1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?   about 200

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? I cant say I have just one favorite...Back In Black-AC/DC, A Kind Of Blue-Miles Davis, Live at the Fillmore East-Allman Brothers, Beethoven's Last Night-Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 1984-Van Halen, Live in Cincinnati-Jimmy Buffett to name a few

3. which artist do you have the most by? Jimmy Buffett

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?  Classic Rock

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? Baduism-Erykah Badu, A Briefcase Full of Blues-The Blues Brothers

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc... a-z

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? Beyond Expectations-Opera Babes

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. Pangaea-Miles Davis...This is a great uncut live performance from 1975 near the end of Miles' "electric" period.   Its a huge 2-CD instrumental improvisational mish-mash of heavy-funk (i.e. Funkadelic), Psychedelic Soul (i.e. Sly&The Family Stone/Jimi Hendrix), Free Jazz(i.e. Miles himself/Ornette Coleman) and traditional African tribal styles.  And its all laid down by Miles and six of the tightest musicians Miles' could find at the time.  Ive probably listened to this at least a 100 times and it never gets boring.  Check it out!!!

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended? when I get around to it

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection? most likely no

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? a CD from a group named Svensson, appearantly you cant get it outside Europe

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? about $30

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? Id say the Woodstock Box Set, 4 discs about 1:10 each for a total of 4 or so hours

14. do you lend out music? I just burn them a CD

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? both

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' nope not anymore

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? my rare Jimi Hendrix-Radio One CD, Ive seen it valued at over $100 by the collectors market

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? see #17 and I have an LP of the Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl, consequently that is the ONLY album out of the ENTIRE Beatles catalog that has never been issued on cassette or CD

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? $10 since thats about what you can download a whole album for that price

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..no, just their major stuff, a lot of my favorites have such long careers I would have to spend a small fortune to get everything of theirs

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
hundreds....dont know the exact amount, but I own quite a bit...on vinyl, CD, tape, and 8 tack
2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
hmmm....hard question...possbibly London's Calling by the Clash or Rubber Soul by the Beatles
3. which artist do you have the most by?
wow....thats a toss up between Billy Joel (i own all of his albums) and Bruce Springsteen (I own almost all of his albums...I think I own more by Billy Joel though)
4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
it depends on my mood...sometimes my favorite is power pop, sometimes blues rock, sometimes straight out blues/R&B and sometimes punk
5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
Teenager of the year-Frank Black and Beck/Ola-Jeff Beck Group
6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
normally by artist....but for storage purposes they are also broken up by medium
7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
I own two Bon Jovi albums (Slippery When Wet and Crossroad) and did like them back in high school...not too big a fan of them now...but the ultimate shocker...I own Monster Ballads...I dont know why lol
8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
Ben Folds Five-Ben Folds Five or Funeral-the Arcade Fire or SMiLE-Brian WIlson or Beck Bogert and Appice-Beck, Bogert and Appice or...so many
9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
when theyre dirty
10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
no..Im a music critic...certainly not
11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
I need a copy of Blank Generation but the only thing holding me back from getting it is lack of time to go to the store....but I have a list of at least 40-something songs (not necessarily singles) that Ive been trying to get a hold of, but I just cant find them anywhere for a good price or on a file exchange service (some are really obscure) or anywhere reasonable.  I just found about three of them through the itunes store (THe Buggles "Clean Clean" and Cheap Trick's "Scent of a woman" and "My obsession"..note, these are the least obscure titles), but I cant find most of them.
12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
one disc CD: $15.  Double disc CD: $25, 3 or more disc CD collection: $50.  Vinyl single disc: $10 Vinyl double disc: $10. 
13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
one disc or two?  im not sure.  I cant even think of a good answer for this one
14. do you lend out music?
to friends, yes...as long as I get it back. 
15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
I buy quite a bit...I try only to download single songs that I wouldnt buy the album of
16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
collect is the wrong word...I still use vinyl and buy it like it is still used commonly
17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
damn...um....i dont know
18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
original edition The Paragons meet the Jesters LP, The First Family vinyl, an autographed Brian Daniels demo
19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
depends on its quality....but I hate paying more than $9.99 max...it should be even cheaper than that
20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
Billy Joel is my favorite..I have every album...many on vinyl, tape AND CD...I have a few 45s of his, but I hardly have every single....I have no imports from him...and I dont have every bootleg either. 

