Over the years seen many DJs arriving at venues with varying amounts of Records.Some turn up with half of their entire collection in a couple of wardrobe size boxes, while other arrive with a single 50 count box.Now an hours spot equates to around 20 records so even if you are 3rd DJ on and they have played 30 of your tunes you should only need 100 records to be safe.
Yes its nice to be prepared with lots of different tunes of different styles so you can adapt to the floor but surely you know the general music policy of where your DJing and the Promoter has booked you for a general type of playlist.
Sometimes on the stage there can be more records than Manships Warehouse stacked up lol
Any opinions and before you ask i take about 200 which is about right to get you through any set or is it too many as like i said only 20ish get played.