In my early days as a jazz listener c.1960 everyone indulged in listening behavior that would now be considered obsessional, as no one had more than about 20 albums!
Nowadays I revel in being able to listen via streaming to literally thousands of albums. 😃 👍
But in those bygone days it was theoretically possible to go out and hear live Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Horace Silver ....