How To Collect Over 11,000 CDs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- As the title states, I have over 11,000 CDs in my collection. Each album was searched out and collected for a specific reason (no blind buys) making my collection a fully curated library of music. This video will go through how I did that and ways you can build your collection too.
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Here's a crazy fact. If the average CD is 45 minutes, it will take you almost a year to listen to all 11,000 CDs non stop.
Trying to get my obsession under control as slowly working to alphabetize my collection. Last count was 3369 jewel cases; 19 singles; 115 box sets; 1502 digipacks.
More in mail to arrive this week, lol.
Great post, Brendon. 💯
I’m not a fan of alphabetical. Genres, type, era etc are good ways of sorting into different areas. I have compilations, soundtracks, NOW albums, pop, R&B, girly music, rock etc etc. Plus, alphabetically it means you have to keep moving the whole lot.
Great video again Brendon. I have just broken the 1,000 CD barrier recently. My collection had stalled and it was during the pandemic that I restarted collecting in a major way again. Now I can’t stop lol!!! Oh well, onto the next 1,000! Collecting is fun! Keep up the good work!
I’ve heard from a bunch of people who the pandemic led to the reactivation of people collecting music. Guess the pandemic was good for something! 😂
Amazing collection; I also got my first CD in 1989 - now up to about 6,000.
That’s a good size collection too!
"Fully curated music library"
YES! Great video. Love the mention of the magazine releases. I have had similar success collecting old MOJO releases.
Hi Jeffrey! Yes it’s a good way to support all the music you by when someone says what are you doing….I’m creating a fully curated music library. You can’t really argue with that 😂👍
Awesome collection, brother. I only have around 4K. Lol. Have a great Easter.
But if you add in all your vinyl you’d have a lot more!
@@BrendonSnyder True!
Wonderful collection. I'm still trying to reach 1000 bristles, one day I'll get there. Hug from Brazil.
You can do it! Keep collecting!
@@BrendonSnyder Thanks.
Great show ❤🎉
Thank you David!
Interesting video! I’ve been buying/collecting CDs since the late 80s. I don’t have anywhere near what you have but it’s a nice little collection of basically everything I like. I don’t have many complete catalogs of bands. There are several bands or artists where the greatest hits is good enough for me. Over the past few years, I’ve been buying lots of used CDs on eBay.
Quite impressive, Brendon! Thanks for sharing your passionate thoughts about music, it’s greatly appreciated and inspiring!
Just a thought about doing a future video about the optimum CD storage conditions, like temperature, moisture and so forth!
Keep up your passion for music! And, thank you for sharing! Enjoy! Cheers.
You’re welcome Enrique! Thanks for the video suggestion, I’ll keep it in mind.
WOW. Amazing Brendon.❤
Thanks! 👍
Brendon, the one album I thought only I had the Bon Jovi Target release. However those songs did show up on Bon Jovi’s boxset. There were a few other ones Target had: Lenny Kravitz, Avril Lavigne among others.
There’s 8 tracks on the Bon Jovi Target CD and only one appeared on the boxset; Breath. The rest remain only on the exclusive CD. Yes there are lots of other bands that have done it as well. Def Leppard did one too.
@@BrendonSnyder yes I have that one.
Awesome video!! One day I also hope to make a whole music library too. Hopefully both of us will one day reach that goal. But for now, i'll have to make do with the space I've got. Thank you for uploading!!😌😃
All solid bits of advise. As one that can compete with your collection, I’ve followed that formula. I try to not buy a greatest hits or best of unless there are new unreleased tracks on it. I will admit there are several in my collection that I don’t particularly care for but that’s because of the time I spent in the industry getting free promo and stuff like that. I always went into it as trying to like it or see if it grows on me, but there are times when it doesn’t. I was gonna do a quick purge and eBay some of those items to make space for others that I do want! I’ll also try to buy direct from the band if I can. This way I know they’re getting paid for it. Continued happy collecting!!!!!!
