The Wordsmith Member since Aug 13th 2002 17070 posts
Tue Sep-09-14 12:24 PM
"Which artists' discographies are a pain to collect?"
I was going through Miles Davis' discography on Spotify the other night and due to the vastness of his output, everytime I scrolled down to the bottom, more albums would start loading. Now I wasn't shocked since I know Miles was prolific, plus I know record companies have been milking his stuff heavily ever since he died. It did, however, make me think that it has to be a pain to build up a collection of all his material; especially if you're a completist that has to even have all of the deluxe editions and box sets that have dropped since his death.
With that said, which artists discographies are a pain to collect?
Not saying you don't enjoy the hunt but you basically have some difficulties collecting their material for various reasons. Either they are an obscure artist or they are a known artist with a couple of obscure albums buried within their discography of popular albums or they are super prolific to the point that it hurts your pockets, etc. I'm interested in OKP's opinions on this.
3. "it's a product of the recording process..." In response to Reply # 2
figure out the tunes you're playing, practice together for a little while, go in on one or just a few days and lay them all down...plus so much is improvised anyway...
it wouldn't fly these days, i'm sure, b/c people don't buy records like they used to
but there wasn't that obsession with "crafting" the "perfect" album song by song every 2-3 years...
and the most ironic thing about that is that, by and large, jazz albums are of a higher and more consistent QUALITY than any other genre as well.
High Society Member since Oct 13th 2003 7375 posts
Tue Sep-09-14 10:37 PM
5. "Yeah, jazz is a daunting task." In response to Reply # 1
That's why I kind of focus on one or two artists at a time for a little while.
For instance, when I first got into jazz naturally it was through Miles because he was the name I'd heard the most. I'd do some internet homework, research and then start with a time period. Listen to a few things and move to next phase of career. When got to electric period - BOOM. THAT'S THE SOUND I WAS LOOKING FOR. So got into that heavy and then branched off to other artists and see if they were doing the electric thing as well.
Bring that full circle to collecting music: Focus on two artists who have a vast catalog and a period that I like. When I go to the 4 or 5 shops here in New Orleans, I look for albums on the lists I've created first. If I strike out, then I look for other stuff I might want:
Source material used to create classic hiphop songs. Jazz fusion records, electric period albums from jazz cats. Madlib shit. I'd like to find classic hiphop 12"s but there are NONE in New Orleans. I'm not a HUGE fan of digging on the net but if there's something I've searched high and low for here and just haven't been able to find... I pass it off to my girl and say hint hint I'd like this record at some point.
Also sometimes gotta use the net if there's only a select number of limited product: IE the new FLY LO, You're Dead LP boxset. Not gonna find the box set in a store. Or that Dilla SP boxset. But 279 dollars or whatever the fuck they wanted is RIDICULOUS. ESPECIALLY for beats we've probably already heard.
4. "Prince...Parliafunkadelicment" In response to Reply # 0
If we're talking complete completist?
Theres so much side stuff here and there to track down, but thank God for amazon discogs and ebay.
But in the days before all that, you HAD to stop at every record store...in every town you visited, cause they just maight have that Eddie Hazel album, or that Tony LeMans record youve been looking for for 5 years.
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