DOWNSIZING, Part 1: LPs

I own a lot of stuff. I mean, I own a lot of stuff, much of it pretty cool stuff, at least in my biased opinion. Books. Comic books. LPs. 45s. CDs. Magazines. VHS tapes. DVDs. Blu-Rays. 8-tracks. Flexi-discs. Mini-discs (though none prerecorded). Posters. Tchotches of all size and description. 

And as much as I love my stacks and stacks and stacks of stuff, I have too much. Downsizing is imperative. Although I expect to remain in this world for quite some time to come, and I further plan to keep adding new stuff at will, I don't want my daughter to have to clean up my amassed stuff when the time finally comes for me to exit. I'm going to get rid of at least some of my stuff in the here and now.

I've always purged items from my collection. Starting before the pandemic, I began getting a little more ruthless in my culling. I sold a large percentage of my comic books. I sold a lot of my books (which are the most difficult thing for me to let go of). I sold a bunch more books last year and this year, and I also sold roughly two-fifths of my LP and 12" single collection.

This is all that's left:

I no longer buy vinyl, and I very, very rarely play the vinyl I have. It was time. I still have a lot, including cherished keepsakes like a KISS album my sister gave me, another KISS album my parents gave me, an Elvis Costello and the Attractions album my girlfriend (and eventual wife) gave me, a bunch of records that have never been issued on CD, and various I'm hangin' on to THESE works by the Beatles, the Ramones, and the Flashcubes. And more. There's still a great deal of MORE!! here.

Just a little less MORE!! than there used to be. I'll turn my attention to further downsizing my comic books and CDs in the near future. 

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