You Know You Have Too Many Records When....

Interesting analysis.

 

It's a trick question - no one has too many records.

Theoretically, if the person who owns the largest record collection in the world ever married the person who owns the second largest record collection in the world AND they decided not to discard the duplicates THEN maybe you could say that they have too many. But ONLY them and ONLY in that one imaginary scenario.

Everyone else is fine.

 

Not mine, I assure you!

 

.... when you have two of those massive Sandy Denny complete box sets and I have none.

 

You bought an abandoned Tower Records store, complete with all of its empty racks, and it wasn't enough space.

 

The Library of Congress calls you when they don't have a specific recording.

 

This is a record collection of the Gods.

 

You buy used copies of your sealed albums because it's just not right to open up sealed albums.

 

This is a bad idea...Trust me on this one.

 

...You want to move to California, but it would be easier to move California to the record collection!

 

...your house is appraised below market value without the records. With the records, you could sell the property for 10 million dollars!

 

...you actually tell people you invented the 45rpm record.

 

...you start buying multiple albums just because of "hype sticker variations"!

 

...you find it perfectly normal to own 600 copies of More of the Monkees.

 

...your car gets stolen and three months later you still haven't worked out what CDs were in there and are now lost.

Yeah, it happened...

 

...you have soundtrack albums for films that were never even shown in theatres!

 

...you find it perfectly normal to have 20 different variations of A Hard Day's Night on United Artists.

 

If car insurance claims are anything like homeowners claims, you're probably only getting a check for $400. Spend it wisely. Yeah, it happened to me, too.

 

...you even collect "Chu-Bops Bubble Gum Records"!

(I have two myself for Unmasked by Kiss. The album was "bubble gum" after all)...

 

...your roof caved in and the most pressing concern was "Are the records alright?"

 

...even your albums by Looking Glass number in the hundreds!

 

when a stranger walks into your home and is gobsmacked! by how many records you have,
and your like 'man, this is nothing compared to what others have'.
and you mean it quite sincerely and tell yourself 'I don't have a vinyl addiction problem'

 

...you even have albums in the attic!

(At least Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic).

 

...your electric bill is consisently through the roof due solely to playing the stereo 24/7!

 

.....I happily leave cd's piled up on the cd player as have no room or time to continually try and remove less important cds so i can fit the new ones in the racks. I debate with myself constantly what needs to stay and what needs to be moved out to that cardboard box in the loft (the one i'll give to my son/daughter..........eventually,) as its not really worth trading those cd's in for a few pence, they may end up being worth something.

And thats just cd's, dont get me started on vinyl.

I found a wonderful secondhand vinyl store, took in about 10 LPs to trade expecting to get very little and they offered me £65 store credit! Spent the next 3 months trying to spend it before learning they were closing and moving to bigger premises nearby, but will be closed for a few months. I have a whole pile of records (a good 10 or so,) ready to trade in when they re-open. Some really good items, (1) to make space as they're duplications and (2) because i know i'll go for more store credit and then struggle yet again to fit more purchases in.

Sigh!