Along the lines of some of the recent posts: In January, I stopped buying cd's because I had so many things I'd only given a cursory listen to or things that were not even opened. While at first, it was difficult to read great comments and reviews about particular disks and not be tempted to buy, after I started in on getting to know what I had it became a little easier because there was so much new stuff to listen to. I'm at the tail end of this process and now only have maybe 15 things that are left unopened. A lot of Bartok, the Kertesz Dvorak cycle, Boulez M2 and some others I can't remember off hand.
Do you have a pile of stuff that is unopened?
Allan
Not 'unopened', but unheard. About 100 CDs, I think ...
None.
I listen to every CD I buy within the same week generally, but again I don't buy an awful lot 0:)
About 18. ::)
I open everything I get nowadays, but the piles to be listen too are huge, not to say enormous.
Waiting would be about 600 cd's given or take a few.
About 200-250, hard to tell.
Edit: about a third are downloads.
Quote from: Mark on June 06, 2007, 06:21:53 AM
Not 'unopened', but unheard. About 100 CDs, I think ...
Haha.....and I thought I had a problem...
Allan
Wow.....I feel like it's 'open season' to start buying CD's again.
Allan
I have no unopened or unhead CDs. If there are any that I have listened to fewer than twice, I am not aware of them.
None un-opened, three un-heard. :)
Around 20.
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on June 06, 2007, 06:23:18 AM
Edit: about a third are downloads.
Downloads get listened to much quicker - they go straight onto my MP3 player and travel with me. Having said this, my 100 or so 'unheard' includes 10 downloaded discs. ;D
Un-opened: none; Unlistened to: about 40 or 50, most are operatic. Hey, this is not a high percentage of my total CDs and, having hardly bought anything for three years, I should get around to all of them in short order.
That does not count then! ;D
I still have the biggest pile to be listened at! ;D ;D ;D
The trouble with me is that I'm guaranteed to download around 9-12 CDs a month, because I get them stupidly cheap. So I spend most of my month listening to these. I also 'pick off' the cheapest 'victims' on my Amazon Wish List whenever I think to check it, then get the discs and just pile them up. I don't add anything to that list any longer, because a) I prefer to download stuff as part of my subscription; b) I'm running out of shelf space; and c) I have a baby on the way ... so all money will soon be spent on her!
Then occasionally, something catches my eye as I browse the racks in my local charity shops. I buy it, and onto the pile it goes. Thank God I live 20 miles from the nearest decent classical music stockists, and that I'm too lazy to idly browse online sites ...
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:34:22 AM
I still have the biggest pile to be listened at! ;D ;D ;D
And you have an even bigger pile
to be bought sitting in a werehouse somewhere.
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:34:22 AM
I still have the biggest pile to be listened at! ;D ;D ;D
Harry, excuse my
macabre sense of humour, but... are you sure that until your final hour you would have listened to all your CDs? :)
Quote from: springrite on June 06, 2007, 06:40:03 AM
And you have an even bigger pile to be bought sitting in a werehouse somewhere.
I have a warehouse! ;D
Quote from: Florestan on June 06, 2007, 06:41:20 AM
Harry, excuse my macabre sense of humour, but... are you sure that until your final hour you would have listened to all your CDs? :)
I sincerely hope so my friend, otherwise bad luck, but this option is better as not buying them. :)
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:41:46 AM
I have a warehouse! ;D
That is nice to know. When my next paycheck comes, I will send my music orders directly to YOU then! ;D
Quote from: springrite on June 06, 2007, 06:43:38 AM
That is nice to know. When my next paycheck comes, I will send my music orders directly to YOU then! ;D
Well I have a few leftovers, if that's what you mean
Paul. ;D
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:42:40 AM
I sincerely hope so my friend, otherwise bad luck, but this option is better as not buying them. :)
Had you been a Pharaoh, you'd have been buried with the unheard ones. :)
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:42:40 AM
I sincerely hope so my friend, otherwise bad luck, but this option is better as not buying them. :)
I had a friend who used to say "it's better to have them and not need them than it is to need them and not have them."
He wasn't speaking of CD's, but I think that the sentiment applies here. :)
Quote from: Florestan on June 06, 2007, 06:46:06 AM
Had you been a Pharaoh, you'd have been buried with the unheard ones. :)
Yes, that was the idea my friend. ;D
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 06:47:14 AM
I had a friend who used to say "it's better to have them and not need them than it is to need them and not have them."
He wasn't speaking of CD's
He was speaking of wives, right? :)
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 06:47:14 AM
I had a friend who used to say "it's better to have them and not need them than it is to need them and not have them."
He wasn't speaking of CD's, but I think that the sentiment applies here. :)
Yes absolutely, I will remember that. ;D
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 06:22:45 AM
About 18. ::)
Ah - that great Dali painting! (I saw it many years ago in the Thyssen/Bornemisza Museum in Madrid and bought a print; then it turned up first in the Dali show in Philadelphia 2 years ago, and then in the Spanish show at the Guggenheim earlier this year - hope you saw it.)
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:50:13 AM
Yes, that was the idea my friend. ;D
They couldn't build a sarcophagus large enough.
