Hi Bill, I'm doing fine thanks. Have left my previous job & miss our chats. Still loving your channel and still spreading the word. Take care 👍

Hi bill I’ve mentioned before that The Manchester evening news newspaper’s headline story is about 1 of my school friends who was hit by a train I think it was in 1978 .. I only noticed it about 20 years ago. It was so shocking at the time they just announced it in assembly. No counciling or anything like that! I guess it was the 70s… .. not sure the manic street preachers will like being compared to green day …. Cheers bill 👍

Hey Bill! The Stones are always a good buy. Cloud 9 is a brilliant album too, but I’ve only got it on CD. Not heard that Al Green, but love his voice, it’s so smooth. Loads of great buys. I keep hearing people talking about the English Teacher album… going to have a listen on Spotify tomorrow. Great that you found something in Sound & Vision, I never do and generally find it really overpriced. I’m just by the sea in Lossie. I’m going to the record fair tomorrow in Elgin so hoping I might see something there. Cheers, Jack

Good to see your purges Bill, thanks for sharing. Music Magpie are a good on line seller, and ship quickly.. bought many CDs , Vinyl and dvds from them over the years. All the best Rob.

Pink Anderson is that Pink. I just found your channel enjoy it very much. I'd have to be separated from a good portion of my little collection before I would let any of my Billy Gibbons go.

Well done on the purging Bill, a good start...I've added the Phillip Glass to my Spotify playlist. I'm after 'Cloud Nine' and the Al Green album but have never found nice copies. Cheers Dale

Hi Bill - I'll play along as you go and see how I get on with the ones I know. I'd definitely keep Setting Sons and Langley Schools. I'd maybe keep Laura Marling and Eurythmics. The rest could probably go. I highly recommend getting Down by the Jetty or Malpractice, both great albums. Ahh great to see you are already making-up new rules to give yourself more wriggle room against the limit...just what I do...cheers Dale

Hi bill thanks for the shout out👍 this video was pretty similar to a dale video I’m sure he will enjoy it .. 😃I was hoping you’d be keeping the jam. Nice twist 😀. I like twisted I’m hoping to grab it soon .. thanks for sharing 😀

Congratulations Bill on reaching 100 videos - may there be another 100 upcoming. There's no such thing as too small a collection or too big a collection - all that matters is if you are happy. If you feel you need to reduce your collection that's fine if it's for space, but never do it out of guilt. As for what to collect - it should always be about the music you like and should never be about what others, be they be the VC or music critics, deem to be what should be in your collection.

If crate digging brings you joy, do not stop. Especially, if you are just setting limits based on what other people are doing. I do not have a large collection, I have a bit over 100 records. Many big KZbinrs have thousands of records but I do not let that bother me because I know what I have and I listen to my records quite frequently. I also do not buy records just because they are popular in the VC community. Everyone has different tastes in music and each collection should be a good representation of that persons personal tastes. I have seen quite a lot of collection videos where I see a lot of the same records pop up over and over again. They are either very good records or people just buy them because they are popular. You mentioned a lot of genres of music that you own and that is great! I also have an eclectic collection of records at the moment which are fitting for every mood and season. I do not like to have filler records and so I do trade, sell, or donate those records I no longer enjoy or care for.

Did I miss your explanation? Why have you decided to arbitrarily limit your record collection? I am pro-frogs and pro-Sound Affects. I think you should simultaneously expand in every possible enjoyable genre. Why wouldn't you?

Hi bill great video as usual 1111 seems pretty low to me . Personally I don’t believe in having too much media etc . The buying is a big part of the fun , you can become more selective and most of us are. .. though if I see something cheap I usually buy it and experiment. Sound affects is one of my favourites and I have metal box i like the idea that we all have mini art galleries. The Bowie painting is looking 👍… do you have any afrobeat? Fella kuti My son loves Records so he will have a lot of my collection.. though I don’t think about death much so the future of my collection isn’t a concern I’ll just keep enjoying it .. cheers bill 👍

Hi Bill congratulations on 100 videos and you should know I am here to help... I must confess my 2,000 target is only vinyl albums within my 'proper collection', so not CDs, cassettes, singles, and other random vinyl. My Discogs collection currently shows 6,528 items!!!! I think having a limit is a good idea (but listening to you in this video 1,111 could require some discipline). I think if you follow lists you'll risk eating up the spare 85 capacity very quickly, so wouldn't suggest doing that. I'd say better to go with 'what Bill wants to listen to' as your goal, with a bit of nonsense & nostalgia added in. I'd also suggest you list what you have that doesn't align with your goal (and maybe rank that). This will give you obvious candidates to purge once you reach the one-in-one-out stage...Once at that point you could ask yourself 'is this record I want to buy more important to me than the next one on the list I'd have to purge to include it in the collection?' You seem to have spent most of this video pondering what you might add to the collection...Maybe next time more on what you could remove perhaps? Otherwise you might need to increase your target number... However of course you need South American Frogs. 'Sound Affects' probably, 'Sound Effects' maybe not. If someone comes to dinner I panic and refuse to play music as I'd need three months notice to curate the perfect play list... Good luck with the journey and I hope you don't go as mad as me...

