CDs Anonymous

[teamsaint]

My name is V.
I've always known I had this problem, but felt that I had it under control.
Well, it was under control until I discovered these For3 Forums.
Some threads here - CD Review - BAL - Bargains - Early Music - well, they feed an addiction.
It's like crack cocaine dealers lurking outside a school...

spot on vinny !! blame it on other people.....I know I do!

(mind you I got Beefy ordering an XTC album, so we are as bad as each other).

Very tempted by the Ligeti that MrGG was recommending..............its the weekend, I earned it..........its just the one....just one can't hurt..at today's prices....can it?

[teamsaint]

I have many huge and quite large boxes - Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Furtwangler, Haydn, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky.
I generally listen to them once and then most of the discs will never be played again before I die.

I am a sucker for them. TBF they are often great for a flying start...you get some duds...but some great surprises too. Some of the choral stuff in my big box of Brahms is fab, and I would never have bought it seperately.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My name is V.
I've always known I had this problem, but felt that I had it under control.
Well, it was under control until I discovered these For3 Forums.
Some threads here - CD Review - BAL - Bargains - Early Music - well, they feed an addiction.
It's like crack cocaine dealers lurking outside a school...

I blame Petroushka for my affliction.

[MrGongGong]

Of course I don't have a problem
I bought this in an oxfam shop today

"Horns of Old Ireland" a collection of notes played on ancient animal horns from various archives and museum collections ...............

[hafod]

Is all this angst and so called addiction confined to certain cd (and LP) collectors or are there downloaders out there exhibiting similar symptoms? Book collectors would seem to be largely immune. Indeed, it has been said that 'books do furnish a room' and it is a short step to extending this to cds.

[EdgeleyRob]

Hello, my name's Rob and I'm a ceedeeaholic.

[Petrushka]

I blame Petroushka for my affliction.

What, moi?

I've got nearly 50+ versions of Mahler 2 and nearly the same of Beethoven 9 and there are still others out there I haven't got. I also seem to be trying to collect every recording made by Bernard Haitink - and succeeding rather well. I have the same addiction to book buying.

Could this have anything to do with the reason why I remain single?

[teamsaint]

What, moi?

I've got nearly 50+ versions of Mahler 2 and nearly the same of Beethoven 9 and there are still others out there I haven't got. I also seem to be trying to collect every recording made by Bernard Haitink - and succeeding rather well. I have the same addiction to book buying.




Could this have anything to do with the reason why I remain single?

50 versions of Mahler 2? Wow. I bet even Mahler didn't have that many !!

Anyway, Keep up the book buying, and keep you local store and british publishers in business !!you are setting a great example !
Well done !!

[EdgeleyRob]

I've even been known to buy a cd I've already got and forgotten that I had.
So many unopened cds, so little time.
Can one have oneself barred from the bargains thread?
At least I've admitted I have a problem.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

What, moi?

I've got nearly 50+ versions of Mahler 2 and nearly the same of Beethoven 9 and there are still others out there I haven't got. I also seem to be trying to collect every recording made by Bernard Haitink - and succeeding rather well. I have the same addiction to book buying.

Could this have anything to do with the reason why I remain single?

I rest my case. 62 recording of Strauss's last tone poem - 50 of which I collected following a posting of yours some 16 months ago.

[Parry1912]

I've got nearly 50+ versions of Mahler 2

You're not Gilbert Kaplan are you?

[teamsaint]

I think the most versions I have of anything is about 3...VerKlarte Nacht and prolly the odd bit of mozart or schubert. Lots of catching up to do on all of you I am afraid.

[Beef Oven]

Does CDs Anonymous need a Serenity Prayer on these lines?

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” …Living one day at a time; enjoying each moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace . . ."

Excerpt from AA Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930s/40s and adopted by AA.

I'm with Green Flag and they got nothin' like that.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I think the most versions I have of anything is about 3...VerKlarte Nacht and prolly the odd bit of mozart or schubert. Lots of catching up to do on all of you I am afraid.

I think that means you are safe, uninfected by our affliction.

[teamsaint]

I think that means you are safe, uninfected by our affliction.

I do also have a VERY long list of things I would love to buy. Kids leave Uni...Dam breaks I suspect !!