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? Approx. 30-50


That's very little.

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
About 1200 commercially pressed CDs.  Number varies with selling and trading.  Then I have about 3000 CD-Rs, this number varies too.  I keep some give away others.  I don't own any vinyl.  I gradually replaced it all with CD, and what I couldn't replace I burned onto high quality CD-Rs.

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
There's too many, too many genres, too hard to decide on just one.  Anyway, here IS one that's definitely been one of my faves since it was released in 1998: Desde El Otro Lado: Electroacoustic Music from Latin America (O.O. Discs).  I have dozens of electroacoustic collections, but this one rates the highest average in all categories, including proficiency of composition, creativity of performance, sound quality, diversity of sounds, interesting themes reputability of composers, and cool cover art.

3. which artist do you have the most by?
Probably John Cage.

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Right now I like music in the 12 tone method.  I like it most when it's electroacoustically processed.

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
From my commercially pressed discs only:
Eleanor Hovda: Coastal Traces
Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets

There are tons to choose from,  chose these because I haven't listened to either in a longwhile, but I've been thinking of listening to both over the past few days.

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
Well, the commercially-pressed ones are in binders roughly by genre and the CD-Rs are A-Z with a few genre-specific categories, eg "World" and "Folkways."
I really need to come up with a better system, it's hard to keep track of all this stuff!

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
When my sister found out I owned and enjoyed Pink Floyd's "Umma Gumma" she did a double take.  When she used to play that album when she was sixteen and I was ten, I would shriek That isn't music!, and run from the room!

I'd rather not have my friends know I own and still listen to the Dream Academy CD!

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
John Cage: The Choral Works I (Mode Records)
Cage is my favorite composer, but people who know him tend to know him only for his reputation for making really strange atonal music with lots of silences and prickly noises.  The Choral Works I includes beautiful performances by the Ars Nova choir and puts to rest the notion Cage was incapable of making conventionally "beautiful" music.

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
Nope.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
That price would hafta be mighty right!

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
Certain compositions by Lucia Dlugoszewski (1934-2000), that and Jean-Claude Risset - Sud - Dialogues - Inharmonique - Mutations, which isn't available domestically and costs a pretty penny to get!

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
I generally avoid buying those boxed sets, but I did buy the Joy Division: Heart & Soul boxed set the week it came out for $75.00 U.S.  
I also paid about the same amount for the four-cd historical set Harry Partch: Enclosure 2  (Innova Recordings).  If I wasn't able to get it right through the guy who runs the label, I could have paid upwards of $150.00 for it!

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
I have a number of CDs that clock in at slightly over 80 minutes.

14. do you lend out music?
Heck, I copy it and GIVE it to people.  I don't tell my recording artist friends I do this!  I do lend sometimes to trustable friends, but it's usually easier to just make a copy.

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
Believe it or not,  I've never downloaded music.  I buy some, I get some gratis from artists and labels, and a whole lot of it I copy from my radio station's collection.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
I may buy a nice turntable and start collecting records again if it suits me, but I don't see it happening in the near future.  I worked so hard to rid myself of all those space-consuming records!  I do enjoy phonograph records, but choose not to have a home collection.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
The one I mentioned above, Harry Partch: Enclosure--2.  I could have copied my station's copy, but this collection is a treasure curated by one of the foremest Harry Partch scholars in the world, Dr. Philip Blackburn of Innova Recordings.  It was worth buying and having the genuine article.  "Enclosure--2" is only one in a series of several Partch media projects by Dr. Blackburn, but to me it is the best because of all the early recordings of Partch performing his own work, and the inclusion of Partch's hobo diary, "Bitter Music."
http://www.corporeal.com/
http://innova.mu/searchresults.aspx?textfieldName=Harry%20Partch

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
Everyone else who?  I have plenty of "rarities," but unfortunately, they're so esoteric few people know how great they are and would want to kill for them.  For example, I have Blancmange: Happy Families, and Blancmange-affiliated project West India Company: New Demons.  Both are avidly sought after by die-hard Blancmange fans, but nobody else!

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
For a standard commercial release of a single full-length CD album, I'd say $10.00.

