Ben Campbell -
Wish I had your particular problem (too much to listen to!). I was at a friend's last night, and I'd guess he has about 1500 CDs and purchases at least 3-5 a week. I'm sure his album collection (much judiciously acquired in yard sales) also numbers in the 1000's. BTW - he played a few tracks from the remastered "Freewheelin" - and yes - AMAZING presence in the recording.
Myself, I'd guess I had about 350-400 CDs, about 150 albums purchased in HS/college, and 100 or so tapes (mainly made in college). Not enough jazz or classical, or female vocalists. And yes - more than one good/great artist in my collection is poorly represented by a single "greatest hits" collection.
However, much as I wish that I had the money and time to satisfy my musical obsessions - it ain't going to happen.
That's why I thought this thread might be useful for the more typical music fan (not that I think Audiogon members are "typical" music fans). A personal recommendation of a single work (with the added bonus of hearing a few snippets) might actually sway me to buy an album!
I hope that this would become a living/ongoing thread that doesn't OVERWHELM the reader with a list of great artists/works, but instead offers a reasonable sampler of selected works that they may not hear from mainstream sources.
As an aside about music exposure -
I'm really enjoying my experience with Internet radio. The stuff I hear on BBC6 is such a fantastic change from the homegenized radio playlists here in the US. I'm in the Northeast and listen to WXRV and WBOS - which, at first, seemed refreshing - but now seem as repetitive and shallow as any other station. Their rotation seems to get narrower all the time, and their "deep" album cuts might actually hit the second most popular track on an album instead of the first. Blecch... I do listen to the local college radio on occasion, but you have to put up with a bunch of insufferable crap to hear some of the good stuff as well. So, I'm glad that I finally took advantage of the Internet connection at my workplace to start listening over the web ... get to hear a lot of artists with no/little US exposure, and the DJ's seem to have a lot more variety in their playlists. Yes - a few "current" tracks get a bit more play, but it's never seemed repetitive. Yesterday's playlist from the currently playing DJ is here.
Wish I had your particular problem (too much to listen to!). I was at a friend's last night, and I'd guess he has about 1500 CDs and purchases at least 3-5 a week. I'm sure his album collection (much judiciously acquired in yard sales) also numbers in the 1000's. BTW - he played a few tracks from the remastered "Freewheelin" - and yes - AMAZING presence in the recording.
Myself, I'd guess I had about 350-400 CDs, about 150 albums purchased in HS/college, and 100 or so tapes (mainly made in college). Not enough jazz or classical, or female vocalists. And yes - more than one good/great artist in my collection is poorly represented by a single "greatest hits" collection.
However, much as I wish that I had the money and time to satisfy my musical obsessions - it ain't going to happen.
That's why I thought this thread might be useful for the more typical music fan (not that I think Audiogon members are "typical" music fans). A personal recommendation of a single work (with the added bonus of hearing a few snippets) might actually sway me to buy an album!
I hope that this would become a living/ongoing thread that doesn't OVERWHELM the reader with a list of great artists/works, but instead offers a reasonable sampler of selected works that they may not hear from mainstream sources.
As an aside about music exposure -
I'm really enjoying my experience with Internet radio. The stuff I hear on BBC6 is such a fantastic change from the homegenized radio playlists here in the US. I'm in the Northeast and listen to WXRV and WBOS - which, at first, seemed refreshing - but now seem as repetitive and shallow as any other station. Their rotation seems to get narrower all the time, and their "deep" album cuts might actually hit the second most popular track on an album instead of the first. Blecch... I do listen to the local college radio on occasion, but you have to put up with a bunch of insufferable crap to hear some of the good stuff as well. So, I'm glad that I finally took advantage of the Internet connection at my workplace to start listening over the web ... get to hear a lot of artists with no/little US exposure, and the DJ's seem to have a lot more variety in their playlists. Yes - a few "current" tracks get a bit more play, but it's never seemed repetitive. Yesterday's playlist from the currently playing DJ is here.