God, I miss the MVEs in london where you can always find new, relatively newly released cds for under 5 pounds. Never figured out how that quite works.
― ed.b, Saturday, 29 November 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
I found the new T. Swift and Machine Head today in a used shop. I don't get it, do people buy, hate, sell immediately?
― jmm, Saturday, 29 November 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
I did, even not counting buying Owen Pallett's at his show.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 29 November 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
There were some CDs in the co-op but i didnt buy one
― saer, Saturday, 29 November 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
Promos traded in.
― the incredible string gland (sic), Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
last week i picked up the expanded edition of the tony bennett/lady gaga album.
i mean, it was a week after release and already in a charity shop !
would love to know the story of that, as surely the receipt was still valid ..
― mark e, Saturday, 29 November 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
got that kendrick lamar album in a charity shop a few months after its release
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Sunday, 30 November 2014 00:43 (nine years ago) link
xpost: I figured as much, but this includes sealed stuff, as well as stuff without your typical line over the barcode or hole in the corner.
― ed.b, Sunday, 30 November 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
1 cd (Beyoncé s/t) and two records (danny brown's OLD, david bowie's STATION TO STATION.) that's it
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 30 November 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
― jmm, Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:31 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
more likely buy, rip, sell immediately
― katherine, Sunday, 30 November 2014 04:53 (nine years ago) link
Industry promos are often sealed yet marked as promos with as little as a marker line through the barcode.
― Evan, Sunday, 30 November 2014 04:57 (nine years ago) link
Where's jmm from?
― the incredible string gland (sic), Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:08 (nine years ago) link
20 / month
― the late great, Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
actually only a half to three-fourths of that is new
― the late great, Sunday, 30 November 2014 07:13 (nine years ago) link
Thesedays, some charity shops get brand new items, who knows where from or how.
― Mark G, Sunday, 30 November 2014 10:45 (nine years ago) link
25-30, I'm guessing. Mostly classic jazz or electronic stuff that I know I'm going to play from start to finish.
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 30 November 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
haven't bought physical in years. this year bought a few more digitals than prior to support indie/local artists
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Sunday, 30 November 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
huh, not a one. i did buy used cds online for stuff that wasn't available digitally, but otherwise it was all spotify and amazon mp3s.
― the dreaded Laramie (reddening), Sunday, 30 November 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
No. I think I have bought a vinyl record or two where they give you a CD copy with it instead of a download code, but not sure if that was from a shop or direct from label. Also not sure if that would count.
― emil.y, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
I buy vinyl and mp3s as regularly as I can afford (not very regularly b/c I am skint). I still buy CDs directly from a band at a gig if I want to support them (in this scenario they're cheap demo CDs, not full-priced albums).
― emil.y, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
i've bought a few new CDs but a lot of CD packaging seems to being getting generally shittier and more perfunctory than ever, so i'm being a bit fussier about what i shell out for. have bought a huge shit-tonne of vinyl though, maybe about 600 albums? mostly v cheap used classical music from charity shops so that has kind of filled my stupid craving for physical stuff
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
I sold a bunch of CDs the other day and got $3 back in total. I thiiiiiink I got ripped off but I just wanted those CDs out of my room.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Murgatroid, this is why at this point I'd almost rather give CDs I don't want to charity shops.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
The store you sold to wasn't Half Price Books & Music, perchance?
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
I have never heard of that store.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
It was sadly funny though, the guy blamed downloading for my low return and in my head, I made a sad face when I realized no one even downloads anymore, it's just Spotify
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
It's a chain in the Austin area notorious for giving very little for stuff and being notoriously "fuck you" if you try to get them to give even an inch.
Did they reject anything you wanted to sell?
When this happens I usually beg them to take it anyway, for free.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Rejected nothing, surprisingly enough, although he kept on asking what genre …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are under, I think he asked me like three times, making sure I wasn't wrong that they aren't metal or something.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
I bought another CD today: Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack. $5 at Target.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
No, but hey I got that U2 record on itunes.
― Moka, Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
One new CD this year (Beyoncé) and that was only because it was cheaper than buying it from iTunes. With everything else it's been either vinyl or download.
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 30 November 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
Yes, 1-10. it is getting less and less every single year. will never buy a download.
― 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 06:14 (nine years ago) link
I bought a few CDs that were packaged inside some vinyl records. Does that count? I wasn't exactly purchasing them directly (and would have been okay if the records didn't contain them and had digital downloads instead).
CDs seem pointless to me now. I enjoy flacs and play them on my stereo through the nice DAC, or put on a record. Only time I play CDs is if I'm renting a car and it doesn't have aux inputs.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 08:16 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Going with "over 20" Not sure on the actual #, but I do know I bought at least 10 new things at real record stores, and somewhat more at chain store "$5 or less" bins (although not as much of either as I did last year). I just started my second year on Amazon Prime, which has become my main intake for online purchasing. That sneaky AC/DC complete catalog for $5 sale they did was my first significant music download purchase (been buying tv shows from Itunes for a few years now). Most surprisingly, this is probably the first year since the late '90s wherein I didn't buy anything on vinyl. I don't have a turntable up at the moment, and it seems like used bargains are fewer and farther between. OTOH, I really haven't sought any out this year (didn't go to any record shows, barely hit any flea markets or antique shops or garage sales...) or have recently been of a mind to do any "rainy day" purchasing.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
72
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
On average, at least one CD a week, but I work at a record store and get new CDs at cost.
Echoing some of the sentiments above, I still like CDs, and I like that used ones can now be had for pennies on the dollar. I'm probably not representative, though. I mean, I'm a relic. I primarily use iTunes to burn mix CDs for the car, and I've been sorta looking around for a CD display shelf.
Still prefer vinyl, but when new vinyl is like $32, there's no contest here, I'm afraid, especially since I don't really give a shit about digital downloads. If I'm going to drop >$25 on an LP, it better be a rare jazz record or something, not, like, the new Cloud Nothings or something.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:28 (nine years ago) link
n
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:47 (nine years ago) link
Not yet. 10 or so second-hand from brick & mortar, 2 second-hand from Discogs, maybe one at a show - super-rare to see this now, though - 15 or so new online from brick & mortar with a web presence, or direct from artists' sites or representatives, or Amazon while I was in the US and could get free shipping. Won't vote until the year's over, though!
nope
― bob seger's silver bullet gland (sic), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
fuck compaction
― that last push creates an amount of pleasing froth on (contenderizer), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link
No. Bought a few online though. Real stores are just too expensive.
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 07:02 (nine years ago) link
10 - 20 (almost entirely from Sounds of the Universe in London in 2014).With digital, I buy flacs via Bandcamp which I subsequently burn to cd. I have a decent hifi set up so cd's still work for me.
― millmeister, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 12:20 (nine years ago) link
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
only downloads
Bought a shit-ton of vinyl, but very few CDs. Lessee... 3 Jute Gyte CD-Rs bought offa bandcamp. And 1 Skull Fist CD bought at a store.
― that last push creates an amount of pleasing froth on (contenderizer), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
Just over 20. Many more used CDs, and significantly more new and used vinyl. I plan to start paying for streaming in 2015.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 January 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Nope!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 1 January 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
wow ..
― mark e, Thursday, 1 January 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link