"Mathematics is the music of reason."...James Joseph Sylvester
I do love to play around with numbers, almost as much as I enjoy playing around with music or food or art materials. When I got my usual yearly wrap-up stats from Qobuz the other day, I was inspired to crunch a few numbers and maybe learn a little something new about my vinyl collection.
• Total number of LPs (by title): 389
• Total number of LPs (by actual slabs of vinyl): 505
• Ratio of albums purchased new to albums purchased used: 1.26:1
• Number of albums duplicated in my CD collection: 25
• Percentage of collection that are jazz records: 9
• Percentage of collection that are hip-hop/rap records: 0
• Percentage of collection that are bro-country records: 0
• Factor by which I would prefer to add a hip-hop/rap record over a bro-country record: 10000
• Percentage of collection that were exclusive Record Store Day releases: 7.2
• Percentage of RSD exclusive releases that are on colored vinyl for no apparent reason: 43
• Percentage of collection that are “audiophile” pressings: 4.9
• Percentage of “audiophile” records that were mastered at 45rpm so I usually play the first song at the wrong speed: 37
• Number of albums that came with a bonus 7” record: 6
• Number of minutes I spent playing 7” records in 2021: 0
• Percentage of collection by female artists: 12.2
• Female artist with the most albums in my collection: Emmylou Harris
• Female artists who would be represented in much higher numbers if their albums were anywhere to be found, new or used: Nanci Griffith, Iris DeMent
• Letters of the alphabet for which I have no album entries: O, U
• Artists I would be willing to add to have at least one entry for O: O’Jays, Old 97’s, Ozomatli
• Artists I wouldn’t be willing to add to have at least one entry for O: The Osmonds, Ozzy Osbourne, The Offspring
• Artists I would be willing to add to have at least one entry for U: U2, UB40, Uncle Tupelo
• Artists I wouldn’t be willing to add to have at least one entry for U: Up With People, USA for Africa, Uncle Kracker
• Letter of the alphabet for which I have the most entries: R
• Letters of the alphabet with a single, lonely entry: Q, X
• Name of the only band listed under X: X
• Number of artists represented by at least five albums: 17
• Artist with greatest number of albums: The Rolling Stones
• Ratio of Rolling Stones albums to the next closest artists: 2:1
• Most represented decade by album releases (141): 1970s
• Least represented decade by album releases (7): 1950s
• Decades represented equally (44 each): 2010s and 2020s
• Decade in which the number of albums matches the decade (85): 1980s
• Percentage of albums with either missing or impossible-to-read titles on the spine: 4.4
• Total number of impossible-to-shelve-and-still-find-them 10” records: 4
• Number of albums by bands/artists I have seen perform live: 93
• Number of artists in my vinyl collection who are on my dream concert "bucket list": 29
• Number of my dream "bucket list" artists I will never see due to death, retirement, or disbandment: 17
• Total running time of my collection (using an average of 20 minutes per album side): 336.67 hours
• Number of days to get through the entire collection, played 24/7 with no breaks: 14.02
• Percentage of my collection I have yet to listen to: 5.9
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