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How selective are you?

Unless someone is a big classical music fan, I am always amazed by the fact that many have thousands of LPs and cds.
With classical music, you can sometimes have a hundred copies of the same composition performed by different musicians in different places.
As an example, I like fusion era Miles. For my taste, absolutely best albums from that time are Bitches Brew and Pangaea. And that's exactly what I have, just these two because everything else from him after it is either much weaker or just junk.
Or take Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here and Dark Side are the best, so I have them. The Wall is OK, I don't have it, and the rest is just not worth it at all.
Deep Purple. Machine Head and maybe Live in Japan, that's all, though I think that Demon's Eye from Fireball is a great song.
Why listen to what is worse along with what is better? To make "better" even better by comparizon?
I think that there is no good music, classical aside, for thousands of titles though there are many good songs scattered in many albums. Maybe some keep many titles because of one or two songs, I don't know.
inna
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Musical taste is 100% subjective. What I think is good might not be what you enjoy and what you love most may not float my boat. It is just different from person to person and I will never question others musical taste.
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mapman
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When I have to chose, I am fairly selective but still always looking to like something new or different.

However, since going with a music server, I spend a lot of time listening to my CD tracks queued up randomly via Squeezebox.

I listen to most everything that queues up and seldom skip or select. I find I enjoy a much broader assortment of music this way, when the computer decides what to play next rather than me.

It's a different way to listen that for me shifts the focus on being surprised by what plays next as well as sampling your entire music collection and surprisingly consistently enjoying whatever happens to be served up next. I will buy a new CD, often for the purpose mainly of expanding my library in some new direction, rip it to the server, and may not get to hear a cut for some time. Then it comes up with no advance warning and less expectations which makes for a more unbiased listen. A great way to broaden your listening horizons gradually over time.

I equate it to having you own personal radio station that plays only the music you own. You evolve your playlist by ripping and adding new CDs to the library/playlist as desired. I spend many hours listening this way and discovering new gems in my collection often when least expected. Highly recommended.
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