i don't need every 12" single and remix.
i don't need every guest appearance and side project.

my favorite artists are MJ, prince, marvin gaye, and stevie wonder.


3 of those four artists started at motown. which means
they all have a boat load of filler that's not worth hearing once,
nevermind owning.


the fourth is so prolificly inconsistent that makes
efforts to own his entire discography futile and unrewarding.



that being said, there are artists that i own all of the albums
from their golden eras.

but there's no artist that i own ALL of their material.


>I'm talking about you owning EVERYTHING they've ever
>produced. All the LPs, EPs, singles, remixes, alternate
>artwork, foreign editions, etc. I want to do so with a lot of
>artists but I'm very obsessive so I know that I'll probably
>end up selling my car if I do. It's very informative, however.
>For those of you who only buy the main albums in stores or on
>iTunes, you'd be surprised how much music you haven't heard
>from a lot of your favorite artists. I tried to be a Bjork
>completionist but it got to the point where I'd have to file
>for Chapter 11 just to get all her Japanese releases on eBay.
>Then there's also the realization that no matter how hard you
>try, you won't be able to own everything an artist has made
>because two new things pop up for every one that you buy. It's
>a very Quixotic or Sisyphean task. I doubt even ?uestlove owns
>every Prince release.