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
No, it would be nearly impossible, if not totally impossible to get every recording released by composers such as Cage, Partch, Xenakis, Oliveros, or Crumb.  Furthermore, I wouldn't want to collect every single one because of the vast redundancies involved in the number of the same compositions issued on different releases.

enjoy...

Red Ant wrote:
The Seduction of Claude Debussy by Art of Noise is great too ( mostly instrumentals, very different from their previous works ).
Oh, that's a lovely CD featuring the voice of one of my favorite actors, John Hurt.  If you do like TSOCD, might I also recommend:
Derek Jarman: Blue
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J2M/102-4736687-8038503?v=glance
http://www.learmedia.ca/product_info.php/products_id/1021

and also

Ken Nordine: Colors
http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/COLORS.htm

Art of Noise was an interesting group.  Do you know where the name comes from?

Quirk wrote:
8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. The Cars Anthology
Yeah, The Cars: Just What I Needed anthology is wonderful!  Good liner notes too.  I didn't know Ric Ocasek's earlier band was called "Richard and the Rabbits."  Plus they include some interesting rarities, most notably, a great cover of  Iggy Pop: Funtime.

I really need to buy some more John Cage

1. 5 Owned, Many Burned

2. Who Will Cut Your Hair When We're Gone? By The Unicorns

3. Ween

4. Shoot, I got a lot. Depends on the song, not the genre.

5. The Mollusk By Ween and The Sophtware Slump By Grandaddy

6. Order I Bought Them

7. Uh.. Moistboyz.

8. Who Will Cut Your Hair When We're Gone? By The Unicorns or BOO HOO by Voltaire

9. Naw... but I will on this recommendation.

10. HELL NO.

11. Uh.. at this point? "Shinola" by Ween.. the new one coming out soon! That or "Live At Stubbs"

12. They Were Gifts

13. Home-Burned... 79:57. Aw yeah.

14. I just make new copies

15. Mostly Download

16. I'd Like To Collect It.

17. WWCYHWWG

18. Craters of The Sac by Ween.. Ween fans would KILL for this thing.

19. 5 Bucks.

20. I'd like to.. I have every track downloaded, but not every album.

I really need to buy some more John Cage




Oh, you have some?  What do you have?

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? Approx. 4000, maybe more

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? It changes from week to week, depending on my mood. It's hard to narrow down an all time favourite when you have 4000 albums to pick from

3. which artist do you have the most by? Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult and Jimmy Barnes

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music? Metal

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? Impossible to answer

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc... A - Z by artist, then chronologically by release date. They are also divided into albums and EPs. Compilations are sorted according to genre

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? Faith by George Michael

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. A RIse to Power by Dungeon

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended? No

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection? My collection is priceless

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? I have a list, but it's too long to add here

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? I spent $99 on Under Wheels of Confusion by Black Sabbath, but that's a box set. Does that count?

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? Embrace the Silence by Vanishing Point and Load by Metallica are both 79 minutes and 50 seconds. Alive in Athens by Iced Earth is 3 hours, but that's a triple live album

14. do you lend out music? No

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? I don't download and I rarely buy stuff. I get most of my music as promotional material for review and because I'm a nice guy

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' Love it

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? There's a few I wouldn't part with.

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? I don't know about kill for, but I have a few collectables: Metallica's Creeping Death on picture vinyl, a copy of Def Leppard's On Through the Night signed by Steve Clark, some other stuff

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? $25 (that's Australian money)

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? No, but it's nice, isn't it?  :)

Some rather vague answers from me - I apologise beforehand...

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
Couldn't honestly say...it amounts to thousands...

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
Couldn't honestly say again - it can vary daily...!!
However, my all-time favourite single is 'God Only Knows' by The Beach Boys

3. which artist do you have the most by?
Most probably The Beatles...all commercially available recordings...

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Soul music from 50s (when it was known as 'race' music) through 80s...but my collection near enough covers anything mainstream...

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
'Time' - ELO
'Jane Fonda's 'Workout' Record...(which originally belonged to one of my sisters (honest!!) and I somehow got lumbered with it...!!)

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
A-Z...I think it's a guy thing...!

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
The Best Of Bing Crosby

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' - Pink Floyd

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
Not meticulously...only when required...

