I’ve been discussing this with my wife and friends who are music collectors. I honestly think in 2024 I’m going to tone down my music collecting substantially. With the cost of cds and these box sets coming out being so expensive, with inflation and cost of living being so high, I just don’t have the disposable income for it anymore. It’s more of a priority to pay the bills and make sure there’s food on the table to eat. I’ll buy an album if I really like the band or if a cool box set comes out from a band I really like but that’s about it. I have a ton of stuff already and stuff I don’t have room for stored at my parents house. That’s a whole other discussion (the amount of space owning physical media takes up). Does anyone else feel this way in regards to music collecting at all or has felt this way at anytime in their lives?

I haven't been collecting music for a long time, but the end of the year is a good opportunity to go through my purchases (new and old releases) and see which albums I still really enjoy (and vice versa)!

2023 was one of my favorite years for newer bands putting out new music. Speaking of this time of year... December is a great time to digest all the new stuff you bought throughout the year. And I look at other people's "best of" lists and always find last minute gems. That's why I never finalize and post my "best of" list until the very end of December. This is the month of reflecting back and organizing/finalizing the final list. I even catch up with older releases I bought this year. December is the inch worm's tail catching up with the head.

Very good topic. Enough is never enough😂. Sometimes I think about taking a year off from buying so i can enjoy my collection more. Cause there's tons of stuff I should return to but im always getting new stuff too. Constant inner struggle for sure. But i love supporting the art , that always strikes a nerve to keep buying and support the artists we love or just discovered . Im always looking through my collection, cause i love it so much. Stay positive, have fun out there 💿🎶

Pretty much the one and only glam metal album to come out of New Zealand was by a band called Push Push. The album is called 'A Trillion Shades of Happy'. Another for your 'completest' list Brendon! Very hard to find. I'm here in NZ and have still yet to find a copy!

I actually like the slower tempo, gives me time to listen to new stuff I may only have heard once. And every year I promise myself not to buy as much next year and keep this slow pace, but I always end up returning to old habits... I used to have a long to get-list but it stressed me out. I cleared it out and now I don't plan for anything in advance, which feels much better. I've enjoyed a lot of 2023 albums, but I don't think anything can compare to 2022.

Don't wait in anticipation for what might be released. All the best music is from the past. Listen to things from the passed to unearth new loves

this video brought the existential blues haha December is always my catch up month, i can't take in anything new. I'm usually adding things to my list that i missed.

I normally go through end of year top albums lists and see if there’s anything I’ve missed or wanna check out. I’d then give them a listen.

on right bottom, I see the uncle sam original lp 😃👍👏

Hi Brendon - I'm not a new release guy !! Yes - I do buy new releases, however most of my purchases are from charity / op shops - I dont have the budget to buy new releases. I dont have lists, but when I come across something, then Ill decide if I want it - $2, $3 AUD I am a child of the 60's so theres heaps of stuff to collect from that era that I havent got. Cya Doug

Fun conversation

Great discussion guys. I thought 2023 was a really great year for music. Tons of albums and some great tours as well. Cheers.

I like this time to find the albums that are missing from my collection!

2023 was great year for Extreme Metal in my opinion

Great topic enjoyed the video

Couldn’t agree with you guys more! There is a big lull in releases from about the first week in December until March. It’s a feeling of loneliness. I think you feel unfulfilled because the lack of releases makes the winter seem longer. Very little to look forward to from January until March. Anyway, I agree with that feeling you are describing/ trying to describe. It’s a real thing!

Im DIGGIN Anthonys rant on how he hates diggin😂😂

Great video, Brendon! I like everything you post, and especially the ones with you and Anthony. Got a kick outta that guy barging into the frame at the end and the look on both of your faces!! Haha

I sort of look forward to the lack of new releases - gets me excited for next year and look back and what I may have missed. 2024 has some great releases coming out, including the final Sum 41 album in March and the new Big Big Train and Hackett releases. There's so many great albums that I'm still looking to get physically, that a slow glut of albums is never a thing, there's always something new (old) to snag.

