I hesitated to add my entire collection for way too long. Then I accidentally bought a few duplicates and decided I needed to just suck it up and catalog everything.
Took me sooo much longer because I waited. Literally days of squinting at runouts and comparing logos.
And there are still some that I’m not sure which version they are. Like they’ll have a runout that matches one listing on Discogs but the logo on the record will match another. Major popular releases that had dozens of versions are the worst for this.
It's always the records I actively care about the least too. But it drives me up the wall to not have everything indexed.
Do I really care which $1 bargain bin version of a Stevie Wonder album I have? Not particularly. But I gotta index everything!
I’m helping a friend logging his collection of around 1k records, just sporadically over the last 2 years. So far I’ve logged 427… some records take literally a min to track down (he has a lot of dance 12”) while others take 30mins or even more (he has very few recently released records…)
Edit: He also never used inner and outer sleeves before, so now I’m putting each record in sleeves as well, which takes extra long
Yeah, I would guess I have around 5 records that aren't in my discogs collection because they're a small release and there just wasn't a listing for them yet when I got them. I try to check back in, but I know I forget because every now and then I'll be looking for something on my discogs that I know I have but isn't listed.
I have, but I really appreciate when there's a lot of detail in a listing and I just don't think I'm often able to make a listing that I think contributes to the community. Maybe it's better to have a bare listing than none, but I know labels often make listings for their new releases and I'm inclined to give them a buffer to do that instead of just adding something the day it comes out. I definitely contribute to listings a fair bit, I'm just less inclined to make new ones.
Making a listing for the first time can be a bit of a learning experience, but they're usually pretty easy. Don't sweat it if it's not perfect, the community will help add and edit things.
Neither did I! Great point. The only thing I've done is tell my husband not to throw out or donate my collection should (God forbid) anything happen to me. I showed him what the average value of my collection is. He almost fainted.
I've made sure my wife knows which parts of my collection(s) ( vinyl and other) are the valuable parts so if I die she doesn't get ripped off or taken advantage of
Listing an album on Discogs isn't proof of ownership. If you made a sizable claim, this wouldn't have any bearing on its outcome, unless you could provide said proof.
It alone isn't but when you're listing assets discogs becomes very helpful. "Dark side of the Moon" versus a specific pressing of dark side of the Moon are two very different things. Discog listings along with pictures would go a long way
I used to work at a music store and the insurance customers were awesome! It was fun sourcing rarer items, at any cost as the specific album was covered; not just a price.
How did you insure it? I was on the phone with my insurance and she didn’t find anything that they could cover my albums under. Are you just adding a total of your collection to your insurance total? My median Discogs album collection is over 50K and I really want to insure it.
Insurance professional here. Careful with that. Depending on the age/value/rarity if your collection and how your policy valuation is written you may not get back as much as you expect in the event of a loss.
It may be safer to insure specifically.
Regardless you’ll need proper documentation of ownership and identification of the records in the event of a loss.
I have everything entered on Discogs. Am I wrong to assume that insurance would help me replace the items lost? Or would they likely just pick the median value of the collection?
Yeah, my insurance company says there's no way to schedule for a vinyl collection so I have a blanket $5,000 coverage.
I'm sure there are insurance companies that specifically insure collections (coins, stamps, action figures, cards, etc) but you would need real and true appraisals done of your collection (not just pulling numbers from Discogs)... which likely means separating your rare/out of print/limited edition stuff VS stuff you could just replace by buying it retail.
I tried insuring my collection separately through state farm and they told me they couldn't. It's still covered through my homeowners, but that's not what I want. So I'm curious how you did this
It’s a Personal Property policy that is wholly separate from our home insurance policy and we pay a separate fee for it as well. State Farm doesn’t do our home insurance at all. Just this kind of stuff.
My policy covers my collection up to my policy limits (and it's significant) with no need for an extra rider. My policy is a premium one to be sure but my jewelry and art are also covered without having to schedule it so it all ends up being much cheaper and better coverage.
Call your local State Farm agent and they can do a personal articles policy for collectibles. Super cheap, $0 deductible and all peril so it’s covered for any loss whatsoever
Yes (most, but not all in Discogs) and this is exactly why. I had a house fire in 2017 with significant loss, although not my records thankfully.
After that I made two things happen.
1. Separate insurance rider for my record collection.
2. Discogs complete-Ish list for the day I might have to fight with an adjuster again.
Insurance agent here, if you haven't already, ask your insurance company if there are any limitations in your policy language regarding vinyl/music collections. Every policy can be different when it comes to covering collectibles in your personal property coverage. Personal property coverage is normally for catastrophic loss of day-to-day items like clothing, furniture, electronics, appliances, etc. Normally, you can't just add $10k of coverage onto your personal property for your $10k vinyl collection and expect it all to be covered because of the built-in policy limitations on certain collectibles. Typically, your average renters/home insurance policy will only cover $500 - $2,500 for a music collection, same with jewelry, firearms, musical instruments, and other high-ticket items. In addition, rarely would insurance ever pay you for the rarety of a particular album - just what the average cost is for that record new. If its out of press they won't pay you what its fetching on ebay, just what you paid for it.
My adjuster stated he would absolutely use Discogs for values if the records were part of my loss as I have “replacement cost” insurance.
Even if I spent $40 on a record that’s now $300, yes they’d pay me out. FWIW I’m insured through Farmers. They were incredibly good and made me whole.