Oh my, about 60 plus for opened but unheard. I pick stuff at the used bookstore all the time and I got this big glot of CDs from an estate sale that I still haven't waded through. Big choral stuff and/or really long works count among the unlistened to.
Like Mark, I also have downloads and CD-R from friends that are really piling up, and don't know when I'll get around to them. (Still haven't finished that Dorati Haydn yet!) In fact, I feel I spend a lot of time just deciding what to even listen to lately! :D
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on June 06, 2007, 06:56:28 AM
Ah - that great Dali painting! (I saw it many years ago in the Thyssen/Bornemisza Museum in Madrid and bought a print; then it turned up first in the Dali show in Philadelphia 2 years ago, and then in the Spanish show at the Guggenheim earlier this year - hope you saw it.)
No, I have only seen a few in person. I was very startled by the size. :o
I have this great book though: http://www.amazon.com/Dali-Paintings-Robert-Descharnes/dp/3822835536/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2949723-2736732?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181141796&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Dali-Paintings-Robert-Descharnes/dp/3822835536/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2949723-2736732?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181141796&sr=1-1)
Got it at the Strand in NYC for a steal. It has most of the paintings he's ever done, in decent print.
Quote from: Florestan on June 06, 2007, 06:50:42 AM
He was speaking of wives, right? :)
;D
Close - phone numbers.
Quote from: Harry on June 06, 2007, 06:23:04 AM
I open everything I get nowadays, but the piles to be listen too are huge, not to say enormous.
Waiting would be about 600 cd's given or take a few.
Then I say 600+ for unopened/unheard. That sounds the best :). The problem is that I buy all of these OOP and budget CD's, and borrow a lot of CD's from the library at the same time...
I always have approx. 10 max. unopened cds at any time. I like having that number 'up my sleeve' so to speak. I don't want more than that at this stage but who knows...?
By the way, I LOVE removing the cellophane from a new cd ;D
The sticky security tag can be a pain sometimes :( but when you get the thing off in one piece it feels good! ;)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 01:13:30 PM
I always have approx. 10 max. unopened cds at any time. I like having that number 'up my sleeve' so to speak. I don't want more than that at this stage but who knows...?
By the way, I LOVE removing the cellophane from a new cd ;D
The sticky security tag can be a pain sometimes :( but when you get the thing off in one piece it feels good! ;)
I know a sweet way to remove them. Unhook the side opposite the label from the bottom. Then simply peel. 8)
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Generally when a new CD arrives at my house either from an online retailer or brought home by me, the first thing I do is open it and rip it to an MP3 and pop it onto my iPod. It gets listened to that evening if work isn't occupying me or the following weekend when I have a few hours to spend. I purchase maybe a dozen CDs per month at best--often fewer, so it's not too difficult to keep up with them all.
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 01:44:34 PM
I know a sweet way to remove them. Unhook the side opposite the label from the bottom. Then simply peel. 8)
Yep George I'm onto that. However depending on the glue/gum they use and how old it is that method isn't always 100% successful :)
Unopenened and unheard: 453
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 02:02:42 PM
Yep George I'm onto that. However depending on the glue/gum they use and how old it is that method isn't always 100% successful :)
True. I sometimes have to put some tape over the sticky part. :-\
Quote from: orbital on June 06, 2007, 06:22:28 AM
None.
I listen to every CD I buy within the same week generally, but again I don't buy an awful lot 0:)
Same with me.......are you my missing twin? :P
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 02:26:56 PM
True. I sometimes have to put some tape over the sticky part. :-\
Yes, I use some tape to remove the gum that gets left on the jewel case ;)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 03:17:20 PM
Yes, I use some tape to remove the gum that gets letf on the jewel case ;)
Want to get sticky marks off of CD cases ... and even CDs? T-Cut (or similar lightly abrasive car polishing liquid). Works like a charm, and even gets scratched discs working again. ;)
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 02:26:56 PM
True. I sometimes have to put some tape over the sticky part. :-\
Put some peanut butter or salad oil over the sticky label and scratch them together with your fingernail. The stickiness will come right off. Afterwards use several tissues to remove the mess. Viola! No scratches on your CD case.
Quote from: springrite on June 06, 2007, 06:43:38 AM
That is nice to know. When my next paycheck comes, I will send my music orders directly to YOU then! ;D
JPC has a new contender and Harry is using their own stock against them by starting up his own business with the cds he has bought from them!
Send all your orders to harry at his new "HPC"! :D ;D
Quote from: Anne on June 06, 2007, 03:39:19 PM
Put some peanut butter or salad oil over the sticky label and scratch them together. The stickiness will come right off. Afterwards use several tissues to remove the mess. Viola! No scratches on your CD case.
This suggestion reminds me of that Simpsons episode where everyone in town was suggesting different ways of removing the gum from Lisa's hair. ;D
Always ready to give a helping hand. ;D
Quote from: Mark on June 06, 2007, 03:28:34 PM
Want to get sticky marks off of CD cases ... and even CDs? T-Cut (or similar lightly abrasive car polishing liquid). Works like a charm, and even gets scratched discs working again. ;)
Yes, I've heard that before Mark but never tried it. I've also heard that toothpaste works too!
Quote from: Anne on June 06, 2007, 03:39:19 PM
Put some peanut butter or salad oil over the sticky label and scratch them together with your fingernail. The stickiness will come right off. Afterwards use several tissues to remove the mess. Viola! No scratches on your CD case.
