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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Too much is never enough.

Only if you are ok with buying a 25 dollar album or 15 dollar cd and only playing it once or twice. Wink
I have no doubt that is the case.  But is that much different than going to a movie theater and paying $15 to see a movie once.  At least I still have the CD to listen to again if the urge hits me.

Or spending money on food that you will never taste again. LOL Yeah, you kind of got me there. Nonetheless I do think there is such a thing as too many. I have a lot of books also with 99 percent of them I've never read. Still, I don't think I would get rid of them even after I read them in case I wanted to read them again(it depends on the book though). I have a problem with collecting stuff in general and keeping stuff though. I'm not saying it's an issue for everyone but for me personally it's something I have to be aware of and be at least somewhat careful with. 


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I'm in the never camp as well. 

Although I suppose a more logical answer would be having too many to listen to within the lifetime you have remaining. This is obviously vary from person to person. And maybe when I get older I will slow down as well, but it's hard to think that far ahead, especially in 2020. 
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:



 If you have difficulties leaving your room or put your books anywhere, that's too much. 

I'm well past this point and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. :p 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Too much is never enough.

Only if you are ok with buying a 25 dollar album or 15 dollar cd and only playing it once or twice. Wink
I have no doubt that is the case.  But is that much different than going to a movie theater and paying $15 to see a movie once.  At least I still have the CD to listen to again if the urge hits me.

Or spending money on food that you will never taste again. LOL Yeah, you kind of got me there. Nonetheless I do think there is such a thing as too many. I have a lot of books also with 99 percent of them I've never read. Still, I don't think I would get rid of them even after I read them in case I wanted to read them again(it depends on the book though). I have a problem with collecting stuff in general and keeping stuff though. I'm not saying it's an issue for everyone but for me personally it's something I have to be aware of and be at least somewhat careful with. 
I don't disagree with that.  Unfortunately, I am quite a pack rat.  I have similar issues with books.  I used to read a lot when I was younger.  I haven't read nearly as often in the past 20 years.  I mostly just read when I am on vacation...or I am reading on-line or Prog Rock magazine.  It took me 2 to 3 years to read the Game of Thrones books and now I am reading the Wheel of Time series, which I am on book 4 and have been reading for 2 summers now.  Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I'm in the never camp as well. 

Although I suppose a more logical answer would be having too many to listen to within the lifetime you have remaining. This is obviously vary from person to person. And maybe when I get older I will slow down as well, but it's hard to think that far ahead, especially in 2020. 

Being that you joined in 05 I'm guessing you are at least 30 but probably not over 40. 
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My physical collection is not in any order.......Back in the day I used to file alphabetically, by release year, I was meticulous about it in my bedroom. Now I don't care, this way I just go to a row and pull something out and play it....nilly willy!!

This classic scene is great! Daniel Stern's argument is a kin to some people here arguing prog categories...."It's psychedelic prog, its not symphonic prog...jeez!!" LOL
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Is this like one of those "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop" questions? Because the answer would be "the world may never know."

Might as well ask, how many guitars is too many?
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I think that video Catcher posted sums up why most prog heads and music collectors are not only male but also single. Lol.

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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Is this like one of those "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop" questions? Because the answer would be "the world may never know."

Might as well ask, how many guitars is too many?
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Sometimes I buy music much faster than I can possibly listen to all of it, makes me a little sad sometimes 

4 DVDs/Blu Rays

Probably around 60-70 CDS

Around 250-275 LPS

Probably rookie numbers to most the users here but when i'm busy 10-12 hours out of a day I usually only can squeeze in one album at the end of the night, 2 CDS during my commute to and from school.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I think that video Catcher posted sums up why most prog heads and music collectors are not only male but also single. Lol.
My wife buys me more records than I buy myself........She's always hitting the antique stores and garage/estate sales, she'll always bring back 3-4 records.
Most of it is jazz or straight rock albums, she knows what to look for condition wise.
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Hi,

I think it depends on what your "collection" is all about ... if you are just into "jazz", for example, the number of things that you end up getting is limited, and taking it into the very large numbers would be difficult ... I believe it was Kareem Abdul Jabbar that was known to have one of the largest collection of jazz albums, but lost most of it in a fire.

