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Poll Question: How many original albums?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
2 [1.46%]
2 [1.46%]
2 [1.46%]
1 [0.73%]
6 [4.38%]
7 [5.11%]
3 [2.19%]
6 [4.38%]
4 [2.92%]
6 [4.38%]
11 [8.03%]
18 [13.14%]
26 [18.98%]
25 [18.25%]
13 [9.49%]
5 [3.65%]
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Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

About 3,000 cds and 1,000 vinyl Genre-wise it's across the whole spectrum. Out of the whole collection I'd say that I have approx' 500-800 Prog (and it's sub-genres) albums

You must be filthy rich.WinkLOL


It's taken 35 years to get to that!

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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

About 3,000 cds and 1,000 vinyl Genre-wise it's across the whole spectrum. Out of the whole collection I'd say that I have approx' 500-800 Prog (and it's sub-genres) albums

You must be filthy rich.WinkLOL


It's taken 35 years to get to that!
35 years is quite long alright.

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I've never counted (too busy listening) but I would estimate my LP collection at 2000+ and my CD collection at 1300 or so. There's not a great deal of duplication between the two. My problem is that I am an out of control consumer rather than a collector. There is way too much good music out there that I haven't heard and I have too broad of tastes in music. There aren't too many genres that I don't like. Not that I like all the artists in any genre. I do have some refinement.
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2007 at 09:36
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Quick straw poll (I was going to post this as a seperate Poll, but you can only have 25 choices Disapprove): anyone have a missing letter from their collection?
 
I went for years without a band beginning with "i" and only have 1 "z"
 
I also appear to have more bands beginning with "s" than any other letter.
 
 
 
Duuuude, I could even begin to think of that. This kind of stuff doesn't even cross my mind, really!!
 
And further more, since my albums are never classified alphabetically .... I couldn't even answer you. >>> if you use the Search facilty (top right of your screen) you should find the thread we had on how we arrange them, so don't start a new oneWink.
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Over 300 cd's for sure, over a hundred vinyls, over 20 DVD concerts, and my girlfriend has over 50 cassettes.
"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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81-100 CD's, soon 100+
 
I wish i was richer.  Cry


Edited by Abstrakt - May 25 2007 at 10:20
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Hmm, just a guesstimate...

prolly about 150 vinyl records, 100 casettes, 800 CDs, and I have about 250G of music on my hard drive (a mix of stuff downloaded, copied from friends, and ripped from my own collection).

...oh, and 1 8-track tape (no, I'm not kidding. It got stuck in a junk drawer years ago and my perverse sense of humor restrained me from doing the humane thing and chucking it). It's a K-Tel compilation from the late 70's and has stuff like BOC, Robin Trower, and Boston on it...wonder if it still works...




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Originally posted by Metalstrm Metalstrm wrote:

I'm 21... so there's some time left to get my dignity back :D
 
But anyways, the local stores are crap. I won't buy mainstream records ( I don't know about you guys). And that's all they got here.
I hear that!  I have to order most of mine online.
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101-150... I'm not sure how many exactly, but I know for sure that I have at least 100 original albums. Mostly studioalbums, some livealbums or dvds, a couple of cassettes and some vinyls. And also "a few" singles. Most of my albums are heavy metal - I'm a new fan of prog so I don't have that many prog albums. I have vinyls of all kinds of music. There are some jazz vinyls, classical music, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden etc.


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Several issues arise
 
a) storage - I now feel i have too many LPs, cassettes and CDs - so it's become a challenge to store and access them.  
 
b)  resale value - as mentioned above, since the resale value of all second hand (with a few exceptions) are so low, there's less incentive to clear stuff out hence the storage problem.
 
c) I prefer vinyl, regardless of quality (warped or cracked - within reason) but appreciate all three media for different reasons.  I'm sure others face the same problem of not wishing to repurcahse everything they have on the `newest' medium.
 
d) you get attached to your music collection - good and bad - so despite pressures, i find it hard to get rid of stuff even if I hardly ever listen to it
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Originally posted by farflung farflung wrote:

d) you get attached to your music collection - good and bad - so despite pressures, i find it hard to get rid of stuff even if I hardly ever listen to it
I have only ever sold 5 albums in my life (and I can name them Ouch) I had to because I was short of cash and I regret it to this day.
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I have about 80-100 vinyls (mostly Prog) and about 80-100 cds (mostly metal).  I only collect Prog on vinyl and on their original pressings only.  I never get re-issues.  I only have like 1 LP I would want to trade in, and that one my friends is 90125 by YesDead.  What the hell is that crap?  WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?  Maybe I should ask that about Drama...

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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

I have only ever sold 5 albums in my life (and I can name them Ouch) I had to because I was short of cash and I regret it to this day.
 
I'm with you on that one - far too traumatic an idea. I guess I must have around 100 I could sell but just can't bring myself to do it. I think I have actually sold around the same number od CDs and thery were to a friend.
Of course I have sold and given away a lot of vinyl - but then I have a pathalogical hatred of the stuff. After years of "pop", "crackle", jumps and the like I never want to see it again.
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Points: 8890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2007 at 13:52
Almost 300 CDs, around 50-75 vinyls, and a lot more downloaded (mostly rare, OoP stuff).  I'm only 17 and have been seriously buying music for about 1.5-2 years now, thanks to a job (unfortunately, I had to download before this).
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3000+.  Mostly CDs.  About 100 LPs and 100 cassettes.  Mostly prog rock, prog metal, and classic rock, but some pop and jazz/jazz fusion have also made it in to the collection.  Unfortunately, 1st CD alphabetically is Abdul, Paula which is about as unprog as it gets but somehow a couple of tunes got into my head and I decided to get it.  I've been collecting for a little over 20 years now.  I have bought many of them at a local second hand store for $4-$8, but also have bought many new or on EBay.  I don't smoke or drink, so buying CDs is my unhealthy addiction.

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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Unfortunately, 1st CD alphabetically is Abdul, Paula which is about as unprog as it gets but somehow a couple of tunes got into my head and I decided to get it.  I've been collecting for a little over 20 years now.

Then you need to get your hands on this album!

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6005
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I myself own few cds but I listen and borrow a lot from my friends and my dad.  I have no income whatsoever though and thats making it hard to get some of the other, wierder stuff my dad wouldn't be into.
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Points: 16437 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2007 at 22:10
301-500, somewhere between that in cds.
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I only physically own about 111 CDs, but I have 228 Albums on Itunes. (About 10 Gigs). A few are bought from Itunes cuz sometimes I just want a new album and can't wait for stores to open, and sometimes I borrow friends albums. If Ilike them I eventually buy them, but I'm getting way behind lol.
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