This was a great read. Welcome to medium.
I love my record collection. It’s been going since 1975, when I was six, and I bought ‘Fox on the run’ by the Sweet.
Collecting slowed for many years when I was poor or vinyl releases were limited.
Nowadays I still buy plenty but I’m fussier. Some of the reissued stuff is just amazing; Matthew Sweet’s ‘Girlfriend’ remastered for vinyl from the tapes sounds absolutely superb; Shellac record’s music for vinyl, putting it out on cd months later because they have to.
It’s hopelessly expensive though.