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Does anyone "throw away" Lp's ?

I have collected about 1500 lps over the last several years. Mostly in groups of 2 to 8 hundred. I am just now going through each one to check quality of vinyl. My question is ...at what point do YOU just discard a record? I'm tempted to trash all that shows obvious scatches and wear.

I'm thinking anything that looks like I would be comfortable playing on my TT with my cart for fear of damage.

What do you do in this case?

dean_fuller
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davt
500 posts
 
Picked up a mint deep groove blue note "the three sounds" at goodwill about 5 years ago, jacket and vinyl are pristine. Expensive though, 1.50 US dollars, but that back when a dollar was worth more eh?
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
My decision is based on playback. If I won't play an lp, it belongs in the trash.
stevecham
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With LPs that have a nasty pop or other defect across a critical or quiet section of music, the last thing I would want is to forward that horror onto another unsuspecting vinyl lover/purchaser so that they don't have to drop the F bomb as I did when I first heard it. These do go into the trash, absolutely. Good riddance!
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
I've never actually thrown away an LP unless it was truly unplayable. Otherwise, I take them to the places suggested above.
chatta
314 posts
 
True, i have found some interesting lp's at thrift stores with minor scratches. I'd better donate before throwing to the trash.
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