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Old 08-01-2017, 05:22 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
If so then I'm out, bros. There are many of you who would be tedious in public. Not naming any names but you know who you are.
Yes. yes we do.
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500 is a benchmark number. I think the protagonist in the Hornby novel mentioned the number 500 as being a minimum for a serious music collector. I never even listen to my vinyl any more but I still have over 1000 records. It probably maxed out at 2000 (including singles) but tons of it was stolen living in a hippy houses.

I still call digital releases albums, records, and singles. My phone is the only medium I listen to anymore. It's not sound; it's convenience. I don't even have to get out of bed.
A novel about trains, huh?

I think I got up to just over 400 albums before CDs became a thing, and you had to basically buy your whole record collection over again.
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