Smooth and not Crunchy peanut butter I presume ;)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 03:48:59 PM
Yes, I've heard that before Mark but never tried it. I've also heard that toothpaste works too!
Smooth and not Crunchy peanut butter I presume ;)
The sanest suggestion I have tried is either lighter fluid or Rubbing Alcohol, as they don't leave any mess to clean up.
Quote from: George on June 06, 2007, 03:50:26 PM
The sanest suggestion I have tried is either lighter fluid or Rubbing Alcohol, as they don't leave any mess to clean up.
Rubbing alcohol can melt plastic though :-\
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 03:17:20 PM
Yes, I use some tape to remove the gum that gets left on the jewel case ;)
Alcohol works well too.
As for me, I buy a lot of box sets, so it often takes me some time to go through them. I have a few CDs to which I haven't listened, but they're all in my "to sell" pile. Mostly leftovers from when I worked at Tower and could afford impulse buys.
Re. all the "cd case label residue" talk:
Furniture polish works best IMO (least mess/fuss/weirdness), makes the slime left by the label easy to rub off and is also good for rubbing a tiny bit over the rest of the case if it was on a shop shelf - to remove fingerprints and stuff.
(http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/product/101794_front200.jpg)+(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/60/98/23349860.jpg)
somewhere around 400-500 - I hope.
Quote from: Kullervo on June 06, 2007, 07:17:04 PM
Alcohol works well too.
Indeed. Though I suspect many of our members tend to run out of it quickly and have to resort to things like pickle juice and apricot preserves. ;D
Quote from: George on June 07, 2007, 05:49:15 AM
Indeed. Though I suspect many of our members tend to run out of it quickly and have to resort to things like pickle juice and apricot preserves. ;D
I tend to drink the stuff ladies! ;D
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on June 06, 2007, 03:54:05 PM
Rubbing alcohol can melt plastic though :-\
Well, if you set it on fire...
Quote from: Harry on June 07, 2007, 05:59:08 AM
I tend to drink the stuff ladies! ;D
Exactly my point. :P
I have at the moment more CD's I haven't listened to than ever: 20 CD's or so! :o
Thanks to this forum and all the bargains to be found on the net! ;D
The reason some items take a while before being listened to, is that it depends on when I'm in the mood for some music. Bach items will be listened to within days, but I'm not always in the mood for Bruckner's 9th. And listening to an opera requires more time, as I like the first listening to be in one go.
Q
Quote from: Que on June 07, 2007, 09:11:06 AM
The reason some items take a while before being listend, to is that it depends on when I'm in the mood for some music.
Completely understand that.
To change the topic somewhat, what's the oldest sealed recording you own? Mine's a Boulez Sacre du Printemps LP, bought in 1985 around the same time I bought my first CD player. I was so enraptured by my new toy, and Sacre CDs (Maazel and Boulez), I soon forgot my poor old LPs..even the ones that weren't so old.
Sarge
Quote from: Harry on June 07, 2007, 05:59:08 AM
I tend to drink the stuff ladies! ;D
stuffed ladies?
Quote from: Anne on June 06, 2007, 03:39:19 PM
Put some peanut butter or salad oil over the sticky label and scratch them together with your fingernail. The stickiness will come right off. Afterwards use several tissues to remove the mess. Viola! No scratches on your CD case.
Makes you wonder what's in peanut butter these days.... :o
Quote from: Que on June 07, 2007, 09:11:06 AM
I have at the moment more CD's I haven't listened to than ever: 20 CD's or so! :o
Thanks to this forum and all the bargains to be found on the net! ;D
The reason some items take a while before being listened to, is that it depends on when I'm in the mood for some music. Bach items will be listened to within days, but I'm not always in the mood for Bruckner's 9th. And listening to an opera requires more time, as I like the first listening to be in one go.
Q
I think I'll stop buying for a while! ;D
Besides the unopened CD's, I have also several box sets at hand that I'm going through.
Like Schornheim's Haydn keyboard works (listened to 8 of 13), Scott Ross's Scarlatti (listened to 28 of 34), the Van Swieten's Haydn trios (listened to 5 of 10).
I'm getting nervess of all that music staring me in the face, whispering:
listen to me, listen to me.... ::)
Q
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 02:27:53 AM
I think I'll stop buying for a while! ;D
Besides the unopened CD's, I have also several box sets at hand that I'm going through.
Like Schornheim's Haydn keyboard works (listened to 8 of 13), Scott Ross's Scarlatti (listened to 28 of 34), the Van Swieten's Haydn trios (listened to 5 of 10).
I'm getting nervess of all that music staring me in the face, whispering: listen to me, listen to me.... ::)
Q
Ignore the voices
Que, its not real.
Bargains are, on the other hand.
Not bought is gone most of the time.
I have the same boxes as you and played them already twice through, starting anew with Van Swieten.
And furthermore I am always in the mood for music, whatever classical music.
So if you are planning to drop by, tell me in what sort of mood you are. ;D
I am sure I can find something to your taste. ;D
Well I listen and watch my piles, but no, no, no voices, sorry! ;D
How can you guys have that many CDs that you haven't listened to? I usually buy stuff because I want to hear it - I'd be naturally curious as to my new purchase... Or why are you not listening to these?