This time of the year it's time to find those albums that you are missing in your collection

When someone asks me what I'm looking for I just say I'm not sure but I'll know when I see it.

I use this time to go back and look for older artists/albums that I don't have time to pursue during the rest of the year. I also like to build playlists which I start and don't get to finish up during the year. It is also a great time to just sit back and listen to the things I picked up during the year. I watch best of 2023 on KZfaq and various publications I like -- I find stuff I might of missed (I don't own a record store to give me a head's up lol).

One thing i have always noticed is most Metal/Death metal cds/lps are always the most expensive compared to any other genre in music

I thought there were a lot of great releases in 2023 that I keep going back to, Alice Cooper, iron savior, primal fear, U.D.O, just to name a few. Funny how most of them have over 20 albums and still coming out with killer albums

Great video I use to pick 2023 releases that I missed

Digging applies to folks who look at the crates covered in dust, rat droppings, mould ....etc in more remote parts of the world, or unusual locations, looking for unknown or almost unknown vinyls. Hipsters don't do this, they collect vinyls that have received a lot of hype that often lack merit..

I am happy for the Xmas break as I’m more than happy to listen to my collection and give some albums I have not listened to as much, more air time.

My end of year music collecting blues is probably a little different from most of your viewers. In December I switch to listening to Christmas music exclusively. I have about 40 Christmas albums that I've collected over the past few decades. I started out getting about one a year, but now I have so many that it takes me three holiday seasons to cycle through them. Whenever I think about getting more Christmas albums, I feel I shouldn't because I don't have time to listen to the ones I already have. At the same time, there are still some gaps in my collection that I would like to fill. Such are the problems of the music collector....

Brendon.....no rock tee!!! 😮. It's a good time of the year to reorganize things but you guys are right, it feels like something is missing this time of year....especially on Fridays!

Heaven or Hollywood! Uncle Sam, Damn…I have been looking for that one. Nice editing. Those are usually pretty expensive.

I’ve been attending record conventions in my area more often. I can find unusual items,hard to find imports and out of print items. Some new and sealed others in prime condition.

Great video. 🤘😎🤘

When I hear Genesis, I think of SEGA! This year was great for me, I love Anne-Marie’s new album such a great sound. Claire Rosinkranz debut album is so cool, and lastly Olivia Rodrigo! That girl is killing it.

I dig the record over Anthony's left shoulder, where her privates are covered up with a purple sticky note. Is selling nudity on a record cover considered to be prostitution or in bad taste, instead of selling your music? Back to the topic at hand. I still need plenty of old stuff to add into my collection. Time to take inventory and make a top 100 or more of records/CDs you want to fill in gaps in your collection. Then, go out a find (some of) them. But Brendon might want to wait on new releases until mid-December, so you have during the Mid-December to March, when new releases emerge again. But then, getting Anthony's views on stuff is really awesome.

Now, what do you do Brendan You have well over 12,500 CDs and Records. I don’t know how you find the time each week to listen to the fun finds you pick up each week and make a video about. So just because there’s not as many new releases, I think you’ll be doing just fine with a plethora of things to listen to.

I do miss the days of walking into a record store and right there is a brand new (unannounced) release by one of my favorite bands. I am surprised and elated and buy it immediately. If there was advance notice of the release, seeing it in the record store wouldn’t have quite the same feeling of elation.

If you’re into metal, here are a few of the 4th quarter releases to maybe check out: Angra - Cycles Of Pain (modern euro metal) Savage - Glory Riders (classic metal) Icarus Witch - No Devil Lived On (classic sound) Satan’s Fall - Destination Destruction (band’s name somewhat deceiving - classic metal sound)

this time of year, I go back and enjoy the albums I got. Also, there is Millions of Metal Bands out there with albums that I don't have, Christmas season or not. So, I'm never board..

