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Example: I have 34 Gianni Ferrio soundtracks which I re-bought after previous sale and 80% is still sealed.
My favorite Ferrio is SENTENZA DI MORTE.
Are there any other Ferrio scores that sound similar (jazz blues for Western)?
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Good on you for doing what you feel is healthy for yourself. Personally I also could not do what you're doing. I enjoy the ritual of listening to a physical album too much, and all these years later I still can't keep proper perspective on my collection when looking at the computer. I gotta see the spines, with color, typeface, etc, on the shelf and all at once to remember what's available. Still no digital solution for that.
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I have been through this painful process as well, most recently when I moved. I was able to give some away and sell a few on eBay, but sadly, I threw quite a number in the trash. I still have a large collection, and I still buy cds on a regular basis to support the labels, but I am no longer a "completist" when it comes to most of my favorite composers.
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Backup backup backup.
You can't anticipate a disaster, but you should at the very least have everything backed up on at least one external HD.
This may sound a little OCD to some, but technically the advisable backup strategy is having content saved to 3 different hard drives stored in 3 different physical locations (home, office, school etc). And because strong backups are really like curation and preservation, you should transfer those files to fresh drives about once every 5 years or so.
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Aug 31, 2020 - 4:18 AM
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AndrewH
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relics of empty sentimental nostalgia of who I once was.
Love it!
I was wondering if the CD purge would start. I got rid of my vinyl when moved house 11 years ago. It was a bit hard seeing it it all go into a skip, but I hadn't listened to any of them in 15 years! And I haven't regretted it.
However, I will be hanging onto my CD collection. The Fanderson releases are only available on CD and they are some of my most treasured items now. I have downloaded them for personal use, but I do like playing the CD's. And the liner notes are essential with these.
Spotify has some of my collection - but there are notable ones missing. "The Dark of The Sun" by Jacques Loussier, the expanded "You Only Live Twice", the Thunderball suite from the 25th anniversary double CD, Gold by Elmer Bernstein. Plus a a few singles such as the shorter OHMSS (Propellerheads), Merry Christmas 007 by the James Bond Fan Club, Randall & Hopkirk (DEceased) by Nina Persson, Star Trek collections, Land of The Giants...
Plus with some soundtracks, the quality is still higher on the CD. e.g. Raise The Titanic.
So while I can download and listen to these, I still need to know I have the master versions to hand.
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To be rid of scores long since learned from and digested during a period of growth is imo a good thing.
I never actually "unliked" anything; I can always remember why I liked something in the first place, and that stays with me, so I never "outgrew" any piece of music, because if I liked it once, chances are I still like it. :-)
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My criteria is that if I haven't played a score within a year, it goes.
Whoa, then I'd reduce my collection by probably 90% or more. I mean, there are lots of scores I consider great, but I don't listen to them every year. It's been years since I listened to any STAR WARS score, or BEN HUR or MEPHISTO WALTZ or JANE EYRE (Williams), but I sure ain't getting rid of them. :-)
I still have not even listened to the FSM release of BLACK SUNDAY, though I have it for years, just because I like the idea of having a "fresh" John Williams score around. One day I will listen to it.
But I removed all the shrink wrap from my discs, they are all standing by on my NAS. I enjoy the physical CDs I already own, they are like a biography (I more or less remember when and where I bought every single one), but there are also a few I have bought as downloads, and overall, I find the latter much more convenient; I also don't want to allocate any more room to my CD collection.
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I have a friend whose son is into soundtracks, and I figured why hang on to all those 30-minute Bond CDs (and other LP-length CDs) when I have expanded reissues. So I gave a lot of them to him.
I don't intend to get rid of any physical CDs whose scores I still listen to though. I admit I feel a little "funny" selling a CD but keeping and continuing to enjoy a ripped copy of it.
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