Collector

gravesouth

/u/gravesouthCollecting since 2026

Total

Vinyl

2026

Since

The Clerk's read on this shelf

“This forty-nine record shelf is an absolute puzzle box. You've got forty-five artists spread across fifty-two different labels, which means practically every record came from a different home. The seventies dominate with twenty-three records, while the nineties pull runner-up duty at nine. When Kendrick Lamar and MF Doom sit three and two deep next to Don Adams, Connie Smith, and Joan Baez, you aren't building a purist shrine. You're building a chaotic sprawl. It's got twenty-three seventiessmashing right into a hip-hop backbone. That's a real crate. There's no corporate polish here, just thirty-odd years of someone buying whatever caught their ear in the bins. Keep alphabetizing the used section. This collection has life in it.”

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Collection at a Glance

Total records: 49
Format mix: 49 vinyl
Top genres: Folk · Rock · Hip-Hop · Metal
Badges: 15 earned
Member since: Aug 2026

The Clerk's take

The roast

Three Kendrick, two Doom.

Forty-nine total records and the hip-hop corner is doing some heavy lifting against a very scattered field. Don Adams and Joan Baez sharing shelf space with underground rap. That's a wide lane.

Today's read

Seventies rule this crate.

Twenty-three records locked in the 1970s. The 1990s trail at nine. Fifty-two different labels scattered across forty-five artists. Someone bought with zero regard for genre loyalty.

The win

Pink Floyd and Connie Smith.

That's forty-nine records spread across forty-five artists with fifty-two labels in the mix. The 1970s take twenty-three slots and the nineties grab nine. Real variety on this shelf.

Buried treasure

Forty-nine records deep.

Fifty-two labels for forty-five artists means you've got an absolute sprawl of independent pressings and major label ghosts sitting together. Pull a random one out tonight and see what happens.

Vinyl

Oldest pressing

1972