What musician do you have the most recordings or albums of?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

I JUST completed the task of ripping all of my CDs to my hard drive. Without considering all the vinyl LP's I have/have had/have lost, the winners are:

Bill Evans (the pianist) - 17, including being part of the Miles Davis group on "Kind of Blue"

Tom Waits - 10

The Beatles - 9

If I had all my old LPs with me it would probably be the Beatles hands down, and other groups like the Stones and The Who would be a lot higher on the list.

[seemunkee]

1. Brian Eno

I would have to check but next would be Pink Floyd and then either Tangerine Dream or Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music.

[zappa_parappa]

2. Elton John and Tom Waits

I think I have everything they ever put out. I also have alot of john prine.

[cloudbase]

3. Probably more Simon & Garfunkel

than any other. Even a few on vinyl.

[mainegreen]

4. Skinny Puppy.

Around 24 or so.

[Joe Fields]

5. The Beatles top my list, followed by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell

[speedoo]

6. Bob Dylan.

He's easily #1, in albums alone. Counting all the bootleg stuff I have, Dylan dwarfs everyone else in my collection.

I don't know who #2 is. The Beatles, maybe. Or perhaps Eric Clapton if I counted his presence in my Cream, etc. albums.

[bif]

7. Miles Davis, John Coltrane & The Beatles

[asthmaticeog]

8. Not gonna go count 'em, just top of my head:

Beatles, Stones, AC/DC, Mudhoney, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Lungfish, Minutemen.

If bootlegs count, include Radiohead and Gang of Four.

On edit: DUH, I forgot the fucking Ramones.

[Zywiec]

9. U2 - All

[Squeech]

10. Zappa

Hands down. He released well over 60 recordings over his career. I don´t have them all, but well over half. Hard to top that.

Not sure who´s in second place. If I´m counting vinyl too, it´s probably the 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen.

[taterguy]

11. Peter Holsapple

I have all the dB's albums, the Continental Drifters albums, the REM album he appears on, one of his solo albums, and Mavericks, his collaboration with Chris Stamey.

[driver8]

55. "Mavericks" is a great album.

Enigmatic and I have mentioned this before...I have turned more people onto the music of Peter Holseapple and Chris Stamey with that album. I also love the dB's and the Continental Drifters and REM is my favorite band of all time!!

[AllegroRondo]

12. Rush

23 CDs of their stuff

But I do own 9 different recordings of Karl Orff's "Carmina Burana", all by different orchestras.

[Rambis]

13. Kate Rusby 10 CD's

Love them all-
I also have 300+ Grateful Dead tapes. Yes I said tapes;0

[bbernardini]

14. Zappa, followed by Rundgren/Utopia, Keneally, Porcupine Tree nt

[grace0418]

15. Neil Finn (along with Split Enz, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers) has to

be the winner in that category for me. Easily well over 20 cds with several singles and bootlegs as well.

Lots of They Might Be Giants as well.

[CatholicEdHead]

16. John McCutcheon, Megadeth, Metallica

[Lil Missy]

17. Earth Wind and Fire.

And a collection of the best of the 70's and 80's by individual years.

[Tikki]

18. Ramones-12 and...

Beatles-10
Elvis Costello-8
X -7



Tikki

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. I didn't even know X had that many out. Do you have the LP of the original "Decline of Western

Civilization" soundtrack? My tape of the film is one of my favorite possessions.



With my old LPs, Elvis Costello would've been up there too.

[Tikki]

41. Yes, I do.....

LOS ANGELES
WILD GIFT
UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN
MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD
AIN'T LOVE GRAND
SEE HOW WE ARE
BEYOND & BACK: THE X ANTHOLOGY


Tikki

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Zappa - I think I'm sitting on a good 50+ recordings

I don't have his entire catalog yet, but I'm damned close.

[dysfunctional press]

20. bowie, r.e.m., roxy music, or frank sinatra

although i'm not exactly sure how many of any of them.

lots of psychedelic furs, tallking heads, and porcupine tree too.

[swag]

21. The Fall.

I lost count. Close to 30 recordings.

[Burma Jones]

22. The Grateful Dead

Followed by:

Dylan
Beatles
Bach
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Miles Davis


These are all guesses though

[ET Awful]

29. I was gonna say the Dead

:P

Hell, I lost track of how many hours of live stuff I have on tape, and I have about twice as many shows on CD/digital. :P

[Burma Jones]

30. The problem with the Beatles is that it's all memorized......

Same with Pink Floyd.....

That's a good thing about the Dead, there's always something new to hear.

[conscious evolution]

52. Same here

I have every grateful dead show ever recorded.
Second on the list is Donna the Buffalo.I have over a hundred of their shows.
After that is the Beetles.

[Guava Jelly]

24. Sinatra

:)

[Coyote_Bandit]

25. Johnny Cash

I probably have nearly a hundred of his CDs and LPs - including bootlegs and some releases that are highly collectible.

[edbermac]

26. Beatles and Mike Oldfield

17 and 24 respectively

[TrogL]

27. Keith Emerson

Nice, Emerson Lake and Palmer, various solo albums and film scores (Inferno, Nighthawks, Harmageddon)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Prince.

