“Over a thousand records deep and this crate knows exactly what it wants to be. With 1007 records across 520 artists and 265 labels, the center of gravity hits hard in the modern era—223 records from the 2000s and another 200 locking down the 1990s. The spine of the whole room runs straight through heavy rock, punk, and ska. You've got 20 Rush titles holding down the high end, flanked by 15 Slackers releases, 14 Rancid albums, and 12 Alice In Chains records. It's a loud, aggressive backbone that ties your crate together. Behind the boards, you've accidentally built an elite mastering shrine. Bob Ludwig is stamped on 35 albums, Chris Bellman cut lacquer on 32, and George Marino mastered 16. Add Brendan O'Brien and Rick Rubin running 15 production and mix credits each, and the sonic DNA of this library is remarkably focused. You know what hits and you buy it deep.”
Collection at a Glance
- On the shelf
- 507 501 unique albums 480 on streaming
- Format mix
- 501 vinyl
- Top genres
- Alt/Indie · Rock · Jazz · Metal
- Last spin
- Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture) — Various · Sep 6
- Grails
- 8 — including Bela Lugosi's Dead - The Bela Session, Odelay, Right On Time
- Concerts
- 37 attended
- Badges
- 40 earned
- Member since
- Mar 2026
The Clerk's take
Bob Ludwig has mastered 35 of your damn records.
Thirty-five records touched by one mastering engineer. Bob Ludwig's ears practically raised you, yet his name lives entirely in your fine print. Holy shit, check the deadwax—the man has set up permanent camp inside your collection.
Fifteen Rush albums and missing Signals? Come on.
Fifteen records running from 1974's self-titled to Counterparts in '93, but Signals and Power Windows are clean missing. Also skipped Roll The Bones and All The World's A Stage. You built an absolute fortress of Rush and left four specific doors wide open.
Rancid from 2009 to 2017: absolute zero skips.
Nine Rancid records spanning Let the Dominoes Fall to Trouble Maker, perfectly complete without a single release missed. Stack that next to a 2000s shelf holding 223 titles and the 90s sitting right behind at 200. Solid work.
Five months unplayed: drop the needle on Shostakovich 13.
Sitting on your shelf for five months with zero spins. You are the only one in the whole Gatefold network holding this Kondrashin recording of Symphony No. 13. Cavernous, brooding, political as hell. Spin it tonight.
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Stats for nerds
- 2020s57
- 2010s179
- 2000s223
- 1990s200
- 1980s130
- 1970s71
- 1960s67
- 1950s26
- 1920s1
- 1Columbia34
- 2Legacy23
- 3Music On Vinyl22
- 4UMe21
- 5Atlantic17
Badges 14
Unicorns 15
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