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Interesting thread.
Some of my all time favorite albums are th ones that did NOT grab me upon first listen, the ones I had to listen to over and over again to appreciate them, mainly because my ear was not ready to hear it. case in point, Morphine's CURE FOR PAIN. One of my top 20 albums of all time, but upon first, second, and third listen I could not get into it. the sounds were too odd for my punk rockin brain.
I do not download anything. I do not use 2p networks nor do I download music from blogs. I will give things a listen to see what a band is about first but I never download it.
I have a lot of records and I like to be intimately knowledgable with them, and MP3's with no cover art no liner notes, no info about the band or where they are from etc are very boring to me.
I think however, that oftentimes a person like us, who tries to listen to all sorts of stuff, has to sit back and have a sabbatical from new purchases, and hjust take the weeks or months to re-listen to everything you already have, especially those albums you did not get into upon first listen.
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