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
No...even after several house moves, this heap of junk is still with me...

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
A little-known slice of Brit 'bubblegum' from 1970...'Stand Up And Be Counted' - The Pebbles

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
I don't normally like forking out anything over £10 - so I rarely do...

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
I've still got a 'spoken-word' LP of 'Huckleberry Finn' which must clock in at a hour each side...that's only a guess, as it plays at 16rpm which my turntable hasn't got a speed for...!

14. do you lend out music?
No way...not with the stuff I've 'lost' over the years...!!

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
I mostly download the stuff which I bought many years ago on vinyl...

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
You want to see my almost legendary 'back room'...!!

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
Can't honestly say...they all have some sort of treasure attached to 'em...

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
From a collector's point of view (which isn't everyone else...)

Autographed copies of...
'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player' - Elton John
'Piledriver' - Status Quo
'Dream Of The Blue Turtles' - Sting
'Born In The USA' - Bruce Springsteen

And two UK Beatles' demo singles...
'From Me To You' and 'Can't Buy Me Love' - both worth £500 apiece when I last looked...

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
Approx £10...

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
No...but I've been to record fairs where I've seen some people who have got it really bad...!!

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?

Off The Wall/Michael Jackson~1979.....not bad at all.


Well, you've certainly surprised me Mark...!!

Very good album tho'...

Oh, you have some?  What do you have?




I have works of his spread among a few classical compilations and on my comp(not on an album or "Greatest hits" collection) ...I know I have various prepared piano pieces somewhere.  Either on my comp or burned on CD I have "4:33", "Sonata #4", and "Imaginary landscape" (dont know which one...I think I d/led it), as well as d/led prepared piano pieces that I dont really know the names of (Id say "Sonata #1, 2,3 etc" but Id be guessing)

I have works of his spread among a few classical compilations and on my comp(not on an album or "Greatest hits" collection) ...I know I have various prepared piano pieces somewhere.  Either on my comp or burned on CD I have "4:33", "Sonata #4", and "Imaginary landscape" (dont know which one...I think I d/led it), as well as d/led prepared piano pieces that I dont really know the names of (Id say "Sonata #1, 2,3 etc" but Id be guessing)


'4:33'...

...catchy little number, that...!!

'4:33'...

...catchy little number, that...!!


lol, I know...to think he created all that out of nothing  ::)



Im very happy to know that you guys are familiar with that piece....it bothers me when people dont know John Cage

Might as well answer my own thread  ;) :)

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
100+

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
i love most if not all of them.

3. which artist do you have the most by?
Prince

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Alternative Rock/Pop/Spanish

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
NSYNC-No Strings Attached & Jessica Simpson-Sweet Kisses

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
Color coded

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
Come-Prince (1994)

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
Garden State Soundtrack (2004)

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
I should...

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
No, as I'll be showing them to my future children  :)

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
Laura Pausini-Escucha

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
$52 (don't ask)

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
truly don't know

14. do you lend out music?
heck no

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
Download only for preview, buy if I like it enough

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
My parents have vinyl...not me.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
don't own any single albums

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
Gold Experience-Prince/out of print

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
$10.99

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
No, but I do have A LOT of obscurities...

lol, I know...to think he created all that out of nothing  ::)



Im very happy to know that you guys are familiar with that piece....it bothers me when people dont know John Cage

"Imaginary Landscape" is one of Cage's most famous, it's one of his best among his hundreds of published works.  I have a couple of different renditions of the prepared piano sonatas.  He didn't invent prepared piano techniques, his teacher Henry Cowell did, but Cage developed the art to a much greater extent.
4'33" is definitely what Cage is best known for, but it's one of the most misunderstood works in the history of music.
It is played at the piano and is divided into three movements. All of the notes are silent. The composition takes its name from the fact that it requires four minutes and thirty-three seconds to perform. The pianist uses a stopwatch to control his tempo. For those interested, there are a couple of CD recordings available, Frank Zappa "performed" it, and his version appears "A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute" (Koch International Classics, 1996).  It's more of a conceptual statement.  The idea is to structure time into four equal spans and whatever sounds happen to be in your environment during these "movements" become the music.  Some people "get it," some don't.
Here's a little background on 4'33"
http://cc.pima.edu/users/musictheory/4min33se.htm
The two labels I recommend most for Cage music are Mode Records
http://www.mode.com
They've got the biggest and most accessible Cage collection.
For Cage's really "out there" music, the German label Wergo is your best bet:
http://www.schott-music.com/artist/show,3157.html
There are tons of other labels with Cage CDs available, it just takes a minimal amount of searching.

