# Whose music do you have the most of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882 "2013-01-11T18:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/101 "2014-01-15T11:49:10Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > After that it’s probably the Dead, although the shoebox full of bootleg tapes isn’t very likely to get played again. I do love the fact that these days I can have more concerts on a hard drive not much bigger than a cassette than a room full of tapes! Not sure exactly how many concerts I have, but the Grateful Dead folder on my drive is close to a terabyte. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/102 "2014-01-16T21:18:47Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > No contest. Jethro Tull. > > Pink Floyd is probably next. After that, probably some old dead powdered wig dude. Flipped for me, Pink Floyd first, then Jethro Tull. PF only wins, though, because of the extra couple-dozen bootlegs. If it’s official commercial stuff, then Jethro Tull. Honourable mentions: 1. Nena 2. Alice Cooper 3. David Bowie 4. Blue Oyster Cult ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/103 "2014-01-16T22:26:21Z")
The Incredible String Band and Joni Mitchell used to take up the most LP shelf space, back when I had my LPs unpacked and shelved. Have no idea how many tracks or even how many albums. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/104 "2014-01-19T22:58:44Z")
1.) R.E.M. 2.) Pearl Jam 3.) Fleetwood Mac 4.) Tool 5.) Django Reinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/105 "2014-01-19T23:51:12Z")
Beethoven - all the symphonies several times over, all the concerti, all the piano sonatas, all the string quartets several times over, all the violin sonatas, all the cello sonatas, most of the songs. Curiously, I don’t seem to have a copy of Fidelio… Brahms - all the symphonies several times over, all the piano works, all the quintets/sextets, most of the songs, all the concerti. Mozart - all the symphonies, all the quartets, all the piano concerti, all the piano sonatas, multiple copies of Figaro, Don G., Cosi and Magic Flute. Multiple copies of the Requiem. Coltrane - everything released on a label; no bootlegs Miles Davis - everything up to the seventies; it gets sporadic after that. There are a few composers, such as Anton Webern, Alban Berg and Richard Wagner where it isn’t that many discs, but I have more than one copy of the complete works… ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/106 "2014-01-19T23:54:06Z")
I heard that Webern didn’t write much music, though, and I know his pieces tend to be short. But I like them. 🙂 Maybe I should go about trying to listen to all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/107 "2014-01-20T01:40:50Z")
Moby. The dude’s prolific and was good for a long time. I think he burned out completely starting with Destroyed, though. Haven’t kept up with him since that mess. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/108 "2014-01-20T03:48:00Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I heard that Webern didn’t write much music, though, and I know his pieces tend to be short. But I like them. 🙂 Maybe I should go about trying to listen to all of them. The complete works fits on three CDs, with a few stray works without opus number to catch up to here and there. I just wouldn’t advise listening to more than one piece at a sitting - they’re brief, but they pack a huge wallop. Rather like a cask-strength whisky - I don’t feel any need to finish the bottle in one night. One glass at a time leads to a much deeper appreciation. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/109 "2014-01-20T04:21:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Curiously, I don’t seem to have a copy of Fidelio… Dude! Ya gotta have a copy of _ **Fidelio** _! Beethoven’s only opera … and while problematic in some ways contains a ton of lovely music. > [@](#): > > There are a few composers, such as Anton Webern, Alban Berg and Richard Wagner where it isn’t that many discs, but I have more than one copy of the complete works… Do you have both of the sets of Boulez conducting Webern? Both are worth having. Speaking of Boulez, I think I have every commercially released recording of his music. But such a small catalog! My Mahler collection is getting really big: multiple recordings over every symphony. But I still have slightly more Bach. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/110 "2014-01-20T04:23:28Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > The complete works fits on three CDs, with a few stray works without opus number to catch up to here and there. > > I just wouldn’t advise listening to more than one piece at a sitting - they’re brief, but they pack a huge wallop. Rather like a cask-strength whisky - I don’t feel any need to finish the bottle in one night. One glass at a time leads to a much deeper appreciation. Webern for me is the purest distillation of 19th-century Romanticism. Goes with whiskey rather well! > [@EmilyG](#): > > I heard that Webern didn’t write much music, though, and I know his pieces tend to be short. But I like them. 🙂 Maybe I should go about trying to listen to all of them. Totally worthwhile. Such lovely music. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/111 "2014-01-21T02:14:21Z")
1. Bach 2. Stones 3. Zappa 4. Tull 5. Pete Seeger 6. Coltrane 7. Cafe Tacuba ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/112 "2014-01-21T03:50:18Z")
I’m excluding U2 because I bought Apple’s giant exhaustive U2 collection… which turned out to be 2 songs with 200 versions each. (OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But of the 447 tracks, I only play about 50.) Nightwish (149) Dream Theater (141) +31 if you count side projects like Liquid Tension Experiment Metallica (131) John Williams (115) - Star Wars soundtracks Howard Shore (113) - LOTR and Hobbit soundtracks Blind Guardian (108) +27 if you count side project Demons & Wizards Live (92) Dark Moor (86) Falconer (75) Trans-Siberian Orchestra (70) Def Leppard (62) ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/113 "2014-01-21T16:32:12Z")
When I copied my CD’s to iTunes I was surprised to find that I had more Van Morrison CD’s than anything else. I must have had a lot of money to spend on music during that time of my life. I can’t check right now but after that it has to be Paul Westerberg & The Replacements. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/114 "2014-01-21T21:07:20Z")
Clutch ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/115 "2014-01-22T04:55:24Z")
Toad the Wet Sprocket Bush Tori Amos Red Hot Chili Peppers Garbage Nirvana Our Lady Peace Carbon Leaf Placebo The Offspring ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/116 "2014-02-08T06:42:06Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Moby. The dude’s prolific and was good for a long time. I think he burned out completely starting with Destroyed, though. Haven’t kept up with him since that mess. Check out his latest. I think it’s his best since Play. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/117 "2014-02-08T06:59:04Z")
In terms of tracks 252 by Ella Fitzgerald on [The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Ella_Fitzgerald_Songbooks). ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/118 "2014-02-09T14:39:43Z")
1. Mozart - ~15 hours’ worth 2. Ke$ha - 10 hours’ worth 3. Tom Petty - 6 albums 4. Eminem - 5 albums plus some songs where he’s a featured performer ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/119 "2014-02-09T15:05:40Z")
The Beatles. Whoever is in second is a distant second. I have so many versions of the same album, or even the same song (counting live versions, alternate takes, etc.), it’s ridiculous. Not that I’m complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882/120 "2014-02-09T15:42:09Z")
The Residents Frank Zappa / MOI Joni Mitchell Black Sabbath [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-music-do-you-have-the-most-of/646882.md?page=5)