dougis at therecordroom dot com
The Record Room
"You Mean I'm Supposed To Listen To 'Em?!?!?"
The Stats
As of February 6, 2016
Format Statistics
Value Count Percent
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12" - 78 RPM 1 0.00%
6" 1 0.00%
78 RPM 1 0.00%
9" Flexi Disc 1 0.00%
CD/DVD 2 0.00%
CD-R 2 0.00%
WAV 2 0.00%
7" Reel 3 0.01%
PS 4 0.01%
VHS 8 0.02%
7" - 78 RPM 9 0.02%
Flexi-Disc 9 0.02%
CS Single 13 0.03%
LD 41 0.10%
10" - 78 RPM 51 0.13%
10" 123 0.30%
CS-R 142 0.35%
CS 397 0.98%
EP 446 1.10%
12" 1,143 2.82%
CD 3,633 8.96%
7" 12,897 31.80%
LP 21,629 53.33%
TOTAL 40,558 100.00%
Acquired per year
Value Count Percent
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1899* 5 0.01%
1981 1,535 3.78%
1982 420 1.04%
1983 475 1.17%
1984 513 1.26%
1985 2,689 6.63%
1986 749 1.85%
1987 1,307 3.22%
1988 682 1.68%
1989 1,136 2.80%
1990 3,180 7.84%
1991 743 1.83%
1992 478 1.18%
1993 2,254 5.56%
1994 3,324 8.20%
1995 369 0.91%
1996 139 0.34%
1997 125 0.31%
1998 2,408 5.94%
1999 579 1.43%
2000 276 0.68%
2001 620 1.53%
2002 1,551 3.82%
2003 2,661 6.56%
2004 2,007 4.95%
2005 1,479 3.65%
2006 821 2.02%
2007 1,365 3.37%
2008 1,742 4.30%
2009 424 1.05%
2010 422 1.04%
2011 669 1.65%
2012 904 2.23%
2013 649 1.60%
2014 938 2.31%
2015 876 2.16%
2016 44 0.11%
TOTAL 40,558 100.00%
*I'm not sure how I acquired records 67 years before I was born!
Description Value
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Album count 40,558
Track count 344,245
Average track count per album 8
Total playing time 15059h 01m 20s
Estimated playing time* 856d 15h 4m 35s
Longest album 592:52
Shortest album 0:05
Average playing time per album 27:24
Longest track 550:00
Shortest track 0:01
Average track length 3:35
*Total playing time is the summing of the listed playing time of each track. Estimated playing time (EPT) is the number of tracks multiplied by the average track length. Since some tracks do not list their playing time the EPT probably represents a more realistic listening time.