Quote from: Harry on June 08, 2007, 02:34:53 AM
So if you are planning to drop by, tell me in what sort of mood you are. ;D
I am sure I can find something to your taste. ;D
Thanks
Harry, I'll be happy to do that some time.
And considering your collection, I don't think we won't have any trouble whatsoever to find something to suit my mood, or taste for that matter! :)
QuoteIgnore the voices Que, its not real.
Well I listen and watch my piles, but no, no, no voices, sorry! ;D
Yes, I think I'm getting delusions - must be something to do with participating in this forum.... ;D
Q
Quote from: Guido on June 08, 2007, 02:40:42 AM
How can you guys have that many CDs that you haven't listened to? I usually buy stuff because I want to hear it - I'd be naturally curious as to my new purchase... Or why are you not listening to these?
O, that process is very easy to follow my friend, buy, buy, and buy! ;D
In the end there will be a pile, and then two, three, undzuweiter....................
All stuff we buy to hear, justa little later than planned.
Curious we are, that's why
Que hearing voices.
That's to why we are not listening, directly after buying. ;D
Quote from: Guido on June 08, 2007, 02:40:42 AM
How can you guys have that many Cd's that you haven't listened to? I usually buy stuff because I want to hear it - I'd be naturally curious as to my new purchase... Or why are you not listening to these?
I think a lot has to do with bargains, which are tempting to pick up before they are gone again, even if I'm not into that particular genre or composer at that very moment (I have my fazes in what I listen to).
Same goes for items that are out of print - best to snap up before it's too late.
Third category are the large box sets. I prefer to spread listening to them over a longer period of time, to prevent superficial listening - besides I like diversity in my listening.
But if I buy a particular CD because I'm exploring a particular genre, composers or work(s) - I mostly listen to it right away.
Q
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 02:27:53 AM
I think I'll stop buying for a while! ;D
Besides the unopened CD's, I have also several box sets at hand that I'm going through.
Like Schornheim's Haydn keyboard works (listened to 8 of 13), Scott Ross's Scarlatti (listened to 28 of 34), the Van Swieten's Haydn trios (listened to 5 of 10).
I'm getting nervess of all that music staring me in the face, whispering: listen to me, listen to me.... ::)
Q
Boy, I know that feeling. :)
I was just thinking yesterday that my next purchase would be that much more informed if I have heard everything that I currently own. :-\
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 02:58:24 AM
Boy, I know that feeling. :)
I was just thinking yesterday that my next purchase would be that much more informed if I have heard everything that I currently own. :-\
Yeah, and of course not original but very true: there is
so much to (re)discover in one's own collection.
Although that could lead to new purchases too! ;D
Q
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 03:03:42 AM
Yeah, and of course not original but very true: there is so much to (re)discover in one's own collection.
Although that could lead to new purchases too! ;D
Q
Oh yes, I shudder to think of the interpretations that may need replacing. :-[
:)
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 03:05:56 AM
Oh yes, I shudder to think of the interpretations that may need replacing. :-[
:)
So, no matter how you look at it:
we're scr***d! ;D
But at least we won't get bored in this lifetime! :)
Q
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 03:10:36 AM
So, no matter how you look at it: we're scr***d! ;D
But at least we won't get bored in this lifetime! :)
Q
YES, that's the spirit! ;D
Quote from: Que on June 08, 2007, 03:10:36 AM
So, no matter how you look at it: we're scr***d! ;D
But at least we won't get bored in this lifetime! :)
Q
Better to be screwed than ignored. ;D
Quote from: George on June 08, 2007, 03:05:56 AM
Oh yes, I shudder to think of the interpretations that may need replacing. :-[
:)
Which is what I'm doing currently with Bach's Goldberg Variations, Brahms Piano Concerti, Chopin's Piano Concerti ... ;D
As for not listening straightaway, I can only echo what's already been mentioned. One buys so as not to lose out on a good deal (so much in classical vanishes quickly, which is why I praise the download pioneers who are working to keep stuff in circulation), but time and duty keep us from hearing everything we'd like to as soon as we'd like to. :(
Still, it's there on our shelves when we need it. In fact, between the various members of this forum, we have a substantial and ever-growing reference library, which is wonderful. ;)
I was just wondering: do people on here find themselves getting protective over their CD collection. What I mean is, do you like all your CDs to be clean, scratch free etc (including the actual cases) or are you of the sort whose mentality is "as long as it plays, I don't care how it looks (scratches and all!)"?
I am only hoping to see how people feel about their CDs - I know people who fall into both camps and was wondering which is the most prevalent.
Quote from: Don Giovanni on July 07, 2007, 02:03:04 PM
I was just wondering: do people on here find themselves getting protective over their CD collection. What I mean is, do you like all your CDs to be clean, scratch free etc (including the actual cases) or are you of the sort whose mentality is "as long as it plays, I don't care how it looks (scratches and all!)"?
I am only hoping to see how people feel about their CDs - I know people who fall into both camps and was wondering which is the most prevalent.
