I have a huge vinyl collection that I inherited from my family.

I have probably 300 78's of early jazz and blues from 1920-40's

I have another 200 33's of early jazz and blues from 50-80's

I have 100 r&b and disco from the 70-80's

I have about 1,000 45's from early 60-70's

Where is a good place to find the value of some of these records?

Any good reference guide books or on-line references?

Do any of you guys know of any rare valuable blues or jazz artists that have valuable records?

There are no record stores in my area.

I know there is a huge following outside the US? What counties are big on Jazz,blues, r&b vinyl?

Any collectors on the org of Jazz, blues, R&B vinyl?

Wow! Nice collection.

http://www.gocontinental.com/pgde.htm

http://www.vinylrecordfai...rd-values/

http://jazzcollector.com/...ice-guide/

http://www.vinylbeat.com/...sLPs.shtml

http://ask.metafilter.com...e-my-vinyl


I would consider getting your collection appraised and then get the collection insured.

The record store guy I take my stuff to looks it up on Ebay when it's questionable. That can tell you what people are asking, and more important, what someone has actually paid for a copy in the recent past.

The ones by artists you have never heard of are likely to be the most sought-after so, do a good amount of research before getting rid of any of those.

I had alot of vinyl maybe over 200 LP's, but Sandy took them away. I did rescue some though. I still buy them If I get them cheap. Check Craigslist/Ebay or Vinyl collectors websites for prices.

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Thanks everybody for your help!!!

On the org there are all kinds of music lovers, that's what i like about the Org. There is a mix of different tastes that you can't find anywhere on the internet.

What kind of music do you guys have in your collection?

I'm a casual collector with less than 200 in my collection.

discogs and dustygroove are 2 good sources. Records By Mail is pretty good too.

www.discogs.com

they can give you a definitive answer on how much people are willing to buy for albums. One released by my vinyl club "Menomeana: Friend or Foe" goes for $100.00 plus. I was lucky to have a copy given to me free.

paisleypark4 said:

www.discogs.com

they can give you a definitive answer on how much people are willing to buy for albums. One released by my vinyl club "Menomeana: Friend or Foe" goes for $100.00 plus. I was lucky to have a copy given to me free.

I got a copy of 20TEN on discogs for 4 bucks including shipping.

There are a LOT of my favorite albums I'm trying to get on vinyl that I've located on discogs.

Any Hardcore Vinyl Collectors on the Org

well from the late 70s til around 1990 I got something between 2,000 to 3,000 albums (I lost count somehwere along the way) and several hundres of 7 and 12 inch singles. at least 90 % of it is Soul, Funk, R&B and some early Hip Hop. and I still own all of it, never even thought about selling parts of it. I keep even all the hundreds albums I have re-bought on CD already.

these days I hardly ever buy vinyl. after 1990 I had almost completey switched to CD, that should be another 3,000 items.

I did not buy even one MP3 or other digital format yet, and I do not plan on doing so in the near future though I do use online sources or AutoRip to preview albums before I get the physical copy

as for checking prices discogs is certainly the way to go. if it has a barcode on the cover (most of the vinyl does not have, but most CDs do) I also use the Amazon barcode scan & search, because it's quick and easy

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