Unopened CD / LP in your collection?

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited January 2011 in Music & Movies
Spinning CD's, looking for stuff I haven't heard in a while. Found SIX unopened CD's in the rack, still in cello.

Checked the vinyl just for gigs, 3 unopened.

None of which I have bought in the past, say 2 months at least. None are collectables or dups that I was saving or preserving. Am I alone in this behavior? Does anyone else PUT UP a cd/lp in the rack, shelf, what have you without even opening it?

Cheers,
Russ
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,969
    edited January 2011
    Don't have a "rack" to put any music media up on. Still working on it.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    I've got some old Stones on vinyl--leftovers from the Record Shop days.."Out of our Heads,Santabic Majestys Request,,and Beggars Banquet".
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, I find sealed vinyl pretty regularly. I usually put stuff I buy in a pile to clean, then as I find used stuff, that goes into the pile too. Then I end up with a mix of new and used in one pile, and eventually, I find the stuff I put in that pile 6 months ago and forgot about. Then I repeat the entire process.

    And now you made me look... Sealed Nirvana, Beach Boys, and G'N'R. And last weekend, I took some sides over to a friend's, and found a sealed Dave McKenna Trio album that, apparently, I bought many years ago, judging from how long ago the store that the price label says I bought it from closed down.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2011
    I don't have any sealed CD's or LP's. The LP's to be cleaned pile has gotten a little out of control at the moment!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2011
    Tomorrow is Saturday Doug.... Set it up in front of the tv, get a bottle of frontier whiskey, and get your clean on!
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited January 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Spinning CD's, looking for stuff I haven't heard in a while. Found SIX unopened CD's in the rack, still in cello.

    Checked the vinyl just for gigs, 3 unopened.

    None of which I have bought in the past, say 2 months at least. None are collectables or dups that I was saving or preserving. Am I alone in this behavior? Does anyone else PUT UP a cd/lp in the rack, shelf, what have you without even opening it?

    Cheers,
    Russ

    Yeah, a couple, much like you....nothing rare or worth anything. Weird as I don't remember why I never listened to them.
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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited January 2011
    I have a version of the same problem. As soon as I buy a CD I open it and rip it into a music server. Maybe one track will go into a play list. It's always a pleasant surprise when I go scavenging for something to listen to that I'm not tired of and find a CD's worth of music I forgot I bought.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    I have a stack of about 6 SACD's yet to be opend...several "new" LPs courtesy of Mr. Grand...and another 3-4 unopened redbook CDs.

    DVDs are another story...maybe a 100+ (maybe even more). I've been building a DVD library for quite some time and I just don't have time to watch them all. I WILL though...they are part of my retirement plan...:biggrin:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2011
    I don't have that problem at this time, but have sort of an opposite problem. I forget what CDs I have bought, and end up rebuying the same CD.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited January 2011
    Boss Stringbean's Ghost of Tom Joad
    Jerry Garcia and Meryl Saunders Live at the Keystone or something like that
    Also, inexplicably, Patty Griffin's first album, Living with Ghosts, which is supposed to be outstanding. Dunno why I've never listened to it.

    I bought and "laid down" a sealed copy of the 30th anniversary reissue of Dark Side of the Moon on licorice pizza. Seemed like a good idea somehow, at the time.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2011
    found a few unopened vinyl's.

    NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (180g COLORED VINYL LP)

    STEELY DAN - AJA (180G IMPORT LP)

    MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER (picture disc album)


    no unopened CD though.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited January 2011
    remember rule number one of successful (i.e., profitable) collecting:

    Keep what other people throw away; throw away what other people keep

    Now, why the fug didn't I keep all of those Batman cards I had in the 1960s...?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited January 2011
    Every once in awhile I run accross some....I've got a couple of LP's that I have doubles of that are still sealed.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited January 2011
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Beatles Remastered Stereo CD's to be opened on a special occasion in the future.:smile:
    Prudent. I received the mono box set as a birthday present - but I opened that sucka right away!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Does a factory sealed MFSL Beatles LP box set count? :biggrin:

    Still several CD's from BMG's fire sale that I've just never gotten round to...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited January 2011
    When I moved recently I found an unopened live Guns and Roses LP from the late 80's.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited January 2011
    I have several unopened vinyl LP's. Metallica's Death Magnetic, AC/DC Flick of the Switch 180grm remaster, Pearl Jam's Back Spacer, The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights, Rob Zombie Hillbilly Deluxe II, Wolfmother Cosmic Egg. All of those and a few more I can't remember are just because I haven't gotten around to it yet. Then I have a couple somewhat rare ones that I may or may not ever open. Two I found at a giant garage sale a couple of years ago, The Beatles Meet The Beatles and The Beatles Reel Music. Both unopened. The Meet The Beatles is a 2nd release and should be worth a few bucks and Reel Music is an official Beatles release first pressing 50 cents each!! One of the latest ones I bought was to complete my U2 collection...Pop. It cost me around $60 but they sell new on ebay for over $100 regularly. I bought an unopened original Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley off George a while back but I opened it and played it as soon as it was in the house. I know I have more but that's all that comes to mind.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2011
    Some Miles Davis and some blues artists lps. Nothing special.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited January 2011
    Dick tease.