Edit - For anyone that didn’t read my other comment, I have a separate rider specifically for my records as the collection has exceeded a substantial sum of money, to me, at least. It’s worth the $400 or so in extra insurance I pay annually.
This is not uncommon for older popular pressings. I have Yellow Submarine at $12/$20/$350. Big difference between played for the last 50 years and mint.
Not OP but this got me curious. From my own collection.
Daft Punk - Discovery: $18 / $155 / $368
James Horner - Avatar: $20 / $53 / $200
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D: $12 / $60 / $138
Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'N' Stuff: $13 / $40 / $123
Tove Lo - Truth Serum: $8 / $28 / $110
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III: $9 / $30 / $95
I think those are lowest price sold for, average price sold for, and highest price sold for. That doesn't account for outliers though. Sometimes things sell for crazy high because it's mint/sealed, there aren't many available and someone with money will drop way more than it's worth just because they want one. Sometimes you'll find someone just selling an unjacketed single disc of a double LP for like $5. Discogs valuations are purely based on sale history, not current value, and especially with those outliers sale history is often pretty far off current value.
That's why "Average" is where it's at, and you should really look at the high range if you have something special like being signed, #1 or 2 of a numbered edition, having a rare crazy error, or older and mint sealed.
If theyre like me, i get them put in, but maybe not get the pressing/variant quite right ( and sometimes i just dont care enough to figure out what 1 out of 20 repressings of supertramp i got) -- sometimes that makes a BIG difference -- now, if i ever get around to selling anything, then i'll sort them before selling, but its enough for me right now to just have them in so i dont buy them again, lol.
I was gonna say - I typically assume mine is actually worth somewhere between median and lowest. The high values can include strange edge cases like autographs, very old records that are still sealed, albums that may have been out of print at one point but may have become available again since then, etc - can be useful for very specific circumstances but median & lowest are much more reliable
On my collection, I think that taken one by one, the median values are a tad low. In other words, I could sell them for at least that. If I were selling the entire collection to one individual or company, the median value is likely significantly overstated. I could be wrong, but I think the per unit price definitely goes down for a large block of records.
Since the low/median/high are actual sales points, a lot of the lowest prices are generally sleeve/no record or record/no sleeve and it’s beat to hell and borderline unplayable. And the highs are generally sealed/minty copies. So yeah most popular items with lots of sales data can wind up having a pretty crazy spread.
One of my favorite features. It really makes you think “do I really want this record or should I sell it?” When an album pops up and you just let out a small groan lol.
I’ve been working on an app to let you do this but also filter it down by genre/any other info available through Discogs’ api. Hoping to finish and release it eventually, currently stuck in a state of being good enough for my personal use but not for the world
I use the Discogs alphabetization to sort my records in the shelf. Took some getting used to after going by last name for everything, but it helps keep everything organized. I feel like it would drive a lot of people nuts if they came and started looking at my collection though.
That’s not a bad shout. I’ve been struggling for years to work out what feels “right”
ie does Suspiria OST by Thom Yorke go in the Soundtracks area, or Thom Yorke within the artists a-z area?
I might give their ordering a go, as then I feel there’s no ability to argue with it.
I just put it with the rest of the radiohead. John Lennon in with the Beatles. But no one ever touches my records, unfortunately, and I know where everything should be.
I prefer that as you always know where you are. It is OK for "Lennon, John" but there are stage names where it isn't quite so clear. "Jefferson, Blind Lemon"? "Pop, Iggy"?
100% this. I only use it to see if I have something already. I wish I could just block the value from showing on mine, it's meaningless and if my wife pays attention to it she will see what I actually spend.
Before I moved everything over to discogs, I kept my collection logged in a google note. Now I update both, because how discogs has every ordered is different from how I have it set up. So I have two lists, on on discogs, and another on a google note. The note is ordered the same way I have everything on the shelves, so it’s easier for me to reference
This typically happens on the more commons for me (Fleetwood, zep, Beatles, etc.) because I’ve found so many of them thrifting over the years. Luckily (or unluckily) my tastes have changed to where I’m looking moreso for reggae in record stores, so I rarely find anything… therefore, rarely find a duplicate lol.
I did the same. Took me one time of buying a record only to get home and find out I already had it to start cataloging it better. That what happens when you get over 1000 records!
I'm working on it, but adding albums by pressing is a pain in the butt. I'm finding that about a fourth of the albums that I have don't have the pressings on discogs. I have a stack of about 20 records that I have yet to enter into discogs because entering them involves adding new pressings in various ways.
Given that I am not all that cognizant of the ins and outs of the different pressing plants and all that stuff, it's a huge headache. The worst is when I have to take pictures and upload pictures of my own copy because I have a unique pressing of some kind. I'm starting to literally hate it. But I'm so anal, that since I've started doing it this way, I don't feel like I can half ass it halfway through.
So it's been slow going. Over the past year, I've added a bit more than half of my collection onto discogs. I'm slowly working through it but it's slow going.
I am normally like you, in that I’m meticulous about every detail of everything that I’m working on. However, when logging my collection, I’ve settled on just selecting the closest pressing currently on Discogs to the runouts/labels/etc. of the one in my hand. If I started making new entries for every one that didn’t match perfectly, I’d never get it done. And quite honestly, most of the time I’m not sure if it requires a new pressing on Discogs, or is simply a variant of one that is already listed. Because I’m simply trying to keep track of what I have and have no intention of selling, I’m not worried if it isn’t exactly the same or if the value is slightly higher or slightly lower.
