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It's worth noting that the Internet Archive are always on the lookout for more records to digitize, so if you (or someone you know) has a collection and wants to see them go to a good home where they'll be preserved, you can donate them [1] to the Internet Archive (they also take 33/45rpm records, books, CDs, etc...).

(I'm not affiliated with the Internet Archive)

[1] https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360017876312-How-...

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I don't know why I didn't think to check into this sooner, but I inherited my grandfather's record collection that is >5,000 records, and I just couldn't bear donating it to some random thrift store, and I knew that selling them would just mean someone picking through the collection and leaving the dregs. This is a solution that I've been looking for. I do listen to some of the records, and I enjoy it, but I don't have time to digitize the whole collection, but this is actually a better solution, because now other people will be able to enjoy my grandfather's collection besides my family.

Hi, Jason Scott at Internet Archive. Let's talk. Jason@textfiles.com

Update: We're talkiing

This is the kind of updates that I really enjoy seeing. :D Thank you for your work, and thanks to prometheus76 for offering his collection!

We'd love to work with you on a donation! Here's how to get the process started. https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360017876312-How-...

Truly, this was the internet I was promised — or at least hoped for — decades ago when it began.

Somehow I imagined the internet as a giant library — the Library of Alexandria for the modern age. The Encyclopedia Galatica.

Others thought it might better be the world's largest catalog. The Sky Mall.

I've personally scanned and cleaned up many old children's science-related documents and uploaded them to the Internet Archive.

The late Ken Perkins of Australia had a collection of 80,000 records when he past away in 2018:

* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/australias-largest-re...

Though this article from 2016 indicates one Zero Freitas has six million "in a 25,000-square-foot former candle factory in São Paulo":

* https://www.reedyoung.com/vinyl/

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Freitas

A 2013 article about John Tefteller, "who has stockpiled over 75,000 blues and rock & roll 78s":

* https://www.factmag.com/2013/10/01/tommy-johnson-blues-becom...

See also this 2009 documentary about Paul Mawhinney, who had three million items, and which was sold to Freitas:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXayHbUQ2o

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record-Rama

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