While I don't much care how they look (and I can't keep the cases scratch-free) I do try to keep the CDs themselves as clean as possible. I've had a few purchased used, that ultimately just wouldn't play because they were so scratched, so I know that in time, wear and tear will take their toll.
I have a friend who shall go unnamed (not here at GMG) who just tosses his CDs on a big pile near the stereo, most often without the cases. :o It doesn't seem to bother him, and I know that CDs are perhaps more durable than many people think, but still, it makes me cringe.
--Bruce
Quote from: Don Giovanni on July 07, 2007, 02:03:04 PM
I was just wondering: do people on here find themselves getting protective over their CD collection. What I mean is, do you like all your CDs to be clean, scratch free etc (including the actual cases) or are you of the sort whose mentality is "as long as it plays, I don't care how it looks (scratches and all!)"?
I am only hoping to see how people feel about their CDs - I know people who fall into both camps and was wondering which is the most prevalent.
Good question.
I'm in the 'everything neat and tidy' camp (which probably makes me quite ... ahem ... 'camp', but let's leave that for therapy). Only today, I bought a second-hand CD which proved to be bloody brilliant, but its casing was a mess -
and someone had stuck stickers to the actual CD face! I just HAD to put everything right before I could properly enjoy the disc. Crazy (weird, even), but true of me in general. ;D
Quote from: bhodges on July 07, 2007, 02:09:00 PM
While I don't much care how they look (and I can't keep the cases scratch-free) I do try to keep the CDs themselves as clean as possible. I've had a few purchased used, that ultimately just wouldn't play because they were so scratched, so I know that in time, wear and tear will take their toll.
I have a friend who shall go unnamed (not here at GMG) who just tosses his CDs on a big pile near the stereo, most often without the cases. :o It doesn't seem to bother him, and I know that CDs are perhaps more durable than many people think, but still, it makes me cringe.
--Bruce
Me too Bruce! :)
Quote from: Don Giovanni on July 07, 2007, 02:03:04 PM
I was just wondering: do people on here find themselves getting protective over their CD collection. What I mean is, do you like all your CDs to be clean, scratch free etc (including the actual cases) or are you of the sort whose mentality is "as long as it plays, I don't care how it looks (scratches and all!)"?
I am only hoping to see how people feel about their CDs - I know people who fall into both camps and was wondering which is the most prevalent.
What's this you ask? ......scartches on my £84.00 Solti Ring Cycle (Wagner) and other priceless opera collections- Over my dead body $:) !!!!!
marvin
Just one unopened CD, and I don't know just why I haven't opened it yet . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on July 07, 2007, 03:59:13 PM
Just one unopened CD, and I don't know just why I haven't opened it yet . . . .
Subliminally, you haven't opened it just in case a thread like this were to emerge .......... So that you could post and feel a sense of belonging ........
Quote from: Guido on June 08, 2007, 02:40:42 AM
How can you guys have that many CDs that you haven't listened to? I usually buy stuff because I want to hear it - I'd be naturally curious as to my new purchase... Or why are you not listening to these?
I don't have a great answer to the above. For me, a new cd competes with all the others I own.
Here's a typical example. I love Bach and bought the Goldbergs played by Jill Crossland on Apex. Normally, I'll put that new disc right in the car's cd player and start listening on the drive home. But I was feeling lazy that morning and didn't want to exert the effort to make the change. So I continued to listen to Claves disc of Schumann piano music. I found the performance of Humoreske magnificent and started making comparisons with other favorites when I got home. So quickly, Crossland becomes history. But I'll get around to her and all the others.
I don't have any unopened CD's, but I do have just a couple that haven't been played yet (Yoshimatsu 5th Symphony, Petterson 9th Symphony). I haven't listened to 'all' of most of my CD's, but I have listened to 'most' of all of them (if that makes sense).
Oh shit. Waaaaay too many. Plus a lot which I haven't listened to completely, plus a lot in box sets which I have opened but listened to only partially.
Update: I have now listened to Yoshimatsu's 5th Symphony and thoroughly enjoyed it. :)
At the moment I have an unopened recording of Solti's Salome but I shall open it soon.
I don't have any unopened CDs but the other day I found another unopened LP:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/ngmg/MaLev10.jpg)
I must have bought it around 20 years ago. It wasn't with my other Mahler records and has been completely overlooked for 20 years. I didn't even know it existed.
Sarge
Quote from: Don Giovanni on July 08, 2007, 10:54:15 AM
At the moment I have an unopened recording of Solti's Salome but I shall open it soon.
If thats the recording with Birgit Nilsson you are in for a treat. Although some opera fans would argue that Nilsson does not sound like a spoiled, sexually obsessed teenage girl (ie. Salome) I happen to like that recording. So much excitement in that recording and its been digitally remastered....also check out Solti's Elektra on cd another splendid recording......
marvin
Quote from: techniquest on July 08, 2007, 07:39:18 AM
Update: I have now listened to Yoshimatsu's 5th Symphony and thoroughly enjoyed it. :)
Great idea for a thread: "Your Reactions to Music which had Remained Unopened for Prolonged Periods ........"
How about "How many unlistened-to OperaShare downloads do you have?"
About 2.3 million, I think. But most of them are unlistenable anyway. But it's free, and it's more about the collecting, right?
