Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection?

I bought two new (to me) turntables last year. I’m buying more new and used LP’s now than I did for years. In the 1990’s I resigned myself to the reality of having to make peace with the CD, and finally bought myself a player: the Philips CD80, a substantial machine with a good transport (I thought it was heavy until I bought an Esoteric ;-). If you wanted any of the music that was being recorded in that decade (and into the 00’s), you had no choice---LP’s of that music were not being produced.

I’m not one of those who found CD’s to sound as bad as they were "supposed" to (by audiophiles). I mean, some of the LP’s being pressed were worse! MCA and Capitol Records LP’s, in particular. Garbage! But there were UK and European record companies making excellent LP’s: Ace, Bear Family, CRD (England) and Harmonia Mundi (France, and the U.S.) for Baroque and Early music.

When I visited Portland in 2010, Music Millennium had relegated their LP’s to the mezzanine above the main floor of the shop. By the time I relocated here in early 2016, the Blues, Jazz, Country/Folk/Bluegrass, and Oldies (you know, old people’s music ;-) CD’s had been moved up there, the LP’s now completely filling what had been the Classical room and spilling onto the main Pop CD floor. In the past 3-1/2 years, with every passing month the LP racks take over floor space from the CD racks. When you visit the store now, about half of the main floor is LP’s, the other half CD’s. Most of the browsing customers are flipping through LP’s, not CD’s. It may be different in your town or city.

MM pays pretty good money for LP’s, almost nothing for CD’s. A couple of months back I took in one 12 x 12 carton of vinyl, for which I was offered $400. But then one of the records was the lone 7" 45 released by The Nerves, which fetched me $75. I had actually purchased the 45 at Music Millennium when it was released in 1977! The Nerves was the Los Angeles Power Pop trio of Peter Case (later of The Plimsouls), Paul Collins (The Beat), and Jack Lee (writer of "Hanging On The Telephone"---which is on the 45, later recorded by Blondie. His royalty checks from their recording paid Jack’s rent for a few years ;-). I have a second copy, and I’m keepin’ it!