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.
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Showing 4 responses by rok2id

You make a good point. I would ask it this way, if you could get a full refund on any cd or lp you gave up, how many would be left in your collection? A lot of stuff we keep because it's not worth a lot to get rid of it. I have the 1963 Karajan beethoven set on LP in alsolutely mint condition. Played once while being taped. But it's not worth anything. I think I saw one for sell for $15. Better just to keep it. I too have given away many LPs everytime I moved while in the Military.
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.
"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.
" The record covers are pretty and interesting, but the music is so lousy, "

Back in the day when LPs were $2.50, I bought many of my LPs based on the album art. Found a lot of good music that way. Now with CDs right at $20, the reviews must be great, and from a lot of people. I no longer take chances.