Luvin your vids B thanx for sharing you're an awesome dude. Enjoy your day ☮️n❤️ to everyone. From the land down under 🤩
Thanks Jason, I bet you’re pretty awesome too! Glad to hear you’re enjoying things.
@@BrendonSnyder I mostly try to be. Lol.
I'd say knowing your labels and producers will also take you down rabbit holes. I mainly do electronic music and may not be as relevant to other genres but this definitely helps me to discover new music constantly. For example if I see it's released by Spirit Zone or TIP then it's ought to be good. I made countless "blind" purchases based on this and never was really disappointed.
Impressive collection! At its peak, my CD collection was probably only a few hundred, but it's been long since ripped, digitally stored, and the CDs themselves given away. I'm more of a fan of collecting vinyl records personally, but I can definitely appreciate something like this!
I’ve got a decent size collection of vinyl as well. I will buy an album in any format if it’s only available one way. But I prefer CD which is how I ended up where I am. I stream too, but still like the physical so I do both. Stream on the road but have the physical for home.
I can’t believe Mr. Big has been around this long, I thought they where going to be short lived when they started, they must have a big overseas following
They are HUGE in japan.
Yes they’re still big enough in Japan to sell out arena tours.
Bought my first CD in 1984, in anticipation of my first CD player, purchased March 1985.
My first CD bought was The soundtrack to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Amazed me first time I heard it, zero noise, zero wow and flutter, pitch perfect.
Yes, high end analog could have these characteristics back then and even back into the early 70s, but was way too expensive for a kid in a working class house.
The cassette decks I could afford were always off speed enough to affect pitch that I could hear.
However, even lower end turntables could sound pretty good, assuming the speed, wow flutter were good, and the record pressing was good from the factory and not dirty, scratchrs. Too many noisy pressings from the factory in the 70s, 80s, which is why CDs were such a revelation for low end, mid fi setups in the 80s
Enjoy your videos Brendon!
Since you have this massive collection, have you ever considered doing some ranking videos of various artists.
I would enjoy seeing your opinions.
I’ve done a bunch of them for bands like AC/DC, Motley Crue, GNR, Scorpions, Black Sabbath, etc. See link to playlist folder with them collected for you th-cam.com/play/PLXugCGslmwqnh7lbJfkxjOs8CD6NtI3CT.html
@@BrendonSnyder Thanks! I’ll certainly give those a view.
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I would love a top 100 most important glam metal albums video from you.
Just started collecting CDs. I only have a handful now, 11000 seems like unachievable milestone at this pont
Haha…I was never intending to hit 11,000 myself. I just collect as I find things and then surprising I’ve hit this amount. It was a shock to me too when I made the count and determined the big number.
Pretty cool. I have 7000+ but have been elling off a lot of pop, sticking with mostly Hard Rock, AOR, pre Nirvana Rock. My collection is financed on selling common cds cheap..lots of them!
Suggestion for a future TH-cam. Would you do a list of your favorite best sounding audiophile CDs - - HDCD, 24 Bit, UHQR, imports etc !??!
I don’t have nearly enough to do that, nor do I get into that level of audio. When I buy those it’s because that’s the only way to get the album. I’m buying for the content, not for the sound quality.
Cool video bro
Thanks!
First let me start by saying you are doing an AMAZING job!!! Love watching your videos. Quick question that you may have addressed in a previous video. If it is the case, if you could point me out that would be great. I am interested in knowing how you keep track of your collection (Discogs, or other) and if you keep formal reviews of what you are listening to? Are you writing reviews, etc…. Thanks again for sharing your love of music
I do not keep any lists, it’s all in my head. Also I do not write reviews. The only ones I have are the video reviews that I post here on TH-cam which you can see all of these under the Album Review playlist.
@@BrendonSnyder thanks for your quick reply Brendon! I really like watching your videos. Cheers!
Hi Brendon, do you have a long term plan to have your CDs, music and film memorabilia displayed in a Home Music Studio Room, it would be great to see your collection displayed, Thanks
Yes and I’m working on the first part of that now. Hopefully in the next few months I’ll be able to announce something. Fingers crossed!
