Take a picture of your record collection and post it on ilm

this picture is about 6 months old.
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This one is from when i was just moving into this current apt and had not unpacked much yet.

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Scott wins. He has the biggest, um, penis!

Um, okay, you're making me self-conscious (about my records, I mean). I'm not trying to "win"! Honest.

Anyway, Kevin, damn good eye--it is Whitney indeed. My collection is alphabetized, but not the box sets (of which I don't own that many anyway). The Whitney box was actually a promo/freebie from when I worked at HMV. I distinctly remember it was sitting in this promo box for WEEKS--no one else wanted it or no one wanted to be seen with it--I was thrilled to bring it home, but the truth is, I've yet to play it. It's four 12" remix singles, with GREAT labels (each one featuring her FACE).

Yeah, the Spector box sets too long, but so is every box set ever released, except maybe the Doo Wop Box and that Stones singles box you spotted... even the Sugarhill box (between Dylan biograph and the Stones), I really lose interest on or about the third disc.

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ian, what's that book or magazine you have sitting on top of your crates? it looks like some weird metal mag?

that in the second picture is the 1st Nicodemus record, "Spacechild Squall"

I was just thinking my four shelves of records and two shelves of cds would look a little out of place in this thread.

xxp

more dick-waving. here's some zoom-ins.

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Anyone guess what the 45 at the front of the stash is?

Pet Shop Boys to Prince, basically.

My funny vitilago arm holding up Dolly.

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Anyone guess what the 45 at the front of the stash is?

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Pet Shop Boys to Prince, basically.

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My funny vitilago arm holding up Dolly.

Anyone guess what the 45 at the front of the stash is?

Something by Sparks...

what, no one took a picture of their iPod?

Will try to grab some photos of my grandfather's record room tomorrow - several thousand country and bluegrass 45s, 78s and LPs, cassettes he made of the 78s to save wear. Now that my grandmother's moved into an assisted living center, the job of figuring out what's in there was dumped on me. Found a dozen Louvin Brothers LPs (incl. Satan Is Real - that one's going in a frame on my wall).

i posted pixs on that vinyl thread, but i keep moving things around:

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closet is way too full. need more shelves:

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plus, bedroom closet is full of 12-inches. need a shelf for those too. and here i thought a big new house would be plenty of room!

Seward - How come I don't see your copy of Stairway to Hell amongst your (music?) books?

Woods - You win the record-collecting-geek award for 2008! I am shamed...

Kevin - 2 copies of Back to Mono was the first thing I noticed about SWoods' pic too. Nerd alert!

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MODEST

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Kevin - 2 copies of Back to Mono was the first thing I noticed about SWoods' pic too. Nerd alert!

shanecavanaugh, rather (and/or Kevin...or sumthin').

records:

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books & records:

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CDs:

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more CDs:

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close-up:

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oops, this was meant to be the close-up actually:

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I have about 350 (CDs) right now and would like something (preferably Ikea) that'd hold up to 6 or 700. Any recommendations, folks?

For years I've poked around IKEA looking for something with a small footprint + high capacity. It seems, however, that IKEA's taking its cues from the downturn in record sales: plenty of options for small(er) collections, few to none for larg(er) collections.

The best, widely-available racks I've come across are manufactured by Boltz. For $199.00 USD, you can get yourself their accurately named CD Rack 600:

http://www.boltz.com/images/products/largeimages/cd600_large.jpg

Obviously a significant dollar investment, but the biggest upside, in my ever-hoarding view, is that it's "expandable to grow with your collection."

Ioannis - Don't even get me started on the bookshelves! Two copies of Double Trouble--gotta love those remainder bins. And a blue copy of the RS Record Guide--nice. Also, what is Essential Defenders? (Great pics btw.)

Kevin, you're right about the Sparks 45 peeking through ("The Number One Song in Heaven")--I knew you'd come through.

I don't have a camera, thought mine would involve a hideous pile of records and cds on my floor, all heaped together with guitar pedals and half taken apart guitars, books, dirty socks and underwear, empty bags of potato chips, empty root beer cans, soldering equipment, so on, so forth...

The racks themselves are half full at best.

Defenders:

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Defenders-Vol-Marvel-Essentials/dp/0785115471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200151661&sr=8-2

As if it's not enough being a music geek, I'm a comics geek also!

*Hopeless*

And a blue copy of the RS Record Guide

The red copy is to the left of it (minus much of the cover), btw.