[1gobluedem]

31. Bruce Springsteen and Simon and Garfunkel

6 Bruce, 5 S&G

[bikebloke]

32. Silly Wizard and Patricia Kaas

I'm not home, so it's a contest between the two. Silly Wizard broke up, so there won't be any more from them. And Patricia Kaas' voice and material have declined with time.

[MilesColtrane]

33. ..

Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Beatles
Bill Evans
Wayne Shorter
Keith Jarrett
Gentle Giant
John Scofield
John McLaughlin

[ghostsofgiants]

34. I dunno, there are a few that I have ful discographies of.

Cursive (8), Reverend Horton Heat (9).

That's downloaded though. Not sure about purchased.

[EFerrari]

35. Van Morrison.

[SteppingRazor]

36. Easily the Dead

I've got some 40 or show shows by them. Phish comes in second at 25-ish.

[kwassa]

37. Kassav', and the various independent recordings of the members.

[mitchum]

38. Lou Reed, John Coltrane, Rolling Stones

[no name no slogan]

39. Elliott Smith, Comsat Angels, Roxy Music, Velvet Underground...

...and everything released by Nick Drake to date (died young, only did a few studio recordings).

[Omphaloskepsis]

40. NOFX.... I have 17 albums.

Bad Religion.... I have 15 albums.
Hot Water Music.... I have 11 albums.

[RobinA]

42. Springsteen

in a land slide.

Runners up:
Stones
Eagles
Dylan

Can you tell I'm from the '70's?

[buddhamama]

43. The Grateful Dead or Bob Dylan

:)

[LynneSin]

44. Probably Led Zeppelin

If you count that I have all copies of LZ albums up thru "Presence" on 8-track, Album, Cassette and CD. (I have no 8-tracks of In Thru the Outdoor or CODA), plus all the post re-lease greatest hits plus everything put in solo work by Page, Plant, JPJ and even John Bonham's kid Jason; hell I even have vinyl & cassette of Coverdale Page

Well you get the hint

[Spirochete]

45. The Beatles, Frank Zappa,

and Alan Parsons.

[greendog]

46. Richard Thompson

2nd place: Dylan
3rd place: Lucinda Williams
4rth place: Leonard Cohen

[HuskerDU]

47. Johnny Thunders

First with the New York Dolls, then with the Heartbreakers and finally his numerous other bands.

[LeftyMom]

48. If we're counting concert recordings, RATM. Actual albums then it's NOFX.

[Mojambo]

49. Bad Religion. All their studio albums and about 20 live bootleg shows. n/t

[driver8]

56. I used to work at the studio where Bad Religion recorded

"Stranger Than Fiction." Not only are they a great band, but they are great guys, too.

[fight4my3sons]

50. The Dead

My husband - Bad Religion

[Mad_Dem_X]

51. Pearl Jam

Counting all the live albums I have, as well as the all the studio albums. The Beatles would probably be second.

[crispini]

53. Belle and Sebastian.

hee. Yes, they're twee, but I like them. :D

[Omphaloskepsis]

59. I have 11 of their albums...

Good sex/sleep music.

[Initech]

54. Zappa, George Clinton, Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree)

I have 60 some-odd Zappa CDs, about 33 for Porcupine Tree (includes No Man, Bass Communion, and a couple solo albums), and about 27 for George Clinton (every Parliament and Funkadelic album ever made).

[LSK]

57. The Corrs

U2 would be a distant 2nd.

[av8rdave]

58. Neil Young

[PunkPop]

60. 40 something responses and still no Ramones?

Let me fix that.

Ramones. I think I have 6. PJ Harvey, Rocket from the Crypt and Fugazi get an honorable mention.

[musiclawyer]

61. Kinks

All except after 1984, a few re-isssus, live, and Great Lost Kinks album, which my brother owns.

[BarenakedLady]

62. One guess

And you'd probably be right. :)

[Guava Jelly]

64. Weezer

:dunce:

[BarenakedLady]

66. LoL

:spank: :spank:

[Guava Jelly]

68. :o}

I knew i could get a spanken out of you :evilgrin:

[Broken_Hero]

63. Metallica,

29 cds....

[hellbound-liberal]

65. Blue Oyster Cult- 5

Tyranny and Mutation, Secret Treaties, On Your Feet or On Your Knees and Agents of Fortune. I have one other one but I can't remember which one it is.

[Rising Phoenix]

67. Perry Farrell

without a doubt

[Beaverhausen]

69. Joni Mitchell

[ForrestGump]

70. Michael Bolton

Sorry...typo. I mean Elvis Presley.

Second would be the Beatles.

Including hundreds of bootlegs for each.

[femmocrat]

71. Rod Stewart and The Doors

I think I have all of them from both artists.

[MysticalChicken]

72. Tori Amos

She tops the list with five (and she's not even my favorite, but there was a time when I was a HUGE fan of hers. I still like her, but not as much as I used to).

Second is Elvis Costello. He's a genius. I have four of his CDs (eight if you count the bonus CDs that I got with each of them, which would actually put him in first place).

Third place goes to The Clash with three.

I don't have very many CDs. I'm poor.

[idgiehkt]

73. Babes in Toyland

Then L7, PJ Harvey, Lunachicks

[SarahB]

74. Sarah McLachlan and Depeche Mode