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Post by Tin on Jul 25, 2008 14:03:32 GMT
Hi everyone,
When my collection of CDs (to be specific, Hayley's albums) started to build up I was faced with a problem: how should I organize my small yet growing collection? How was I to store them safely?
Eventually I got a small plastic box in which all of Hayley's albums that I own (hitherto) can fit tightly, making movement and bombardment among CD boxes impossible. To reinforce protection I placed bubble wrap on the base and the walls of the box. Now the CDs can be safely stored in the cupboard.
Actually I still have one more question, and I wonder if you guys can offer me some suggestions: is it necessary for me to put silica gel packs into my CD box to drive away water vapour?
Well, I seem to care about the CDs too much, but in Hong Kong (and probably other places in the world too), buying Hayley's CDs isn't exactly an easy thing to achieve, especially the earlier ones. Should anything happen to them, my loss may not be solely remedied by paying more money for new copies; new copies may not even be available then. Therefore I start this thread for interested members to discuss such trivial, but somehow necessary issue.
Best wishes,
Tin
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Post by martindn on Jul 25, 2008 23:30:04 GMT
The answer is to make copies of the content. Myself, I burn CD copies of the CDs I own for use in the car. The new stereoin my camper van has a USB facility, and I have over a hundred albums copied onto a USB memory stick (including all of Hayley's) that saves a lot of space, One memory stick occupies less space than even one CD, let alone a hundred! Then, when using the van I usually have my laptop with me anyway, which can hold even more music (but is not usable when driving, unlike the USB stick. So in the end. the original CDs can be coped once and never accessed again, just kept somewhere safe. But it is sometimes nice to have the CD bkklets to read.
Martin
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Lewie
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Post by Lewie on Jul 26, 2008 3:27:40 GMT
Ummmm... Organize? What is this strange concept you speak of?
I don't really listen to music from an original CD anymore... I tend to copy it to my computer so I can use either my mp3 player or burn a copy/mix. So my actual CDs are all in a very, very disorganized box.
Martin makes a good point about the booklets, though. It's nice reading them, or even just looking at the album artwork sometimes.
Lewie.
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Post by Joe on Jul 26, 2008 3:36:23 GMT
Hi all,
I usually will listen to the original CD. Rarely I will put a few tracks on my MP3 player. I've only just got round to burning a CD for the car or to create a compilation disc.
Joe
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Post by Colin on Jul 26, 2008 5:23:58 GMT
Hi everyone
I have all my Hayley albums on my iPod. Indeed, I have lots of playlists of Hayley's music on my iPod - from the original albums and different versions of the albums to ones like "Hayley Classical" and "Hayley Pop" and so on. In this way, I can listen to her songs that best fit my mood. I also have a "Hayley Complete" playlist which contains every song I own of hers - approaching 200 now including live performances.
I also have three "Best of" playlists recorded specifically for the car. These could fit on one, two and three CDs respectively, lasting approximately 1.25 hours, 2.5 hours and 3.75 hours. So I will choose whichever of these playlists depending on the length of my trip.
Many people frown at listening to "best of" compilations instead of the original albums but I've found it has one very big advantage. After listening to the compilations for maybe four or five months, I then listen to an original album again and find all the tracks that I've not put on the compilation sound like new songs again. So in this way I can constantly rediscover Hayley's music and find "new songs" even when she's not releasing new material.
Once on my iPod, the CDs themselves are stored upright on shelving with the rest of my CDs. They are fast becoming a major part of my collection - a couple of dozen CDs and three DVDs.
Kind regards
Colin
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Post by grant on Jul 26, 2008 9:09:07 GMT
Hi Tin and everyone Having just read through this thread I think most of the responses so far have actually failed to answer the question originally answered!  The question is not how to 'listen' to them but how to protect the very precious and often extremely rare originals. Tin, I think there are two main aspects that are very important. - Keep them in the dark ( to prevent fade/discolouration)
- Maintain a constant temperature in the storage area (I suspect silica gel won't give any further benefits but neither will it do any harm)
Whatever you do. Enjoy your collection! Best wishes Grant |
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Post by Tin on Jul 26, 2008 9:36:58 GMT
Hi Grant, Keep them in the dark ( to prevent fade/discolouration) Indeed I haven't ever thought of this possible issue of discoloration- thanks for the reminder. But luckily the cupboard where my CDs are stored is far away from any window or light source so they should do fine without my paying much attention to the fading of colour. Actually I also try to access my collection as little as possible, which some of us have mentioned in the above posts. By listening to songs stored in the computer, I don't really need to take out the CDs, thus minimising any risk of breakage/damage due to a careless drop.  Tin |
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Post by Katie on Nov 3, 2008 19:44:58 GMT
I keep them in a safe place where no one can get them without my permission lol.
Katie
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Post by Dean McCarten on Nov 3, 2008 19:53:08 GMT
I keep them in a safe place where no one can get them without my permission lol. A Good idea, I tend to create CD-R Copies of all my Hayley CD's for car, use day to day etc. My iPods have a copy of all my Hayley Collection to-date on them as well  Then I tend to keep all my really rare CD's like Odyssey NZ special, HSJS, Prayer etc that I would have real pain to locate again in a metal tin out of harms way but you may find pure, odyssey uk, treasure & RoD in my study Dean |
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Post by roger on Nov 3, 2008 20:14:35 GMT
I keep them in a safe place where no one can get them without my permission lol. Good answer, Katie, and probably very wise (with all due respect to your family!). I have made my own copies of everything but not quite in the way that others have done it. I ripped every track from the UK version of Pure. Then I ripped any additional tracks that appeared on other versions. Having done so, I burnt them all to one CD. Er, actually they wouldn't fit on one so there are 2 CDs! That way, by playing one double album, I can listen to every track that ever appeared on any version of Pure without any duplication. I then did the same with Odyssey and Treasure/Celtic Treasure. Not only is it an easy way of listening to everything but it also protects the originals. I also made copies of HW, MGTY and HSJS but that was easy because there is only one version of each of them. The final disc contains everything else that has come my way - soundtracks, duets which only appeared on the other artist's album, CD singles and those which were only available to download (like the English version of Bach's Ave Maria). So I ended up with 'The Complete Hayley Westenra' on seven albums... then she went and issued RoD so my task continues! Roger |
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