Old Records

debodun

debodun

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There are literally thousands of records in my house. 78 RPMs dating from when the disks were only impressed on one side to the 1950s. Also 33 RPM albums from the 1960s & 70s. I posted them for sale online and not one nibble. I even contacted vintage record shops and none are interested - none are buying 78s and my LP albums are not the music genre anyone wants. Now I don't know what to do with all those records.
 

There's a lot of worldwide vinyl junkies out there. Both condition and genre are imperative to make them marketable.

For example, old Blue Note from the 50's, early 60's can, and often do, command good $$$. Record Club pressings often have little or no value.

Used record shops will come and cherry pick, offering you pennies on the dollar.

Some older 7" titles hold a store of value, too - old-school reggae, northern soul.

Again, condition is paramount. Not only the vinyl, but the jacket, as well.

Flip through your collection. Check, by title, on eBay, searching their sold listings.
 

I used to have over 1,000 LP records. I am now down to about 200. I amuse myself by recording the best of the songs on to USB sticks. A 30 GB stick can have 800 songs and only use less than 20% of the capacity. To do this, I have a record player that plugs into my computer. I use a free software program called OBS Studio. It took me a bit of work to get things to work but now I am busy like that traditional Canadian beaver. When I am finished I take the records that I recorded from to Salvation Army and leave them there. I love listening to my favourite songs while driving my Ford Focus which has 2 USB outlets. Can't stand commercial radio with their terrible advertising so I listen to all my favourite Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, James Last, Johnny Horton, Marty Robbins, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. By now, you must get the picture.
By the way, I smile when I walk into a book store and find that they are selling vinyl for $40 Canadian. When I started buying my early Johnny Cash on the Sun label, I used to pay $2.99 Canadian; of course that was the early 1960s.
 
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My brother in law has made quite a hobby out of collecting old records. He sells or trades them, of course they have to be in good condition.
He was mentioning that records are coming back.
They are now selling record players in the stores again.
I wouldn't be to quick to get rid of them. Just go through them to make sure they don't have any major scratches.
I think the market for them will return.
 
debodun said:
There are literally thousands of records in my house. 78 RPMs dating from when the disks were only impressed on one side to the 1950s. Also 33 RPM albums from the 1960s & 70s. I posted them for sale online and not one nibble. I even contacted vintage record shops and none are interested - none are buying 78s and my LP albums are not the music genre anyone wants. Now I don't know what to do with all those records.
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Where did you post them? What kind of music?
 
I did contact Hudson Valley Vinyl - they do not buy 78s or the music genres I have which is mostly classical and easy listening. Then I tried posting them on FB Marketplace, FB Online Garage Sale and Craig's List.

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Great collection! I love classical also. My "grands" are shocked to see classical music cds along with my collection of 50's, 60's and country "oldies". Of course I don't recognize their music and have no desire too. To me that is not music!
 
@Packerjohn My husband is doing the same as you. He’s only transferring the songs he likes.

Both of his grandkids got record players last year so he’s sharing the records with them. Frankly, I think it‘s just the trendy thing to own. At least he knows the records are going somewhere acceptable right now. Not sure what he’ll do with the ones they don’t want.
 
Let them go.

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"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up." - Oscar Wilde
 
Growing up we always had music playing. My Parents had favorites and I liked them also. When I was about 10yrs old a friend of my Dad had a job filling jukeboxes. So almost every few weeks he dropped off 45's to me and my sister. We both still have hundreds of them.
 
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