Now that I can relate to!
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I must admit, I’ve never listened to the Alan Parsons project for more than about a minute before I switch it off.
I only mentioned it because it was a band that might be hard to look up alphabetically - another thing that I’ve never bothered doing.
I’ve not heard at all, but I’d file under Par without hesitation.
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Gone.
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Thanks, and no, I bought them in a random order. My OCD isn’t that bad thankfully.
The last one I bought was Talking Heads, Speaking In Tongues at position 965. I held back on this until last because the first cd I ever bought, back in 1985, was Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, which so happened to be in the book at position 394. It just felt right somehow.
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I likely own those Eric B albums. You have to remember Paid in Full was released in 1987.
I do find many of these “best of” lists overemphasise an album’s rating based on being early in a genre.
So fantastic at the time (and still enjoyable) but outdated and far surpassed.
But very valuable recordings in a musical sense. Without these albums we wouldn’t be enjoying whole genres nowadays. Google “who did erik b and rakim inspire”…
For the same reasons one must own Criminal Minded and understand the significance.
Also if someone says “Woop woop” everyone should know who”s about to walk into the boozer 
Yes, that’s a great album by BDP.
I recently gave my copy of the album as a memento to an old schoolfriend that I shared a flat with in London back in those days.
Can still be streamed from Qobuz.
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That is a good enough reason for your quest to obtain all these records, for your impressive music library.
Often, the people you meet and the places you get to see are more interesting than the purpose of an unusual interest. I can say much the same about my interest in photographing a certain type of Architecture.
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I always like to read around the groups/artists whose work I have a copy of, and so I have a basic knowledge of Eric B and Rakim, their importance, influence and troubled lives. And if I hear “woop woop”, I know what to do now! 
And who knows, I might pick up a copy of Criminal Mind one day.
I played some Eric B and Rakim since I first mentioned them in this post, and I find them.a little more palatable then when I first heard them, but I prefer others from that genre still.
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You’ve inspired me to find this list online and see how many we own (ignoring those we’d have no interest in!).
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Oops! That’s how I started when I bought the book.
Have a look here.
also the link for muzieklijstjes.nl shown on the screen shot.
for a full excel list.
hope this helps
Gary
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You thought Coltrane, Steely Dan and Davis were brilliant or that they were mince…? I’m obviously a huge fan of the three a relistenng to Phaedra took me down memory lane, which was nice. An nì a nì an dara h-aba subhach, nì e dubhach an t-aba eile…!?
I thought all four were truly awful. I thought that was clear.
Fantastic discussion and being something of a completist myself I totally understand your obsession. Tracking down rare vinyl or CD’s is part of the enjoyment.
I think by nature I am a complete nerd! For instance, if I buy a Steeley Dan CD, I’ll rip it in Apple Lossless and add it into my Apple Music library on my iPad mini 256 Gb. I’ll then edit the ‘lyrics’ section on Track 1 where I’ll record when album was released and add pertinent notes about the album’s reception including a review by AllMusic. Not content with just having the one Steeley Dan CD, I’ll then have to get the lot and repeat the process for each CD. I can listen to the music through high quality Grado headphones with a Dragonfly DAC and it’s great.
What I then find inevitably is that some albums really stand out and I can then attempt to track down higher quality versions either on vinyl or via HQ Streaming. I prefer vinyl in this sense played via my Sondek/SN3/Harbeth P3ESR setup. There must be something about the sheer effort you put into collecting your music and your appreciation for it and this would be my own criticism of Streaming per se, in that no effort is required at all, you don’t own any of the music and so on. A stamp collector would understand perfectly when after all he could view all his collection online but then he’d never own any of them.
There’s a Jazz site by Matt Fripp which I subscribe to where he clearly researches and recommends jazz tracks. His philosophy I believe is to greater understand how the music originated is to greater appreciate the listening experience. So some of those discarded ‘dud’ albums might have a different appeal if the origin and craft behind the music is researched.
This is just my personal opinion and I find it fascinating that people can all have different opinions about stuff, all equally valid. I try and keep an open mind about everything and am not aloof enough to learn from people from say different cultures waxing lyrical about various Rap tracks, indeed there are some excellent reaction channels on YouTube that give you another perspective. My hero was Alan Freeman who loved all music and embraced all genres. I remember when he first introduced Genesis on one of his shows and early (pre-fame) Queen. His love of music shone through and he remains an inspiration.
In summary, great topic, great discussion, so thankyou everyone for your contributions as I’ve enjoyed reading them all / Mike Rivers
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And I still buy CD’s because albums I want to listen to aren’t available to stream.
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Thank you @mikerivers1 for a great post, much of which resonates with me. It’s good to know that I’m not the only who sometimes goes for completing an artists discography, and doing a little research to better appreciate what went on behind the scenes. Happy hunting!
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Thanks, I am using the .nl site
Of the first page (300 odd) we own a good proportion of the ones we’d want, but not had time to get into detail.
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Reminds me of an extraordinary act of collecting by another member of this forum: If memory serves, @TheKevster owns every item that Factory Records ever issued with an FAC catalogue number, with the possible exception of The Hacienda night club.
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