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

...Your house weighs about 4 tons and your record collection about 10!

 

...You've yet to hear a copy of Beggar's Banquet you're completely satisfied with and you only have 68 different pressings.

 

...Of the ten lowest numbered White Albums known to be circulating, you've owned 7 of them!

 

...you buy yet another copy of a KISS record that you already own multiple copies of, just because you are in the mood to buy SOMETHING, but that's the only cool thing you can find.

 

What a wonderful idea!

 

They fall on you and s-l-o-w-l-y crush you to death.

 

For me....

• You buy a record and get home and realize you already have it
• You start selling records that most people would kill to get because you have more than 1 or you never listen to it
• You've eliminated most of your reissues because you already had multiple previous re issues and/or original pressings of said record
• You are constantly coming across records you forgot you had
• You struggle on what to listen to because you have too many choices

 

...Goldmine's Price Guide is a comprehensive aid, for about one third of your collection!

 

This literally actually happened for me. They bought a Promo CD Single I owned for a reissue project last year. Definitely a cool feeling.

 

...You have a turntable in the bathroom!

 

That's awesome!

I was also thinking of chart historian Joel Whitburn. You will see fine print in almost all liner note booklets saying "Chart positions courtesty of Joel Whitburn and Record Research". You guys are who these topics are made for.

 

A production assistant from Hoarders cold calls you about taping an episode at your house for the next sweeps season.

 

...You single-handedly keep every protective record sleeve manufacturer in the country afloat!

 

You can't get to the front door and are literally trapped in your house by walls of evil black round disks.

 

...Your idea of "controlling yourself" for Sgt Pepper's 50th was to buy the Super Deluxe box, the 2 LP deluxe, and the recent single LP remix, but pass on the picture disc.

 

...Your copies of Led Zeppelin II have their own room in the house.

 

...You probably account for 60% of The Doors back catalogue sales!

 

...The local record shop had to shut down for a month for maintenance, so they just worked out of your house until the place was up and running again!

 

...You have more vinyl on pre-order than most have in a physical collection.

 

...You have more vinyl at your doorstep each morning than most have in a lifetime collection!

 

...2017 marked your lowest amount of vinyl mail deliveries over the course of one year - 750.

 

...Your weekly garbage consists of two bags of kitchen trash, and 15 bags of opened cardboard LP mailers!

 

You buy other copies of some LPs simply because it's easier than trying to find them within your own collection.

Or, you don't remember if you have it or not.

 

...The last time your record collection totaled under 100,000, The Love Boat was still on the air!

 

...The last time your record collection totaled under 100,000, you had just added Hotel California to it - fresh off the record store's new releases shelf!