Just listened to my 97,000th unique iTunes track, an instrumental riff from a 1974 Los Angeles concert by Steely Dan at The Record Factory, from a bootleg provided me years ago by my friend Gary. The track was a bridge between “Pretzel Logic” and their hit “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”.
This represents 632.17 GB of data, constituting 264 days, 48 minutes, and 58 seconds of playing time. Which leaves 77,170 items (once again more music added in the interval) remaining unheard, totaling 482.56 GB of data lasting 218 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes, and 49 seconds.
The slick rockers of the 70’s were followed by the smoke-filled strains of Johnny Clarke’s “Collie Dread”, from the Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set.