Originally Posted by Bulldog

Exactly!

Take artists like Tom Waits or Frank Zappa for example. A lot of their less popular songs aren't on youtube, and chances are short of getting hold of their entire discography piece by piece, this thread's the best way to hear their more obscure stuff - stuff that the fans think is just as, if not more noteworthy than their more well-known work.

I can see what angle you're coming from, but youtube's one of the sites I use to get an idea of what an artist's like. These mixes come in handy if I feel like hearing more. Certainly nothing remotely pretentious about making them.