I'm so curious about your record collection, sorry if you've talked about this before/too many questions
Do you focus on collecting a specific genre?
Do you mind repressings or do you try and focus on orignal pressings?
Any records with a "can't believe i randomly came across this" story?
Favourite record that was gifted to you?
Any albums you've bought as a souvenir for a trip?
Whats your routine when you get a new record? Ie. Do you listen to it right away, do you do chores/scroll through phone ?
Do you ever buy an album with no prior knowledge (you liked the musicians on the album, liked the album art etc)
Do you have a specific list of albums you want or do you pick up whatever you happen to come across? Any grails you're still searching for?
no apologies necessary! i love talking about records and collecting so this is sincerely appreciated <3
i collect a pretty wide range of genres! i would say that the genres i've collected the most of over the years are jazz soul and folk (which is pretty fitting given those are the ones i tend to spin the most while DJing)
i don't mind repressings at all given 1) they're often cheaper 2) they can be easier to find than original pressings and 3) many times the mix on repressings can be better than originals—a shining example from my collection would be the 1997 iggy pop mix of the stooges raw power (which actually just got remastered in 2023), which is FAR superior to both the original mix and whatever the hell bowie thought he was doing with his mix lol
i am very dedicated to the art of cratedigging so i do often find records that i am pleasantly surprised to stumble across; to share one example from the other day while at my new local shop, i found a copy of ike white's single "changin' times" which is notoriously hard to find so i immediately had to scoop it up (especially because it's super relevant to a research project i have going but that's a sidebar)
folks on here have heard me talk about this many times over but my grandmother gave me my first records in my collection which were all the beatles albums she had as a teenager and those are probably the most special records i've ever been given
it can be kind of hard to travel with a ton of records if you haven't prepped in advance to pack them safely so i don't tend to buy them if i'm flying somewhere and don't have a sturdy bag to bring them back but i did buy a bunch of records when i was last in london and got creative about bringing them back to the states (i can't remember everything i bought but i definitely got black flag's in my head and fela kuti's afrodisiac)
i don't really have a routine when i buy new records tbh; i do my best to listen to them soon after i buy them because i do think it's silly to have them sitting around in plastic unlistened (because what's the point of having them if you're not going to listen to them) but sometimes titles do end up sitting around for a while lmao
i love blind buying records especially from the dollar bin; it's a fun way to discover new artists on the cheap and you never know what you're gonna get! that being said i am a big proponent of using store listening stations especially if you're buying used just so you have a clear understanding of what you're getting and what condition the record is in
my discogs wantlist is over a thousand titles deep LMFAO; i'm always on the lookout for albums on that list + i am a completist when it comes to certain artists' work so there are definitely titles still out there for me to find!
