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Do you tend to get a cd of an artist you already have a cd of to make your collection deeper, or would you rather buy a cd of a different artist making your collection wider?

― A Nairn, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I usually go for the latter, unless there is a particular song/album that I've been itching to buy.

― matthew d., Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

i also go for the latter.....i like hearing groups/artists that i have'nt heard before,more for the freshness than to make my collection wider though.
one other thing that seems to happen quite often is when buying say 3 or more discs,i realize when i get home that they are artists/groups whose name starts with the same letter. and no,i dont shop in just one lettered section at a time....

― william harris, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Wider? Deeper? Hmmmm....I go for "thicker."

― Lord Custos, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Six of one, half dozen of the other. Let's see -- tonight I picked up a comp of Electric Company remixes (already love them), Life Without Buildings (used, never heard them, figured I'd give it a whirl), the Tower Recordings (have some of their stuff, also used) and Lois Maffeo/ Brendan Canty (same as Tower Recordings). So more familiar stuff, but I would have picked up Electrelane, who I've not heard yet, if I hadn't seen that the new Tron DVD was on sale...

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I live in fear of Ned's hulking CD books.

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

As well you should.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I tend to buy records by familiar artists and get a new one as well. Yesterday this meant buying: Fushitsushaaaaaa, Byron Morris, This Heat and fekkin'Slayer MAAAN. I am already a Haino fan but have as of now not yet heard any Slayer and Morris. I rented This Heat record a while back and LUURVED it. My point? Embrace alll musick.

― helenfordsdale, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

There are reasons for buying a record by someone you already own a record from other than the desire to "make your collection deeper".

― Oliver, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I don't buy strategically like this, because that would take the fun out of it. I buy things in front of me that I want to hear.

― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Does anyone actually think about what effect a record will have on their collection? I just buy stuff I like/want to here/etc. My "collection" is just the shelf where they go when I'm bored of them, and as such is a mess.

― Graham, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

when buying say 3 or more discs,i realize when i get home that they are artists/groups whose name starts with the same letter.

Sometimes I'll notice when I set them on a shelf that the spines are all the same color.

"Hmm.....time to make my collection less monochromatic."

― Curt, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well, yeah, Of course I just buy what I want, not thinking about collecting cds at all, but often I find myself buying cds of artists I already have cds of. I guess I'm a sort of a completeist . Usually it's because I'm sitting listening to a cd and I'm like: whoa, I need to get more of this artist's cds.

― A Nairn, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Different artist, definitely. Well actually, whichever is cheaper.

― electric sound of jim, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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