This was achieved back on Tuesday but I didn’t get around to ripping, cataloging and inventorying the material until today. Of course, you’re probably thinking, “CDs? Does anybody buy those anymore?” Guilty. I’m not quite the musical Luddite as those caught up in the vinyl resurgence as much as I loved my 45s in Seventies and LPs in the Eighties, I will never miss their downsides regardless of the 180-gram stuff being manufactured now. I prefer to have a hard copy of what I buy and the CD (a format which is now over 30 years old) works best since I’m a music nerd who actually skims over the booklet looking over the details about the record’s production: location, guests and producer. Trust me, sometimes the right producer can help you make a decision on buying material from a band you’ve never heard of: the most famous case in 20 years would be Ric Ocasek producing Weezer’s 1994 debut.
So which album received the honor of being number 2500 in my collection?
The new Peter Gabriel release Scratch my Back. I fudged the data entry to give it to him, most people wouldn’t recognize the majority of my recent purchases. Besides, he turned 60 this year. It’s the least I can do.
This definitely puts more urgency into getting Alexandria going because I really want to show off what I’ve been collecting and enjoying for 28 years (23 of it on CD).