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Records you would take if your house was on fire


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this question took on a whole new meaning after i was evacuated this past weekend from the nearby fire. i pulled the most random records from my shelf before leaving. i still feel a little silly i took a little time doing this. just went through the crate to see what i actually took.

the fact i took gaslight, lawrence arms, brand new, and death cab blows my mind. mind you i had like 15 minutes to get the fuck out.

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album

Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts

Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes - Blue

Cursive - Domestica

Cursive - Storms of Early Summer

Cursive - Such Blinding stars

Stay Gold - Pills and Advice - Gold

Leeway - Born to Expire

The Lawrence Arms - Oh Calcutta - Blue

The Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told - Burgundy

Blink 182 - Cheshire Cat

Blink 182 - Dude Ranch

No Warning - Ill Blood - Blood & Shit

Saves the Day - Through Being Cool - White

Saves the Day - Can't Slow Down - Red

Brand New - Deja Entendu

Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon - Blue

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Sigur Ros - Takk

The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim - Black

Jimmy Eat world - Clarity - Green

Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails

Pennywise - About Time

Pennywise - About Time - Test Press

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Pedro the Lion - Whole

Pedro the Lion - It's Hard to Find a Friend

Pedro the Lion - Winners Never Quit

Pedro the Lion - Control

Pedro the Lion - Achilles Heel

Headphones - s/t

The Mae Shi / Rapider than Horsepower - Do Not Ignore the Potential (Euro Press)

The Mae Shi - Terrorbird

The Mae Shi - HLLLYH

mewithoutYou - [A-->B] Life

mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes

mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

Relient K - mmhmm

and my cool vintage 7" box with all my 7"s in it.

I would be fine losing the rest if it meant me being not on fire.

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beach boys - pets sounds

mineral - end serenading

further seems forever - the moon is down

get up kids - something to write home about

get up kids - fmm

hot water music - no division

jawbreaker - dear you

jawbreaker - 24 hour revenge therapy

jimmy eat world - bleed american

jimmy eat world - clarity

mineral - end serenading

Saves the day - through being cool

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

SDRE - Diary

SDRE - LP2

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

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About 5 years ago, I was in that situation.

I didn't take anything....I just ran back downstairs, throwing on warm clothes as fast as I could(it was the middle of November). My roommate was trying to put out the fire and was screaming at me "Dude, fuck your records, get out of the house".

Luckily, I didn't lose any to smoke damage or fire. But yeah, it's one of those things that you don't know what you would do until you were in it.

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Haha great topic ... I actually have a vinyl flight case in which I keep my most prized / pricey records. I keep it in the closet nearest the apartment door. In event of fire, earthquake or zombie horde, I can grab these records (as well as my prized sratocaster, kept in the case in same closet) and run...

nerd alert

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Haha great topic ... I actually have a vinyl flight case in which I keep my most prized / pricey records. I keep it in the closet nearest the apartment door. In event of fire, earthquake or zombie horde, I can grab these records (as well as my prized sratocaster, kept in the case in same closet) and run...

nerd alert

im stealing your idea, thats fucking tits

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The One AM Radio collection

all my Cursed, Swarm and Left For Dead records

Grade

Mare EP

Nadja

I don't even know. I have this box that I used to keep my records in before I got so many that I had to buy an expedit, it holds at least 50 LPs though, I'd definitely just fill that bad boy up.

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Please don't say that everything else from your list is ashes now... Please?

everything is good. the fire missed my place.

to build to the randomness a little more i took the records i just sold on ebay this last week as well as the 100 daggermouth records but forget to bring the plates.

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I actually keep my 15 or so rarest records on the top shelf of my expedit so that my asshole cat can't get to him because he likes to chew on the corners of sleeves. I would probably grab those just because I know I could easily get $1000+ for them.

As for the rest I'd probably just grab my favorites like American Football and Piebald and Planes Mistaken for Stars. In all honesty though, I wouldn't die if I lost any of them. None of them have any particular sentimental value to me, and all the music is replaceable.

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