Ah, cool, I have a somewhat ratty copy of the red one also, but have been on a years-long search for the blue.

I'm trying to identify every book on your shelf--can get most of the top but get lost elsewhere. We have a lot of overlap in our collections. The two white spines to the left of the Tosches' reader: I can't guess at the one right next to it, but is the one next to that the Melody Maker anthology?

Also, I can't identify the book sandwiched in between the two Bangs collections.

Hah! The white-cover Toches book would be The Devil and Sonny Liston--not exactly music related, but it is by Toches (and a great read besides), so what the hell.

Bangs be between the two Bangs books; it's a Brit edition of Psychotic Reactions.

here's a link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychotic-Reactions-Carburettor-Lester-Bangs/dp/1852425326/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200153820&sr=1-12

Awesome. Maybe later today I'll snap the music books--hours of fun for everyone, this.

btw, Scott, third shelf down and to the left you can spot my Da Capo Best Music Writing series of books which I initially sought out strictly because of your review. Also, this having took place back in late '02 (I believe?), your review introduced me to the wonderful world of ILM. (Yes, my being here is primarilly Scott's fault, folx!)

xp

way cool.

"Seward - How come I don't see your copy of Stairway to Hell amongst your (music?) books?"

we've got books all over the place. lotsa bookshelves. music and otherwise.

pics?

maybe when i get home. i don't have a great collection of music books, sad to say. i do have both volumes of the age of rock though! and bangs on blondie. um, and lots of ned rorem books that nobody likes except me. i dunno, i guess i have some good ones. not much in the way of history/biography though. other than, you know, the standard bios: anita o'day, sun ra, mel tillis.

i have a signed copy of stutterin' boy, by the way. and a signed dion autobio that i found at the dump!

and a signed dion autobio that i found at the dump

That's genuinely kind of sad.

Hands down greatest thread ever! It's like being invited over to all y'all's pads. Many observations/questions.

Ioannis - amaaaaaazing! That Springsteen live box is an annoyance since it seems to be the ONLY record that sticks out from the shelves. And thus if someone asks one question about music, it's "So you like Springsteen?" "Amongst other things..."

My copy of that Dave Marsh 1001 singles book looks almost EXACTLY like yours. Blasé writing (save for the "Soldier Boy" entry - thanx Matos!) AND blasé gluing??

What's the long thing resting on top of the part of the shelf that includes the Springsteen live box? Sorta looks like that Rhino Once in a Lifetime thang.

I'm a comics geek also!

Ok that explains why I never heard of that Avengers box set.

Feel free not to answer this: Is it easy to find books in English where you live or did you purchase most of these via internet or mail order or whatever?

the Melody Maker anthology?

There's a Melody Maker anthology??? Please to explain.

Ah, cool, I have a somewhat ratty copy of the red one also, but have been on a years-long search for the blue.

Exact opposite for me. Although if it's any consolation, someone smashed a fly into the Rush entry. It's too gross to even look at. I may never know what John Swenson or whoever thought of Hemispheres.

What! You mean to say you didn't notice all the Chess boxes (Muddy, Wolf, Berry, etc.) and The Anthology of American Folk Music mixed in with all the records? Hmm, methinks you and Alfred have Springsteen on the brain.

BTW, this is what's resting atop them there records (someday I'll even take the time to read it. Really!):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acme-Novelty-Library-Chris-Ware/dp/0224077023/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200169933&sr=8-3

And yeah, I do most of my shopping online; it's just WAY more convenient that way for me.

There's a Melody Maker anthology??? Please to explain.

Might mean this

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Oooh that looks yummy! Thanx!!!

methinks you and Alfred have Springsteen on the brain.

I did notice the Chess and Harry Smith boxes. But that Springsteen might as well have a searchlight on it.

And I adore The Acme Novelty Library!!!

More pix! I need more pix!

Dude, share the wealth.

I can't remember which one, but one of the Sonic Youth albums has a picture of what I presume was Thurston's record collection on the liner. I thought it was a laughable "mine's bigger than yours" gesture, though maybe intentionally so.

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thanks pipecock! after i saw yours i considered bringing out my copy of tour de france but then i got a phone call and had to bounce so i just took the shots.

Kevin - For me, this Dead record (to the left of the Bruce box) is even more glaringly noticeable in that pic:

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Take a picture of your record collection and denim cut-offs and post it on ilm

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That sounds pretty awesome. A music larder!

Yeah, it would be that kind of size. Nowhere near a proper room, but a very big cupboard.