How do you avoid buying CD's you already have?

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One of the reasons I keep JRiver as my back-up player is for this purpose:

 

1 I have a smart playlist in JRiver called All My Music.

2 I use the ''export playlist'' option in JRiver to generate a csv file which I store in the cloud for easy access anywhere.

 

I run an export every time I add a purchase in case I should ever need some supporting evidence for insurance purposes if I suffered a catastrophic loss.

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JRiver will allow one to restrict the output to only those fields on display or all fields held. However, I prefer to view the export in Excel and create a second one of Album and AlbumArtist.

 

I am sure there are better ways, but I have limited skills so I keep it simple to reduce user error!