[78-L] For those married folks, how does your spouse fell about your record collection?

[Jeff Austin]

When I was an adolescent in Columbus, Ohio, I had the great fortune of having as my mentor a great and generous collector, Isabelle Sayers, whose issue lie in dealing with her husband, a fine, loving man who nevertheless struggled with his wife's interests and... stuff.  Isabelle was one of a kind.  For one thing, it has been my experience that few women seem to have the "collecting gene" to the extent that men do; but my friend had all manner of things from phonographs (7 or 8 Berliners, for heaven sakes!), vast heaps of records, sheet music, costumes, and even a significant collection of Annie Oakley memorabilia, about whom she eventually published.  Her husband and family were, fortunately, tolerant and broadminded when it came to the... stuff, as well as her bizarre friends, be they eccentric kids such as I (or earlier, the young Terry Waldo) and the great (or weird, depending on one's frame of reference) collectors who came to visit.  I never got to
 meet Milford Fargo, but clearly remember, as perhaps some on this list might, Breevort O'Dell, who himself was fortunate in having an adoring and tolerant spouse.  Frank Sayers was a prince.  As a parting tribute to Mrs. Sayers, it might only be on this list that I can pass along her handy storage tip for safekeeping Berliner discs:  saucepans.




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From: buster <busterdog at mac.com>
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Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 7:06:50 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] For those married folks, how does your spouse fell about your  record collection?

This time I'm going to bite my tongue, rather than inject more  
comments about how this is more proof what a group of freaks we  
collectors can be...

Salerno's remarks about how the woman can be replaced more easily than  
some of the records...uh yep, no wonder he's single!

On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> I knew a collector here in Seattle who had records in every corner  
> of his
> little one-bedroom apartment...the kitchen contained no food or  
> dishes or
> cooking wear.  I never opened his fridge to look inside,  but I  
> would not
> have been surprised to see records in there as well.
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] For those married folks, how does your spouse  
> fell about
> your record collection?
>
>
>>
>> My wife tolerates it, but enjoys a lot of what I collect. We set up  
>> rules
>> so that records are confined only to "my" parts of the house. They  
>> do not
>> interfere with "common" territory, like bedrooms, family and living  
>> rooms,
>> kitchen. Don't laugh at the last one. Before he was married, Dr.  
>> Demento
>> used to have records in his kitchen cabinets.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:50:10 -0600
>>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>>> From: bratcher at pdq.net
>>> Subject: [78-L] For those married folks, how does your spouse fell  
>>> about
>>> your record collection?
>>>
>>> As most record collectors seem to be male I'm wondering is your wife
>>> accepting of your collection? Tolerates it? Hates it or something
>>> else? How does she feel about your buying more records or bringing
>>> them home? Ok with it? Or do you get a hassle every time you add new
>>> (to you) records to your collection?
>>>
>>> I'm not married so thankfully no wife problems however I've had a
>>> few girlfriends from time to time that seemed to be ok with my very
>>> large collection of records. None of them were really thrilled by it
>>> though......
>>>
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