[78-L] Jacob S. Schneider]

[David Lennick]

If I pick up records at said stores, I'm adding to my collection. But when I 
bring them home and they add to the various piles that haven't been sorted 
since Reagan was in the White House, "accumulation" is a polite word for it/them.

dl

Bud Black wrote:
> If I go into a Sally Ann or Goodwill store and buy up, sight unseen,  every
> 78 rpm record they have, that's an accumulation.  But if I sort through the
> records and just buy the ones I want, that's adding to my collection.
> 
> Bud 
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: Steven C. Barr
> Date: 01/15/09 19:30:15
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jacob S. Schneider]
>  
>> Schneider never had a collection.....it was an accumulation.
>>
> Okeh...for all you folks out there in Radio-Land...what, exactly, defines
> the
> difference between "collection" and "accumulation?!"
>  
> The number of rare and valuable records owned?!
> Whether the records are classical or pop music?!
> Whether the owner has compiled any discographic reference works and
> published same?!
> What sort of relations exist between the owner and the describer?!
>  
> Or some other concept(s)...?!
>  
> I tend to call my half-vast shellac holdings more of an "accumulation,"
> since I will happily add any and all records if they are cheap enough
> (FREE,of course, preferred,until my pension income is much improved...!).
> Nonetheless, I DID compile the "Dating Guide" from them...and have
> written various articles using them, as well...?!
>  
> ...stevenc
> (NOTE:  please ignore the copies of "Doggie In the Window"...I'm
> trying to,myself...?!
>