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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Good grief - what an insular attitude and, I have to say, somewhat arrogant as well. I love classical music but the majority of my collection, numbering around 4500, is rock and Prog rock. I am very fussy with regards to the albums I buy, I am not made of money after all. In all that collection, I have perhaps 50 - 100 that I no longer want and would consider selling. The remainder of my collection comprises albums that are in the main excellent with only a few duff tracks. I know exactly what I like and most albums have been bought blind or as a result of hearing one track. I have a current CD "want" list of around 700 albums, all of which I own digitally. I have had to stop listening to new music to give myself a chance of familiarisation of the existing stock. I could easily keep listening and buying as there is no end to new and exciting music.

If you feel that most non classical albums are poor in general, just face the fact that you have a somewhat constricted taste. That's not to say that that is any way a bad thing - just a fact of life. You are tailor made for the digital age - download what you like and don't worry about the rest.