The Psychology Of Collecting

Are collecting and hoarding the same thing?  There are some members here that have every single reissue of a favorite record album.  That’s collecting.  Hoarding would be having a home filled with cases of T.P., or so filled with random junk that one can’t move about 

Mr. Whipple

If an individual is fortunate enough to collect / hoard items that are appreciating in value, heirs of such collections will say:

"Even though he was an eccentric hoarder, he was also a Wise Investor. Aren't I lucky the Wealth was not left to the local Cat Rescue Charity.  God Bless for putting me in the Will, they won't be needing any of it anymore. Shame I have a expensive Item to find a buyer for, Cash would have been better". 

Anyone found a good source for high quality scans of LP or CD liner notes? I miss being able to read through them while listening to a stream. I enjoy the “everything is in my library” effect of streaming, but many of the liner notes and CD booklets were works of art in themselves. They were sometimes in the artist’s handwriting, gave artist dedications, random thoughts, and other quirky info that was fun. All I can find now is good cover art, lyrics, and song credits. I’d love access to a “digital collection” of my classic rock favorites!

A Freudian Dump

I realize this may all seem "sketchy," but we are heading to a rousing conclusion about music pretty soon I am sure.