The Oh CD poll
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Topic: The Oh CD poll
Posted By: Dean
Subject: The Oh CD poll
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:57
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Today, after playing Kate Bush's Aerial album I was putting the CD back into the digipak case, taking care to align the discs with the background image print as always, I stopped to wonder if this habit was peculiar to me, or whether other people also do this (not just with Aerial and Digipaks, but any CD and any case style).
If you don't know what I mean, look at this:
 ...the pictures on the discs do not line-up with the background, and that would annoy the crap out of me.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:05
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Brilliant thread title. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:06
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I suppose in the case of something like Aerial i probably would ( I could go and check now) but otherwise...no. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: El Pollo Guerrera
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:28
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Yes, if it lines up with the artwork OR if there's writing on it. I also line them up 'properly' when I put them into my CD wallet. When friends look through my CDs, if they turn the pack upside-down, some of the Cd's fall out and having them aligned stops that from happening. Or I'm just trying to hammer some order into my chaotic world. Either one works. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:33
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Usually not. Just lazy, and it really doesn't irk me |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:33
Indeed.  No, and what's more, I hardly bother putting the CD back into its own case. I'm lucky to find anything. Therefore, my wife hates me. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:33
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ALWAYS ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:43
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I am terrible at putting C.D's and DVD's back in their cases but when i remember i HAVE to have it lined up. I'm a lazy and forgetful OCD sufferer  -------------  
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:48
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Gah! I can't cope with not putting CDs away - I think it's a throw-back to LP days when it was an absolute sin to leave unprotected vinyl lying around - but even CDs can get scratched. However, much worse is living with someone who puts the CDs back into the wrong cases. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:51
I always put my LPs away, but I must admit I have got into bad habits with CDs...they are strewn everywhere. Its quite frustraing when you find a CD but the case is empty. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:52
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My CDs are "archived" - they don't get daily use. I used to be OCD about something like this, but these days I can't be bothered.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 15:34
You need to get out more Dean 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 15:39
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I see what you did there.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 17:25
Always. And I have some very pretty ones 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 02:36
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Yes. I'm quite neurotic really.
Even if it doesn't line up with the backing pick or have words I still like to put the CD in the case right ways up...assuming you can tell of course. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 03:54
What he said. Kudos to The Sopranos for enhancing my knowledge of the English language to the required level.  ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 04:13
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It's not OCD by the way ... it would be if you check the CDs multiple times, or go through your collection in the middle of the night, checking whether they're properly aligned. I used to do that for some CDs, but not regularly. Of course in this day and age tidying the mp3 tags has become the main task related to music collections - or, for those of us who have iPads or smartphones with high resolution displays, to add high resolution cover art to the files. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:14
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I used to sometimes, but now I don't even bother to keep to keep them sorted in chronological order grouped by artist but now just grouped by artist is sufficient.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 07:44
| I confess, I am also sad enough to line up my Aerial CDs with the case. I also do this with other similar ones and I like my CDs to be the right way up. I must seek help. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 17:00
No never.I also have my CD's so badly ordered that I often spend 10 minutes or more trying to find the one that I want to listen to. Sometimes I just give up and watch TV instead
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 09:49
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When I have time to waste, I will line it up, but I must say that it doesn't matter tio me if it isn't... ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 10:23
Mrs. someone_else and our daughter share your habit of randomly picking an empty CD case and putting the CD in it. I don't hate them for that, but I find it rather annoying. When I have an hour to spend freely, I try to rearrange them, if I'm lucky enough to find the original cases. I am glad that they don't use the CD player too often, the more because they're not into prog.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 10:26
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I'm afraid my obsessive compulsive behavior is very clear on this point: - having all my CDs neatly in their cases, - and ordered by artist alphabet/year of release, - and carefully aligned with the other CDs in the row, - and of course, in the appropriate genre drawer is a MUST  |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 10:30
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I definitely always try and put the CD in such that the top is at the top of the case and the bottom is at the bottom of the case, using the art or text to determine how that should be. And I definitely never leave a CD anywhere other than in the tray or in the case. Case always sits close to tray when a CD is in use, so this is no problem. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 10:40
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Yes, but not like yours. I do it so that the writing, the letters appear perfectly straight... ------------- 
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 10:55
I used to have all my CDs in order but lately it's random stacks. That's why digital copies seem to save the day for me, more organization. 
And yes, they have to be put the right way in the case.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 14:44
Sometimes, if the picture matches, but usualy i do. I like to have some order. People who dont put the CD back in its case are the worst kind of people i know, and shuld be beaten up in public!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 25 2011 at 05:26
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If I have the time and have a box like Aerial: always. More important for me is to put the cd back in the case or a cd wallet. I have a strong dislike for cd's that are not well protected, with the danger of happy feet tapdancing on top of them.
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