New member checking in from Berkeley, California! Not sure what the average age is around here, but I am clocking in at a hearty 60 years old. I've been collecting vinyl since I bought Hey Jude at Music Plus in Van Nuys, California in 1970.
(My mom drove me to the store.)
My collection is up to about 650 or so, including VMP records since 2015--mostly rock, blues, and jazz. Just started cataloging all my records on Discogs, after finally bringing my collection out of the garage and into my home office after many years. The most valuable one so far is an original New Alliance pressing of The Descendents' "Milo Goes to College", though I also noticed that my copy of Toots & The Maytals' "Sweet and Dandy" that I got from VMP awhile back just sold for a crazy $350 a few months ago.
Favorite concert: The Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" tour at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. (Went both nights!)
Still a VMP member but came here because I'm hoping to find a place slightly less bitter and negative than that Reddit forum to talk about vinyl!
Cheers!