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does anybody still listen

my mucic collection contains pretty much everything ive ever liked with over 2500 titles but over the last few years ive got selective & only keep about 500 or so in rotation,mostly jazz & blues,last week i decided to get the entire collection out & check it out.

i spent the day listening to stuff from my youth like alice cooper & black sabbath,queen & deep purple & king crimson & the likes,wow i forgot how much i had enjoyed most of this music,it hit me while alice cooper was playing(i love the dead)at how truly ground breaking alot of this stuff was for its time & how much i liked listening to older 60's & 70's rock music.

i was curiouis if anybody else's tastes had changed from the music that made them take up this hobby or if you still listen to everything you've liked in the past,for me im going to start listening more to the rest of my collection,right now i got grand funk spinnin & im pretty happy to be hearing it too.

mike.
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jependleton
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Absolutely. I still have every record that I have ever owned including LP's from the forties on up, and a lot of 45's that I bought as a kid when I couldn't afford an LP. Everything is represented in this collection from way back when including classical, country, pop, rock, folk, jazz, progressive jazz, and, yes, even disco. I work with several young, budding audiophiles who are amazed at the musicianship they hear on the pop music of that era compared to what they hear today. No matter what the critics say, there was a lot of important music recorded during the sixties and seventies and it has helped define what is popular today. Also, much of it is fun to listen to. Isn't that what this hobby is about?
ozfly
887 posts
 
I wish all the albums I've ever owned were still in good shape, but there's a lot I didn't know when young. Generally though, I love to hear it all -- old, new, slow, fast. It depends on the mood. Like you, I listen a lot more to the older stuff when friends stop by. There's nothing like dancing to some oldies!
rshak
417 posts
 
I've got well over 4,000 LPs, and while (needless to say) some get listened to more than others, every weekend I find myself browsing the shelves and picking out one or two I've not listened to in quite a while - - years, in most cases. Like Jependleton, I still have every LP I ever bought -- going back to 1962.
cmo
471 posts
 
Great thread. I find myself getting into ruts and playing the same few records all the time. I like Lugnuts idea of having friends pick out what records to play. I'll probably hear some syuff that I havn't listened to in years.
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r_f_sayles
872 posts
 
I'm with you Lugnut... it's more fun to hear whatever someone visiting wants to hear. Strange things happen. I have a large vinyl collection (records everywhere), many from my youth and it is surprising sometimes to find out that that great record we’re listening to is not from my friends bag this time but off of my self! Opps! There are very few genres of music that we don’t like. I was raised on classical, Motown, jazz, psychedelic, folk, rock, blues, you name it. It keeps life interesting, dare I say, life is a gumbo (God bless) and why not our musical tastes? I despise listening to just the stuff that sounds “audiophile” and makes someone’s system sound good. That said, there is a lot of great sounding vinyl out today and I’m glad I never got rid of any of the old Lps. As Bigjoe pointed out it’s a delight to pull out the old stuff for a spin and it does hold up quite well indeed. Cheers!
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