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post #1 of 7
3/25/10 at 10:00am
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I misplaced a 50-disc modular CD rack several years ago. I searched everywhere, but no luck. I figured somebody stole it. But no!! I was cleaning out the house in the aftermath of my wife's passing last year, and found a large rubbermaid bin filled with old clothes, and the missing disc rack at the bottom.

I had replaced only a few though. The Blade Runner soundtrack and a couple Metallica CDs, especially the Kill Em All with Blitzkrieg and Am I Evil on it. The one that really hit me was Def Leppard's Hysteria. What a blast from the past. Our house was party central on the weekend and Hysteria seemed to be the one album eveyone liked... in the early 90's.
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post #2 of 7
3/25/10 at 10:30am
Nice find Moon. I've never lost Cds but I have a rather large collection so many go unnoticed for a long time. It's always fun to rediscover old music.
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post #3 of 7
3/25/10 at 6:31pm
I have had a similar experience...twice! The first time I also found a rubbermaid full of old cd's in the back of my closet, I swore that I had lost them when moving but lo and behold I found them. Second time it happened was when my old Rio Karma mp3 player which previously refused to boot up magically turned on one day giving me access to a ton of old music that I hadn't backed up on my computer.

I love listening to music that I haven't heard in a long time, its amazing how strong a connection my brain makes between music and memories, almost like looking through an old photo album. It may have been five years since I listened to a certain song or album but usually I can instantly recall where I first listened to a song.
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post #4 of 7
3/26/10 at 12:49am
It's always the good music you lose... I've tried losing all my bad albums, but I keep finding them.
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post #5 of 7
3/26/10 at 1:12am
A long time ago, I lost a lot if important anime music in an unfortunate HD crash. I was truly devastated, because a lot of that music had very important emotional associations for me.

Some time after the advent of bit torrent, I was downloading some random Yoko Kanno soundtracks. I loaded up the Vision of Escaflowne OST 1 and started playing a song, "Poketto o kara ni sh*te" (stupid filter) without knowing what it was. After the first few measures, I was literally in tears. I had inadvertently rediscovered one of my favorite songs of all time, one I hadn't heard in nearly a decade. That is one of the few moments in my life when I can say I experienced true joy. Not just happiness, but honest-to-goodness joy. I will never forget that moment as long as I live.
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post #6 of 7
3/30/10 at 10:42pm
Sorry for your loss Moontan. I have been burning CD's for the last 3days and many from an old cd rack that I just didn't look at anymore. Lots of 80's stuff and some old forgotten progrock stuff....what a treat! As I type this I am listening to some Squeeze.
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post #7 of 7
3/31/10 at 4:42am
Nice find!
Def Leppard's Hysteria certainly bring back some memories over here as well.
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