Marion Keisker was an essential key player! 👍

Parker on the label of "Mystery Train" is Junior Parker who had the first recording of it...He was another "Jump Blues" artist and as such was not related to Tom Parker....Phillips is Sam, who did what was current in the day, took half credit on a song he had nothing to do with...Telling another poor black man that dj's would recognize his name and therefore play the record.. Alan Freed put his name on Cuck Berry's "Maybelline ", giving Chuck the same line of bs...he also cut in the guy who owned the sheet music store downstairs from the radio station he worked for ,thus "Maybelline " was credited to Berry/Freed/Russ Fratto....

Interesting acquisitions Bill. I got a box of around 200 cassettes recently and digging through I was most excited to find the Magic Roundabout album was in there. Yes I want to see the divestments. Never been a fan of Pearl Jam, so agree with that choice. I turned-off the Discogs alerts a few years ago. Cheers Dale

All Around my Hat was one of my first albums. Yes it does have drums, courtesy of Nigel Pegrum, who also added flute on a couple of tracks. Possibly their best album, produced by Mike Batt of Wombles fame..

A very eclectic mix Bill covering just about all genres (except prog sadly). Love the Man at the Patti 10", they really should issue an expanded version. And talking about expanded versions, the Cheap Thrills set looks nice, but shame they didn't retain the Crumb cover. All Around My Hat was produced by head Womble Mike Batt and drew some criticism for going in a poppies direction, but for me it's a really enjoyable album. I've got that Monterey Pop Festival set too, and I think I too saw the film for the first time at a late night showing when I was at Uni in the late 70s. All the best...Pete

Doing your bit for the Scottish Tourist Board there Bill. Quite a Steeleye Span haul there. 'Hark!...' is My favourite album of theirs. I got a copy of Vol I of the Maddy Prior & Tim Heart album recently (very good). I hope to hear about all the divestments in Part 2... Cheers Dale

You lucky b*gger Bill Wish someone would give me a box of free LPs (though if they did it would probably be all Val Doonican and Max Bygraves). Wonderful selection of Steeleye related albums - one of my favourite bands. Tumbleweed Connection is a classic album, one of his best. I like the Elton John albums up to the split with Bernie Taupin, but after that... nah. Great Moodies album too. They did an excellent run of 7 albums from Days.. to Seventh Sojourn, all of which are very much worth getting. Looking forward to seeing what was in the rest of the box. All the best...Pete

Thanks Bill, getting there hopefully. Very enjoyable video as always, take care 👍

Hey Bill. Very solid start to a Steeleye Span collection. I have quite a few of theirs, stayed true to their roots. Keep or pass along, those records were in very good condition. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers.

my 3 are Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? Bob Marley and the Wailers Catch a Fire and eponymous Ramones debut

Hi Bill. Good listening to you talk about your favorites, and the memories that go along with them. Im 64 years young and love music too. I saw David Bowie in 1978 here in New Zealand. He toured that year with his Stage concert then. I liked Punk Rock then liking British bands such as The Damned and the Sex Pistols. I loved the Glam Rock scene , and in particular Mott the Hoople. The groups Slade and Roxy Music as well.

Nice selection, Bill. We share some of those albums. Thanks for the nostalgia

Hello Bill. We must be around the same age, all I can say is I’m enjoying my sixties while I can 😉. We certainly share a lot of the same albums. I don’t have the Stardust soundtrack, but I really enjoyed the film. Thanks for sharing some great memories. Cheers mate.

Great albums, Bill! As a pre-teen, you can’t go wrong with the Beatles. Sticky Fingers is my favourite Stones album… Moonlight Mile and Dead Flowers are my favourites. My mum used to go to the Glasgow Apollo… The Small Faces were the first band she saw there. Sounds like it was an amazing venue. Great to hear your memories around the albums. It’s amazing how music can link us to all these important people and events through our life. Cheers, Jack

Really interesting video Bill, it was great hearing what these records meant to you. Cheers...Pete

Hi Bill. Very enjoyable. I've never heard Stardust but I really like David Essex's early singles produced by Jeff Wayne. Cheers, James

Hi bill , thanks for sharing your favourites this is a fun thread I’ve been enjoying everyone’s responses.. fun hearing about seeing ac/dc and Brian Adams , I didn’t show any jazz or blues on my response my chooses were pretty predictable. Thanks bill. Gave a lovely weekend 👍. Thanks for rambling 👍

Great video Bill! Had no idea you done a video about this at the time but you always have interesting picks. Kind of Blue, although not one of my most listened to (minus when I'm reading) is a no brainer for entry Jazz. Was the first one I heard and still the best I'd say.

