by Donkey Toon » Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:50 pm
Yeah storage is a major issue and is undoubtedly the thing that will cause me to slow down. I've had to do a lot of re-organising with lots of books being re-housed into the attic to make room.
I started again when I was tidying the attic and came across a storage case with a dozen or so albums, some mine from first time round and some that where my mum's (Elvis, the Shadows, Oklahama musical etc,!). One was that Cardiacs album i mentioned earlier and I had an irresistible urge to play it again. But as it had only ever been released on vinyl and wasn't available on cd or digital I had to have a record player to do so. So I bought one of those cheap carry case ones (£20) from amazon. Played it, loved it but quickly realised I needed a better record player and could only justify getting a better one if I bought more albums. Initially I was only going to buy new releases and get my desert island top ten can't live without albums. But that went to s*** almost instantly and i've been ravenously re-buying everything I can find that I like, even though in many cases I already have them on cd.
Many of mine were purchased second hand from my local store though and are real bargains. Policy is £2 for an album unless ticketed otherwise and i've bought hundreds of very good quality albums for £8 or less each, and probably 50 or so at £2 a go. So despite new albums being very expensive compared to cd's and having bought a lot of expensive collectable or rare albums, my average cost per album is probably lower than you would expect. Really need to slow down though it has gone beyond ridiculous in all honesty. I'm an addict!
Yeah storage is a major issue and is undoubtedly the thing that will cause me to slow down. I've had to do a lot of re-organising with lots of books being re-housed into the attic to make room.
I started again when I was tidying the attic and came across a storage case with a dozen or so albums, some mine from first time round and some that where my mum's (Elvis, the Shadows, Oklahama musical etc,!). One was that Cardiacs album i mentioned earlier and I had an irresistible urge to play it again. But as it had only ever been released on vinyl and wasn't available on cd or digital I had to have a record player to do so. So I bought one of those cheap carry case ones (£20) from amazon. Played it, loved it but quickly realised I needed a better record player and could only justify getting a better one if I bought more albums. Initially I was only going to buy new releases and get my desert island top ten can't live without albums. But that went to s*** almost instantly and i've been ravenously re-buying everything I can find that I like, even though in many cases I already have them on cd.
Many of mine were purchased second hand from my local store though and are real bargains. Policy is £2 for an album unless ticketed otherwise and i've bought hundreds of very good quality albums for £8 or less each, and probably 50 or so at £2 a go. So despite new albums being very expensive compared to cd's and having bought a lot of expensive collectable or rare albums, my average cost per album is probably lower than you would expect. Really need to slow down though it has gone beyond ridiculous in all honesty. I'm an addict!
