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MikeEnRegalia 
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 Posted: September 12 2024 at 14:06 |
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Fun story: About a decade ago I had what I considered then a brilliant idea: I removed all my (~ 1k) CDs from their cases, ripped them to high quality mp3, and put them into four giant CD folders for quick access. When I moved to another place, I stored both the CDs and these folders at my parents place instead of taking them with me (The files were all I needed). Then the pandemic struck, and we decided to move to Sweden. Now the CDs are left behind, and I cannot do anything meaningful with them. In order to sell them I would have to put the CDs back into their cases first. But that would take much too long (days/weeks).
Long story short: When I last visited my mother, I took the time to go through the cases and threw away a third of them. Will throw away another third in December and then keep the remaining ~300 CD cases, plus all of the actual CDs. The weird things we do
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: September 12 2024 at 15:16 |
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I admittedly have a huge (and continually growing) collection of cds and have no plans to slow down anytime soon. I do, however, think about this topic and am still trying to figure out what will happen to all of the bins of cds when I pass away. I really don't have a specific plan as of yet. I do plan on selling a bit since I have plenty of stuff that I rarely play or have two copies of. I guess I'll eventually (when I feel like I'm really old and don't have too many years left I could try to find someone who will buy all of them).
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: September 12 2024 at 18:27 |
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Considering I will be dead, it is meaningless. I suppose my daughter and fiance will abscond with all the guitars and amps, and perhaps grab the stereo equipment and LPs. The CDs? Maybe my sons will take selected ones and sell the rest. The books? They have their favorites, and the rest will be donated to a local library for one of their book sales. I don't really care. Although it will be funny how much work they'll have to do to move all the crap.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: September 12 2024 at 18:34 |
Yes but they'll inherit your money (presumably) so in some weird way that could be seen as you paying them for their efforts.
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mathman0806
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Posted: September 12 2024 at 19:05 |
When I got married 20+ years my now ex-wife didn't want my CD cases cluttering so I put about 600+ CDs into those giant wallets and saved some of the inserts. All the jewel cases were taken by movers as we moved from California to Florida. I ripped about a quarter of them but I still have a CD though 90% of the time stream. Between a premium Amazon subscription and what buy off Bandcamp, I have plenty. As for what happens with my CDs, probably trash without the jewel cases. My son only streams music. |
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Jared
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Posted: September 13 2024 at 02:00 |
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I just want to thank everyone for their comments; I must say I wasn't expecting so many detailed responses to what was initially in effect an off-the-cuff thread, created during one of more melancholic moments as we have recently been writing our Wills. At such times, it does concentrate the mind on where the accumulation of belongings in general is likely to end up.
So, a thread which started about the disposal of our music collections upon death, has inevitably become about more than that.... This quote recalled by Hugues is something I too have heard on a number of occasions... Can't remember who said this, but he's onto something: A human spends his first 50 years accumulating stuff and the rest of his life, getting rid of it. I suppose what made me think about this is how social media groups and the record industry alike encourage people to acquire. Music lovers from all over the globe post photos in various groups, showing huge collections of 10,000+ LPs, while record companies attempt to wring the last $/£ out of music lovers of a certain vintage by issuing super-deluxe 40th and 50th Anniversary box sets of albums, the individual already has 4 or more versions of? And, who is it who continue to amass huge record collections or collecting deluxe anniversary editions? Generally its music lovers aged 50+, not young people... so, I'd suggest the quote above used to be true, but today, the older generation's disposable income means many are continuing to acquire... and ultimately, for what purpose? So their family can box them up and take them to a dealer in 15-20 years time, after they've been out of their cases half a dozen times? For myself, I have never had a large collection; a transient lifestyle in my younger years got me into the cycle of disposing of, before buying more. I have an oak, wall-mounted cabinet which only holds around 400 CDs. Every so often, 20 more go on eBay to allow me to buy 20 new ones, although this has slowed down as I'm more or less happy with what I've got. Yes, I do regret off-loading some prematurely, but it does mean that my partner has little to off-load when the time comes...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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mellotronwave
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Posted: September 13 2024 at 03:14 |
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....to wring the last $/£....
it works in € too
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Catcher10
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Posted: September 13 2024 at 15:39 |
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My wife would not rid of any of it if I dropped dead tomorrow.....Most of my collection she listens to as well. Some she would give to two of my kids probably, but not anytime soon. Since 95% of it is LPs there is a lot of tactile emotional connection to it.
