I recently finished digitizing all of our CD collection to MP3 format. I have yet to finish pruning, cleaning, and correcting the ID3 tags or the file/folder structure. However at this stage our collection comes in at:
14,724 tracks : 37 Days of music : 67.62 GiB
And this is almost all directly ripped from CD. I’d say fewer than 5% of the music is from alternate/online sources.
This project helped shine light on holes in our personal collection I wanted to fill, so Sunday H and I purchased a nice handful of music at Music Millennium. How did I survive in this town before visiting MM? Everyday Music is great for used, but the sheer selection at MM (not to mention supporting a local business) no longer has me wanting for Virgin Megastore. I know everything I would want could be available online, but the act of browsing through a deep selection is a visceral endeavour I take quite kindly to.
Here’s the list of our acquisitions:
- Handel: Water Music / Royal Fireworks, Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music
- Satie: 3 gymnopedies and other piano works
- DVD: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in 5.1 at Castle Cothen
- DVD: Nigel Kennedy, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
- Cab Calloway: Hi-Di-Hi
- Django Reinhardt: Djangology
- Sergio Mendez & Brasil ’66: Herb Albert Presents (debut album)
- Sergio Mendez & Brasil ’66: Look Around
- Arthur Lyman: Legend of Pele
- Michael Buble: debut
- Wicked: Original Cast Recording
A few of these are CD masters of LPs that we have on usual rotation on our Hi-Fi in the living room. I love the sound colour of the vinyl on tube amp, but I also love the clear, clean sound of the re-masters for digital use.