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Post by ChrisB on Jul 12, 2018 13:15:36 GMT
Is anyone else at TAS like me, with a tendency to become obsessed with a new discovery and then go on to acquire the complete output of the artist/band/composer concerned? This has happened quite a lot with me.
Some acts, I am still working on and some others, I got to a point with their new releases that I just wasn't enjoying them anymore, so I gave up - Rush and Pink Floyd, for example.
For me, the big ones have been:
The Beatles
Dylan
Neil Young
Zappa/Mothers
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Patti Smith
Free / Bad Company
What about you?
(artists with 5 albums or less don't count)
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Post by Slinger on Jul 12, 2018 13:24:57 GMT
Pink Floyd - 75
Beatles - 44
Hawkwind - 41
Springsteen - 31
Al Stewart - 29
Tangerine Dream - 45
Stones - 31
Those include bootlegs, mono/stereo releases, and remasters. Multi-disc sets are counted as one album.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 13:30:58 GMT
Erm, I can't even nearly compete with those numbers, Paul!
I do have pretty much the complete output of Pink Floyd and Carly Simon.
There's a juxtaposition for you!
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 12, 2018 14:12:39 GMT
Loreena McKennitt - I've pretty much all of her stuff including a concert DVD.
Her most recent album or 2, though, have been a bit same-y imo and tbh a bit less inspired, and I've not bothered getting the discs.
Back in my LP days (pre CD) I had 47 (I think) recordings of Bruckner's 8th symphony. That was a bit obsessive.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 14:33:26 GMT
I like getting as much as possible for some artists, but wouldn’t probably go as far as to go for singles.
With Def Leppard, I have all of their albums, their first EP and their box sets.
I do have the entire studio album back catalogues for others, such as:
Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
Eric Clapton
The Script
Ed Sheeran
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 14:55:20 GMT
I do have all of Dire Straits' albums and EPs, I forgot about them.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 12, 2018 15:28:49 GMT
After discovering artists I like I have gone on to grab everything they did.
That can work out fine but I have come unstuck
Avoided a few by Neil Young.
Riveted by the first 3 Zep albums, went off them gradually.
Pink Floyd's height was Atom Heart Mother. Dark side of the moon a big step down for me and lost interest after then
Pat Metheny fabulous to unlistenable sometmes on the same album
Personnel changes can have a big effect, like AC/DC.
Bon Scott great, Brian Johnson not for me. Unlikely to go much on Axl Rose.
Fairport Convention have changed personnel, albums varying from good to outstanding.
King Crimson massive changes and different groups and sounds I mostly like.
Soft Machine. Very different sounds as the members changed.
Man perhaps have the greatest member churn. ike most but a few not so good I have avoided.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 15:54:55 GMT
Personnel changes can have a big effect It certainly can - I have all the Ozzie era Black Sabbaths early and later. As for Dio and Gillan, they were just not right for the band. |
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 17:59:53 GMT
Everything by
Dream Theater
Zero Hour
Pain of Salvation
Rush
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Post by Chris on Jul 12, 2018 18:34:54 GMT
I tend to hear someone new and rather than buying all their albums I browse through a lot of their work and make up playlists of the bits I like. That's usually after a browse here to see what everyone's listening to.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 14, 2018 10:19:19 GMT
Remembered my caution led me to being careful about Whitesnake after initial enthusiasm generated by Coverdale Page album
I have around 5 of their albums and rate only one highly.
Sampled others and not so impressed.
"Zeppelin lite" I think Robert Plant said
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Post by Slinger on Jul 14, 2018 11:39:23 GMT
No contribution to this thread from Jules I note. Come on, Jules; how about if we stretched the criteria to include "How many versions of The Four Seasons do you own?"  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 14, 2018 22:34:34 GMT
I do have all of Dire Straits' albums and EPs, I forgot about them. You should have done Martin. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 14, 2018 22:46:53 GMT
No contribution to this thread from Jules I note. Come on, Jules; how about if we stretched the criteria to include "How many versions of The Four Seasons do you own?" Well, not as many as you might think Paul! I'm discriminating don't you know ...   To be frank sir, at the moment, I am obsessed with collecting orchestral and chamber works by mssrs JS Bach and A.Vivaldi. But it's a slow process finding the right recordings in the condition I want. I'm also trying to complete my Toto collection which is going slower than expected ...  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 14, 2018 22:48:28 GMT
Remembered my caution led me to being careful about Whitesnake after initial enthusiasm generated by Coverdale Page album I have around 5 of their albums and rate only one highly. Sampled others and not so impressed. "Zeppelin lite" I think Robert Plant said Have you got 'Live in the heart of the city'? Awesome. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 15, 2018 10:01:51 GMT
Remembered my caution led me to being careful about Whitesnake after initial enthusiasm generated by Coverdale Page album I have around 5 of their albums and rate only one highly. Sampled others and not so impressed. "Zeppelin lite" I think Robert Plant said Have you got 'Live in the heart of the city'? Awesome. Yes. Bought it after recommendation by you and Martin T From memory about 5 or 6 out of 10 for me Been listening to Led Zeppelin II recently - stunning album even now. For the time it came out even better, knocked us sideways |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 15, 2018 13:17:12 GMT
The first four Zeppelin albums are superb.
I don't remember ever recommending a Whitesnake album?
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 15, 2018 14:10:35 GMT
I don't remember ever recommending a Whitesnake album? It was quite probably me. But that's the only one I would! |
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Post by Barrington on Jul 15, 2018 17:01:13 GMT
Jethro Tull the whole shooting match plus Ian Anderson solo albums
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Post by MartinT on Jul 15, 2018 19:24:17 GMT
I've got all of Genesis up to Duke and then it all became a bit crap and pointless.
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