Compulsive Disassociative CD Collecting Disease (CDCDCD)

[vandermolen]

Thanks guys 

[Jo498]

I am not sure I get the joke? Jeffrey is keeping no order at all among the CDs or an elaborate order so intransparent that an "outsider" cannot quickly check if a certain disc is present or not?

[steve ridgway]

I don't think he was a science teacher.

[vandermolen]

I don't think he was a science teacher.

Spot on Steve. I teach History and History of Art!

[staxomega]

I'd like to apply to this support group, maybe the first step to recovery is taking a photo of one of my music storage rooms/speaker graveyard 

[Mookalafalas]

I'd like to apply to this support group, maybe the first step to recovery is taking a photo of one of my music storage rooms/speaker graveyard 

Please do!

[Mirror Image]

I've really got to stop, but I keep finding stuff I want! Best thing to do is stay off Amazon, JPC, Presto Classical, Discogs and eBay. I drool every time I'm on Presto Classical's site or browsing the BIS store. Anyway, this sounds like a good plan, but, of course, I'd have to use Amazon to buy some things like dog treats and snacks, but if I could just keep only to these things and not CDs, I'd be better off.

[71 dB]

I've really got to stop, but I keep finding stuff I want!

That's the problem with classical music. It never ends! The only non-classical music that gives the same feeling of endlessness is Tangerine Dream. The lifetime output of a typical non-classical artists, say Carly Simon, is so limited in comparison! I have noticed that whenever I discover a new non-classical artist I really like, I can usually collect most if not all of the releases of that artist in question within in a few weeks and say to myself: "That's it? No more to collect?" When I got into classical music 25 years ago I had no clue what I was getting into. Maybe I thought a collection of 100 classical CDs would be enough. How silly! 

More than money, the limiting factor is increasingly time. When am I going to listen to my collection?

[Mirror Image]

That's the problem with classical music. It never ends! The only non-classical music that gives the same feeling of endlessness is Tangerine Dream. The lifetime output of a typical non-classical artists, say Carly Simon, is so limited in comparison! I have noticed that whenever I discover a new non-classical artist I really like, I can usually collect most if not all of the releases of that artist in question within in a few weeks and say to myself: "That's it? No more to collect?" When I got into classical music 25 years ago I had no clue what I was getting into. Maybe I thought a collection of 100 classical CDs would be enough. How silly! 

More than money, the limiting factor is increasingly time. When am I going to listen to my collection?

Indeed. This gives you an idea of how vast classical music is and even in a roughly 200 year range (19th through 20th Centuries which is what I favor), there's just SO MUCH! And, yes, with popular music (rock, jazz, etc.) there is a limit unless they find more unheard tapes in the Miles Davis vault.

[vandermolen]

That's the problem with classical music. It never ends! The only non-classical music that gives the same feeling of endlessness is Tangerine Dream. The lifetime output of a typical non-classical artists, say Carly Simon, is so limited in comparison! I have noticed that whenever I discover a new non-classical artist I really like, I can usually collect most if not all of the releases of that artist in question within in a few weeks and say to myself: "That's it? No more to collect?" When I got into classical music 25 years ago I had no clue what I was getting into. Maybe I thought a collection of 100 classical CDs would be enough. How silly! 

More than money, the limiting factor is increasingly time. When am I going to listen to my collection?

Very wise.

[Jo498]

Spot on Steve. I teach History and History of Art!

But that's even less of an excuse for failure at sorting and cataloguing!

[Mookalafalas]

That's the problem with classical music. It never ends!

   I agree. This is the most frustrating thing. I've been into classical music for about 10 years. If I browse this site, I can literally stumble over an "excellent" composer, soloist (Piano, violin, cello, flute, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, accordion, etc. etc), conductor, singer, I'd never heard of in my life EVERY DAY. There is no great "classic era" rock or jazz band I've never heard of. I can look at pretty much any 50s-60s era jazz album, browse the players (drummer, bassist, etc.) and have a passing knowledge of virtually every name. But with classical, it's insane. There are a dozen "serious" new disks coming out every day, and the back catalog might as well be infinite.

[vandermolen]

But that's even less of an excuse for failure at sorting and cataloguing!

Good point!

[Biffo]

I am not sure I get the joke? Jeffrey is keeping no order at all among the CDs or an elaborate order so intransparent that an "outsider" cannot quickly check if a certain disc is present or not?

I have never seen the point (or value) of ordering alphabetically - I have so many 'mixed' albums it would be impossible. My LPs are stored in chronological order (more or less); my much larger collection of CD is in an elaborate order I won't even try to explain. It is not perfect but I am too committed to it to try and change it. I know where everything is, more or less, though I have just spent two days looking for a disc of Schubert quartets - it wasn't where it should be.

I have to confess that my digital downloads are in alphabetical order but that is imposed on me by my PC and choice of storage method; I also have far fewer downloads than CDs.

[Que]

I have never seen the point (or value) of ordering alphabetically - I have so many 'mixed' albums it would be impossible. My LPs are stored in chronological order (more or less); my much larger collection of CD is in an elaborate order I won't even try to explain. It is not perfect but I am too committed to it to try and change it. I know where everything is, more or less, though I have just spent two days looking for a disc of Schubert quartets - it wasn't where it should be.

I have to confess that my digital downloads are in alphabetical order but that is imposed on me by my PC and choice of storage method; I also have far fewer downloads than CDs.

I started out with alphabetical order on composer, plus a section of mixed/recital discs on type (orchestral/instrumental/vocal on conductor/performer). As my collection grew, I subdivided the composers section into periods.

I hate when something is not where it is supposed to be!    Rarely ever hapens though...

[Jo498]

I switched to chronological order although most boxes/anthologies dedicated to artists and some others are stored in a different shelf. However, I think I found stuff more quickly when it was alphabetical. Because of some lesser known composers I don't know the birth year by heart.
The advantage of chronological is in fact that some anthologies like "Courtly Love", "Sonatas from Dresden" etc. can be put in there. But it's difficult with other anthologies. The other advantage but that's not important to me is that Tchaikovsky, Tschaikowskij, Chaikovski etc. are no problem with chronological order.

[Verena]

I've really got to stop, but I keep finding stuff I want! Best thing to do is stay off Amazon, JPC, Presto Classical, Discogs and eBay. I drool every time I'm on Presto Classical's site or browsing the BIS store. Anyway, this sounds like a good plan, but, of course, I'd have to use Amazon to buy some things like dog treats and snacks, but if I could just keep only to these things and not CDs, I'd be better off.

Maybe an incentive for dog lovers (including myself): Imagine we didn't buy any CDs, downloads, etc. any longer. We could use the money for buying another dog or two. Sounds like a brilliant idea, doesn't it? I only have a small dog, but I'm dreaming of a whole pack of all sizes (10 at the least  ).

[Atriod]

2023 bump. Not that I was trying to cut down or anything, right now unboxing a pile of three separate Discogs orders of 15-30 discs each.

edit: two of those packages from Tom Deacon's (passed away this year) husband. I imagine some people here remember him from the RMCR days.