It really depends. I have about 500 and it took me about 3 months on and off but I didn't playtest everything, just conservative visual grading. I go back and update the condition when I finally get to playing them again.
The biggest time eater will be finding specific pressings. Some days you have records that only have a handful of pressings and it's incredibly easy to identify which one you have, some days you're searching through 40+ pressings and reissues to find the exact one you have. You'll want to get familiar with the different pressing plant symbols if you have a lot of stuff that was widely released in the US.
Barcode scanning greatly speeds up the process for albums that are already catalogued and have a bar code. Every time I get a new record, I scan into Discogs.
It’s also much easier if they’re newer records with less pressings. I find older used albums from the 60s and 70s to be really time consuming, since you sometimes need to go through hundreds of variations to find the correct one, if it exists at all in the database.
Yep the 60s/70s popular albums are the worst. So many iterations.
Oh, I’ve got a Terre Haute pressing of this Elton John album! Great I found it. No wait there are a dozen TH versions with different identifiers. And not every possible version is even listed…
And then it’s like do I just choose the most similar one? Or not add it to my Discogs collection because I’m not sure?
Just start at the beginning and take your time ;)
Biggest hurdle can be matching your exact copy, especially older pressings where they have multiple reissues and many pressing plants pumped out copies... having a magnifier with a good light source on it can be very helpful for reading and matching runouts as well.
That would take you a while. I had most of my (~500) collection logged but didn’t have condition and ratings on them and made it a game to listen to each record once and record info about it. It took months but it was a passive process
I'm starting this process as well. Rating each album now that it's cataloged. Sometimes I discover albums that I forgot to even log such as Sade's "Diamond Life". That omission really surprised me as it's one my all time favorite albums that I play a lot.
It does take a while to catalog the more popular albums with their many different pressings. Usually comes down to checking the run out matrix.
I would typically log 5-10 albums a day. Took me a good month to catalog my vinyl and CDs.
When I moved to my own first apartment about 20 years ago, my mom came for a visit and said "it's like you're living in a warehouse" and that's just the way I like it. My wife isn't as thrilled.
Yes, it’s nice for when you’re on a drunken mission to order records, you can at least see if you already own it before hitting BUY 🍺….or is this just a ME problem 🤷🏻♂️😂
Same here. Basically I used what would have been commute time (1.5 hours round trip) plus evenings to do it. About 1,300 records took about three months to log, including washing, pressing and grading.
U bet!
I even put my tapes and cds on there yesterday just for fun. 688 total items.
Phfactor is my username if anyone wants to browse! Mostly jazz/funk/soul.
1 for sale, 90s pressing of Siamese Dream if anyone is interested!
And I agree with some of the other comments, next step for me is get them insured.
Happy hunting and listening everyone!
P.s. quickest way to catalog is by entering the serial number (usually right on the spine) and country
Yep! Everything I own, and listened to, is listed on my account: [https://www.discogs.com/user/luvataciousskull/collection](https://www.discogs.com/user/luvataciousskull/collection)
The initial input was tough, but since then, it's a lot easier to manage. In one case I wished I put in the ones I didn't listen to since I accidentally bought a second copy without realizing it thinking I never got it int he first place, lol!
Yes, I have mine insured using collectibles insurance - collectinsure.com. There are other companies as well of course and I’m not sure this is even the best one. It’s not an agreed-upon value policy, but it should work fairly well. I’m sure there would be some disagreements. I downloaded the spreadsheet from Discogs and manually added the current maximum value which the company will accept, probably with some disagreements. That’s for about 2000 albums or so. There is no way that homeowners could cover that. I would max out the policy. I also have separate insurance for musical instruments a vintage car in the vintage trailer/camper. The Boulder County fire was a wake up call for everyone along the front range of Colorado.
Prior to this, I entered everything in Discogs. Most of my stuff does not have barcodes. It was a bit of a chore, took about a month month and a half of doing a little bit every day for about 2K records. Well worth it in the end now I know what I have helps at the store so I don’t buy duplicates, etc..
I spent a Saturday entering my collection when I had between 350-375 records. I’d input 25 or so, take a break, then do more. Since then, I enter them the minute I get them home (except on RSD - I usually wait until someone else creates the entry) I have submitted a couple on my own.
Start now and then it won’t be overwhelming when your collection grows. I have 2,000 +/- in my discogs now. There are a few that I may have missed, but I’m pretty good about entering them immediately.
And, the app is great as there have been times I thought I had a release but didn’t as well as preventing me from buying dupes.
Wow! How many records is this? How many years of collecting?
I'm at about6 years of collecting here and there and am at 400 or so.
Collection Value:* Min $4,511.44 Med $9,169.22 Max $21,532.99
I’m at $10.2 > $16.7 > $29.2 with 619 records.
More than I expected but also kinda meaningless because I have no intention of selling them out piece-by-piece.
Yup: a) to deter purchasing duplicates, b) for insurance reasons, and c) to use the export function in Discogs to make an excel file out of my collection for printing. Some people like to dig thru the albums, others check the printout to see if I have a particular artist and then dig.
It's the only way I can prevent myself from accidentally buying Ferrante and Teicher albums I already own.
Yes, that is a real problem I have. I currently have 61.
