Does this make me a hoarder?

[fiddlefye]

That is a sound plan. Working in small bites keeps the task from being overwhelming.
When I retired, one of my first projects was to photograph each piece in my library. jacket, both sides, and side A of the record. This gave me a complete inventory, and also forced me to lay my hands on each piece. I found things which had escaped memory, and multiples of records, many of them still sealed. At that point, I instituted a moratorium on new acquisitions. I have about 20 records that I received as gifts, having been true to the pledge to refrain from buying. I also managed to gift nearly 100 records to former co-workers, for their enjoyment.
OTT, I've been enjoying listening to some 'new-to-me' records.

I am glad that the Cummings-Bachman boxed set is so expensive, as it's easy to resist. (I met Linda at a Guess Who concert, all those years ago.)

I've been staring at the huge pile in the living room for months, whittled at it a bit, but as you say - overwhelming. I have access to storage, so once the last few have been categorized by genre (Opera - Symphony - Jazz etc.) I can drag home a box at a time and finish the task. Taken as a whole it is just too much!

 

[Deli]

That is a sound plan. Working in small bites keeps the task from being overwhelming.
When I retired, one of my first projects was to photograph each piece in my library. jacket, both sides, and side A of the record. This gave me a complete inventory, and also forced me to lay my hands on each piece. I found things which had escaped memory, and multiples of records, many of them still sealed. At that point, I instituted a moratorium on new acquisitions. I have about 20 records that I received as gifts, having been true to the pledge to refrain from buying. I also managed to gift nearly 100 records to former co-workers, for their enjoyment.
OTT, I've been enjoying listening to some 'new-to-me' records.

I am glad that the Cummings-Bachman boxed set is so expensive, as it's easy to resist. (I met Linda at a Guess Who concert, all those years ago.)

I too, have some doubles and triples. With my niece now into vinyl, I have an obvious and easy way to rectify that with most of the collection. And others have gone to friends to enjoy. I’ll keep doubles of some, but unlikely triples.

An odd collection section- comedians of the 50’s and 60’s like Belle Barthe, Rusty Warren and Woody Woodbury. Nobody but me seems to want them. So spares of those might be a bit harder to share.