I'm only about halfway done. Things that got recycled:

All the booklets & liner notes
All the jewel cases
All the back cards (yes, I opened each jewel case)

There were some with collector value - semi-rare Euro-singles, a couple of autographs, and some cool releases of interest. But I'd barely opened the drawers that hold my CDs in years except to find something that I didn't manage to have ripped yet.

It hurt a bit. But it was like ripping off a bandage. After a little momentum I was well on my way to getting rid of a lot of paper and plastic that had been moved from Atlanta, to Athens, to Atlanta, to Princeton Junction, to Portland, to Oakland, to San Francisco to Burlingame over the past 22 years.

Most of what I buy now is digital. But I still do like (a bit) having a "final" backup. And very soon - before the end of this weekend - my 6+ drawers of CDs will be down to one. My recycle cart will have some nice bulk for this week. And I will have one less "stuff stressor" in my life.