Have You Listened to All the Recordings You Have?

[Florestan]

Self-explanatory.

My answer No.

[DavidW]

No. The funny thing is when I forget I own a download and stream it instead!

[Florestan]

No. The funny thing is when I forget I own a download and stream it instead!

At least you didn't buy it twice. 

[springrite]

Yes, except for the few huge boxsets (Rubinstein, Bach Complete, to name two).

[springrite]

At least you don't buy it twice. 

I once bought the same CD (Fiorentino playing Bach English Suites) 4 times. So I decided to give the extras away to friends. I accidentally gave ALL FOUR away...

[Spotted Horses]

No. The funny thing is when I forget I own a download and stream it instead!

I usually steam things that are on my hard disk because, why not send a few extra pennies to the people who produce the records, and because it's easier.

[Florestan]

I once bought the same CD (Fiorentino playing Bach English Suites) 4 times. So I decided to give the extras away to friends. I accidentally gave ALL FOUR away...

Only a GMGer...

[Florestan]

Hey, you guys who voted "several times over" and "at least once each" ---why don't you identify yourself? Is it shameful? 

[Karl Henning]

Yes, except for the few huge boxsets (Rubinstein, Bach Complete, to name two).

My response is largely in line with this. Few of the boxes I need to catch up with are genuinely huge, apart from the Bach flash drive.

[Florestan]

Yes, except for

"Yes, except for" --- that is, No. 

[Lisztianwagner]

No, especially because I haven't listened to all the recordings of Italian Opera I have yet.

[Karl Henning]

"Yes, except for" --- that is, No. 

Yes, my answer is No.

[prémont]

No, only to approximately 3/4 of it.

[JBS]

I've listened to almost everything at least once except:
--stray DVDs inserted into CD box sets that I wasn't interested in
--a bunch of opera DVDs
--the various operas and sets I've purchased in the last few weeks, which I'm working through now
--these three boxsets

--these two sets, each of which I've only heard about 2/3rds


One can see a commonality to all of those. Part of the reason is that I prefer to listen to an entire opera at one time, no matter how long it is.

[Cato]

Wow!  I am surprised!

I am - so far - one of the two for Answer #1!

Parsimonious by genetics and nurtured on Uncle Scrooge McDuck comic book adventures during childhood 70+ years ago, I do not buy anything, which I have not tested first! 

I have received gifts of recordings of some works unknown to me, but even those have been played more than once.

[Florestan]

Wow!  I am surprised!

I am - so far - one of the two for Answer #1!

So it's your boy scout honor on it, Leo? 

[Florestan]

almost everything at least once except:

Come on, man! --- that is a resounding No! 

[JBS]

Come on, man! --- that is a resounding No! 

Which I why I voted No in the poll.

[Cato]

So it's your boy scout honor on it, Leo? 

Well, I was in the Cub Scouts for a year or so!  Does that count?  If so, yes!

[Mister Sharpe]

At least you didn't buy it twice. 

I've done that, but only when the cover changed or was altered somehow.