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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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inna OP
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Elizabeth, that's for certain. I too am always on the quest for new music but usually I find a song maybe two from an album that I like so I would either just have to use the computer or buy a cd, if available, and record those songs onto a tape with slight drop in fidelity, then sell that cd.
By the way, I don't really expect anyone to publicly admit that a big part of their collections may be just sitting on shelves for years without being played.
inna OP
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Yeah, I heard that Stereophile has a share, just don't know how big a share, and who else has big shares.
It's too much money affairs everywhere, difficult to find a place to talk to other people normally.
Some LP covers are just great. Bitches Brew, Pangaea, Agharta, Into the Labyrinth come to mind immideately.
inna OP
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Elizabeth, how can you listen for ten hours every day? It is hard for me to imagine. I can do five hours as a background music from time to time but even that is a lot.
It is also a question of money. Maybe better to get that dream amp and sell some lps and cds. They might not be worth much, but if we are talking thousands..
inna OP
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Youtube for me too. Haven't bought anything for quite some time though.
inna OP
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Raindog031, 40000 songs is a lot, I wouldn't have time for this. Yeah, a few hundred full albums would be enough for me too.
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