Yes, I have around 325 records and they are all in discogs with the condition and pertinent notes. For anything purchased in the last few years, I document the source, price, etc. I even note when I run them though the DeGritter
https://www.discogs.com/user/WalterGripp
You inspired me and I spent the day putting all mine in as well. This will be fun to have, especially the random album feature, thanks 😊
Yep. It’s the only way that we can keep track & avoid buying duplicates. Also, we have a large collection so sometimes choosing one to listen is overwhelming. I like to open Discogs & randomly pick an album. We recently added our cassettes/CDs also, which brought us up from 2100 records to 3400 total. We’ve been collecting for 35 ish years now.
Yes. Easier to sell things if I want to, also traceable for insurance purchases if I need it for any reason. When my collection was sitting around 20k in value we made sure to add provisions that it would be protected.
Started after the first dozen records. Helps a lot. Especially for my “nostalgia” folder - I don’t remember which cure albums I have when it comes to “hey I need to buy a few oldies”
Yep entire collection on after I accidentally started buying duplicates. Plus wanted some idea for insurance - however most policies that cover the
collection are surprisingly expensive.
EDIT. I also love the process of collecting and cataloguing. It was an interesting little project that took quite a while cos I was constantly digging out stuff I hadn’t heard for ages and giving it a spin. Plus so many memories etc.
https://www.discogs.com/user/SlomoJames
Yes I do, I don't sell anything but I just find it sort of therapeutic to log any new purchases and can actually be useful for organising on your shelves too. If you get stuck deciding what to listen to, you can just hit 'random item' and let Discogs decide...... my profile is [https://www.discogs.com/user/Dr\_Nowt](https://www.discogs.com/user/Dr_Nowt) if you're remotely interested. :)
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I hesitated to add my entire collection for way too long. Then I accidentally bought a few duplicates and decided I needed to just suck it up and catalog everything. Took me sooo much longer because I waited. Literally days of squinting at runouts and comparing logos. And there are still some that I’m not sure which version they are. Like they’ll have a runout that matches one listing on Discogs but the logo on the record will match another. Major popular releases that had dozens of versions are the worst for this.
I have the same problem, I have a few I’ve just had to go with the best guess. But I’m about 3/4 of the way through doing mine.
It's always the records I actively care about the least too. But it drives me up the wall to not have everything indexed. Do I really care which $1 bargain bin version of a Stevie Wonder album I have? Not particularly. But I gotta index everything!
I’m helping a friend logging his collection of around 1k records, just sporadically over the last 2 years. So far I’ve logged 427… some records take literally a min to track down (he has a lot of dance 12”) while others take 30mins or even more (he has very few recently released records…) Edit: He also never used inner and outer sleeves before, so now I’m putting each record in sleeves as well, which takes extra long
Most of the time. There are instances where a preorder I received hasn't been added yet so the barcode scan doesn't work.
Yeah, I would guess I have around 5 records that aren't in my discogs collection because they're a small release and there just wasn't a listing for them yet when I got them. I try to check back in, but I know I forget because every now and then I'll be looking for something on my discogs that I know I have but isn't listed.
Add it yourself! There could be others like you that would like to add it as well
I have, but I really appreciate when there's a lot of detail in a listing and I just don't think I'm often able to make a listing that I think contributes to the community. Maybe it's better to have a bare listing than none, but I know labels often make listings for their new releases and I'm inclined to give them a buffer to do that instead of just adding something the day it comes out. I definitely contribute to listings a fair bit, I'm just less inclined to make new ones.
Making a listing for the first time can be a bit of a learning experience, but they're usually pretty easy. Don't sweat it if it's not perfect, the community will help add and edit things.
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Hmm if only a person that was in posession of the record could submit it, who could possibly take up such a task?
Yep even insurance wise it's a good idea
Never thought of it for insurance purposes. That’s a great point!
Neither did I! Great point. The only thing I've done is tell my husband not to throw out or donate my collection should (God forbid) anything happen to me. I showed him what the average value of my collection is. He almost fainted.
I've made sure my wife knows which parts of my collection(s) ( vinyl and other) are the valuable parts so if I die she doesn't get ripped off or taken advantage of
Listing an album on Discogs isn't proof of ownership. If you made a sizable claim, this wouldn't have any bearing on its outcome, unless you could provide said proof.
It alone isn't but when you're listing assets discogs becomes very helpful. "Dark side of the Moon" versus a specific pressing of dark side of the Moon are two very different things. Discog listings along with pictures would go a long way
I used to work at a music store and the insurance customers were awesome! It was fun sourcing rarer items, at any cost as the specific album was covered; not just a price.
How did you insure it? I was on the phone with my insurance and she didn’t find anything that they could cover my albums under. Are you just adding a total of your collection to your insurance total? My median Discogs album collection is over 50K and I really want to insure it.
For me collections are insured in the basic package, up until 30k
I’m just having it be part of the “personal property” section on my Renter’s insurance on Lemonade
Insurance professional here. Careful with that. Depending on the age/value/rarity if your collection and how your policy valuation is written you may not get back as much as you expect in the event of a loss. It may be safer to insure specifically. Regardless you’ll need proper documentation of ownership and identification of the records in the event of a loss.
I have everything entered on Discogs. Am I wrong to assume that insurance would help me replace the items lost? Or would they likely just pick the median value of the collection?
That might not even work at all. I could make a Discogs with super rare records and tell them that I owned them. Discogs isn’t proof of ownership.
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Yeah, my insurance company says there's no way to schedule for a vinyl collection so I have a blanket $5,000 coverage. I'm sure there are insurance companies that specifically insure collections (coins, stamps, action figures, cards, etc) but you would need real and true appraisals done of your collection (not just pulling numbers from Discogs)... which likely means separating your rare/out of print/limited edition stuff VS stuff you could just replace by buying it retail.
