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To me, a record collector (or a collector of anything) is: (1) A person who places a high priority in procuring many items of a given specific or similar type, and (2) Continues to look for
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I’ve always collected something ever since I was a little kid. From the cards in PG Tips (anyone remember them?), football stickers, stamps through to records. I’m by no means a completist, do colle
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So....we have: - Music collectors who aren't record collectors - Record collectors who aren't music collectors - People with collections of Records who aren't collectors - Real wor
As a follow-on to the interesting thread started by @Fish Fingers, which asks the question "Are not many people on here record collectors", I was struck by how many people have said that although they buy music, tey do not consider themselves to be collectors.
Thread here:
As examples:
@Daved says "I don't consider myself a collector. I've got quite a lot of records but only buy what I really like at a low price."
@Shinehead says "Never been a collector of records just amassed records by buying them over the years still got a large amount but now just buy CDs..."
@Mickey Finn says "I collect the music that I like, although I can get sidetracked by special series or issues or reissues. Not sure that makes me a "collector", but there seems to be enough music cluttering the house."
@Thinksmart says "I collect only via CDs & legal downloads not vinyl anymore... I have over 80000 songs in the [cloud-based] Soul library..."
The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'collector' as:
"kəˈlɛktə | noun | 1) a person who collects things of a specified type, professionally or as a hobby: an art collector."
That definition would seem to apply to all of the perspectives above, with "things of a specified type" including genre(s) and formats, yet everyone with the exception of Thinksmart doesn't see themselves as someone who collects things.
That begs the question: how do you define a record collector?
What's your take on it?