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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
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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.
orpheus10
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I can't count the LP's I have, which indicate I must have been under some kind of bad influence. The record covers are pretty and interesting, but the music is so lousy, I really can't stand it.

Now I'm much more selective. Almost 100% of my listening is from the "computer play list" and music is playing all day every day, sometime maybe only one or two cuts from each LP.
rockadanny
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Very!

I try to purchase only CDs which I am fairly certain I will enjoy for a long time. Sometimes I get fooled by samples or fool myself, and those get tossed, eventually. I periodically prune my collection, keeping the ones which bring great joy and dumping the posers. I never buy or keep a recording because of its popularity or historical significance. I am not a collector, but only keep CDs I know I will continue to listen and enjoy.

Not all releases are great from an artist. Sometimes I only like part of what is on some of an artist's releases. If I like the tracks well enough I will rip/burn those tracks from multiple CDs for my own personal "Best Of". Sometimes it is just a matter of eliminating one or two clinkers in the bunch so I'll do just that - so I never have to hear them again and can enjoy the remaining to their fullest.

Also, there are times I think the track order stinks so will rip/burn for better flow of the tracks.
elizabeth
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I retired two years ago. From the time I get up, until late in the day I am listening to music. Early morninggs is usually Classical chamber music. Then (recently) the rest of the day is Jazz.
Subtracting a few hours at night to watch some TV, and going out.. I average 10 hours a day easy...

When I retired I got some money. I blew it all on stereo stuff, even though I had good stuff. I needed a new car, but the stereo was more important to me, and way more satisfying..
. All my friends thought i was nuts. But ten hours a day vs a two hours a week in a car?
I'll take the stereo.
(though this year I finally bought a new 2012 Focus stick)
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"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"

This is very very true. Most of what I buy is based on reviews, but sometimes, I just don't get it until much later.

I wish I could do it the way Rockadanny does it. Just not in me.
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