So just how much vinyl do YOU own?

oldbear

That is one serious collection!

Are you still adding to the count on a weekly basis or pretty much done?

I'm just now adding vinyl to my rig and I will be following @polkalover's formula. If I truly love it on ripped CD, then I will consider buying it on vinyl. I own about 1,000 CDs; I don't love most of them. I will continue to buy CDs however. I think they are currently good value. I rip them and then store them. What LPs have I bought so far? Steely Dan's "Aja", "Gaucho", "Pretzel Logic", Fagen's "Nightfly", Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" (AP) Holly Cole's "Temptation" (AP) , Brubeck's "Time Out" (AP), Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' Else" (AP), Paolo Fresu's "Mare Nostrum II", and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden's "Last Dance" I plan on adding LPs monthly based on a preset budget.  

Wow, I thought I had an issue with vinyl but I feel happy to read that I am not alone! I am merely under 800 records, plus about the same amount in CDs although the CDs I mainly play from an Aurender server, not directly.

I know it is not a contest but now I feel challenged to keep up with you guys! Cheers!

Lol.

Just enjoy your music and buy what moves you.

At least that is what I am now trying to do, not that long ago I found I was buying vinyl just for vinyls sake.

Trying to be a bit more selective nowadays.

19 feet of 12" vinyl. about 1,300. 
10 feet of CDs. (300?) a few more in the car
only 2 feet of 45s and 78s 
cassettes? mixtapes? reel to reel? a few boxes

I have started culling them, but it's hard. I gave some to my niece and sold a few, but at this rate it's going to take forever. 

What are you rules for culling records? If I haven't played it for 10 years, it should probably go. If it doesn't light a spark in my brain, it should probably go. But it's painful. 

Some of them I know I'll keep until I'm dead. Mingus, Ellington, Zappa, Gerald Wilson, Oliver Nelson, Prokofiev, Blues. 

Others I'm sort of blah about. The ones I already gave away are Ronstadt, Jethro Tull (except the first one), Elton John. I like some of it, but I've got much better. 

How do people go to desert islands with only five?