Culling my CD/record collection

TheMarlin

Also interested in Irish folk

ICBM

darthed1981 said:

Scare yourself - listen to some you haven't listened to in ages, or more than once, or (admit it) at all...

you'd be amazed how many raise a staggering "meh".

Then the culling will be somewhat easier...

I found there are about ten-fifteen bands I love to pieces and still buy their physical media, and the rest I can take or leave alongside new stuff.

For me the deciding factor to get rid used to be ‘do I dislike this?’ - I’ve bought a vast amount of music from charity shops, often on the basis of just whether it looks interesting. That meant I had a large amount of music which I didn’t actually dislike but didn’t actively like either.

When the collection got out of hand I changed that to ‘would I miss this if I never heard it again?’ There’s a significant amount that can go, on that basis - there are a surprising number of albums I’ve found which I thought I liked, but on reflection I couldn’t name a single song on and even after listening again, don’t really hear anything memorable.

There’s now a growing box of rejects... I suppose I could list them here as well, but to be honest I’ll probably just take them back to a charity shop after lockdown.

Cols

Vinyl first then.  Deep breath....

7” singles

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Taste the Pain

Red Hot Chili Peppers –Higher Ground

Red Hot Chili Peppers –Breaking the Girl

Red Hot Chili Peppers –The Abbey Road EP

Faith No More - Midlife Crisis (coloured vinyl)

Faith No More - A Small Victory (coloured vinyl)

Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive

Fishbone – Everyday Sunshine/Fight the Youth

Love/Hate - Wasted In America

Freddie Mercury/Monserrat Caballe – Barcelona

Kiss – Unholy

Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction (Picture disc)

Metallica – Nothing Else Matters

Motley Crue – Dr Feelgood

Terrorvision – Some People Say

Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike (Picture disc)

Spinal Tap – Bitch School

Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender

Poison  - Until You Suffer Some (picture disc)

Spitting Image – The Chicken Song

Brian May – Driven By You

Brian May – Why Don’t We Try Again (picture disc)

Extreme - Rest In Peace

Extreme - Get The Funk Out

Bad Company – Wild Fire Women

Queen – Stormtroopers In Stilettos (coloured vinyl RSD reissue)

Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy (Limited Edition Square coloured vinyl)

Rollins Band – Liar/Disconnect (limited edition poster set)

Aha – The Blood That Moves The Body

Mannie Haniff – Dho Bho Kha Tha

Arthur Lowe Reads Mr Happy and Mr Jelly

Rainbow Theme and Windy Day from the kids’ TV series Rainbow

Laurel and Hardy - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine/Honolulu Baby

Cols

10” singles/EPs

Megadeth – Skin Of My Teeth (Boxed set)

Anthrax – Black Lodge

12” singles/EPs

Aerosmith – Livin’ on the Edge (Ltd Edition Picture Disc)

Extreme – Rest in Peace (Limited Edition poster version)

Hole In My Shoe – Neil From The Young Ones

Megadeth – Sweating Bullets (coloured vinyl paranoid pressing)

Pearl Jam – Go

Poison – So Tell Me Why (coloured vinyl)

Poison – Until You Suffer Some (white vinyl, giant poster)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fight Like a Brave

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground (picture disc)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends (poster edition)

Suicidal Tendencies – Possessed to Skate (picture disc)

Stone Temple Pilots – Plush (picture disc)

Tin Machine – Baby Universal

Terrorvision – My House

Cols

Albums:

Horslips – Drive the Cold Winter Away

Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill

Brian Ferry/Roxy Music – Street Life

Brian Ferry – These Foolish Things

The Bothy Band

Edgar Broughton Band – Bandages

Jackson Browne – Running on Empty

Budgie – In For the Kill

Camembert Electronique – Gong

Aerosmith – Greatest Hits

Faith No More – Introduce Yourself

Anthrax – Persistence of Time

Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction

Motley Crue – Theatre of Pain

Shout at the Devil

Girls Girls Girls

Poison – Flesh and Blood

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mothers Milk

Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies – Lights Camera Revolution

Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid

Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from the Nutcracker Ballet

UB40 – Labour of Love

Queen – Greatest Hits II

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog

Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (2015 Record Store Day picture disc, still in cellophane)

The Fontanas – Songs of the Irish Rebellion

Third World - 96° in the Shade

Steppenwolf – For Ladies Only

Sparks – Propaganda

Don McLean – Playin’ Favorites

Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run

Heart – Dreamboat Annie

Gallagher and Lyle – The Last Cowboy

Andy Fraser – In Your Eyes

Jose Feliciano – Fantastic Feliciano

Jose Feliciano – Souled

Jose Feliciano –Feliciano!

The Dubliners – Drinkin’ & Courtin’

The World of Val Doonican

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen – Tales From the Ozone

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen – Country Casanova

The Chieftains – Bonaparte’s Retreat

The Chieftains 3

Walter Carlos’ Clockwork Orange

Golden Hour Of Children’s TV Favourites

All Aboard!  24 Original All-time Children’s Favourites

Wally Whyton – 50 More all-time Children’s Favourites

The Encyclopaedia of Children’s Stories and Nursery Rhymes

Cols

Don't get judgy - remember, these are the ones which are going.  There may be some more Irish Folk vinyl, but I have to wait until Mrs Cols is out to have a listen to them otherwise she gets all stabby.

