Did you purchase a new CD at a store in 2014?

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?

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 ..

got that kendrick lamar album in a charity shop a few months after its release

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.

1 cd (Beyoncé s/t) and two records (danny brown's OLD, david bowie's STATION TO STATION.) that's it

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, November 29, 2014 4:31 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

more likely buy, rip, sell immediately

Industry promos are often sealed yet marked as promos with as little as a marker line through the barcode.

Where's jmm from?

20 / month

actually only a half to three-fourths of that is new

Thesedays, some charity shops get brand new items, who knows where from or how.

25-30, I'm guessing. Mostly classic jazz or electronic stuff that I know I'm going to play from start to finish.

haven't bought physical in years. this year bought a few more digitals than prior to support indie/local artists

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

Murgatroid, this is why at this point I'd almost rather give CDs I don't want to charity shops.

The store you sold to wasn't Half Price Books & Music, perchance?

I have never heard of that store.

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

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.

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.

hahaha

I bought another CD today: Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack. $5 at Target.

No, but hey I got that U2 record on itunes.

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.

Yes, 1-10. it is getting less and less every single year. will never buy a download.

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.

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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.

72

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.

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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

fuck compaction

No. Bought a few online though. Real stores are just too expensive.

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.

n

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.

Just over 20. Many more used CDs, and significantly more new and used vinyl. I plan to start paying for streaming in 2015.

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Nope!

wow ..

I just surpassed the 20 mark last week. I'm curious, though, how many of the 104 people bought used cds, or cds online.

nope, useless garbage plastic

It's very rare that any of my CD's get anywhere near my CD player nowadays, if I do get my CD's out it's to convert 'em to files to put on my phone, portable mp3 player or my computer. There was once a time when I was buying a ridiculous amount of CD's per week, but over the last five years or so I've been increasingly using mp3 (or similar) as my primary format.

If I buy CD's or vinyl, it tends to be used and they end up getting converted.

Oh, and I use Spotify a lot too.

i didn't buy anything, except an itunes download of 'black messiah'