I began collecting vinyl in the 1980s, back when it wasn't so much a conscious act of 'collecting', but as a music-loving kid was simply my preferred format to buy LPs and singles on. Having survived its own 'death' and returned, strongly, in the last decade or so, vinyl has become so much more than the commodity it once was.
I'm thankful I was never tempted to get rid of my old records as I transitioned to CD and then MP3, and since I started to buy vinyl again, the nature of my record buying is unabashed 'collecting', adding each new purchase proudly to my existing collection (even if I already owned it on a digital format).
