music Buying a CD for one specific song on it

[Skipper Duke]

I bought Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes CD for song #11 Slow Rollin' Low just so I could own Moonrunners(1975) movie theme. But I came to really love the other tracks of the CD. Has anyone else done this? Bought a CD for a specific track?

[HossC]

Not for a while, but I've certainly done it with compilation/sampler albums in the past. Sometimes they have an artist's non-album track or remix, while other times it might be hard to find complete albums by an obscure artist (this is much less relevant since the internet took over).  A few years ago I ripped all my CDs to my computer. Every so often I'll hear a track I like, and when I check out who it's by, I find that I have the song already, hidden away on a CD I bought years ago!

[Skipper Duke]

  On 10/20/2020 at 5:36 PM, HossC said:

Not for a while, but I've certainly done it with compilation/sampler albums in the past. Sometimes they have an artist's non-album track or remix, while other times it might be hard to find complete albums by an obscure artist (this is much less relevant since the internet took over).  A few years ago I ripped all my CDs to my computer. Every so often I'll hear a track I like, and when I check out who it's by, I find that I have the song already, hidden away on a CD I bought years ago!

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Cousin HossC Wow!

[HossC]

I've been buying CDs since about 1986, so it's easy to forget some of the songs I have in my collection, especially when I bought the album for a different track.

[Skipper Duke]

  On 10/20/2020 at 5:47 PM, HossC said:

I've been buying CDs since about 1986, so it's easy to forget some of the songs I have in my collection, especially when I bought the album for a different track.

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I know what you mean. I buy some of Waylon's only cuz The Dukes is on it.