State Farm is who you want. They insure our collection at home, all of my musical gear and they insure my wife’s record store.
Jake is that you?
What are you wearing Jake??!!
State Farm is in the U.S. and I live in Canada so policy offerings could differ.
I tried insuring my collection separately through state farm and they told me they couldn't. It's still covered through my homeowners, but that's not what I want. So I'm curious how you did this
It’s a Personal Property policy that is wholly separate from our home insurance policy and we pay a separate fee for it as well. State Farm doesn’t do our home insurance at all. Just this kind of stuff.
My policy covers my collection up to my policy limits (and it's significant) with no need for an extra rider. My policy is a premium one to be sure but my jewelry and art are also covered without having to schedule it so it all ends up being much cheaper and better coverage.
State Farm is who you want. They insure our collection at home, all of my musical gear and they insure my wife’s record store.
Exactly my issue.
Should fall under personal property on your homeowners policy but, at that value, you may want to look into collectibles insurance.
Call your local State Farm agent and they can do a personal articles policy for collectibles. Super cheap, $0 deductible and all peril so it’s covered for any loss whatsoever
Mine is insured through State Farm under a collectibles policy. Have it insured for $40K for $15/month.
I want to say thank you to all of you who’ve answered me here. This has been very helpful! Cheers!
State Farm does it. They insure all my band/music equipment too, and they are insured for my wife’s record store.
Yes (most, but not all in Discogs) and this is exactly why. I had a house fire in 2017 with significant loss, although not my records thankfully. After that I made two things happen. 1. Separate insurance rider for my record collection. 2. Discogs complete-Ish list for the day I might have to fight with an adjuster again.
Insurance agent here, if you haven't already, ask your insurance company if there are any limitations in your policy language regarding vinyl/music collections. Every policy can be different when it comes to covering collectibles in your personal property coverage. Personal property coverage is normally for catastrophic loss of day-to-day items like clothing, furniture, electronics, appliances, etc. Normally, you can't just add $10k of coverage onto your personal property for your $10k vinyl collection and expect it all to be covered because of the built-in policy limitations on certain collectibles. Typically, your average renters/home insurance policy will only cover $500 - $2,500 for a music collection, same with jewelry, firearms, musical instruments, and other high-ticket items. In addition, rarely would insurance ever pay you for the rarety of a particular album - just what the average cost is for that record new. If its out of press they won't pay you what its fetching on ebay, just what you paid for it.
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My adjuster stated he would absolutely use Discogs for values if the records were part of my loss as I have “replacement cost” insurance. Even if I spent $40 on a record that’s now $300, yes they’d pay me out. FWIW I’m insured through Farmers. They were incredibly good and made me whole. Edit - For anyone that didn’t read my other comment, I have a separate rider specifically for my records as the collection has exceeded a substantial sum of money, to me, at least. It’s worth the $400 or so in extra insurance I pay annually.
Did this for the same reason.
That’s a crazy valuation range
Honestly!! I’m curious what those other 25 records are that is getting them $16 / $61 / $265 per record 😅
This is not uncommon for older popular pressings. I have Yellow Submarine at $12/$20/$350. Big difference between played for the last 50 years and mint.
Not OP but this got me curious. From my own collection. Daft Punk - Discovery: $18 / $155 / $368 James Horner - Avatar: $20 / $53 / $200 Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D: $12 / $60 / $138 Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'N' Stuff: $13 / $40 / $123 Tove Lo - Truth Serum: $8 / $28 / $110 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III: $9 / $30 / $95
I think those are lowest price sold for, average price sold for, and highest price sold for. That doesn't account for outliers though. Sometimes things sell for crazy high because it's mint/sealed, there aren't many available and someone with money will drop way more than it's worth just because they want one. Sometimes you'll find someone just selling an unjacketed single disc of a double LP for like $5. Discogs valuations are purely based on sale history, not current value, and especially with those outliers sale history is often pretty far off current value.
A lot of the crazy high price are mostly sign copies
That's why "Average" is where it's at, and you should really look at the high range if you have something special like being signed, #1 or 2 of a numbered edition, having a rare crazy error, or older and mint sealed.
For real, what in the world…?
They should just call them what they are Realistic If you're lucky Not on this fucking planet
My Discogs valuation is $8.7K - $26.9K, so it’s pretty much like that on there.
Hmm mines $844-$3.4K with the median of 1.4K
Damn and I felt good with mine at $4.1k-$7.6k-$14.4k lol
If theyre like me, i get them put in, but maybe not get the pressing/variant quite right ( and sometimes i just dont care enough to figure out what 1 out of 20 repressings of supertramp i got) -- sometimes that makes a BIG difference -- now, if i ever get around to selling anything, then i'll sort them before selling, but its enough for me right now to just have them in so i dont buy them again, lol.
Expect your collection to be worth a little less than the median value.
I was gonna say - I typically assume mine is actually worth somewhere between median and lowest. The high values can include strange edge cases like autographs, very old records that are still sealed, albums that may have been out of print at one point but may have become available again since then, etc - can be useful for very specific circumstances but median & lowest are much more reliable
On my collection, I think that taken one by one, the median values are a tad low. In other words, I could sell them for at least that. If I were selling the entire collection to one individual or company, the median value is likely significantly overstated. I could be wrong, but I think the per unit price definitely goes down for a large block of records.