Quote from: M forever on July 08, 2007, 01:31:55 PM
But it's free, and it's more about the collecting, right?
I think so. It's about finding rare stuff, for those of us who are fairly jaded with local stores ::) I think it's bad enough for us piano and orchestral guys. the opera and vocal fellows though, they must be overwhelmed b the flood. But then they are a sort anyway....
Quote from: Bulldog on April 08, 2009, 04:38:36 PM
I must have a Vivaldi Four Seasons disc somewhere, but I'd be hard-pressed to produce it within an hour's time. Whenever I want Vivaldi, which is never, there's always a steady dose of the guy on the local classical station in the morning. The station's audience loves Vivaldi, guitar music, crossover and bite-sized pieces of long works.
BTW, I only have the equivalent of 3 sets of Bach Cantatas and still have not opened up that 60-CD Harnoncourt Bach Cantatas set I bought back in early February.
No more than ten, all pop/rock.
2...both on Sony.
Ligeti/Arditti...saving for the "last days"
Berio/Boulez...a "library" cd that I then bought new
For me, it's important to feel like I've got SOMETHING for my "present opening" fingers...oh, how I love to open presents!!
They say that if you mis place something you'll want it forever, but as soon as you find it and log it, you'll never need it again!
None. As soon as I get something new everything else goes on hold until it's been heard, plus it gets heavy rotation for the next few days. It does help being able to listen to 10 or so hours of music every day though.
Quote from: RussellG on April 09, 2009, 03:40:13 PM
None. As soon as I get something new everything else goes on hold until it's been heard, plus it gets heavy rotation for the next few days. It does help being able to listen to 10 or so hours of music every day though.
I do not have that kind of listening time. I may be able to do 8 hours on Saturday ...
How many unopened CDs?
Exactly zero, as I always open the CD boxes when I receive them to make sure that all the CDs are there and to check their condition.
On the other hand I may own somewhere between 500 and 1000 CDs unlistened to.
Quote from: premont on April 10, 2009, 11:17:01 AM
On the other hand I may own somewhere between 500 and 1000 CDs unlistened to.
:o
Quote from: Que on April 10, 2009, 11:36:23 AM
:o
Well,
Que, it is necessary to acquire the CDs while they are available, maybe even on sales, and listen to them when one gets the time. In the course of the recent years, I have persistently acquired more CDs than I have managed to listen to.
Quote from: premont on April 10, 2009, 11:55:12 AM
Well, Que, it is necessary to acquire the CDs while they are available, maybe even on sales, and listen to them when one gets the time. In the course of the recent years, I have persistently acquired more CDs than I have managed to listen to.
;D
Well, I can fully understand the "get it while you can" consideration! :) Especially in rare repertoire. And I also have also an issue with having sufficcient time to listen to all those goodies. :-\
Full disclosure: with that new big Callas box and my recent jpc order I have something over a 100 CD's that are unlistened to.
Q
Quote from: Que on April 10, 2009, 12:02:20 PM
;D
Full disclosure: with that new big Callas box and my recent jpc order I have something over a 100 CD's that are unlistened to.
Yes, the big boxes count heavily in the unlistened-to pile. F.x. the Haenssler Bach set. I have listened to all the instrumental CDs several times, but there are ca. 50 vocal CDs I have not heard yet. Even the lions share of the Harnoncourt-Leonhardt sacred cantata set is unlistened to so far.
Yes, if I have to count stuff like the discs in the big Brilliant Mozart and Bach sets, I've probably got several hundred unheard discs myself. They're pretty much all buried in box sets though, usually I get around to giving individual discs a test spin pretty quickly. Sometimes I'll surprise myself -- I spent several hours one night wishing I had another version of Bach's cello suites to compare to the one I was listening to, poking around Amazon looking at alternatives etc., when all the time there was the big Bach set sitting on my shelf... ::)
Quote from: premont on April 10, 2009, 11:55:12 AM
Well, Que, it is necessary to acquire the CDs while they are available, maybe even on sales, and listen to them when one gets the time. In the course of the recent years, I have persistently acquired more CDs than I have managed to listen to.
Same here. I don't figure it's about collecting (unless I'm deluding myself, which is not to be excluded).
The world of recorded classical music has become one of shooting stars. There are two main considerations: first, you learn that stuff you once never thought considering has become terra cognita and you love it. Second, when you 'consider' something only to see it gone forever the week after, you learn the lesson and start grabbing stuff like there's no tomorrow. Same with downloads. Who knows until when the links will be working?
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 21, 2009, 01:42:45 PM
Second, when you 'consider' something only to see it gone forever the week after, you learn the lesson and start grabbing stuff like there's no tomorrow.
Yes, very true. I wish I'd learned this lesson much earlier in my classical collecting career. Back then the phrase "Out Of Print" meant nothing at all. And why worry? All the pop stuff stayed in print seemingly forever so who'd a thunk classical would be any different?
Sigh............
Of course, one of the downsides to leaving all those CDs wrapped is the possibility one might come up defective. And if it's been something like six months or a year since purchase you're kinda out of luck for a return/exchange...
Yup. You can never tell. If memory serves correctly, it happened only once though. I'm willing to take the chance if only to get hold of the coveted items. In my experience, the boxes sold at a special discount are likely to be gone fast. I suppose they print a given quantity and once they're sold out there's no second printing.
