My Rather Large... Elton John CD Collection (451 Discs and Counting!)

The biggest Elton nerd on Youtube is back! And in this episode, he reveals his massive Elton CD collection, which currently totals 451 discs. How does anyone end up with that many Elton CDs? How does he store and organize such a collection? Which CD was his first? What on Earth is "Pork Wad"? You'll find the answers and more here. Enjoy!

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 What counts as an Elton John CD?
03:35 How do I store these CDs?
04:22 How do I organize them?
10:09 What was my very first Elton CD?
12:26 What about longboxes?
14:18 Why collect multiple copies of the same album on CD?
15:33 Case example of cloning: “Captain Fantastic” on CD
17:36 Case example of different masterings: “Rock of the Westies” on CD
19:35 Case example of different mixes: “11-17-70” on CD
22:07 Beware of early 1990s PDO UK discs!
23:15 Drawer 1 (1967 to 1974)
29:00 Drawer 2 (1975 to 1990)
36:30 Drawer 3 (1990 to 2003)
41:05 Drawer 4 (2004 to 2022)
43:25 Please like and subscribe, bah-bah-bah...

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PS - This is my first upload in three weeks. Sorry! Real life has become very busy; plus at one point, I was trying to edit five videos at once! I had to step away and take a breath. But much more is to come; I may just have to pace things differently for the time being.

ERRATA:

2024-06-15: I've heard two explanations for the bronzing of the early 1990s PDO UK discs, and the explanation I give in this video is the less plausible of the two. The other claims that the bronzing was the result of elements in the CD's aluminum layer -- not the adhesive layer -- reacting to the sulfuric content of the booklet paper. Not sure why I went with the "adhesive layer" explanation; like I said, I may not be a chemist but the "aluminum" explanation seems to make more sense. How can glue turn a metallic color?

2024-06-16: The title at 20:42 should read "1989 US MCA (blue)/MCAD-619" (not 1988).

2024-06-16: I found an additional CD I was storing in another part of my listening room. It was a promo sampler for "To Be Continued". So, make that 451 Elton CDs!