Another collection of essential albums.
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One thing I notice is the âaversionâ to record sleeves in most posts. I would not store/have a record without a sleeve but I seem to be in a minorityđ
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Staple Singers 
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I would say 50% to 60% of mine are sleeved.
All new ones get sleeved as soon as they arrive.
Old collection records get cleaned and sleeved as they are played, or sometimes I go on a binge and do a dozen at once. Thatâs only happened a few times though.
Obviously the 40% to 50% that are not yet sleeved are records I havenât played in a LONG timeâŚ
Itâs the very first thing I do whenever I buy a record, new or used: check sleeve, clean it if necessary and stick a sleeve on it. Then I proceed to clean the record itself even if new. All my records have a sleeve. Maybe a little OCD.
Iâm definitely getting there, but Rome wasnât built in a dayâŚ
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All my records â new or used â get a fresh inner sleeve and a 5mil outer sleeve.
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Apart the Bill Withers pure pleasure reissue, all are original ones in Mint/ Near Mint condition. I have a little collection but itâs a result of many years. I sold thousands of lps since 30 years, to only keep my favourites.
Around 250 jazz rock/ fusion, originals too . Apart two Jeff Beck and one Hancock. ( Analogue production reissues). But the same as originals too.
42 soul funk.
Around 30 blues/ pop rock.
If I had kept all I had bought since maybe 1985, I would have easily 5 times more.
The same applies to my cds. I kept around 200 albums. Sold a lot during all the years.
I will proceed the same with downloads. Will delete the average or bad ones.
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Sleeves kill the magical contact with the albums, and the smell too. I am not joking.
Audiophile reissues can be inside sleeves, but not originals. Just me of course.
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Most of mine (at least 70%) are in the thin soft type sleeves (as opposed to the old hard ones). I did hate that you couldnât always read the spines easy so now the open end of the sleeve is trimmed and at the front, if that make sense!
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Very liberal!
Wow, is that an entire shelf of Gary Numan Records? As Roy Castle wouldâve said: âNow, thatâs dedicationââŚ
Well itâs 1 section plus about 1/3 but well spotted sir - still remember that top of the pops debut!
Like your Everhot!!
Sorry, it was a bit voyeuristic, but I was intrigued! I think Gary owes you a flight in his HarvardâŚ
He sold that years ago - strangely enough the last thing he put on instagram was his missus playing with a mini dump truck at their house in the highlands! No more flying around for him LOL
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I tend to put sleeves on new purchases and my âtreasuredâ records - not necessarily valuable or scarce, just records that Iâd not want to be without.
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Just had a breeze back to my old lunchtime venue.
Itâs still there, mainly CDs and a nice exhibition of concert photos.
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Lovely place, thank you for sharing!
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