Complete major label collections

Occasionally, I wonder if there is any collector out there who has a complete Deutsche Grammophon collection or HMV collection or some other massive classical music label.

But also massive pop music labels too, Polydor, EMI and so on?

However, I obviously mean consumer collectors, not record company staff or music libraries etc.

I know there are people with complete collections of Vertigo, Stiff, 4AD etc.

But I wonder about this because I wonder how far and how deep seated the collecting instinct is.
I mean is there some complete 122 year DG Collection out there in private hands?

I'd love to think that somewhere in Germany, someone maintains such a collection in a house in the country. And has an open Day once a year :)    

Edited by LAM-SGC - March 22 2020 at 09:38

Haven´t heard about anybody. I have a friend who has 16 000 vinyls, he´s a big Beatles-fan, have to ask does he has everything from the apple-label (have some doubts even that).

Tapfret wrote: If I was wealthy and ambitious enough I would probably try to do this with a couple labels. Although I doubt these would qualify as "major". ECM Alternative Tentacles SST Cuneiform In your Deutsch Grammophon fantasy, does this cover all release formats? Or just 1 version of each release? Would this collector be required to have all the equipment required to play back that media?

Sufficient with 1 version of each release, preferably vinyl. Before that of course shellac was the only option.
But I would limit the date of my own DG collection to the introduction of the vinyl LP.

And absolutely the equipment has to be there to play them on.

ExittheLemming wrote: I knew a guy in Glasgow who owned the entire Vertigo Records catalogue up until they changed the logo from the swirly spiral to one featuring a spaceship designed by Roger Dean in 1973. Why he stopped adding to his collection at that point is probably only really understood by the mental health profession.  (He was sectioned shortly thereafter)

I understand that completely, the visual for me in collecting records is as important as the sound.

I think it would be cool to have all the Vertigo or all the Charisma stuff..or Harvest as some one said....but I don't know anyone like that.

Edited by dr wu23 - March 22 2020 at 15:04

My eldest brother collected everything from the Krautrock labels Ohr (Ear), Pilz (Mushroom) and Kosmische Kuriere (Cosmic Couriers). He bought them all when they came out (he was in his early teens then and quite the rebel). Since he only listens to jazz and classical music these days he gave his vinyl collection to us.


Edited by BaldFriede - March 22 2020 at 18:17