weight of vinyl records

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about how much does one foot of vinyl record weigh? including sleeves, of course.

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1196123

^^^that guy says 40 lbs. i'm sure some of you must have experience with this.

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:06 (sixteen years ago) link

45s or LPs?

i would guess between 3 and 10 kg

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link

12"

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link

if you lay it flat, probably about 200 grams

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link

you are the most clever

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link

anyway how many LPs is in a foot, maybe 200, 300? now that i think about it that's quite a bit more than 10kg (or 40lb for that matter)

if i had scales at home i could actually give you an accurate answer but i don't

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link

in a foot i would say maybe 100 tops. my record box is relatively thin, rammed full its like 60 records. its probably a little over half a foot wide. that bitch is heavy, too.

pipecock, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah, it's right around 100 records per foot, depending on the the jackets

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link

well, as long as it's under 70 pounds

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link

i think a cubic foot of records is about 85 LPs and maybe 50 pounds.

ian, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link

two LPs is a bit over a pound if i remember correctly from my time selling records by the pound at FMU.

ian, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link

my visualisation skills are clearly in need of a tuneup

electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I6J7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

gr8080, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 04:23 (sixteen years ago) link

ian, that seems about right. most of my records are on middleweight vinyl, so i think it's between two or three per pound. i don't suppose it will matter once i get to the post office.

elan, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link

The weight of an LP varies depending on the artist, har har.

But seriously...Out of curiosity, I just now assembled my own rough cube, which required 89 albums - very close to Ian's figure of 85. So call it 87. And since he was right about the 85, I'll presume that he's also right about the 50lbs per cubic foot. (I don't own a scale.)

Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link


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