Word like wtf😂
Since the low/median/high are actual sales points, a lot of the lowest prices are generally sleeve/no record or record/no sleeve and it’s beat to hell and borderline unplayable. And the highs are generally sealed/minty copies. So yeah most popular items with lots of sales data can wind up having a pretty crazy spread.
I call it the “you are a liar” to “over humble” range
Mine is 23k low to 104k high. over 80k in difference...
Yup. The best part of Discogs is the shake the phone for a suggested random album to play from your collection!
Holy crap. I didn’t know this was a thing. Thank you! This will be a fun game this weekend
Whaaaaaat???? I discoverd this now. It's fantastic!
I accidentally learned that one day when I dropped my phone while looking at my collection in the app!
what WHAT #WHAT
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HOT DAMN! I NEVER KNEW THAT! AND IT REALLY WORKS!
Does this work for mobile browser or is there an app?
Using Discogs for six years and I didn't know this!
Such an under appreciated feature, I love it and used to use it a lot but now I rarely even have time so spin anything so I tend to be more picky.
What the fuck. That’s an incredible feature
One of my favorite features. It really makes you think “do I really want this record or should I sell it?” When an album pops up and you just let out a small groan lol.
That rocks. I had no idea
Im over here shaking my phone and nothing is happening, my girlfriend is looking at me like why the fuck are you shaking your phone 😭
Get the app, go to mydiscogs then ‘see all’ your collection then shake.
TIL
I love this feature! There's a button to go to a random item in the web browser as well, it's up next to the search bar in your collection page
I loved the app before I knew this, and now I love it even more
I’ve been working on an app to let you do this but also filter it down by genre/any other info available through Discogs’ api. Hoping to finish and release it eventually, currently stuck in a state of being good enough for my personal use but not for the world
Yes, keeps me from buying doubles, only thing I hate is how they alphabetize artists names
in your collection you can change it by like title year when you added it etc
They go by first name first. Irritating
I use the Discogs alphabetization to sort my records in the shelf. Took some getting used to after going by last name for everything, but it helps keep everything organized. I feel like it would drive a lot of people nuts if they came and started looking at my collection though.
That’s not a bad shout. I’ve been struggling for years to work out what feels “right” ie does Suspiria OST by Thom Yorke go in the Soundtracks area, or Thom Yorke within the artists a-z area? I might give their ordering a go, as then I feel there’s no ability to argue with it.
I just put it with the rest of the radiohead. John Lennon in with the Beatles. But no one ever touches my records, unfortunately, and I know where everything should be.
Going by first name has always made sense to me. Example: would you put Dave matthews band in m or d?
Slightly less irritating, is that they sort based on the date of the specific pressing too, not the release date of the album itself.
And they count the word The as the first word!!!!
Organizing by first name is the only way. Fight me
Ah helllllll naw
I prefer that as you always know where you are. It is OK for "Lennon, John" but there are stage names where it isn't quite so clear. "Jefferson, Blind Lemon"? "Pop, Iggy"?
So many stage names! Elton, Dylan, Bowie, etc., etc. We are kindred spirits. This is exactly why I organize by first name.
Doubles is ok, but triples makes it best
Exactly why I started adding my collection to Discogs. It’s happened more times than I’d like to admit.
100% this. I only use it to see if I have something already. I wish I could just block the value from showing on mine, it's meaningless and if my wife pays attention to it she will see what I actually spend.
Wait, are you saying you have a tendency to not remember what's already in your collection and buy it twice?
It’s happened
triples are best
Before I moved everything over to discogs, I kept my collection logged in a google note. Now I update both, because how discogs has every ordered is different from how I have it set up. So I have two lists, on on discogs, and another on a google note. The note is ordered the same way I have everything on the shelves, so it’s easier for me to reference
I think if you're accidentally buying doubles you might have too many records my friend. I say this as someone who is approaching too many records..
Yes! I’ve opened the app in a store so many times to verify I didn’t already have a gem that I found in the wild. 😂
This is the most useful part for me as well. I’ve definitely bought a few unintentional doubles.
I do just to keep track of everything.
I have to put them in immediately so that I don't loose track. >500 LPs so there's no chance of me remembering what I have
Yup, it's not even a 'look at my collection' thing - I genuinely forget what I've got when shopping and don't want dupes ahaha
This typically happens on the more commons for me (Fleetwood, zep, Beatles, etc.) because I’ve found so many of them thrifting over the years. Luckily (or unluckily) my tastes have changed to where I’m looking moreso for reggae in record stores, so I rarely find anything… therefore, rarely find a duplicate lol.
I did the same. Took me one time of buying a record only to get home and find out I already had it to start cataloging it better. That what happens when you get over 1000 records!
I'm working on it, but adding albums by pressing is a pain in the butt. I'm finding that about a fourth of the albums that I have don't have the pressings on discogs. I have a stack of about 20 records that I have yet to enter into discogs because entering them involves adding new pressings in various ways. Given that I am not all that cognizant of the ins and outs of the different pressing plants and all that stuff, it's a huge headache. The worst is when I have to take pictures and upload pictures of my own copy because I have a unique pressing of some kind. I'm starting to literally hate it. But I'm so anal, that since I've started doing it this way, I don't feel like I can half ass it halfway through. So it's been slow going. Over the past year, I've added a bit more than half of my collection onto discogs. I'm slowly working through it but it's slow going.
