Ever Discover You Have Duplicate Copies Of The Same Album, Same Pressing?

This week I discovered I had two exact copies of Stan Getz "Sweet Rain" and two exact copies of Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin "Love Devotion Surrender." This was unintentional. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

 

Yes, a couple of times.

 

I have quite a few. When I am browsing I often come across really clean pressings cheap but can't always remember the exact details of what I have already so I end up with dupes on occasion.

 

Yes, I bought 2 copies of AF Dio Holy Diver. Ended up giving one away at a Xmas exchange.

 

Yeah, I have a couple. They're now for sale on discogs. Oops.

 

A week ago, after reading about it in a discussion, I decided that I just had to have a copy of the out-of-print 2011 deluxe 2CD of Donovan's Sunshine Superman. My only choice for purchase was a seller in Germany. Disc ordered; disc arrived. When I got ready to rip it to my hard drive . . . I ALREADY HAD IT!!! Grrrrrr.

 

Just a couple I thought I had lost and purchased them again. D'oh!

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the time.

My "duplicates" will be made for sale in the town-wide garage sale we are having in 2 weeks.

 

I collect early pressings of CDs, and I used to forget which ones I have so I'd occasionally buy the same pressing.

I now keep a list of all my early pressings that I can access on my phone, so I don't accidentally buy the same thing again anymore!

 

The only instance I had was a Moody Blues Greatest Hits CD. Same content, but a different insert.

 

yeh I did one on purpose recently to upgrade. Same runout matrix but different sound ! Analog is truly infinite in variation.

 

I've been on a Sun Ra binge over the past year and a half or so (having acquired some dozen Evidence CDs back in '93) and I have two identical copies of Of Mythic Worlds, recorded at the Ann Arbor Jazz Festival in 1978. I have a well-worn and not so trusty as I thought list of the CDs and LPs I have, but so far, this is the only idiot move I've made so far (when it comes to music purchases, to be clear).

 

I've done it twice in the last couple of years. "Oh here's an album I need" only to get home and find " Oh here's an album I already own".

 

Yes, several. Traffic - When The Eagle Flies and Grand Funk 's We're An American Band come to mind, also Procol Harum - A Salty Dog. I'm sure there are some others.

 

Yes, Aja by Steely Dan.

 

Not so much with CDs (and never with LPs, back when I was buying them), but many, many times with DVDs..duplicates, triplicates and even instances of quadruplicates.....Goodwill donations.

 

Too many times to count...

MUST FEED THE ADDICTION!!!!! Then...oh, crap, I have this already...

 

No.

 

Never done that (yet!) however, sometimes I come across albums I sold/ gave away etc. because I didn't want them anymore and find an urge to buy them again, for old times sake or some such sentimental nostalgic bullcorn and I have to just convince myself I don't need it! Put it down!

 

Years ago I made a list of all the albums I wanted and would cross them off as I bought them. It turned out to be very handy. I kept it for probably about ten years. Maybe I ought to do that again. Either that or check my discogs account before buying.

 

A few, but usually they differ in condition. It happens a lot more often with singles. Sometimes I think I'm buying a variant to compare to my copy and it turns out to be the exact same pressing.

 

S**t ... I've nearly purchased the same acetate for the second time...

 

Yes, I have probably 100 duplicates. In my defence I would have picked up the duplicate cheaply at a garage sale or the like and just haven't gotten around to comparing copies to keep the best one.

 

LPs-wise, no. I have intentionally bought some to compare which is the cleaner copy but they have had differing matrix numbers and if I love the album enough, I'd keep both anyway.

CDs-wise, no more than a few times and they will have been ones that cost only pennies anyway... so they got passed on to a grateful friend.

I've done it a few times with singles that also cost next-to-nothing which has not been a problem because again, I can check which is in best shape.

I have the majority of my collection in Discogs now but still have an excellent memory for what I do and don't have.

 

Yeah it's happened to me before. One happened this week. I'm pretty good at remembering what I have and don't have but if I get behind in my cataloging on discogs it can get dicey. Alternatively I messed more than a couple of times by not buying something I thought I already had but didn't have thereby missing out on a title I did need.

I find it tended to happen more during my cd only buying years.

There have been quite a few times it was intentional but I was upgrading a title.