Only One Place on Earth: 1,011 CDs and Counting

It just occurred to me that my CD collection, having reached 1,011 recordings, is not duplicated anywhere else on Earth. I have no proof of this, but it is entirely logical to assume that in no other place are these particular recordings together. There are too many of them.

Samples from today's haul, via USPS to my door:

King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black (1974, EG)
Dengue Fever: Venus on Earth (2008, M80)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006, V2)
Location: Uxbridge, MA 01569, USA

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