How many LP's do you own? How long did it take?

I bought my first album (a Johnny Cash Sun Records best of collection) off a TV ad circa 1968 or so. BEfore that, my sister's had some around the house that I spun more than they.

TOday I have 5 bookshelves worth (not sure how many that is), more than I have time to listen to, but modest size compared to many.

I will buy almost anything that is in good condition and promises to sound good on vinyl these days for 50 cents or a buck or so when I see opportunities at yeard sales, flea markets, Goodwill, etc. I mostly go for older titles from teh "golden age", 50s-early 70s, from the time before I started collecting myself that I had overlooked for many years. A $30 investment or less (the price of less than 2 new CDs often these days) can yield a bounty of good sounds to soak in. Life is good!

Bought my first LP in 1975 in Plattsburg NY, Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin.
Was buying albums at a rate of about 5 to 6 a month till I bought my Proceed CDP. Slowed down buying LPs until I met up with Mike L where he opened up my ears as to what I had been missing for quite a few years.
Since then I have been buying both new and used Lps.
Some from the Sally Ann, garage sales, and our local music stores.
Unfortunately most of our good local music stores have had to close their doors so my purchases have slowed down accordingly.
Never counted how many I have but measuring them I have 22' 7" worth of Lps.

I lost interest in Vinyl several years ago and sold off my entire collection. I was happy not having to perform the vinyl ritual anymore then, alas, the bug bit hard again. I started collecting about a year and a half ago and my count is up to 700+ LPs.

Tpreaves - I bet that's a familiar story. I too sold off some lps before I made the decision lps are what I want.

Approximately 8500 now. Started buying in the late 60’s but in 1970 got a part time job in a record store where almost every penny was spent buying albums. Then in the late 80’s when everyone else was dumping vinyl for Cd , I was given thousands and bought thousands for next to nothing. I cleaned and kept the best and gave the rest away. I made a considerable effort to have a great blues collection as part of them.

Evertime I think of selling down to the hundreds, I start looking through the genre and alphabetized lists I have and think to myself, it’s not about never being able to listen to all of it , it’s about being able to listen to any of it at anytime I feel the urge. It’s also nice to share that ability when people visit and pick a few out themselves to spin and hear again or for the first time . It’s nice having a large music collection and art collection all combined in one as well.