I had the 70 cd Callas box delivered to my mother-in law in Belgium because there was no shipping fee. 35 euros and that's it (222$ in the store here - roughly 145 euros :o). She's visiting us next September. I'm sure she'll curse and pester about the additional luggage weight :-[. Hopefully there won't be anything defective in THAT box ;D
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 21, 2009, 05:28:10 PM
Hopefully there won't be anything defective in THAT box ;D
:D
We'll certainly be keeping our fingers crossed!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 08, 2007, 11:26:37 AM
I don't have any unopened CDs but the other day I found another unopened LP:
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I must have bought it around 20 years ago. It wasn't with my other Mahler records and has been completely overlooked for 20 years. I didn't even know it existed.
Sarge
Imagine all those Brilliant Classics CDs you could've bought with that 1985 $17.50 ;D
unopened - about 20, they were all bought cheap for this year's (and maybe years after) Christmas presents for mom and dad, and maybe my friends also.
I generally digest all the CDs I buy (about 20 a month) within days, except those two Shostakovich symphony box sets(Kondrashin-complete, and Mravinsky-eight symphonies) I bought a while ago. I used to be very passionate about Shostakovich, but I realize not any longer. Probably those will be left unplayed for quite some time.
To sidetrack a little more. Anybody had an experience of buying the same CD twice unaware of having one already? Mine was Previn's account of Prokofiev's Cinderella (the performance must have been really unimpressive) - it was really a weird feeling when found out what I did. Only time I had that feeling was when I found a book on the history of Japanese military school in my backpack which I must have bought while I was heavily drunk (one of those college days).
None.
I probably have 6-12 unopened discs. Far worse than this is buying CDs and then finding that I already own them ::)
I am glad that there are no unopened discs in my collection. About 100 cd's to listen too, and will do that this year.
Due to a release crisis in the classical world of music, my purchases are almost dried up.
Quote from: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 06:21:01 AM
Do you have a pile of stuff that is unopened?
Allan
Yes, I do. But I am OK with it. I used to feel guilty or weird about it, but I prefer not to rush to listen to stuff that I am not in the mood to hear yet.
Also, like others have said, stuff can go OOP at any time. Plus I like to take advantage of sales or great deals when they pop up.
I've never had the luxury of an unopened CD. :D
Quote from: vandermolen on April 21, 2009, 09:27:50 PM
I probably have 6-12 unopened discs. Far worse than this is buying CDs and then finding that I already own them ::)
Ooh, yes, this has happened half a dozen of times for me too. ::) Fortunately recordings of which I did not regret the owning a "safety" copy.
Around 120 at this point. The number climbs to 140 if I include those with their cellophane removed and yet remain unplayed ...
I have never had a CD that I did not listen to as soon as possible, usually within 24 hrs. but I do have one or two that will not be heard by me again
I like having about half a dozen unopened discs on my shelves.
BUT, in addition to those I currently have no less than four upopened Wagner operas waiting for 'the right moment'. They've been sitting there for over one year.
Looking forward to discovering them :)
Still about 150 ... ;D
I have about 10 right now. A friend of mine must have hundreds. Whole unopened series, like the Original Masters series.
What I'm more worried about is opening a case and finding nothing. I been getting really sloppy recently, and have found two cases like that.
Zero.
Though I think I have once CD that got sucked into another dimension. It vanished right out of the case and is nowhere to be found. :o
None.
But I must admit that I have CDs ripped to hard disk that I haven't heard yet. Maybe 20?
Quote from: vandermolen on April 21, 2009, 09:27:50 PM
I probably have 6-12 unopened discs. Far worse than this is buying CDs and then finding that I already own them ::)
How many times did that happen to you? ;)
Henk
Quote from: Coopmv on June 03, 2009, 04:06:42 PM
Still about 150 ... ;D
Is that counting the Bach's cantatas set as one unopened "CD"? ;D
Quote from: toledobass on June 06, 2007, 06:21:01 AM
Along the lines of some of the recent posts: In January, I stopped buying cd's because I had so many things I'd only given a cursory listen to or things that were not even opened. While at first, it was difficult to read great comments and reviews about particular disks and not be tempted to buy, after I started in on getting to know what I had it became a little easier because there was so much new stuff to listen to. I'm at the tail end of this process and now only have maybe 15 things that are left unopened. A lot of Bartok, the Kertesz Dvorak cycle, Boulez M2 and some others I can't remember off hand.
Do you have a pile of stuff that is unopened?
Allan
Enough to make me feel guilty every time I buy another. I don't even want to start counting.
Quote from: opus67 on June 04, 2009, 05:30:32 AM
Is that counting the Bach's cantatas set as one unopened "CD"? ;D
No, that is counted as 60 CD's since it makes no sense to count the set as one.
So, how many unopened or unlistened to CDs do you have, and how far back is the timeline?
Some of mine, going back at least four years:
Varèse - complete works
Bartók - 5 of the solo piano music/chamber works from the complete Decca box set.
Górecki - 6 out of the 7 discs from the Nonesuch box set.
That's pretty much it, I don't think that there is anything else.
None at all, I always listened to them before buying any more.