I'll list the CDs later. 

revsorg

How much do these cost?

Cols

I honestly have no idea; at this point I've just made an inventory.  Some of them are evidently rare, others common as muck or maybe just of interest to the enthusiast.  There's nearly 100 records of varying rarity and condition (and the CDs to come), so it'll take a bit of time to figure out costs.

Creed_Clicks

Keep the "top 10, 20, 50 etc", cull the rest, that's what I did. A few I should have kept in hindsight, but no major drama. Happy with my decision. Most of them I had not listened to in years, so only kept the ones I know I will put on and have put on regularly.

revsorg

I can't speak for anyone else - how much they feel they should pay, or want to pay, but personally I've been boosting my record collection for the last few months, sometimes from my local record shop (South Records in Southend), sometimes new records from Amazon, but mostly second-hand on eBay.  I've spent hours watching the auctions and generally speaking almost nothing sells, so I'm the only bidder.  I exaggerate - but only slightly.  On eBay I only buy records that end up under £10 including postage.  My most recent definitely-second-hand Herb Alpert album had a 25p Salvation Army shop sticker on it, and I paid a total of under £5 for it including delivery.  Although some sellers say they professionally clean all their discs this has proven very far from the truth.  Fortunately I'm happy with surface noise because some of the discs I've bought have been amazingly crackly.

So, your Sparks Propaganda album intrigued me, I searched eBay and there are dozens of these for sale ranging from £110 down to £6.60.  Of these, if I were choosing one, I'd have the patience to wait for the one that is £6.60 where the auction ends in 5 days, and then probably be mildy disappointed when it arrived to find that the sleeve isn't still glued together properly and the disc is gritty.  There are many good reasons why your copy might sell for more than this minimum price.

One thing I've noticed is that some people send discs in purpose-made cardboard sleeves, that are adaptable to containing multiple discs if required, while other people have clearly scavenged for cardboard and used a ton of packing tape, bubble wrap and clingfilm.  Personally I'm lucky enough not to have to deal with selling things - arranging packaging, shipping them to the post office, all that malarky.  But surely if you're selling a bunch of albums the temptation must be to sell bundles of them to minimise legwork.

ronnyb

I found an easy way of unloading my vinyl LP collection. A few years ago we had moved into a smaller bungalow and space was a problem so i took them to a secondhand record shop in the nearby city to sell on commission. There was about 60 LP's and though none of it would be of interest to collectors due to condition there were early Beatles Stones and Who discs. I left them with the owner who said he would have to sell them individually to achieve the best price. I left it about a month and returned to the shop to see how he was getting on with them. The shop was empty, owner gone, no contact details, nothing. At least it was hassle free.  

Cols

ronnyb said:

I found an easy way of unloading my vinyl LP collection. A few years ago we had moved into a smaller bungalow and space was a problem so i took them to a secondhand record shop in the nearby city to sell on commission. There was about 60 LP's and though none of it would be of interest to collectors due to condition there were early Beatles Stones and Who discs. I left them with the owner who said he would have to sell them individually to achieve the best price. I left it about a month and returned to the shop to see how he was getting on with them. The shop was empty, owner gone, no contact details, nothing. At least it was hassle free.  

That's bloody awful.  

Maybe he got an astronomical price for them and retired to his own private island?

Cols

revsorg said:

So, your Sparks Propaganda album intrigued me, I searched eBay and there are dozens of these for sale ranging from £110 down to £6.60.  

£110 seems somewhat aspirational...

Dug it out to have a look at it.  It's the 1974 original; no wear marks on the sleeve and the sticker still attached, but some creases.  The inner is in excellent condition; the vinyl has some surface marks which don't affect playability and aren't audible.

£10 plus whatever postage is?

sweepy

If you do have a vinyl list I’d be very interested 

Cols

Updated list of the vinyl LPs with prices this time.  Shipping seems to be about £4-5 by Royal Mail signed for 2nd class, but happy to take suggestions from m'learned friends.

£1 each or £5 for the lot

All Aboard!  24 Original All-time Children’s Favourites

Golden Hour Of Children’s TV Favourites

Jose Feliciano – Fantastic Feliciano

Jose Feliciano – Souled

Jose Feliciano –Feliciano!

Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from the Nutcracker Ballet

The Encyclopaedia of Children’s Stories and Nursery Rhymes

The World of Val Doonican

Wally Whyton – 50 More all-time Children’s Favourites

£5 each or 5 for £20

Andy Fraser – In Your Eyes

Brian Ferry – These Foolish Things

Brian Ferry/Roxy Music – Street Life

Camembert Electronique – Gong

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen – Country Casanova

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen – Tales From the Ozone

Don McLean – Playin’ Favorites

Gallagher and Lyle – The Last Cowboy

Jackson Browne – Running on Empty

Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog

The Bothy Band

The Chieftains – Bonaparte’s Retreat

The Chieftains 3

The Dubliners – Drinkin’ & Courtin’

Third World - 96° in the Shade

Walter Carlos’ Clockwork Orange

Heart – Dreamboat Annie

£10 each or 3 for £25

Aerosmith – Greatest Hits

Edgar Broughton Band – Bandages

Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill

Horslips – Drive the Cold Winter Away

Led Zeppelin - Four Symbols

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

Led Zeppelin II

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mothers Milk

Sparks – Propaganda

Steppenwolf – For Ladies Only

The Fontanas – Songs of the Irish Rebellion

UB40 – Labour of Love

£15 each

Anthrax – Persistence of Time

Budgie – In For the Kill

Faith No More – Introduce Yourself

Led Zeppelin III

Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (Mint, in cellophane wrap)

Motley Crue – Theatre of Pain

Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil

Suicidal Tendencies – Lights Camera Revolution

Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies

£20 each

Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid

Poison – Flesh and Blood

Queen – Greatest Hits II (first pressing)

Reverend

I'd be interested in the following please:

Suicidal tendencies s/t
Budgie
Fnm - introduce yourself
Hawkwond
Edgar Broughton 
Led zep 2

Cols

Fine choices @Reverend; PMed you.

Cols

Here's the list of CDs (mostly albums, some singles) for those who are interested.  All in good nick.

Albums - £2 each or 3 for £5

Aha - Scoundrel Days

American Head Charge - The War Of Art

Bach  - Concertos

BBM - Around the Next Dream

Beatles - Let it Be

Beatles with Tony Sheridan

Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky

Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

Black Crowes - Before the Frost

Black Crowes - Warpaint

Bunko

Carols from Kings College Cambridge

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um

Charlie Parker - Ornithology

Coldstar

Confused Blues - Soul Offer

Dexter Gordon - 4 album set - Doin' Alright; Dexter Calling; Go; Our Man In Paris

Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds

Eric Clapton with Jimmy Page, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and the Yardbirds

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Grieg - Peer Gynt

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

Hurtsmile

Iggy Pop - Avenue B

Iggy Pop - Beat Em Up

Iggy Pop - Skull Ring

James - Laid

James Morrison - The Awakening

Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow

Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

John Spencer Blues Explosion - Extra Width

Knock Out Kaine - Rise of the Electric Jester

Lenny Kravitz - Circus

Leonard Rose/Glenn Gould - Bach Sonatas

Melanie C - Northern Star

Mercury Tilt Switch - Know Where Your Exits Are

Methyl Orange

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Mudvayne - LD50

Mussorgsky Borodin Pictures at an Exhibition

NIN - Year Zero

Paul McCartney - All the Best!

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

Pearl Jam - Ten

Pearl Jam - Yield

Peel

Prefab Sprout - 38 Carat Collection

Queen and Paul Rogers - The Cosmos Rocks

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan

Robert Johnson - The Blues Collection

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street Remastered

Rollins Band - Get Some and Go Again

Rollins Band - Nice

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday Express Sampler

Silverchair - Frogstone

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collossus

Squander Pilots - Things Happen To You

Stanley Clarke - School Days

Sting and Shaggy - 44/876

Strauss Collection

Tchiakovsky - Ballet Favorites

Tchiakovsky - The Nutcracker

The Blues Brothers Soundtrack

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

The Who - A Quick One

Torsten Rasch - Mein Herz Brennt

Udo Jurgens - Zeig mir den Platz an der Sonne

Various - 20 Jahre Weiner Mozart Orchester

Various - A Classical Christmas Celebration

Various - Classic Childrens Songs

Various - Come and Play

Various - Rock Around The Clock

Various - Rock Legends

Various - The Blues Collection (3 disc set)

Various - Whole Lotta Blues - Songs of Led Zeppelin

 

Singles/EPs - 50p each

Aerosmith - Livin' on the Edge

Aqua - Barbie Girl

Aurora - Hear You Calling

Brad - 20th Century

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

Crash Test Dummies - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

Freak Power - Turn In, Tune In, Cop Out

Green Jelly - Anarchy in the UK

Hulk Hogan with Green Jelly - I'm the Leader of the Gang

Jim Carrey - Cuban Pete

Lenny Kravitz - Again

Manic Street Preachers - New Art Riot EP

Motley Crue - Hooligan's Holiday

Motley Crue - Hooligan's Holiday Limited Edition Remix

Poison - Stand

Poison - Unskinny Bop

Skin - The Skin EP

Spin Doctors - Cleopatra's Cat

Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues

Spin Doctors - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (2 CD & DVD) - £5

ICBM

If no-one else has got there first, I’d like these please!

A-Ha - Scoundrel Days
Beatles with Tony Sheridan
Robert Johnson - Blues Collection
The Who - A Quick One
Aurora - Hear You Calling
Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise

Cols

Happy to see them go to a good home @ICBM - I’ve PMed you.