[78-L] Record collecting [was (no subject)]

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 02:33 PM 4/3/2009, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 4/3/2009 2:24:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk writes:
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>A  related subject: when did record collecting, as opposed to record
>buying,  start?
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>When, as a kid, someone gives you their records.
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I don't know they exact year when people started collecting records 
as opposed to buying them. Whats the difference between a record 
collector & a record buyer anyway? The fact that a record collector 
takes good to excellent care of whatever records he (or she) has in 
their collection? Or is it something else?

I started buying records when I was 16 (1975) & became a collector at 
pretty much the same time as I found the record collector shops in 
Houston Texas fairly quickly. Instead of chasing girls I was spending 
good money on records at the collector shops instead!! Didn't start 
dating until I was 18 & out of high school. What is it about women & 
records? Very few are collectors & the ones I've met (except one 
female collector I know) find the hunt for records very boring.....