Vinyl Collection

I live near the southern end off VA in the foot (Looking up vaguely, I live about 3 hours away from Clifton Forge). I'm about half an hour away from the top of North Carolina.

Alitare wrote: I was rummaging through the old trailer in the woods behind my house and it had a few records (oh, and Rod Stewart's 4-disc Storyteller compilation, for christ's sake).

Where are you in Virginia anyway?  I was born in Clifton Forge.

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 11 2012 at 12:55

Alitare wrote: I only have a handful of Vinyl records (no record player). Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra Some crap from the Carpenters

Except for Springsteen that was in my record collection before I got hooked on prog.  Just one Carpeters album though.

Actually wholesale was his ambition, but you might be able to get some made for you still.  He had a small company lined up that could have produced them.  I think at this point he might still be hand making them.  Those were.  I've seen them personally and they really are top quality.  I even did the drawings for him.  David put a lot of hard work into trying to get this venture off the ground but I'm afraid the market for LP crates is limited even though vinyl has had a resurgence.


http://www.stereophile.com/content/nomad-crates
I received an interesting call today from a man named David Garrett in Atlanta, Georgia. David has 25 years of experience as an architect (in fact, he grew up in Highpoint, North Carolina—“Furniture Capital of the World”) and, for the last 13 years, has operated his own interior design company. He is aggressively and enthusiastically looking to change directions, however, and has recently started an LP rack business called Nomad Crates.

“I’m 49 years old, so I have plenty of good experience and I’m still young enough to put it to work.”

David wanted to design something that would be sturdy, “super-modular,” easily transportable, and relatively affordable. (People should be able to save on shelving and put more money toward buying records or audio equipment, he says.) Nomad Crates use domestically sourced wood and are built here in the United States. They ship in 4”-thick containers, arrive unstained and partially assembled, and can be disassembled for storage. Standard lengths are 18”, 24”, and 30”; a 24” Nomad Crate holds approximately 150 LPs and costs $50. Or just $0.33/LP. Which matches the price per LP cost of my Gothic Cabinet LP rack, but still misses the crazy-cheap $0.18/LP mark of my nicely finished Ikea Expedit shelves. But, then again, I can’t just rearrange my Ikea shelves to suit my mood or ever-growing LP collection, nor can I simply pick up and go with my Ikea shelves the way one might with the Nomad Crates. After all, the Nomad Crates are made to be transportable and configurable.

(This is an interesting attempt at addressing a problem common to most vinyl fans. We want to lead these free lives—physically and intellectually free lives—but wind up burdened by these things we hold so dear. We are crowded, made immobile. The records own us as much as we own them. What’s up with that? Love?)

In fact, while David says he designed these crates for music lovers, he’s also working with a department of the US government to devise larger versions of the design which can be utilized as temporary shelters, walls, and other sorts of structures. Your LP crate can even double as a shield against terrorist attacks! Just kidding. Professional DJs are going to seriously love these things, though. David tells me that DJ Turn Signal, an LA-based DJ perhaps best known for spinning Gene Simmons’ house parties, is already a big fan and will be promoting Nomad Crates in his videos.

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 11 2012 at 12:36

Kotro wrote:

I've been collecting records since about 1980 - not buying nearly as often since CDs came out, but not really getting rid of any either.  In fact, several times a friend of mine has given me his/her record collection to keep, when they have to relocate to a new house and don't want to move them all.  It's a pretty even mix of classic rock, progressive, 80s bands, punk/hardcore, and "oddities" that I inherited but would never have bought on my own.  Every now and then, I'll buy a recently released album on vinyl new, but mostly I just scavenge for random used LPs.  I probably have about 500 LPs total.

I inherited a reasonable amount of vinyl from my parents, including many prog classics, but in 2011 I began building a small collection of my own. Happened quite by accident - a record store I knew was closing and had the price reduced on new vinyl records. I thought "why not?" and got some. Then I kept buying them occasionally, either bargins or albums I truly enjoyed and wanted to get in the prettiest format available. I haven't gotten much, but I'm pleased with the 13 I've got so far.

I'm pretty new to prog music, so my collection is limited to a couple VdGG LP's, Gentle Giant's In A Glass House and Yes's Fragile, plus about 60 metal and rock classics, italian metal and some Iron Maiden 7". Hope to expand it very soon

I have about 400 vinyl albums.  The oldest is an original 1956 Woodie Guthrie album and the newest is the Decemberists 'Long Live the King' (a 7-inch EP).  The oldest prog one is probably an original copy of Jethro Tull's 'Stand Up'.  I had about 300 more at one time but got rid of a bunch of 80s crap several year's ago.

I quit buying albums when cassettes became the norm (kind of regret that now since most of my cassettes dry-rotted years ago), and started buying them again when Godspeed You! Black Emperor started putting stuff out on vinyl.

WOW!!! Slartibartfast that is quite a list!!!! 

Edited by AlexDOM - December 17 2011 at 21:38