Domestic Culture: Moving your vinyl collection

I must admit, I’m a major vinyl addict with a large record collection. Records are my favourite format to listen to music until I have to move my collection, which brings out the vinyl hate. I store my records in  enclosed cabinets and I didn’t have them in old school crates, so packing up my collection has been problematic.

Here are a few of my concerns about moving my vinyl “babies”:

• Large number of records
• Crates are open on top so rain / snow can get on your precious vinyl
• The exposed top in a crate can lead to damage during the move
• I always like to keep my vinyl vertical and never stack them so I need a way to do this

I luckily found a few solutions that I wanted to pass along to you. There are a few options for vinyl friendly shipping boxes.

• The Box Spot – they have record album cartons as well as video and CD boxes.
• U-Haul
• U-Line
• Vinyl Revival – check out their LP Moving Boxes
  
• Bags Unlimited – If you budget is also unlimited, you can get these more durable yet pricier boxes.

Here are some articles with tips and articles about moving your collection:

• http://www.mightymove.com/moving-a-vinyl-collection/

• http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/07/jamoeblog/his-vinyl-weighs-a-ton-8-tons-in-fact-shipping-30-000-lps-cross-country-to-amoeba-eddie-s-record-collection-part-ii-.html