Wow, the Bach, Grateful Dead, and Zappa fans seem to rule the roost of completist collectors here, of those of you who have graciously listed the number of recordings you have by those artists. I wouldn't have guessed Zappa, or Bach for that matter, with not enough Classical music experience under my belt. I would have thought Miles Davis collectors would be more prevalent as there's lots of his stuff out there including live recordings.
Michaellent, I'm two years younger than you and still feel $3.88 is the right price for an album. You and I listened to albums the same way too with the same equipment too. I still feel that gasoline should be no more than $1.29 a gallon at the most too. That day has come around again in some locales, so maybe the price of vinyl records will return to reality too.
Folks, if you really like an artist, if you haven't already, share how many of of his or her recordings you do have, so we can properly admire you and your collecting.
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Glupson, I've Bill Wyman's first solo album, Monkey Grip on vinyl from when it came out in 1974. Don't think I've played it since, so I'll give it a spin tonight. It's got Lowell George, Leon Russell and Dr..John on it. Never heard that (Si Si) one you have. He was fairly prolific though.
Zamfir and Slim Whitman, odd bedfellows.
Jnovak, 200 hours of recordings of a not so prolific artist like Mason Williams is some impressive collecting. I've a bunch of obscure recordings by Mike Bloomfield from his banner years, before he get drugged out, that took some effort to collect, so I appreciate your effort in finding what you have.
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Rockadanny, you’re a man after my own heart. Don’t know how anyone could not love Coltrane and Davis. Nice size collection. I’m not too far behind you for either. Which CD's of either have you most recently acquired?
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The question at hand is, does any one of you have more than 48 albums by any one artist, be it an individual, band or composer. There's got to be someone out there who does, or even might have a larger Coltrane collection. Now that's a person I'd like to meet.
Edcyn, even though your band might have been awful, I bet you had a lot of fun playing together.
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Schubert, of all the Bach recordings you have which are your favorites, and which do you play most.? That is an impressive collection by anyone’s measure. Are you still finding more to purchase or have you exhausted his canon.
Jim204, about how many Bach recordings do you estimate you have?
Edgewear, that’s an impressive Zappa collection. Any favorite recordings where he plays, rather than dinks around. One of the best concerts I ever went to, at school in the early seventies, consisted of Zappa playing a scintillating solo on "Montana". Rest of the concert was mostly him yanking our chain, but that solo was so original to be completely unforgettable.
Three_easy_payments, you’re right, Ron Carter is on a lot of recordings. I’d not noticed that before.
All the rest of you fine folks, about how many of the artists you mentioned albums have you collected . That’s what I’d really like to know. I can’t imagine anyone surpassing Schuberts Bach collection though. I’m willing to offer a cherished "No prize", earned on another site, to anyone who eclipses that total.
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Oregonpapa, couldn’t agree with you more. Used CD’s are especially great as they almost always play perfectly, unlike used LP’s. Those last two Coltranes purchased were both used and in mint condition. No need to pay retail for new.
Never heard of Boxcar Willie or Claudio Arreau before so am learning something new from you all.
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Jjborders, 52 more and I've caught up with you on Art Pepper. Nice collection on him. Only eight more though on Sonny Rollins to catch you.
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Glupson, are you counting the Stones solo efforts in your 47 albums. I'm only aware of 31 of their recordings including stuff like Jammin' with Edward, The Chicago (blues) Bootleg album and the BBC album other than the major label issues. I do have the solo Bill Wyman album too. What else is there? Never cared much for Exiles either, that the critics all seem to favor. Nice Dylan collection too. Don't have much of his later stuff.
Fred60, outstanding Dead collection you have there. You need to meet my Deadhead brother. He's seen the Dead lots of times and went so far as to move to San Francisco from New York in his wayward youth. .Now that's a Deadhead for you. The first Live Dead album is one of my all time favorites, but I've only only all the major label issues. At 400 Grateful CD's you're in second place only behind Schubert on this post
Biscorbit, The Disco Biscuits? What is that?
Edcyn, eleven inches of Mozart LP's should be about about 66 albums, which is nothing to sneeze about.
Tomcy6, Not too many of the '60's rock guys are still crankin' them out anymore as you say. Van Morrison certainly, and Neil Young come to mind. I gave up on trying to keep up with Van Morrison at 23 albums in 1989, other than getting the second Them album, "Them Again" last year. New Hendrix albums still seem to appear every so often too, no matter how long he's been gone.
If you like Roxy Music from a bit later on you can't keep up with albums from their alumni either. Brian Eno especially has put out tons of records and continues to do so, not to mention Phil Manzanera, or to a lesser degree Brian Ferry.
Nice to be in the company of so many fellow music lovers and collectors. I don't feel quite so obsessive now.
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Jafant, I’m jealous. There can be no happy listening now, knowing you have all the Coltrane and Davis albums and I don’t. I’ll not rest until I’ve achieved that same goal. I do have all the Beatles, and all but the last couple of Rolling Stones releases though, so I’m keeping pace with you there at least.
yyman, that’s an impressive Dylan collection you’ve got going. When I was going to school at SUNY at New Paltz, we didn’t live that far from Woodstock, where he was with the Band at Big Pink. There was one record store in town that carried lots of his bootlegs in white jackets in a box below the legitimate records being sold. I wish now I’d the foresight to have gotten a few of those. Probably some rare material.
Doni could you recommend a couple of Richard Thomas solo outings you prefer, that showcase his guitar playing? I do have some of the Fairport Convention and Shoot Out the Lights, but no much more and none of his solo work.
lwal, good luck with trying to get the entire Dead catalog including all the bootlegs. That’s a true bottomless pit. Van Morrison is a deep pit too, and he's still digging it deeper. Which two Van Morrison albums are you missing?
