Tom Dunne: I freed myself of over 6,000 CDs — but these five hidden gems are special
Tom Dunne says his CDs deserved more than another attic, a dark, silent place where no songs would ever sing. Picture: iStock
My CD collection has gone to God. I am the Marie Kondo of the CD world. I enter the next phase of my life free of the largest CD collection in south Dublin. The boxes, the shelving, the numbered index system: all gone. And yes, I feel lighter, unburdened.
Not that it was easy. Despite various culls down the years — I had thousands of CDs that no one, not even the bands themselves needed to own — it was still, at the end, upwards of 6,000. They have been boxed in a dark attic since Covid hit.