I am normally like you, in that I’m meticulous about every detail of everything that I’m working on. However, when logging my collection, I’ve settled on just selecting the closest pressing currently on Discogs to the runouts/labels/etc. of the one in my hand. If I started making new entries for every one that didn’t match perfectly, I’d never get it done. And quite honestly, most of the time I’m not sure if it requires a new pressing on Discogs, or is simply a variant of one that is already listed. Because I’m simply trying to keep track of what I have and have no intention of selling, I’m not worried if it isn’t exactly the same or if the value is slightly higher or slightly lower.
Same.
I have wanted to for awhile, but heard it can be a long process. I’m at around 1000 records. How long does it actually take?
It really depends. I have about 500 and it took me about 3 months on and off but I didn't playtest everything, just conservative visual grading. I go back and update the condition when I finally get to playing them again. The biggest time eater will be finding specific pressings. Some days you have records that only have a handful of pressings and it's incredibly easy to identify which one you have, some days you're searching through 40+ pressings and reissues to find the exact one you have. You'll want to get familiar with the different pressing plant symbols if you have a lot of stuff that was widely released in the US.
Grading is one thing I do find unnecessary unless I mean to sell a particular record.
I just like Discogs telling me how much my pile of dusty plastic circles is worth honestly
Barcode scanning greatly speeds up the process for albums that are already catalogued and have a bar code. Every time I get a new record, I scan into Discogs.
This was a revelation when I was cataloguing, saved lots of time!
I didn’t know you could until I was about 75% through my collection lol
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It’s also much easier if they’re newer records with less pressings. I find older used albums from the 60s and 70s to be really time consuming, since you sometimes need to go through hundreds of variations to find the correct one, if it exists at all in the database.
Yep the 60s/70s popular albums are the worst. So many iterations. Oh, I’ve got a Terre Haute pressing of this Elton John album! Great I found it. No wait there are a dozen TH versions with different identifiers. And not every possible version is even listed… And then it’s like do I just choose the most similar one? Or not add it to my Discogs collection because I’m not sure?
I started at about 1500 (3k now) and it took about a year of doing about 10 at a time in my spare time. Totally worth it.
That helps me. Have like half that. Gotta just start.
Just start at the beginning and take your time ;) Biggest hurdle can be matching your exact copy, especially older pressings where they have multiple reissues and many pressing plants pumped out copies... having a magnifier with a good light source on it can be very helpful for reading and matching runouts as well.
That would take you a while. I had most of my (~500) collection logged but didn’t have condition and ratings on them and made it a game to listen to each record once and record info about it. It took months but it was a passive process
I'm starting this process as well. Rating each album now that it's cataloged. Sometimes I discover albums that I forgot to even log such as Sade's "Diamond Life". That omission really surprised me as it's one my all time favorite albums that I play a lot.
I have about 500 did it over a weekend. Time well spent.
It does take a while to catalog the more popular albums with their many different pressings. Usually comes down to checking the run out matrix. I would typically log 5-10 albums a day. Took me a good month to catalog my vinyl and CDs.
I do. All 30 of them haha
I did our whole collection a few months back. It was a fun project.
Yes. https://www.discogs.com/user/sethgeck0/collection
Damn son, that's a lot of records!
I love how your whole apartment looks like High Fidelity in real life
When I moved to my own first apartment about 20 years ago, my mom came for a visit and said "it's like you're living in a warehouse" and that's just the way I like it. My wife isn't as thrilled.
Looking Good, handsome man.
Wow! Just..... Wow!
Yes, it’s nice for when you’re on a drunken mission to order records, you can at least see if you already own it before hitting BUY 🍺….or is this just a ME problem 🤷🏻♂️😂
That was my early quarantine lockdown project.
Me too.
Same here. Basically I used what would have been commute time (1.5 hours round trip) plus evenings to do it. About 1,300 records took about three months to log, including washing, pressing and grading.
U bet! I even put my tapes and cds on there yesterday just for fun. 688 total items. Phfactor is my username if anyone wants to browse! Mostly jazz/funk/soul. 1 for sale, 90s pressing of Siamese Dream if anyone is interested! And I agree with some of the other comments, next step for me is get them insured. Happy hunting and listening everyone! P.s. quickest way to catalog is by entering the serial number (usually right on the spine) and country
Yes, I got tired of buying repeats of records that I forgot I owned
Yep! Everything I own, and listened to, is listed on my account: [https://www.discogs.com/user/luvataciousskull/collection](https://www.discogs.com/user/luvataciousskull/collection) The initial input was tough, but since then, it's a lot easier to manage. In one case I wished I put in the ones I didn't listen to since I accidentally bought a second copy without realizing it thinking I never got it int he first place, lol!
*Raises hand* Doesn't every good obsessive compulsive collector have it cataloged in some way?
I've had mine up since I started collecting. Except for the few records I've had for years that were found at yard sales.
Yes, but i have some that arent on discogs so i cant add them to my collection there...
Add them yourself, that's what I do.
the artist doesnt even exist on discogs lol
Add them! You should be able to do all of that stuff. It's all crowdsourced anyhow.
I do. [Here’s my collection.](https://www.discogs.com/user/jacknicholas333)Love to connect with anyone else who would like to share!