Hey Brendon, have you heard of a band called Temple Balls? I just heard them yesterday and love em.
I have yes. Interesting band.
Were you buying CDs regularly in the 90s ? Has your collection been consistently growing steadily or has it increased in size only in the last 3-4 years??
Yes I’ve been regularly buying music since 1989. But as my income has increased so has my ability to buy. So it’s been a higher level of purchasing for the last 20 years.
Damn over 11,000 CDs I thought I had a lot of CDs when my collection had 2,700 CDs, lol. I already had some space issues with my collection and can't imagine how you can find space for 11,000 CDs !
Question: when you get new things, how do you file them if the boxes are maxed out? Thanks for the video. Enjoy watching these weekly! And yes, as another watcher commented, as an architect I bet you can come up with some wicked wall display for your collection!
Twice a year I file things away organizing and updating boxes. I’m always adding more boxes to the stacks so I just adjust CDs accordingly as new are added. But I also have boxes that are new releases by year. I usually keep those out for a couple years before they are filed away with a genre.
since your into glam Brendon I know your pretty much up on things but just in case next Friday TRex is suppose to release a 5 cd box set called 1972
Actually I did not know about it so thank you for sending it my way. I went ahead and pre-ordered it as I know these types of boxsets don’t stay in print for too long.
I have a box set of the Slider from years ago 2 of the discs are on the new box but that one had an LP with it also.But you know how that goes got to have it lol
Do you also have classical music? I have like 200 Verdi-CD’s listed that I would buy, if I had room for it. And that’s just one composer 🤪 it could get out of hand regarding rock/pop as well ofc
A question from a newer CD collector. How do you feel about the more recently released 5 or 3 original album classic box sets that come with each CD in a cardboard sleeve? I am drawn towards buying a lot of these especially for hard to find and early albums like the early Fleetwood Mac with Green or the early Styx albums before Dennis Deyoung. As a music fan I really want this kind of material in my collection, as a collector I know these will never have near the value as individual jewel case releases. What is your advice? Thanks
I have lots of them and because sometimes those collections offer an out of print album as the only way to get it, I think they’re great. That said, I prefer the original jewel case editions when available.
Excellent video Brendon! One question: If one of your favorite bands releases an album that you don't like but it's the only one you miss to complete their discography, will you buy it?
I find generally albums work at the time they are released so I enjoy them for being new when they come out. But it may be in time that I don’t return to the album as much because the band has better albums. As for older bands that I wasn’t into at the time their albums came out, if I’m not into the album I won’t buy it until I change my mind. That’s why there are still albums from major bands that I can be buying today. I only buy albums from a band when I’m into them.
Super! I have about the same amount of cd's and 1500+ Lp's...but I can honestly say I have a few stinkers in there too, just because some bands I collect have "bad" albums in their catalogue or some releases have dreadful sound, or there might be a few artists that I use to like, but can't stand anymore, and also because sometimes I like to buy bands I know nothing about just because I like to be surprised. And because at a certain point in time I would get rid of some cd's I didn't like (anymore), but have stopped doing that, I might have a few stinkers around. Collecting is an art I think, and it's a passion! Cheers.
If I buy something and it’s awful I have to get it out of the collection haha. It will bother me being a part of it.
@@BrendonSnyder You know, I used to do the same, but sometimes taste changes and I had to re-buy stuff I had gotten rid of...so I just keep it all now (although separately from the main collection). I have what I call my "alternate collection" in my attic which consists of albums I don't like too much and/or cd's of which I own several copies. Cheers.
And has ACDC albums and some official license tees and hoodie and ACDC power up red vinyl edition
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Where do you get the Pink Floyd United CD? I can't find it and it looks great! Link?
That was from eBay. Don’t remember the seller.
How much do you estimate in money, the value of your collection?. Do you have a discogs account?
Partner she has some kiss albums and one official license tee and 2 kiss vinyls which are anniversary edition 2vinyl gatefold and a greatest vinyl and a blueray documentary
Sounds like she has very good taste in music, just like us!