Jssmith, never heard of Buckethead and don’t know how I could have missed someone with 270 albums to his name. I’m listening to him on youtube right this moment since you brought him up,
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Doni, thank you. I will get those.
Danvignau, How many of those Tull albums did your friend count up? I do like Jethro Tull and saw them on their US Aqualung Tour in the early ’70’s. A great show.
Orthomead, I can’t imagine what Beatles material you must have in that impressive collection. I’m only aware of the seventeen USA issue studio albums which I’ve all of, plus the Star Club, Hollywood Bowl and BBC albums, which I don’t. I guess if you include their solo albums that would bring the total up some more, but not nearly to 162 albums.
You too Lenmc2964.
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Mitchagain, thanks for the additional Richard Thompson recommendations.
And thanks to you all you who along with identifying them, have listed approximately how many albums you have of your favorite artists. I’m sure many of us had no idea there were so many releases by some artists, including bootlegs. And you’ve got to appreciate how assiduously some of you must have sought them out to acquire such terrific collections. It’s interesting too the variety of musical tastes reflected by the serious collectors among you.
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Elliotbenewcombjr, I’m with you Elliot, I buy to listen to artists. When I find an artist I really like though, I keep going until I find everything of his or her’s you could hope was good. That takes a bit of time with artists who were more prolific. With finite resources like most of us, sometimes I feel when buying CD’s I might be overdoing it on the collecting side, and missing out on buying new or different genres, or artists material. I suppose I should just win the lottery, then spend indiscriminately on CD’s.
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I like Alison Krauss, but don't have any of her records. My country and bluegrass music collection is woeful at best, except for EmmyLou Harris. I've ten of hers, including the exquisite Wrecking Ball. By the way how'd Ms Krauss win twenty-seven grammys with only fourteen albums.
Fripp is great too. I've plenty of his King Crimson and post-Crimson stuff including the Eno and Bowie collaborations..
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Wfw, you’re right about there "never being enough Duke" Just played his first LP, "Masterpieces" from maybe 1950 or so, this evening. Wish I had your collection of fifty. rather than only three.
Gyelsten, that is an amazing number of Sun Ra albums. I’ve been trying to expand the range of jazz artists I’ve recordings from and Sun Ra is on the list. Could you recommend a couple of your favorites to try. Thanks.
Syntax, you’ve thoroughly disgraced yourself with your lack of obsessiveness, except if you only own four albums. To be fair I’ve only one Elvis myself, the Sun Sessions.
Jkf011, I’ve some XTC and multitudes of Pink Floyd, but never heard of the Proclaimers. Have to look them up tomorrow as you obviously have good taste.
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Fleschler, that is interesting you’ve that many albums, virtually a library of music. Are the many you mentioned, those for whom you have the complete output?
How do you go about acquiring so many? Do you buy up others collections for example, or go to record conventions? Or simply buy online and haunt used record stores? And have you had the opportunity to listen to most of your albums at least once? Just impressed and curious.
You rarely see 78’s anymore at least in my neck of the woods, western Virginia. There was one record shop in Manhattan I visited on a trip back home many years ago that had a lot of old jazz recordings on 78’s, but I’ve seen few since.
Geoffkaitt, I’d appreciate if you'd recommend a couple or so of your all time favorite Wagner recordings from your collection? Thanks,
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Interesting article on Zero Freitas. That's one pile of records. Imagine trying to sort through that many albums. I wonder if he has them catalogued to know what he has.
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Fleschler, I’m with you on buying those jazz complete sets on CD. They are a great bargain if you can find those that are well done like on the labels you mentioned. Thanks for mentioning which lablels are good in that regard. That’’s a valuable piece of information. It must have been fun picking through the Tom Null collection of 20,000 albums. You must have found some real gems there. That’s an impressive number of books too, another interest we share. You must have a large library room.
I’m a bit older than you at 68, and have fortunately reached a point in my life where I have most everything I want and need paid for. So after a couple more purchases of tractor implements, I plan to focus my disposable income on acquiring CD’s, books, and maybe a little more artwork. I’ve about 1200 books, so am much closer to catching up with you in that category. Some traveling and maybe learning to play a tenor sax purchased forty years ago also come to mind. Might as well enjoy retirement.
Thanks for sharing how you do your purchasing. I’ve go to find out how to locate sales like the Tom Null one you mentioned. I tried purchasing a large classical collection found at an antique mall locally once. After seeing it, I went back the next day to make an offer at a price my late wife and I discussed and thought was reasonable. The whole collection was gone. Day late and a dollar short I guess.
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Middlemass, you're closing in on Coltranes complete major label repertoire ac,cording to my checklist. I think I've seventy-four albums of his on that list although a few like the Wilbur Hardens might have been originally listed under other's names as the bandleader. It's especially impressive you've all vinyl copies. I've twenty of my forty-eight Coltrane's on CD's now. Most of the rest were bought before the advent of CD's, but either too hard to find in good condition or way too expensive in vinyl nowadays.
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You certainly are middlemass. I'll have to get a move on to catch up to you.
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Mitch4, good luck with that. I guessing Lee Morgan was a sideman frequently. I know he appeared on some of the Wayne Shorter sides in a box set of his Blue Note output recently purchased, and elsewhere in my jazz collection.
2channel8, Neil Young has certainly been prolific in his career. I've seventeen of his myself. I'd no idea Linda Rondstadt had that many releases. I've only a few of her earlier ones.
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