Vinyl that is impossible to find

Hi Bill,

You mentioned "I’m open to any categorization to help define this era- what do you suggest?" I'd suggest a music lover might consider that NO categorization other than Music might be a way to open listeners to all music/sounds they may enjoy. In my experience, categorizations and genre labels may serve to limit listeners exposure to music they may enjoy. We all rembember the Duke Ellington quote;  "There are only two kinds of music, the good kind and the other kind". Each listener has the ability to decide on the value of any music they encounter. Ellington didn't even care for the use of the word jazz. Let's consider opening up the possible enjoyment of a wide range of music by canning the labels/categorizations/genre identifiers.  

Hi, Chris- I understand the limiting nature of genre classification as well as its subjective nature, but I have a large collection of LPs and simply saying they represent "good music" is not helpful to me in organizing, acquiring or managing such a collection. I do cross genre boundaries all the time, and can go from modern classical to Dixieland or pre-Zeppelin "heavy" rock (now often labelled metal) which I do think is a misnomer.  I'm not rigid in respect to the boundaries since I think it all crosses over in different ways, but the general categories have been helpful to me for these reasons. I can hear the strands of influence among different performers and compositions.  As to what is "good," I'll leave that to the ear of the beholder or listener. 

Indeed.....My collection has a few main piles that help me find stuff. They are Pop / Country & Bluegrass & Folk / Jazz / Classical / World / Soundtracks & Shows / Reggae / Comedy / My step-son’s various bands / Lounge ...Some are small piles, some are big ones.  

Mono pressings on the Melodiya label.