Yea, I'm honestly surprised at how much I acquired in one year's time. Granted, there was quite a bit that was filling gaps in my collection, so I'd imagine that number will be down some in the upcoming year. And quite a few of those cds I got free from work when we made the switch to all digital.

Not too much was "new discoveries" for me. The blind buying was way down. I'm trying to be more selective, believe it or not. And out of all those purchases, there was only 2 albums that didn't survive the year. I don't remember what they were now, but I think that's a pretty good ratio, 2 clunkers out of 220. There might be a handful more down the road that get the boot. Time will tell.

Shopping on-line has just made it too damn easy. Like an album? 3 clicks of the mouse and it's yours. No more trudging out to the stores, trying to remember what it is you wanted and then hoping they have it.

OK, CDs I bought in 2011:

Accept - Kaizoku-Ban EP (tape)
Accept - Restless and Wild
Angel Corpse - Exterminate
Atrophy - Violent By Nature (original pressing at a pawn shop for a dollar )
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Black Sabbath - Rules of Hell box set
D.R.I. - Dealing With It
Dark Heart - Shadows of the Night
Deathrow - Satan's Gift (aka Riders of Doom)
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Demon - The Unexpected Guest
Destruction - Day of Reckoning
Exhorder - The Law
Hallows Eve - History of Terror box set
Headhunter - A Bizarre Gardening Accident
Hydra Vein - Rather Death Than False of Faith/After the Dream
Jaguar - Power Games
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Manilla Road - The Deluge
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive
Nasty Savage - Indulgence/Abstract Reality
Oblivion Knight - s/t
Omen - The Curse/Nightmares
Ostrogoth - Too Hot/Feelings of Fury
Raven - Stay Hard
Re-Animator - Condemned to Eternity/Deny Reality
Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
Rush - Caress of Steel
Savage Grace - After the Fall From Grace
Savage Grace - Master of Disguise
Saxon - Call to Arms
Saxon - Crusader
Saxon - Dogs of War
Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
Saxon - Forever Free
Saxon - Saxon
Sodom - M16
Tank - The Filth Hounds of Hades box set
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox
UFO - The Chrysalis Years (1973-1979)
UFO - The Wild, The Willing, and the Innocent
Venom - Cast in Stone
The Who - The Ultimate Collection

So, that's 61 additions to my CD collection in 2011...right???