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...to take our LPs to the tip

43 replies

Littlepleasures · 25/07/2017 19:06

When we moved to our house 20 years ago we put all our LPs from the 1970s ( Think Free, Led Zep, Cat Stevens, Yes to name but a few) straight in to the huge shed. There must be around 100 of them. We didn't use them any more but DH didn't want to part with them. They weren't even stored in a box or covered, just dumped on a high shelf.

Having a massive clear out of the shed this week and being ruthless about getting rid of things. DH wants to buy a record player, bring the LPs in to the house and start using them again. I'm totally against it. After 20 years in the shed, I'm sure the vinyl must have warped, certainly they stink, from years of damp, mice pee etc and some of the covers are bloated and encrusted with dust and god knows what else. I can't bear the thought of bringing them in to the house, and I'm sure the charity shop wouldn't want them in this state.

Am I being selfish to veto his wishes and take them down the tip? After all, he hasn't needed them or used them in the last 20 years and if they were so precious in the first place, he should have stored them more carefully. I'm not BU am I?

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MsSusanStoHelit · 25/07/2017 21:30

*wow, even Blush

Mycarsmellsoflavender · 25/07/2017 21:34

Outside the gate sounds like a nice plan for the beach toys and paddling pool given that school holidays have just started. Someone will have them.

MaidOfStars · 25/07/2017 21:38

I collect vinyl but I wouldn't let 29 year damp/dirty records near my needle.

Were they stored vertically or horizontallt?

BestIsWest · 25/07/2017 21:58

Good grief no. 19 year old DS has come home tonight pleased as punch with a 1970s Billy Joel vinyl LP that he found in Oxfam. He'd be ecstatic with actual rock music vinyl.

Littlepleasures · 25/07/2017 22:49

Maid. They were stored horizontally and that's part of the point I'm trying to make with DH. He hasn't treated them like something that's very important to him. Bit late to start now.

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Imbeingunreasonable · 25/07/2017 22:57

Vinyl are collectibles!! They go for loads if you sell them. I'd feel slightly heartbroken if if when to the tip and found Led Zeppelin and Free in there (the records obviously, not the bands Grin

Imbeingunreasonable · 25/07/2017 22:57

If I went *

lazycrazyhazy · 25/07/2017 23:58

Our adult DC in their 30s have all bought record players and are collecting vinyl... definitely not for the dump. Your collection sounds like ours, same age group I'm guessing.

Davros · 26/07/2017 00:27

We've got 100s of vinyl records and three record players. Why don't you but him a record player for his next birthday?

user1499333856 · 26/07/2017 00:36

Sell them. Obvious.

SteamTrainsRealAleandOpenFires · 26/07/2017 01:21

Why don't you but him a record player for his next birthday?

I agree, you can get some "retro" looking ones with USB ports (possibly some with tape decks?)

toffeeboffin · 26/07/2017 01:42

.'19 year old DS has come home tonight pleased as punch with a 1970s Billy Joel vinyl LP that he found in Oxfam. He'd be ecstatic with actual rock music vinyl'

Best thing I've heard all year.

sashh · 26/07/2017 04:57

Check out how much they are worth before you dump them. Even with covers in crap condition they can be worth quite a bit.

MaidOfStars · 26/07/2017 17:42

Stored horizontally in a pile in a shed that is subject to cycles of winter cold and summer heat?

19lottie82 · 26/07/2017 17:44

To all the PPs saying keep them, are you not understanding they are a total mess? From the OP I doubt they would be playable

noeffingidea · 28/07/2017 09:07

19lottie the OP doesn't know what condition they're in, or if they can be cleaned up and played.

19lottie82 · 28/07/2017 13:39

They've been in a damp shed on their sides for 20 years. They will be mouldy and warped, trust me.

TonicAndTonic · 28/07/2017 13:45

If you think they are in too much of a state for the charity shop or eBay, then maybe Freecycle? Someone keen will take them off your hands and sort through them.

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