Musical Part of the Show

We just moved the music CD's to a more visible location and I'm hoping circulation picks up.  I know it's a losing cause because streaming music along with streaming movies will change everything.  For a Librarian that's sad.  I spend a lot of time looking for the right music.  I'm proud of the collection I built.  I don't have room for everything so I try to pick the best but with streaming you just get to pick what the vendor provides you.  With movies for example not all titles are available are available all the time.  They rotate the collection.  For a librarian there's no fun in that.  Couple of months back someone gave us a donation of Jazz CDs and as I was looking through them trying to see if there was anything we could use I discovered several important artists and recordings I'd missed before.  With music it's not just the band or the musician, it might be a particular concert or recording that for some reason the band just ripped it.  "Live in Japan" by the Runaways was such an album.  The Japanese were huge fans of the Runaways and their live Concert in Japan was supposed to have been one of their best performances.  The two "Night at Birdland" CDs are another live album where great artists produced an even greater performance.  Even the great Miles Davis was said to have impressed with the performances of Art Blakey's band.  At the beginning of each year I go through the Billboard charts and try to pick the top CD's.  So here's the list of CDs I purchased for January this year.  The Chart Toppers are heavy in Country because that's the first chart after the top 100 albums and the Country Charts were as far as I got.  Teens already had most of the Hot Albums for the year.
 

1. "Based on a True Story" Blake Shelton.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
2. "Evolution/Revolution. The Early Years 1966-1974"  Richard Pryor.  Because everybody needs a laugh.
3. "Here's to the Good Times" Florida Georgia Line.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
4. "Impressions" John Coltrane.  Maybe his best album EVER and re-mastered.  Coltrane's out there and he's an acquired taste but for jazz lovers he was god.
5. "Is it something I said?"  Richard Pryor.  More laughs.  I think the Library needs comedy.
6. "Live In Japan" The Runaways.  One of the early Girl Rock bands and their best album.
7. "A Love Supreme" John Coltrane.  Often listed as one of the Greatest Jazz Albums of all time.
8. "Night at Birdland Volume1" Art Blakey.  These two Live performances should be a part of anyone's core Jazz Collection.
9. "Night at Birdland Volume2" Art Blakey.  These two live performances should be a part of anyone's core Jazz Collection.
10. "Pioneer" Band Perry.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
11. "Random Access Memories"  Daft Punk.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
12. "Real McCoy"  McCoy Tyner.  One of those albums every Jazz Collection should have.
13. "Spring Break: Here to Party"  Luke Bryan. 2013 Billboard chart topper.
14. "True Believers"  Darius Rucker.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
15. "Truth About Love"  Pink.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
16. "Two Lanes of Freedom"  Tim McGraw.  2013 Billboard chart topper.
17. "World from the Side of the Moon"  Phillips Phillip.   2013 Billboard chart topper.