would and wouldn't replace.

prompted by the realization that my copies of "doolittle" (NEED NOW RIGHT NOW) and "sulk" (eh...*) are both missing.

(*prepares to dodge stinky fruit.)

You think I'm *just* going to throw stinky fruit at you?!? *aims compost heap flinger in Jess' direction*

depends on how much I'm playing it, really. own about 4000 and can't replace 'em all at once, so even well-loved classix (Penthouse, Maxinquaye, Nation of Millions) would have to wait their turn since I've played 'em so much already.

depends, too, on the disc's scarcity. if History of Our World Part One, which is out of print, were to go missing, I'd freak, get online and hunt it down pronto, just because (a) I don't want to be without it and (b) it's pretty hard to find, so the sooner I look the better

When I feel this way about an album, I make archival copies, which is something I recommend.

i recommend deliberately doing w/out stuff -- lend it to friends, hide it, force other stuff to come to the surface

having lost various records and cds and having had some lifted even over the years i've found the idea of not having the music is worse than actually not having it there -- you cant imagine not having it but you might well be able to find something else to listen to in the mean time, and absence is a great test for where you're really at with a particular piece of music

and it's fun to get it back some time later, although it has sometimes benn anti-climax as the music is till just as i remembererd it and so i wonder what all the fuss was about

so i've concluded that actual replacement of missing music is really quite hollow -- get yourself something else -- there will be plenty of times in you life you can listen to that stuff that's missing, so give it a rest

(my experience)

I don't think I would replace my Big Star records. I would replace most of my punk albums though. Y'know, Gang of Four and shit like that. Somehow pop records I grow out of easier.

I doubt I would replace any of my vinyl. Apart from anything else, a lot of it is all but irreplaceable (due to obscurity etc)

I'd replace the Fall's Hex Enduction Hour or Slates, Autechre's Chiastic Slide, Can's Future Days, Shirley Collins Anthems in Eden or the one with Davey Graham, and Panacea's Low Profile Darkness immediately.

I sell CDs and records I don't like so I probably wouldn't replace anything in my "to sell" stack which is at about 30-35 CDs right now.

Would replace: Yes (technically, I don't have any of their original LPs on CD, still I couldn't do without them in some form or other)

Wouldn't bother: Portishead - "Dummy"

I agree with George, why replace stuff when you could buy new stuff every day forever and still not scratch the surface? Besides, most 'replaced' records turn out to be disappointments. One notable exception being Aerosmith's 'Rocks'

At the height of my King Crimson fandom I sold the first four albums, planning to get the remasters when they came out. I liked each one of them very much in their own way, but I started getting into some different music about them, and a few years later still haven't gotten around to replacing them.

I don't think I'd replace any record immediately. I'd never pay full- price for something I had before, ever. So if I lost something great, I'd start looking for it used at a good price.

After a bit more thought, I might replace Loveless or In The Aeroplane Over The Sea pretty quickly, possibly even at full price. Not that they're my favorite albums of all time or anything, but I need to have these around for a certain mood. They can help me feel better, so it makes sense for me to keep them handy. I should keep copies in my medicine cabinet.

Just inject Loveless directly into your skull. The other you can keep a spare copy of in the attic in a locked trunk under years worth of box-spring mattresses.