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Assuming top of this list is Bob Ludwig? Thinking that your task may be a little more complex to get data most people would value, any thoughts on how to get further with this?
heh, I was totally wrong, this is fascinating, I have 9 releases mastered by Bob Ludwig, the highest numbered name here I don't have anything by is number 15 Rudy Van Gelder, in total I'm missing 5 from the top 50, ands theres quite a range of roles amongst them.
Sorry 2tec, I was wrong, I like this game!
I think they meant parse out the performers, not just cut out the 'click the artist tab'.
"Artists" with a technical credit, or non-main performer credit wouldn't count in any meaningful "most collected artist" list. I don't think you can do it with discogs' interface. You'd need to play with the data dumps.
pirrenberry
heh, I was totally wrong, this is fascinating, I have 9 releases mastered by Bob Ludwig, the highest numbered name here I don't have anything by is number 15 Rudy Van Gelder, in total I'm missing 5 from the top 50, ands theres quite a range of roles amongst them.
Sorry 2tec, I was wrong, I like this game!
I have 32 by Bob! I have the most by "Traditional" with 62, next is 55 from Brian Eno.
In the top 50 I've none by Rudy Van Gelder, Kevin Gray and Herbie Hancock.
I think we'd see a drop from brian eno, I suspect more people have records he has 'enosyfied', but interestingly where do we draw the line with this sort of role?
Tough one...
Maybe if you've got a bunch of stuff on CD he won't have been involved, obviously. Saying that, I'm talking rubbish, just because I think of him cutting two LPs at a time, but he was also recording the music in the first place!
A couple of things on page one of "most wanted" I've definitely owned, but they might have been permanently borrowed or deprecated when the CD cases broke.
On a *very* speedy look through the releases credited, the artists & labels I recognise seem to suggest a fair whack of stuff is jazz, and I don't have much jazz.
Top ten greatest jazz records of all time? (Available either on CD or - I can't be arsed with vinyl any more - at a good price).
I'm not a fan of trad jazz (I have some handed down from my dad and most of it is a bit naff).
From the top 5: Ludwig - 210, Lennon-McCartney 287, Traditional 256, Dylan 182, Calbi 100. (108 RVG)
All the way to Nilesh Patel before I don't have any (but 2 in my wantlist) and then to Radiohead before I get to 0-0.
No idea what I have that has a Taylor Swift credit. And I knew 1 of the 2 Pharrell Williams credits was on Mandatory Fun but TIL that he's credited as a writer on Rumpshaker.
ThomasP64
Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band
The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Billy Bang Sextet - The Fire From Within
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* - Moanin'*
The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* - Blowin' The Blues Away +1*
Louis Armstrong - Plays W.C. Handy
Clifford Brown And Max Roach - Alone Together: The Best Of The Mercury Years
Thanks for this. I'm going to check out those I can find easily online to have a listen.
