I used to but my career had me moving around the world with a relocation every 2 to 4 years so for logistical reasons I sold my albums and CDs.
I've worked abroad quite a bit, - for years at a time - but must admit that I have always loved being welcomed home by my music collection (hundreds of LPs, and CDs).
For travel, the iPod Classic - an amazing device - met my musical needs - I bought several, and they (well, one at a time) have - quite literally - travelled the world with me.
I still use one when travelling, and will never not love this magnificent music player.
This album sounds interesting so I dug around online to find out more. As far as I can tell, it is more of a mix-tape than a covers album; Air did not make their own versions of any of the songs.
With the exception of Jamiroquai, Air, Bill Brewster, and Don Letts' contributions, each release includes a cover version recorded by the artist(s).
en.wikipedia.org
The trouble with most home-listening mixes, here in the Age of the Playlist, is that you could quite easily throw together a bunch of songs you liked on your own. Air are smart enough to specialize-- to do a mix for an exact mood, an exact time of night, the kind of deep and deliberate music that sounds right when everything else seems too loud, too much. You could try to piece something similar together from your mp3 collection, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be half as good-- and besides, you'd have already heard it all.
web.archive.org
Perhaps I am simply Old School; well, I know that I am.
However, as a thoughtful gift, nothing, but nothing compares to the pleasure of those old - especially compiled and curated - cassette tapes - and later, CDs - that friends made for me (and I, in turn, made for them), or that I had put together for myself.
This required thought, timing, planning, and knowledge (knowledge of music, your tastes and the musical tastes, preferences and interests of the person form whom you were preparing a cassette tape, or CD........all admirable qualities).
No modern playlist comes anywhere near this sheer pleasure - and the joy of discovering something new - that one could derive from listening to such a thoughtfully crafted gift.
