[anticsapp]

For those of you interested in donating to archive.org, you should be aware that they recently bought out Bop Street record store in Seattle: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/a-happy-end...

While they might have gotten a good six figure price, that store is known by fellow record dealers to be largely garbage LPs. It is more accumulation than collection. I wouldn't trust them with donation money for whatever flight of fancy they have next.

[detaro]

Does the judgement of record dealers of what a good collection is match what an archive wants? I.e. what does define a "garbage LP"?

[mauvehaus]

For example: any album by Chicago which you can find several copies of in any used record store in the country?

[JoeAltmaier]

Don't know a good definition, but I know one when I hear it! I bought a remaindered punk record for my brother's birthday once - "The Neos" Every track sounded just like every other track. Indistinguishable.