I'm a classical buff and when CDs were fist introduced I decided that I did not like the sound. My friends were switching to CDs and discarding their Lps, stores were selling LPs at give away prices so I just sucked them up and added to my collection. What I had saved in paying for CDs I upgraded my hard ware. One of the best decisions I ever made.
It got to the point where I was picking up stuff and couldn't remember which Haydn string quartet I had or if I had a particular Corelli concerto grosso so I did what Rushton did. I set up a database file in Microsoft works 3.0 DOS. It was a labour of love at the beginning and I still do it now up to 5,600 entries. Whenever I go "shopping" I print out the works of the composers I am interested in purchasing recordings of and consult it when I see something I am interested in.
The data base is also useful in being able to manipulate the data and I can arrange my collection by when the music was written and then listen to a development of the composers work.
Given that I(we) live in a technology time capsule I have had to purchase a back up hard drive to protect my DOS data base. But I have to say that we have to thank the hard ware technology of today as perhaps 25 years after the cessation of whole scale production of vinyl, it has never sounded better.
But to the answer to how many is enough? I think every body is right. As you pick up esoteric or rare recordings you go chasing down another composer, style,era and it all begins again. I tell my wife that this collection thing is a male passion not totally removed from the hunt. I'm lucky enough to work out of my home so I will probably listen to about 3 to 4 records a day.
I hope I made acontribution, thanks for reading.
Martyn
It got to the point where I was picking up stuff and couldn't remember which Haydn string quartet I had or if I had a particular Corelli concerto grosso so I did what Rushton did. I set up a database file in Microsoft works 3.0 DOS. It was a labour of love at the beginning and I still do it now up to 5,600 entries. Whenever I go "shopping" I print out the works of the composers I am interested in purchasing recordings of and consult it when I see something I am interested in.
The data base is also useful in being able to manipulate the data and I can arrange my collection by when the music was written and then listen to a development of the composers work.
Given that I(we) live in a technology time capsule I have had to purchase a back up hard drive to protect my DOS data base. But I have to say that we have to thank the hard ware technology of today as perhaps 25 years after the cessation of whole scale production of vinyl, it has never sounded better.
But to the answer to how many is enough? I think every body is right. As you pick up esoteric or rare recordings you go chasing down another composer, style,era and it all begins again. I tell my wife that this collection thing is a male passion not totally removed from the hunt. I'm lucky enough to work out of my home so I will probably listen to about 3 to 4 records a day.
I hope I made acontribution, thanks for reading.
Martyn