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In addition to collecting variants (I know, fuck me), I am also prone to buying the full discog of bands I like even when I know that some of the albums are shitty.

Anyone else do this - I am assuming most people do? This problem comes up a lot more with CDs than vinyl, since everything comes out on CD and only certain things make it to wax.

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yeah...i definitely do this...

H2O go(I still don't admit to this piece of shit ever being released) and the All I Want EP(still in the shrink wrap)(got them both for free from my radio show)

the last Shelter record(given to me, but never listened to)

the last few MxPx CDs...

the s/t Warzone album. oh yes.

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I've always done this, but only with vinyl. Once a band is past their prime, I have no problem stopping if it's only released on CD. But if it's vinyl, I buy everything they release.

guilty also do this with labels I am working on No Idea and I am missing one Kiss of Death release (Monikers Tour edition of there last album any one want to sell it to me?) but with labels I usually just try to get the rarest or coolest press I can I do not do varients except if there is a tour/Fest edition and a regular edition

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I've been trying to find Pedro the Lion - Helicopter for a while now, even though there's only one song exclusive to it and it's not very good. Plus, there's 2 colors. I also plan on picking up the Mae Shi - To Hit Armor Class Zero, even though it's a one-sided 10" with 59 minutes of music on it. I buy them because I love the bands, which is why I started collecting them in the first place. I actually don't own any CDs of either band though.

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i don't have a problem with this. if i like a band enough to "collect" their discography then chances are that they won't put out a record i don't like. i don't really have any outrageous collections of these types of bands, so it's not a problem for me if they release a shitty record.

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I'm guilty of doing this. If I dig a band, I want one copy of every record, including compilations that they put out, good, bad, or otherwise. I don't really collect varients so this is my main collecting problem. I am working on Damad right now and some of their pre first LP stuff isn't good at all...but I still want it.

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I was doing this with Vagrant for a pretty long time, and for a while most of their stuff was really good. I won't buy a single Senses Fail album, let alone 2 versions on the release date and a reissue a year later, though. I wish I had only been buying vinyl the whole time (not counting Cobraside), I don't think I'll ever see Loses Control again.

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In addition to collecting variants (I know, fuck me), I am also prone to buying the full discog of bands I like even when I know that some of the albums are shitty.

Anyone else do this - I am assuming most people do? This problem comes up a lot more with CDs than vinyl, since everything comes out on CD and only certain things make it to wax.

I do this, but when I band heads south I tend to stop. I tend to get the time period for when I really liked the band completely.

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