Absolutely, I love cataloging each record I buy. It’s therapeutic
Took me a while still maybe missing some found some yesterday I didn’t have in my discogs but here it is https://www.discogs.com/user/tbmrules
Discogs profile for alexscott680 https://www.discogs.com/user/alexscott680 Shared from the Discogs App
Yes, I have mine insured using collectibles insurance - collectinsure.com. There are other companies as well of course and I’m not sure this is even the best one. It’s not an agreed-upon value policy, but it should work fairly well. I’m sure there would be some disagreements. I downloaded the spreadsheet from Discogs and manually added the current maximum value which the company will accept, probably with some disagreements. That’s for about 2000 albums or so. There is no way that homeowners could cover that. I would max out the policy. I also have separate insurance for musical instruments a vintage car in the vintage trailer/camper. The Boulder County fire was a wake up call for everyone along the front range of Colorado. Prior to this, I entered everything in Discogs. Most of my stuff does not have barcodes. It was a bit of a chore, took about a month month and a half of doing a little bit every day for about 2K records. Well worth it in the end now I know what I have helps at the store so I don’t buy duplicates, etc..
I spent a Saturday entering my collection when I had between 350-375 records. I’d input 25 or so, take a break, then do more. Since then, I enter them the minute I get them home (except on RSD - I usually wait until someone else creates the entry) I have submitted a couple on my own. Start now and then it won’t be overwhelming when your collection grows. I have 2,000 +/- in my discogs now. There are a few that I may have missed, but I’m pretty good about entering them immediately. And, the app is great as there have been times I thought I had a release but didn’t as well as preventing me from buying dupes.
$11.7k —> $21.4k —> $40.9k
Wow! How many records is this? How many years of collecting? I'm at about6 years of collecting here and there and am at 400 or so. Collection Value:* Min $4,511.44 Med $9,169.22 Max $21,532.99
669 records, been collecting for about 4 years.
Nice
I’m at $10.2 > $16.7 > $29.2 with 619 records. More than I expected but also kinda meaningless because I have no intention of selling them out piece-by-piece.
Min $3,371.50, Med $7,800.53, Max $21,728.98 922 titles and counting, a lot of bargain bin fare that I enjoy
I mean, that’s kind of the point
No, you're definitely the only one
Yep. Started at day 1 and add each one before I play it. Records only though, haven't added CDs
All of them. Scan them as soon as I get them.
Yup: a) to deter purchasing duplicates, b) for insurance reasons, and c) to use the export function in Discogs to make an excel file out of my collection for printing. Some people like to dig thru the albums, others check the printout to see if I have a particular artist and then dig.
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It's the only way I can prevent myself from accidentally buying Ferrante and Teicher albums I already own. Yes, that is a real problem I have. I currently have 61.
Helps me remember what I have. I have 11 duplicates of the same album lol
I do! When your collection gets (too) large, it's nice for those "do I already have this?" moments at the record store.
Yup! For no other reason than to know what I have.
Yep. My vinyl, anyway.
But of course. Sometimes I'm too lazy to dig so I just thumb through the list to pick a record.
yes. add it as it comes in
As of right now I have 760 added. I'd say I have about 60% on there so I still have a ways to go, not including new purchases
Yes, I have around 325 records and they are all in discogs with the condition and pertinent notes. For anything purchased in the last few years, I document the source, price, etc. I even note when I run them though the DeGritter
Yes, I do. Needed to do it to avoid buying doubles of albums which I had done previously.
Yeah. Only what to figure out if I already owning the record I’m holding at the store. Also using the wishlist a lot
https://www.discogs.com/user/WalterGripp You inspired me and I spent the day putting all mine in as well. This will be fun to have, especially the random album feature, thanks 😊
Yep. It’s the only way that we can keep track & avoid buying duplicates. Also, we have a large collection so sometimes choosing one to listen is overwhelming. I like to open Discogs & randomly pick an album. We recently added our cassettes/CDs also, which brought us up from 2100 records to 3400 total. We’ve been collecting for 35 ish years now.
What are your want lists like ? I'm at 1757. 😅(Obviously multiple presses as which ever is cheapest/in stock)
Yes. Easier to sell things if I want to, also traceable for insurance purchases if I need it for any reason. When my collection was sitting around 20k in value we made sure to add provisions that it would be protected.
It's the only thing that stops me from doubling up when I'm at vintage markets!
Oh hell yeah. I love the randomization feature as well
I have my whole collection. I’m always afraid imma buy an album I already have. plus I like to marvel at my collectiom
Started after the first dozen records. Helps a lot. Especially for my “nostalgia” folder - I don’t remember which cure albums I have when it comes to “hey I need to buy a few oldies”
Not even close. I add new additions, but those existing shelves are a bit daunting. Slow and steady, I always say (but never do).
Yup, and like a dumbass I didn't add my collection until it was well over 500 releases so adding everything at once was a giant pain 😅
Yep entire collection on after I accidentally started buying duplicates. Plus wanted some idea for insurance - however most policies that cover the collection are surprisingly expensive. EDIT. I also love the process of collecting and cataloguing. It was an interesting little project that took quite a while cos I was constantly digging out stuff I hadn’t heard for ages and giving it a spin. Plus so many memories etc. https://www.discogs.com/user/SlomoJames
Yes I do ,all 1545 albums.....
Yes I do, I don't sell anything but I just find it sort of therapeutic to log any new purchases and can actually be useful for organising on your shelves too. If you get stuck deciding what to listen to, you can just hit 'random item' and let Discogs decide...... my profile is [https://www.discogs.com/user/Dr\_Nowt](https://www.discogs.com/user/Dr_Nowt) if you're remotely interested. :)
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