Your 45 collection

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What is the condition of your 45 collection? I would say mine is vg to vg+. All my rare 45's are more vg, because i don't wanna pay mint prices.
 
G+ to Mint. In most cases I'm happy to VG down if it means I'll be able to flip a mint copy for top dollar.
 
if its good and it plays with out skipping or a lot of background noise, Im cool with it...it can look like it was used to play ultimate frisbee on a gravel road, but if it plays nicely, I dont care.
 
I would say mine is vg to vg+. All my rare 45's are more vg, because i don't wanna pay mint prices.
It seems recently that the price difference between an NM and a VG copy of a sought-after 45 is hardly anything these days.

If a NM copy goes for $500, a VG will sell for $450.
 
I would say mine is vg to vg+. All my rare 45's are more vg, because i don't wanna pay mint prices.
It seems recently that the price difference between an NM and a VG copy of a sought-after 45 is hardly anything these days.

If a NM copy goes for $500, a VG will sell for $450.
Cosine on this.
 
I love 45s more than any other format.

Mine are between G+ and Minty. I need more of them in my life.
 
Love-hate relationship with the 45.

They are so beautiful, but so horrible to flick through. There's so little info on them but the labels are so pretty.

People selfishly write their goddamn boring-ass names on them, and often there's not even a year printed on them.

But when you find the only worthwhile track of an album on 7 you could be tempted into believing there is a God.

European ones with high quality paper pic sleeves are a special favourite.
 
I'd say i have maybe 2000 odd 7"s at vg-nm, i have a box of ones below that quality.

Weirdly, since becoming a Microwave dj i will now just wait for a mint or near mint to come up before buying rather than get a vg. Before i used to get so amped up if i found out about a new tune i would just get whatever i could at the time.
 
I love 45's -but god people treat them like crap! most of mine look like someone dragged them behind a car - but I have a few minty ones i'm almost afraid to play.
 
Lotta cue burn in mine. I have to buy some 45s over and over because I wear them out.
 
i have a couple big ticket minty soul ones
and very diverse african,latin that are vg for the most part

the only problem is i have a tower of quebec 45'S to listen to
i've found great stuff but the task is daunting because of the format

45 chud navigating is easier on LP
 
What is the condition of your 45 collection?
It varies, which is what you would expect when you buy them from different places at different times in any random condition.
 
European ones with high quality paper pic sleeves are a special favourite.
any reason(s) in particular why this was big in Europe but doesn't really seem to have ever been a thing in Uhmerrica?