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
   Just short of 200 CDs and exactly 18 vinyl.
2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
    Hard to pick just one.... probably "Music for the masses" by Depeche Mode
3. which artist do you have the most by?
    Depeche Mode (by far)
4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
    Anything from classic to techno - no metal please!
5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
    "Live...John Branham Starnes" by John Branham Starnes (never bought it - it was a gift) / "My love" by  Rosy & Andres (wtf??)
6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
    a-z by artists
7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
     "Penicillin on wax" - Tim Dog
8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
    "Sexadelic dance party" - Vampyros Lesbos
9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
     No
10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
     Parts of it - yes. All? Heck no!
11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
     "I predict....1990" by Steve Taylor
12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
     Can't remember, but it couldn't have been more than EUR 30
13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
     Couldn't tell
14. do you lend out music?
      Seldomly
15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
      Still buy. Haven't downloaded anything - yet...
16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
      Still buy.
17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
      All Depeche Mode stuff - wouldn't wanna part with that!
18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
      Can't think of any
19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
      EUR 10 max
20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
      Not DESPERATELY....just the things I can get my hands on. I don't frequent shops, fairs or the internet to shop for anything that might be missing. (Heck, I'm missing TOO much!)

enjoy...
Thanks, I have! I'll leave it up to you to convert EUR to USD...

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?  200

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?  Taough question to answer...

3. which artist do you have the most by?  REM, Deborah Gibson, and Green Day

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music? Anything but Country (and most current junk)

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?  UB40 "Labour Of Love" & Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill"

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...  Style & Alphabetical order

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? Nothing really, but my friends were suprised that I listen to Deborah (Debbie) Gibson. Maybe the first few "Now That's What I Call Music" CDs

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.  Deborah Gibson "Deborah" & "MYOB"

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?  yes

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?  nO

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? Anything that I actually want...

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? 25 bucks (30 with shipping & handling) for Deborah Gibson's "Memory Lane Vol. 1"

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?  Don't really know....most last about 75 minutes...

14. do you lend out music?  no

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? I still buy music. I don't like downloading.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'  Yes, I collect 'em

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?  Another tough question...all of my vinyls since they're hard to fins and the same for most of my CDs

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?  Most of the "Living In Oblivion" '80's compilation CDs, "Just Say Yes...Sire Winter Music Sampler", and several out of print discs

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? 17 dollars

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? No, but I wish...

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
Don't know... lots...

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
Don't have one.

3. which artist do you have the most by?
Probably a-ha

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
80s (primarily New Romantic/New Wave)

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
Well many of them are packed right now, so that could be just about any of them. I'll say Meco's Star Wars disco mix and an Ugly Kid Joe collection.

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
A-Z by artist, then order of release within given artist.

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
Nothing really... people typically know what I like

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
a-ha's East of the Sun, West of the Moon

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
Occasionally. More the cds than the players.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
Sure, provided I made a list of all the albums, found people with those albums willing to sell them to me, and got paid for mine more than I paid for replacing it.

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
Hmmm... Pirate Movie soundtrack I suppose.

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
$25 - $30 I think, it was one of those gold-plated ones (Def Leppard's Pyromania, I think)

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
No clue. But if you want to go for the longest song, I've a Dead or Alive album where all the songs (10-12) just mix into one long song.

14. do you lend out music?
Occasionally

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
Buy... typically if I download it's because I haven't found it to buy.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
Still collect

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
Asia's self-titled album (on vinyl) since it's the first one I've ever bought.

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
Original release Star Wars soundtrack (vinyl) in awesome condition

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
$10 sounds good

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
No... have all the main albums except one live album, but I need some of the imports.

