Every time RQS comes up here, we spend a little time cleaning out the clutter in my apartment. This weekend was the first time we attacked my downstairs storage compartment, and we got a lot done in less than an hour. From not being able to make it in to the compartment, we made a path which allowed me to reach the back shelf of the compartment. This may not mean that much to some, but I have over 600 vinyl LPs in the compartment that I want to get rid of, and I have someone willing to buy them when I'm ready. All I have to do is make a path, so that I can get all of the vinyl out of the compartment and into the record dealer's truck.
To say that my record collection reflects a sometimes eclectic taste is putting it mildly. I have a CD of music which was played as the Titanic sank (not original, of course), Ernie Kovacs' music collection played on his TV show (including Solfeggio, or the theme for the Nairobi Trio), Orson Welles' recording of the Begatting of the President (about Nixon's election in 1968), Glenn Miller movie music, Gershwin's piano roll recording of Rhapsody in Blue, Carl Stalling's sound effects and music for Looney Tunes cartoons, and others too numerous to mention. For all I know, I might be sitting on a gold mine. But I doubt it very much. My vinyl collection is in very good condition, and I hope it beings me enough money to pay for a long weekend away from home.
There are some things I plan to transfer from vinyl to digital storage. For example, I have an alternate version of Jim Croce's "Age" which has never been released on CD. Other vinyl recordings may be treated the same way - transferred to digital first, then disposed of. But I intend to find out about a pressing of John Lennon's "Imagine" album that has two stampings of one side, and never should have gotten out of the factory.
So much cleanup to do, and so little energy at one time to do it....
