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leggo rocker wrote:Serious sufferers are easy to spot. They'll have several different copies of the exact same record, citing excuses such as "they have different labels". They will also 'upgrade' a record they already have by buying one in better condition. Very serious sufferers are then unable to bring themselves to sell the duplicate copy.

I have two copies of Aswad's "New Chapter of Dub"... my excuse is that my first copy has the names of the previous owners scrawled on the exquisite cover, but my second copy is untouched. Do I have vinylitus?

I haven't got that many duplicates but one I have was down to another symptom of vinylitis which is not listening in the shop before you buy, because you don't trust the shop's decks and want to keep your purchase pristine... hence in the height of my house music addiction I bought Todd Terry's "Jumpin'" on a one-sided (laser etched on the other side) Italian 12" at vast expense... got it home to discover it was the same mix as on a Strictly Rhythm 12" I already had, which had another 5 versions.

The house music addiction is currently in remission because nobody else in my house can stand it (forced to take off a Robert Armani record in early days of relationship!)

My local postmen and delievery companies all ask my relitives if they are related to me when they deliever all around the city as i get so many delieveries.. They also have a 'special place' to put records and things if im out without having to sign for anything anymore..

Another symptom is that you buy a record only to subsequently realise that you already have it.

Ouch! You know you've got it REALLY bad when that happens...

leggo rocker wrote:Another symptom is that you buy a record only to subsequently realise that you already have it.

Ouch! You know you've got it REALLY bad when that happens...

Or it means that you're old

Older and wiser Jah Glu...

So, knowing that I can't rely on my memory, I sorted all my records into LPs by Artist and date, 12 inches by label and catalogue number.

This has helped me reduce accidental duplicates to almost zero.

Of course, I still have and buy duplicates for all the reasons mentioned before and understandable only by fellow sufferers.

yes
In the last year or 2 ,i have bought some lp ,take them home to discover i alreaddy own it.I thought for sure my memory of every single piece of vinyl i own was stored well in my memory banks.But its happened 4 times now.I recently put all my vinyl on a text,and put it on my ipod so hopefully wont happen again.When ordering on line its never a problem i do have an detailed Excell spreadsheet full of details of all my vinyl,wich i refrence before any online purchase.
i could go on and on about my sypmtons ,it is funny to see similiar conditions in others tho.I am not alone is comforting.

Bill wrote: i do have an detailed Excell spreadsheet full of details of all my vinyl,

That's another classic symptom of the disorder in its more serious stages!

However, while I tried to do this once, it was already too late.

You need to start cataloging your stuff right from the start otherwise doing it for several thousand records is going to take half your life.

got another deadly disease...

since my phone has a memory card-1GB, nice media player with superb equalizers, my ears are always covered with Sony Wireless Headphones costin US$100, I'm at times tempted to a jig while walkin...
its affectin me socially coz I prefer to listen to d music than to be wid my friends... I like d solitude life though, only when I got reggae wid I... so never solo!!!
anyone wid same problem?

ras_gaks

One ear listening to my Ipod, one ear listening to my teachers/friends/parents, blablabla, as long as you have 1 ear in