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How selective are you?

Unless someone is a big classical music fan, I am always amazed by the fact that many have thousands of LPs and cds.
With classical music, you can sometimes have a hundred copies of the same composition performed by different musicians in different places.
As an example, I like fusion era Miles. For my taste, absolutely best albums from that time are Bitches Brew and Pangaea. And that's exactly what I have, just these two because everything else from him after it is either much weaker or just junk.
Or take Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here and Dark Side are the best, so I have them. The Wall is OK, I don't have it, and the rest is just not worth it at all.
Deep Purple. Machine Head and maybe Live in Japan, that's all, though I think that Demon's Eye from Fireball is a great song.
Why listen to what is worse along with what is better? To make "better" even better by comparizon?
I think that there is no good music, classical aside, for thousands of titles though there are many good songs scattered in many albums. Maybe some keep many titles because of one or two songs, I don't know.
inna
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Nearly all of the music I have was purchased used. and since I am cheap, it had to be a good deal too!

I just give my discards to the local secondhand charity.

And it is true, with so many LPs, naturally some sit for years. Not a problem.
Even listening 365 days a year, ten hours a day, is only 3,650 or so albums Add in CDs.. and the complete rotation of playing every single item once would take me approximately three years.

The positive side is I can play whatever I like...
inna OP
5,245 posts
 
Elizabeth, how can you listen for ten hours every day? It is hard for me to imagine. I can do five hours as a background music from time to time but even that is a lot.
It is also a question of money. Maybe better to get that dream amp and sell some lps and cds. They might not be worth much, but if we are talking thousands..
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onhwy61
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if you could get a full refund on any cd or lp you gave up, how many would be left in your collection?
I'd keep 99%. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to albums that I initially dismissed as no better than okay, and years, even decades later, came to the conclusion that they were great albums. The reverse also happens and that okay too. Why would I ever get rid of a record just because I don't think it's the greatest recording of all time anymore?

If the low sound quality issue is ever addressed, music subscription services will make most questions about personal music collections moot.
duanegoosen
355 posts
 
Dig what Mapman has going on. The built in assumptions or expectations that usually come in to play when choosing what to put on can reduce the odds of getting into some great music that might already be right in front of you. Also on board w/Onhwy61...few things are more gratifying than those times when something you previously weren't into clicks and you start to get it. The original post question seems to really be... how rigid are you once you form an opinion ?

...Or maybe how important is it for you to maintain your current level of ignorance?
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rok2id
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I do three hours in the morning. It's as much a part of the start of my day as coffee is. I can also do 3 or 4 hours at night. Late at night it seems to sound better.

Maybe Liz does not watch TV. If it weren't for TV I could do 10 hours easy.
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