Problem is someone would have to teach her how to use the hi-fi system
. We've talked about stuff like this and I told her I will one day write up instructions on how to spin the records. |
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mellotronwave
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Posted: September 13 2024 at 16:11 |
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My kids will do what they want of my music/litterature collection... :-)
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Posted: September 13 2024 at 16:47 |
mmmmhhh!!!!... I'd hate to think how high my vinyl/cd stacks would be (I was a late convert to CD), if I hadn't abandonned most of my vinyls at the turn of the 90's in a buddy's attic in Toronto, because I didn't have the money to ship them to Europe. By the time I returned back for a visit in the mid-90's (planning to actually ship some of it), he'd move twice, so he had sold most of my vinyls, but really got a rather good price for them (he kept a list). At first, I was rather upset (I mean, he could've warned me about doing that), but soon realized that I didn't care all that much (though I'm sure I had some original releases), so I spend the money on a good feast/party for him and I that lasted three days. But then again, I've moved myself some 15 times since getting out
of the parents' house (they've moved quite a bit themselves) and right
now, I'm still living in two different countries, so I've never really
let my acute collectionitis go over the top, which is why I'm trimming it regularly. .
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Jacob Schoolcraft
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Posted: September 18 2024 at 10:00 |
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My son will inherent my collection. It's nothing spectacular. I would say 5 bookcases. Each bookcases has 4 shelves filled with cds. Each shelf contains a different style of music. Prog and several of its sub-genres, Classical, Jazz, Folk, American Blues masters, British Blues Rock, Rock, and Electronic.
Prog is somewhat extensive and covers a fair amount of France, Italy, Germany , England, Hungary etc. ...whereas Jazz is contained on one shelf or Folk. The point is he appreciates the music and after I'm dead he'll be listening to it.. |
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Logan
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Posted: September 18 2024 at 11:01 |
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I think I'd like to be cremated outdoors with some disco records... Burn baby burn, disco inferno! People could be disco dancing around the pyre. Kind of like The Wicker Man, only disco, and I'd be dead before they set the fire, hopefully.
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Jared
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Posted: September 18 2024 at 13:06 |
only if you're nice to them, Greg...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: September 18 2024 at 13:33 |
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My collection will go straight to my home library if they want some "prog snob music". When my father passed away, he gave it all to the church, but I don't think people go there as much anymore.
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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
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Posted: September 19 2024 at 03:22 |
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I want to be buried with an MP3 player loaded with my favourite prog albums... 1) just in case I haven't quite expired, and 2) well I'm going to need something to listen to on that trip to *St Peter's gate.
*might even bump into Benny the Bouncer! Edited by Floydoid - September 19 2024 at 03:23 |
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Posted: September 19 2024 at 08:24 |
Hi, Goodness .. Evelyn Waugh all over again ... can I have a golf course added to it, also ... and Jonathan Winters narrating the events?
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Posted: September 19 2024 at 09:16 |
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Hopefully my wife would sell it as fast as possible, and enjoy the money she earns from it. I don´t have a nostalgic relationship with my vinyl and CD collection anymore, although I would never dream of selling the collection while I´m still alive. What I would much rather see preserved are my reviews. That´s what I consider my own legacy, and hopefully they can live on in some form or other after I´m gone.. < height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: medium; visibility: ;">
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Posted: September 20 2024 at 11:01 |
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Vynils and CDs will end taking mould in a garage and my downloads will be formatted together with my own home made stuff.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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