Comments on: What percentage of your music collection is from your favorite artists?

By: Quaid

Quaid — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:48:09 +0000

I recently bought some records off of an aunt of mine, severall were of the Blue Ridge Qt. In my mind, I was wondering “WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU THINKING?????” Oh well, I can’t complain though…..her loss is definatley my gain.
But the vast majority of my relativley small record collection has came from Goodwill, Salvation Army, and simillar stores.

Anyway, back to the original topic, I haven’t figured up any numbers, but the artists I have the most music from, in all formats, would be either the Rambos or the Blackwood Brothers (By far, those 2 groups Lp’s are the most populace in any Goodwill’s with SG LP’s that I’ve ever been in) , followed by The Bill Gaither Trio, Greater Vision and Gold City.
None of those listed above are my favorite artists, and only Gold City would make it in my top 5. All that music surley wouldn’t make up 10% of my SG collection.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:15:38 +0000

It really is worth checking around at area rummage sales, and asking people who might know which churches have sales and when.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:14:33 +0000

Hey, I was just reading posts, and found this. LOL! I have no idea what the percentages of my music are, but I’ll try to figure it out later.
Daniel, I was just brainstorming and I think that there was at least 1 Blue Ridge record in Grandma’s stuff. I’m not sure if Nathan bought it or not, since there were over a hundred records there, though. Man, I wish I had a record player! I want some of Grandma’s old records.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:41 +0000

OK, I sent it to him.

By: Anthony Kees

Anthony Kees — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:23:43 +0000

DANIEL, YES I WOULD LIKE THAT. THAT IS TO GET IN CONTACT WITH DEAN. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GIVE HIM MY EMAIL ADDRESS. IF YOU HAVE HAVE IT VIA THIS PAGE ON I AM RESPONDING TO ON THIS POST. IF NOT, TELL ME HOW TO GET IN CONTACT AND I’LL PROCEED WITH ALL SPEED. HELLO DEAN, HOPE YOUR READING THIS. I’D LOVE TO SEE WHAT BLUE RIDE QT YOU HAVE FOR SALE, DON’T GET THAT MUCH SG OUT THIS WAY IN THE NORTHWEST. THANKS

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:27:37 +0000

Well, if one of you wants to get in touch with the other, one or the other of you needs to email me with permission to give your email address to the other, since I don’t hand out email addresses without permission.

By: Dean Adkins

Dean Adkins — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:24:23 +0000

Hey, I’ve got a bunch of Blue Ridge LPs that I’ll sell for $2.00 each!!!!

Dean

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:57:50 +0000

I should add that since my MP3 player is just 20 gigabytes, I’ve limited the number of songs to a certain extent.

For example, I have Gold City’s _Preparing The Way_ CD, but only five songs are on my list. If space was less of a concern, that entire CD (and many other entire CDs) would be loaded.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:57:37 +0000

#14–definitely not for #2 apiece!

There are circumstances under which I would consider it, I suppose. I wouldn’t sell any of the ones with George Younce, but if there was a collector who had been really looking for one (or more) of the others, simply could not find it, really really wanted it, enough to pay a really really high price…yeah, I’d probably part with it.

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:51:21 +0000

My figures are based on what I have converted to MP3 format. (There’s no way to come up with an accurate figure for CDs or cassettes without spending much more time than I feel like this is worth! )

My total MP3 collection (minus audio books) is 16299 minutes.

Favorite artists in no particular order include:
1. Gaither Vocal Band – 6 hours, 54 minutes (2.5%)
2. Dove Brothers – 2 hours, 56 minutes
3. Bruce Hornsby – 3 hours, 50 minutes
4. Michael W. Smith – 6 hours, 51 minutes
5. Imperials – 4 hours, 3 minutes
6. Gold City – 5 hours, 39 minutes
7. Oak Ridge Boys – 3 hours, 23 minutes
8. J D Sumner & the Stamps Quartet – 3 hours, 19 minutes
9. Jerry Clower – 3 hours, 42 minutes
10. Petra – 2 hours, 38 minutes (.96%)

I just ran the numbers on the largest and smallest. Artists on my top ten individually ranges from .96% to 2.8% of my entire collection.

I have more John Boy & Billy MP3s than anything else…just a few seconds shy of 9 hours or 3.3% of my entire collection.

I have more Ray Stevens, Weird Al, Amy Grant, Brian Free & Assurance, Michael English, Kingsmen, and Bill Engvall than some of the artists I have listed above in my top ten. All of the Top Ten faves are in my top twenty, though.