Compact Disc Collectors Lament

[MrLobster]

So here I am, appreciating the Vinyl Collectors Unite! thread and I realize that a CD thread would also be nice.

I mean, for the first 20 years of my music collecting life it was all CDs (and the occasional DVD).

So here we are then. Talk about your favourite new/old releases. Talk about how they sound, the packaging, the tiny booklets...

Why did I choose lament in the title? The depressing value of CDs.

One of my cherished/most played ones has a selling price of 0.41¢. And that's fine. It's just lamenting the long term costs associated with collecting.
Show us what you've got, the neat stuff... the new stuff... the stuff you like.