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Media: Should we start hoarding?

Doubtless you’ve heard of the catastrophic loss of thousands of master recordings
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

What occurs to me as I’m sitting here listening to “Monk: Straight No Chaser” is that a LOT of recordings we are listening to today can never be re-released or remastered. The ONLY way to make new versions/re-releases  is to use copies...

It got me to consider upping my music budget and buying everything I can made either from the original master or recently remastered. 


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schubert
7,386 posts
 
And then there is live music .
jonasandezekiel
158 posts
 
In that dystopian future that we all know is coming, goods and services will be payable in cds. And I plan to live quite well.
mhztweaker
13 posts
 
Not sure it matters. The trend seems to be when you die it all goes to Goodwill, Salvation Army, eBay or the dump. What you treasure, some ingrate relative will consider trash. Where do you think all your current deals came from?  ;-)
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ursm
11 posts
 
My physical collection of 8'000+ (and still counting) LPs, CDs (and a couple of hundreds CompactCassettes, yeah) will partly go to specialized institutions like a Jazz Archive or professional Music Schools. Unfortunately, my son and his (still young) children show no particular interest. Of course, there is some money invested in my collection – but I do enjoy the music NOW and don't worry too much. Since I am retired for many years now, I've got plenty of time.So, as an answer to the OP: Don't hoard if you haven't got sufficient time to enjoy what's on your shelves. (Of, course, this excludes all kind of streaming, which I don't do.)
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