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by asaph 1249 days ago
I would go so far as to say it isn't worth your time to catalog them. If you can find a 2nd-hand record store that will take them, accept whatever they offer. Otherwise, throw them out. Don't hoard them in your home beyond the point where the novelty of it wears off.
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The novelty is still pretty darn strong for now, so I'm planning on keeping them for a bit. I also do music production as a hobby, and am really looking forward to finding obscure/lesser known records and sampling them in my own songs! I figure eventually I'll get rid of most of them one way or another, but I'm not in any rush.
Wouldn’t it be cool if you ended up with a great song from the serendipity and pain in the arse of having your car stolen?!

Wheels took, Producer shook, Got car back Made a track.

If they even make an offer. When my dad died a few years ago, I combed through his considerable music CD collection for stuff I wanted (not very much), then tried selling the rest to a 2nd-hand store. They didn't even make an offer---the guy said "This is, hands down, the worst CD collection I've ever seen." He refused to let me throw them away in the nearby dumpster. Ouch.