What to do with your collections after you go to rock & roll heaven?

F R

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:44:24 AM11/10/12

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I've been curious for several years now what guys like Bruce, Roger,
Dean...even Mike *and others who don't post as often..
Have you made any provisions as to where your decades of research and
collecting recordings, books, sheet music, charts, etc. will wind up?
It would be a pity after all the countless hours spent getting correct
release dates, record labels, chart positions and other data to lie
dormant after you're gone.
Has anyone made or thought about how to preserve this accumulation of
massive tangible and intangible info for future generations?
Frank

Eric Ramon

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Nov 10, 2012, 12:30:48 PM11/10/12

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I have a neighbor who's in his 80s, who has a very extensive
collection of records from the 1920s. He's giving them to the library,
I believe.

tr...@iwvisp.com

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Nov 10, 2012, 11:15:32 PM11/10/12

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We are in the process of transferroing about 8,000 LPs, 45s, cassettes and CDs to an external H D, or two. A couple of Christmases ago the whole family (3 daughters and families) was together and I mentioned that wife and I had everything in order, just in case, but if anyone wanted anything specific (jewelry, furniture, photos, etc.) to claim it now rather than fighting about it after we're gone. After about 6 or 7 seconds of uncomfortable silence our middle daughter said, "I want Daddy's record collection!" Personally, I would have gone for the jewelry :)

Ray Arthur

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 10, 2012, 11:24:41 PM11/10/12

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Well, I'm not a collector, so I suppose my kids could sell my cds on
ebay.

As to the research ... I'm hoping to complete and publish the
definitive book on 50s music before I go.

Roger Ford

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Nov 11, 2012, 2:00:19 PM11/11/12

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This is not a subject I generally discuss with others but suffice to
say that my girlfriend and my sisters have a specific plan to work to
in the event of anything happening to me and will call on expert
assistance to sell my records,books,books,magazines and comics
collections for their maximum worth.

ROGER FORD
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Ken Whiton

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Nov 12, 2012, 5:23:54 AM11/12/12

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*-* On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, at 20:24:41 -0800 (PST),
*-* In Article
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*-* Michael Pendragon wrote
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> On Nov 10, 8:50 am, espon...@webtv.net (F R) wrote:
>> I've been curious for several years now what guys like Bruce,
>> Roger, Dean...even Mike *and others who don't post as often..
>> Have you made any provisions as to where your decades of research
>> and collecting recordings, books, sheet music, charts, etc. will
>> wind up? It would be a pity after all the countless hours spent
>> getting correct release dates, record labels, chart positions and
>> other data to lie dormant after you're gone.
>> Has anyone made or thought about how to preserve this accumulation
>> of massive tangible and intangible info for future generations?

> Well, I'm not a collector, so I suppose my kids could sell my cds on
> ebay.

Or they could inquire about donating them to a local trap
shooting organization for use as targets. ;-)

> As to the research ... I'm hoping to complete and publish the
> definitive book on 50s music before I go.

When are you going to start working on it? If you ever publish
any of the "research" you've posted here over the years, the result
will have to be catalogued as fiction. :-D

Ken Whiton
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