dumbass said:

jaypotton said:

I've sold/given away a LOT of Prince stuff.

I gave away my Sacrifice Of Victor book, Neo Manifesto and 21 Nights. At that time, I was over having Prince books. NOW I miss having them, but I don't regret giving them to who I gave them to . . . . they will enjoy it far more than me!

I haven't sold any Prince music though. I did ditch the clear acrylic Crystal Ball case though in favor of regular jewel cases.

jaypotton said:

^I can really understand the appeal of going all digital. It still amazes me that I can get most of my music library onto my phone and that level of portability has changed the way I appreciate music I am still an avid collector of physical releases though, so I will probably keep going tyill the house explodes

This is an incredibly interesting thread. I am one of the physical copy collectors. I won't sell any of it as much as my wife wants me to I did sell about 5,000 albums and 2,000 45's about 10 years ago to make room for my son. I did not sell any of my Prince collection. I still have over 10,000 CD's though. When I first learned of the Sign O' The Times SDE I never once thought about selling Crystal Ball.

djdaffy1227 said:

I would never sell any of my Prince music. Some of his older releases sound terrible, so I am looking forward to the remasters, but I would never sell the originals.

Weird question/thread... As Mary's father "I like to collect things". A CD or record, in addition to its music, is something you like to touch, appreciate the cover, read its liner notes..

I won't ever sell my Crystal Ball despite the forthcoming SOTT Deluxe..

Getting offcial releases from Prince is something I like. It sounds crazy but it's showing friends, how much prolific (only through official releases) this artist was.

If my wife couldn't convince me to sell off the most valuable physical copies after Prince died and prices were CRAZY, then i'll be holding on to them.

I could have bought my next car with the money I could have raised.

djThunderfunk said:

If my wife couldn't convince me to sell off the most valuable physical copies after Prince died and prices were CRAZY, then i'll be holding on to them.

I could have bought my next car with the money I could have raised.

It wasn't even an hour after I hear the news of his passing that my wife asked if we could pay off the mortgage and car payments by selling my Prince records

djdaffy1227 said:

djThunderfunk said:

If my wife couldn't convince me to sell off the most valuable physical copies after Prince died and prices were CRAZY, then i'll be holding on to them.

I could have bought my next car with the money I could have raised.

It wasn't even an hour after I hear the news of his passing that my wife asked if we could pay off the mortgage and car payments by selling my Prince records

Glad you didn't do it!!

databank said:

jaypotton said:

That surprises me actually as I had you down as a collector who would want to keep the physical products.

I too have ripped pretty much my entire CD and vinyl collection (of all artists) but I still kept the physical products because, for me, it isn't just about the music but also the artwork, liner notes, booklet etc.

Then again I still love buying paper books and having them on my shelf.

Horses and courses!

I spent the first 25 years of my life accumulating things to the point of excess, as my parents had done before me. I had this 85 square meters flat and it was full. At some point I got fed up, I decided less was more, moved to a smaller flat and progressively began to get rid of things. Then I decided to move abroad. I kept some things in boxes that have been stored in an attic for 10 years, that I may never see again for many more years. And I could only keep that much stuff. That's when I decided to get rid of my CDs. Anyway for several years I'd slowly moved on to digital and started to rip the collection. Now, for 10 years, everything I own (besides the stored boxes) has to fit in a backpack and a suitcase because I change country every 2/3 years. Music and movies arr on hard drives. I read book and comics on Kindle and tablet. And I've realized I don't need much else to be happy. Sometimes I miss my old shelves filled with records, video cassettes and dvds, books and comics, but it's just passing moments of nostalgia.
I'm pretty sure though that in these boxes I've kept one thing: this Batman cassette that was my first Prince record ever .
[Edited 6/29/20 20:21pm]

Tbh I didn't even know it was worth anything, I'd have cheerfully chucked it without realizing! It was such an ugly, cheap-looking set (both the 5CD hockey-puck edition and the retail 3CD version).