I have about 2,600 CDs. There are only a couple I don't like. At least one of those was bought because I girl I liked told me she liked that band.
rn im working on collecting slipknot CDs. after this i might collect more metallica
How can you listen to them all and get to know them all you have to listen to an album a few times to know it and then you have to listen to the new stuff that you buy, so it's never ending, unless you have nothing else going on in your life, I have albums for more than 10 years that I have never heard, its just crazy.
11,000 CDs should indicate a vast and varied collection. But sadly it seems not to be the case. First thing I notice is no women and no people of colour. Limiting yourself to just classic rock and metal genres is really missing out on so much. Instead of a 51st LA Guns CD, how about some hip hop, some country, something you can dance to, some indie pop or new wave?
Music is about personal tastes and has nothing to do with variety of music styles that someone does not find interesting. I would not expect you to listen to that 51st L.A. Guns album if you weren’t into the group. Don’t ask me to do the same.
Hi Brendon, do you like indie-rock bands like Guided By Voices, Spoon, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Foals and others ?
I like indie rock bands but don’t follow any of the ones you mentioned.
@@BrendonSnyder So, Brendon, can you tell me which indie bands you like ?
What is the most you have ever spent on a single cd (including boxsets which count as '1')? What is the most (approx) you have spent on cds in a 7 day period?
2k is my limit. Out of that less than 400 are keepers
Partner she loves bruce Springsteen he is a great artist
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I think I have about 2,500 CDs I have a couple that are meh but most are the good stuff
I’ve got some that are “meh” as well. But I still want them in the collection. Just none that I despise or hate.
Can you define pop up store.
Yes, a pop-up store is one that pops-up briefly, usually only for a few weeks and then disappears. Bands will do this sometimes when they come to town. Metallica, Depeche Mode, The Misfits, and David Bowie have all had pop-up stores here in NYC. They gather together all the available merchandise and often times have lots of exclusives. I filmed a video at the Bowie 76 store, see link if you’re interested th-cam.com/video/UWWvbFGeiQw/w-d-xo.html
how long did it take to collect that many?
CDs rot though 😭
Fortunately I’ve never had it happen to my CDs.
@@BrendonSnyder I hadn't until recently. I was going through my collection and found six. I hope it isn't an epidemic!
Hi Brendon!! everyday i keep finding new, or old, bands and new websites to get music, so now the problem is to add them to my never ending whishlist and have Elon Musk wallet..... cheers and be well
11,000 CDS!!! I HAVE 1200 CDS OVER A 35 YEAR PERIOD OF COLLECTING. AND THAT COVERS 50S TO 80S. ROCK,BLUES,JAZZ. WHAT COULD 11,000 CDS COVER???
Exactly what I state throughout the video. I go beyond the standard albums released from a band a collect solo, side projects, promotional albums, exclusives, web only releases, etc. And of course it just means I’m into a lot more artists than you.
@@BrendonSnyder i cover most of the major rock,blues,and jazz artists of the 50s thru the 70s. not much interested in what came after that. no heavy metal,rap,or reggae. but lots of oddities that most collectors would never have in their collections,and which more than make up for the big names.
Streaming music for me is my way to discover new artists' music to see if it's worth spending money buying it on CD. I wish we had this back in the 1980's. I would've saved money on some of the crap purchases i made.
I guess that’s what radio and MTV were for. I didn’t buy something until I knew several songs from the album.
The 80's were horrid , especially when you'd hear a song on the radio or MTV and you'd purchase the album finding out it was the only good song on the album .
We clearly have different opinions on the topic.
What is the extent of your vinyl collection. Nobody buys CDs 💿 anymore so your eager endeavours are to be commended
Clearly you don’t know the viewers on this channel because there are still lots of us who love CDs. Just look at the store. And yes I do have a vinyl collection as well. I just prefer CDs.
Partner she loves your kiss 💋 tee
Tell her thank you for me!