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?   
50 cds 0 vinyl

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? 
    symptom of the universe - black sabbath collection

3. which artist do you have the most by? 
led zeppelin

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
classic rock

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
cat scratch fever - ted nugent
momentary lapse of reason - pink floyd

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
i dont

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
milenium - backstreet boys
i dont like them anymore

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
houses of the holy

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
no

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
yes for the right price ( over a thousand bucks)

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?

none
12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
34$
13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
dont know
14. do you lend out music?
no
15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
buy
16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
'i still collect it'
17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
dont know
18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
dont know
19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
10 dollars
20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
no

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? - Umm.. No Idea, probably a little more than 25/30. lol

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? - Oh golly this is hard.... Sing The Sorrow by AFI, Once by Nightwish or Meteora by Linkin Park

3. which artist do you have the most by? - AFI

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music? - Rock, goth, punk, emo, metalcore and rap.

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? - My first two cds ever by Michael W. Smith.

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc... - I don't catagorize.

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? - For my family (grandparents) it would be any of my rock cds and for my friends it would be T.M. Revolution or Goo Goo Dolls.

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. - I can't list just one.... Macabre or Gauze by Dir en Grey,The Art Of Drowning by AFI, anything by Nightwish and In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed & Cambria.

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended? - No.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection? - Sure for a million bucks.

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? - None really.

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? - 16 dollars maybe.

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? - No Idea.

14. do you lend out music? - Sometimes.

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? - Both, but I mostly download.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' - 'what's vinyl?'

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? - Sing The Sorrow by AFI because it started my obsession with them and it's just so beautiful ^_^

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? -ALL MY JAPANESE MUSIC! Okay they are rare but nobody would kill for them.  :(

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? - 14-17 dollars.

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? - No but I must have the majority of their work.  :)

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
Over 800 on vinyl and about 1000 cd's
2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
Couldn't possibly say.I love loads of them and it depends on my mood or what I'm into at the time.
3. which artist do you have the most by?
Hmm stuff by a British rock band called The Almighty.
4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Glam metal,rock and a load of 80's stuff.
5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
Only two?? there are loads !
6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
A -Z by artist within their genre.well I am a librarian !!
7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
Johnny Logan - What's another year(eurovision song contest winner)
8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
John Kilzer - Memory in the making.
9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
No.
10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
Never ! I had a huge cull about 18 months ago and got rid of about 400 albums but I wouldn't part with what is left.
11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
The Unforgiven on cd would be good.
12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
£25
13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
Probably War of the Worlds.
14. do you lend out music?
Not anymore.I did and my vinyl was damaged so never again.
15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
Still buy it.
16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
I don't collect it anymore as my turntable doesn't work !
17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
There are a few really  couldn't choose just one.
18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
An Elvis EP and a Bill Hailey 78 my Dad gave me.An original copy of the self financed version of Live Like a Suicide by Guns and Roses.
19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
£10
20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
With The Almighty yes I have all the limited editions, picture discs etc.

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? Including my hubby's, at least 50 cds.

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? I love them all.

3. which artist do you have the most by? Mariah Carey (no lie), but she's tied with the Dave Matthews Band

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?  Dance and pop (from early 90s and earlier)

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? "Like A Virgin" from Madonna and "Thriller" Michael Jackson

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...  I don't.

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? Any of my hubby's rap cds

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. Both albums from India.Arie. Once you hear her, you'll go Alicia Keys who?

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?  no, I really should though. My hubby does. He's quite anal about it. At least someone's doing it for me.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?  no

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? "Too Blind to See It" by Kym Syms (1990 dance song)

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? (album - 18.99) single (4.99 - maxi single)

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? I don't know.

14. do you lend out music? no

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? I still buy music

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' I never collected it. Though I still have my own.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? I would say "Thriller" b/c it was the baddest (mean good) album when it came out and I'm glad to have been there at the time.

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? My Beatle rarities. I've booby trapped them for security purposes

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? 12.99 (most albums today are filled with crappy filler - why pay more?)

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? No.

Tanya

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? About 150 cd's and 8 lp's.

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? My Depeche Mode collection.

3. which artist do you have the most by? Linkin Park, although Depeche Mode is getting up there.

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?  Pretty much all of them, except country, teen pop, and Christian rap/rock stuff.

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? "Stankonia" from OutKast and Alannis Morrisette's "Jagged Little Pill".

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...  A to Z

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? 'N Sync's first album. :P

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. Dr. Dre's "The Chronic". The original and best of the gangsta rap.

