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"I haven't listened to this in a while"
Doesn't work for me, particularly, since there's plenty I haven't heard in a while, but still enjoy once I cue them up again.
(Yesterday I heard Holdridge's EAST OF EDEN for the first time in AGES. I missed out on the cd, so the LP transfer I have is buried in among a zillion others. But I'm so glad I still have it, and listened happily.)
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That's about the only reason I've heard.
What other criterion do you use to weed out your collection?
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A big one is "Hey, I ALWAYS skip this." The other is "I never listened to this much in the first place."
This has led me to realize that I don't actually like Small Soldiers or the expanded Explorers very much. (Not to pick on Mr. G. I like the original Explorers just fine.)
I have a playlist to listen to music that I haven't played in a year or two. Sometimes that's fun.
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- This was a blind buy that I didn't like but never got around to getting rid of
- This is an old edition of a score that I have a newer edition of with all the original content included and with superior sound
These are really the only two cases that would apply to my collection. However, there are a handful I just never listen to anymore and whenever I try them out again I think, "Meh...I guess that's the reason why I never listen to them," but I keep them anyways because every once in awhile I do get that urge to try them out again and know I would regret having given them away. *shrugs*
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I never feel the need to downsize. There's no law saying when I need to hear a score. Some I might play once every 10-15 years. Others every couple of months. I generally buy what I know I will like. For those few disappointments, I keep, because my taste in music changes over time. 35 ago the only romance score I would ever listen too would be "Somewhere In Time". Today I routinely listen to romance scores by a variety of composers.
Right- something I didn't enjoy at first could get a re-evaluation even years later, maybe after perusing this board. And, lo, there it is on my shelf, ready to be listened to.
I've only recently sold duplicates after upgrading to a C&C/Deluxe version, but not always. Once added to the collection, it is likely to stay.
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- I haven't listened to this in a while . . . and I wouldn't miss it if it were no longer in my collection, and it's not so impossibly rare that I couldn't re-acquire it if I change my mind
- This was a blind buy that I didn't like but never got around to getting rid of
- This is an old edition of a score that I have a newer edition of with all the original content included and with superior sound
- I only have this because I was a completist of this composer/conductor/series of releases
- I only have this because it's popularly considered an "essential" score
- I've had this for years and haven't even managed to get the shrink wrap off yet
Excellent list, Mastadge. I think only #3 would apply to me.
I would also add the last trade-in I did (THE QUIET AMERICAN):
"There's only one sound/cue on here that's really interesting, and that's really not enough for me to keep it around."
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