How many 45s do you own?

[bosshoss]

Seems like an obvious question that hasn't ever come up before. This is an anonymous poll - your name will not appear beside your vote. If you want to disclose your "vote", you can do that in a comment.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

I've actually lost count. That's like asking Ted Nugent how many guns he owns.

 

[Jim]

Exact count is 6959

 

[Hallucalation]

25-49

 

[Frantic]

I've never counted them, probably never will.

 

[Michael W]

Approx 800

 

[eleelandc]

Some years ago I started a database in Filemaker so that I could keep track of what I have, what pressing, what shape etc... Eventually the technology caught up with me and I could 1) own a smartphone and 2) run filemaker on it instead of carrying a laptop with me. At some point I sort of decided that before adding it to my database, I needed to see if the record was represented on discogs (and if not, add it to that database). That slowed things down quite a bit. So now there is 30 feet or so of "not so recent arrivals" 45s in the closet that have not been processed into the collection... or the sell pile if I already have a nicer copy filed. Anyway in the filemaker database it currently says 13,319 45s in the collection (where I have done the data entry)... This is not to say that they are all like new shape, of a specific era, exciting musically or of one genre or another... To my ear there are some good ones in there though.

 

[Nightrocker]

Rough math... more or less 33 boxes x 150 each = 4,950

This spans all years/genres: New England '50s/'60s, New England '70s/'80s, U.S. punk/indie '70s/'80s, worldwide 1990s-present punk/garage/etc., plus reissues.

Pulled out a random 1990s box to see if the 150 estimate was accurate, and there were exactly 154 records in there! Granted, these all have picture sleeves.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Total number is meaningless. It has to be an equation which factors in rating, condition, rarity, and relevance. Extra points should be awarded for complete sets; for example, if you have every Ikon label for which at least one side rates no less than 4, you can score an extra 30% above the total value of that set.

 

[idiotpunk123]

I think a little over 2000. But I haven't counted them in a long time

 

[sanjuro73]

I have somewhere between 400-500. I started collecting a little over 3 years ago, and my focus has been on un-comped stuff for the most part.

 

[Heitkotter77]

Total number is meaningless. It has to be an equation which factors in rating, condition, rarity, and relevance. Extra points should be awarded for complete sets; for example, if you have every Ikon label for which at least one side rates no less than 4, you can score an extra 30% above the total value of that set.

Thanks for just sucking all the fun out of this.

 

[Frantic]

Total number is meaningless. It has to be an equation which factors in rating, condition, rarity, and relevance. Extra points should be awarded for complete sets; for example, if you have every Ikon label for which at least one side rates no less than 4, you can score an extra 30% above the total value of that set.

no one on earth has every Ikon 45? Not even the LORD himself! Although Taylor's Arc houses most. Probably 2 of each. ha!

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Are you saying every Ikon 45 is worth owning? IE, at least one of the sides rates at least 4? Or that no one owns every decent 45 in the set?

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Thanks for just sucking all the fun out of this.

I'd go further, and deduct 1 point for every sucky, or irrelevant 45 you have in your garage collection. Except that would leave some collectors with negative scores, so I'd cap it at 50%. After all, presentation is important. If a fellow garage enthusiast ever goes through your collection, you want him to be impressed by every single he sees, rather than it being a simulation of going through records at a flea market.

 

[Heitkotter77]

I'd go further, and deduct 1 point for every sucky, or irrelevant 45 you have in your garage collection. Except that would leave some collectors with negative scores, so I'd cap it at 50%. After all, presentation is important. If a fellow garage enthusiast ever goes through your collection, you want him to be impressed by every single he sees, rather than it being a simulation of going through records at a flea market.

Just when I thought you'd sucked all the fun out of this, you prove me wrong.
And I guess I should cancel the invitation I just sent you to come check out my collection.

 

[Frantic]

Are you saying every Ikon 45 is worth owning? IE, at least one of the sides rates at least 4? Or that no one owns every decent 45 in the set?

I should have said, no one on earth has every decent Ikon 45. Although there are actually a bunch of really awful Ikon 45s. Country, Easy listening, folk etc.

 

[bosshoss]

I'd go further, and deduct 1 point for every sucky, or irrelevant 45 you have in your garage collection. Except that would leave some collectors with negative scores, so I'd cap it at 50%. After all, presentation is important. If a fellow garage enthusiast ever goes through your collection, you want him to be impressed by every single he sees, rather than it being a simulation of going through records at a flea market.

By that reasoning, you would only collect the TBM top 1000. Because all the others probably have been given low-ish scores by many other collectors. For a record to score an average 5, it must have got some scores of 3 and 4. The collectors who gave it 3 would be disgusted to see it in your collection. But who cares what other collectors think? They all have different taste to mine, and yours. For example, Lenny Drake "Love Eyes" gets a score of 2/10 from 2 cabinet members. I give it much more than that. I think you give it 9 or 10/10?

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

By that reasoning, you would only collect the TBM top 1000. Because all the others probably have been given low-ish scores by many other collectors. For a record to score an average 5, it must have got some scores of 3 and 4. The collectors who gave it 3 would be disgusted to see it in your collection. But who cares what other collectors think? They all have different taste to mine, and yours. For example, Lenny Drake "Love Eyes" gets a score of 2/10 from 2 cabinet members. I give it much more than that. I think you give it 9 or 10/10?

I'd make sure I'd only ever invite discerning collectors like yourself!

 

[soundog III]

45's run about 12 --> inch so this = approx. 150 per foot.

I've about 33 ft. of 45's in the collection.

I ticked the 4 - 5 K selection.

This after selling about 15 ft. over the past decade.