Rock music, collecting, is a tough go ... because there are so many varied tastes and if you want Beatles and Rolling Stones, I bet you won't have something else from the 2000 and 2010 or 2020 in it ... you'll have a thorough English scene (likely) with Kinks, Small Faces and all that early stuff ... but those folks that I know don't even seem to like the same scene in the 1970's which in GB was fabulous and had so much different music.

My collection is in 4 parts ... English/GB is one. World artists is the other. American is the other, and then there is a section with Soundtracks and off ball stuff that folks here will cringe to! I seriously doubt that ANYONE here can sit and listen to Carl Stalling ... without seeing the cartoon ... it will drive you nuts, and the funny thing is ... that stuff is so progressive and experimental as to be totally insane ... and it was a visual "gag" that created it! 

Oh ... and some classical, too! My own family's house in SB has 3K LP's of classical music with over 100 operas.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

My wife buys me more records than I buy myself........She's always hitting the antique stores and garage/estate sales, she'll always bring back 3-4 records.
Most of it is jazz or straight rock albums, she knows what to look for condition wise.

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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I think that video Catcher posted sums up why most prog heads and music collectors are not only male but also single. Lol.
My wife buys me more records than I buy myself........She's always hitting the antique stores and garage/estate sales, she'll always bring back 3-4 records.
Most of it is jazz or straight rock albums, she knows what to look for condition wise.

I guess she knows your taste very well or maybe you give her a list. ;) If not does she ever buy you stuff you don't like or maybe already have?
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I think that video Catcher posted sums up why most prog heads and music collectors are not only male but also single. Lol.
My wife buys me more records than I buy myself........She's always hitting the antique stores and garage/estate sales, she'll always bring back 3-4 records.
Most of it is jazz or straight rock albums, she knows what to look for condition wise.

I guess she knows your taste very well or maybe you give her a list. ;) If not does she ever buy you stuff you don't like or maybe already have?
I don't give her any lists, as long as we have been together she knows what I like. She is my concert partner, as many times as we have seen Steven Wilson she still calls him "barefoot guy"....Of course Rush is her fav band to see live and for some reason she likes Portnoy, she likes drummers. She really enjoyed Gavin Harrison when we saw Pineapple Thief and King Crimson. The pics in my signature of Rush, Portnoy and Iron Maiden she took...

She has bought me stuff I don't listen to sure, usually easy listening or dixieland jazz (she is Cajun), I'll spin it on occasion but she knows if its not in good condition I won't play it on my system due to my cartridge is pretty high end.
She has bought me 3 copies of Peter Gabriel IV-Security, she keeps forgetting LOL


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I'm in the never camp as well. 

Although I suppose a more logical answer would be having too many to listen to within the lifetime you have remaining. This is obviously vary from person to person. And maybe when I get older I will slow down as well, but it's hard to think that far ahead, especially in 2020. 

Being that you joined in 05 I'm guessing you are at least 30 but probably not over 40. 

I am indeed between 30 and 40 in age. 
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

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My collection is in 4 parts ... English/GB is one. World artists is the other. American is the other, and then there is a section with Soundtracks and off ball stuff that folks here will cringe to! I seriously doubt that ANYONE here can sit and listen to Carl Stalling ... without seeing the cartoon ... it will drive you nuts, and the funny thing is ... that stuff is so progressive and experimental as to be totally insane ... and it was a visual "gag" that created it! 
 


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Havong moved a lot (5 countries and countless appartments since I started buying records), I've always been careful of weeding my collection and cutting the dead branches (usually by making Maxell tapes or CDr compilations of a few lesser albums of a given artiste).

But there is such a thing as "too much albums" for me, but I couldn't possibly quantify it if my life depended on it...
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There isn't one album I'd want to part with out of my entire 3000+ CD collection. Well, maybe one album by Mike Oldfield. You know which one. Smile

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I've probably cut down a bit on the number of CDs I buy, but now I tend to buy box sets and then never find the time to get round to listening to them. I have a box set of Flower Kings CDs which I still haven't got through. I have some CDs I've not even opened yet.
 
My problem is trying to resist the urge to listen to everything I've not heard before, because there's obviously far too much.
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