The Introduction

Next year will be the 20th year that I have been collecting cd's. It staggers me to think that I have amassed over 1000 cd's in that time. But that was only one step. When I was little I listened to many albums that shaped my musical tastes (many of which I subsequently upgraded to cd). In my collection Metallica sits next to Katie Melua and Mozart (not really- as my collection is divided between "Rock" and "Classical"). As a lover of music (being a musician myself) I thought recently about what makes my favourite albums my favourites? What makes me go down to the shops to pick up a cd or trawl through ebay to find a copy of that certain gap in my collection...hopefully- over time- this blog will attempt to explain not only to you but to me what that answer is. You might be staggered at the albums I post about and I absolutely expect some of you to really wonder what I was thinking when I a)not only BOUGHT the album but b)listed it as among my favourites. This is a work in progress folks so I have no idea how long this list will be, but as Bette Davis once said in "All ABout Eve"- "Fasten your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy night"......