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How's your music library?

When looking through the systems on A-gon, people's music libraries are frequently missing, not shown, or possibly not in the same room. After all the $$$ spent on one's system, I'd like to know what's behind all of this. After all, it is the entire raison d'être for audiomania.

I had a collection of about 200+ LPs that I've recently sold or given away; finally able to emotional divorce myself from the vinyl I started acquiring as a teenager. I began building my CD collection about 15-16 years ago. It's now 636 titles and nearly 700 discs. It spans the globe and periods from the Renaissance though 20th century, BeBop to Acid Jazz, Afro Celt to Zap Mama, and a fair dose of Rock & Pop. Recently, the fastest growing genre has been 20th century music which has surpassed earlier "classical" music but still trailing the Jazz and World sections. A modest collection certainly, and compared to a friend who has a library (unfortunately uncatalogued) of well over 2000 titles, quite modest. He's gotta music library! I suspect there are quite a few other impressive libraries out there. Please tell us.

How's in your music library?
ojgalli
newbee
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Yes, I'm sure there are many who have large LP/CD collections - I do, but I can't see any benefit in telling the world about it. It would only serve to make some jealous, some envious, and a few would even comment on my use of my disposable income and the fact that I couldn't listen to them all in a reasonble period of time (like a 'lifetime). :-)

FWIW, while I listen far more to music composed in the late 19th and 20th century today than ever before, it sure is nice to revist Beethoven (et al). Conversly with Jazz, with only a few exceptions I'm sort of stuck with the style of the 50's, 60's and 70's. I've tried most of the new artists but for some reason the CD's rarely get pulled from the shelves more than a couple of times. Never bought any rock or pop, I have a tuner for that stuff when the mood strikes.

Too bad there isn't more discussion of music in this forum but I guess its because it is equipment based.
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warrenh
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Been there done this: ARCHIVES--oodles...peace, warren :)
krell_man
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One more question to add to this, if I may. How does everyone organize their library.

I have over 600 CD's, and they too span from the late 60's/early 70's to present, from keyboard/synth oriented to folk to rock.

I find myself completely forgetting about some artists or titles when having everything in alphabetical order, especially when the CD's are at the top or bottom of the rack. I have gone past the bifocals on to trifocals. So it's hard to tilt my head to the top and bottom of the rack.

I've thought of grouping by female, female fronted group, male and male fronted groups. Or grouping by folk, punk, keyboard, light, medium and hard rock, etc. But you always have CD's that span those lines.
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