TristerosEmpire

Collector

TristerosEmpire

/u/tristerosempireCollecting since 2026
69
Total
68
Vinyl
1
CD
2026
Since
The Clerk's read on this shelf

Sixty-eight records, 42 artists, and 57 different labels means you are buying across the board without getting trapped in one label's bullshit marketing lane. The dominant spine of this room is clearly anchored in modern songwriting and sprawling studio craft, running hot from the 2020s with 21 records and backed up by 13 from the 2000s. You have got heavy modern indie texture sitting right alongside massive pop architecture, jumping from the Lord Huron studio universe straight into Coldplay and Tame Impala. Then you throw six Beatles records in the mix, giving the whole shelf a direct historical grounding to the studio experiments that started all this tracking madness in the first place. It is an active crate that leans forward into current pressings rather than just wallowing in the past. Clean, punchy, and loud enough to piss off the landlord when you finally drop the needle.

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Collection at a Glance

On the shelf
69 67 unique albums
Format mix
68 vinyl · 1 CD
Top genres
Rock · Alt/Indie · Soundtrack & Scores · Electronic
Last spin
Dark UniverseDanny Elfman · today
Concerts
64 attended
Wantlist
1 records sought
Badges
19 earned
Member since
Aug 2026

The Clerk's take

The roast

James Murphy had you sweating, but you tapped out two records early.

Got three LCD Soundsystem records from Sound Of Silver to The Long Goodbye and then you just froze up? You are missing 45:33 Remixes from 2009 and London Sessions from 2011. Two motherfucking records sitting right in that corridor and you left the tape running empty.

Today's read

Geoff Emerick engineered six of your damn records.

Look at the fine print on Revolver. The bastard was barely twenty when he started shoving mics right down the bass drum at Abbey Road. He is sitting on six of your owned records right now, rattling your speakers with pure low-end grit whether you clocked his name or not.

The win

The 2020s are eating your collection alive.

Twenty-one records from the 2020s alone out of a 68-record shelf. That crushes your 2000s runner-up stack of 13. You are actually buying the music happening right now instead of acting like some crusty prick waiting around for old cardboard to rot. Hell yes.

Buried treasure

Tame Impala sitting three deep on the shelf.

Three Tame Impala records parked right next to your heavy hitters. You got 68 total records and you are letting that cosmic psych fuzz collect dust instead of dropping the needle tonight? Pull one out right now and blow the damn cobwebs out of your speakers.

Vinyl
68
CD
1
Oldest pressing
1965

Top genres

Rock28
Alt/Indie19
Soundtrack & Scores10
Electronic5

Top artists

01The Beatles6
02Lord Huron6
03Coldplay5
04Various4

Stats for nerds

By decade
’20s21 RECORDS
  1. 2020s21
  2. 2010s11
  3. 2000s14
  4. 1990s4
  5. 1980s1
  6. 1970s13
  7. 1960s5
Top labels
  1. 1Parlophone6
  2. 2Apple Records5
  3. 3Universal Music Group International4
  4. 4Sub Pop3
  5. 5Fantasy3
Oldest pressing
The Rolling Stones — Out Of Our Heads
Out Of Our Heads
The Rolling Stones
1965
Newest pressing
Creedence Clearwater Revival — Chronicle
Chronicle
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2026
First in
The Beatles — Let It Be
Let It Be
The Beatles
Most recent
Coldplay — Prospekt's March EP
Prospekt's March EP
Coldplay

Badges 9

Tier 1
Side A
Total spins logged.
Tier 1
Independência
Spun a record on Brazil Independence Day (Sep 7).
Tier 1
Three Days
Longest consecutive days with a confirmed spin.
Tier 1
Four Figures
Estimated median market value of your physical collection (Discogs VG+).
Tier 1
Starter Stack
Unique albums on your shelf. Two pressings of one album count once; streaming doesn't count.
Tier 2
Fifty on Wax
Records in your collection where the format starts with Vinyl.
Tier 4
Crate Polyglot
Distinct parent genres in your collection.
Tier 7
Long Run
Decades represented in your collection (1950s-2020s).
Tier 1
One of One
Records where you're the only Gatefold owner.

Recently added

Coldplay — Prospekt's March EP
Prospekt's March EP
1d ago
The Beatles — 1967-1970
1967-1970
3d ago
Daft Punk — TRON: Legacy (Vinyl Edition Motion Picture Soundtrack)
TRON: Legacy (Vinyl Edition Motion Picture Soundtrack)
6d ago
Coldplay — Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
9d ago
The Beatles — 1962-1966
1962-1966
13d ago
Coldplay — Parachutes
Parachutes
13d ago

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