If we're talking about now the no-longer-with-us, the list would be quite long. If the focus is on the currently-active, my A-list includes: Iris Dement, Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, Chris Hillman, Alison Krauss, Rodney Crowell, Los Lobos, Marty Stuart, Steve Earle, Mary Gauthier, Rhonda Vincent, Patty Loveless, The Del McCoury Band, Jerry Douglas, Joan Osborne. Then there is the B-list.....
Catalog Completist?
How many of you out there are bent on getting an artist's complete catalog, even though the entirety of said catalog isn't always grand from first album to most recent?
I was struck by this as I was rearranging the CD collection, and noted I had all the AC/DC studio albums. Some definitely resonate with me more than others, to say the least. However, anything new they put out I will get. Will it go in heavy rotation? Will it be "good"? Likely not at this point. But I will own the disc.
Some bands deliver throughout, some don't, but I still keep up with them. Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Cannibal Corpse, Green Day, are mixed examples of each for me. I just can't seem to pass up a new release, even if I've been underwhelmed after streaming the record. I just need to have it on the shelf.
Am I alone? What artists do you have all the physical copies of on your rack(s), regardless of individual release merit?
I was struck by this as I was rearranging the CD collection, and noted I had all the AC/DC studio albums. Some definitely resonate with me more than others, to say the least. However, anything new they put out I will get. Will it go in heavy rotation? Will it be "good"? Likely not at this point. But I will own the disc.
Some bands deliver throughout, some don't, but I still keep up with them. Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Cannibal Corpse, Green Day, are mixed examples of each for me. I just can't seem to pass up a new release, even if I've been underwhelmed after streaming the record. I just need to have it on the shelf.
Am I alone? What artists do you have all the physical copies of on your rack(s), regardless of individual release merit?