 ) My Exotica/Polynesian/Hawaii section .... anyone want to scan these for me?

7. More Xmas records
8. Latin, Caribbean, and Cuban Music
9. Twist LPs
10. Folk Records
11. 1960's Music (EZ listening, Now Sound, other groovy sounds)
12. Belly Dancing LPs
13. James Bond Music
14. Movie and Television Soundtracks
15. Country (mostly from the 60's)
16. Comedy Records
17. Stereo Test and Sound Effects Records
18. Children's Records
19. 1970's, 80's and beyond Rock Overflow
20. Cha Cha records
21. Odd stuff ( Mummer's Parade Music, Marching Band LPs, Lps without discs)

The above is what happens when you mix a new house with lots of free space in the basement, and approximately 15 years of thrift store shopping, starting in 1992, when people were ditching vinyl like crazy. 96% of these records were purchased for $1 or less

My retirement plan involves having the free time so I can actually sit and listen to this stuff.

Vern