Thanks for the entertaining comments in regard to my LP collection. Firstly, I’ll say that I have no illusions that my collection is worth anywhere near the usual cost of a chartered flight to Costa Rica. I put that in my blog post in case someone connected to resources involving international travel was interested in the collection.

Secondly, I never bought records in the role of being a collector; I bought them to play on one of my two internet radio shows or listen to at home. Lastly, I’ll note that there are some records in here that are needle-in-a-haystack finds (especially if you don’t live in a larger metro area), regardless of any Discogs-based valuation. As I took the quick cover snaps, I discovered one of the Mose Allison albums is autographed on the back as is the Spike Robinson and a George Shearing. There may be more that are signed, but I won’t have time to go back and reexamine the covers until after the holidays, or perhaps ever.

For my shows, I tried to keep things interesting by playing deeper cuts on the common LPs and spinning lesser-known artists on smaller labels; those notions fueled the accumulation of the collection—It was all about the music.

I hope everyone here continues to stay safe.

Cheers!

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Gulp……I guess my Japanese copy will have to do.

I left a comment on your website, but also, please do drop me an email at trout (at) udel (dot) edu. I live in Delaware but the drive is not a terrible imposition to me if we can sort the rest out.