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Keiko wrote: »
    Are you serious, bro? :eek: :cool:

    I ran across one of those a few months ago at a record store here. Used and they were asking 800.00 for it.
    Yup... Assuming I can still find it after my move, I even have the original sales receipt from Finger's Furniture in Houston, TX.

    IIRC in Spring of '83 they were clearing out their remaining stock for $279 + tax. They had maybe 15 or 20 sets left; two were still sealed; one was in perfect condition. And, yes, I wish I'd bought one or two more sets.

    I wanted to upgrade my Dual 1229 TT/ Shure M91ED cartridge before the set's debut, but did not do that for a several years. By the time I did upgrade, I had an investment... I ended up buying a used set on ebay a few years ago.

    BION, sealed sets are not that rare. Most months one will pop up on ebay... But for $800 you can't even break the seal...:wink:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,980
    edited January 2011
    I have unopened LP's/CD's/and Blu Ray's. I also have a stack of used vinyl that I have collected in the last year that need cleaning..

    So your not alone...
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  • 55LS70
    55LS70 Posts: 184
    edited January 2011
    The Who Live at Leeds Classic 200 gram
    Little Richard Here's Little Richard MFSL
    The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour MFSL
    The Beatles Abbey Road MFSL
    The Who Quadrophenia Classic 200 gram
    Dick Dale and the Deltones Surfer's Choice and Mr. Eliminator Link Ray Lost Cadence Sessions '58
    Ten Years After A Space in Time

    These are all vinyl and haven't opened yet due to having another copy or are recent acquisitions and just have't had the time to listen to them yet. The exceptions are the two Beatle albums. I got out of vinyl while in the army and sold all my ablums but kept my half speeds and imports. When I didn't have a turntable, my wife framed a several of them and hung them on my office wall. There still there yet today.
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited January 2011
    There are a few dozen albums I've not yet listened to, but I've just not gotten around to it yet.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited January 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »

    I bought and "laid down" a sealed copy of the 30th anniversary reissue of Dark Side of the Moon on licorice pizza. Seemed like a good idea somehow, at the time.

    :tongue::tongue::tongue: Right On!!
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited January 2011
    I have probably 18 or so unopened LP's. Half a dozen Elvis, Genesis, Johnny Cash, Asia, and others. Whats worse is what I have building up in the sorting room. 8 or so boxes from GG with more on the way, some from friends, etc...
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2011
    That sorting room isn't near full yet. Thank heaven.
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited January 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I don't have that problem at this time, but have sort of an opposite problem. I forget what CDs I have bought, and end up rebuying the same CD.

    Done that.

    I have a few unopened discs. Sometimes I buy a few and just never get around to playing one of them. I will eventually.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    BuckeyeTim wrote: »
    I have probably 18 or so unopened LP's. Half a dozen Elvis, Genesis, Johnny Cash, Asia, and others. Whats worse is what I have building up in the sorting room. 8 or so boxes from GG with more on the way, some from friends, etc...
    Wazzup with the Ray Coniff? :biggrin:
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited January 2011
    Ray Coniff sold more records than Elvis and the Beatles combined.

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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited January 2011
    George Grand wrote: »
    That sorting room isn't near full yet. Thank heaven.

    No it isn't, thank goodness. Although, I have run out of room in the bookcase. It is forcing me to get the man cave finished. And luckily, the wife doesn't care.
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    Wazzup with the Ray Coniff? :biggrin:

    I guess I should have covered that with something else.
    Actually, those are for my parents. About 6 months ago they pulled their turntable out of the box and started listening to their old lps again. Mom says, "the cd's just don't sound as good". I sent them a couple mofi cleaning brushes, an antistatic brush, stylus cleaner, and mofi one step cleaning fluid.

    So in the mean time, I have been trying to gather up some lps for them. They are into Ray Coniff, Nat king Cole, Frank Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Glenn Miller, Carpenters (me too!), etc...

    I guess it is a good thing that the old Jim Nabors stuff is farther back in the stack.
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