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Anyone ever buy an lp/cd to listen to it once and shelve it because you thoght it sucked , only to pull it out months or years later to give a second spin and find you love it?

My prime example is Alphaville's Forever Young album. Bought it because I liked Big In Japan (Screamer of the week) but hated the rest the first time I played it. Only about 8 months later did I pull it out again and found out I was nuts the first time around. It's been on or near the top of my list of favorites fo about 20 years now!!

I did that with my "Urgh, A Music War" lp. I didn't like some of the songs at the time, so I just put it away. Now, twenty years later, I got a record player(after 11 years of having nothing to play vinyl on), and I am so glad that I kept the album! Th

I brought this album, "Rock Against Racism" for X-Ray Spec's "Oh Bondage Up Yours" but hated all the reggae stuff on the album.

I pulled it out the other night and wow, so much good stuff on there.

Nowhere Girl -- Klaus Nomi is awesome, isn't he?! I

I remember the first time I bought ABC's Beauty Stab lp back in 1983. I played it several times and then I shelved it. I was very disappointed in it because it did not sound like Lexicon of Love. Some 16 years later, I bought the remastered cd, and it wa

I had someone recommend The Alarm to me when all they had out were a few singels. When the IRS EP came out I picked it up right away only to shelve it because it didn't have any synthesizer on it. A year later I dug it out and The Alarm became one of my

"More Specials" by the Specials.

I can totally relate to your Alphaville story, randy. The same situation happened to me too. I would not listen to the record past "Big In Japan" for the longest time.
I know better now...[8)]

I find that the opposite happens more often with me. To pass the time at work I've been listening to all my CDs in alphabetical order and have made it to the Rs. Somehow I ended up with 7 CDs from The Residents. Why did I think they were so clever abou

This happens constantly.

Most recently it was with Chaz Jankel (formerly with Ian Dury). Shelved his "Chazablanca" lp after one so-so listen....what was I thinking?? Pulled it out a few months ago and loved it!

(Do you think the amount of alcohol

Did this with "Swans way-Illuminations" ep. Thought it was sappy at the time but is actually mushy in a good way. I think it was overshadowed by the "Woodbeez" ep I bought at the same time. Scritti Polliti. Play it at 33 and it sounds like Michael Jackson