Of the 6,000+ LPs that I own, about 800 are from that 12-22 years old age window (for me, more like 9-25 years, 1963-1979, more or less), which included rock n roll, rock, folk, psychedelic, and some classical, jazz, gospel and blues.
In my 20s, I explored other genres, including but not limited to: zydeco, reggae, bluegrass, swing, Afro-pop, Latin American folk, bossa nova, tango, world, modern and a lot more classical. Also punk and new wave.
in my 30s, I got into Afro Cuban almost exclusively.
From my 40s onward, I built my collection up fairly evenly among a variety of things.
I have to say, sadly, that though I do listen to current musical artists, I don’t do it much because I find that the stuff made after the year 2000 simply does not engage me. A fuss was made of Rihanna’s so-called comeback performance at the Super Bowl. I found it cold, sterile, musically simplistic.
I do have some early rap music from the 60s-80s: The Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron, Grandmaster Flash, Notorious B.I.G., a few others. As a general rule, I think rap is extremely limited. It’s all anger and misogyny, little in the way of music. I see others in this group also don’t care for the genre.
I have added very few LPs to my collection over the last 10 years. It’s all I can do to listen to the ones I have.