As a record collector type I totally get the impulse and drive to hoarde physical media especially when the artwork is cool or something, but this one in particular is just so blah. I guess it is precious to us Prince fans, but when we're gone all this junk will be in the bin anyway

databank said:

jaypotton said:

That surprises me actually as I had you down as a collector who would want to keep the physical products. I too have ripped pretty much my entire CD and vinyl collection (of all artists) but I still kept the physical products because, for me, it isn't just about the music but also the artwork, liner notes, booklet etc. Then again I still love buying paper books and having them on my shelf. Horses and courses!

I spent the first 25 years of my life accumulating things to the point of excess, as my parents had done before me. I had this 85 square meters flat and it was full. At some point I got fed up, I decided less was more, moved to a smaller flat and progressively began to get rid of things. Then I decided to move abroad. I kept some things in boxes that have been stored in an attic for 10 years, that I may never see again for many more years. And I could only keep that much stuff. That's when I decided to get rid of my CDs. Anyway for several years I'd slowly moved on to digital and started to rip the collection. Now, for 10 years, everything I own (besides the stored boxes) has to fit in a backpack and a suitcase because I change country every 2/3 years. Music and movies arr on hard drives. I read book and comics on Kindle and tablet. And I've realized I don't need much else to be happy. Sometimes I miss my old shelves filled with records, video cassettes and dvds, books and comics, but it's just passing moments of nostalgia. I'm pretty sure though that in these boxes I've kept one thing: this Batman cassette that was my first Prince record ever . [Edited 6/29/20 20:21pm]

I've been slowly purging my CD collection. I sold off hundreds of CDs several years ago when they were worth a buck or two each. Now they're not worth anything -- some literally are worth 1 cent. The market is saturated and the masses have moved to streaming.

I still have probably 600 CDs still, and I've still been purging. For someone like -- let's say Van Halen -- I KNOW their stuff will always be on Spotify. For artists like Prince, Radiohead, maybe NIN it's not always a given.

But, like you I also want to be free enough from possessions and just have everything digital. Someday!

Se7en said:

databank said:

jaypotton said: I spent the first 25 years of my life accumulating things to the point of excess, as my parents had done before me. I had this 85 square meters flat and it was full. At some point I got fed up, I decided less was more, moved to a smaller flat and progressively began to get rid of things. Then I decided to move abroad. I kept some things in boxes that have been stored in an attic for 10 years, that I may never see again for many more years. And I could only keep that much stuff. That's when I decided to get rid of my CDs. Anyway for several years I'd slowly moved on to digital and started to rip the collection. Now, for 10 years, everything I own (besides the stored boxes) has to fit in a backpack and a suitcase because I change country every 2/3 years. Music and movies arr on hard drives. I read book and comics on Kindle and tablet. And I've realized I don't need much else to be happy. Sometimes I miss my old shelves filled with records, video cassettes and dvds, books and comics, but it's just passing moments of nostalgia. I'm pretty sure though that in these boxes I've kept one thing: this Batman cassette that was my first Prince record ever . [Edited 6/29/20 20:21pm]

I've been slowly purging my CD collection. I sold off hundreds of CDs several years ago when they were worth a buck or two each. Now they're not worth anything -- some literally are worth 1 cent. The market is saturated and the masses have moved to streaming.

I still have probably 600 CDs still, and I've still been purging. For someone like -- let's say Van Halen -- I KNOW their stuff will always be on Spotify. For artists like Prince, Radiohead, maybe NIN it's not always a given.

But, like you I also want to be free enough from possessions and just have everything digital. Someday!

I'm currently in the process of selling most of my CD collection on eBay (alphabetically selling a new letter every month or so--I'm up to "S") and maybe it's just the CDs I have, but I am still able to get rid of almost all of them. Out of the 1000+ I sold already, only around 30 got no interest.