Hi Jack - good to know that my name is in the hat. Yes quite a few Jacks within the video 😊 - cheers Bill

Hi Bill, never would have guessed...I'll check out the nostalgia channel. Cheers Dale

Hello Bill. Thanks for the great entry. Already subbed to Jack and just subbed the nostalgia channel. You’re the first to feature the White Stripes, why am I not surprised? 🙂 A lot of Jack connections in this video. Appreciate you taking the time to do this. Your name goes in the hat my friend. Cheers.

Hello Bill My problem is the commandment no 4 I have long since exceeded my capacity of storage and I'm still ashame there are records everywhere in my house collected from the seventies,the only solution I found was to range somes in my cellar to clear my house but it don't satisty me I think I d better sell or give a part but it's hard to choose which ones to keep. Commandment no 8 I have 14 of your list, in my own list I would add 10 more JanisJoplin Cheap Thrills Janis Jopin pearl Aphrodite's Child 666 The Pogues rum sodomy and the lash. BO Local hero Dire straits The Doors double live 1970 T Rex cosmic dancer Creedence clearwater revival cosmo s factory Lou Reed transformer Robert Wyatt dondestan but in CD Because the pressing is numeric. And finally comandment no 9 I observed it in 2002 I took a pause in my collection because problem of time for me to listen music but the problem was when I came back home and recovered time to myself in retreat it was like kind of drugs I missed for so longtime and I tryed to search all the records I missed. Very pleasant video and funny too because we all know that many of your commandments are impossible to take for a lovermusic vinyl or CD😂

Hi Bill, great to see a fellow Scot on the VC. I like Spin records in Aberdeen but haven’t been to Red Robin. I’ll need to check it out. I wish I could stick to your first commandment… I’m way over budget this month! Unfortunately, I don’t need alcohol to splurge on records. I’m on at the limit on space… need to squeeze in another kallax. I had a lot of the records you showed, missing the Steely Dan, Aretha, the Robert Johnston and Plastic Beach. Great stuff! Liked and subbed! Cheers, Jack

Hi Bill, great to see a fellow Scot on the VC. I like Spin records in Aberdeen but haven’t been to Red Robin. I’ll need to check it out. I wish I could stick to your first commandment… I’m way over budget this month! Unfortunately, I don’t need alcohol to splurge on records. I’m on at the limit on space… need to squeeze in another kallax. Great stuff! Liked and subbed! Cheers, Jack

Don't tell me, you're a Calvinist? They love the whole "Thou shalt Not!", and threatening eternal damnation to those who even think about cracking a smile. I'm afraid I might already be a lost cause to your commandments, Bill. Many of your commandments are already part of my "Thou Shalt" vinyl mantra. Nice try, Bill. But I don't think your restrictive church is for me. I'm into moderation... but in a big way. Cheers - Hedley

Hey Bill Live long and Prosper Keep Collecting ❤

Got 10 of what you presented…

Vinyls are ridiculously expensive nowadays. New vinyls generally seem to be around £40 plus. Crazy. I was vinyl shopping recently & a 2nd hand copy (although in pretty good nick) of Nevermind the Bollocks was around £35. 2nd hand!! It makes it pretty hard & expensive for young kids to get a vinyl collection going. Screamadelica is still such an amazing album. I bought it around 1993 I think & it still amazes me at how incredible that album is. I think Love Forever Changes, Velvet Underground & Nico & Underworld dubnobasswithmyheadman should also be in everyone's collection (in my humble opinion).

Hello from Auckland, New Zealand ! - Love Real Groovy ! They've moved again - third time since I moved to NZ in 2007 However disagree on the drink and browse .... love those surprise purchases turning up at the front door :)

Bill, what’s the last album you listened to in full?

Think i've purchased a one way ticket to the underworld..time to don the asbestos trousers!. i definitely support my ' local' shop and he's gobbled up most of my spending budget for many years. You could become a VC admin Bill wth commandments like these. I have a good number of those artists thst you showed but amazingly i have no Elvis whatsoever.

Really enjoyable vinyl tag Bill. I wish you a very Nice year on 2024 For you For yours For Aberdeen and finally for the whole world in these times of fights.

Interesting dinner party guest ideas! Nice Buzzcocks 7 and the Smiths Queen Is Dead is so classic. Its almost like a greatest hits too so many good songs on it. Cant go wrong with some Deep Purple! Cheers

I'd fail at the first commandment, and that one, and that one, and that one too - oh dear I am a bad person! You probably had another five sub-commandments there too Bill. But I purged both my Jack White albums to achieve one of the earlier commandments Bill...

Hello Bill,a most excellent tag response 👍👍👍 I have that Anti Nowhere League single...i think that the record distributors were raided by the police and the records confiscated under the obscene publications act ??? You're welcome to keep the Bay City Rollers 🤣🤣🤣 I use Discogs to buy records that im never likely to find in the wild and my collection is documented on it too. Im good at remembering what albums i have but often forget what 7" singles i have,so i often have to refer back to Discogs.

Excellent Bill....follow these commandments and you shall definitely stay on the straight and narrow😇😇😇 Ive got six of those albums from commandment 8 👍👍👍

Oh dear, I think I'm going straight to hell!!!