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How do you guys/ladies store your vinyl collections? Pictures?
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I ordered this from IKEA I only have 120 LP's this will hold about 280 so I am good for a while and then I'll get another cube
I had about that many maybe 2-3 years ago, and went (and am still) going through the exact same thing you are. Countless thrift stores, yard sales, internet buys, record shows and weekly trips to the local used record store have pushed that count up to about 3,000 (and that doesn't even compare to some of the collections here). Local people will find out you're interested in buying (friend's friends, etc.) and you'll likely come across some very large collections.At the rate you're buying, I can tell you from experience you'll need more space. I finally purchased a shelving system that has 16 13 1/2" square holes (it looks similar to Cactus' white shelves). I bought it at (you guessed it) a yard sale. I'll need at least 1 more, maybe 2.
Edits: 08/22/10
If you truely have been "bitten", it won't take any time at all to fill that shelf!
:^)
Rick
It's all about the music!
ya Rick I considered a bigger unit already. I think I am trying to limit my vinyl buying to space on hand right now. I will probably stop at the IKEA in Portland in Sept when I am there for the record convention 9/26/10
I will eventually also go there and buy new cabinets when my remodel gets done.
They make decent cabinets for the money.
Enjoy!
Rick
It's all about the music!
Here is my present storage dilema...the stuff on the floor is now put away, but before I had storage space, it looked this bad for awhile! Lots of old gear, some I don't know why I even keep it?About 80% of my collection is in my basement until my remodel is finished, as I completely gutted my home, changed the layout of the walls, new plumbing, all new electrical using using only metal clad (MC)cable throughtout and all metal boxes. Each of the 4 dedicated Audio circuits have an isolated ground, common ground, and the outer metal sheath of the wire and metal boxes act as a shield/drain for stray emf.
Looking forward to when the remodel is done!
Rick
It's all about the music!
Edits: 08/20/10 08/21/10
Rick,
Gotta thank you buddy. While my wife was browsing this thread last night she saw your collection... which makes mine look a lot smaller and maybe not so extreme as she thinks it is. :-)
Well, I was more referring to the messyness of everything...
Enjoy your Weekend!
Rick
It's all about the music!
At any one time the current "in rotation" group of ca. 350 of our ca. 1500 LPs are in my small listening room. I didn't have any horizontal space so I made a simple oak case that straddles the subwoofer.
Some more are in here in the adjacent room, a simple painted cabinet in the form of a pie safe. This one holds LPs that need to go to the basement but haven't made it there yet. Poplar and cabinet-grade birch ply.
The rest are in a wall system in the basement, in our home office space...the wall system is the same style and finish as the pie safe but I don't have an image handy. It's sometimes cumbersome to drag LPs back and forth from the basement system and in and out of the "in rotation" and "overflow" groups but that's what I have to do.
Jim
Jim, Mrs. Cactus here...I like your space. It looks peaceful, relaxing and neat. I'm guessing your married since there are candles and knick-knacks around and you are making use of a pie safe. Most guys wouldn't know what a pie safe is. I can imagine that it is a pain to keep shuffling the records around but I bet you keep your wife happy by not overtaking the house with your record collection :)
Thank you Mrs. Cactus. Yes, married with two adolescents running around the house. I designed and built the pie safe for my bride about 18 yrs ago, and while it's been used for a number of things over the years it's never had a pie in it! With raised panels in the doors rather than punched tin there isn't a lot of air circulation in there anyway:)Regarding our small collection, my bride takes full responsibility for it as it was her idea that we unbox our LPs etc about five years ago, following everything being boxed up in the mid-90s and staying boxed through two household moves. I think it was one of her best ideas ever!
Edits: 08/21/10 08/21/10
Library style.
189 running feet for 12" discs.
80 running feet for 10" discs.
22 running feet for 7" discs and reel-to-reel tape.
The rolling ladder allows access to the two upper shelves. The walls are 9'10".
The most recent installation of shelves for twelve inchers. Since the photo was taken, I've added a steel bar for the ladder to roll on and the shelves are partially filled with LPs.
Recently completed shelving for 10" LPs and 78s. This unit is 22" wide, open both sides. The large beige file cabinet has drawers 15" deep. With a lengthwise divider, it's perfect for 7" discs and open reel tape boxes.
I designed the shelving and fabricated it myself, out in my shop. Some of the shelving in photo 1 appears a 'hodgepodge' because I used existing shelving units and fit them together as best I could.
Yes, the floor is concrete underneath the tile. The 'mancave' is a converted two-car garage.
Very nice, you did a great job with your shelves.
Don't let your wife see my photo's....... he he he
:^)
Enjoy!
Rick
It's all about the music!
and I thought the Grateful Dead had the wall of sound. I would never leave the MAN CAVE, or change the name to Heaven.
very nice how are they organized?
The big "wall of sound" holds all the Rock, Pop, Folk, Country Western, Jazz, and Blues records. All genres lumped together with LPs filed alphabetically from A-Z, from George Abdo's "The Art Of Belly Dancing" to ZZ Top's "Delerious" promo 12" single. They're packed fairly loose on the shelves, so there's only about 7,000 LPs there. I can put my hands on any record within twenty seconds.
Other seperate categories for LPs:
Classical
Childrens
Comedy/Party records
Soundtracks/TV/Broadway show
Spoken Word, Environmental Sounds, and Miscellaneous
Various Artists Compilations
Many of the 78s and 45s await cleaning, listening to, culling, filing on shelves, etc... My goal is to have all records 33/45/78 completely organized by the end of 2011.
that very nice............I wish I lived there I would help just to listen to tunes all day. I would love to work in a record store but the pay would not pay my bills. I have been in the restaurant industry for 30 years. If I had the capital I would open a vintage audio and vinyl cafe. My loves all in one. Use the audio as art all playable of course play great vinyl and serve good food, beer and wine.
I noticed the photos on my husband's computer so I asked to look at them (I had permission to enter the man cave.) I told him I wanted to write to the group to ask everyone to encourage him to STOP buying records at garage sales, thrift shops, etc. If he could just STOP until the piles of records already at our house were cleaned & organized, it wouldn't take him until the end of 2011 to finally be done. See, he didn't show you the piles of records he has that aren't in the man cave....and he keeps buying more. I don't get it although I'm sure you all do. Be a real friend and fellow audiofile and tell him to "JUST SAY NO" to acquiring more records - for now. He doesn't listen to me.
She just doesn't get it and she is a musician (singer.) Then again, she is happy listening to a $20.00 CD player from Wal-Mart which drives me nuts.
A perennial favorite around here. Lots of discussion on this in the archives.
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