So just how much vinyl do YOU own?

Cataloging? I go by genre, then alphabetically by last name in group or artist. For order  when released, if I dont know I google their discography.

400-500 hundred? All good quality, many rare. Mostly Jazz and classical. Smaller section with some rock, blues, world. 

My source material is vinyl or hi-rez streaming. I see no reason to have vinyl of much of the new electronic music—of it was made digitally, I will replay it digitally. 

One of my weird little lps is a transcription from Edison waxes. Even though that is available streamed, I find it droll to  go from one extinct medium to another that was on life support and is now resurrected. And I have some emotional connection to records that were my dad’s. But for the most point, I don’t fetishize vinyl. I just love beautiful music reproduced nicely. 

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Wow that is amazing, to grow up in San Jose in that era! I’m jealous, hearing about all the incredible garage bands you saw in the mid ’60s. I met Greg and Suzy Shaw in 1977 when I visited their home in Los Angeles, and he showed me his record collection and spent the whole day with them discussing music. He released a 45 I made with my band, on his Voxx label.

I love the Sonics (Tacoma WA) too. And the Music Machine. And the Lyres. Here is a shot I took just now showing some of the ’60s garage 45s (and a few LPs) I have in my collection, all from San Jose (except Music Machine). Maybe you even saw some of the more obscure bands, as support acts for the more well-known bands?

http://www.g45central.com/posts/SanJose.jpg

According to Discogs I just broke 2000 LPs.  I have another 500 or so I just culled (doubles, stuff I don’t like,  bulk purchase dross) that I will off-load at the flea market for $1 and spend the money on more records.  

I heartily agree with Elizabeth.  No sense leaving your records around to weigh down your survivors. Several times I have visited my parents in their 55+ community to find hundreds of records in their basement that were dropped off by their neighbors kids because my mom told them I like records...I cull through looking for the stuff I like and immediately take the rest to Goodwill. 

I have considered establishing a Southern Maryland Vinyl Tontine. Each member agrees to help the deceased’s family liquidate the collection as efficiently as possible. When my time comes around I hope to have culled my collection down to my favorite 1000 LPs.  

But as someone once wrote on one of these forums, I hope at my funeral my friends sing an old classic song that hasn’t been written yet.

In my opinion...not nearly enough.
In my wife's opinion...way too many!

But seriously, I have more records than I reasonably have room to store.  I haven't counted but I think it's around 700-800 currently. 
I'm trying to reduce the number by selling on Discogs and ebay, but it's not making much of a dent.  I recently got rid of all of my "junk" vinyl that was simply taking up space.  Just about everything I own now would qualify as premium quality vinyl.  I made a choice a few years ago to only keep the records that I love, and not be a "collector".  Still trying to stay on this path.  I don't want my stuff to be a burden on my family when I'm gone.  I also want them to know that they shouldn't give the stuff away if they ever have to make that choice for me.