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?  Nope.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?  HELL NO.

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? Any Split Enz album. I can't find them for the life of me.

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? Twenty something dollars on Linkin Park's "Meteora" enhanced cd/dvd.

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? "Madama Butterfly"

14. do you lend out music? Yes

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? A little bit of both. I'm lucky enough to have a sweet a$$ed music store on hand that sells stuff cheaply.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' I never collected it, but I have a few laying around.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? It doesn't qualify as an album, but a cd that was made for me by a friend of mine. Why I treasure it is private, but I will say that it has a lot of good memories attached to it.

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? None. I'm pretty mainstream in my music tastes.

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? $10

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? Just about, although my favorite artist/group might change soon.

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own? Around 200 LP's, 150 CD's and over 5,000 Cassette tapes

2. which ONE is your all time favourite? Vol. 1 by D:Ream

3. which artist do you have the most by? Hall and Oates LOL

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music? Techno/House

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they? Rappin' Rodney by Rodney Dangerfield ~ Bad Habits by The Monks

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc... Alphabetical

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it? Atomic Kitten - The Greatest Hits

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about. The 1990 ST album from World on Edge

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended? No

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection? Heck no

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on? The self-titled 1981 album by Gary O

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album? $40 - Singles and More by Saint Etienne

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own? 1983 K-Tel LP - Raiders of the Pop Charts

14. do you lend out music? No

15. do you still buy music or just download everything? I do still buy CD's quite often

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?' I do still collect vinyl, both LP's and 45's

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why? The Circle and the Square by Red Box.  It's a Holland issue I found at a goodwill a few years ago, and so far it's the only time I've ever seen it anywhere

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? Depeche Mode - It's Called A Heart/Fly on the Windscreen Two Record 12"

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd? $14.99 - $16.99

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..? Sometimes.

enjoy...

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for? Depeche Mode - It's Called A Heart/Fly on the Windscreen Two Record 12"


You mean the D 12 Bong 9 ?  ??? 'Cos I have that too. ::)

You mean the D 12 Bong 9 ?  ??? 'Cos I have that too. ::)


Yes, but mine is still sealed in the original plastic wrap  :P

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
I am not 100% sure, but it has to be around 400 or more...

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
I don't own the album, but I think Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" is an absolute best.

3. which artist do you have the most by?
The Beatles, and also  Mariah Carey (I was a big fan of her in the her early years

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Pop/Rock & roll

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
Soundtrack to Wild Wild West (1999) That soundtrack is God awful except for maybe 2 songs. Second would probably be when I was liking rap and stuff. One album I can't find, but would love to listen to again would be Janet Jackson's 1993 album.

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
I sort mine by genre. I actually have A LOT of classical CD's cuz you can get those cheap so those are all catagorized by who released them *Naxos, Sony Classical, Phillips, RCA Victor, etc*

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
Hmmm, probably my album that is Jethro Tull's greatest hits.

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
I'd hate to say it, but Dire Strait's "Love Over Gold" should definetly be heard my one and all. Second to that would be Madonna's overlooked 2000 album "Music."

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
I do. I use to be VERY peticular with my CD's. I would have a near heart attack when my brother would want to absorb my music for a night in my room while I sat in the other room and cringed.

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection?
Heck no, it's taken years to get what I've gotten - plus, some hold lots of memories - like my first CD I ever bought, or I can remember who I bought it with - those sorts of things.

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
Nothing really pressing at the moment, except I do want this album by Lu Watters called Blues over Bodega that I'll have to by on Amazon.com

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
Probably $27 for a rare classical CD recording of Debussy's Petit Suite

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
Hmm, don't most hit the 80 minute mark? I'd think the Beatles White Album get's close to that.

14. do you lend out music? I was very against it and then I loaned a CD to my cousin and when I got in her car and asked if I could have it back, her boyfriend said it was looking dirty and he took his tongue and cleaned it right in front of me - that was the last time I ever loaned one out (except to my boyfriend or brother - two people I KNOW will treat my Cd's the same way I'd want them to be treated :0)

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
I buy and download - but I also purchase MP3's over Rhapsody.com

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
I have inherited my mom's vinyl collection.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
I think my En Vogue Funky Divas CD I bought when I was 10 holds dear to me because I can't believe I've held onto it for so long and I actually really enjoy listening to it from time to time

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
I don't know if I have any rarities - I have a few CD's that were recorded by a man in Virginia who's a novelty piano player. One is signed by my ex-boyfriend who designed the covers for them.