I have three CDs bougth last summer still in plastic wrappings:
- Atterberg's Cello & Horn Concertos on CPO
- Boccherini's String Quartets G213-215 on CPO
- Flute music at the Berlin court on Accent.
None.
Technically, one or two (the only one I easily find is Carissimi Jonas + Jephte on Ligia). But I have far more unlistened disc. Typically sets or boxes I never got all the way through.
Nowadays I buy most CDs used, so they are not wrapped anyway but I usually listen to them pretty soon unlike in former years where I bought too many, and especially too many large boxes I could not get through before something else claimed my attention.
I'd guess about 20-30 but that might be wishful thinking.
Hundreds that I unwrapped, but never played. ???
Quote from: vandermolen on January 21, 2021, 09:21:09 AM
I'd guess about 20-30 but that might be wishful thinking.
Wishful thinking in which direction? Are you afraid there are more or less than that? 8)
Quote from: 71 dB on January 21, 2021, 09:53:12 AM
Wishful thinking in which direction? Are you afraid there are more or less than that? 8)
Possibly many more 71 dB ;D
Quote from: Christo on January 21, 2021, 09:48:19 AM
Hundreds that I unwrapped, but never played. ???
+1 ::)
Quote from: vandermolen on January 21, 2021, 10:17:42 AM
Possibly many more 71 dB ;D
Oh. Thanks for the clarification. :)
About 100-125 unwrapped, and maybe 100 from big boxes not completely listened to. Lots of hard work ahead, I guess... :-X
No unopened CDs, as far as I know. But I rarely, if ever, buy CDs.
All of the tracks that have never been played before get dumped into an automatic playlist called "Never Played". At the moment that's 27,077 tracks, totaling 106.9 days of music, or 16.5% of my music library—roughly the equivalent of 2,000 CDs. Most of them are pieces that I didn't get around to on a particular album, but in a few cases there are probably complete albums I haven't listened to either.
Just a handful that well meaning people have given as Xmas presents like Christmas at Downton Abby etc.
I own a lot that are still sealed, but there must be a hundreds that aren't sealed that I haven't even played. :-[ But, to be honest, I'm not too worried about it. The point in having a large collection is being able to access a lot of different composers whenever you feel the urge to hear their music at any given time.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 21, 2021, 09:26:31 PM
I own a lot that are still sealed, but there must be a hundreds that aren't sealed that I haven't even played. :-[ But, to be honest, I'm not too worried about it. The point in having a large collection is being able to access a lot of different composers whenever you feel the urge to hear their music at any given time.
That is so true. A section may remain dormant for ages and all of a sudden my interest is sparked.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 21, 2021, 09:26:31 PM
I own a lot that are still sealed, but there must be a hundreds that aren't sealed that I haven't even played. :-[ But, to be honest, I'm not too worried about it. The point in having a large collection is being able to access a lot of different composers whenever you feel the urge to hear their music at any given time.
The urge yes, but also the item's uncertain future availability. Sometimes you have to pounce before it disappears for good... ???
Quote from: André on January 22, 2021, 05:04:10 AM
The urge yes, but also the item's uncertain future availability. Sometimes you have to pounce before it disappears for good... ???
I use to say: Purchase when the item is available and listen when the time is available.
I have no unopened CDs, as I always unwrap them, as soon as they are delivered, to see if everything is OK. But I have a number of unlistened-to CDs, maybe 500 or so.
Quote from: André on January 22, 2021, 05:04:10 AM
The urge yes, but also the item's uncertain future availability. Sometimes you have to pounce before it disappears for good... ???
This is true, especially with availability of so many recordings these days. It seems they're out-of-print just as fast as they were in-print.
Quote from: Andante on January 21, 2021, 07:01:54 PM
Just a handful that well meaning people have given as Xmas presents like Christmas at Downton Abby etc.
So, what's wrong with Christmas at Downton Abbey? 8)
This thread reminded me that I bought a lot of 300+ unopened classical cds several years ago I had forgotten all about until now. At the time, I removed those of immediate interest, leaving duplicates and others packed in a large box. While many are compilations that most here wouldn't be interested in, there are a number of very good Arabesque issues that are super pricey on Amazon. I might list them here on the "Buy, Swap and Sell" section to see if there is any interest before putting them up on Ebay.
Wow, I responded to this thread 11 years ago! Obama was President and the Dems were still in control of both houses of Congress, but soon to lose control for a decade.
These days I immediately rip every CD that comes in with dBPoweramp. That way I know if there are problems reading the the CD without having to wait until I have time to listen to it.
Unlistened is primarily what has only arrived in the last couple of weeks from my recent bout of purchases. The whole rule is that I can't go purchasing until I've largely listened to the previous chunk.
Of course, the rule used to be until I'd entirely listened to the previous chunk.
Of previous purchases, there are about 5 discs that haven't been entirely listened to. The only ones that haven't been heard at all are the last half dozen discs of Suzuki cantatas, which have been patiently waiting their turn since November 2014 when I nabbed the last of the series of box sets.
Quote from: vandermolen on January 22, 2021, 09:20:27 AM
So, what's wrong with Christmas at Downton Abbey? 8)
Probably nothing if that's you cup of tea, it is just not for me, I do most sincerely apologise to all followers of Downton Abbey :(