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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited October 2010 in Other Music
inspired by mookie's thread, how many albums do you own? I know its hard to calculate these days as most of us dont even really have cd's, we just essentially store mp3's on computers, and on ipods, but how many physical cd's do you own? How many CD'R's have you burned?

I have maybe 500-1,000 physical cd's i bought or was given as a gift.

and its hard to calculate CD'R's but i have those spindles of 50 cd's, organized like mookie by artist last name, i have a spindle for every single letter of the alphabet, many letters with multiple 50 spindles.

total 50 total spindles of 50 cd's. and 4 or 5 100 cd spindles.

i have more cd's than anyone i know
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,305
    i have roughly 500 cds, probably 420 of them are actual albums i bought or were given to me. that does not count compliation cds i made or bootlegs i have been given...add to that about 100 cassettes and i have enough music to last me a LONG time...
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    I've got about 1,000 cd's not including cd-r's. I was fortunate enough to have a job working at a record store some years ago and the constant exposure to other peoples listening tastes and easy access to the musical world made me reinvest most of my paycheck every couple of weeks.

    Regrettably I don't buy cd's nearly as often any more. Not because I don't want to, because I'm not exposed to much in the way of things I would consider good enough to buy any more. There are some really great music blogs out there which provide incredible exposure to new things, but it's kind of like drinking from a fire hose. Too much all at once with no real focus or direction.

    I always prefer to own a cd over downloading something digitally.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Around 250... When I'm at school, the number doesn't grow... When I'm not, i'm buying new music every week.
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  • rollingsrollings unknown Posts: 7,125
    ten thousand
  • mini_tbmini_tb Posts: 420
    I would guess I have about 2,000 storebought CDs. That's not including burned stuff. Yikes.

    largest quantities:

    Pearl Jam
    Grateful Dead
    The Beatles
    The Who
    Nirvana
    R.E.M.
    Tom Petty (with or without the Heartbreakers)
    Teenage Fanclub
    Letters to Cleo/Kay Hanley
    David Bowie (most of his 70s output)
    Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers/Greg Dulli/Gutter Twins
    Weird Al Yankovic
    The White Stripes
    Buffalo Tom
    Marilyn Manson
    Led Zepellin
    Bob Dylan
    Weezer
    Tori Amos (mostly the wife's)
    Bjork (wife's)
    Ani DiFranco (ALL the wife's)
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    mini_tb wrote:
    Ani DiFranco (ALL the wife's)

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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Between 2 and 3 thousand physical cds, not counting cdr's.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    few hundred. I've been downsizing the ones I don't listen to lately to get money for ones I want to listen to! sold a bunch at work for $5 a pop!
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  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    Currently, I am somewhere in the ballpark of around 250 storebought cd's. That number was probably around 500 last year, but I sold a great deal of them.
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Around 250... When I'm at school, the number doesn't grow... When I'm not, i'm buying new music every week.

    I have around 150, but I'm quite the opposite. I'm from a small town that's nowhere near CD or record stores.
    When I'm at school in Los Angeles, I'm, like, 5 miles from Amoeba Music...so I tend to make many trips over the school year. ;)
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    In the 600-700 range. Not including burned CD's.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I would say its between 1,200 and 1,500 nowadays not counting burned cds and unofficial bootlegs
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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    About 200, 210. I've only been buying them for about a year and a half, but Amazon has been great to me in terms of good deals. I thought that I had a lot of CDs, but Jesus, where you do you guys put thousands of CDs? I have trouble just finding room for the 200 or so I have now! I guess it's a lot among me and my friends, but I've just been blown away.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I have probably close to 300 physical CD's. In herited about the same mount of records from my old man. As much as I like physical media, that shit takes up some room. Won't ever get rid of it though.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    craigb wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Around 250... When I'm at school, the number doesn't grow... When I'm not, i'm buying new music every week.

    I have around 150, but I'm quite the opposite. I'm from a small town that's nowhere near CD or record stores.
    When I'm at school in Los Angeles, I'm, like, 5 miles from Amoeba Music...so I tend to make many trips over the school year. ;)
    My issue is in the summer I work full time, so I have more disposable income!
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  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    I have around 400-500 store bought cds. I had around 500 burned cds that were stolen out of my car at a gas station about 6 years ago that I never bothered replacing. I don't buy that many cds anymore. I used to buy them constantly when I was in college.
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  • thebrigthebrig Posts: 395
    I'd say it's in the 700-800 range of store bought albums I own. This doesn't count CDR's, although I only have about 10 of them. I still find myself buying CD's even today...can't help myself. There's a local store here that generates a tremendous amount of used turnover, and I can usually find 3-5 skuffed CD's everytime I go in there that are appealing to me that cost me $.95 - $2.50 a piece. I was in there last week and walked out the door with 5 CD's (one was No Code...bought it just on principle for $.95 since it had the photos) for $5.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Paul David wrote:
    few hundred. I've been downsizing the ones I don't listen to lately to get money for ones I want to listen to! sold a bunch at work for $5 a pop!

    sometimes i think about getting rid of some of my CDs.. but i cant bring myself to part with any of them... even the shit ones... yes yes they exist. :lol:


    i have around a thousand albums. EPs and singles maybe a few hundred.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Between 2 and 3 thousand physical cds, not counting cdr's.


    Damn Fen and i feel bad bout the 1,000 or so i have.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited October 2010
    BinauralJam wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Between 2 and 3 thousand physical cds, not counting cdr's.


    Damn Fen and i feel bad bout the 1,000 or so i have.

    dont feel bad, im sure like me theres a whole lot of music youd like to own but cant quite afford just yet. but i know in time it will be mine.

    even with around a thousand when i point out a CDs absence i get asked, how do you even know? oh i know, believe me, i know. 8-):lol:
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,411
    Physically over 500, in my hard drive, probably another 100.
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Close to 800 store bought cd's. In my prime in the early 90's I was probably buying about 2 a week, but the past few years I probably average between 1 and 2 a month. I've slowly come around to buying digital, but I'll always buy physical cd's - as long as they sell them.
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    My household has about 1100 store-bought cds. And about 200 cds worth of Springsteen bootlegs.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    KevDylan wrote:
    My household has about 1100 store-bought cds. And about 200 cds worth of Springsteen bootlegs.

    thats a whole lot of springsteen. i actually picked up a hardcopy of magic earlier today for $5. bargain. :mrgreen:
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    About 100.
    I've only been working full time for 3.5 years.
    CD buying is my biggest vice, I buy them but hardly play them.
    I need to cut this out as I need to save for a house.
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