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Purchase log, 2024-02-27

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD

Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment
Big Star, Third / Sister Lovers
Daniel Bedingfield, Gotta Get Thru This
Janelle Monáe, The ArchAndroid
Marilyn Manson, Smells Like Children
Matt Pond PA, Emblems
Robbie Williams, Rudebox

Vinyl

Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS
The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette
Tyler Childers, Rustlin’ in the Rain

Reissues

CD

Nakamori Akina, CRUISE (2024 Lacquer Master Sound)
Nakamori Akina, Fushigi (2023 Lacquer Master Sound)
Taylor Swift, Midnights (The Late Night Edition)

Tags: adam lambert, big star, daniel bedingfield, janelle monae, marilyn manson, matt pond pa, nakamori akina, olivia rodrigo, purchase log, robbie williams, taylor swift, the damned, tyler childers

Purchase log, 2024-02-20

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

CD

Cocco, Beatrice

Catalog

Vinyl

Descendents, Milo Goes to College

Reissues

Box Set

Various Composers, The Avantgarde

Vinyl

Kronos Quartet, Black Angels

Tags: cocco, descendents, kronos quartet, purchase log, various composers

Purchase log, 2024-02-13

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

CD

Tiffany Poon, Diaries: Schumann

Catalog

CD

Eluvium, Similes
LL Cool J, Bigger and Deffer
Maren Morris, Heroes
Mary J. Blige, My Life
Sir Mix-a-Lot, Mack Daddy

Reissues

Vinyl

The American Analog Set, New Drifters

Tags: eluvium, ll cool j, maren morris, mary j blige, purchase log, sir mix-a-lot, the american analog set, tiffany poon

Purchase log, 2023-02-06

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD

100 Gecs, 10,000 Gecs
Danish String Quartet, Prism I
Portishead, Portishead
Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1, Classical / Symphony No. 3, The Fiery Angel (Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra)
The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me

Vinyl

Amaarae, Fountain Baby
King Geedorah, Take Me to Your Leader

Reissues

Vinyl

Orgy, Candyass
Orgy, Vapor Transmission

Tags: 100 gecs, amaarae, danish string quartet, king geedorah, orgy, portishead, purchase log, sergei prokofiev, the notwist

Purchase log, 2023-01-30

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD

Elvis Costello and Brodsky Quartet, The Juliet Letters
Huey Lewis and the News, Four Chords & Several Years Ago
Les Rythmes Digitales, Darkdancer (Special Edition)
Ms. Dynamite, A Little Deeper
Praxis, Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
TV on the Radio, Nine Types of Light
Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil

Tags: elvis costello, huey lewis, les rythmes digitales, ms dynamite, praxis, purchase log, tv on the radio, wayne shorter

Purchase log, 2023-01-23

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

CD

Sleater-Kinney, Little Rope

Reissues

Box Set

Cleveland Quartet, The Complete RCA Album Collection

Tags: cleveland quartet, purchase log, sleater-kinney

Purchase log, 2024-01-16

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD

Fucked Up, David Comes to Life
Luscious Jackson, Fever In Fever Out

Vinyl

Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
Outkast, ATLiens
Texas, Southside

Tags: fucked up, kendrick lamar, luscious jackson, outkast, purchase log, texas

Purchase log, 2024-01-09

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD

John Zorn, 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
John Zorn, Baphomet
John Zorn, Beyond Good and Evil: Simulacrum Live
John Zorn, Nostradamus: The Death of Satan
John Zorn, Simulacrum
John Zorn, Spinoza
Lauryn Hill, MTV Unplugged 2.0
Rhett Miller, The Instigator
The Flaming Lips, Clouds Taste Metallic
Tyler Childers, Rustlin’ in the Rain

Tags: john zorn, lauryn hill, purchase log, rhett miller, the flaming lips, tyler childers

Purchase log, 2024-01-02

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

Vinyl

Matt Rogers, Have You Heard of Christmas?

Catalog

CD

Danish String Quartet, Prism III
Danish String Quartet, Prism IV
DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo, Ki-Oku
EMF, Schubert Dip
The Black Keys, Turn Blue

Reissues

Vinyl

Frank Ocean, Blonde

Tags: danish string quartet, dj krush, emf, frank ocean, matt rogers, purchase log, the black keys, toshinori kondo

By the numbers: 2023

[Matt Rogers - Have You Heard of Christmas?]

In the past, I would try to write about every album I encountered. These days, I listen to a lot of stuff, but I’ll only post an entry if something sparks a memory.

As these statistics demonstrate, I’m leaving a lot out of this blog.

First and last purchases of the year

The first and last purchases of the year are determined by the date of order. Pre-ordered items not yet shipped have already been taken into account.

First purchase: easy life, Maybe in Another Life on CD.
First purchase of a 2023 release: Sam Smith, Gloria on CD.
Last purchase of a 2023 release: Matt Rogers, Have You Heard of Christmas? on vinyl
Last purchase: Danish String Quartet, Prism III on CD.

Purchases by format

Format	New release	Reissue	Catalog	Total
7-inch	0	2	0	2
12-inch	0	5	2	7
CD Single	0	0	0	0
CD	42	12	233	287
CD-R	0	0	0	0
Downloads	7	0	8	15
Vinyl	27	50	72	149
Total items bought	76	69	315	460

Definitions

New release: Initial release within the calendar year.
Reissue: Originally released prior to the calendar year but reissued within the calendar year.
Catalog: Initial release prior to the calendar year.

Top catalog release years

Single titles purchased in multiple formats are counted individually.

Year	Number of items purchased	Year-over-year change
2003	19	New!
1991	15	0
1997	14	New!
2002	13	0
1992	13	New!
2022	12	New!
2006	12	New!
1989	11	-1
1999	11	New!

Top artists

Artist	Number of items purchased
Shiina Ringo	8
Duran Duran	7
Jason Isbell	6
Various Artists	5
SYML	5
The Donnas	5
Neutral Milk Hotel	5
Sinéad O’Connor	5
Grace Jones	4
Prince	4

Notes

Shiina Ringo reissued her albums on vinyl. The 2009 vinyl reissues go for exorbitant prices on Discogs, so I’m assuming these reissues will follow suite.
Duran Duran also embarked on a vinyl reissue campaign, taking ownership of albums released since 1997.
Given how much I’ve played Brian Fennell this year, I’m surprised SYML wasn’t higher on the list.
Sinéad O’Connor’s death hit me hard.
2003 dominates because of milestone reissues, particularly in Japan where ART-SCHOOL, bloodthirsty butchers and Onitsuka Chihiro released catalog titles on vinyl.

Tags: cd collecting, vinyl collecting