The Doors: Alive She Cried 40th anniversary will release beginning of January.

Love how Anthony mixes July for January and neither, he or Brendon picks up on it.

This month helps me go back and buy some new releases that I couldn't pick up cause I have a family I pick and choose what I get then Christmas time rolls around wife asks me what I want I give her a list of new releases that came out this year and tell her get me five of them.

for me a kind of let down for the yr was the Metal Church album I was so looking forward to it and the little sound bits the posted were so enticing, when I finally got it and gave it a few spins I felt deflated, it is a very good album but as you say it kinda does not have the staying power it's not something I am going to listen to regularly

I managed to get an original Led Zeppelin IV "Plum" Porky Version 2 for cheap. So that somewhat filled the void this time of the year.

Great video again Brendan and Anthony. But have to disagree i think its been a good year for me anyway I’ve bought 31 ish new albums finding it hard to choise my favourite. Maybe your expectations are too high . Downside to year is the damn prices ridiculous i think if I opened a store now id have to call it crazy prices records. Yes this time of year is a time to reflect on what you bought and whst you would want for next year. Thanks guys take care joe

I/O just went # 1 in the UK for Peter Gabriel so he did something right!

Flicking, nothing like a good flick. I'd flick through 100 to find one.

guess this is the video I interrupted when I called. lol

Crate digging.

Records only get attention that first week or two, because there's another dozen albums being released the very next week. The number of releases today is magnitudes higher than in the 'classic' days, so it's impossible to give everything the same amount of time people used to. There's too much music for our attention spans. I also think this year was a disappointing one for new releases. The top couple were still great, but there was no depth at all to how many I'll be listening to into next year, let alone even further down the line.

would add metallica's 72 seasons and extreme six to your list of underwhelming new releases.

Interesting topic, and for the most part I have to disagree. I’ve been in and around the music business for a long time. In many aspects. From working at record stores, to doing label work. I agree the cycle of an album has greatly diminished and that’s because the labels no longer push or “work” the album. I have been trying to get labels back into the habit of supporting their artist roster to prolong the sales (in whatever format you choose). The reason why artists drop singles months in advance is the precise reason what you said, to get their name back in headlines. Very few bands continue to release singles and videos after the record has come out. Extreme, Queensryche to that have bucked that trend and are continuing to drop singles. From being in the business, I am cool with announcing something is coming as long as it comes… rap titles are the biggest culprit of giving a street date and the. Having it pushed back for months. As for this time of year, I continuously find new releases, plus I’m always searching for CDs that I don’t have to complete certain artist catalogs, but that’s the process for me year-round. As for bands not doing anything, I have 42 concerts on my calendar already for the new year, most of them January through March dates… only if the labels and local radio would support and back these bands. It’s no longer the Nirvana syndrome. Fans when they know, they come out and support. Which makes me put partial blame on the fan, one Google click and you have all the info you need… but there are still those waiting to hear news on the radio or some type of media. And if they don’t, they just don’t know. Anyway… I found your take on this time of year and this discussion very interesting! Cool video! Waiting for the next.

Hoping in 2024 these bands will keep their promises. Sonic Youth - Walls Have Ears DATE: February 9 (live UK 1985) Porno For Pyros (untitled) DATE: February ? (EP not full length) Janes Addiction (untitled) NO SET DATE Pearl Jam (untitled) NO SET DATE The Lemonheads (untitled) NO SET DATE Morrissey - Bonfire Of Teenagers NO SET DATE Michael Stipe (untitled) NO SET DATE (1st solo album by REM singer) The Cure (untitled) NO SET DATE

You need a three month lead time for press.

I spy an Uncle Sam album which probably should have been removed before filming!! LOL from my hometown

wish i had Tony's hair...

what is that record behind y’all with the bottomless chick on it?

Your expectaions are too high for some albums or bands that's why you are not satisfied

you talk too much lead time…how about the new Judas Priest? they are dropping songs like a year ahead of time