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

^ that record 5 across 3 down 17 in is awesome

Ikea is brilliant for cheap music storage though. Short of raiding a closing-down shop you won't get cheaper shelving and it lasts ages.

hmm, i think you mean either Kick Out the Jams or Dancer With the Bruised Knees.

oops-xp

this thread is making me feel like i have the tiniest penis ever.

ah, size is irrelevant (er, I'm talking about records here). I have 35 years or so of collecting behind me, much of it spent on 50-cent goodwill crap. it looks so much more impressive than it actually is, trust me!

Does that copy of England's Newest Hitmakers have the poster?

Also I'm coonnnnstantly having to upgrade CD racks; I have about 350 (CDs} right now and would like something (preferably Ikea) that'd hold up to 6 or 700. Any recommendations, folks? I have a Robin shelf from Ikea (see http://www.hoerspiele.de/specials/aufbewahrung/bilder/a004-1.jpg ) and I can't stand how narrow the shelves are; I wish I could remove the middle barrier.

actually, Thus Sang, that Stones cover on display is a clock! I have a proper version of the album, but no poster.

Glory be, it is a clock!

albeit a clock which does not actually work.

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

So what's the box set two to the right of Rhino's Sugar Hill box (and after a Stones one, I believe)? It looks like it says WHITNEY. And it looks like it's on Arista. A Whitney Houston box set??

And why on earth are you KEEPING two Spector boxes? It's an awful box! (Well, okay not AWFUL. But definitely could be one disc.)

LOVE this thread!! And where can we see Seward's collection?

this picture is about 6 months old.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/518440591_13be7bb0ed_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/478943241_f9daf78f84.jpg%3Fv%3D0

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

hm.. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/478943241_59bc31d277_o.jpg

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.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1025/1492041526_b8cde517c5.jpg

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.

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-2.jpg

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-3.jpg

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-6.jpg

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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http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-4.jpg
Anyone guess what the 45 at the front of the stash is?

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-5.jpg
Pet Shop Boys to Prince, basically.

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/pix/sw-8.jpg
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:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/1564484515_e6d2ffef22.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2092/1564484353_04181c21fb.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2187398094_0545e3b95f.jpg?v=0

closet is way too full. need more shelves:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2186613181_a59cb1ca10_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2256/2186613121_53dcae0582_b.jpg

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!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/2187451584_b58c22a146.jpg

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:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2187619238_da09a2f1b6_b.jpg

books & records:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2186832259_3548575efa_b.jpg

CDs:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2355/2186826537_5d83bba467.jpg

more CDs:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2187619988_d8f469fbda_b.jpg

close-up:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2187619988_d8f469fbda_b.jpg

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

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/2187619704_0ec9169319_b.jpg

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.

nice shelves-bauhaus-poster convo happening there!

Yes, very nice!

Nice setup, Scik!

Blue Jeans -- I actually used to watch that TV in my bedroom in the '90s until the screen went black. I'd like to get it going again but I don't know enough about electronics to know if it's an easy fix.

> nice shelves-bauhaus-poster convo happening there!

eames chairs also.

ya'alls apartments are a lot neater than mine..
http://i.imgur.com/3NNOtyF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xdacigN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Jts9n31.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/62fYibl.jpg

newest addition, shelf for 78s:
http://i.imgur.com/sTS7IF1.jpg

bonus cat:
http://i.imgur.com/lboOHIC.jpg

also, a bunch of the records on the metal shelves are not mine. maybe the top half is wife and roommate.

@ian : fear not, i too look at the pics and wonder WTF is going on.

i run a clean house, but dear god, some of these pics make me want to get the dyson out at 3am, and hand over 28% of my belongings to the local charity shop.

nice star trek dvds

I moved the giant scratching pillar and the crap on the table out of shot.

I moved the giant scratching pillar and the crap on the table out of shot.

haha .. if that were the only real life shyte i had to deal with to make my place look presentable ..

Why, how big is your scratching pillar?

I have a large, walk-in cupboard in my living room which I'm starting to think of using to store my CDs and records, as I'm sick of them commandeering the entire living room wall space. I'm looking for inspiration - has anyone done this kind of thing? Or got any impressive photos from elsewhere?

The cupboard is a good size (I still need to measure it though) and very tall (Glasgow tenement), so if I got custom shelving put in up the ceiling it would probably hold everything with a modest space in the middle to walk in and select things.

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.