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Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer

I went and purchased two more John Coltrane CD’s, "Blue Train" and "Traneing In", in spite of, relative to other artists, having way too many of his albums already. I do love his music and just now counted having forty-eight of his albums, not even including the ones he recorded with Miles Davis.

Is there anyone else out there at least equally nutty, or has more recordings by any single artist, band or composer? If so, who do you like, and how many of their albums have you collected and play? Miles Davis at thirty-three records and CD’s, comes in a not too distant second in my collection.

Hopefully this topic hasn’t been broached before here.

Mike
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mahgister
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Around over 350 CDs and records for J.S. Bach.
Same here.... :)
skyscraper OP
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Wow, the Bach, Grateful Dead, and Zappa fans seem to rule the roost of completist collectors here, of those of you who have graciously listed the number of recordings you have by those artists. I wouldn't have guessed Zappa, or Bach for that matter, with not enough Classical music experience under my belt. I would have thought Miles Davis collectors would be more prevalent as there's lots of his stuff out there including live recordings. 

Michaellent, I'm two years younger than you and still feel $3.88 is the right price for an album. You and I listened to albums the same way too with the same equipment too. I still feel that gasoline should be no more than $1.29 a gallon at the most too. That day has come around again in some locales, so maybe the price of vinyl records will return to reality too.

Folks, if you really like an artist, if you haven't already, share how many of of his or her recordings you do have, so we can properly admire you and your collecting.

Mike
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mahgister
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I have 200 cd or files of Scriabin, the underestimated god of piano....

Around 200 hundred of Chet Baker and Bill Evans... For Bill Evans I an going on....
glupson
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skyscraper,

"Glupson, are you counting the Stones solo efforts in your 47 albums."
I did not count solo albums, but I did count compilations. Things I wasted money on over time. I did not even count all the LPs that duplicate CDs and SACDs (except for Exile on Main Street as I digitized different versions from vinyl).

Which Bill Wyman album do you have? Well, I do have something as unusual. Bill Wyman’s 12" single of "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star". Heard it once in a disco. Saw it once at Princeton Record Exchange many years later. I guess it was waiting for me. I just noticed they go for 50 cents, or not much more, on discogs. Obviously not much demand.

I expected there would be many Grateful Dead followers with a lots of recordings, but Frank Zappa surprised me.
markdt64
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Slim Whitman: 217 and counting.

Mostly on K-Tel records. More #1 hits than Elvis and the Beatles combined.

Followed by Zamfir: Master of the pan flute.
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