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
$8.99 I think is perfectly fair. $7.99 is a tad bit better and a great deal! Anything over $15.99 feels like a rip off unless you're getting 2 cd's. If they can sell classical CD's for $7.99, why can't others?

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
Well, with the Beatles it was getting that way for me, but I still have some missing. I do have a rare import CD of conversations with the Beatles that I probably should have never paid for.

I meant to respond to this awhile ago, but it slipped my mind. Here's my chance to correct that. ;)

1. approximately how many albums (cd, vinyl etc..) do you own?
Counting both tapes and CD's -- no multiple copies or ones I have in both formats -- roughly 1000.

2. which ONE is your all time favourite?
Dang, I knew this would come up. I like so many, but if I had to pick one, probably Sports from Huey Lewis. Aside from the memories attached, it's just great 80's pop/rock all the way through. 

3. which artist do you have the most by?
Weird Al Yankovic. I have all 11 of his albums. Others I have alot of include Tom Petty, Van Halen, Eddie Money and the Beatles.

4. what is your favourite style/genre of music?
Classic rock/ 80's pop-rock.

5. take this moment to think of 2 albums from your collection that you've not played in quite some time. which 2 are they?
Good question. Any that I start forgetting what the songs are like, lol. Cheap Trick's The Doctor and Survivor's Too Hot to Sleep come to mind.

6. how do you catagorize your collection? a-z by artists? by style? etc...
A to Z. I have a separate section for compilations/soundtracks/comedy albums too.

7. what album in your collection would shock your family and friends to know that you actually own or even liked it?
Britney Spears' Baby One More Time. (Hey!!! I like "Sometimes"). ;D

8. recommend an album you feel more people should know about.
We'd be here all night, lol. One that I love is John Cafferty's Tough all Over. Great retro-ish 80's rock.

9. do you clean your cd player and cds as recommended?
Yep. I'm pretty anal about all that. I clean the CD lenses as well as the tape heads of every boombox I have every three months or so (with Q-tips).

10. for the right price: would you or could you part with your collection? 
Heck no! Yeah on one hand, it's music, but some of it also holds memories (eg: albums we bought when I was a kid). Plus, I've SPENT alot of money on it too.

11. what album, single, etc...are you desperately trying to get your hands on?
Tons. I'll get back to you on this. Mostly 80's stuff and some out of print compilations I always keep my eyes out for in secondhand shops.

12. what is the most you've ever spent on a single album?
Me myself? Probably 20 bucks on a 2-disc import of Hall & Oates greatest hits (I almost always shop used, so that's why I typically spend less).

13. which is the longest (playing time) album you own?
Can't be longer than 80 minutes, lol. So that honor would have to be the Beatles' White Album. It's in two parts.

14. do you lend out music?
Some. Only ones that (1) I don't have a sentimental attachment to, and (2) isn't rare. Most of the time, I make mix tapes and CD's for people instead.

15. do you still buy music or just download everything?
Buy almost exclusively. Some friends have sent me songs online though.

16. vinyl: 'i still collect it' or 'what's vinyl?'
Don't have any myself, but I've considered it every time I run across a used LP of a really rare album or one I'd love to have.

17. which part or single album do you treasure the most and why?
Again, a toss between Huey Lewis' Sports with the Beatles' White Album. Partially 'cause both of my CD copies are from 1986 - back on the very first time my dad bought CD's!

18. what rarity do you have that you know everyone else would just about kill for?
Again I'll have to think about this a bit.

19. what do YOU feel would be a fair price for a new cd?
Depends on the demand/length/quality of the album. Overall, ones that are $18 now should be $9-12 or so. As recently as 1998-2001 I bought cassettes new since they were only about that much.

20. with your favourite artist/s: do you have to have every album, single, import, etc..?
Albums yes. I've never really been a collector of singles though (although I did buy alot of cassette singles in the 90's, since I was more "cherrypicking" with music I liked then, as opposed to liking everything - ie the 80's).

Cool quiz! :)